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The ups and downs of pre-production of The Guild are giving me grey hair and acid reflux and a bulging disk and like...other random things.
Najeeb Mirza liked this
/hug
- Najeeb Mirza
Cut apple slices and eat to treat acid reflux. Try just before going to bed to help sleep. If it doesn't work you can always go back to the pills.
- Melanie Gow
That's not good! Have you tried practicing mindfulness? http://isbnlink.com/0385303122
- vb100
You need to have a talk with your dungeon master. I think he might be reading the encounter tables wrong.
- XDpaul
How long does the pre-prod take for The Guild?
- petar vucetin
love_n_friendship
Tony C, Melanie Jagolino, Rui Pereira and 35 other people liked this
LMAO, lovely pic! / Where are you Mona
- ardiba
I have a real life experience with just such an event. It did not end well.
- XDpaul
THERE WILL BE BLOOD!!!
- Business Blogger【ツ】™
No blood only peace.
- Mahdi Ebrahimi
آخی عزیزم اینا چگده خوشگلن
- m4ndm
that kitten makes me crazy,I have two naughty ones.oooofffffffff
- shamim
Shamim, i like kitten but my mother never allow me to keep kitten :)
- Mahdi Ebrahimi
That chic has a cute pussy...
- Jemm
:D
- Mahdi Ebrahimi
:)) اووووه اینا کجا بودن
- Noosha
Too cute X)!
- Nia
yum yum
- Nathan Rein
Everyone's asking so the series I'm reading is Lillith Saintcrows but it's definitely vaginal urban fantasy. Boys try Joe Abercrombie, yum!
David Monroe liked this
YUP! I found Abercrombie's First Law series from a mention on Felicia's blog months ago and now I'm hooked !! His blog is filled with great info: http://is.gd/8zJm / Patrick Rothfuss' The Name of the Wind is AMAZING but you'll have to wait for the next... (vaginal urban fantasy? haha adding that category to my goodreads!)
- David Monroe
from twhirl
which of Saintcrow's series? I got started on three of them, and then got confused and lost my place in all of them...) She's crazy prolific!
- RudĩϐЯaЯïan
Can you say "vaginal" on the internet?
- XDpaul
Apparently, yes!
- WorldofHiglet
The Guild, Season 2 Fires on All Orbs
AAAH! Licorice jellybean, GROSSSSSSSS! Why Jelly Belly, WHY?!?!
Karim, Trish Haley, Live4Emma (L4S) and 9 other people liked this
Ack! ptthhhh! <cough> Ewww. Why I don't eat them at the movies.
- ɐ ɯıʞ sıɹɥɔ
I like licorice jellybeans, so feel free to pass 'em my way.
- josh neff, geek at large
At least they're not Bertie Bott's beans http://tinyurl.com/5qc6ll :-p
- Tom Mack
I love licorice jelly beans! pass me some, too. :-)
- Stephanie_Happy2010!
Are they red or black? Either way, I'll nom them. :)
- Michael Falkner
those are the *best* ones, silly.
- Laura Norvig
better than baby powder flavored!
- edythe
I'm aaaaallllll about the licorice jelly beans. :D
- tinypants - Hagitha of FF
Jelly Belly's licorice beans are the only licorice beans I can eat, and I don't really want to. Doggonit, now I'm going to have to hit my stash.
- MiniMage TKDteacher of FF
I love my little bean bucket
- MiniMage TKDteacher of FF
awwww. "little bean bucket."
- edythe
Can we ban ALL licorice-flavoured anything?
- Shey, Jamaican of FF
instead of banning licorice flavoured things, just send them to me...m'kay?
- Trent Olson
if you banned "licorice-flavored anything," there would be several countries around the Mediterranean ocean that wouldn't have any civilized way to get drunk on a lazy summer afternoon. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki... etc.
- Karim
Jelly Belly's are a bag of frustration capsules. Yes! Strawberry cream! Oooo, crushed pineapple! Mmm unicorn frosting! ACK BURNT COFFEE!
- XDpaul
@XDPaul all good questions...I shall make notes (or you could put a comment on the www.whedonage.com article for me :)
Ha! Why simplify things? Instead I'll reply in a friendfeed switcheroo! Boy, ain't I the provacateur today!
- XDpaul
I am keeping tabs on you, my lad! Don't think I'm not!
- WorldofHiglet
MST3K is 20 this year. Holy crap, know how old that makes me? Story at Propeller: http://www.propeller.com/story...
Robert Fischer and tinypants - Hagitha of FF liked this
I'll take a guess! At least 20?
- XDpaul
Long Guild shoot today, rushed to D&D only to be fallen on by a Draconic party member, 31 PTS of damage. Shoulda stated home, LOL.
DGentry, Kim, Jennifer Dittrich and 3 other people liked this
Unlucky! Still - more Guild in the can! :)
- WorldofHiglet
waiting. waiting. waiting. patiently. for season two.
- Laura Norvig
"Fallen on" as in "Oof! Puff took a tumble on the staircase with me underneath." or as in "Yikes! Puff has a mean streak and attacked me from the flank!" ? In either case, you've got a DM with a twisted sense of fair play!
- XDpaul
Actually, he fell off a cliff which I had fallen off of and hadn't moved from my spot yet. He rolled a dice, 10% chance he fell on me and BAM. Sad luck!
- Felicia
Obsessively sorted my closet and all my clothes by color: Warm -> Cool. Most soothing thing I've done in weeks, does that make me a freak?
Yolanda, XDpaul, Eric Geller and Adastra liked this
Very nice idea, but unfortunately 90% of my clothes are black...
- Adastra
No Felicia, it makes you a thorough, organized, and well-prepared individual.
- Eric Geller
And a freak.
- XDpaul
You'd make a good librarian!
- jönαthaη
from Alert Thingy
You're so adorable.
- B. Hatin
Handing out candy at a friend's house. I love using my power to deny surly teens without costumes or manners candy, MUHAHAHA!
aug, Sylvain Nadeau, Roger Kondrat and 5 other people liked this
and do u have a costume?
- Dani Figueiredo
I think that passes the "Uncle Ben" power use test. Good work.
- David Monroe
from twhirl
wait for the flaming poo on your friends doorstep then we will see how powerful you feeling cleaning that up. :)
- Roger Kondrat
Surly teens fail vs. Felicia
- XDpaul
Going to Women in Film Entertainment forum to do a panel on online storytelling. I like doing panels, they always provide free waters.
WorldofHiglet, Sylvain Nadeau, tinypants - Hagitha of FF and B. Hatin liked this
You should win a prize for most low maintenance actress or something lol!
- Katie
lol agreed
- tinypants - Hagitha of FF
...for you to walk on?
- XDpaul
Make sure to vote!
Eric Geller liked this
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Vicky, Kyle Weller, Brandon Titus and 3 other people liked this
Wow, they are making another Harry Potter movie? How did they ever scrape together enough financing?
- XDpaul
I sense some sarcasm XDpaul. lol.
- Spout
Damn. They're getting darker and darker :)
- Brandon Titus
OMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMG
- Zulema ◕ ◡ ◕
i absolutely hate all the harry potter movies, I dont know why, they just make me cringe
- Kyle Weller
1:10 YES! Oh YES!
- Vicky
Guild cast r at ESPN Zone say hi to OMG I jutlat ran into a lightpost while twitteing OUCH OMG
David Vasileff, Rebecca Sun, Michael W. May and 16 other people liked this
hehe.. I ran into those poles at Disneyland too.. heh
- Daynah
Ha! Must be a Disney thing. I once ran into 30-inch-high pole in Disney World with the inside of my thigh. Nasty bruise.
- Lee Thompson
haha! I can only hope that Sandeep was videoing on his phone at the time...
- WorldofHiglet
Best. Twitter. Ever.
- Timothy Shey
Second that best twitter ever. Hope you're ok.
- T-Ho
ROFL--twitter addict?
- Kelly W.
LOL! You always provide the very best Twitter Gold.
- Dani Figueiredo
14 people liked you walking into a pole.
- XDpaul
It hurt! Got a bruise to show for it!
- Felicia
What part of you collided with that pole? Shin? Forehead? Shoulder? Just trying to envision this accurately for maximum chuckle value. Oh, I'm so mean...
- Lee Thompson
I'm thinking about becoming a rapper.
Mohamed J, Sarah Peterman, Nicholas Kreidberg and 14 other people liked this
What, you mean that most people *wouldn't* be interested in hearing a nerd rap about C's string manipulation abilities?
- Rishabh Mishra (p248)
p248: Too late. The perfect nerdy rapper was already done. http://www.youtube.com/watch...
- Steven Perez
Well, I think that I have a stronger background in computers than the nerd in White and Nerdy. The more time a person spends studying Klingon, the less time they spend studying Javascript. While this can be compensated by a faster rate of learning, I think that if I were to concentrate my full time on Javascript, with the fictional nerd studying 50% Javascript and 50% Klingon, I would manage to overtake the nerd in Javascript skills. IMHO, Klingon skills are not as good as Javascript skills.
- Rishabh Mishra (p248)
Are you saying you want to be a Klingon rapper rappin' Javascript lyrics? :)
- imabonehead
Ooh, I like that idea. Hope you know Klingon, possible248 :D
- i80and
No, I'm saying that I should get really, really good at Javascript, and not speak Klingon.
- Rishabh Mishra (p248)
Are your wheels quite stationary? And do you have a definite view on who is better, Kirk or Picard? We need to know this before passing judgement on your potential for rapping greatdom.
- WorldofHiglet
If he doesn't answer Picard, I'm going to unfriend him. :P
- Voyagerfan5761
I think the more pressing issue is: are all of his action figures cherry?
- Steven Perez
Nonono. I'd become a rapper with a greater focus on Linux and programming. I do not consider action figures, an assumption that Kirk from Star Wars is better, or stationary wheels to be signs of nerdiness.
- Rishabh Mishra (p248)
can you rap that career decision?
- anna sauce
pffft! Now I know that your intention was to bait those more nerdier than what you are (ha - I dare you to challenge my grammar, too!) and not to launch a new career in rap. I'm not going to rise to it. I know you know your Wars from your Trek, and I know that you know that I know that you know. You ain't fooling no-one, little man.....rap on that!
- WorldofHiglet
awk, awk, gotta luve da sed, awk, awk, windows is da evil, vi is so viril, awk, awk, shake shake it baby
- directeur
from NoiseRiver
@directeur excellente!
- anna sauce
I am up for a new vocation / hoping it's a vacation / it's about the l-double 3 - t / no more compilers, a lot more wii
- anna sauce
if you've got skillz, then go nuts.
- john conroy
hehe awesomesauce, FTW! - wikki wik
- WorldofHiglet
OK, someone needs to create the nerdy rapper room.
- Steven Perez
You can be the hip hop Jonathan Coulton. :D
- Helen Sventitsky
hey-- can u do a rap on Bubble-sorts?? I need to learn about them. do one and send me the youtube link?? By say 3pm tomorrow?? thanx ;)
- john conroy
@anna awesomesauce: Heh, thank you! :) And I even didn't rapped about regex ;)
- directeur
from NoiseRiver
Kill 2 birds w/ one stone: learn Klingonscript.
- XDpaul
Do it.
- ♥patricia♥
+1 XDpaul
- Voyagerfan5761
+1 directeur ("awk, awk") EDIT: And John, just ask Barack Obama about the bubble sort. http://www.youtube.com/watch...
- Rishabh Mishra (p248)
you may have to try a little better than that :) (didn't even rhyme)
- Vicky
"I wanna be a rappa, not a computer hacka. I love Lisp and Perl. My scripts surf the net with cURL."
- Rishabh Mishra (p248)
Rough cut of Guild Season 2 episode 1 = Cool!!!
Andrea, Kelly W., edythe and 10 other people liked this
Yay! Getting excited over here.
- Jandy, ConcertMaven of FF
Such great news I had to reshare it in the 'Watch the Guild' FF room :)
- WorldofHiglet
woohoo!
- Stephen Roberts
I'm waiting for the limited edition Director's Cut, featuring a shirtless Vork that was too hot for the internet.
- XDpaul
Hi XD! Guess what? I am NOT waiting to see Jeff shirtless....:) Oh, and hello :)
- WorldofHiglet
Back on the set of Roommates! They're having me back for another episode, cool!
Kevin D. White, Sylvain Nadeau, Jennifer Dittrich and 2 other people liked this
It's actually a conspiracy to keep you away from your new media projects.
- The One True b!X
Been wondering about Roommates. I googled a bit and found this: http://tinyurl.com/495v5f ... Is that the same show?
- Lee Thompson
Cool!! Congratz! =]
- Dani Figueiredo
Time to demand a million per episode! Or you walk! You always have lucrative Legend of Neil work to fall back on!
- XDpaul
Walking dog back home from a cafe; bag of pie in one hand, bag of poop in the other.
Sylvain Nadeau, Alejandro, Kirk and Dean "Karnatos" Michaud liked this
Don't get those bags mixed up!
- josh neff, geek at large
"Oohhh... I hate poo." [by Clara]
- Dani Figueiredo
hehe +1 Dani :)
- WorldofHiglet
The cake is a lie ...er... the poop is a pie!
- Keith McDuffee
from twhirl
Make sure you light the correct one on fire. It would be a waste of pie...
- Matt Hilton
There goes our Felicia, running off to the poop cafe again. Congratulations on finding the bag of pie, though!
- XDpaul
AND twittering? How many hands do you have?!
- Chris Slusser
Okay, but which one came from the café?
- Kevin Leroux
Sitcom time again! And hafta memorize all my Guild dialogue for the weekend, like 12 pages. If I survive the next 4 days it'll be awesome!
David Monroe and Dani Figueiredo liked this
Heh, all I can say is good luck! Sounds like s fun weekend to me :)
- Joshua Mortensen
You may have to break out the "Oh, I forgot I made some last minute edits and didn't get everyon new copies" excuse on Saturday. Good luck! We'll know you did if The Guild 2 ends up sounding like a Judd Apatow movie.
- XDpaul
Break a leg and all that. Can't wait to hear what sitcom it is.
- Laura Norvig
My Mom told me last night that she likes Sarah Palin. I asked why. "Because she's a normal person with problems like everyone else." Yes, Mom, and she has as much foreign policy and economic experience as you do, too. Is anyone taking this seriously?
Christopher Galtenberg, Kenton, Fabrizio and 31 other people liked this
OK to like her for that reason. Not a good reason to vote for McCain though.
- Alex Scoble
My mom is normal with problems like everyone else... I still wouldn't want my mom to be President. Seriously people.
- Ryan
@Alex Exactly - except that was her response when I asked, "Have you decided who you're voting for yet?" She answered with, "Yeah. I like Sarah Palin." She could just run this ticket by herself if everyone thinks that way.
- Shawn Farner
It's fine to like some one for any of a variety of reasons. But people you like are people you have over for dinner and a rousing game of canasta. People for whom you vote need a certain skill-set and past experience from which to draw to complete the task correctly.
- MVB (Curmudgeon of FF)
I wonder if she picks her doctor, mechanic, or plumber the same way?
- Robert Scoble
You may reverse your "normal person" viewpoint after seeing this: http://vimeo.com/1679097...
- LarchOye
Disappointingly, I have a feeling that a lot of "normal" people are thinking this way.
- Rob Diana
How is she more normal than Joe Biden who deals with family life and tragedy? We're *all* not so different ... but trying to identify with the daily life of a politician ... *sigh*
- AJ Kohn
This is just more of that "someone I can have a beer with" mentality. I don't want a personable average joe, I want an obsessive genius brimming with training. I would like House for prez, just a political version.
- Neal Jansons
from twhirl
According to the polls, a lot less "normal" people are feeling that way than when she was announced. Humanity continues to do just fine.
- Alex Scoble
@Sean No. The fact that anyone can be fooled by this means that something is very wrong at the core of our society. People are not thinking critically about information presented to them.
- ixtli
The problem is getting people to understand what the president's & staff's job is, then provide them with solid information on the candidates' abilities, alliances, history and stances on specific issues. It's getting better, with sites like and http://www.ontheisssues.org http://www.factcheck.org/ for starters, but the current media (and the medium used) still heavily favors...
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- John Frenette
from twhirl
Being a "normal person" is great criteria for having a friend, but it's sucky criteria for being in a position with extraordinary responsibilities. My mom feels just about the same as yours, Shawn. She was absolutely red in the face when I said I didn't like Palin for VP. "But, SHE'S A WOMAN!!!" I don't care what gender she is... She's not fit for the job.
- Lindsay is in 20-ten
But does Mom live next door to Russia? :)
- Morton Fox
Her boss, John McCain, is also a "normal person with problems like everyone else" -- problems, like, you know, remembering how many houses you own, or where you put the keys to your 13th car, what to give your wife for Christmas... I mean, when your wife is worth over 100 million dollars, the fuzzy pink Dearfoams slippers, they just don't cut it! They absolutely do not cut it.
- Karim
i feel like somone is playing a huge joke on us with this Palin pick. Just waiting for the punchline that doesn't seem to be coming.
- Paulo Elias
from twhirl
@Lindsay - right. I definitely understand the excitement that women may feel due to a history of disenfranchisement--the exciting feeling that a candidate might represent them because they are the most *like* them on the surface or in the day-to-day. As a guy, I have had the luxury of the last 200+ years of American history candidates, and know from experience that I don't agree with a candidate or want them to govern me just because they pee standing up, too. Historic times.
- John Frenette
from twhirl
Isn't voting for a supposedly "normal" person the past 2 elections how we've gotten to today's state of affairs? Don't know about anyone else but that argument no longer holds any meaning to me.
- ronin
"like", "admire", "appreciate", "support","feel sorry for", "trust with my bank account", "trust to protect my family, town, state, country", etc. not all the same for me.
- MikeAmundsen
@Paulo - Ashton Kutcher is crouching behind the scenes, getting ready to jump out and tell us all "You just got Punk'd! Awww I got you so bad!!!"
- John Frenette
from twhirl
Uh, couldn't the same be said of the other guy at the, ahem, TOP of the ticket? I'm just saying...
- XDpaul
@XDpaul - please specific; do you mean experience or stances or alliances or...?
- John Frenette
from twhirl
I wouldn't want a "normal person" or "someone like me" running my country. I want someone better educated and more experienced than me. Hell, if the presidential candidates are just like us, we could run for President. Well, technically I can't because I'm Canadian, but you get my point.
- Bonnie Dean
These are good points, funny too, at times. I agree, there are plenty of people that I like, but, I would have a tough time supporting them in a run for VP
- delgado
I am horrified today, about Palin. But I was horrified in 2004 when we watched America vote George Bush in for a second term. It can happen again, and again, and again,,, I will continue to be horrified! At least now the US is no longer an economic superpower! lol
- James Hayton
Ilan Goldenberg: Palin Calls Kissinger Naive - http://www.huffingtonpost.com/ilan-go...
Adewale Oshineye, Atul Arora, Helen Sventitsky and Cee Bee liked this
"Palin: I think, with Ahmadinejad, personally, he is not one to negotiate with. You can't just sit down with him with no preconditions being met. Barack Obama is so off-base in his proclamation that he would meet with some of these leaders around our world who would seek to destroy America and that, and without preconditions being met. That's beyond naïve. And it's beyond bad judgment. Couric: Are you saying Henry Kissinger ... Palin: It's dangerous. Couric: ... is naïve for supporting that?"
- Jason Wehmhoener
from Bookmarklet
Kissinger IS naive, though! His RealPolitic does not now, and never has, worked in the Real World! Hate to say it, but Palin's criticism is right, even if her approach isn't.
- XDpaul
"I can't remember-- When Kissinger signs a US government paycheck, does he use a ballpoint pen, or the bloody, severed limb of an East Timorese child?" http://www.mnftiu.cc/categor...
- Seth
This is so astonishing as to warp the very fabric of our political space time continuum. Next thing you know, she'll say that McCain isn't old.
- Alex Scoble
Felicia Day on House tonight. - http://whedonesque.com/comment...
Dean "Karnatos" Michaud liked this
Someone should bring her a ladder.
- XDpaul
Shooting Guild in my house this weekend, realizing what a cesspool my house has become. Large chunks of cat fur wherever I look. Mini Vac!
Yes! Get the fur at the source! Vac the cat! ;)
- Michael
shave the cat, solves the problem at the real source!
- Stephen Roberts
Nuke it from orbit. It's the only way to be sure.
- XDpaul
Here's another answer to cat hair problem: http://www.youtube.com/watch...
- Ken Gidley
I'm so busy I'm doing things half-assed and it's making me cranky! And my house is out of toothpaste and toilet paper. Imperative store run!
Handy alternative and time-saving solution - a giant bar of lava soap and adult diapers. Just a thought.
- XDpaul
Sitting down to write a few hours. Hard to know if you're making it WORSE or BETTER with rewrites.
Dean "Karnatos" Michaud, Nicholas Kreidberg, RAPatton and 2 other people liked this
OK, after Dr. Horrible and just renting 'Prairie Fever' on netflix (may the lord strike me dow-a-nn) I'm suddenly very worried about the ending of Guild S. 2. fingers crossed for our intrepid Cyd (CODEX) .. ;)
- David Monroe
from twhirl
BTW: I did like it. Acting was very stong, editing and production values seemed iffy. You totally sold 19th century damaged zealotry! :))
- David Monroe
from twhirl
WORSE. Always WORSE. You know it is ready for shooting when you hit LANGUAGE FAIL. Keep at it, almost there! :)
- XDpaul
Organizing to do casting this weekend. One of the fun things about production! Well, from the producer side. From the actor side: Torture.
David August, Dani Figueiredo and WorldofHiglet liked this
Your chance to make the experience completely unlike the usual 'Hollywood casting cattle market'. Though we all know you'll give it to the person who brings the nicest cookie/pastry combo :)
- WorldofHiglet
I'd do craft services for you, but you'd have to change it to "Kraft" services. I make a mean macaroni and cheese. No seriously. It's mean. It took a kids lunch money one time.
- XDpaul
Does anyone know if the D&D Basic Set from 1983 + Module B2 is legally online anywhere? Like as a PDF or something? Ze Googles do nothing.
edythe, Tanath, Roger Benningfield and 2 other people liked this
probably not unless they rerelease it in a retro edition.
- Nicole Simon
@Joshua - that's the 1974 one :)
- Jennifer Dittrich
Man, I had my copy of the blue book for years, I obsessively kept it around, but sometime after college it seems to have disappeared. sigh. I loved that - back in the day when races where just diff't classes. :)
- felix
Ah, so it is! That's the one I had. *old school*
- josh neff, geek at large
I was raised by moisture farmers. The 1983 ed. and B2 came like lightning that blessed Christmas morn. I've been reeling ever since.
- XDpaul
Reading Keep on the Borderlands, I recall that D&D used to focus much more on imagination and storytelling.
Akiva Moskovitz and Imabug liked this
I think the simplicity of old school D&D lends it self more to the imagination and story aspects
- Imabug
Get yourself a copy of the D&D Rules Cyclopedia and live a happier life.
- Akiva Moskovitz
...except for that greedy guy who just fell for the mimic.
- XDpaul
My reward for 5 days of "all work no play": D&D 4th edition tonight! Mmm, bringing homemade chocolate chip cookies!
mojo shivers, Christa, Bren -- Making Contact and 9 other people liked this
:) plus - 1000th Tweet!
- WorldofHiglet
my D&D group moved to Seattle and live in a commune. i'll probably never play 4th edition. :-P have fun!
- Mrs. Micah
Chocolate chip cookies sounds good right now.
- mojo shivers
Definitely jealous. Working on the road so I have nobody to play 4th edition with. /sigh
- Austin Kiser
Awesome reward for lots of work. I hope you had fun!
- Ryan Glasnapp
It's so much better than 3.x. It's the first time I've even wanted to play D&D since the early 90s. I've been sticking with other systems (HERO! Rolemaster!) but 4e drew me back in.
- Akiva Moskovitz
Once your iPhone is working again, you may want to pick up Mach Dice for it. It only costs $1! http://d20.jonnydigital.com/2008...
- XDpaul
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