I suppose this is what would be called 'Love-craftiness'...

( Horrors that a bear of very little brain was not meant to know... )

well, vikingcat, this is all your fault! :-)

Having sent off eleven (11) cases of boardgames and role-playing games to the reseller the other day, I received a big payoff in credit with his store (I tend to think of it as a 'wargame recycling program '), and ordered this which arrived yesterday. I won't have time to look at it properly before I go out to Wisconsin Minnesota tonight, but I opened it up last evening and it is BEAUTIFUL! They have taken wargame maps to the next level of combining aesthetics with usability, and the pieces are also quite handsome. The rules scare me a little, as they look very dense, which means that I may end up playing this solitaire forever, but so be it.

And, yes, I promise I really *will* send you that set up for TBB someday. Maybe Sunday...?

another bar, lovely!

After hearing some stories from friends and acquaintances of working in the Peace Corps, I've kept that in the back of my mind as something I could do at some point, especially if I somehow wangle early retirement or some sort of sabbatical from working. An article in my college alumni e-newsletter had a link to the PC website, so I surfed over to look at their requirements.

Would you believe, they refuse to accept applicants who have contracted sarkoidosis? Which I did several years ago, and have occasional bouts with.

I understand why the Red Cross won't take my blood, but this seems a bit unfair. I suppose they don't want to runt he risk of someoen getting ill somewhere where it's hard to get medication to them, but...

Well, there are always plenty of other foreign and domestic volunteer organisations.

Grrrr...