Doctor Fun, my favorite single-panel cartoon, is done running. Only now do I learn that David Farley, the author and artist, planned to run it for exactly 10 years. It took him more than ten years to get the requisite 520 weeks done, and those were five-day weeks, as opposed to seven-day weeks, but still… it’s over.
And the “it’s over” announcement falls on the 6th anniversary of Schlock launching. Great. Now I have GUILT.
At my current rate, I’ll “catch up” with David Farley on July 25th of 2007. But how can anyone “catch up” with the very first webcomic? Because, you know, that’s what Doctor Fun WAS. The very first webcomic. *sigh*.
My cousin wls_xenolith and I went on a hike this afternoon. It was only a mile and a half (one way), but it ascended 1,065 feet.
Then we went on the Timpanogas Cave tour. And then we came back down.
I’m tired. But I think I might not be sick anymore. Ratcheting my heart rate clear up to 180 in sunny weather may have convinced my body that we’re serious about this whole “get well soon” thing.
Also, I need a shower. And I need to post pictures (from the hike. Not the shower.)
I picked up the D&D 3.5 Player’s Handbook this afternoon.
I’d like to run my oldest two kids through a quick 1st-level adventure. Something along the lines of “go check out the spooky ruins outside of town, where we think the bandits are hiding out.” Ideally said adventure will allow for plenty of skill checks — spot, search, decipher, track, survival, use rope, etc. I don’t want the game to be unnecessarily complex, but I DO want the kids (ages 11 and 8) to have fun deciding to DO things that involve lots of dice-rolling.
And yeah, it needs a few monsters that can be killed.
It would be especially nice if said adventure didn’t require me to break down and buy the Monster Manual or the Dungeon Master’s Guide just yet.