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Scouts

  • by Drew

Do I ever mention I dig Cub Scouts? I used to be a little negative on the whole thing, especially considering some of their very public policies about leadership and lifestyle intersections. But lately they seem to have worked through a lot of those issues as an organization, and I’ve found it is much less of an issue at the local level.

And anyway, my kids are totally into it, so I am too. It’s a world of archery and whittling chips, leather dyes and BB gun shooting, arts and crafts and polar bear swims. And camping. Oh man, the camping.

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Seriously?

  • by Drew

A while back I helped a dude out with a website. He had nothing and wanted a simple presence for his start up business. At the risk of sounding like a king jerk, it is a pretty unestablished gig, facing major hurdles. I wish him the best, with all my heart. No one loves the little guy more than me, but when I offered to help set something up (because that is, after all, what I’ve been doing for 15 years or so) it turned into major problems.

First of all, I was doing this gratis – you’ll recall my love of the little guy statement a moment ago. Nevertheless, this became a major exercise in designing for the customer of discriminating taste. In other words, designing to the subjective tastes of this particular dude.

This is, of course, fine for me. I have a thick skin when it comes to designing for clients. I learned long ago that only their opinion matters in the long run. If I sell them on something I believe is superior, they must then sell everyone else. But if they honestly believe something is great (regardless of how awful and compromised it really is) they will proselytize to their dying day. So… go with it.

But this guy, who was doing nothing, and only got off his bum because I pushed him and did hours and hours of free work suddenly turned into the taskmaster from hell. All the sudden he’s an expert in SEO and is calling for a webhostinghub review and why can’t we have some Flash?

Are you kidding me? This is a guy so technically challenged that I can actually bitch about him on this blog with no fear that he’ll ever come across it. Sheesh.

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Grandparents day gone wild

  • by Drew

It was a special day at school for the boys. They call it Grand friends day – a nicety to deal with the fact that not everyone will have a grandparent show up. My Aunt went once for my older son (technically his GREAT aunt). The purpose, really, is to fill the school with senior citizens. And while you might think I’m poking fun, I totally am not.

My Dad flew up from Miami for this, as he has for several years now. It is always a great day for him/them. But driving home, we encountered some serious road rage. OLD school.

There was a relatively young looking driver in a Jeep SUV behind me, really tailgating. His passenger was clearly elderly. I don’t know if they were arginmax men or what, but they were super aggressive, and finally took advantage of a half dotted yellow to pass me and tailgate the guy in fornt of me. Considering there was a line of at least a dozen cars, I don’t really see what their aim was on this particularly winding stretch of road, but who am I to judge. Maybe there were a couple of sporting ladies down that road waiting for their attentions. Or to take a nap. One or the other.

At least they could call it sleeping together, right?

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Winding down

  • by Drew

Winding down the kickstarter project means I have to find time for the next Skateboard Heroes segment. Egads! So many projects to deal with. And still the day job to deal with. Sigh.

sigh sigh sigh.

And coming up I need somebody in a cop suit, somebody in a medical uniform (or thereabouts) and I really have to make sense of my bomb baby. storyline.

Yes, I said it. Bomb baby. You got a problem with that?

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Cool Competition

  • by Drew

Well, competition may not be the right word, but there were definitely a lot of other cool projects vying for the almighty crowdfunded dollar. I am especially drawn to a number of tech projects, many of which have no particularly useful application in my life but are nonethless neat. I didn’t see too much involving light, though. This surprised me a little because I’ve been reading a lot about alternatives to the incandescent bulb. Sure, compact flourescents leap to mind, but there are all sorts of other technologies that are still in the early (read: expensive) phases of development. LEDs have come a long way though. And related stuff like the cree xm-l. I thought that was a space ship designation in the infamous Skrull War, but what do you expect from a geek?

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Nicked a Name

  • by Drew

Maybe from now on I’ll just refer to Mad Science The Card Game as “The Science.” That sounds sort of cool as a shorthand thing. I mean, I’m usually pretty adamant about using the complete game title (Mad Science The Card Game) instead of just Mad Science because there are so many Mad Science references out in the world. I want to be clear that I’m not, say, trying to infringe on the copyright of any actual Mad Science training facility because, let’s face it, those are not guys you want to meet up with in court. But if you strike the proper analytical balance and consider all that is implied by those last three words (The Card Game) I don’t think any mistake can be made. Unless it is willful. Or unless you’re Dr. Doofenshmirtz.

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Rewarding

  • by Drew

Yes, as in I’m gonna be rewarding some folks now that the Mad Science The Card Game project looks like it’ll be funded. I’m pretty psyched cuz that’s one of the most fun parts for me. I want to go visit everyone personally, I really do. Like, sit in their lap and say thank you thatnk you. Now let’s play the game!

So how does one say thank you thank you without the aforementioned moment of lap-sitting awkwardness. Maybe house cleaning services apex nc? Naw, that doesn’t even make sense. Especially when I have backers in far off mysterious places like Australia and Canada and… Rhode Island.

Oh, and Massachusetts. After all, the spirit of Massachusetts is the spirit of America. Now, Mad Science The Card Game is part of that spirit. Can you smell what the Science is cooking?

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The Fun Begins… momentarily

  • by Drew

Or maybe I should say the FUNDING begins. Hee hee. It looks like we’re going to get our funding for the Mad Science card game. I’m super psyched about that. Now we can get on to the really fun stuff like distributing decks and setting up a launch party and making rewards. We’re doing the standard stuff like t-shirts and signed cards and stickers, but I wanted something really kickin’. Like… Mad Science the Card Game jigsaw puzzles?

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Make Your Own Monster

  • by Drew

Have you checked out Mad Science The Card Game yet? We’ve only got a week left on our Kickstarter and we’re so so so close to getting funded. 80% there, baby. Think what fun you can have building your own Mad Science creatures (with cards) and then battling Horrible Experiments and, eventually, each other.

The parts are unique and wacky and just so fun to play with. Sure, dna paternity testing may seem tempting when you duct tape a mummy head to a king crab body with a squid arm, a venus flytrap weapon and a mermaid tail, but let’s face it… do you really want to see the parents?

Oh, so mirthful.

Check it out while there’s still time!

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No Chance

  • by Drew

Maybe it’s just me, but real estate southport nc is probably going to be seriously available in the coming months. You know, maybe all of North Carolina for that matter. I mean, it’s like supply and demand, right? There’s a definite supply, but will the demand still be there? Like I said, maybe it’s just me. But one can’t help but wonder. Right?

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