View From the Bushes

Still no sign of the maps; the rest of the adventure is basically done (Xenogenic adventures by virtue of their infinite variety can always use some polishing), so my plan is to release the adventure snippet tonight (for both the demo and pay subscribers) that will at least give you a taste for this latest entry in the Anyaka series. Meanwhile, I'll see about digging up some maps. I would expect that I'll have either gotten someone else to do a rush job, done the maps myself or have heard for the original cartographer (with deep apologies I would expect) by the weekend. Once again I hate to push it back, yet again, but for once it's (mostly) not my fault. In any case, you should have the snippet a little later this evening. I haven't quite decided what to use, because there are so many cool encounters to choose from, but it will be exciting, I guarantee that.

Anyone who has read my blog knows about my cycling fetish, but I don't think I've mentioned (or at least not at any great length) my soccer fetish. Currently, the European Cup is taking place. Having spent two years in Holland, I'm a big supporter of the Netherlands. Today they were on the verge of elimination unless they won and Germany lost. (There was some combination of draws which would allow them to advance, but it got pretty esoteric at that point). Fortunately it was Netherlands v Latvia: 3-0 and Czech v Germany: 2-1. From what I can tell, the French seemed favored to win, but the Netherlands won't have to face them until the finals (assuming they make it that far).

In other news, Wil Upchurch, who had procured a gmail invitation via his status as Gamer God of Love sent one my way as well. So now I'm direkobold@gmail.com. Since I have my own server, gmail isn't any huge improvement, though it's still pretty cool. I like their idea of rather than endlessly filing e-mails you just use their insanely powerful search engine to find what you want. And since they give you a gig of space, there's no reason to throw things away. Not a bad idea, all things considered.

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