Musings and Ravings

Friday morning.

End of the week. The weekend approaches. And the re-launch of another rpg on my part (but that's going to be a separate post.)

I woke up this morning after a good 5-1/2 hours sleep last night, marred only by some mild foot and leg pain, but no real nerve spasms. ::knock on wood:: Feel a bit more perky this morning. Amazing what some sleep does to one's mood and morale. Regardless of that, I will take a nap at some point this afternoon, so that will be good.

Work this morning is relatively quiet, and not too busy, but there are a couple of things I need to sort out today on the translation job I'm working on as it gears up for full throttle.

Speaking of which, back to it. :)

Starting this evening, I'll be returning to a regularly scheduled set of roleplaying sessions with my Friday, Sunday, and Wednesday night gaming groups. I'm quite looking forward to it.

While I wait for the physical release of the Polaris 3rd Edition RPG in English, and am hankering for the Promised Sands 2nd Edition and ElfWood RPGs from the folks at Harsh Realities, I'll be running the Primeval RPG for the foreseeable future. Looking forward to getting back to it, starting this evening.

And in that vein, I should warn you... I'll be catching up with some of the palaeontological and dinosaur goings-on out there in the news for the rest of this morning and part of the afternoon, so expect to see a few posts. :)

It's a ceratopsid party!

Two New Discoveries Add to a Horned Dino Revolution

Where tiny penguins live now, giants once waddled.

Australia Used to Be a Haven for Giant Penguins

The upside of being extinct: You're not around to hear palaeontologists call you "aberrant." The rise of marine reptiles was a sign of recovery from the world's worst mass extinction.

The Rise and Fall of Marine Reptiles

The protomammal Rastodon had forward-curving tusks. What a rebel!

Unusual Tusks in a New Species of Dicynodont

Imagine an albatross with a hacksaw beak and you'll have an idea what Pelagornis looked like.

Unbelievably Big Birds Called Antarctica Home 50 Million Years Ago

A new fossil adds to the long tale of snake evolution.

Palaeo Profile: The La Luna Snake

The first fossil skeleton to go on display at Yale's Peabody Museum of Natural History wasn't a dino, but a mysterious mammal. What's the story, Synoplotherium?

Yale's Mysterious Fossil Beast

Getting ready for gaming with the Friday night gaming group tonight.

Got home from work and took care of some stuff around the house, then took a nap for about 35 minutes or so. Felt somewhat refreshed from the nap, thank Goddess, and then did a bit of work for tonight's game to get ready.

The Friday nighters will be getting back in to their Primeval RPG campaign this evening. I haven't played the game with the Friday nighters since December, 2014, and that was the Christmas special scenario that I ran for the group, the last session of the campaign being played in August, 2013, so it's been almost three (!!) years since I ran the game last. Eek! Regardless, I'm looking forward to the game tonight.

In the meantime, I need to make some supper. I think some spaghetti and meat sauce tonight, with a salad, will do me fine.

Have a good evening, folks.