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[gothwalk]

The Chair is home, assembled, and very very comfortable. It also smells good. The DM's Corner is very nearly assembled at this stage; I have the bookshelves with the gaming books (quite a lot of them, too), I have the desk and the computer, I have the Chair. I still need to paint or cover the desk (although it's so nearly concealed under Ysgards's vast monitor that just cleaning it would nearly do), and I could do with drawers and a little more in the way of flat surface to put books I'm looking at on. This is a corner to write and plot in; the actual running of games will be done from the laptop, at a point somewhat closer to the players.

I'm not feeling the best today; I wouldn't go so far as to call it sick or even unwell, but my nose is a bit stuffed up, my throat is a little sensitive, and I'm feeling generally under the weather. However, I'm going on the principle of keeping warm, and letting the Immune System of Doom do its thing.

Finally, this came in on a mailing list this morning, and makes very interesting reading: Why Nerds Are Unpopular.

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[caturah.livejournal.com]

Sorry, should have mentioned. I did manage to pick up the leatherette. It's black with a faint small "print" on it. But if decide you don't need it after all it's no problem.

[gothwalk.livejournal.com]

Excellent! Will get from you next time I see you, then. You don't happen to know where I could get upholstery-style wide-headed brass tacks, by any chance?

[caturah.livejournal.com]

Well we do have upholstery brass tacks in work too...but I don't think they're terribly big...maybe with a little wider than the standard thumb tack size.

[gothwalk.livejournal.com]

That should be grand. I'll look for about 40 of them to start, and possibly come back for more - unless they're sold by the hundred, or whatever, in which case that'll be fine.

Weirs?

[cheerfulcynic.livejournal.com]

On Baggot St.? Or the many DIY shops on Capel St.

[cissa.livejournal.com]

That was really an interesting essay, and I think pretty true. When K was that age, J and I spent a lot of time speculating about how society should deal with teens. We concluded that taking them out of school for a while, and giving them physically-based necessary work, would be a good idea; then, when they decide that such work isn't what they want to be doing forever (if they so decide), they could go back to school and this time be willing to concentrate. Also, they should live elsewhere than with their parents, like the apprentice and fostering traditions.

After reading the essay, though, I think that would only help part of it. If the work were necessary and had skill levels, that would help.

I know that one of the worst parts of my own life, teens excepted, was when I didn't have compelling work to do, and wasn't allowed to do anything. This was when K was an older kid and younger teen; she refused to tolerate me doing anything, and would explicitly or physically sabotage it. Part of her mental illness, it seems. That was a miserable time.

Knowing this, we tried to get K intrigued by doing something-- anything-- useful and concrete, but she would have none of it. Still, I think it would have helped most kids lower on the popularity scale.

Thanks for posting the link!