The below article, like much posted on CoN, is intended as satire. If anything, the author feels it mocks himself, more than anything. Like everything, this should be taken in context; this is CoN, Capital of Nasty, not the Washington Post.
Lyrics quoted: “Chrome” -VNV Nation-
Winter was coming to an end, as it so often does, with a stutter and a sigh. Snow had given way to mud, damp and the kind of smell that tells of spring to come but does not, yet, bring it.
Dear Santa, or San Tec L’Aus, as some seem to call you,
Basil Baxter Loves You.
It has come to Basil Baxter’s (who Loves You) attention that you are a powerful Ninja.
LARP (Live Action Role Playing) is an often misunderstood hobby. People see pictures or movies online, often at semi-humorous websites that make a living ridiculing others or stealing material from actually funny sites, and it all seems as if we geeks just call each other up some day, get together in a park and start playing pretend.