hypnogeist

Good morning friend and thanks for the info. I'm thinking of buying the large poster. It's quite amazing!

Beautiful and creepy deck..Where did you got it from??

The magic days of yore, sometimes wish I could go back...

~N stands for nonsense or as better known as Nydia. Sorry it took me eons to reply, but lately I have been absorbed by E. M. Cioran...Salud!~N ;]

Never mind. I don't think that perfection is possible in anything made by people.

Thanks for asking about my epic series.

Volumes 1, 2 and 5 are published on Lulu, and should be available elsewhere in June (barring further problems).

Volume 8 is published on Lulu, but is unlikely to be available elsewhere before late July.

Volume 11 is the one I'm currently writing.

Volumes 3, 4, 6, 7, 9, 10 and 12 exist only in the form of nebulous plans. After volume 11, I plan to tackle volume 4 next. That may not be until next year.

I feel partly flattered and partly dismayed that you should go to such trouble to answer my comment. My source for what "sport" means comprises merely the way I've heard it used. (Largely on television and by games teachers.) I am far from being a fan of sport, so denying something that status should not be taken as an speaking ill of the activity. Indeed, I tend to use the word "sport" in a pejorative way.

While I don't wish to deny that poker calls for the qualities you say it does, I am doubtful about calling poker a "sport". I'm aware that the meaning of words is not fixed, but feel inclined to resist the extension of their meanings into fresh areas. Since words are meaningful, in part, because of the huge number of things they don't mean, making them mean more things can (paradoxically) result in their meaning less. If "sport" includes poker, why not chess, monopoly, scrabble? Why not musical competitions (which share significant qualities with sports)? If that, might the word be extended to include all music?

happy birthday, Geist....unfortunately i was very busy lately and will continue to do so for a while (but be assured that I haven't given up my claims in the arcade) ;)