Now that I've got a new DVR with a functioning hard drive, maybe I can catch up! Also, have you been channeling Sir Terry lately?* * Or is it just me?

I live out in a rural area. Every now and again when I'm outside at night - usually taking the dog out - I look up. Having been a city boy most of my life, it takes more than a few seconds to collect all the starts and planets I see into a panorama inside my head. When it clicks like that, I get this vaguely dizzy feeling, almost a vertigo and I have to look away. I find, at this point, that my dog is waiting patiently for me, but making it obvious that I'm holding her up from some vastly important dog thing that I don't understand. That's generally sufficient to ground me long enough to get back inside before I trip and fall off the planet.

Nice shirt! I used my D&D mapping skills much later in life when designing levels for a MUD. This is also my second D&D 80's flashback this week. Have you seen what's been updated for 4e? http://wizards.com/DnD/Product.aspx?x=dnd/products/dndacc/244660000

Great post. I'm not an old timer, but I am a fan. It really is odd to see some of what I thought were internal conversations put down on paper by someone else. So please, feel free to continue doing what you're doing. For me, at least (as creepy as it sounds), it's nice to know I'm not as alone inside my head as I had thought. On a side note, one thing that seems relevant that I've learned from my own voice - Regrets, a harsh mistress if there ever was one - is that no matter what I've been through in the past, I wouldn't be where I am if it weren't for where I was. X (The closest thing I have to an IGS in plain text.)