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February 18, 2005
Depression 101
Today was a day of ups and downs. Not the monstrously huge ups and downs that have populated my life over the last year and a half, but more like a bunch of moguls on the downhill run toward the...
Posted by Lys at 1:37 PM | Comments (0)
February 15, 2005
Scarborough Begins
And so, for 2005, it begins. My fourth season as a cast member of Scarborough Faire is the festival's 25th anniversary year. We are all extremely excited by this, and it promises to be a year unlike any other. Saturday,...
Posted by Shannon at 8:06 PM | Comments (0)
February 13, 2005
Poem of the Unborn Phoenix
The Poem of the Unborn Phoenix Prophecies are ubiquitous in Gaming. Here is the Scoobies'. Our GM freely admits to stealing this from Susan Cooper's The Dark is Rising series of young adult novels. When the Scarab comes rising, seven...
Posted by Shannon at 6:13 PM | Comments (0)
Welcome
Unicornucopia 2.0 This post is made on February 5th, 2005. Though It may never be seen. The site has just experienced a complete overhaul, and will likely see several tweaks as time goes on. I've been wanting to overhaul the...
Posted by Shannon at 5:45 PM | Comments (0)
Weight Loss Links
Doctors Dirk I. Rodriguez, M.D. - Based out of Methodist Health Center, Dallas, Dr. Rodriguez is Lys's surgeon. Which, I believe, is enough said. James Davidson, M.D. - Based out of Presbyterian Hospital in Dallas. Dr. Davidson is an excellent...
Posted by Shannon at 1:32 PM | Comments (1)
Week 5
It's been two weeks since measurements were last taken, so some of the changes are pretty dramatic from the previous post. Category Measurement Change from Pre-Op Weight: 382.4# -37.9# Chest: 55 3/4 in. -2 3/4 in. Waist: 58 in. -3...
Posted by Shannon at 12:55 PM | Comments (1)
Scoobies Quote Book
Another Long-Running campaign named for the similarities between the characters, and a long-loved bunch of mystery sleuths with a van and a famous dog. It started off as a 'Werewolf: the Apocalypse' campaign, but has grown to include four mages,...
Posted by Shannon at 10:21 AM | Comments (0)
Tectonic Knights Quote Book
In June, 2002, several friends sat down in an apartment in Carrollton, Texas for the start of a grand story. Set in White Wolf's Vampire: the Masquerade, we had little idea what we were about to discover. Thrust into a...
Posted by Shannon at 9:58 AM | Comments (1)
February 10, 2005
Contact
If you have a comment on one of the articles on Unicornucopia, simply leave a comment, and the appropriate author should receive it. If you have a question about something else, or are friends of Lys and Shannon, but have...
Posted by Shannon at 9:28 PM
About
Unicornucopia.org is the family website for Shannon and Melyssa Wiley. It is named for the Gaming/Bookstore they hope to one day open (Though that day seems further and further away every time they talk about it). While the website is...
Posted by Shannon at 8:40 PM | Comments (0)
February, 2005
We played the Burp-Game on the way to work today. This is basically when one of us has to burp, and the other makes a big production out of excusing (or not) the burper. When playing this game, it is...
Posted by Shannon at 8:25 PM | Comments (0)
Links
People Acorn Girl Hey, Dan! Jertzie.com Lys's Blog @ Live Journal Shannon's Blog @ Live Journal Wineshark.com Places Scarborough Faire: The Renaissance Festival™ Sterling Renaissance Festival Web Comics Something*Positive User Friendly Crap I Drew On My Lunch Break The Mows...
Posted by Shannon at 7:34 PM | Comments (0)
February 9, 2005
Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow
So I just watched Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow....
Posted by Shannon at 10:33 PM | Comments (0)
Highland Games, 2005
It's that time of year, again. Time to start training for the Highland Games....
Posted by Shannon at 8:11 PM | Comments (0)
February 5, 2005
Us versus... No One?
He Stole My Balloons! Role-playing grew out of the table top War Gaming hobby. This is where a group of armchair Generals get together with miniature figurines representing armies and either re-create history's great battles, or make up new battles...
Posted by Shannon at 8:19 PM | Comments (1)
Location, Location, Location.
Everything has to happen somewhere. Settings and locations are an important part of any gaming experience. Boring and unimaginative settings can detract from an otherwise marvelous gaming session. Likewise, exciting and unique locations can enhance what might otherwise have been...
Posted by Shannon at 8:07 PM | Comments (0)
