Archive for March 6th, 2008

Thursday, March 6th, 2008

Play My Game

A few more Gary Gygax tributes from around the tubes. This article from The Believer, written when Gygax was still alive, is especially well done.
Until I read some of these tributes I’d forgotten just how many of these games, beyond Dungeons and Dragons, that I played as a kid. In retrospect, some of them were […]

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Thursday, March 6th, 2008

On The Evening Train

This is the kind of historical tidbit that fascinates me: Chicago’s long-abandoned freight subway. Apparently the tunnels are still extant, though sealed off to the public.

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Thursday, March 6th, 2008

I Sold My Heart To The Junkman

The first celebrity crush I can recall having was Kim Richards, when she played Tia in Escape To Witch Mountain and Return From Witch Mountain. Therefore, it is with some trepidation that I learn of Disney’s intentions to make another Witch Mountain movie.
Somewhat related - perhaps I should add Tuff Turf to my Netflix queue? […]

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