Recent content by Ryujin

They closed down, a little over 10 years ago, after 20 years in business.

Tourist - What's the fastest way to get from Ontario Place to Trinity Bellwoods Park? Me - Strawn Avenue. Tourist - (Not finding it on GPS) How do you spell that? Me - Strachan.

Let me tell you about when D&D 1e brought the word "ethereal" into our lexicon...

Technically I think that every restaurant in my town is effectively Indian-something fusion. The population is more than 40% South Asian and an even larger number of restaurants/fast food places are owned by members of that demographic.

Oh, how I long for the days of the $0.50 tacos. Ten of them for dinner, when I worked at the Toronto Airport.

There was a specialty retail store that I supported, quite religiously, on the basis that people who work in a specialty shop know more about that sort of product than a casual user does. Then, one day, I went in looking for a specific item. I was told by not one, but two of these 'experts' that...

Except that he's not, unless you call both of him "the" last Time Lord.

Ron Ellis, former NHL player and member of the Canadian team for the 1972 Canada/Russia hockey series, has dies at the age of 79. I can't remember if he was present for the naming of "Team Canada Drive" in what used to be known as Bramalea, when I was a kid, but I was there in my Cub Scout...

I have a similar issue with getting the jab at the dentist. The length of the needle doesn't matter. It always feels like it's being jammed into my brain. The freezing also seems to take an inordinate amount of time to wear off, for me. The last time it was done, against my objections, it took...

The first two episodes really seem to lean into the idea that the show is mainly for kids, which is fine. I still really enjoyed them.

Oh, definitely not worth it. Even though I was under with gas, at the time, I have a clear memory of the dentist standing on a little stool next to the chair and using a chisel to break apart my horizontally impacted lower Wisdom Teeth, so they could be removed. The pain got through both the gas...

Space Opera was pretty much the perfect system for that sort of thing, as you could "top up" your stats with the profession training stat bonus points. I also gave them all 17 scores in Psionics, which is one point below starting the game "psionically awakened." The Korellians have psionic tech...

Somewhere down the line my notes for my old 1e D&D campaign, a couple of Space Opera campaigns, Star Frontiers, and FASA Star Trek all went missing. I expect that my mother 'cleaned house', at some point, and tossed the lot thinking it was old notes from high school or college that were no...