MadCatUSA wrote in Random Thoughts or OT Chit-Chat Thread:OMG... What a day...I'm not looking for sympathy from anyone, I just wanted to put this out for the crew...My brother passed away this morning. He was only 61. I don't know what happened exactly and may never know. I talked to my niece and she said he had been having fainting spells for the last couple months. He passed out last night and they couldn't rouse him. Called paramedics, he stopped breathing and they couldn't revive him. I'm flying back to WI this weekend for the services.Our car was broken into on Monday, now this? I'm done. 8O :evil: :evil: :evil:
WyvernLord wrote in Random Thoughts or OT Chit-Chat Thread:Sorry to hear about your brother.Been a bad month for this, my father passed away just over a week ago. Still with my family right now, but heading home tomorrow.Been a rough year in general, lost a cat, my father and a friend.
ExTSR wrote in Random Thoughts or OT Chit-Chat Thread:Greetings, friends...In the near future -- Sunday, I think -- I will take a very public stand on a certain Issue within the game Industry and Hobby...This is Serious, it's Hobby-Wide, and it MUST be resolved, as soon as possible.More to come. Watch FB on Sunday. :/
ExTSR wrote in Random Thoughts or OT Chit-Chat Thread:Greetings, friends.Rough week in America. Many are still reeling, many are hurting.Many of the accusations and words have divided us. Most of us are now either hoping for or working for unity, or at least better communications. The "Loyal Opposition" has a lot of thinking and planning to do.A lot of very smart people are thinking about one thing: "How did we misread this so badly?" For some Silicon Valley tycoons that's Question #1 -- "Why didn't I give enough weight to this possible outcome?" And they're glaring at their Kool-Aid suspiciously, the free beverage available in the echo chamber of their choice. They're waking up, and making plans to "Not Get Fooled Again". That's step 1.Hobby GamingIn the near future -- Sunday, I think -- I will take a very public stand on a certain Issue within the game Industry and Hobby. I'm delaying this a bit to let people heal. But it's gonna hit the fan, and will probably be messy. It's Really Important, and it's a catharsis that we really need.There seem to be 300+ industry folks on the other side of the fence. I think my position is the right one, but of course we all think that way. ;> I'll be inviting discussion, and I hope you'll take part. But it is rather daunting when so many seem to be opponents, almost none expressing my alternate pov... yet. That will change. (Does this have to happen now, some say? Well, if not now, when? We're Changing right now... so Change this, too.)The tragedy is that this Industry Strife didn't have to be public. I contacted their Strategist privately, and asked him to back off. He refused. Then I contacted him privately 2 more times, urging reconciliation and communication... and he blew me off, with disdain. So I've had to work through that, put aside the butthurt, and focus on the Real Issue here.This is Serious, it's Hobby-Wide, and it MUST be resolved, as soon as possible.More to come. Watch FB on Sunday. :/Frank MentzerOne small voice, an elderly former Game Designer
