Comments on: I made it! Musings turns 1 and 400!

By: Geeknews » News From Bloggers I Follow - 7/27/08

Geeknews » News From Bloggers I Follow - 7/27/08 — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 05:35:38 +0000

[...] – The ChattyDM is one year old and hit quality post #400 last week. Swing on over and wish the site happy b’day on the special post. [...]

By: Lex

Lex — Sun, 27 Jul 2008 12:17:39 +0000

First of all, congratulations! You did a great job here, I really like it. Well, what can I say? Keep up the great posts and I wish you all the best for the next year! Here's a little something as requested: Weird Game Idea #354796

By: Tommi

Tommi — Sun, 27 Jul 2008 06:09:31 +0000

Congratulations. Since ADOM was already linked (here's the guidebook with almost all secrets and spoilers), here's an open source game of considerable merit: Battle for Wesnoth. Tommis last blog post..WoAdWriMo

By: ChattyDM

ChattyDM — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 23:38:48 +0000

Thanks Tangent 128!

Here’s to another year of tropes and RPG goodness… Hope you’ll try them someday!

By: Tangent128

Tangent128 — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 17:52:18 +0000

Took me forever to think of something that hasn't already been given; how about a techno artist? Kita Khyber If you like whatever samples are playing, their albums are free to download. They seem to be best known for their 8-Bit Chiptune Rick Roll.

By: ChattyDM

ChattyDM — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 12:19:25 +0000

@Heather: That’s all right, get settled in and tell us when your life returns to semi-normal.

@Tenach: Welcome to the blog! Thanks for the gift, I’ve been a Goblin fan for a lonnnnnng time… which helps because updates are somewhat sporadic. I understand that Tarol’s got to eat too…

By: Tenach

Tenach — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 17:11:01 +0000

Hello and congratulations from a new follower of your blog! I found a link to your blog today, and it has now been embedded into my bookmark list and reader. If you have not seen it yet, Goblins is an interesting webcomic about life through a tribe of Goblin's eyes.

By: Heather

Heather — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 17:08:43 +0000

@Chatty – sorry to hear the job fell through. I’ll have to give you a belated Bloggiversary gift because I am down to the final few days to get things done in prep for movers. ARG!

Heathers last blog post..Life: Home Is Where I’m Currently Not

By: ChattyDM

ChattyDM — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 14:22:34 +0000

Thanks one and all.

You make this 1000 times more rewarding than any other non-family projects I’ve ever tackled.

I’m taking a few days slow/off now. That big job I kept hinting at fell through (I didn’t get it) so I’m reflecting on my continued/new Online projects.

Good news, I’ll stop hinting that I may retire as I most definitively won’t.

By: Ripper X

Ripper X — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 14:11:40 +0000

A whole year! Well, I’d say that you have done very well for yourself, & we are all the better for it. You have helped all of our games immensely, introduced us to other folks, entertained us, and gave us tons of topics to ponder and talk about. You’ve even inspired folks like me to start our own blogs, and were very gracious in helping us get started (Chatty put up with me emailing him for weeks while I asked tons of questions) All I can ever do is give you thanks!

For my present, I offer a great site ofSailing Terms.

Here’s to another great year Chatty! & again, THANK YOU!

By: Sektor

Sektor — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 11:02:58 +0000

Congratulations! And more importantly, a heartfelt thanks for all the good stuff you've given us and hopefully will give us for years to come. The present I would like to give you is a link to a book I recently found online. I'm sure you'll appreciate it (and in fact, I hope everyone here can learn something from it). Sektors last blog post..Favorite Roleplaying Tools

By: Ravyn

Ravyn — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 08:53:23 +0000

To apologize for my lateness in responding, I give you two things.

One, a blog post about a player type I know a little too well.
http://exchangeofrealities.today.com/2008/07/16/introducing-the-current/

Two, a twenty-foot fate-twisting demon spider:
http://i81.photobucket.com/albums/j222/Ravyn_gawi/WarpsTheWeftColor.jpg

Enjoy, and happy first year of blogging!

Ravyns last blog post..Character Evolution: Crisis Point (Types of Response)

By: Random News Table | UncleBear

Random News Table | UncleBear — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 06:32:24 +0000

[...] » I made it! Musings turns 1 and 400! – The ChattyDM On July 24 2007, I wrote the first post of what was to become the biggest, most incredible project I ever tackled! (tags: rpg) [...]

By: Andy

Andy — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 04:38:17 +0000

Good work Phil. I wonder what the site will look like when it’s 5 years old. The questions is: Can Phil last that long without the proverbial blogger burnout?

I believe the answer is yes, as long as his labor of love remains fun.

Keep it up, Phil, and i’ll keep reading.

By: Princess Noin

Princess Noin — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 04:27:19 +0000

Congratulations! =)

Here are my favorite RPG artists The Fraim Brothers

If I completely botched that link, which is likely… =), Just search for brosfraim.com. They do beautiful character portraits!

By: ChattyDM

ChattyDM — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 02:50:03 +0000

Thank you all soo much. This was the best birthday ever!

@Labareda: Your gift is now on top of my post!

By: Berin Kinsman

Berin Kinsman — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 02:49:31 +0000

Congratulations! Do you have Encounter Critical? You need Encounter Critical! Tor.com also has a crapton of free fantasy and science fiction ebooks (and wallpaper!) but only until Sunday. Hurry!

By: Labareda

Labareda — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 02:44:14 +0000

Congratulations. I made a picture which hopefully you can find a way to share

By: Ish

Ish — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 23:29:22 +0000

Congrats; now that you’ve become a Level 2 Blogger, you get extra hit points and new skill ranks!

By: Sandrinnad

Sandrinnad — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 22:10:26 +0000

Congratulations! Nice timing on the post numbers too

Presents!

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Spanish Skillet (the only recipe I can ever reliably remember)

you need:

1 large frying pan
approx. 1 lb ground meat (whichever meat you prefer. I’ve used beef, sausage, and turkey and they were all good)
1 med onion (or to taste) chopped however you like it
garlic (if you like it)
spices that you like
1 can canned corn (not creamed, the one with the kernels)
1 large can or bottle tomato/spaghetti sauce
macaroni or other short pasta (maybe a cup or two?)

I’ve added other vegetables too when I felt like it.

fry the meat with the garlic, onion, and spices until it’s done. Turn it down, add the sauce, corn, and macaroni, then cover and cook until it’s all hot and the pasta is done.

serves …. probably at least 4.

this is pretty easy to make bigger or smaller. It freezes and reheats very well (though you’ll probably want to cook the pasta a little bit less if it’s destined for freezing). It’s great the second day and is wonderful reheated and eaten with tortilla chips.

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and a link to something fun a friend wrote The Henchmans’ Union’s “So You’re Evil, Now What?” Introductory Package