There we were, driving back from the grocery store. We arrived at the traffic light and saw something unusual, something unexpected: a dark blue race car. The driver wore a helmet; it sat low to the ground; and it had that cage-type design.

My husband’s first words: “Huh. A rare spawn.”

Yesterday’s book review: The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Guerilla Marketing. The next one will be of Donna MacMeans’s The Trouble with Moonlight.

It’s getting harder and harder to solo your way through World of Warcraft. The older the servers get, the more guild-play and raiding affect the economy and practices. At this point, no matter how much of a loner you are, or how odd the hours you keep, I highly recommend finding a guild to join just for the few little conveniences it gives you–non-antagonistic people you can ask questions of; folks who are more likely to help you if you need it; having a guild-name under your character name (which makes people less likely to assume you’re a gold-farmer). It is possible to find one of the few laid-back, non-raid-focused, friendly guilds out there if you look in the right ways–but that’ll be the subject of another post. Today it’s time to adapt my old blog posting (of more than a year ago) on solo play in Warcraft to today’s issues.
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