Fortress: Ameritrash Blog

So last weekend I had the opportunity to get together and hang out with my brother. It doesnt happen as often as either of us would like since we're two hours apart, both somewhat recently married with somewhat new places. Oh, and jobs. We both have jobs that don't have condusive schedules (ie, he has to work on most Saturdays). But he had the week off for vacation and so I took Friday off and headed down to see him Thursday night.  I got there around 11 I think and was greeted with wine and Guitar Hero. Great...

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  Heya a while back I came up with a version of killer that could be played at conventions and game gatherings. I cannot find my notes though and I was hoping you guys might help me work out the logistics.If you've not played killer before its pretty straightforward. You're assigned a target then try eliminate them before you are eliminated. Elimination methods range from drive by shootings with squirtguns, Boobytraps involving balloons and shaving cream, or a shiv in the back (ala kick me sign placed on them), ect. You pull a new target once...

This is just a bullshit catch-all blog, so take that for what it's worth. I'm not sure if it is acceptable to use this blog for non-game related content, but I'm going to anyway. If there is a problem, just delete the blog or tell me to.  So today I finished my History thesis, completing a BA in History. Monumental I suppose, but a strange feeling. I still have next quarter to finish my Scandinavian Studies degree, but I'm just in shock from actually having completed something so involved. I was fairly restricted in my choice of topics...

This is sort of a reply to Bullwinkle’s excellent post regarding my previous installment. You guys with me? First: regarding kinds of conspiracies, I think JFK might be fun as a conspiracy thread, but are there whacky enough ideas around? The templar/illuminati thread is has been done to death, and besides, don’t Steve Jackson & Dan Brown own the rights to the whole conspiracy?  My back-up conspiracy has been the more general “whacky shit” plots. What the police here call the “tin-foil  lunatics” and whatever they are up to at the moment. (While we are at it:...