From today's Wizard of Id by Parker and Hart.

I don't know why - but now I'd really like to see a LNL module based on this - I know it won't sell but would be "pure" infantry combat. Maybe I'm crazy but I find it interesting. Maybe even other "brush" wars of the Cold War. I've been thinking of it a lot lately.

I know some folks find it tasteless - but I'm interested to know what really happened, and I think the men and women who fought and died on both sides need to have the world remember.

Am I wrong?

It's a little hard to have a neutral opinion of Robert Strange McNamara if you're of a certain age. President of Ford Motor Company and a quantifying "Whiz Kid," he was appointed Secretary of Defense by John F. Kennedy, where he shortly showed what a Secretary of Defense should neither be nor do.

I say business for a reason, as McNamara seemed to regard mankind's bloodiest enterprise as a bloodless, emotionless, soulless exercise in numbers. An architect of the Vietnam War, he was a prop… Continue

At last a guy has taken the time to write this all down


Finally , the guys' side of the story.
We always hear " the rules" From the female side.
Now here are the rules from the male side.

These are our rules!
Please note these are all numbered "1 "
ON PURPOSE!
1. Men are NOT mind readers.

1. Learn to work the toilet seat. You're a big girl. If it's up, put it down. We need it up, you need it down. You don't hear us complaining about you leaving it down.

1. Sunday sports: It's like the full… Continue

Anyone else heading to Historicon next week (July 16-19, 2009) in Lancaster, PA?

If you're not familiar with the con, it's HMGS-East's biggest annual convention and is mostly miniatures-centric. If you're planning to attend, stop by our booth and say hey (Collins Epic Wargames).

Historicon Website

Byron

Some cool Vietnamese music

With Baseball season in full swing I can't help but think of one of the greatest comedy bits of all time.

How many players, by position, can you name without watching the video?… Continue

Hello ConsimWorld,
I just got started here and haven't done much yet. I do have a series of posts about ORIGINS 2009 on my games blog though. You can find them here.
Dan

Give this to Sarah Palin . . . she did her best to push Jackson off "the front page". Maybe we should ask Sanford for another interview . . . As for Jackson:

"he should have been prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law regarding the child molestation cases."

He was. He was acquited. (That doesn't mean he didn't do what everyone seems to say . . . )

" I just hope to hell no one tries to nominate this freak for sainthood."

No one is. A considerable talent; a difficult, complex, drivem and… Continue

Even if you are not much of a baker I encourage you to make this pie. It will be the best one you have ever tasted. It is from the 1950 edition Betty Crocker cookbook.

One 9 inch unbaked pie shell (store bought or home made)

In the pie shell put 4 cups washed fresh blueberries * (See note below)

In a medium bowl wisk together:

2/3 cup granualted sugar
1/4 cup all purpose flour
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
1 cup heavy whipping cream

Pour the cream mixture over the berries and bake… Continue