Fill your hand, you Son of a Bitch!

I went and saw the remake of the classic western True Grit. It stars Jeff Bridges as Rooster Gogburn, Matt Damon as Ranger LeBouef, Barry Pepper as Ned Pepper and Hallee Steinfeld as Mattie Ross.

I was worried about the Coen Brothers, who make great movies, making too many changes and spoiling the simplistic slendor that was the original True Grit. I was wrong. And I was prepared to walk out if they messed with my favorite scene of any movie ever the incomparable Fill Your Hand showdown scene. They didn't. They left the dialogue alone and it was awesome. My eyes welled up and a tear was in my eye as Rooster charged the Lucky Ned Pepper gang. My biggest problem was the male leads all talked the same way. But Overall I enjoyed it.

Well Done Coen's! Go see it and I'll give it 3 Floyds!!

Origins Pre Reg

This is from the Origins site:

Origins 2011 Online Registration Live!

Online registration for the 2011 Origins Game Fair is now live! Join us in Columbus, Ohio June 22-26.

Early-bird registration has been extended to January 15th.

From now until January 15th, you can register for the Origins Game Fair at the early bird registration rate of $55. After that, you can pre-register for the show at $65.

The Origins Game Fair is one of the biggest hobby game conventions in the country. Last year, we welcomed over 10,000 attendees. Origins is located in the Greater Columbus Convention Center in Columbus, Ohio. Everyone is welcome at Origins. Come shop, eat, and play games at the 36th annual Origins Game Fair.

To register for Origins, visit http://www.originsgamefair.com and click on the ‘Registration’ link on the left side of the page. See you at Origins! Where Gaming Begins!

Happy New Year

Gen Con 2011

Who is going? We have one room reserved already at a Fairfield Inn 10 minutes east of downtown.

The Guys From F.E.A.T.

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We are going to go with some regular features this winter

Sundays, through November 28, will feature Buckeye Recaps

Tuesdays will feature The Guys From F.E.A.T.

Thursdays will feature Game Reviews

Reds Win!!!!!

Defenders of the Realm

Fantasy Pandemic. We should demo this at Gen Con!

Happy Father's Day

D&D 4th Edition Intro

Origins

I know it runs concurrently with our event but we always manage to get over to it for a few hours anyway. 64 days until Origins starts its 35th show. Looks like the $5 Day Pass is back:

Day Pass

Origins is proud to continue to offer our popular day passes again this year.

For each day the exhibitor hall is open (Thursday thru Sunday) we will allow people to attend the show for an admission fee of only $5/day. You can bring the whole family for only $15/day!

Please keep in mind that these passes do not allow you to play in any ticketed games or events at the show.

The day passes do allow access into all non-ticketed events, such as:
• Entry to the Exhibit Hall
• Entry to the Art Show
• Entry into the Origins Theme area for breakfast or evening events
• Participation in the Origins Auction
• Participation in Open Gaming


Find out about the Origins experience by chatting with gamers and past attendees in our staff-moderated Origins Forum.
Read more about it here.

The Adventure of Doom part Deux

Your party has returned to the cemetery via the passage way you found in the graveyard. After making it out, barely, you all feel blessed to be alive. After a few days you should be almost back to full health. After much debate you have to decide whether or not to return to the dungeon or continue on your quest. You have but 5 days left to deliver the parcel to Marsember. You are 4 days and a bit away. As you are talking you hear the sounds of horses rapidly approaching. What do you do? Talk amongst yourselves and post your decision on JonCon08.blogspot.com. This will be your opening imitative. What say you men?

The Prince of Persia

I went and saw the Prince of Persia this morning starring Jake Gyllenhaal. Since it was based off of a game I didn't expect a lot. I didn't leave disappointed. Overall it was, meh, at best. I will say that Jake's character, Dastan, would be a pretty cool D&D character. Oh wait, he is all of the Hairy Ones characters. The female lead, Gemma Arterton (Strawberry Fields from Quantum of Solace), was pretty hot although they could have made her a lot more seductive.

It was better than the D&D movie so go see it. I only paid $5 for the ticket so that made it more tolerable. 2 Floyds and a bit.

From Elyria (OH) Reporter 6-1-1899

Sleep, comrades! Sleep and rest.
On this field of grounded arms,
Where foes no more molest,
Nor sentry's shot alarms.

Ye have slept on the ground before,
And started to your feet,
At the cannon's sudden roar,
Or the drum's redoubling beat.

All is repose and peace;
Untrampled lies the sod;
The shouts of battle cease -
It is the truce of God.

Your silent tents, tents of green,
We deck with flowers, with fragrant flowers;
Yours has the suffering been,
The memory shall be ours.

Memorial Day

Happy Memorial Day. Enjoy the day with family and friends. Picnic, cook out, party on. But take a moment to reflect on what this day means to you. Swing by a cemetery and pay respects to those loved ones who have gone before. In the Gettysburg Address it was said by President Lincoln that "We have come to dedicate a portion of that field, as a final resting place for those who here gave their lives that that nation might live. It is altogether fitting and proper that we should do this. But, in a larger sense, we can not dedicate... we can not consecrate... we can not hallow this ground. The brave men, living and dead, who struggled here, have consecrated it, far above our poor power to add or detract. The world will little note, nor long remember what we say here, but it can never forget what they did here. It is for us the living, rather, to be dedicated here to the unfinished work which they who fought here have thus far so nobly advanced. It is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us—that from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they gave the last full measure of devotion—that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain—that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom—and that government : of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth".

Buy some small Flags and go decorate an unattended grave of a veteran. General Logan in his original Memorial Day order said " Let no wanton foot tread rudely on such hallowed grounds. Let pleasant paths invite the coming and going of reverent visitors and found mourners. Let no vandalism of avarice of neglect, no ravages of time, testify to the present or to the coming generations that we have forgotten, as a people, the cost of free and undivided republic." and "Let us, then, at the time appointed, gather around their sacred remains and garland the passionless mounds above them with choicest flowers of springtime; let us raise above them the dear old flag they saved from dishonor"

Shall we gather under the JonCon Banner?

Look for our new banner on our table, in our corner this year. See you at the Con!! What Say You Men?

Civil Rights Game

Last Saturday I had the opportunity to attend the annual MLB Civil Rights Game in Cincinnati. As baseball honored those who have worked for equality across this country for all. Four of the best players of the 50's and 60's were there. A veritable Mt. Rushmore of baseball studs were on the field as Willie Mays, Hank Aaron, Ernie Banks and Frank Robinson were there. Here are some of the pictures. Oh yeah the Reds won 4-3 on a walk-off defensive play at the plate.

...until Lambs become Lions

I went and saw the latest telling of Robin Hood starring Russell Crowe. I do have to say I liked it. Now I love Robin Hood and movies set in that time period so I thought combining the two would be awesome. I was wrong. It was good but far from awesome. Crowe did a pretty good job but he never had that aha moment as Robin of the Hood. If you renamed all the characters it would be a good movie, maybe even a little better. The best thing they did was set it up for a sequel which I will go see. After all it is Robin Hood, sort of.

3 Floyds and a bit

Weekend Plan Ramblings

Tonight the plan is to have a nice cookout, clean up the patio area and enjoy the great outdoors. A little fire pit action and listen to the Reds.

















Tomorrow morning make a dump run and then going to see the New Robin Hood movie. It looks pretty good and the reviews have been decent so far.

























After that we head to Cincinnati for the Cardinals & Reds. It is the annual Civil Rights Game and will have some fun festivities going on. The Reds will be honoring their first African-American player, Chuck Harmon.


Both teams will be wearing throw back uniforms that reflect 1947 when the color line was broken in baseball. I'm looking forward to checking out their new Hall of Fame exibits.







Have Great Week End

Because I am Kick-ass! I'm also not gay

Well I went and saw the movie Kick Ass today. I went in with no knowledge about the plot other than some kid who was trying to become a super hero. I thought it was a spoof on this. I was wrong.

You have to go see it to believe it. It starts really slow and you think it is just another Seth Rogan type stupid sophomoric comedy. Nope wrong again. This is probably one of the most violent movies I have seen. Think Boondock Saints violent. And then the disturbing ,albeit only slightly, parts begin. In a lot of ways it out Super Heroes a lot of Super Hero movies. I'd recommend it. 3 Floyds and a bit

Ironman 2

Ironman 2. The one that Marvel let get away. It could have been great. It could have followed up Ironman and set the tone for comic book movies for a few years to come but it didn't. The effects were pretty cool. The bad guy was ok. Mickey Rourke, as Whiplash, could have been right up there with Heath Ledger as one of the great villians of all time but it just never jelled. His Russian character could have been great but he was hard to understand at times and you just never feel like you got to "know" him.

Scarlett Johansson as Black Widow was hot. She definitely needs more screen time.

Overall, I felt a little disapointed. Marvel looked like Shane Mosely trying to counter punch DC's The Dark Knight's Floyd Mayweather in this one.

I give it 3 Floyds only because it was one of my favorite Comics ever.

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P.S. Stay through the credits and watch for some subtle references throughout the show.

JonCon Events

How about spending a few hours playing Descent? Maybe Nautallica would run some more of the adventure he started a little while back? That would give me a chance to use my new Descent Dice I just got. What say you men?

Talos Island Badges

#1 Minotaur - between the feet of the Talos statue
#2 Nature Lover - .53 mile south of Skyway City exit, East side of large rock, a few feet north of grass mound
#3 Whitecap - Top of Tanker Ship's cabin 640 yards east of Ithaca isle marker
Here is a list and a map of the Badges we can collect on Talos Island. I would like to start hunting for as many badges as possible. What say you men?

OSU Spring Game

The Spring Game is tomorrow at 1 PM in the Shoe. Any one heading up???????

Go Bucks!!

Free RPG Day

Free RPG Day is coming. Mark June 19, 2010 on your calenders.

Origins Game Fair

I know it runs concurrently with our event but we always manage to get over to it for a few hours anyway. 64 days until Origins starts its 35th show. Looks like the $5 Day Pass is back:

Day Pass

Origins is proud to continue to offer our popular day passes again this year.

For each day the exhibitor hall is open (Thursday thru Sunday) we will allow people to attend the show for an admission fee of only $5/day. You can bring the whole family for only $15/day!

Please keep in mind that these passes do not allow you to play in any ticketed games or events at the show.

The day passes do allow access into all non-ticketed events, such as:
• Entry to the Exhibit Hall
• Entry to the Art Show
• Entry into the Origins Theme area for breakfast or evening events
• Participation in the Origins Auction
• Participation in Open Gaming


Find out about the Origins experience by chatting with gamers and past attendees in our staff-moderated Origins Forum.
Read more about it here.

Descent Dice

Fantasy Flight once again has extra sets of Descent Dice available on their site for $6.95. You can check it out @: FantasyFlightGames.com

A good day to be a Reds Fan

Opening Day

Go Reds!

Happy Easter

Final Four

Enjoy the games!

Final Four

Enjoy the games!