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« Reply #990 on: 07 April 2017, 18:43:52 »
A chance for you to weigh in on the cover of our next true crime book...

https://contest.fbapp.io/a-special-kind-of-evil-cover-contest

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« Reply #991 on: 09 April 2017, 15:31:10 »
My latest blog post on the Colonial Parkway Murders...


https://blainepardoe.wordpress.com/2017/04/09/anniversary-of-the-disappearance-of-keith-call-and-cassandra-hailey/


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« Reply #992 on: 16 April 2017, 17:36:57 »
Part 10 of the novelization of my current D&D campaign. 

https://blainepardoe.wordpress.com/2017/04/16/to-the-gellesian-fields-part-10/


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Re: Blaine's Latest Blog
« Reply #993 on: 17 April 2017, 11:20:56 »
Fun!  Thanks!
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« Reply #994 on: 17 April 2017, 13:16:19 »
Well done
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« Reply #995 on: 19 April 2017, 12:34:47 »
Okay. While I like the novelization, I have one question:

What kind of voice does each character have? If you can equate them to particular actors/actresses, that'd help.

For some reason, I couldn't help think of Count Dooku/Saruman when reading Althalus. Is that close? What about the others?

Thanks.
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« Reply #996 on: 22 April 2017, 15:14:58 »
That's hard - I hear them in the voices of the players. 

Althalus tends to be broody and deep - like Josh Brolin. 
Galinndan makes me think of Gilbert Godfrey only younger. 
Theren is a lot like Mark Ruffalo
Arius is Chris Pine-ish. 
Bor - is Bor.  Bor-Smash. 

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Re: Blaine's Latest Blog
« Reply #997 on: 23 April 2017, 13:46:29 »
Book review - this time the subject is the University of Texas sniper, Charles Whitman

https://blainepardoe.wordpress.com/2017/04/23/review-of-a-sniper-in-the-tower-the-charles-whitman-murders-a-true-crime-book-by-gary-m-lavergne/


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Re: Blaine's Latest Blog
« Reply #999 on: 28 April 2017, 00:40:55 »
Quote from: bpardoe870 on 27 April 2017, 18:42:29
And now for some workplace humor...

https://blainepardoe.wordpress.com/2017/04/27/annual-performance-reviews-a-snarky-fix-to-an-age-old-problem/


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I'll leave you with the Apple review.  All Apple reviews read like this:

You suck.
However you did not suck as bad as you could have sucked. 
Try to suck less
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Re: Blaine's Latest Blog
« Reply #1000 on: 28 April 2017, 02:01:48 »
Quote from: bpardoe870 on 27 April 2017, 18:42:29
And now for some workplace humor...

https://blainepardoe.wordpress.com/2017/04/27/annual-performance-reviews-a-snarky-fix-to-an-age-old-problem/


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Hmm, reminds me of the last time I had a job that had performance reviews.

I loved the part where we were graded on A) the dress code we were explicitly told wasn't actually a thing (and that the supervisors very obviously didn't follow) and B) how many phone calls we answered over a week, which was automatically zero because our department handled customer service emails and the phones at our desks weren't activated because it wasn't our jobs!

I'm glad I no longer work there.
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« Reply #1001 on: 28 April 2017, 10:54:43 »
I work at a reasonably small company and we don't really do performance reviews. It's small enough that the people who need to know how you are performing already do. However, I actually had one guy ASK me to give him a performance review! I guess he was worried if he was meeting expectations or something like that, but it was the first and only time I've ever actually had someone request a performance review. He didn't even ask for a raise or anything! It was weird.
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« Reply #1002 on: 07 May 2017, 11:28:31 »
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« Reply #1003 on: 08 May 2017, 02:01:37 »
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« Reply #1004 on: 08 May 2017, 10:51:38 »
[snigger] Sand People.
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« Reply #1005 on: 08 May 2017, 18:46:48 »
Breaking the 4th wall...ish.  Heavy on the ish.  Sand People. 

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« Reply #1007 on: 13 May 2017, 14:31:19 »
Quote from: bpardoe870 on 08 May 2017, 18:46:48
Breaking the 4th wall...ish.  Heavy on the ish.  Sand People. 

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I hope the 'Sand People' in your setting actually do something more with sand, rather than being a nebulous alien species that lives in the desert.

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Re: Blaine's Latest Blog
« Reply #1008 on: 17 May 2017, 14:28:08 »
Quote from: bpardoe870 on 13 May 2017, 12:42:07
The next installment of our campaign... 

https://blainepardoe.wordpress.com/2017/05/13/the-chronicling-of-our-dd-campaign-to-the-gellesian-fields-part-12/

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Excellent.

There was an incomplete sentence.  "I watched them in their hooded azure cloaks.  These were men I"
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Re: Blaine's Latest Blog
« Reply #1009 on: 21 May 2017, 08:40:21 »
Thanks for catching that...resolved!

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« Reply #1010 on: 21 May 2017, 08:41:23 »
My latest - on the 90th anniversary of the flight of Charles Lindbergh.

https://blainepardoe.wordpress.com/2017/05/20/one-man-can-change-the-world-the-90th-anniversary-of-charles-lindberghs-epic-solo-flight/

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« Reply #1011 on: 21 May 2017, 10:00:48 »
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I wonder where our heroes are…

They were never there.  Lindbergh looks better than current celebrities because he lived in an age where things like martial infidelity and embarrassing political views were swept under the rug instead of being pointed out.
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« Reply #1012 on: 22 May 2017, 16:51:59 »
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They were never there.  Lindbergh looks better than current celebrities because he lived in an age where things like martial infidelity and embarrassing political views were swept under the rug instead of being pointed out.
I have to agree with this.  Humanity suffers from "the nostalgia effect".  We tend to forget the bad aspects of "the good old days" and only remember what we find pleasing.  I recommend the book "The Good Old Days-They were terrible!"
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« Reply #1013 on: 24 May 2017, 13:56:16 »
Quote from: MoneyLovinOgre4Hire on 21 May 2017, 10:00:48
They were never there.  Lindbergh looks better than current celebrities because he lived in an age where things like martial infidelity and embarrassing political views were swept under the rug instead of being pointed out.

His views were very close to Henry Ford who is also considered a hero though he's not
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« Reply #1014 on: 28 May 2017, 18:16:07 »
Now a little workplace humor for your long weekend.  Enjoy. 

https://blainepardoe.wordpress.com/2017/05/28/workplace-humor-things-never-heard-in-the-office/

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« Reply #1015 on: 28 May 2017, 22:07:24 »
Quote from: bpardoe870 on 28 May 2017, 18:16:07
Now a little workplace humor for your long weekend.  Enjoy. 

https://blainepardoe.wordpress.com/2017/05/28/workplace-humor-things-never-heard-in-the-office/

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You forgot "my coworkers on this project are knowledgeable and really helping insure that things run smoothly."
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« Reply #1017 on: 05 June 2017, 09:42:13 »
High school production of The Rocky Horror Picture Show - I don't think that's allowed even in this State.  ;D
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« Reply #1019 on: 26 June 2017, 12:53:53 »
On my new true crime book coming out in a few weeks...

https://blainepardoe.wordpress.com/2017/06/26/visiting-the-crime-scene-of-the-first-colonial-parkway-murders/


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