Saragarhi Day

A bit of a two-for-one today, another 'find' I'm afraid as I haven't really got my life together enough to dream up anything that passes as original content.

1) Badass of the Week
Funny, well researched as far as I can tell, and highly educational. Tongue in cheek mini bio's of characters, animals, things, both real and fictional - the only rule.... They're all Badass. Favourites I've read so far include M3, and a bit of a hero for me, Nikolai Tesla.

2) 21 Sikhs
Today is the 12th September*, and on that day 1897 21 Sikhs held out to the last man in a mud walled fortlette Saragarhi in nothern India against a ravenning hoard of at least 10,000 armed Asians.
They held out long enough to warn the more substantial forts to either side, and for the British regiments to do their thing. Since then the day has been celebrated by Sikhs, and perhaps randomly, the British and Indian Polo teams.

* I'm increasingly discounting coincidences - as in they aren't really coincidences.

Welcome back ol'bean

Can't say I'll be able to keep this up, but tbh I'm tired of using it as my home/launch page and seeing the the same damned half arsed articles.

To the terrific twelve... Well, I'm guessing I've just fallen to the bottom of your reading list by now!

I'm not from the USA, but I have a more than passing interest in the (sorry) joke of a politcal system. I'm fond of the Colbert Report, Dan Carlson, and anyone else who really wants to stir shit up. I'm not saying the British system is any better mind you, it's probably that (like many other things across the pond) everything is taken to the extreme, larger than life, more combative, scarier, and televised.

So I saw this comic and though of you, America. Happy Labour day!

A gaming setup to aspire to

To anyone who doesn't know the famous speech, it was my vague hint that I'm getting into Flames of War. So much so, that I'm booked into the Devizes Distrct Wargames Group's annual show Attack!
There's a 1750 point North Africa / Eastern Front tournament over the weekend, and I'll be taking... Ok, should put that in a seperate post with some pictures and stuff. And on to what I actually wanted to share with you...

Anyway, I was looking around for articles, hints, battle reps, *twitch* scenery, when I found this breath-taking gaming room over at Greenstuff and Brass with some Guts behind it.

Awesome.

Suprise GW release

I for one welcome this new book - the number of 1's I roll for Deathwing has driven me to desperation many times... This may be my salvation!

Define... Rage

Thanks to Santa Cruz for finding this...

The Saga Of Biorn from The Animation Workshop on Vimeo.

This in no way encapsulates me or my journey through life... But I frequently have what I call Skratt moments... You know, the prehistoric squirrel of Ice Age fame?

The moments of horror, frustration, rage, and helplessness when all you can do is wordlessly scream. Quite often in a slightly comedic fashion to release the tension.

Oh, and the above short is really good too!

Lost

I think I've found the answer to Lost.

I saw the last bumper sized show. I paid great attention assuming that there would be some answers, that there was some epic quasi sub uber plot.

Of course, like everyone else, I was dissapointed.

Then I found this, and realise the answer was there back in 2004, if you knew where to look!

This would make an excellent screensaver

I followed a link through to WikipediaVision, sat enthralled for a couple of minutes and thought it would make an excellent screensaver. I used to love watching my old pc hunting aliens on the old SETI program.

Whatever happened to SETI? Can you still get the screensaver?

Apparently yes!

One hole to rule them all

Found this a couple of days ago....

Just Awesome. More pics and the clever lady can be found here.

Talent comes in many forms

Best use of Star Wars toys #19

Thanks to Topless Robot.

What people have to go through in the modern age

I'm going to add this link

http://www.rifters.com/crawl/?p=932

Please check it out, and support this guy if you can. I've only had to fly into the states once, and the guy behind the desk was itching to find a problem. These border guards seem to have needed to scratch.

O.M.G

Today (granted I may be behind many others) I found out something absolutly incredible.

A four letter word.

The first movie to be largely CGI based.

It's back

http://www.imdb.com/video/screenplay/vi2755789337/

Everybody has them... Part 2

Unfortunatly sometimes its hard to notice those things in your life that are just...

Well, Awesome!

Read through just the first page and at least half of the Awesome things will make you think Oh yeah! That is awesome!

From the first page today, my Awesomes are:

#635 When the hiccups stop
I get really bad hiccups that drive me up the wall...
#637 Rocking out on air instruments
I probably do it more than most!
#638 When the amount of toilet paper left on the roll is the exact amount you need
We've all been there...
#639 Carrying all the groceries in from the car in one big trip
Such a sense of achievement!
#643 The sound of steaks hitting a hot grill
And the knowledge you're only a few minutes away from chow...

Apron Militia

Quick fun find, found through the 'blogs of note' doodaa...

I may not share her chromasomes, or some of her counter activities, but I do own a Dyson with HEPA filter, and IT KICKS ASS! HELL YEAH!

http://erin-obrien.blogspot.com/2006/03/housewife.html

Try to ignore the comments though, making me embarressed for the single mindedness of my half of the gene pool.

Pearls from the dredged interweb

I was knocking around, as I often am, when I re-found the link to an excellent 'water' article focused on the Grey Knights. While a little old (2007) it is a brilliant bit of theory, and quite applicable in any edition, and any game.

The way of the water warrior., Reactive warfare as applied to the Grey Knights.

This works for Grey Knights, Deathwing, and any other high model impact, low model count mobile army. New Space Wolves and some Eldar builds come to mind.





'Competative' VS 'Fun' is a fashionable topic at the moment - what use to be called 'beardy' army design, and WAAC players, derised at a local level and on the net a few years ago, has now turned into a huge debate across blogs and forums.

My personal view is similar to some people like Stelek - going into a tournament, bring your A game - you can be a nice guy while tabling your oponent. Going into your local club, find out if you're playing a 'fun' game or an A game - you will probably know your oponents well enough to agree before hand, or internally rated that person as a 'Beer and pretzels' or WAAC player.

As far as I'm concerned, WAAC is trying to win - no cheating, no rules twisting, just bringing your filthiest, hardest army. Of course army is only half of the issue...


Playing to Win: Becoming the Champion


An offshoot of this is TFG - they may be a newb or vet who thinks he's got it and rubs it in.

If you want to win, if you want to battle your wits against another player running at 110% - make sure you table him, or indeed get your arse handed to you - with a smile on your face. Be a hard arse, be a WAAC player, but make sure you don't become TFG.