I'm not sure why I'm writing anything at the moment... but why not? I have an itch just to write, and I'm waiting for a story idea to surface... so I'll just kind of meander around my brain a little bit and see what bubbles to the surface.

A persistent troll has infected every Warhammer 40K shared board on GS/GF, and has managed to chase off all the people who gave it character and stability. All attempts to flag him for his trolling have met with indifference (and, in a few ugly cases, outright bans), so they wandered off and formed a new forum... which isn't anywhere near GF/GS. It's the end of a nice era, and I for one feel rather nasty about it. I've had issues with trolls in the past, and the fact that this one seems immune to moderation just frustrates me.

That's the only negative I have right now.

On a more positive note, I finished the story I was writing for our nice little competition. It's called "Rabbits by the Fire," and it's... ah... well, maybe you should read it yourselves. Just click here... be warned, it has some content not suitable for the easliy offended, and some bloodshed.

It took a week to finish the basic story. Then, I did something I have never done with I've written: I went back, and read it over a couple of times, tweaking this, smoothing that, and adding general texture to the setting. I feel it worked well... I look at it now, and quite frankly it's the absolute best thing I've ever written. I hope you all enjoy it as much as I enjoyed writing it. :D

I found my copy of "Freelancer," and together with a copy of "DarkStar One" I picked up at Target I've been cruising the space lanes attacking pirates and dogfighting. For some reason, I can't do that effectively in a standard flight sim (that pesky ground thing keeps hitting me) but in space...

I have an idea for another chapter of the "Art of (Real-Time) War:" a video showing a quick skirmish, with some narration explaining what I'm doing. Problem is... I have no idea how to video-capture a replay. If anyone has any ideas, I'm open to suggestions (for reference, I have a GeForce 6200 and an Audigy sound-card, if that helps).

Well... that's all I've got for now. I'm going to fire up "DarkStar One" and rip some pirates apart (it's definitely worth the $10 I paid for it). See you again in a few days. :D