Conquering the Stars

Last week the party got a ship and flew to Trintonia via a gate. They squared off against the Dread Pirate Carscaddon and fought his lieutenants, the space pirates Ridley, Kraid, and Garret. Took too long on the fights.

Today's game went well. The shuttle crashed - I took too long on that bleh. The party had a short fight where they got to meet some of the local fauna. Then they saw a tiny village, learned there were soldiers around - but no one saw fit to have Eretrime ask about whose troops they were. Anyway, they're heading south along a river to Orluc, one of the few actual cities on the planet, leaving Mount Virne and the crash site (with Victor) to the east of that behind. Eretrime tried to get everyone to go swimming in the river, where some more local wildlife introduced itself, peacefully.

Tax Reform

This article in the New York Times advocates what I think would be a great tax reform - saving time, money, and effort for not only a vast swath of the populace, but also the government itself; which would allow allocated taxes to be used more productively. I don't really see much of a downside beyond the hit to business some accountants would take.

Saw this over at Dean's World.