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“Nine princes of Chaos, all torn asunder; Six Princesses of Chaos, where do they wander? Fly falcon, stout hart, and unicorn brave; Between the shadows, to escape your grave.”

I just finished reading “The Dawn of Amber” by John Gregory Betancourt.  It is a trilogy set at the beginning of the Amber history, [...]

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Ninety per cent of the young people who seek treatment for compulsive computer gaming are not addicted.
So says Keith Bakker the founder and head of Europe’s first and only clinic to treat gaming addicts.
The Smith & Jones Center in Amsterdam has treated hundreds of young gamers since the clinic opened in 2006.
But the clinic is [...]

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Your age on other worlds

dCol=’lime’;//date colour.
fCol=’lime’;//face colour.
sCol=’#FFFF00′;//seconds colour.
mCol=’violet’;//minutes colour.
hCol=’red’;//hours colour.
ClockHeight=50;
ClockWidth=50;
ClockFromMouseY=0;
ClockFromMouseX=100;
//Alter nothing below! Alignments will be lost(-Krunal Ved)!
d=new Array(”SUNDAY”,”MONDAY”,”TUESDAY”,”WEDNESDAY”,”THURSDAY”,”FRIDAY”,”SATURDAY”);
m=new Array(”JANUARY”,”FEBRUARY”,”MARCH”,”APRIL”,”MAY”,”JUNE”,”JULY”,”AUGUST”,”SEPTEMBER”,”OCTOBER”,”NOVEMBER”,”DECEMBER”);
date=new Date();
day=date.getDate();
year=date.getYear();
if (year < 2000) year=year+1900;
TodaysDate=” “+d[date.getDay()]+” “+day+” “+m[date.getMonth()]+” “+year;
D=TodaysDate.split(”);
clockH=’…’;
clockH=clockH.split(”);
M=’….’;
M=M.split(”);
S=’…..’;
S=S.split(”);
Face=’1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12′;
font=’Arial’;
size=1;
speed=0.6;
ns=(document.layers);
ie=!ns;
Face=Face.split(’ ‘);
n=Face.length;
a=size*10;
ymouse=0;
xmouse=0;
scrll=0;
props=”“;
props2=”“;
Split=360/n;
Dsplit=360/D.length;
HandHeight=ClockHeight/4.5
HandWidth=ClockWidth/4.5
HandY=-7;
HandX=-2.5;
scrll=0;
if (ie && !(document.all)){
step=0.09;
} else {
step=0.06;
}
currStep=0;
clocky=new Array();clockx=new Array();clockY=new Array();clockX=new Array();
for (i=0; i [...]

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I found this quite impressive. It’s one guy performing John Williams themes a capella. Not only are the performances impressive, but he also has a Star Wars theme throughout.

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My book finally arrived!!!!

There is a section on starting hit points. While the final play testing and brain storming on this is not yet over, there are several options for how to handle 1st level hit points. One option also includes adding hit points by your race. Frail races (elves) get 4 additional HP, [...]

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Wil Wheaton linked to this on Twitter today. It is 24 Ghost Towns and Abasndoned Cities. I looked at only a couple of them and I already have several adventure ideas floating about.

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