Moving along in fits and starts...

[alexpgp]

Watched the second half of the Forever premiere. The Evil Mastermind™ can apparently be dialed back to merely an Ominous Presence™. Henry Morgan's powers of observation are keen, except they make him look like a wannabe Sherlock Holmes. I will probably continue to watch the show, on an episode by episode basis, as there is evidently quite a bit more to be learned of Morgan's recent history.

* * *Took a spore print of the white mushrooms that grace nearly every lawn in the neighborhood, and was surprised to find the print to exhibit a greenish-gray color. An identification of "green-spored lepiota" (Chlorophyllum molybdites) would appear to be confirmed.

In distinction from every other lawn on the block, our lawn features a number of boletes that look like aspen boletes, but which stain dark purple or black when handled.

* * *Still struggling with the latest LJ Idol prompt. Poor me.

Comments

[emo-snal.livejournal.com]

I'm also still completely and utterly spinning my wheels at this eleventh hour. I really don't want to go with the Karate Kid meaning of it, sounds like too many other people are leaning that ways and I like to try for creative interpretations anyway. One idea I had that might be of use to you was for someone to "sweep" by winning all the backgammon games on a given leg of a sail (ie the portion for one port to another). I'm sure you could turn that into chess games at a leg of a tournament or something...

I still really don't know what I'm going to write.. so I reserve the right to go ahead and do something with that! Though I don't think I'm up to your knack of making a round of a board game into an exciting story.

[alexpgp.livejournal.com]

Well, might not a sudden odd wave cause some of the backgammon pieces to move? Or the dice to not fall within the prescribed area? (Imagine getting that 1-in-36 winning double, except that one of the dice is sitting on the floor!)

I am eternally grateful you didn't come up with the idea of a rope being jerked by something that had been caught by the wind, resulting in some number of people having their legs swept out from under them. :^)

Cheers...