Wow, Wil. Your parents borrowed my parents's camera?

Wow, Wil. Your parents borrowed my parents's camera?

"Sadly, I don't have a recording of R2D2 beeping to tell you when to turn the page" Oh, wow... so they didn't make that just for me, then?

"Sadly, I don't have a recording of R2D2 beeping to tell you when to turn the page" Oh, wow... so they didn't make that just for me, then?

Good for you, Wil. There are few feelings quite so wonderful to me as reading a paperback on a long train journey and then finding, when I get off, that I *can't* break off just yet... If you can find a place to lie down and read, that's even better. Ideally a verdant grove of some Arcadian ilk (originally wrote 'grover', which would have been entirely different; super grover even more so).

Good for you, Wil. There are few feelings quite so wonderful to me as reading a paperback on a long train journey and then finding, when I get off, that I *can't* break off just yet... If you can find a place to lie down and read, that's even better. Ideally a verdant grove of some Arcadian ilk (originally wrote 'grover', which would have been entirely different; super grover even more so).

Obviously there's no NEED per se for you to be at WWDN... but... but... but it's WWDN, man... it'd be really cool to have you back there.

Obviously there's no NEED per se for you to be at WWDN... but... but... but it's WWDN, man... it'd be really cool to have you back there.

:) You'll probably always be a kid.

:) You'll probably always be a kid.

Well done, Wil. I don't play the game myself, but I've enjoyed many of your entries here about it (including that three-parter some time back which I passed on to several friends, it was that good). And this is a massive thing to be delighted about, so, well done again! In fact, 'well done' isn't a good enough phrase. Congra-fantastic-gratu-bravo-lation!

Well done, Wil. I don't play the game myself, but I've enjoyed many of your entries here about it (including that three-parter some time back which I passed on to several friends, it was that good). And this is a massive thing to be delighted about, so, well done again! In fact, 'well done' isn't a good enough phrase. Congra-fantastic-gratu-bravo-lation!

gamestoreguy - Wil has a gap at the top of his legs. He dealt with it in a post on Sept. 2004. We don't really talk about it here, but there is a dedicated message board elsewhere.

gamestoreguy - Wil has a gap at the top of his legs. He dealt with it in a post on Sept. 2004. We don't really talk about it here, but there is a dedicated message board elsewhere.

Okay, Wil, I guess you're semi-allowed mixed feelings on this, though the vast majority of us rubes would just be dancing the jig of joy right now that we had an action figure of us, but maybe you're past simple pleasures... Loveandlight's comment was just rude. And AndyMac's made me snicker. :-)

Okay, Wil, I guess you're semi-allowed mixed feelings on this, though the vast majority of us rubes would just be dancing the jig of joy right now that we had an action figure of us, but maybe you're past simple pleasures... Loveandlight's comment was just rude. And AndyMac's made me snicker. :-)

Congratulations on the invitation!

Congratulations on the invitation!

Ha! Yes, I was waiting for part II! Best bit about this segment is I thought you were going to end it with you and Brent piloting the bridge set off into space for real. Brent, of course, rocks. But then we knew that, right? Oh, and Jester - that's a great story. I'm so glad I decided to take the time to read the comments here as well as Wil's post, because I'd have missed that otherwise. Proof, were it needed, that Wil rocks too. Thank you for it. You did, however, neglect to mention that in addition to a bathrobe, Wil was wearing slippers, a monocle, and pulling on a pipe.

Ha! Yes, I was waiting for part II! Best bit about this segment is I thought you were going to end it with you and Brent piloting the bridge set off into space for real. Brent, of course, rocks. But then we knew that, right? Oh, and Jester - that's a great story. I'm so glad I decided to take the time to read the comments here as well as Wil's post, because I'd have missed that otherwise. Proof, were it needed, that Wil rocks too. Thank you for it. You did, however, neglect to mention that in addition to a bathrobe, Wil was wearing slippers, a monocle, and pulling on a pipe.

Yes, I'm likewise relieved others mentioned the scenery change, as my reaction was, "It hasn't been THAT long since I visited, surely...? Two days if that..." Like the new look. Very understated and suave, like a cocktail in London.

Yes, I'm likewise relieved others mentioned the scenery change, as my reaction was, "It hasn't been THAT long since I visited, surely...? Two days if that..." Like the new look. Very understated and suave, like a cocktail in London.

Oh, Wheaton, you're a bad man. I grinned at the 127.0.0.1 joke, still thinking, "It's funny, but I'm not a geek," then followed the link and genuinely laughed out loud.

Oh, Wheaton, you're a bad man. I grinned at the 127.0.0.1 joke, still thinking, "It's funny, but I'm not a geek," then followed the link and genuinely laughed out loud.

Ah, you see, I thought that de Saint-Exupéry post was a lead in to 'that bullshit Hallmark holiday', and although I heartily agree it is a bullshit Hallmark, holiday, I still thought, "Ah, that's nice," purely because it's always nice to see reminders of people in love.