=== Double-Class Dept. ===

Read the other day that Vin Diesel has been throwing the d12's off the Dungeon Master screens for about thirty years.  When we used to play the old-timey Gary Gygax signature modules, there was a competition to see who could come up with the wackiest yet playable double-classes. 

My friend had a gnome illusionist/thief, and he was very effective with it.  One of my fave characters had four classes...

I dunno, is sabermetrician / marriage counselor the internet's goofiest double-class? 

Let's just s'pose the Mariners asked SSI to sit in a room, Milton Bradley on one side and 24 wary, nervous Mariners on the other side, and dispense justice.  They wouldn't, but as you know, SSI has its own offbeat but unhackneyed takes on these things.

Should Bradley remain with the Mariners at all?  If so, what message does that send?  Will the other players tolerate same?  What about respect for the manager?

Quid Pro Quo:  SSI's take on the Bradley situation depends completely on the veracity of the facts as reported in articles like these.  If these characterizations are merely P.R. for the public consumption, of course, all bets are off.

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=== Blueprint, Dept. ===

All too often, a first sesson involving real couples is spent on a reality check.  Mommy is likely to be there for you to talk some sense into Daddy, and vice-versa.  :- )  As you might surmise, nobody's life is getting any better until everybody disengages the clutch on "fighting for what's fair to me."

You can't make relationships -- any relationships, including those in a baseball clubhouse, those in a spaceship or those on a website -- work satisfyingly, under an attorney's paradigm (let's argue about what's fair).

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IF you try to proceed under the "what's fair?" paradigm, first you'll talk Mommy* into being reasonable about A, B and C, which she will agree to if Daddy is only reasonable about D, E, and F.  Daddy's response to this, unfortunately, might be to make disparaging remarks about the ridiculous way in which she sees B, C, and F.

You can guess what happens to Mommy's concessions at this point...  okay, spend 30 minutes calming down and then start with Daddy on G, H, and I.   Mommy will make an insulting remark about H and off we go...  siiiggghhhhh :- )

Marriage counseling sounds like a lot of fun, we know .... massaging a 2-person relationship is Rubik's Cube-y enough.  How do you imagine Wok does it with 25 people?    What does 25! factorial come to, Matty?

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