Listening to Radio Rivendell again.

Yep, I love it.

I don't like the new proposed copyright laws in Canada. Although many currently illegal activities will be legalized under the "fair-use" doctrine (as Canadians already do it), I find that the Federal Government is getting way too powerful when it comes to gathering information on Canadians. Forcing ISPs to give information on their customers immediately (i.e. no warrant) will lead to a very slippery slope. (i.e. We want to get this guy for, say, tax evasion, but we need proof, hey find out if he downloaded illegally so we can get his computer, and through inevitable discovery, oh look here are the records we are looking for, no warrant!) And for what, so Global can try to still make money (by charging CRTC "Canadians must pay the highest rates of anything in the world" rates that only give the illusion of competition) off of "Traders" reruns? I don't mean to get political here, but who hasn't downloaded one song or youtubed a Bugs Bunny cartoon (of which some are in the public domain, by the way) on occasion. Most people who know me know that I tend to be on the Conservative side of politics, but I can't agree with Captain Sweater-vest on this one. If an election were held today, I may have to abstain...

Now back to the real meat...

My son is walking up a storm now, it's only a matter of time before I begin his education. He needs to know all the important stuff in life, like Darth Vader being Luke's father, the Mirror and Alternate Universes in Star Trek, how to turn undead and smite evil, the defeat of Saruman, you know, important things. (How Argo City survived the destruction of Krypton, is still a great mystery to me...maybe we can discover this together. It would give us an excuse to interview Supergirl...) Plus I need him to learn how to cook as my cooking is "killing" everybody in my family (grin...)

I am disappointed that the wizard class was radically changed in 4th edition D&D (Do you remember when they still were magic-users?). The concept of studying for spells and then using them up once a day was a great system, why did they mess with it?

Last night while watching the hockey game I was flipping through some of my older gaming stuff, trying to find some more things I can throw at my party. I have decided that a little side adventure (where my party can do a little bhut-kicking) might be in order, just to get away from the giants for a while. I also have to get off my ass and create a character sheet for the NPC they should be encountering in one or two more sessions (and I realize my players may get wind of this, it's not like I'm giving out the details. And "bhut" was in my spellcheck, amazing.)

I am working on the Simpson's list, the classics I find may surprise some people out there.

And, finally, can Comedy Central bring back "Beat the Geeks?" That was a cool show.