The Bonds of Bits and Bytes...

There's been a lot going on in the blogosphere recently, so I thought it best to open up this Friday posting with some recognition of severe awesomeness!

First up, our good buddy Phil over at Musings of the Chatty DM had his one year anniversary AND his 400th post all at once! The well-planning so-and-so intended the two to coincide, further cementing his m4d DM-foo! I didn't want to call you out on your own post, bud, but you're a few weeks *ahead* of us. And a few posts too, but we're not as chatty collectively as you are alone!!

Next, it strikes me that I never properly congratulated Yax over at DungeonMastering on his ENnie nomination! We're all pulling for ya, buddy!

Last, but certainly not least, our good friends over at Gnome Stew reached their 100 post milestone on July 9th, a scant 11 weeks after going live! For those of you bad at math or new to blogging, that's an astonishing amount of content in a short amount of time. With this milestone, the gnomes receive an extra action point apiece, and a giant caraffe of decaffinated coffee.

This year, all of us at StupidRanger count ourselves lucky to get to meet these guys in person (and others!) and get to do some excellent roleplaying! Some of it may or may not involve whiskey and tomfoolery, so its bound to generate some interesting stuff!

So join me this fine Friday in congratulating our buddies! Head over to their sites and see some of the groovy stuff they're laying down, you won't be sorry!!

Throw Up The Horns

Every now and then, I find out something that just transcends the boundaries of awesome.

I grew up in a time where the best musicians had big guitars and bigger hair. They saw a million faces, and they rocked them all. I love rock. I have been known to throw up the horns during meetings at work.

I never really gave much thought to the gesture's origins. I'd heard it was "devil horns" once or twice, but I never really worried about it (any more than I worried about, say, Black Sabbath's music corrupting me). Admittedly, when I was a teenager, I was accidentally throwing up American Sign Language for "I love you", which is about as metal as oatmeal. I have since rectified this.

And now, I come to find out that the Rock Horns are actually a Protection Against Evil spell.

Frankly, the part of the article that suggests that a rock concert is "forming an enormous shield against the evil eye" is the coolest thing I have ever heard. Although I must question why some more powerful demons would fear a minotaur. Perhaps shadow-puppetry is their secret weakness?

Regardless, I seriously think if I go outside there is going to be a motorcycle equipped with bat wings waiting for me right now.


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Speaking of rocking out, we here at SR have become hopelessly addicted to the Guitar Hero series (and Rock Band) as of late. Me, I'm stuck on (ironically, The Metal on Expert).

If you'd like to compare scores or test your *ahem* mettle against the might of Bat Loaf, go ahead and shoot me a message or a friend request. BUT BE WARNED!!!! I choke in multiplayer!!!!!!!

Vanir's Xbox 360 Gamertag:


Vanir's guitarhero.com profile:
batloaf

Dante and Stupid Ranger's guitarhero.com profile (the family that rocks together, stays together):
Dante8

If there's enough interest, maybe we could even start up a tour group?

Either way, rock on, and keep on casting Protection From Evil!

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