Even though I haven't actually played any DnD for a while, I still collect (and infrequently paint) miniatures. I also read for and do a little idle thinking about running a new campaign. Just need to get folks together for the game. Hopefully once the weather turns to crap this winter my enthusiasm will grow a tad more and we can get to it. In my searching around I have found the PDF revolution in roleplaying games has spun off some very good quality printable cardboard terrain. Here are some links to some of what I have found so far.

WorldWorks Games
Stones Edges
Microtactix

All of these look great. Even when printed in black and white. WorldWorks has some fairly nice tutorials for assembly ( a couple are in video ) There is a faq for folks interested in "card modeling". It hasn't been updated in a while but still has some good info.

If I get really ambitious I may give Hirst Arts plaster cast models a go also. These, when built and painted well look awesome. I may not use them for games but in a diorama or two for the office.

Big news.

Joani and I are getting married :)
We are going to do the deed in New Orleand October 15th in Artilery Park. Should be a very nice ceremony pretty much just for us. I have a few on line friends having a get together there and since we were going and it is a place we both like, we thought it would be the perfect place to make it official!!

So, as part of my job I drive. Alot. Pretty much every day. Maybe 45,000 miles since I started in Novemeber. Driving everyday you encounter all sorts of idiots. Some big, some small. This rant is about what I call the sympathy blinker. I am not sure at what point this practice started, but it is spreading like a plague and someone needs to find a cure. A person afflicted with this malady will use their turn signal because the person in front of them has flipped theirs on. The person who is ACTUALLY turning does so, and then the sypmathjy blinker turns his or hers off and continues going STRAIGHT. They call it a turn signal for a freakin reason. It means YOU are planning on turning. I am sure their are some occassions when this practice is dangerous, but more often than not it is just pointless and gets under my skin.

Did I mention I am getting married in less than a month :) That is a good thing, and all the sympathy blinkers in the world can't bring me down!