Happy Life Day!

Happy Australia Day

Merry Christmas!

To all of my Christian readers (and others who might celebrate the modern secular Christmas holiday), I say Merry Christmas!

The true meaning of Christmas

Cyborg 101 (Terminator/Duran Duran parody)

h/t the robot's voice

A Belated Happy Birthday

I'm a day late, but a warm Happy Birthday to Cassandra Peterson, aka Elvira, Mistress of the Dark, who turned 63 years gorgeous yesterday.

I remember catching her show while in college in the mid-1980's in Boston on Saturday nights, and it was a blast. I want to say it was on channel 38, which was also noted for its weekly classic movie show, "The Movie Vault".

And, in honor of the occasion, a sneak preview of my special Halloween coverage! A mouldy oldy from the grooveyard of forgotten hits. :-)

For all you Game of Thrones fans...

Apparently this is some sort of holiday...

At that moment the curtain of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom. The earth shook, the rocks split and the tombs broke open. The bodies of many holy people who had died were raised to life. They came out of the tombs after Jesus’ resurrection and went into the holy city and appeared to many people. --Matthew 27:51-53

Merry Christmas

Merry Yuletide!

I thought some carols might be in order:

Edit: I just had to include this one as soon as I saw it:

No capes

"No capes!"

Over at The Hollywood Reporter, talking about the Universal plan to turn their classic monster properties into action-adventure films (presumably because that worked so well with Van Helsing), Universal chairman Edna Mode Donna Langley is quoted as saying "We don't have any capes" (in their catalog of films).

Mmmhmmm...

Happy Easter

Yes, it's a real album, and you can download it.

What are your worst nerd lacunae?

Do you have an odd gap in your nerd-cred? Something that "every nerd knows" that you've just never seen? Or maybe a game that "every gamer's tried that" that you never tried?

I've got a couple...

• Red Dwarf - I know it sort of looks like Doctor Who, and it's a comedy, and that's about it.
• E.T. The Extra-terrestrial - Never saw it, never cared.
• The Fifth Element - Ditto.
• BECMI - I've played and loved Holmes, but never played any of the other "Basic" D&D boxed sets.

How about you? What iconic nerd-thing have you just never gotten around to?

My favorite April Fool's hoax

My perennial post on April 1. I still laugh at this one.

Merry Christmas Eve!

From the Greyhawk Grognard to all of you, Merry Christmas, Glad Jól, and Happy Holidays.

Ah, the Joyous Holiday Season

One of the little traditions we have in our family is that we don't start decorating for Christmas or listening to Christmas carols in the car until we're coming home from my mother-in-law's house after Thanksgiving. That trip home is the semi-official start of the joyous Yuletide season in our home. And as we drove home tonight, I couldn't help but think of this old holiday favorite. I hope you enjoy it as much as I...

May the 4th Be With You

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Also, please don't forget the Adventures Dark and Deep Bestiary Kickstarter going on right now! 900 monsters, suitable for most OSR-type games, all under one cover. Can you help get us to having an illustration for each and every one?

Still my favorite April Fool's joke

God Jul!

Merry Christmas, Glad Yule, and best wishes from the Greyhawk Grognard to you and your family.

The Spirit of Sci-Fi Christmas Past

Gotta say, they had a thing in the 1950's for robots and Christmas trees...

But the Santa Claus/alien thing is kinda cute...