View From the Bushes

Well, it looks like after months of searching that they may have finally found Lori Hacking's body. At the time of this writing they're only saying "human remains" have been found, but it's either her or there's some other murderer on the loose. For those who've forgotten the Lori Hacking case, it was the one where the husband claimed she had been abducted but it was quickly revealed that the husband had lied about everything -- from being accepted to medical school to graduating from college (actually, I guess those lies are fairly closely related, thematically). It turned out that he was lying about her abduction as well and that all evidence pointed to him having killed her. It's nice to know that her final resting place won't be a landfill.

On to a less depressing topic (but only slightly less depressing), I don't know if you've ever heard of or seen "Trekkies". It's a documentary about being a Star Trek fan. It's pretty funny and very illuminating. Well, another group of guys decided to do something similar for gaming geeks, and they put together a movie called "Uber Goober." I had been looking for a copy at GenCon and was unable to find it, so I ended up ordering it from the website. I finally got around to watching it last night; I'll confess that it wasn't quite as good as "Trekkies" (and thus not as good as I had hoped), but it still was interesting. One of the things which stuck out is how several of the people interviewed opted to be interviewed in silhouette so that they couldn't be identified.

Speaking of gamer geeks, my own campaign is tonight. So far I've been happy with how it's gone, but I'm something of a perfectionist and I'm always regretting things I could have done differently. Plus, there is of course the grass always being greener. At this time it's the EBERRON setting that's drawing my eye. I've been reading the setting book recently and it's pretty cool, a lot cooler than I thought. Still not the orgasmic level of coolness I expected out of the Setting Search winner, but cool enough that I'm tempted to ditch the current campaign and restart something in Eberron. Just add that to the thousands of other annoying quirks (i.e. character flaws) I have.

Carpe Diem Quam Minimum Credula Postero
Ross