Tag Archives: Thoughts

Taking it back to (approaching) Zero

Like most great epiphanies, this one came to me in the shower. I was thinking to myself about everything I have to do from my To Do list and then my mind wandered over the concept of To Do lists and what mine looks like. It occurred to me that I have structured most of my existence around a series of To Do lists that are always adding items and I am in the never ending process of removing items from those lists aiming for the mythical 0% left to do. Hypothetically when I hit zero then my life will be complete.
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How Alyson Broke Her Leg

September 7, 2009 2:56 pm DarkTouch 90 Comments

Originally this post was going to be “How I spent my summer vacation” but things change.

Let me start by spoiling the ending of this story for you: Alyson broke her leg so badly that it required surgery.

Now back to the beginning. The plan was a long weekend at the beach. Thursday evening we left work to go to the luau they were holding at Caleb’s daycare to celebrate the end of the season. The daycare was closed Friday for cleaning/preparing for next semester so we thought it was the perfect time to head out.
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My time on the Atomic Think Tank

July 25, 2009 9:07 pm DarkTouch 1 Comment

This post is actually going to be very self indulgent. Recently the Atomic think tank upgraded and given that I’d been on there since 2003 I wanted to go through and document some of the ideas that have come out of my head and seen decent discussion. There is at least one item on this list where no one cared even a little. It is here because I want to delve into that item for some specific inspiration. If you’re just passing through, no need to worry about a list of links but if you’re curious to see what I get up to from time to time, well then here you go.
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Aberrant: nWod Notes

June 7, 2009 2:00 pm DarkTouch 86 Comments

In taking a look at converting Aberrant to the ‘Storytelling’ rules, the first thing I wanted to do is to do is make a listing of the ‘core’ parts of of the nWoD system and write out some notes as to where the Aberrant bits would fit in there. Not sure I’ll ever run this game, but White Wolf has one of the easier character creation systems so a ‘write up yourself as a character/here lets add some powers’ might make for a fun time at a Con game. (Down side: 15d10 per player)
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The Benefits of a Spandex World

July 11, 2008 10:10 am DarkTouch 86 Comments

Over the years I have had my fair share of interactions with superhero inspired worlds. I have played in the supers games a several game masters who either masterminded their own worlds(in the case of my current game) or adapted from existing source material(such as the game based on Byrne’s Generations). I’ve read game settings that built off of these comic book worlds such as Aberrant and Freedom City. And the ratings indicate that just about everyone is familiar with NBC’s Heroes.
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Demons, Devils, Angels, and Reality

November 18, 2002 5:04 pm DarkTouch Leave a Comment

So this weekend we schlepped our way over to Dream Wizards in Rockville, the plan was to get Red a brandy new pentacle for her class before going out with her family for a birthday …Read More

Theories…

June 18, 2002 9:19 pm DarkTouch Leave a Comment

So yeah, I have theories. Crazy Theories. Here’s one. Men are stupid. That’s not the actual theory, just a statement of fact. I say this being one. Men want to be hung like horses and …Read More