Umbral Echoes Blog

The White Wolf crew apparently had some event planned for today, and after gathering at the office they all went out to do… whatever.  Well, in the afternoon I go to the bathroom, only to see this:

Apparently someone had decided to pack up Justin Achilli‘s office (the linked picture is of him doing the ass-chicken dance at Origins.  Yes, this is the man that was the developer of Vampire for several years).  Fortunately, I had my trusty newly-acquired camera handy with me to record the event.  So after doing a double-take, I snapped this shot for posterity, and then continued along to relieve my aching bladder.  I opened the door to the restroom, to find:

What strange and wonderful times we live in.

As a preliminary note, I’ve found a way to make posts on my personal journal and have them automatically post to my LiveJournal. This is the first such post, so here’s hoping that it works.

Last weekend was action-packed. First was a day of floor-slamming, joint locks, arm bars, and choke holds. That’s right, it was a Brazilian Jiu Jitsu seminar. Probably uninteresting to the majority of you, so I only leave you with a picture of the gi burn that it left me with (click on it for a larger version). For those interested in such things, the school I go to is the Francis Fong Martial Arts Academy.

Sunday, it was time for the Renaissance Festival. Unfortunately, in this nice southern state of Georgia… it was in the low 50s on Sunday, and windy enough to make it feel upper 30s. On the plus side, parking was easy, and the shows were small enough that it was easier to banter with the performers. Oh, and I almost got my penis removed by a bullwhip.

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Every year when April 1st comes around, I wonder why I even bother to browse the Web. Most years, I just don’t — or I stick to sites that I know won’t jerk me around. For example, there’s a story at Engadget about someone successfully hacking the Apple TV to run the full version of Mac OSX. But it was posted today around 3am. So I might as well not even bother following their linked information to see if it’s real or not, because it’s a coin-toss as to whether I’ll be wasting my time or not. And if it is a “joke”… am I supposed to be somehow amused by the fact that I just wasted precious minutes that I could otherwise be using to do something constructive (like download porn)?

I’m really not a big fan of pranks and practical jokes in general. I don’t think they’re funny, either when being the target or the prankster. Every time I see some dumb practical joke, I have the urge to prank the joker… to death with a tire iron. To steal a line from Christopher Walken.

To begin with, I’ve decided it’s too much bother to keep a journal on my own site. So I’m going to be posting here to LJ.

Each year, those of you who live in the northern reaches might experience the first snowfall. Where the white dust coats all that the eye can see, and the landscape turns into a winter wonderland. A glorious time of year where thoughts of Christmas begin to float through your head.
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Just writing a test post from Flock, to see if it works.  Soon to be deleted…