Scrubs RIP

As much as I hate to see it go, I am glad they didn't decide to try and keep it going after Zach leaves. It just wouldn't be the same at all, and I prefer that shows die with some dignity and respect instead of trying to milk out every penny they can before it entirely croaks.

On a related note, I also hate it when networks kill a go show because ratings aren't high enough. If they are actually loosing money I can understand it, but most low rated shows are canned because they don't make enough profit. What happened to artistic merit?

Then there are the shows that are never even really given a chance. How many shows get canned after one or two epsidoes? You made 13, why not air them all, you have got to have some dead time to put them in. Also, maybe if you thought about the time slot befire dropping a show there. Case in point, Dark Angel on ABC, they put it up against Angel on the WB or UPN or whatever it was called. Now, the whole sci-fi/fantasy market is small anyways, why divide it even more. Put it against some crappy sitcom and then you get the whole geek audience instead of forcing us to choose one show or the other.

Also, when you choose a time slot, leave the show there. Don't bump it around, and for goodness sake don't air a pilot and then preempt the show the very next week. Doing this crap drives viewers insane. The Tick series aired all over the place, you could never find when it was on, and then when you did, they canned it. Morons.

Games games everywhere, but not a friend to play

One would think living a city the size of Milwaukee that I would have little trouble finding people to play games with. Well, I should rephrase that a little bit. I have trouble finding quality people to play games with. I was in a fun little D&D group but stupid time restraints ruined that for me. I have a basement full of games, a huge table just yearning to host epic miniature battles, and yet I sit down there alone playing single player games of the Dark Tower and Arkham Horror. To top things off I have now starting getting into Warhammer, both the fantasy line and 40K. Can't really do the wargames thing solo. Hopefully after the New Year things will change, provided a certain family moves back to Milwaukee. Life being as unpredicatble as it is, I am not considering that until it really happens. I am lucky enough to have a wife that understands my need to game, she doesn't game herself. I suppose if she was that perfect my head would explode and nerds wordwide would conspire against me. So, here I sit, staring at my games collection and wondering how much thicker the dust will get. There used to be a time, college I think it was called, when I could find a game to play every night of the week. Course I had so little else to do then, and my grades may have suffered slightly as well. Now I have two, well kind of three jobs, a house to take care of, two dogs, a cat, fish, and a wife that likes to see me at least every once and a while. I fear that when I do find that perfect group that time will become the issue, as it did with my last group. Sigh, someday...someday.

Don't try to outnerd me

I admit it, I am a nerd. A big nerd. One thing that really upsets this big nerd is when someone tries to outnerd me. I'm not saying it can't be done, in fact there are many nerdly subjects that I am not well versed in. I can't name Star Trek episodes by title and number, I can't recite every Kevin Smith movie verbatum, and these are choices I have made in my life. I only have so much nerd power to go around. Still, I hate it when other nerds try to act superior because they know something you don't. Don't ask me questions about an anime character and then act dumbfounded when I have no idea who you are talking about. Don't pull the old, "I can't believe you don't know this line." I may be a nerd, but I am still a big guy, odds are I can whallop your ass pretty handily, even if your 93 lb ass has a black belt in jujitsu. Don't make me bring down a world of hurt. If you want to talk nerd, that is fine, just don't gloat when I don't know something, and I promise I will try to do the same. If you are an anime junkie and don't know the hit dice of a 2nd edition bugbear, I won't demean you. In fact I will probably pat you on the back for not knowing such a trivial statistic. In general we nerds get along, so far as we don't stray from our core group of nerdlidom. But, if a Star Trek nerd bumbles into your Babylon 5 party, don't bash him and his favorite show. Instead, try to show him what makes your show so cool in your eyes. Instead of starting a needless flamewar, perhaps you can win another fan to your side. We are all in this together. We are what is known as a niche group, and there are so many different niches in that niche that one could easily become lost forever. Things go better for all of us when we work together to advance anything nerdy. If you hate Pokemon, just remember that there are some people who got their first nerd taste from that and they may branch out into other things. I am not saying you have to love everything, far from it, I hate a lot of stuff out there and if asked my opinion on it I will be blunt. However, don't hate the person because of what they love, be they Trekkie, Gamer, or Cosplayer. That is all.

Stuff to do

I keep having ideas for stuff. Projects that I want to do. I just need to get off my butt and do them. I really want to start doing film work again. I have a ton of ideas for some shorts. Many of them are zombie related.



I have an idea for a Marine Corp zombie flick, "No guts, no gory". Don't know why I want to do it, I just like zombies, okay. Which leads into several other shorts I want to do that have zombie-centric themes.

Now, I'm not a one trick pony, I have other film ideas. Some involve ghouls, some involve vampires, not just zombies. I run the gamut on undead type things.

Seriously though, I have other ideas too. "Law and Order, Duluth", we still need to do our "Over Pain" series of shorts, plus "Lull Alibi." The latter is a kind of noir piece where the lead character is such a badass because as a child his dad hired hobos for him to beat up. I also have another supernatural noir film, but that may be a bit longer. I am still working out a script for that one.

On a related note, go buy "Better Off Undead", made by some guys in Oshkosh, WI. Fun little zombie short by some fun guys. Support indie films man, don't ask questions, just do it.

Now, I just need to find people and the time to do all this stuff, along with working on my rpg, my card game, walking sticks, miniature terrain, Warhammer 40K, and working, all while leaving enough time to spend with my lovely wife. I need about 20 more hours in each day. When you physics type work that out, let me know.

If I'm going down, I'm takin' you with me

I was thinking back to the old days. The good old days. The days of spite. The days when you smacked someone down whether they deserved it or not. You just did it because you could. Want to ruin a friendly vacation? Wait until you all line up for a nice group photo by the Cliffs of Moher, then, right after the flash, jump off the cliff. You're not really killing yourself, you are just ruining things for everyone else. Why? For spite. Do you need more reason than that? Just think, not only have you ruined the rest of the vacation for your friends, you have ruined a good part of the day for everyone else at the site, all the other tourists, the vendors, the search and rescue guys that need to find your broken body on the rocks below. Your family and friends back home, you got them too. See, spite can be such a powerful tool and we don't use it nearly enough. If Bush had been asked why he went to war in Iraq, rather than WMDs he should have said, "For spite." That would be good enough reason for anyone.

Now, if taking your own life is a bit too much for you, there are a plethora of games that let you use spite to all its wonderful glory. Zombies, great game for smacking down the other players. So is Munchkin, in fact, Munchkin may be the best spite based game ever made, though the old Paranoia RPG could be a winner in the right hands. There is a new one now too, Cut Throat Caverns. You must screw over the other players in order to win, you just need to do it at the right time or you will screw yourself. Remember though, it is only truly a Spite if you don't gain anything from it. It isn't spite if you prevent someone else from winning, unless doing so prolongs the game unnecesarily and then it is a spite to all the other players. It is spite if you smack down the guy in last place just before you win the game yourself though.



Go forth now and be spiteful.

I'm sick and I need help

Hello, my name is Glenn and I'm a game-a-holic. I just can't seem to control myself. I have shelves full of games and even more shelves full of game accessories. This is a list of the majority of my games, brace yourselves

Aces and Eights

Advanced Dungeons and Dragons

2nd Edition

3rd Edition

3.5 Edition

Planescape

Lankhmar

Age of Mythology

Anachronism

Another Day Another Dollar

Space

Musicals

Horror

Kung Fu

Apples to Apples

Are You A Werewolf

Arkham Horror

Dunwich Horror

King in Yellow

Curse of the Dark Pharoah

Army of Darkness the Card Game

Axis and Allies

Axis and Allies Europe

Axis and Allies Pacific

Axis and Allies Minis

War at Sea

Awful Green Things From Outer Space

Babylon 5 Card Game

Bang

Battleground

Undead Army

Undead Reinforcement Deck

Orc Army

Orc Reinforcement Deck

Dwarves of Rungard Army

Dwarves of Runegard Reinforcement Deck

Elves of Ravenwood Army

Elves of Ravenwood Reinforcement Deck

Men of Hawkshold Army

Men of Hawkshold Reinforcement Deck

Battlelore

Goblin Skirmishers

Dwarven Battalion

Hundred Years War

Call to Arms

Battleship

Battletech

Aerotech

City Tech

Battleforce

Battletroops

Beer the Card Game

Beowulf

Button Men

Candyland

Carcassonne

The City

The Castle

The Tower

Traders and Builders

Discovery

Hunters and Gatherers

Scout and King

The River II

Count

Princess and the Dragon

Ark of the Covenant

Celtica

Cheapass Games

Captain Park's Imaginary Polar Expedition

Unexploded Cow

Save Doctor Lucky

Kill Doctor Lucky

Kill Doctor Lucky Ambivalence Pack

Kill Doctor Lucky Craigdarrock

Devil Bunny Needs a Ham

Devil Bunny Hates the Earth

Ben Hurt

Huzzah

Escape From Elba

Get Out

Bitin' Off Heads

Before I Kill You Mr. Bond

US Patent Number 1

Great Brain Robbery

Lord of the Fries

Spree

Vegas

Deadwood

Give Me the Brain

Big Idea

Jacob Marley Esq.

Secret Tijuana Deathmatch

Freeloader

Witch Trial

One Fales Step

Fight City

Chief Herman's Holiday Fun Pack

Moon Base Copernicus

Parts Unknown

Enemy Chocolatier

Safari jack

Renfield

Chess

Chez Geek

Chez Geek 2 Slack Attack

Chez Geek 3 Block Party

Chez Goth

Chez Grunt

Chez Greek

Chez Guevara

Cineplexity

Citadels

Clue

Crimson Skies

Dark Tower

Dead Money

Divine Right

Do You Worship Cthulhu

Dominoes

Don't Break the Ice

Dork Tower Boardgame

Dork Tower the Card Game

Dragonriders of Pern

Dwarven Dig

Earthdawn

Ebola Mopnkey Hunt

Power Monkeys

Fairy Meat

Clockwork Stomp

Wicked Things

Sugar and Vice

Final Days

First World War

Freakagories

Fury of Dracula

Gloom

Unwelcome Guests

Unhappy Homes

Gother Than Thou

Great Space Race

Guillotine

Hackmaster

Hellboy RPG

Heroclix

Hnefatafl

Horrorclix

Jyhad

Last Exodus RPG

Last Night on Earth

Life

Little League Lunatics

Lord of the Rings Duel

Lord of the Rings Risk

Lord of the Rings RPG

Lunch Money

Sticks and Stones

Beer Money

Magblast

Mage Knight

Magic the Gathering

Maul of America

Mechwarrior Clix

Men Are From Mars

Metal Krushers

Midevil

Castle Chaos

Midgard

Mistrunner

Monopoly

Dogopoly

Star Wars Monopoly

Monster Menace America

Munchkin

Munchkin 2 Unnatural Axe

Munchkin 3 Clerical Errors

Munchkin 4 The Need For Steed

Munchkin 5 De-Ranged

Munchkin Bites

Munchkin Bites 2 Pants Macabre

Star Munchkin

Star Munchkin 2 The Clown Wars

Munchkin Fu

Munchkin Fu 2 Monkey Business

Munchkin Impossible

Munchkin Blender

Super Munchkin

Super Munchkin 2 The Narrow S Cape

Munchkin Cthulhu

Munchkin Cthulhu 2 Call of Cowthulhu

Ninja Burger

Ninja Burger 2 Sumo Size Me

Odin's Ravens

Once Upon a Time

Once Upon a Time Dark Tales

Operation

Operation Corndog

Orcs at the Gate

Outburst

Pirates

Powerpuff Girls

Rage

Risk 2210

Risk Godstorm

Scrabble

Scattergories

Serenity

Settlers of Catan

Seafarers

Cities and Knights

The River

Fishermen

Shadowrun RPG

Shadows Over Camelot

Slaine RPG

Snits

Sorry

Space Station Assault

Spite and Malice

Star Trek the Game

Star Wars Collectible Card Game

Starship Troopers

Talisman

Tannhauser

Trivial Pursuit

Genus 5

Twilight Imperium

Shattered Empire

Victory at Sea

Vikings

Vor the Maelstrom

Warhammer 40K

Battle at Macrage

Warhammer Fantasy Battle for Skull Pass

Warhamster Rally

War of the Ring

War of the Ring Battlefields

War of the Ring Battles of the Third Age

Xanth

Zombies

Zombies 2 Zombie Corps(e)

Zombies 3 Mall Walkers

Zombies 3.5

Zombies 4 The End

Zombies 5 School's Out Forever

Zombies 6 Six Feet Under

Zombie Rally

See...I need help. I need people to play these games with. I figure if I can get people together once a month I should have every game played sometime before I die, provided I don't buy any more games. That is an unlikely scenario, the whole not buying any more games thing. I can't really explain why I have so many games. I just see them and all the pretty cards are plastic pieces and I just have to have it. Ugh...what to do.

Food Food Food

I admit it, I am a total food junkie. I like nothing more than stuffing my eat hole with tasty goodness. This does make it a bit tricky to lose weight when that is something else that I want to do. The fact that we can put bacon, sausage, and egg on a single biscuit...c'mon, work with me man. That is a a loaded gun in my hand. Bacon is deadly enough on its own, why you gotta screw me and add it to other wonderful foods. Of course this doesn't always work out well, Wendy's "Baconinator" comes to mind. Huge burger, lots of bacon, how can that be bad? Simple, use the crappiest bacon you can find and cook it just enough for it to be chewy and slimy. Bacon should crackle and snap when I bite it, it should crumble perfectly. If you can bend it, it isn't done. When you pick it up by one end one of two things should happen. It should either remain intact and inflexible, or it should crumble under its own bacony weight. Maybe it wouldn't be so bad if I was one of those dipshit guys that can't even manage canned food, but no, I can cook, and not to brag, I can cook pretty damn well. You won't see me on "Top Chef" any time soon, but I make a killer Guinness stew, some kick ass chili, and a mega bananas foster. More reasons why I am a good 50 pounds overweight I suppose. Of course a month ago I was more than 70 pounds overweight, so I am making some progress. I did cut out regular soda, diet isn't too bad, plus there is now a lite version of Hi-C Punch. I stopped eating sugar cereals for breakfast, and lunch, and late night snacks. I also eat more human sized portions. No more entire box of cereal and half gallon of milk midnight snacks. No more one pound burgers from Fudruckers with a side order of onion rings, hot dog, milk shake, and brownie. No more late night trips to Grecian Delight to gorge on gyros and jalepeno poppers. Sure, I indulge myself still. I still eat foods I like. I'm not gonna be some veggie munching self loathing player hater. I just eat a little less. I eat a little smarter. I realize I am getting older and my body will eventually start to really see the effects of bad diet and extra flab. I want to live to see my golden years without the use of a oxygen tank or heart surgery. I have been lucky enough to have a good metabolism and a body that handles cholesterol pretty well. I know that won't last forever. Still, pass the bacon wrapped chicken breasts served on a bed of ground beef, see, I got three food groups right there. Add gravy and a beer and I am all set. On a great food note, my wife and I are hosting Thanksgiving this year again. That means Helena's garlic butter infused turkey. Nothing more needs to be said other than that. I will eat myself into a food coma and then just as the EMTs show up and shock be back into the land of the living I will eat a little more. But no pumpkin pie please, it looks like ear wax on a cracker. Give me some good old apple pie. All this writing has made me very hungry. However, I am still full from my wonderfully healthy Pizza Shuttle chicken dinner. Maybe I will just have a nice glass of milk, it aids in difestion and weight loss. Thanks, now go eat some bacon fried in bacon covered with bacon dressing served on a bed of bacon bits with a fine bacon glaze.