Today at sundown, the Jewish holiday of Pesach (Passover, to all my non-Jewish friends) begins. I would like to wish all my friends here on LJ and elsewhere, both Jewish and non-Jewish, a very Happy Pesach, and the best wishes at this time of year. Pass the matzoh, please ..read more

Happy Earth Day, everyone! :) Today is the day when we celebrate Gaia, Mother Nature, and all that goes along with that. While it's fine to celebrate today and all that, please remember to treat the planet right. It's the only one we've got ..read more

Today is the birthday of my favourite member of the Legion of Super-Heroes. According to the 1976 Super DC Calendar, in the 30th Century today will be the birthday of Phantom Girl! :) Phantom Girl, a.k.a. Tinya Wazzo of the planet Bgztl (or Bgtzl, depending on your preference), was one of the first two members of the Legion admitted to the group by its founders Cosmic Boy, Saturn Girl and Lightning Lad. (The other being Triplicate Girl.) Phantom Girl has had a few costumes based around the same thematic design over the years, but the one in the illo above is my all-time favourite. There ..read more

Happy Birthday, elizalavelle! I would like to offer you my best wishes for this, your special day. May the Goddess bless you with happiness, good health, fortune, and may you always have a warm breeze at your back! {virtual :::::KISS!!:::::} {{{Hugs ..read more

It's a relatively comfortable day here in the Ottawa valley, the temperature currently around 9oC. It's been sunny for the most part, with cloudy periods from time to time, and there's been a bit of breeze as well. I'm feeling quite tired after yesterday's grocery shopping and errands out, and didn't sleep all that well. My right shoulder is hurting somewhat, and I feel somewhat out of sorts. I'll be gaming with the Sunday afternoon group today; the players should be arriving within the next hour or so. May have to get the players to do the heavy lifting today, as the right arm/shoulder isn't ..read more

My, how time flies! For those who are interested, local Ottawa gaming convention, CanGames, 2024, begins exactly one month from today. The convention will be held from May 17th - 19th at the Rideau Curling Club here in Ottawa. The convention was cancelled from 2020 to 2022 due to COVID, and I missed 2023's version of the convention due to serious health issues, so I'm really looking forward to it! Registration for the convention has been open for some time, so I'm hoping all the games are filling up. Here's the listing of (roleplaying) games that I'll be running at the convention this year ..read more

Today is Sunday. I was supposed to game today with the Sunday players this afternoon. However, that isn't going to happen. Due to a change in her work schedule, Tammy is on-call this weekend for her job so as a result I won't be gaming today with the Sunday gaming group. I was quite looking forward to gaming with the Sunday afternoon players today, as I was going to start a brand new Doctor Who Roleplaying Game adventure for their campaign this afternoon, but that's not happening. Another case of Real Life(tm) getting in the way of gaming. Anyway, I'm looking forward to running the game ag ..read more

For those who might be interested, or who are just plain Doctor Who or The Musketeers fans... Peter Capaldi, the actor who played the Twelfth (or Thirteenth, depending) Doctor in the Doctor Who series celebrates his birthday today. While I can't say that I'm a great fan of New Who, I absolutely adored Mr. Capaldi's acting in everything I've seen him in. I actually came to like him in the role of the Doctor, and found him to have elements of my favourite Doctors over the Classic years of the show. So here's wishing Peter Capaldi a happy 65th ..read more

Today is the birthday of Peter Malcolm Gordon Moffett, better known as Peter Davison. Best remembered for his role as the Fifth Doctor in the Doctor Who tv series, Davison is also well-known and lovingly remembered for his role as Tristan Farnon in the BBC television adaptation of James Herriot's All Creatures Great and Small series, but has also appeared in Sink or Swim, A Very Peculiar Practice, Campion, The Last Detective, and Law & Order: UK. I first encountered Peter Davison in 1978 or so with his role as Tristan Farnon in All Creatures Great and Small, and adored the role and t ..read more

Today has been a typical early spring day in April here in Ottawa. It's been a somewhat gloomy, relatively warm day here with showers on and off most of the day. April showers bring May flowers, or so they say. The temperature reached around 15oC, but the day has been damp and somewhat cool in feel, making my aches and pains somewhat worse than usual. I've stayed inside much of the day and just took it somewhat easy. Still feeling a bit under the weather, and my right shoulder and arm are hurting a lot. It's been a few weeks since the Friday night gamers played, because of the Easter weekend ..read more