You know, I find myself saying this each and every year, but your wintery weather is more than welcomed here.

We ran the chance of having an ice storm in Northwestern SC today, however the artic high pressure system in New England failed to dam any of the truely cold air far south enough for us to get anything other than cold rain. Ah well, I suppose our light icing from last Thursday will have to suffice for now. At least that caused school to have a 2 hour delay.

Current conditions, as reported by the GSP WFO: 39°F (4°C), Light Rain with winds from the NE at 9 MPH.

Off to Chicago bei interstate this evening, should prove to be wonderful weather for the return trip come Monday. An ice storm is predicted to effect areas along the route home, though hopefully accumulations will be light to negligable.

In Chicago, the temps are going to be fairly extreme, at least to my Carolinian sensibilities. Nights in the low 20s? Burr.

Happpy birthday-class wishes extended to all! And Happy New Year, too.

There once was a time when I would have lampooned the RS membership for their lax standards of language. However, to do so today without making proper mention of the current plight some of our newer members seem to be having would be both hypocritical and unbecoming, so.

 

(Bei Got, I need some sleep.)

Nice customs, Adam. As per the issue of naming the Sith/baddie, "Anec Donaex" ... "Darth Schrei" ... "Darth Niedersaag" ... "Yvhan Muskovviyte" ... "Mameleuk Abband" ... "Zoerros Turren" ... "Michael Crichton".

The lack of definitive figures for non-Republic/Imperial troops has forced me into the elastic set-up I've had for the past few years now.

Clone Wars era:

While ideally I would prefer to have more Confederate Forces than Republic, the lack of suitable droid army builders has forced me to take a creative and pragmatic approach to my Clone Wars era armies. I have 150 or so Republican troops, with most of those being Episode III clones (it's a 60/40 split). I have 40 or so 'solid' Confederate troops, with 50 or so non-affiliated/militia type guys that I also use to suppliment my Rebel forces or OT dioramas or what have you.

Galactic Civil War era:

I have a disproportionally large Imperial force. 200 or so figures, several AT-ATs, etc. I'm fairly certain that it's supposed to be that way for the majority of the OT, so it makes sense. I have approx. 90 'solid' Rebel figures, with the aforementioned non-affiliated/militia folks acting as back-up where needed.

Personally, I think this arrangement works. I'm not that big of an Army Builder anymore ... the majority of my forces were amassed between 2002 and 2005. I've stopped Army Building with ships wholesale, however. 3 Y-Wings, 3 A-Wings, 2 B-Wings, 5 TIE Fighters, 3 TIE Interceptors, 3 TIE Bombers, etc... I guess since I really no longer play with my stuff it's not worth the money to buy all of them.

Army Building is, however, very fun and very enjoyable. I would encourage anyone able to partake in the practice to do so, as it is Star Wars afterall.

Hope you guys had a good one this year with lots 'o SW loot...

Actually, for the first time in 10 years, I didn't get any Star Wars stuff. There was simply nothing immediately available on the market that tickled my fancy. I did get the following, however;

DVDs:
Eisenstein 'The Sound Years' boxset...Ivan the Terrible I, II; Alexander Nevsky
Le Grande Illusion
Metropolis (1927)
The Adventures of Prince Achmed (1926)
Mars Attacks! (1996)

Otros:
RCA Lawton 'Victrola' Turntable...I've always been terribly fond of the old 'Victor Victrola' style phonograms, so a few months ago when I happened upon what amounted to a modernized version of them by RCA, I knew I had to have it. Got it for a steal, too, as the original MSRP was $399.

Yep, I got hit too. Not really the best suprise for one to recieve...