Hello Space Cadets, how are you today? I’m doing good and going through my interweb folders and finding older posts that nobody read. I want to bring them into the light of day now that this is a real blog, so bear with me. This was my fourth post, so climb with me into the wayback machine and let’s go! I won’t even edit the errors, so you can see how far we’ve come!
Beep, bop, boop, beep…..
Looking back in time!
Today I was, in fact, playing with Legos. My wife came home to find me playing with Legos after a long hard day at work housewifing. Naturally she was curious, as there was real work to be done. Dishes to be washed, Christmas presents to be wrapped, good ole fashioned adulting. My answer was simple, “I’m building sand-tables.” What are sand-tables you ask? Well, they are places where you use sand that can be molded to accurately represent the topography of a specific battlefield. Basically, you use a sandbox to plan your battles. When I used this in Army ROTC, we sometimes even used little green army men! I seem to remember those little troopers being the same color my face turned after I ate my first MRE!!! I am using Legos (as well as army men, yay!) for this purpose, allowing me to plan out a battle that makes sense and can be clearly explained. Hopefully this means I write better battle scenes, but at a minimum this helps me clarify things in my own head. That’s an important factor if I’m going to tell that story to my audience. Let’s just say she wasn’t convinced, but finally my puppy dog eyes paid off.
Until next time, stay frosty and don’t forget to keep your powder dry!
JR
–> This image is under available under the free creative commons and was originally posted to Flickr.com. It was uploaded to Commons using Flickr upload bot on 15:22, 25 July 2007 (UTC) by Ranveig (talk). On that date it was licensed under the license linked to above.
That’s some excellent terrain there. Looks really good.
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That isn’t mine, but a Scottish based wargamming club, The Phoenix Wargamers. I will post an example of my sand table after I am done, so everyone can see what an amateur can do from their kitchen table! Going to have to hurry though, before my wife kills me! Gotta watch the short ones, they’re fierce!!!
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In response to my continued efforts to ensure that I never violate anyone’s copyright, I changed the artwork to one available for free in the creative commons. The links etc are listed above, but hopefully you like it just as much as the other picture. I’d originally intended to contact the Phoenix Wargraming Group for permission to use their work, provided I linked to them like I had, but their page has gone defunct.
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Legos are awesome!
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I agree, still working on building a more permanent Lego sand table!
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That’s great fun! Why does life have to be about adopting?
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It shouldn’t have to be about adulting!! LOL!!
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It’s the last thing it should be about!
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Agreed!! Save that for those weenies in DC!
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Damn straight! It seems ri matter to them!
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Just add some beer (or beverage of choice) and good food…. and we’ve a winner!
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Nice one! 😃
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I was a grunt, beer is in our bloodstream… beer and coffee!
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Nothing wrong with that… Or a grunt. 😃
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Thanks! I’d say you’re making my heart all warm and mushy… but the Army removed it at the infantry sergeant course! 😉
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That’s standard procedure right?
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Yeah, but the added benefit is the blue infantry cord makes you grow 6 inches of freedom below the belt! 😉
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I’ve not heard that before… Lol
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It’s top secret… shhh! 😉
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Would love to constantly get updated great blog!
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