Here are the rants, opinions, musings and myriad insane ramblings of one slightly crazed SubGenius preacher man. Light up a bowl of Frop and stay awhile.
My life, for the most part, as been dull normal with the emphasis on dull. On the plus side, dull normality means that nothing massively bad has happened. On the negative side, nothing really great has happened either.
The avascular necrosis of my hips is bilateral and worse on the right. The orthopedic surgeon says that I'm going to need hip replacement surgery. The problem is my a1c is too high. I need to get it down from 8.5 to 7.0.
I've backed several Kickstarter projects; the Tower of Holding, the Judge Dredd RPG, a set of zinc alloy gaming dice and a set of Randice random character creator dice. All the projects are fully funded and the first three have received their money and have started production. The Randice project still has 7 days to go. I'm hoping that they make their $13,641 goal so they'll throw in two extra dice. If nothing else, I hope the make their $7,105 goal so the dice will be engraved.
More people dead. More bullshit from the GOP and the NRA. What more is there to say? Nothing changes. Nothing's ever going to change. The death toll will just keep rising.
Robert Bowers: 11 dead, 6 injured. Gregory Alan Bush: 2 dead.
More people dead and just like the Las Vegas massacre, nothing will be done. The NRA and the Fox Propaganda Network will do everything in their power to make these shootings go away. I'm getting real tired of these motherfuckers.
On a different note, Cesar Sayoc, a rabid Trump supporter, has been accused of sending pipe bombs to prominent Democrats, liberals and the news media. The targets have been those regarded by Trump as his enemies. Trump's response and the response of other right wing shit mongers has been par for the course. With the exception of Vice President Pence, no one on the right has expressed concern for those targeted by the bombs. They're claiming the bombs are false flag attacks designed to swing the midterm elections in the Democrats favor. While Trump has done a generalized, perfunctory condemnation of the attacks, his tweets reveal his real thoughts. He's in favor of the violence so long as it serves his purpose and targets his enemies. We have to remember that this prick praised a congressman for assaulting a reporter as well as encouraging violence against protesters both while running for president and after he was elected. The only way Trump would denounce violence and mean it is if it were targeting him or his family. Even then he'd find some way to blame the Democrats for it. Trump and the right wing media call for unity while simultaneously riling up their bases with hate filled rhetoric then they wonder why the country is so divided. The Alt-Right is full of shit mongering fucktards and the GOP has nothing more than power mad maggots running it. The only voice of reason the GOP had among them, Sen. John McCain, has sadly passed away.
Once again, the Catholic Church is embroiled in a sex abuse scandal. This time it's happening in Pennsylvania. It seems these sanctimonious pedophiles have been at it for quite some time. The events in Pennsylvania have led to New York and New Jersey investigating their dioceses for possible sex abuse. Add to this the sexual abuse scandals in Ireland and other countries and the scandal is pretty much worldwide. And to rub more salt into the wound, the Church has made it their business to cover up the crimes of their child raping brethren rather than protect the children. They're even fighting a bill that would extend the Statute of Limitations in regards to child abuse cases.
I'm so tired of these pious motherfuckers and their two faced bullshit. These pricks rail against consensual homosexual relationships as being sinful and against God's will while they're molesting and raping children and covering it up. They look down their collective noses at the rest of us and have the temerity to think they have the right to judge us. They can't take the moral high ground anymore. It seems to me that the Church is in need of a serious beat-down.
First and foremost, there should be no statute of limitations in regards to crimes like pedophilia, child molestation and rape. The fact that some of the accused priests can no longer be prosecuted because of it pisses me off to no end. Second, any priests convicted of these crimes or of covering them up, need to thrown out of the Church and into prison. Third, Church property needs to be seized and sold at auction with the proceeds going to SNAP. And fourth, people need to stop donating to the Church. Who knows how much of their donations have gone into protecting the child molesters in their ranks? There are plenty of worthy charities to give your money. Don't give it to these malignant perverts.
Personally, I'd like to see these fuckers get what they really deserve, a massive ass raping. Here's how it would work. You lock up those individuals convicted of these crimes or of covering them up. A timer that they can't see randomly determines a time from 10 minutes to 24 hours. When said timer goes off, the prisoner is locked into a machine that fucks him in the ass for a random period of time. Once the machine is finished, they will be taken back to their cells and the timer reset. The fact that they'll never know how long it will be between ass rapings will add nice bit of psychological torment to the proceedings. I had considered having them get ass raped by a Coke bottle like the Khmer Rouge did to prisoners. It would have added the additional psychological effect that once their sentence was over and they were free, they would be reminded of what they went through every time they saw a Coke display. But I like Coke and wouldn't want them associated with ass raping.
I'm going to end this post with a couple of YouTube videos regarding these events. The first one details what is currently know about the case and the other is of right wing homophobe and Church defender, Bill Donohue, blaming gays for the sex abuse scandal.
Gen Con 2018 is now a pleasant memory. I enjoyed some great roleplaying sessions and made a TARDIS dice tower and Dalek canvas bag. I would have posted some pics of Gen Con here for you to view but my new Galaxy s8 went schizo two days after I got home. Prior to Gen Con, the keyboard on the phone had kind of a dead zone in its center. Certain letters, like, the t, would be very unresponsive. It would take multiple attempts to get it to respond. I thought it had something to do with the screen protector I had installed. It was an inconvenience, but I could work around it. On Tuesday, things got much worse. I tried to open my Nagbot diabetes app other apps would open. Suddenly, my phones dialing numbers on my contacts list, trying to play music and opening YouTube. When I tried to enter text on the keyboard, 5 keys other than the one I pressed, would activate. It was a mess.
Several things combined to cause the loss of my pics. First, I couldn't get my phone connected to the hotel's wifi. Second, the Flickr app on my phone wasn't set up to upload my pics automatically. Third, I didn't back up my phone to the computer using Smart Switch. And fourth, I failed to decrypt my SD card before letting the rep at AT&T do a factory reset on it. I thought that since the SD card was still in the device that encrypted it, things would be fine. Turns out I was wrong about that. A memory card expert at Samsung informed me that when the phone was reset, the passcode that could decrypt my SD card was erased and there was no way to retrieve it. Since my phone was still under warranty, they sent me a new phone. I had to mail the defective phone back to them within 10 days in order to avoid being charged for it. The box my new phone came in could also be used to return my old phone post paid which made returning it convenient. They sent word that the phone has been received.
I'm still waiting for my mahogany Hex Chest and aged mithril dice set to arrive. I haven't received any emails from Elderwood Academy updating the status of my order. The only other order I'm waiting for are the two minis I ordered from Minuteman Miniatures. They make miniatures that have your face by scanning your head to create a 3D computer image. This image can then be attached to a body of your choice and the whole thing is then created using a 3D printer. I ordered a wizard and Dark Ages Viking version of myself. If they add more body types, like Victorian Age or Doctor Who, to their roster, I might order more minis from them. Their website states that they keep the scans so I can order new minis if I want.
We all know that Trump is a xenophobic, misogynistic, sociopathic, narcissistic bully with a paper thin ego but it might also be true that he's practically illiterate as well. Take a look at this video and decide for yourself.
As to his mental state, here's another YouTube video detailing what a psychiatrist thinks of Donald J. Trump.
Roseanne Barr managed to get her highly successful reboot of her show cancelled after her latest racist Twitter rant. Of course, she's been posting racist and conspiratorial tweets for some time now. Sadly, she's not alone when it comes to right wing racism and conspiracies. Alex Jones and Kanye West have also engaged in right wing shit mongering. Snopes.com has an archive of stories with the Breitbart tag. Most of these Breitbart posted stories are found to be untrue or based on flawed data and information. When people promote this kind of misinformed bullshit, it seems like most of the time they get away with it. Sometimes they issue a half assed, insincere apology and lay low for a while. But, sure enough, they're soon back their racist ways.
It would be nice if Roseanne suffered a massive backlash that ruins her career like what happened to Bill Cosby and Harvey Weinstein. This isn't a case of silencing right wing voices. It's case against the spread of lies and disinformation that can potentially ruin people's lives and businesses.
In the time between when Roseanne was cancelled and now, another controversy has erupted. Comedienne Samantha Bee referred to Ivanka Trump as a feckless cunt on her show. Since her show is taped prior to airing, there was time to change her statement. The fact that it wasn't changed is a fuck up on her part. A fuck up she has apologized for. Her mistake doesn't warrant the same punishment as what happened to Roseanne. As noted above, Roseanne has a history of posting racist and conspiratorial tweets. This is something the network was aware of when they rebooted her show. Given her track record, one has to wonder why ABC rebooted the show in the first place.
There is a double standard here. Conservatives think it's perfectly ok for Pres. Golden Shower to spew insults and demean women, Muslims, the disabled etc. but when liberals take aim at him they need to be punished. Look at the furor they had over Kathy Griffin and Michelle Wolf. Our piss colored president didn't even attend the White House Correspondents dinner because this thin skinned prick knew people would be taking shots at him. He instead went to a rally filled with his idiot supporters that want nothing more than to lick the shit out of his ass and praise him like he was God himself. Sad.
I've been playing roleplaying games for over 38 years now and I'll keep gaming as long as I'm able. Arrangements for this year's Gen Con are going smoother than planned. I have slightly over $2,000 set aside and my badge, hotel and event tickets have been purchased. As usual, despite creating my event wish list early and submitting it as soon as event registration went live, I couldn't get into any Paranoia or Firefly events.
How many more Gen Cons I'll be attending is unknown. My legs aren't what they used to be and the avascular necrosis in my right hip still needs to be addressed. I've decided to no longer purchase any new editions of D&D. I only have the 4th and 5th edition core books. I'm not buying anything else for these editions. Gaming isn't a cheap hobby. New editions, especially ones that radically change the game, require purchasing new core rules and supplements. Converting older edition characters to the new rules can be quite difficult to nigh impossible. I'm not always willing to upgrade.
I have a lot of time and money invested in the 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 3.5 editions of D&D. I'll continue to buy supplements for these editions to add to my collection. The same holds true for my World of Darkness collection. When White Wolf ended their original WoD setting, I didn't move to the new setting. I might buy the 7th edition of Call of Cthulhu. I found a conversion document on Scribd that will allow me to upgrade 5th and 6th edition characters and monsters.
I'm going to get new material for Luchador, Doctor Who and The One Ring. What else I decide to buy is unknown. I'm going to check out the various dice sellers and see if anything catches my eye. A gamer can never have too many dice. Miniatures are another possibility. I could use some standard D&D minis. Most of the ones I have are limited edition. I just bought the gargantuan Orcus mini on eBay. Here's a pic of what the mini will look like.
Another mass shooting and like normal, the NRA, GOP and the right wing media will try to brush it under the rug. There'll be the usual empty thoughts and prayers along with other platitudes. Here's a list of the typical statements you'll hear and their translations.
I contributed $50.00 to a Kickstarter project put together by Elderwood Academy for Hex Chest mini dice boxes. For my contribution, I'll be receiving a mahogany mini Hex Chest with a beehive interior, Elvish engraving on the lid, a loop attachment and a set of zinc alloy gaming dice with an aged mithril finish. I chose these particular options in order to give the mini Hex Chest a Middle Earth feel to it. The mini Hex Chest has the appearance of something carved by the elves of the Woodland Realm from trees found in Mirkwood while the dice were crafted by dwarves from mithril mined from the depths of Moria before Durin's Bane was unleashed upon it. According to the pledge site, the Hex Chests should start shipping some time in August.
I also ordered a Spellbook gamer's box from Elderwood Academy. I got a 1.25 in. deep Spellbook with red Dragonskin for the cover, mahogany wood with maple trim, a gold foil spell circle design on the cover with Brother's Book on the spine, an aluminum reflecting pool, blue felt rolling tray interior and dice foam insert. It was ordered May 19th and will take about 8 weeks to arrive because each Spellbook is custom made to order.
A while back I purchased the limited edition Rock Iconz King Diamond statue from Knucklebonz. Only 1,777 of these have been made and some of them were signed by King Diamond himself and include a certificate of authenticity to prove it. Sadly, I didn't get one of the signed ones. Here's a pic of the statue and the base so you see what number statue it is.
The leadership of the NRA is little more than a gun worshipping cult that regards everyone as blood sacrifices on their altar. They, and their alt-right media fascist propaganda monkeys, have resorted to mocking David Hogg and the other Parkland survivors instead of objectively reporting the news or engaging in reasoned debate. Fox News' simpleminded bigot, Laura Ingraham, enjoyed a much needed bitch slap as her show has lost advertisers because of her unwarranted attacks on David Hogg. Even her pathetic excuse of an apology hasn't stopped advertisers from leaving.
Then there's alt-right conspiracy nut job Josh Bernstein who put forth the theory that David Hogg was "affiliated in some way with Nikolas Cruz" because he did real time interviews with his fellow students during the shooting. Of course, he provided no evidence beyond his gut feelings to support his asinine claim. Sadly this idiot, like Fox News, has a following of brain dead gullible morons that buy into their smear campaigns.
Because of the Dickey Amendment, the CDC doesn't do any research on gun violence. And even though the Omnibus Budget recently signed into law by Trump grants the CDC the right to research gun violence, researchers doubt anything meaningful will become of it because they're afraid they'll lose funding if they pursue hot button questions about guns and gun violence. The Tiahrt Amendment also precludes gun trace data from being used in academic research of gun use in crime. The government has made gun records nigh impossible to trace by hobbling the ATF with an antiquated data system that's not searchable. And who can we thank for fucking us over like this? The gun worshipping cultists heading the NRA that's who.
I purchased the latest edition of the Paranoia roleplaying game recently along with the More [Redacted] Societies and Mutant Explosion decks, interactive GM screen and a set of four Computer dice. Having read the Players' and GM's books, this edition is quite a bit different from other editions of Paranoia I have. I want to try to get into some Paranoia sessions at Gen Con so I can get a feel for how this edition plays.
Events go online May 6th at 11:00 am CST. I'd like to get into some Firefly and Paranoia events but that could prove difficult. Those events fill up fast. Even if I create my wish list ahead of time and submit it as soon as possible, I could still end up way back in line. I've shunted more money into my Simple and Serve accounts giving me a grand total of $1,649.00 for the convention. I'm going to continue to add money to these accounts between now and August. I'm still making sizable payments on my credit card while adding as little as possible to it. Barring any unforeseen financial problems, I should be sitting pretty by the time Gen Con rolls around.
I've been filling out my power of attorney documents. I've given it to my Mom, niece and her husband. I still have to complete the document and sign it in the presence of two witnesses who must also sign the document. They can't be related to me by blood, marriage or adoption. I'll try and get two members of my gaming group to act as witnesses.
On the Trump front, our Dipshit in Chief has proven to be as spineless as the rest of the GOP when it comes to the NRA. After claiming that his fellow Republicans were afraid of the NRA, Trump backed down on his call for raising the age limit to buy assault rifles to 21 and having more extensive background checks on gun purchases. It seems the only things this motherfucking prick stands firm on is lining his own pockets, giving more money to the rich and aggrandizing himself at every possible moment.
Nikolas Cruz, 17 dead.
Once again, more lives have been lost to gun violence and once again, the NRA blames everything and everyone except guns and themselves. The leadership of the NRA has been taken over by lunatic fringe of gun zealots. These motherfuckers regard guns as sacred relics and victims of gun violence are little more than blood sacrifices on their Second Amendment altar. NRA shill Dana Loesch lied on live TV by claiming that the NRA supports background checks. The funny thing is, there was a time when the NRA supported gun control.
But things are changing. The once, seemingly unassailable NRA is facing a backlash against its policies. But that hasn't stopped the right wing conspiracy nuts and media outlets from lying about the shootings. They claim that 'crisis actors' are being used by the liberals to push their anti-gun agenda. They've also stated that some of the mass shootings were false flag attacks orchestrated by the 'Deep State'. This goes to show how truly stupid and gullible some of these right wing assholes truly are. Sadly these dumb fucks have been given a platform from which to spew their delusional by social media outlets and the idiots at Fox News, Breitbart and InfoWars. More false flag related articles can be found here.
The NRA is simply part of a human centipede like creature. At the head end, we have the gun manufacturers. Attached to their asshole is the mouth of the leadership of the NRA. Sucking their shit is the GOP followed by the right wing media outlets and finally ending with the poor, dumb, gullible right wing conspiracy mental cases.
Despite the efforts of the public at large to get meaningful gun control legislation passed, I don't see this happening. The Florida House rejected a gun bill but went on to declare pornography a health risk. Some Republicans are using the Parkland shooting to violate the Establishment Clause by trying to pass laws that will allow Ten Commandments statues to be displayed on public land. What a waste of fucking time.
I've added a bunch of weird dice to my collection. I have dice from one sided Moebius dice to twenty sided dice and everything in between. Add to that some d22s, d24s, d26s, d28s, a d30, d34, d48, d50, d60, d100 and the colossal d120 to round out the set. I also have a set of specially marked ten sided dice that can be used as percentile, a d1,000, a d10,000, a d100,000 and a d1,000,000. Another set of ten sided dice generates numbers from .000 to .999. Most of these dice came from The Dice Shop. The Moebius dice are found at Awesome Dice.
Plans for this year's Gen Con are underway. The four day badge has been purchased and the hotel room reserved. This year, I had to wait 9 hours and 4 minutes before I could reserve my room so once again I'm out in the boondocks. I've been paying down my credit card and shifting money to my Simple and Serve accounts. Next month is a five check month so I'll be able to shift more money into them. My state and federal tax refunds are also going towards Gen Con.
Our Dipshit in Chief got to view France's Bastille Day parade and has decided that he wants a military parade of his very own. This arrogant orange haired prick wants to waste money by having the military parade around in front of him in a display of military might. This self aggrandizing shit is the sort of thing you see in dictatorships like Russia, China and North Korea, not here in America. Thankfully, the military and many government officials see this for the moronic idea it is and don't want to go along with it.
On a different note, it seems that we have more proof that Trump supporters are fucked up, brainwashed and gullible people. An Oxford University study showed that 96% of Trump backers are sharing junk news from sites like Breitbart, InfoWars, the National Review and Hannity.com and did so more than all other groups combined. Why are these sites allowed to spend this filth? Surely the First Amendment of the Constitution's freedom of speech protection doesn't extend to the lies and disinformation being peddled by these sites. Couldn't what they're peddling be regarded as defamation? Yet these sites and the tabloid rags being sold in stores continue to publish truly moronic and sensational conspiracy stories that Trump supporters swallow like they've been carved on tablets by God Himself. It goes to show you how truly stupid some people are.
When a product has a flaw in it that causes injuries and/or death, it's the fault of the manufacturer not the product. Examples include the Samsung Galaxy Note 7, Takata airbags, hoverboards and General Motors ignition switches. In each case, the company that designed and manufactured the product was to blame.
Let's apply this to Intelligent Design. Some people would have us believe that the universe was designed by an omnipotent, omniscient deity. First, God designed the angels. Everything the Angels are was brought into being by God. One of God's angelic creations, Lucifer, rebelled against God and convinced one third of the Angels to join him. Does this sound like an intelligent design to you? Sounds more like a colossal fuckup to me. And how does Mr. Omnipotence and Omniscience fix this problem? Does He out debate Lucifer and convince him and the rebelling Angels that their plan won't work? You'd think an omniscience being could pull that off with ease. Does He simply eliminate the problem by fixing the flaw in the rebellious Angels? No in both cases. This supposedly perfect being just casts Lucifer and his followers into Hell and let's the problem fester. Smart move.
Then there's the creation of Man. Again, you'd think a supposedly perfect being would be able a design a flawless creation. Nope. Mankind is a lot of things but perfect isn't one of them. For all the good we're capable of doing, we're also capable of considerable amounts of evil. All of it designed into us by God if you believe religion. And in typical narcissistic fashion, God blames His creations for their actions rather than Himself for making those actions possible. He can't accept the fact that He's a colossal Fuckup.
What was once thought to be only a dream has become reality. The X-Men, Deadpool and the Fantastic Four are now part of the MCU. Fox is selling part of its holdings, which includes the aforementioned heroes, to Disney. With Hugh Jackman and Patrick Stewart leaving the X-Men franchise, what will Disney do with it? In my opinion, they should reboot the franchise and formally add it to the MCU. That way they could have the Avengers and X-Men together in the same movie.
The Fantastic Four is in serious need of a reboot. The original movies with Chris Evans, Jessica Alba, Ioan Gruffyd and Michael Chiklis weren't bad. My chief complaint is primarily with the second movie's portrayal of Galactus. The most recent FF reboot was a disaster. Its piss poor portrayal of Doctor Doom as some kind of arrogant nature loving hippy did a disservice to the character. Hopefully the MCU will breathe new life into this franchise.
And good news for Deadpool fans. Everyone's favorite fourth wall breaking Merc with the Mouth will remain R rated. Fans had feared that Disney would censor Deadpool thus ruining the character's appeal.
The 13th Doctor made a very brief appearance at the end of the Doctor Who Christmas Special. This is the first female incarnation of the Doctor and she is being played by Jodie Whittaker. This has caused some online controversy with some fans saying that they'll never watch the show again. These people need to get over themselves.
