A Very Sociable Week
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txxxpxx to be converted to artwork which also provided an opportune and pleasant chance to catch up. It also capped what was an interesting day, beginning with the return of Rev. Francis McNab's to St. Michael's and his address. This was followed by an session of Space 1889 which continued with high-camp Victorian adventures naval conflicts on beneath the moon; it's like Jules Verne on acid. This was followed by dinner with Anthony L., on Tuesday night which covered many political bases, but also with large amounts of Japanese food and a surprising amount of sake.
Last night had a great dinner which stretched out for quite a few hours with Dean E., with isocratic interests. Discussion tended along four main trajectories; (ii) Singapore's faux-democratic electoral system and the possibility of evolution, (ii) cognitive dissonance and confirmation bias, at least partially inspired by recent reading of Mistakes Were Made (But Not By Me), (iii) principles of law issues relating to "offensive speech" versus group defamation, and (iv) the psychology of urban design, especially through works of Lewis Mumford and Norman Brown.
Tonight was an excellent final session of Eclipse Phase which wrapped up a story arc involving a variation of the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis (language is a virus), rogue A.I.'s (always a feature in said game), and alien diseases, all set on Saturn's moon Titan. Looking back at the story in hindsight, it was quite fast paced albeit with our high level of "table banter" it may not have seemed that way. With so many options and possibilities, Eclipse Phase is quite a challenging game to play. Anyway, we're taking a break from that and will be returning to Call of Cthulhu for Masks of Nyarlathotep.
In a most uncharacteristic way, I'm actually looking forward to a quiet night at home tomorrow.
txxxpxx to be converted to artwork which also provided an opportune and pleasant chance to catch up. It also capped what was an interesting day, beginning with the return of Rev. Francis McNab's to St. Michael's and his address. This was followed by an session of Space 1889 which continued with high-camp Victorian adventures naval conflicts on beneath the moon; it's like Jules Verne on acid. This was followed by dinner with Anthony L., on Tuesday night which covered many political bases, but also with large amounts of Japanese food and a surprising amount of sake. Last night had a great dinner which stretched out for quite a few hours with Dean E., with isocratic interests. Discussion tended along four main trajectories; (ii) Singapore's faux-democratic electoral system and the possibility of evolution, (ii) cognitive dissonance and confirmation bias, at least partially inspired by recent reading of Mistakes Were Made (But Not By Me), (iii) principles of law issues relating to "offensive speech" versus group defamation, and (iv) the psychology of urban design, especially through works of Lewis Mumford and Norman Brown.
Tonight was an excellent final session of Eclipse Phase which wrapped up a story arc involving a variation of the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis (language is a virus), rogue A.I.'s (always a feature in said game), and alien diseases, all set on Saturn's moon Titan. Looking back at the story in hindsight, it was quite fast paced albeit with our high level of "table banter" it may not have seemed that way. With so many options and possibilities, Eclipse Phase is quite a challenging game to play. Anyway, we're taking a break from that and will be returning to Call of Cthulhu for Masks of Nyarlathotep.
In a most uncharacteristic way, I'm actually looking forward to a quiet night at home tomorrow.