The wife wanted to go to the new Warehouse store, so I walked around while she looked for a six month supply of toothpaste.
As is my habit, I wandered past the books. Mostly cook books and romance novels with a few new releases. My eyes popped open when I saw The Rum Diary. I grabbed ...
Ten years ago today.
Everyone has a story, so here is mine.
I was working for EMC as a technical instructor. Teaching customer service techs about the Symetrix storage equipment.
The Tuesday 4 Sept was the day after Labor Day. My boss called me into his office and shut the door. He told me that a coworker was in ...
Aug 30 2011
For quite some time I've been active on various forums that relate to various aspects of the miniature wargaming hobby, and on forums that are generally Fantasy/Sci-Fi oriented, and one thing I noticed is that all these forums tend to attract certain types of people that I will try to classify ...
A month ago I talk about a sick friend.
http://lonelymonk.wordpress.com/2011/06/21/bigk-update-24-coming-together/
Yesterday, he had an appointment at the hospital for scheduled checkup. While waiting to see the Doctor, his phone rang. It was the call he had been waiting for. ”We have lungs for you.” He told them, “I am already here”. He went into surgery Eleven ...
I finally got a set of Skorne Tokens recently.
I stopped on the way home at the big chain drugstore close to home. I snagged a 14 compartment pill box. That should be big enough.
I opened them and the shapes are very distinctive. The ones for spells and such are big enough ...
I have had some time to clean up and detail BigK. The stacks are nicely shaded. The flash makes him look like he escaped from a Tron Movie.
I am probably working on the arms tonight. Yesterday, I had a little bit of luck. I got out of work an hour early.
Early painting, then some ...
I have been thinking about the paint I use recently and have decided to branch out and try some other paints. A quick bit of history first, to hopefully explain where I am coming from. I started gaming and miniature painting when I was 12 and I am now 32, giving me 20 years of experience. ...
I have been thinking about the paint I use recently and have decided to branch out and try some other paints. A quick bit of history first, to hopefully explain where I am coming from. I started gaming and miniature painting when I was 12 and I am now 32, giving me 20 years of experience. ...
The sun rises slowly over the Chicago skyline. A phone alarm sounds, and I groan as I drag myself out of bed. One last check of the bag before my ride arrives. Pick everything up, and try to get out of the apartment without waking my lady. Success! I am on my way to the ...
Ok I gotta get this off my chest. This is going to be a rant, and its gonna be unpleasant but you know what? I need to say something about this.
You have been warned! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ok, here it goes. I hate painting these blasted minis. Yea that’s right, I don’t enjoy it. ...
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