Age and Perspective
For my birthday, Sara’s given me a subscription to Archaeology magazine, perhaps to keep my head on straight during this alarmingly adult-like span of weeks in which I age, wed, and widen my sphere of travel by a thousand or so miles. In the spirit of all that stuff, here’s a delightful internet relic (using QuickTime 3!) with a simple and wonderful VR tour of the Minoan palace at Knossos, on the isle of Crete. It’s where the Minotaur lived. Should remind us all of our youth. Also, it’s nice to look at.

Meanwhile–though I’ve no desire to become the fella who finds you alligator stories–here’s one about a knife-wielding dog-lover battling a prehistoric reptile to save a bloodhound named Sugar. (CNN) I’ve pretty much just told you the whole story, though.

This weekend begins all sorts of final wedding stuff that makes me realize (in horror, he implied) how much I have to do in the next few weeks. I’m now thoroughly relieved there’ll be no bachelor party to distract me. Who the hell’s got the time?!

What’s good about getting married, though, is the gifts. Like this one from Robin. Thank you, sir!

Noise: “The Loyaliser,” Fatima Mansions; courtesy of Leucosia the iPod.

Gen Con In Pictures
Back from Gen Con. The big delight, as usual, was all the people I got to see and meet, eat and drink with. Attention all of you: Nice seeing you; let’s do it again some time soon.

A lot of the pictures I took don’t amount to much more than inside jokes, so these are all I have to share. Enjoy.

Don’t you believe it. See Jeff Tidball.com for more.

Alex and Mart are in a gang. They think it’s high-larious.

Fred’s amazing, hypnotizing shirt.

The White Wolf party for the release of I forget what. Something valuable enough to be guarded by snipers. Note the green laser sight.

Cheap Moving Pictures
Went out to buy a couple of Kill Bill movies, because the Feng Shui games I ran at Gen Con put me in the mood to see both films again, and found excellent prices on two movies I’ve been putting off purchasing. I assumed I’d get these movies when the price finally dictated it was time. It’s time. The movies: Terminator 2: Judgment Day (now showing) and Ghostbusters, which screens thrice daily in my head.

For your records, Terminator 2 is still excellent and marvelous. Yes, the 16 additional minutes make the movie more obvious above all else (as they did back when I first caught them on giant laserdiscs), though I do love the bit where Sarah and John crack open Arnold’s skull. How I wish I’d been able to see this movie once as it was intended: without any previous knowledge of who the two naked men (terminators?) were from the future. Oh my, that would’ve been a thrill.

Finally, I’ve also recently received a free copy of Reservoir Dogs on DVD (thanks Alex!). It sure did hit the spot.

Noise: JOHN: Police are here.
SARAH: How many?
JOHN: Uh… all of ‘em, I think.