http://yamara.com/rfw News and commentary from the World of Where Yamara Has To Live and environs Tue, 04 Mar 2008 19:27:35 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Gary Gygax (1938 – 2008) Wonder what alignment he was when he died.     You know he’d want us to ask that.     Good game, man. -Barbara & Chris http://yamara.com/rfw/?p=36 Yesterday, it was revealed that the Air Force moved some nukes over the U.S., and reportedly did so by accident. This caused a flurry of reactions after these facts were leaked, along with the expected speculation over what signal this was meant to send to whom. The obvious message was ... http://yamara.com/rfw/?p=35 (A previous version of this appeared as a comment at DailyKos.) At around 10:50 AM ET today, Barbara announced that she had just been visited by a “Terror Bird” in her dreams before awakening. She has a long history of dreaming of men as they die, including Hirohito and Yul Brynner, ... http://yamara.com/rfw/?p=34 I used my daughter’s crayons, a different color for each main character. One end of the wallpaper was the beginning of the story, and the other end was the end, and then there was all that middle part, which was the middle. And the blue line met the red line ... http://yamara.com/rfw/?p=33 “Despite Hastert’s red-faced bluster, that’s not the Democrats’ fault. That’s not the fault of a Jewish banker, or those oh-too-attractive-for-a-congressman-to-leave-alone young high school students. Hastert could have taken care of this and every other GOP scandal that has rocked the house at any time. He didn’t, by House and Republican ... http://yamara.com/rfw/?p=32 Okay, I can’t show my face at MOCCA this year until I have something posted from last year’s Weird Idea I Had—the ‘Rip Van Webcomic’ questionaire. I passed out dozens of these last year, and some of the “totally unscientific” results are now posted here. Chris’ll add more as the ... http://yamara.com/rfw/?p=31 The Lou Gentile Show has invited us to discuss time travel and other salient topics on his paranormal-themed radio show. Tune in at 8 PM Eastern, April 13th; streaming is available right off the Lou Gentile site. (Added this to the announcement:) You may need to register at the Lou Gentile Show ... http://yamara.com/rfw/?p=30 Surrounded by bitter winds, the Jacob Javits Center hosted the first annual New York Comic-con, February 24-26, 2006. Dave Fooden and I walked the floor during the pro-only period on Friday. Allow me to lead with some of the best newcomers I encountered: Matthew Bernier, still in SVA but with a sharp ... http://yamara.com/rfw/?p=29 Under the People’s Sovereign Authority constitutional theory, I wrote to my Senator, Hillary Clinton, commanding her to filibuster the nomination of Alito to the Supreme Court. In case you haven’t heard, he wants to make George W. Bush dictator. Here’s my diary about it at the Daily Kos. She wrote back. More ... http://yamara.com/rfw/?p=27 Anyone who remembers Gunnar Thorson, or has read Hob or the fiction elements of CºNTINUUM knows dramatic business is close to our artistic heart. And that heart has been a comic series that we’ve dropped hints about, from Dragon*Con to d8 magazine, for the past twenty years. Before midnight Pacific Time ... http://yamara.com/rfw/?p=26