Games OT mostly

Have you ever noticed that at times one's life has a form of motif? Our
first vacation to the Outer Banks was dominated by cats to the point that we
"needed" a cat a day. Right now our lives seem to be dominated by, of all
things, games. All of us love to play games on the computer. We each have
forms of games that we prefer and, for some reason, most of them have feline
observers and even players.

My personal computer favorites are hidden pictures, puzzle, and organized,
non-poker card games. I had Hoyle's Card games on the desk top and became
addicted to canasta as a result. Unfortunately, no human around here plays
it. I usually go into the HP games consul and use either free games or use
the wild coin option for play. Favorite games currently include "Puzzle
Express" a sort of tetras like game, "Big Kahuna Reef 1 & 2" I love a good
explosion in a game, and an assortment of hidden object games. Right now,
I'm play testing "Big Adventu Sydney" In each round one is taken to an
attraction and searches for items hidden in plain sight in the screen
picture. Between rounds a variety of puzzles is used to show one where the
next game location will be. Of course little snippets of information is
displayed on post cards and are fun to read. Of course the game includes
cats as hidden objects, though not as much as in "Big Adventu San
Francisco." More importantly, Miss Calico Girl loves to watch me play from
the book case by my bed and Pine Cone likes to get behind the screen and
streeeeetch out and make himself comfortable.

Rob loves to play (as do I) Spider Solitaire, and Mah Jong on the computer.
We can get him to play UNO, Cribbage, Spades, Rummy, Skip-Bo, Risk, Talisman
(we just got him the recently released fourth edition) Monopoly, Sorry,
Scrabble, and various other games. Mandy started teaching him how to play
"Magic: The Gathering" today. He had fun and won the first game. I now
have to get Mike's best friend, Jason, to build Rob his own deck.

"Magic: The Gathering" is a cause of another problem for the kids. There
are a lot of aficionados who love to play the game. They all attend the
local Community College, FTCC. The only place to play, generally, is in the
cafeteria of the student union building (see where this is going?). It is a
public room and is used by students, faculty, and visitors for various
purposes. They include studying, eating the drek the college over charges
for, eating the food the students bring in instead, talking, using lap tops,
studying, playing cards and so forth. Several times a security guard has
walked past the students playing poker (cash on table) and kicked the magic
players out of the cafeteria. They aren't making a lot of noise, they are
being respectful and leaving without complaint, though they don't understand
why the guard is selecting them as targets, and they are working with one of
the deans to fix the problem. He has no problem with the kids being there.
The guard told the kids the other day that the dean told him to kick the
kids out and not let them play there. The kids went to the dean right
afterwards and he says that he never talked to the guard, let alone tell him
to kick the magic players out. The kids are holding in there, but their
patience is wearing thin.

I think this is the time to make an appointment with the president of the
college and get this straightened out. I told the kids that maybe they were
trying to wait them out until the end of the semester in hopes that the
problem will go away. Meanwhile, the guard is so hateful that he's had some
of the girls in tears. I also suggested that the kids arrange a boycott of
the food services there and even a sit in if the situation is worse. I'm
willing to drive fast food runs for the kids. The kids are doing no harm.
They aren't skipping classes, they are playing between classes, and are
actually adding to the revenue of the cafeteria. They aren't loud or
obnoxious like the poker players, they don't have music cranked up like some
of the gang bangers do and the only way they could be a nuisance, is that
they like to sit at the tables by the window to the outside.

BTW, four cats were learning Magic with Rob this morning. They also helped
me read my Saturday paper at the same time. They are so helpful. They
looked over Rob's shoulder, laid on his cards, got in his face and did the
same for Mandy and Jim. Rob thought it was funny, Mandy did not. They were
as interested in learning Magic as they are learning D&D. Which happens
here at least twice a week. I've semi retired from playing and DMing, and
am debating about keeping my dice collection. I'm not quite ready to divvy
them out yet, though I thought about it during my shower today. I was in
charge of a dungeon that I thought was going pretty well, but people were
missing multiple weeks of play and then coming in and taking up where they
left off and I got tired of it. Oh well, when I do divvy up the dice, I'll
give the gamers in this group their first choice of color options. Sonya
will want whatever she can get her little puddy paws on. She's a gamer girl
and loves to roll dice. I have probably donated more dice to the heat vent
and furnace than I care to admit. Sonya has a wicked paw when she gets
those dice spinning.

On the health front (remember this is mostly OT) I developed a boil on my
other cheek and ended up playing safe and visiting the ER to get it checked
out. We're all pretty sure it isn't a health hazard, but after last year,
we are more careful than before. I'm on Clindamycin tablets with doses of
300 mg four times a day. I think the ER staff doesn't want me back either.
We also got my tetanus shot renewed as it has been ten years since the last
vaccination. My left arm really hurts. I'd forgot how bad it could be, as
my last shot was given by this woman who thought that anyone who came in for
shots was a whimp and deserved all the pain she could give.

Pam S.

"tanadashoes" wrote in message
m...
Have you ever noticed that at times one's life has a form of motif? Our
first vacation to the Outer Banks was dominated by cats to the point that
we "needed" a cat a day. Right now our lives seem to be dominated by, of
all things, games. All of us love to play games on the computer. We
each have forms of games that we prefer and, for some reason, most of
them have feline observers and even players.


Guards hired by a school are supposed to be there to try to keep the
students and faculty, employees safe and feeling secure. They need to be
the sort of people you can go to if you need help or feel threatened.

This guy is not doing that. I'd be organizing something. Maybe a write-in
campaign to whatever powers that be can get rid of him. A few camera phone
pictures, etc might be in order.

Basically they would all be stating some version of his being rude and
disruptive. That the students feel more threatened by this man than
protected.

My own opinion, I'd leave the poker players getting a pass out of it.
Concentrate on his being mean and scary.

You would think there would be better uses of his time than playing bouncer
in the cafeteria.

(I still fondly remember the soap opera lounge at Sacramento State. The
student union had one floor with various study and relaxation areas. One
was devoted to soap operas. I think there was one for news and one for
sports. Nothing official, just TV lounge areas with room for about fifteen
or twenty students to sit or study or nap. No actual rules, just everyone
knew and agreed.)

Jo

tanadashoes wrote:
"Magic: The Gathering" is a cause of another problem for the kids. There
are a lot of aficionados who love to play the game. They all
attend the local Community College, FTCC. The only place to play,
generally, is in the cafeteria of the student union building (see
where this is going?). It is a public room and is used by students,
faculty, and visitors for various purposes. They include studying,
eating the drek the college over charges for, eating the food the
students bring in instead, talking, using lap tops, studying, playing
cards and so forth. Several times a security guard has walked past
the students playing poker (cash on table) and kicked the magic
players out of the cafeteria. They aren't making a lot of noise,
they are being respectful and leaving without complaint, though they
don't understand why the guard is selecting them as targets, and they
are working with one of the deans to fix the problem. He has no
problem with the kids being there. The guard told the kids the other
day that the dean told him to kick the kids out and not let them play
there. The kids went to the dean right afterwards and he says that
he never talked to the guard, let alone tell him to kick the magic
players out. The kids are holding in there, but their patience is
wearing thin.

I suspect the guard may be of the opinion that M:TG is a form of roleplaying
and therefore (you know how this goes) is Satan Worship and Should Not Be
Allowed Where Decent People Are.

Sorry the guard is a bigotted nincompoop. Perhaps they should just start
doing LARP rituals to the Dark God Cthulu in the cafeteria instead :-) Or
just convert everyone to M:TG :-)

On the health front (remember this is mostly OT) I developed a boil
on my other cheek and ended up playing safe and visiting the ER to
get it checked out. We're all pretty sure it isn't a health hazard,
but after last year, we are more careful than before. I'm on
Clindamycin tablets with doses of 300 mg four times a day. I think
the ER staff doesn't want me back either. We also got my tetanus shot
renewed as it has been ten years since the last vaccination. My left
arm really hurts. I'd forgot how bad it could be, as my last shot
was given by this woman who thought that anyone who came in for shots
was a whimp and deserved all the pain she could give.

Purrs for the boil. YOu do get 'em good!

Yowie

Jo Firey wrote:
"tanadashoes" wrote in message
m...
Have you ever noticed that at times one's life has a form of motif? Our
first vacation to the Outer Banks was dominated by cats to the
point that we "needed" a cat a day. Right now our lives seem to be
dominated by, of all things, games. All of us love to play games on
the computer. We each have forms of games that we prefer and, for
some reason, most of them have feline observers and even players.


Guards hired by a school are supposed to be there to try to keep the
students and faculty, employees safe and feeling secure. They need
to be the sort of people you can go to if you need help or feel
threatened.
This guy is not doing that. I'd be organizing something. Maybe a
write-in campaign to whatever powers that be can get rid of him. A
few camera phone pictures, etc might be in order.

Organise a Wizards of the Coast offical Magic:The Gathering tournament on
campus. Hold it in the cafeteria. They're not hard to organise, and WOTC
will support it.

If anyone makes a fuss, it would be news!

Yowie

"Yowie" wrote in

dean told him to kick the kids out and not let them play
there. The kids went to the dean right afterwards and he says that
he never talked to the guard, let alone tell him to kick the magic
players out. The kids are holding in there, but their patience is
wearing thin.

I suspect the guard may be of the opinion that M:TG is a form of
roleplaying and therefore (you know how this goes) is Satan Worship
and Should Not Be Allowed Where Decent People Are.


This is possible but it is more likely someone _above_ the guard holds this
opinion. Public safety officers at colleges are not exactly autonomous
agents. Just because the dean said they were not involved does not mean
they (the dean) were telling the truth. It also does not mean the guard
wasn't instructed by _his_ boss who told him the instructions came from the
dean. The guard's _meanness_ may even be a result of his feeling stuck in
the middle (or he just may be mean).

"tanadashoes" wrote in message
m...
Have you ever noticed that at times one's life has a form of motif? Our
first vacation to the Outer Banks was dominated by cats to the point that
we "needed" a cat a day. Right now our lives seem to be dominated by, of
all things, games. All of us love to play games on the computer. We each
have forms of games that we prefer and, for some reason, most of them have
feline observers and even players.

My personal computer favorites are hidden pictures, puzzle, and organized,
non-poker card games. I had Hoyle's Card games on the desk top and became
addicted to canasta as a result. Unfortunately, no human around here
plays it. I usually go into the HP games consul and use either free games
or use the wild coin option for play. Favorite games currently include
"Puzzle Express" a sort of tetras like game, "Big Kahuna Reef 1 & 2" I
love a good explosion in a game, and an assortment of hidden object games.
Right now, I'm play testing "Big Adventu Sydney" In each round one is
taken to an attraction and searches for items hidden in plain sight in the
screen picture. Between rounds a variety of puzzles is used to show one
where the next game location will be. Of course little snippets of
information is displayed on post cards and are fun to read. Of course the
game includes cats as hidden objects, though not as much as in "Big
Adventu San Francisco." More importantly, Miss Calico Girl loves to
watch me play from the book case by my bed and Pine Cone likes to get
behind the screen and streeeeetch out and make himself comfortable.

Rob loves to play (as do I) Spider Solitaire, and Mah Jong on the
computer. We can get him to play UNO, Cribbage, Spades, Rummy, Skip-Bo,
Risk, Talisman (we just got him the recently released fourth edition)
Monopoly, Sorry, Scrabble, and various other games. Mandy started
teaching him how to play "Magic: The Gathering" today. He had fun and
won the first game. I now have to get Mike's best friend, Jason, to build
Rob his own deck.

"Magic: The Gathering" is a cause of another problem for the kids. There
are a lot of aficionados who love to play the game. They all attend the
local Community College, FTCC. The only place to play, generally, is in
the cafeteria of the student union building (see where this is going?).
It is a public room and is used by students, faculty, and visitors for
various purposes. They include studying, eating the drek the college over
charges for, eating the food the students bring in instead, talking, using
lap tops, studying, playing cards and so forth. Several times a security
guard has walked past the students playing poker (cash on table) and
kicked the magic players out of the cafeteria. They aren't making a lot
of noise, they are being respectful and leaving without complaint, though
they don't understand why the guard is selecting them as targets, and they
are working with one of the deans to fix the problem. He has no problem
with the kids being there. The guard told the kids the other day that the
dean told him to kick the kids out and not let them play there. The kids
went to the dean right afterwards and he says that he never talked to the
guard, let alone tell him to kick the magic players out. The kids are
holding in there, but their patience is wearing thin.

I think this is the time to make an appointment with the president of the
college and get this straightened out. I told the kids that maybe they
were trying to wait them out until the end of the semester in hopes that
the problem will go away. Meanwhile, the guard is so hateful that he's
had some of the girls in tears. I also suggested that the kids arrange a
boycott of the food services there and even a sit in if the situation is
worse. I'm willing to drive fast food runs for the kids.

This seems like mean-spiritedness, plain and simple, and man, I HATE
mean-spiritedness. If the guy doesn't like kids and what they do, he
shouldn't work in a community college. I taught at the college level, and
was always astounded at the number of people around colleges and
universities who just don't like kids, erm, young people. Not that they
can't get annoying at times, but that's part of the territory. If these
kids aren't bothering anybody, or breaking any rules, they should be left
alone. If they are breaking a rule, then that rule needs to be revisited.

I don't agree that the kids should boycott, because they would be making the
problem-- themselves-- go away. I do agree that someone in authority should
hear from someone like you-- a responsible adult, willing to speak up for
the kids. They don't have a lot of power in this situation.


--
Theresa, Stinky and Dante
drtmuirATearthlink.net

Stinky Pictures: http://community.webshots.com/album/125591586JWEFwh

tanadashoes wrote:
Have you ever noticed that at times one's life has a form of motif? Our
first vacation to the Outer Banks was dominated by cats to the point that we
"needed" a cat a day. Right now our lives seem to be dominated by, of all
things, games. All of us love to play games on the computer. We each have
forms of games that we prefer and, for some reason, most of them have feline
observers and even players.

My personal computer favorites are hidden pictures, puzzle, and organized,
non-poker card games. I had Hoyle's Card games on the desk top and became
addicted to canasta as a result. Unfortunately, no human around here plays
it. I usually go into the HP games consul and use either free games or use
the wild coin option for play. Favorite games currently include "Puzzle
Express" a sort of tetras like game, "Big Kahuna Reef 1 & 2" I love a good
explosion in a game, and an assortment of hidden object games. Right now,
I'm play testing "Big Adventu Sydney" In each round one is taken to an
attraction and searches for items hidden in plain sight in the screen
picture. Between rounds a variety of puzzles is used to show one where the
next game location will be. Of course little snippets of information is
displayed on post cards and are fun to read. Of course the game includes
cats as hidden objects, though not as much as in "Big Adventu San
Francisco." More importantly, Miss Calico Girl loves to watch me play from
the book case by my bed and Pine Cone likes to get behind the screen and
streeeeetch out and make himself comfortable.

Rob loves to play (as do I) Spider Solitaire, and Mah Jong on the computer.
We can get him to play UNO, Cribbage, Spades, Rummy, Skip-Bo, Risk, Talisman
(we just got him the recently released fourth edition) Monopoly, Sorry,
Scrabble, and various other games. Mandy started teaching him how to play
"Magic: The Gathering" today. He had fun and won the first game. I now
have to get Mike's best friend, Jason, to build Rob his own deck.

I like the simpler games most of the time myself. Mah Jonng is a
favorite, and jigzone.com (not to mention Bubbles, of course).

"Magic: The Gathering" is a cause of another problem for the kids. There
are a lot of aficionados who love to play the game. They all attend the
local Community College, FTCC. The only place to play, generally, is in the
cafeteria of the student union building (see where this is going?). It is a
public room and is used by students, faculty, and visitors for various
purposes. They include studying, eating the drek the college over charges
for, eating the food the students bring in instead, talking, using lap tops,
studying, playing cards and so forth. Several times a security guard has
walked past the students playing poker (cash on table) and kicked the magic
players out of the cafeteria. They aren't making a lot of noise, they are
being respectful and leaving without complaint, though they don't understand
why the guard is selecting them as targets, and they are working with one of
the deans to fix the problem. He has no problem with the kids being there.
The guard told the kids the other day that the dean told him to kick the
kids out and not let them play there. The kids went to the dean right
afterwards and he says that he never talked to the guard, let alone tell him
to kick the magic players out. The kids are holding in there, but their
patience is wearing thin.

I think this is the time to make an appointment with the president of the
college and get this straightened out. I told the kids that maybe they were
trying to wait them out until the end of the semester in hopes that the
problem will go away. Meanwhile, the guard is so hateful that he's had some
of the girls in tears. I also suggested that the kids arrange a boycott of
the food services there and even a sit in if the situation is worse. I'm
willing to drive fast food runs for the kids. The kids are doing no harm.
They aren't skipping classes, they are playing between classes, and are
actually adding to the revenue of the cafeteria. They aren't loud or
obnoxious like the poker players, they don't have music cranked up like some
of the gang bangers do and the only way they could be a nuisance, is that
they like to sit at the tables by the window to the outside.

DH used to love MTG and hang out in a coffee shop all night playing it.
The owners eventually pushed them out, as they felt the players were
not buying enough to support their business and taking up too much
space. There were a lot of ticked off Magic players around campus at
that time. I never could understand the game, and gave my deck to DH's
brother.

BTW, four cats were learning Magic with Rob this morning. They also helped
me read my Saturday paper at the same time. They are so helpful. They
looked over Rob's shoulder, laid on his cards, got in his face and did the
same for Mandy and Jim. Rob thought it was funny, Mandy did not. They were
as interested in learning Magic as they are learning D&D. Which happens
here at least twice a week. I've semi retired from playing and DMing, and
am debating about keeping my dice collection. I'm not quite ready to divvy
them out yet, though I thought about it during my shower today. I was in
charge of a dungeon that I thought was going pretty well, but people were
missing multiple weeks of play and then coming in and taking up where they
left off and I got tired of it. Oh well, when I do divvy up the dice, I'll
give the gamers in this group their first choice of color options. Sonya
will want whatever she can get her little puddy paws on. She's a gamer girl
and loves to roll dice. I have probably donated more dice to the heat vent
and furnace than I care to admit. Sonya has a wicked paw when she gets
those dice spinning.

Awww -- I had a Sonia who used to love playing Trivial Pursuit with my
first husband and me. She was a major dice-batter. It's always funny
to watch.

On the health front (remember this is mostly OT) I developed a boil on my
other cheek and ended up playing safe and visiting the ER to get it checked
out. We're all pretty sure it isn't a health hazard, but after last year,
we are more careful than before. I'm on Clindamycin tablets with doses of
300 mg four times a day. I think the ER staff doesn't want me back either.
We also got my tetanus shot renewed as it has been ten years since the last
vaccination. My left arm really hurts. I'd forgot how bad it could be, as
my last shot was given by this woman who thought that anyone who came in for
shots was a whimp and deserved all the pain she could give.

Pam S.

Pain-B-Gone purrs your way. It's good to be careful, and I'm glad you
opted for the cautious route. We don't want to lose you anytime soon,
even to a boil.

Ginger-lyn

tanadashoes wrote:
snip
On the health front (remember this is mostly OT) I developed a boil on my
other cheek and ended up playing safe and visiting the ER to get it checked
out. We're all pretty sure it isn't a health hazard, but after last year,
we are more careful than before. I'm on Clindamycin tablets with doses of
300 mg four times a day. I think the ER staff doesn't want me back either.
We also got my tetanus shot renewed as it has been ten years since the last
vaccination. My left arm really hurts. I'd forgot how bad it could be, as
my last shot was given by this woman who thought that anyone who came in for
shots was a whimp and deserved all the pain she could give.

Pam S.


Lots of healing purrs,
Polonca and Soncek