Pain is finally leaving my body...

Slowly, EVER so friggin slowly from the site of Anthrax Shot #11, which I got last Monday. The swelling is finally subsiding and the knot that formed in my arm is shrinking. The cool part is that the swelling made it look like I have a really muscular shoulder and tricep, but I could barely pick up my violin with that arm for the week.

Anywho, lots of fun in IRC-land... I'm finding that it'd be easier for me to start up a new game of Silo 17 than a Three Worlds game (although I'll continue building content for both). Reason being is the style with which I destroyed the world in Silo 17 was off the cuff, versus some planning in Three Worlds. Plus, Three Worlds does indeed have some plotlines I actually care a little about, enough to write out.

I keep running into a conflict between writing stories for Three Worlds versus running more games there. I start a game, I want to write. I start writing, I want to game. Did the creators of Dragonlance have to go through all this cockamammy BS?!

Price of oil... going up right into our kisser...

Or tuckuss (however you spell that)

Ganked from USA TODAY:

Sweet Crude Oil, per barrel, a tail of OMG

20020207 Last time price was below $20 (at $19.64)
20031201 Last time price was below $30 (at $29.95)
20041001 First time price was above $50 (at $50.12)
20050713 First time price was above $60 (at $60.01)
20060417 First time price was above $70 (at $70.40)
20070913 First time price was above $80 (at $80.09)

Nope! No inflation here! Anyone up for finding the average (even for an area) prices on these dates (or months) to see just how ugly things coincide?

EDIT: My little birdie says that oil will cost over $100 per barrel sometime in 2008 - six years and a 500% increase in price.