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Hometown:
Hayward, California
Birthday:
December 3, 1969
Website:
http://uncledark.livejournal.com
About Me:
I am a therapist specializing in the concerns of various alternative lifestyles, spiritualities, and relationships. I am a long time gamer (starting in 1981 with blue box D&D - the one with laminated chits in case you didn't have dice), an anarcho-tribalist, a devotee of Dionysos, an initiated British Traditional Wiccan, a ceremonial magician, and an amateur digital photographer, writer, and artist.

And a Right Cynical Bastard. As only a frustrated romantic could be.
Favorite Games:
FATE, Serenity, Everway, Paranoia, Hero Quest, Sorcerer, Don't Rest Your Head
Favorite Books:
George R.R. Martin's "Song of Ice and Fire" series, the works of Tim Powers, Clive Barker, H.P. Lovecraft, Caitlin Kiernan, Aleister Crowley, Lon Milo DuQuette, the poetry of Jim Morrison
Favorite Comics:
Astro City, Promethea, Transmetropolitan, Hellblazer, Doom Patrol, Sandman, Watchmen, From Hell, Comic Book History of the Universe, LoEG, V, Shade the Changing Man
Favorite Movies:
Pan's Labyrinth, Star Wars, Serenity, Casablanca, Hellraiser, LoTR, City of Lost Children, V for Vendetta, Alien
Favorite TV Shows:
Firefly, Battlestar Galactica, Heroes, House, The Dresden Files, The Daily Show, Mythbusters (those guys have the Coolest Job Ever)
Favorite Music:
Coil, The Doors, David Bowie, Dire Straits, Jethro Tull, Nine Inch Nails, Dead Can Dance, Talking Heads, Allison Krause

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To every thing there is a season...

It has been my observation that the natural lifespan of a RPG campaign is about 6-12 months. Almost all the ones I have run (and most I have played in) have either closed down in that time, or quickly hit a point where it becomes clear that they should have.

Part of it (for the ones I run, anyhow) is GM burnout. After six months or a year, my creative well runs dry and I need to move on to another project for a while.

However, I've noticed that there seems to be something in th… Continue

Posted on May 6th, 2007 at 2:55pm — 4 Comments (Add)

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At 7:32pm on April 29th, 2007, Hypnoangel said…
Hiya. What's the scoop on your image? It's, like, all classical and stuff.
At 8:43pm on April 25th, 2007, Lon Sarver said…
How could I not?
At 8:30pm on April 25th, 2007, Berin Kinsman said…
Thanks for dropping in!
At 12:23pm on April 25th, 2007, Lon Sarver said…
Why, thank you. Glad to be here.
At 12:08pm on April 25th, 2007, S.L. Shirley said…
Welcome aboard!
 
 

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