Synchronicity (was: Seattle Cosmic Game Night, 29 Mar 2003)

[Ron Hale-Evans <rwhe@...>]

Those who think "meaningful coincidence" is an oxymoron need not
apply...

Shortly after I sent the message below to the piecepack list (I had
not yet seen the list return it), I turned on the radio and stepped
into the shower.  The first thing I heard was the announcer on the NPR
program _American Routes_ say he was going to play the song "Froggy
Bottom" by Jimmy Witherspoon with Jay McShann and His Band.  (I'm
getting the song details from www.amroutes.com.  The album is _Goin'
to Kansas City Blues_ on RCA.)  Then I heard the song.  

I have to say that the caption "Froggy Bottom Boys" on the pages below
does not come from the song, which I had never heard before and did
not know existed, but is a pun on "Soggy Bottom Boys", the name the
fugitives take in the recent movie _O Brother, Where Art Thou?_ when
they cut a record.  I'm guessing "Soggy Bottom Boys" is a pun on
"Froggy Bottom Boys", so we've come full circle.

It would seem our effort to review piecepack games may be "in harmony
with the time", as the I Ching would put it.  Skeptics are welcome to
believe it's all mass hypnosis. :-)

Ron

On Sat, Apr 05, 2003 at 01:03:08PM -0800, Ron Hale-Evans wrote:
> The latest Seattle Cosmic Game Night session report, with numerous
> photos and comments by group members, has been posted to the Wiki.
> 
> Seattle Cosmic Game Night 2003-03-22 ... Taco Dirty to Me ... Bitin'
> Off Hedz, The Amazing Labyrinth, Mare Nostrum, Elfenland, Froggy
> Bottom (piecepack) x2, Netrunner, Bridges (prototype), Ra, Fresh Fish,
> Arcana (prototype), Xxxenophile, Monsters Ravage America, Traumfabrik,
> Wise & Otherwise, Sanctuary.
> 
>   http://www.ludism.org/scwiki/SeattleCosmicGameNight20030322
> 
> >From now on, Seattle Cosmic will attempt to review at least one
> piecepack game from piecepack.org every week.  This week's game is
> Froggy Bottom by Clay Blankenship.  If you don't want to read the
> whole session report, you can read the Froggy Bottom review on its own
> page:
> 
>   http://www.ludism.org/scwiki/Froggy_20Bottom
> 
> You can read more about our piecepack game review program and find a
> link to our list of reviewed piecepack games here:
> 
>   http://www.ludism.org/scwiki/piecepack
> 
> Share and Enjoy!
> 
> Ron H-E

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