Last Call, The Paper Grail, The Also People, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Set This House in Order, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, A Wizard of Earthsea, Going Postal, Small Gods, Something Wicked This Way Comes, The Phantom Tollbooth, Managra, Bad Monkeys, The Last Coin, Unknown Armies, The House with a Clock in its Walls, Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell

I'm an avid reader; always have been. For a long time now, most of my reading time has been devoted to RPG books, but lately I discovered Paperbackswap.com. Now I have a mounting pile of books I've always wanted to read, but was never able to find before.

I'm a decent knitter, so long as the only thing I need to do is the knit stitch. This came about because I wanted a Ravenclaw scarf. Then I wanted a Doctor Who scarf. I highly doubt I will ever knit a non-nerdy object.

Music: Grateful Dead, the Warm Guns, Strangefolk, Carbon Leaf, the Tragically Hip, Guster, Phish, Less Than Jake, ASA, the Travelling Wilburys, the Beatles, Atom and His Package, Led Zeppelin, Flogging Molly

Podcasts: Never Not Funny, All Games Considered, Dragons Landing Inn, Roleplaying Public Radio, The 40 Year Old Boy, The Secret World Chronicle, Fear the Boot

Back to the Future, Who Framed Roger Rabbit, The Specials, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, This is Spinal Tap, Wayne's World, Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure, Futurama, Doctor Who, Scrubs, Harvey Birdman Attorney at Law, Angel, The Tick, Newsradio, The Simpsons, Life on Mars, Heroes, 30 Rock, The Muppet Show

Burlington, Vermont

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Pirates Cove, Chrononauts, Agora, Kill Doctor Lucky, Munchkin, Hacker, Illuminati, Awful Green Things from Outer Space, Girl Genius: The Works, Hex Hex, Arkham Horror, Descent: Journeys in the Dark, Betrayal at House on the Hill, The Very Clever Pipe Game, Get Out!, Marvel Heroes, Save Doctor Lucky, Captain Park's Imaginary Polar Expedition, Fluxx, Frag

Mage: the Ascension, Mutants & Masterminds, Adventure!, Unknown Armies, WitchCraft, Armageddon: the End Times, Changeling: the Lost, GURPS Cabal, Northern Crown, Spelljammer, Buffy the Vampire Slayer/Angel, Changeling: the Dreaming, Werewolf: the Apocalypse, Tuala Morn, Trinity, Dreaming Cities, Dark Ages: Mage

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People who refer to Burlington as "BTV," as though it were just a destination to visit.

These days it's Quarterstaff Games, a veritable gaming institution in my hometown of Burlington, Vermont. They've got almost everything, will order what they don't have and -- shock! -- are knowledgeable about their product.

In my wild undergraduate days in Syracuse, New York, my store of choice was Altered States, an amazing cornucopia of every brand of nerdiness you can think of. Alas, times changed and so did Altered States. But I have fond memories.

I love hanging out and talking geeks with people. To that end, I'm always on the look-out for new gaming clubs and conventions to check out. There are at least three I make a point to hit every year: Carnagecon, Northeast Wars and OGC.

Sometimes, when the dayball is overhead, I go out in the big blue room for more physical activities. I love playing frisbee, in spite of how bad I am at it.

I write a blog called Held Action, about gaming, Vermont and the occasions when the two intersect.