Why didn’t anyone tell me…

One of the things I’m constantly doing over the last month is trying to get to the point of organization regarding my digital photos. I’m an active photographer if not a good one. I remember someone stating that they weren’t great, they were persistent. If you write enough songs, you’ll eventually hit on a good [...]

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“CALL TO ARMS! CALL TO ARMS! Relic in danger! Get to the frontiers!”
Elar wakes from his bed to shouts of confusion and dissention. Someone is riding a horse through the village and waking people up.
“CTA! Tell your alliances! Everyone to Renaris!”
Elar sits up on the side of the bed and wipes his eyes. It’s still [...]

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Elar awoke in the darnkess, wondering how far he had fallen. The skeletons did not pursue them into the hole. Jirkkin was sitting on the floor not moving, staring into the wall.
“bio afk,” said Jirkkin.
“Pardon?” asked Elar. Jirkkin didn’t respond. Elar walked closer and waved his hands in front of Jirkkin but there was no [...]

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A loud crack, the sound of shattering bones, and a pixie drops to the ground. Elar holds his position for a moment to be sure and then drops his staff to a more relaxed position. It’s now covered in pixie blood, which is only slightly red and slippery as butter. This staff is going to [...]

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Not so long ago Elar jumpedfully formed into the world, not remembering his past and not aware of his present. As he came to himself, he was holding a trimmed branch and facing a kindly old gentleman in what appeared to be a run-down abbey.
“Can I help you?” asked the man.
“/level 30″ said Elar. This [...]

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I notice over the last couple days my eyes hurt soon after I take off my glasses. This is new to me, as I don’t usually have to be worried about going without them unless I’m reading (I’m spoiled by being farsighted). My guess is this is part of the aging thing, and I’m not [...]

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I guess one of the first things I should get around to doing is posting my old Elar stories from Dark Age of Camelot. It was a fun idea originally, take The Matrix and cross it with an online game. A character becomes self-aware in an overcasual online world that he cannot leave, but doesn’t [...]

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Yes, even I have decided to join the web generation. I have a laptop and a web server. Unlike most of the web generation, I have three kids and a mortgage. But as I also have a bent for writing and have little audience for it, this should give me a safe outlet. I supplicate [...]

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