I really think that progressive rock is by far the greatest music ever written. The allegory between lyric and music is just too cool for mere words, why I believe we need a melody. Especially once you start to read the stories behind the music. Especially when woven into a true theme. When it comes to Genesis, sure the Gabriel days were more abstract and artistic, but the later stuff didn't lose it completely, they just moved into a slightly narrower direction. (Also, do you notice that the most controversies you hear about with this band has to do with divorces, and not alcohol/drugs/jail-time?)
Moving on, I have to get certain things prepped for a D&D session I am DMing for this coming Friday. Need to get some beer and chips as well. I have been reading about as many different things as I can lately for monster tactics. My current players are some of the best tactical thinkers I have been up against, and they are the classic definition of min/max rules lawyers. They know everything (most of the time better than I do...they have read way more 3,5 supplements than I have, and I find it hard sometimes to give them fights they can find challenging. (I mean, they took down 15 hill giants, 2 stone giants and a frost giant the last time we played, in one battle. They did it mostly by waiting by a doorway where, due to their size, no more than 2 could attack at any one time and using repeated fireballs...and one of the characters is also large using this chain weapon that can knock three people at one time...and the other is a druid type that has a large wolf companion and can cast sorcerer spells while shape-shifted into a bird). Maybe I could convert some devils into shape-shifted giants, then they could be a little surprised (although not if they read this, I guess I'll just have to keep them guessing.)
Had a big discussion at work yesterday about Dragonlance. I have a coworker that really loves the stories. I like them too but I find the timeline really hard to follow between novels. (Probably because the first ones I read were not the Chronicles (Dragons of Autumn Twilight). But I understand that the writers themselves (the Benevolent Tracy Hickman and Margaret Weis), didn't necessarily write the books in order as well. I do see why this series has been popular for years, and to those that know me, should not be surprised that my favourite character in the series is Lord Soth (Why do I always like the tragic evil ones? Lord Vader comes to mind.) I also have the Ravenloft novel where Lord Soth meets von Strahd, which was an interesting story, as it begins with Soth carrying Kitiara's dead body away from Tanis Half-Eleven, and then suddenly disappearing in a mist. (Full story of Soth here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lord_Soth) Wikipedia is amazing.
Sorry for the short entry, but I have to get ready to go to my god-son's birthday party.
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