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by Stik
Sat Jun 22, 2024 5:30 pm
Forum: The Tavern
Topic: Check In Everyone!
Replies: 56
Views: 26486

Re: Check In Everyone!

I have been really absent here for a while, and there were some big events in my life during that time. It started with me getting Covid four days after the last time I posted. That sent me to the doctor, who noticed my high blood pressure. That kicked off two months of various tests and ended with ...
by Stik
Sat Sep 09, 2023 1:39 pm
Forum: The Tavern
Topic: Personal News
Replies: 2
Views: 621

Re: Personal News

Feeling better every day. Still hurts inside my chest when I have a big cough or sneeze, but that's because my sternum isn't completely healed yet, but everything else is good.

I haven't been doing a lot a lot of calligraphy lately, but I do have a couple of things in the pipeline.
by Stik
Sat Aug 19, 2023 12:42 pm
Forum: The Tavern
Topic: Personal News
Replies: 2
Views: 621

Personal News

Every so often a life-changing event happens. I had one of those recently. Eight weeks ago, I had open heart surgery to bypass a blockage, well more than one blockage, to be honest. I am doing fine now, and all indications are that once my recovery is complete I will be better than I was before. My ...
by Stik
Sun Mar 26, 2023 1:49 pm
Forum: The Tavern
Topic: Check In Everyone!
Replies: 56
Views: 26486

Re: Check In Everyone!

Just got back from six days at SCA Gulf Wars, followed by six days in New Orleans.
by Stik
Sat Jan 21, 2023 9:55 am
Forum: The Tavern
Topic: Big happenings
Replies: 2
Views: 1051

Big happenings

Happy new year, all. Big happenings for me with the new year. As some here know, when I am not working or gaming, I participate in two medieval reenactments groups. One is the SCA - Society for Creative Anachronism, which is a well known, international group. But I also am a member of the Kingdom of...
by Stik
Sat Oct 08, 2022 12:24 pm
Forum: Arts and Literature
Topic: Movies
Replies: 4
Views: 2017

Re: Movies

I'm usually late to the party on movies these days, so forgive me for this one. I just saw Free Guy.
It was awesome. If you haven't seen it, watch it tonight.
by Stik
Thu Sep 22, 2022 10:32 pm
Forum: The Tavern
Topic: Costumes at the D&D Table
Replies: 4
Views: 1761

Re: Costumes at the D&D Table

I dressed all in black to DM the Castle Ravenloft module back in the late 80s. But I used to dress all in black a lot back in those days. And now.
by Stik
Sat Sep 03, 2022 1:57 pm
Forum: The Tavern
Topic: Costumes at the D&D Table
Replies: 4
Views: 1761

Costumes at the D&D Table

It's a cliche - a bunch of D&D nerds sitting around the table dressed as their characters. I saw it pop up most recently on an episode of Married at First Sight, where one of the grooms is a D&D player. But in forty four years of playing, I have never sat at a table with anyone playing in co...
by Stik
Sun Aug 14, 2022 4:19 pm
Forum: The Tavern
Topic: Check In Everyone!
Replies: 56
Views: 26486

Re: Check In Everyone!

Back from vacation.
Any issues while I was away?
by Stik
Sun Jun 19, 2022 4:25 pm
Forum: Arts and Literature
Topic: Movies
Replies: 4
Views: 2017

Re: Movies

You know how once in a great while a sequel comes out that is better than the original? I'm talking about movies like Aliens, and The Godfather: Part II, and Terminator 2. I have a new entry for the list. I watched the original and the sequel back to back yesterday, and I highly recommend Ghostbuste...
by Stik
Sun Jun 12, 2022 12:34 pm
Forum: Arts and Literature
Topic: Movies
Replies: 4
Views: 2017

Movies

Movies are arts, right? Caught one last week that deserves a look. Love and Monsters. Movie takes place ten years after a catastrophe that has caused many species to mutate into monsters. Humans have been living in small numbers in scattered underground bunkers, communicating by HAM radio. Protagoni...
by Stik
Sun Apr 03, 2022 4:24 pm
Forum: Arts and Literature
Topic: Books - Good and Bad
Replies: 11
Views: 14480

Re: Books - Good and Bad

Do comic books count? Well, I started the thread, so I say they do. I just finished the last compendium of The Walking Dead. Loved it. Now I am reading the first compendium of The Boys. Imagine a world where superheroes are real, and there are a lot of them. And they are managed by a large corporati...
by Stik
Sun Apr 03, 2022 8:12 am
Forum: The Tavern
Topic: Hero Forge
Replies: 0
Views: 1070

Hero Forge

Hero Forge is a website that allows you to design and 3D print custom miniatures (in color, or unpainted, as you prefer). The minis aren't cheap, but the design portion of the site is free to use, so I've been playing around in it quite a bit lately. https://www.heroforge.com/ Here are a few example...
by Stik
Sun Mar 13, 2022 1:08 pm
Forum: The Tavern
Topic: Check In Everyone!
Replies: 56
Views: 26486

Re: Check In Everyone!

Good to have you back.

And gate-keeping is one of the behaviors that will be strongly discouraged going forward.
by Stik
Sun Mar 06, 2022 4:01 pm
Forum: The Tavern
Topic: Check In Everyone!
Replies: 56
Views: 26486

Re: Check In Everyone!

I've managed to avoid infection, and we even snuck in a vacation during the lull in October of 2021 (New Orleans again, and if anyone gets down there in the near future, hit me up for some restaurant recommendations. We found two new ones to add to the "Not To Be Missed" List: Central City...