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In love of Ret Pallies
In one of my more recent posts, I said; I know I’ve been told that Retribution DPS sucks compared to other classes, and the reason for it is to compensate for a Paladin’s survivability in PvP. I’ve been told that I should just accept that people aren’t going to want a Ret Paladin in their ...
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Attunements – your mileage may vary
Welcome to a rousing edition of “Back in my day, we walked to school, in the snow, uphill… both ways.” Also known as comparing old school gameplay with the new world order. But I wanna do something NOW! Blizzard has recently announced that the much anticipated Icecrown ...
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Harping on party politics
I’ve been playing my Paladin a little more the last few days. I really do love Ret, and I decided to see how much trouble I could get into if I just pretended I only had the one spec. I ended up, two nights ago, getting invited into this wildly successful group that pounded three ...
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Damn the man!
Ya ain’t never gonna stop me, ain’t never gonna shut me down. I’m gonna keep on bloggin’, ’till the big guns take me down. You can try to bring your IP blocks, You can send the fanboys to beat me down. You can fire up the D.O.S. attacks, You can ban me under ...
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Tales from the LFG Tavern
Bellwether wrote a post this morning , lamenting the degradation of her Paladin as a healer, rather than the massive DPS machine she originally envisioned, and for which she yet yearns to become. I love being inspired by other bloggers. :) So, there I am on my Paladin. I’ve done a ...
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Looking for something to wear
As Christmas is coming, I have the same problem I get every year. Cassie wants to know what I want for Christmas. So, as I try and come up with something that I could possibly want, I return once again to shirts with funny messages. My first thought, of course, is a Lewis Black shirt, but ...
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Highlighted blog post because I can, so there, nyah nyah
I just wanted to direct your attention to a hilarious blog post that pretty much nails how I feel about playing any damn character you care to mention. Without further ado, go read (or re-read) Jong’s post on, well, I dunno what to call it. Faceroll idiot conversati0nalist shenanigans ? ...
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Raid for the Cure Wrap Up!
Wow. Just wow. What an amazing day yesterday was. So many wonderful people, so much fun knowing that people were willing to come together. Over the course of the event, just trying to get a feel for how many folks showed up, at the time of my leaving Booty Bay for the Raffle drawing, ...
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Raid for the Cure Raffle – RESULTS!!!
The Raid for the Cure event is complete, and an amazing time it was! It’s going to take some time for a nice wrap-up post with pictures, but in the meantime, I know what you want to see… the results of the raffle! The winning names have been drawn, from out of a hat, by our son ...
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Raid for the Cure Raffle reminder!
The Raffle drawing will be held immediately after the Raid for the Cure walk is complete, Saturday, November 14th! As mentioned in the original World of Warcraft Raid for the Cure post, we are holding a raffle . There are various prizes sponsored by some awesome people from the WoW ...
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Raid for the Cure – Final Reminder!
On October 28th, 2009, Julie, a member of the World of Warcraft guild Sidhe Devils on Kael’thas (US), revealed to us that she had been diagnosed with Breast Cancer. Her first treatment began on November 9th. To show our support and love for Julie, her friends in Sidhe Devils started ...
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There’s a fine line between art and nonsense
This is a massive rant about an itty, bitty, tiny, insignificant topic that, nevertheless, has bugged me for a long damn time. Bearwall! The timing for this post is inspired by it being Friday the 13th, and from there thinking “horror”, and then thinking “Jack the ...
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Surprise new prize for the Raffle!
This just in, a wonderful late prize donation for the Raffle was offered by Laurind, Guild Leader of the Seventh Council on Burning Blade (US). What could it possibly be? Oh, words fail me. Fortunately, I have pictures! In the words of Laurind; I’ve made a light weight clay ...
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Raid for the Cure Chat Channel!
To help folks get set up for the Raid for the Cure run on Saturday, I have prepared instructions for setting up the chat channel! We will not be joining Raid groups for the run, as that would leave us split up into isolated teams. Instead, we are going to have custom chat channels, so ...
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Thank you, Veterans!
To all Veterans, I offer you my heartfelt thanks on this day, and all days, for all that you do and have done in the name of liberty, freedom, duty and justice. I strive to remember, on this day and all days, that the liberties I enjoy, the freedom that I have to live my life, to spend time ...
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I tank real life with my face!
I bet some of you are wondering… where did the Bear go? Real life just came up and said, “Clearly, you have too much free time.” I am a department manager. Yesterday morning, quite suddenly, I found myself with a perfect storm of no bodies to manage… but me. :) At ...
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Raid for the Cure update – Cuteness!
Raid for the Cure update – Cuteness!
thebigbearbutt.com — Just wanted to let you know, the raffle prize donated by Serthida, the plush Pink Moonkin, is now complete! Pictures of the awesome cuteness can be found here ! What a beautiful job, Serthida! Details on entering the raffle are back here in the ... (more) Raid for the Cure update – Cuteness!
A Call to Arms!
We did a nice, relaxing Ulduar run last night and had some fun. Well, we did after this weird bug that keep causing us to drop the entire raid group in the instance stopped happening. Few things are as jarring as suddenly, in mid-discussion, having everyone drop out of the raid group and get ...
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Showing your compassion in a different way
While we are in the very midst of the Raid for the Cure organizing, I wanted to mention one special way that you can show your compassion for someone that is in the midst of their own battle against cancer. You might have received an email recently, saying something like the following;  ...
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PBeM: Lauchlin Chapter 3 Section 8
Prepare for Battle Jessie heard a voice, quickly identified as Gavin’s voice, harshly grind out “You’d best open your eyes now, Jessie.” Jessie’s eyes popped open in shock. “You promised me you wouldn’t interfere in the real world!” She looked up at what appeared to be the blue sky of a ...
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