Happy news

[lederhosen]

World first: Che Guevara T-shirt helps achieve something useful!

All facetiousness aside, that is splendid news, and all the more nifty for the way in which it was achieved. It's been a long time since I saw somebody looking as happy as Betancourt does in today's photos.

Meanwhile, got invited to join a D&D game here and ended up running it because the original DM needs to study. Tonight the PCs got hired to guard a shipment of six valuable creatures, and told to stay away from them. One of them got curious, lifted up the blanket to reveal six large wicker baskets, and held his glowing magical sword close to one of the openings to see what the creature was... why, yes, it was a rust monster! It was a fun session, even if the PCs lost more in equipment than they were going to be paid for guard duty...

Comments

[nefaria.livejournal.com]

I never understood the appeal of Che. He was a bloodthirsty populist just like your typical Communist revolutionary, I guess the fact that he died before he became totally rotten to the core made some folks have fond memories of him.

I wish I was mature enough to traumatize my friends back when we played D&D. We did the typical teenager thing and started out with level 30 characters and godlike weapons and didn't have much challenge or fun. The DM tricking Gortangula into destroying his favorite toys would not have gone down well at all.

[lederhosen.livejournal.com]

I never understood the appeal of Che.

I don't know enough about South American politics to gauge his role there. 'Over here', though, I think he's mostly a convenient symbol for rebellion, a more political version of listening to Marilyn Manson to annoy your parents. If he hadn't existed, or hadn't had the advantage of a good photographer, somebody else would've been picked to fill the gap.

[malada.livejournal.com]

Heheheh! Instead of going in With Guns Blazing they stroll in, fist-bump their 'fellow revolutionaries' and waltz out with the prisoners! Now that - ladies and gentlemen - is How It's Done.

-m