Sandeberg Rising

Unable to contain myself any longer, I’ve posted a rant about the state of the roleplaying hobby and industry on Endless Realms.

Read here if you’re interested: http://www.endlessrealms.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=4155&highlight=

THREE THINGS THAT SCARE ME
1. Dependency
2. Mimes
3. The idea of ever having to watch AI again

THREE THINGS I DON’T UNDERSTAND
1. Narrow-minded people
2. The black art of creating music
3. Short-sighted thinking in geo-politics

THREE THINGS I AM WEARING RIGHT NOW
1. Green combats
2. Black jumper
3. A smile

THREE THINGS ON MY DESK
1. My laptop
2. Far Side mug (School for the gifted!) full of coffee
3. Smoking paraphernalia

THREE THINGS I WANT TO DO BEFORE I DIE
1. Publish a book
2. Swallow some of my pride
3. Meet Neil Gaiman and talk to him over beers

THREE BAD THINGS ABOUT MY PERSONALITY
1. Contrary
2. Inability to commit to people for any great length of time
3. Weasel

THREE PARTS OF MY HERITAGE
1. Dry sense of humour
2. Love of travel
3. Love of the sea

THREE THINGS I LIKE ABOUT MY BODY
1. Height
2. Health
3. Good sense of smell

THREE THINGS I DON’T LIKE ABOUT MY BODY
1. Out of shape
2. Myopia
3. Clicking knees and ankles

THREE THINGS MOST PEOPLE DON’T KNOW ABOUT ME
1. I’m not as much of a git as I can sometimes seem to be
2. I value my friends more than I let on
3. I’ve been known to drink tea.

THREE THINGS I SAY THE MOST
1. “cool!”
2. “Dammit!”
3. “later”

THREE PLACES I WANT TO GO
1. India
2. The Grand Canyon
3. Back to Scotland

THREE NAMES THAT I GO BY
1. Stephan (Pronounced the German way)
2. Stephan (Pronounced the British way)
3. Steph (By friends who can only slur one syllable at a time!

THREE SCREEN NAMES I HAVE HAD
1. Stephan
2. Faust
3. San de Berg

Before I launch into another part of ‘The Life and Loves of Stephan Burn’, time for a news update. Partly since I can’t actually sit in front of a laptop for long.
The reason for that is that sometime over the easter weekend, my back started aching. This has now ended in spasms across my entire back whenever I do something outrageous like move or not move.

Which will make it rather inconvenient getting to an interview that I have tomorrow. It’s a second interview, so things could be looking good. We’ll just have to see how it goes.

Beyond that, I’d recommend the book ‘Fast Food Nation’ to anyone, it’s very good.