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Saturday, August 27, 2005

So much to get through, Colonel

Lots been going on since the last update. The second day of the cricket’s on now, so this update may tend a little towards the distracted at times:

The mystery of the missing guest - So it turns out that Frank wasn’t able to make it to dinner on account of having a stomach infection. Now he’s on antibiotics for at least a week and may need more treatment if that doesn’t work. Hopefully he’ll be better shortly – we’ll probably schedule another dinner party soon after we get back from New Zealand, as he’s terribly fun company.
This is an ex-Telstar - So Fiona’s beloved car started overheating and losing pressure last Saturday, and by the end of the weekend it was pretty apparent we should stop driving it until we could get it looked at. There was a distinct suggestion that some kind of explosion might result in further use. Hector came over during the week and sadly pronounced it a bit too expensive to fix. This could have come at a better time – two weeks before we leave the country, and immediately after we sign up for a roof restoration. So we’ve had to cancel the latter (no point cancelling the trip, since it’s half paid for and is also obviously not something we’ll be cancelling) and since then Fiona’s been looking for a replacement. Since the Telstar’s done something like 350,000 km, we’re pretty much after something that will similarly keep going and going forever, or at least 10 or so years. One likely prospect, a Mazda 626 for sale in Sydney, was being offered for well under the usual market rate. Unfortunately we got the NRMA inspection report today which suggests that the car’s been in an accident and needs a lot of work. So while that one’s not quite off the drawing board – the sellers think it’s fine, so they’re going to get a second opinion and bring the price down if there’s work that needs doing – but it looks like we might have to keep at it.
Lumpy - Discovered a surprising lump on my leg on Tuesday night, unpleasant colours and extremely painful. The surprising part was that it must have been around for at least a couple of days without me noticing. Anyway, it hurt, so I disdained my usual treatment of picking at it in favour of getting a doctor to look at it. As expected it seems to be an ingrown hair that’s become infected, though it could also be a cyst (that’s become infected?). A course of antibiotics for me, and hopefully no need for any kind of excision. Seems to have started going away on its own anyway, so I don’t expect it to bother me for long.
Spy games - In my usual style, rather than pick up some old game that I know and love and know how to run well, I’ve gone and picked up a copy of the newly revised Spycraft roleplaying game. It’s about spies, doncha know. I’m looking at running a game based on a secret intelligence branch of Doctor Who’s United Nations Intelligence Taskforce (which on the show was mainly depicted as a military detachment without a huge resource of intelligence to speak of, notwithstanding the Doctor’s occasional help). It’ll have Cold War shenanigans, Bond-esque super-criminal masterminds and (as Jimbo puts it) cars crashing into Daleks. Well, it might have something like that, anyway. Reckon it will be fun. We’re not rushing into it, though – the rules are pretty complex, and I want to get across it pretty well before I start trying to run it. In the meantime, we’re playing board games and probably will start the odd session of D&D run by Chris when we get back from hols.
More dinner - We’re having another dinner party tomorrow night – Mauro and Tracy, more of Fi’s old Raiders club co-workers. So tomorrow will be another big day of cooking and cleaning (not so much cleaning though, since the place is still relatively tidy after last week’s scouring). Another duck dish is on the menu (duck breasts with balsamic cherries), as well as pumpkin and fetta pasta, and something else I can’t quite remember. Oh, and the usual bucketloads of wine. I’m getting hungry just thinking about it.

Right. Lunch is over at the cricket. Back to it.

5 smartarse remarks Post a Comment

5 Comments:

Please sign me up for Spycraft vs. UNIT! I promise to travel from Yokohama every week for the game.
Honest.
Damn I'm desperate for a game.

By winstoninabox, at 11:00 PM

You may need to phone in your performances...

By Dave, at 9:23 PM

I wanna play too... Damn this distance. It's the 21st century. Shouldn't we have holographic projectors and stuff by now?

By emmajeans, at 9:51 AM

What if I got an Internet camera for my computer, and promised not to cheat on the dice roles.

20, 20, 20... Glooorrryyyy!!!

By winstoninabox, at 7:56 PM

Heh - Spycraft 2 has Glory rolls, only they're called Triumphs and they're about three to five times as unlikely to occur as a Torg glory roll.

Also, you're both welcome to any session I'm running. I have spare seats and character sheets and everything. BYO presence, corporeal or otherwise.

By Dave, at 10:25 AM


	Saturday, August 27, 2005 So much to get through, Colonel Lots been going on since the last update. The second day of the cricket’s on now, so this update may tend a little towards the distracted at times: The mystery of the missing guest - So it turns out that Frank wasn’t able to make it to dinner on account of having a stomach infection. Now he’s on antibiotics for at least a week and may need more treatment if that doesn’t work. Hopefully he’ll be better shortly – we’ll probably schedule another dinner party soon after we get back from New Zealand, as he’s terribly fun company. This is an ex-Telstar - So Fiona’s beloved car started overheating and losing pressure last Saturday, and by the end of the weekend it was pretty apparent we should stop driving it until we could get it looked at. There was a distinct suggestion that some kind of explosion might result in further use. Hector came over during the week and sadly pronounced it a bit too expensive to fix. This could have come at a better time – two weeks before we leave the country, and immediately after we sign up for a roof restoration. So we’ve had to cancel the latter (no point cancelling the trip, since it’s half paid for and is also obviously not something we’ll be cancelling) and since then Fiona’s been looking for a replacement. Since the Telstar’s done something like 350,000 km, we’re pretty much after something that will similarly keep going and going forever, or at least 10 or so years. One likely prospect, a Mazda 626 for sale in Sydney, was being offered for well under the usual market rate. Unfortunately we got the NRMA inspection report today which suggests that the car’s been in an accident and needs a lot of work. So while that one’s not quite off the drawing board – the sellers think it’s fine, so they’re going to get a second opinion and bring the price down if there’s work that needs doing – but it looks like we might have to keep at it. Lumpy - Discovered a surprising lump on my leg on Tuesday night, unpleasant colours and extremely painful. The surprising part was that it must have been around for at least a couple of days without me noticing. Anyway, it hurt, so I disdained my usual treatment of picking at it in favour of getting a doctor to look at it. As expected it seems to be an ingrown hair that’s become infected, though it could also be a cyst (that’s become infected?). A course of antibiotics for me, and hopefully no need for any kind of excision. Seems to have started going away on its own anyway, so I don’t expect it to bother me for long. Spy games - In my usual style, rather than pick up some old game that I know and love and know how to run well, I’ve gone and picked up a copy of the newly revised Spycraft roleplaying game. It’s about spies, doncha know. I’m looking at running a game based on a secret intelligence branch of Doctor Who’s United Nations Intelligence Taskforce (which on the show was mainly depicted as a military detachment without a huge resource of intelligence to speak of, notwithstanding the Doctor’s occasional help). It’ll have Cold War shenanigans, Bond-esque super-criminal masterminds and (as Jimbo puts it) cars crashing into Daleks. Well, it might have something like that, anyway. Reckon it will be fun. We’re not rushing into it, though – the rules are pretty complex, and I want to get across it pretty well before I start trying to run it. In the meantime, we’re playing board games and probably will start the odd session of D&D run by Chris when we get back from hols. More dinner - We’re having another dinner party tomorrow night – Mauro and Tracy, more of Fi’s old Raiders club co-workers. So tomorrow will be another big day of cooking and cleaning (not so much cleaning though, since the place is still relatively tidy after last week’s scouring). Another duck dish is on the menu (duck breasts with balsamic cherries), as well as pumpkin and fetta pasta, and something else I can’t quite remember. Oh, and the usual bucketloads of wine. I’m getting hungry just thinking about it. Right. Lunch is over at the cricket. Back to it. 5 smartarse remarks Post a Comment 5 Comments: Please sign me up for Spycraft vs. UNIT! I promise to travel from Yokohama every week for the game. Honest. Damn I'm desperate for a game. By winstoninabox, at 11:00 PM You may need to phone in your performances... By Dave, at 9:23 PM I wanna play too... Damn this distance. It's the 21st century. Shouldn't we have holographic projectors and stuff by now? By emmajeans, at 9:51 AM What if I got an Internet camera for my computer, and promised not to cheat on the dice roles. 20, 20, 20... Glooorrryyyy!!! By winstoninabox, at 7:56 PM Heh - Spycraft 2 has Glory rolls, only they're called Triumphs and they're about three to five times as unlikely to occur as a Torg glory roll. Also, you're both welcome to any session I'm running. I have spare seats and character sheets and everything. BYO presence, corporeal or otherwise. By Dave, at 10:25 AM