The party’s druid successfully caused the King’s Players’ performance to be delayed a day. This gave the party enough time to properly prepare themselves to face the nefarious bards who were trying to bring an ancient evil into their world. When the King’s Players attempted to put the show on again the next day, the party was there again to face them. Some of the party members were already inside the playhouse, while others were lined up along the side in the alley to attack the bards from the side:

The battle went well at first. They soundly defeated the four bards, but the evil from another world still found its way into their world. Half of the party ran in terror, while the other half found themselves grappled by the thing from the lake:

Tonight was Nad’s last game with our every-other-week D&D session. In person, at least. Even though she’ll be in Texas next week, we are gonna set up a notebook in her normal place at the table so she can still play. We’ll connect a webcam to it and use Skype or some other video chat service to bring her into the game.

Edit: The top image opens up Picasa in a Greybox pop-up, while the bottom image links you directly to Picasa. Which do you think is the better method for displaying images?

(Rank images from US Army Info Site.)

Nadia was recently chosen to receive her commission. After being an enlisted soldier for the better part of nine years, she will become a 2nd Lieutenant! Above is my expertly crafted image, showing the transition from her three Sergeant stripes to her single shiny gold bar.

The morning after she receives her bar, which is later this week, she’s gonna hit the road for a long drive to San Antonio. She’ll be leaving me along here with the cats for five months. During that time, I will be packing up our stuff.

We are moving! Maryland has been our home for the past eight years, and soon we will come to call Colorado home. We will embark on our 1,661 mile drive sometime in mid-May.

I had a personal goal of hitting 10K Gamerscore before the end of 2007 without resorting to cheap tactics, like the infamous “Easiest 1000 gamerpoints ever” technique. I achieved that goal today during a game of Scene It! after Christmas dinner. I know this doesn’t mean much, but it is nice to actual meet a goal that I set for myself.