Erik Amundsen's Blog, page 75

Run Blogging

Not a very good run, but a run.  Wind was so strong and cold it went through my sneakers, which is a good sign of insanity. 

cucumberseed @ 2011-02-14T21:25:00

I hauled out paints and paper and made new designs for the uniforms of Beech and Walnut Provinces, and hit a Beech design that I like.  Some point, I will try to scan them.

Two Things

Bells to keep evil road spirits at bay.
Getting high off of snake bites.

HELLO NEW STORY.

(Weirdly, it has nothing to do with bikers).

Runblogging

This one was slower, but I didn't stop or sprint, so, I guess, steadier.

But I am back, people.  I'm back.

Run Blogging!

I realized I was waiting for something, the right day.  Today was going to be another wrong day, but I decided against it.  A month away has taken it's toll, I am back to being able to get only about a mile and a quarter before I need to rest, but Florence (bless her and her Machine) got me going for another half after that.  So I am not too angry at what I lost, just hopeful that I can get what I had back faster than the first time.

For all you Dorks

benhimself has been working his way through the monsters of the old Planescape setting for D&D's 2nd Edition, with commentary and hooks, if you're interested. (neeeeeeeeeeeeeerd!)

Help me Flist! Help, Help me Flist!

Roads and crossroads in Fantasy?  I've got the crossroads at midnight where the devil takes your soul and makes you a bluesman, the Yellowbrick Road and the Beam from the Dark Tower.  And...

These are the things I need:

Flat headed metal shovel.
Ice Melt.
iPod Cord.
Rent Check.
Watercolors.

That's kind of an awesome list.  Anything that has garden tools and art supplies in it is.

Winter!

h/t lsanderson  

Simple explanation of what is happening here.

Foxes?

People tried keeping foxes as pets.  That's kind of cool.  That's especially cool to me because it lends a little credence to a background bit for the people in the old trunk-dwelling novel Prominence that foxes were really important as a cultural symbol.  Maybe that culture kept foxes long after others gave up on the little beasties...