Random~

[Epignosis]

Some people don't know how to take a compliment

I do.

[bea]

Wait? Wot did I miss?

[Marmot]

Black Butte Portner.

Enough said.

[Marmot]

I just noticed Enrique has been promoted to Side-Mission Host.

Good things must be on the horizon.

[Vompatti]

When I google black butt I get wood.

[Tangrowth]

I just noticed Enrique has been promoted to Side-Mission Host.

Good things must be on the horizon.

[Ricochet]

I just noticed Enrique has been promoted to Side-Mission Host.

Good things must be on the horizon.

That upcoming game is so intriguing, I may well have second thoughts about my hiatus.

"May well", though. Nothing more, nothing less atm.

[Mongoose]

When I google black butt I get wood.

I bet you do.

Suggested music: "Brown Sugar" by the Stones

[Vompatti]

When I google black butt I get wood.

I bet you do.

Suggested music: "Brown Sugar" by the Stones

Eucalyptus pilularis, commonly known as blackbutt, is a common and dominant tree of the family Myrtaceae native to southeastern Australia.

[Enrique]

Yeah, sorry for the delay. I'm on vacation right now, won't be back till Monday, but I'm trying to get sign ups started as soon as possible. Get excited!

[Epignosis]

I'll play that for a dollar.

[Marmot]

I'll play that for a dollar.

Does the Syndicate charge for games now?

[Epignosis]

I'll play that for a dollar.

Does the Syndicate charge for games now?

Clearly before your time.

[Marmot]

I'll play that for a dollar.

Does the Syndicate charge for games now?

Clearly before your time.

Mafia is expensive in Finalnd.

[Epignosis]

I'll play that for a dollar.

Does the Syndicate charge for games now?

Clearly before your time.

Mafia is expensive in Finalnd.

[Marmot]

If it's on TV, it was never in my time.

[bea]

TV is expensive in Finland

[Elohcin]

I'm thirty-two years old and my daddy still buys me unexpected presents. I got this in the mail today.

[Epignosis]

He sent you your long lost twin?

[Marmot]

He sent you your long lost twin?

Sounds like there's potential for that threesome now.

[thellama73]

Did you die your hair black? That's new.

[Epignosis]

Did you die your hair black? That's new.

Dude, her hair is white and gold.

[thellama73]

Did you die your hair black? That's new.

Dude, her hair is white and gold.

[Elohcin]

Did you die your hair black? That's new.

Dude, her hair is white and gold.

haha, no it was just wet. I had just gotten out of the shower when Epi came in with the mail bearing the gift

[Elohcin]

He sent you your long lost twin?

Sounds like there's potential for that threesome now.

And llama, I have actually never dyed my hair and I don't think I ever will.

[Vompatti]

black is the colour of my ture love's hare

[nutella]

hey everyone go interrogate me with questions pls

[Epignosis]

I don't bother with Facebook or Twitter. I post things here, I suppose.



My old buddy Gavin decided to check out Friday night.

We were high school friends. I spent the night with him often. We'd talk video games, music, and boobs. He was the only friend I could stay with on a weeknight, because we attended the same high school and his mother was a substitute there. So we'd ride to school the next morning in his red Mustang, blaring the shit out of some Journey or Electric Light Orchestra. I tried to teach him guitar and he sucked. He had a snake for a while and I got to watch him feed it. We shared an appreciation for Taratino's From Dusk Till Dawn. He and I had a lot of fun.

In that picture, Gavin is the fellow on the right. I'm on the left. That fellow in the middle is Thomas, our mutual friend. He made an account here, actually (Mr. Thomas), but Mafia wasn't for him, alas.

I won't comment on some of the struggles Gavin had. Suffice it to say, he was severely injured while we were still teenagers, and I think that incident, complicated by the cocktails of medications he ended up on, fundamentally changed him. I cooked for him and Thomas a year or two ago, and he was almost a different person.

No matter. I will remember him the way I loved him: Talking about video games, music, and boobs. And as someone who brightened my own life and the lives of others. I'm sorry he didn't see it that way.

RIP Gavin
1983-2015

[fingersplints]

Sorry for your loss Epi.
I think you are correct in remembering as he was at his best, not his troubles.

[S~V~S]

I am so sorry to hear that, Epi.

[Tangrowth]

That's a damn shame, Rob, I'm really sorry to hear it. Thanks for sharing with us though.

[Tangrowth]

Also, it goes without saying that I'm here if you want to talk more about it (or anything else, for that matter). As you know, I'll talk video games, music, and boobs. :P

[Epignosis]

Thank you, fine folks.

Also, it goes without saying that I'm here if you want to talk more about it (or anything else, for that matter). As you know, I'll talk video games, music, and boobs. :P

I want to say this now, because I just fucking remembered this:

Gavin is indirectly the reason I got into progressive rock music and wanted to write it.

My dad would always play "Dust in the Wind," and I liked it. He told me it was by Kansas. Since childhood, I had thought of Kansas as a lovely acoustic band. Then, when I listened to the radio in my car, I realized they did "Carry on Wayward Son," so I thought, "Okay, Kansas can rock too."

(Disclaimer for young people: This was before any of us had Internet to Youtube anything).

But on a West Virginian whitewater rafting excursion, heading back home, I saw that Gavin had Kansas' Live at the Whiskey.

The CD is white and has black lettering, listing all the tracks. I noted the title, "Miracles Out of Nowhere." It appealed to me. So I played it.

Boom.

I listened to that one song five times on the way home through the grandeur of the West Virginian mountains and knew right then that that was the kind of music I wanted to play.

So thanks Gavin, for changing my life, even if that wasn't your intention.

[Tangrowth]

Miracles out of Nowhere is SUCH a good song.

Awesome story.

[Epignosis]

I just got off the phone with his mom. That was weird and nerve-wracking in all the opposite ways I thought the call was going to be.

Just holy shit. Sorry.

[thellama73]

I'm really sorry to hear that you lost a friend, Rob. That has got to be tough.

[triceratopzeuhl]

Leaving the country to travel Europe for 3 weeks! Bye everybody! I'll try to remember to take pictures

[A Person]

RIP Gavin
1983-2015

My condolences to you Rob, and to those who knew him.

[Elohcin]

Simon taking his first standardized test (mandated by the state). This is him "being comfortable" during the test. He went from sitting to standing on his chair every few minutes I love homeschooling and I love this kid

[A Person]

PSST SIMON, 45 is B

[Epignosis]

My son is L.

[Bass_the_Clever]

Rob Im sorry to hear about your friend.

[Epignosis]

Rob Im sorry to hear about your friend.

Thank you Bass, and the rest of you who've expressed condolences.

I've been asked by the deceased's mother to "carry his pall," as the old Western song says. The funeral is Friday.

One thing that struck me this morning: I mentioned that, as teenagers, we both listened to a lot of Journey as we went to school. Would you believe me if I told you, that, this morning, the radio station I listen to played only one song between commercials and news:

"Who's Crying Now"

[Marmot]

My son is L.

[S~V~S]

Lost my taste for Mafia tonight. I have sewing to do.

[Marmot]

Lost my taste for Mafia tonight. I have sewing to do.

Whoa! What are you sewing?

[Epignosis]

You know you're a Mafia addict when a headline like this has you scratching your head for a while.

[Tangrowth]

You know you're a Mafia addict when a headline like this has you scratching your head for a while.

Indeed.

[Black Rock]

You know you're a Mafia addict when a headline like this has you scratching your head for a while.

Awesome.

[Missing Person]

You know you're a Mafia addict when a headline like this has you scratching your head for a while.

Time to bus Cruz, clearly.