Thanks to /., I’ve found a new webcomic that I really like. So of course I had to buy the t-shirt.

Someone recently asked me if I could name all seven dwarfs from memory. It reminded me of when I got inspired (or just bored) and decided to play with their names, swapping around the first one or two letters among them. I ended up with

Sleezy
Gropey
Dumpy
Snappy
Dashful
Beepy
and Hoc

I think that would have been a very different movie. Unfortunately, not to much can be done about Hoc.

At a recent gaming session we were surprised to be joined by an unannounced player. He refused to give us his name, saying that he wished only to be known by his character’s name of “Njiel Stronginthearm”, a dwarven fighter. A method player, it seemed. He was accompanied by a pair of muscular men in sunglasses and mustaches. At first we had told him that we were playing a closed session, but his ingratiating manner was such a pleasant change from the usual griping and gas-letting encountered at the table that we decided to let him have a chair. (Did I mention the big men?) Little did we know.

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My birthday is still half a year away, but it’s not to early to start saving up for a visit to my favorite supply store.