What a Bizarre Business I'm In

Sometimes, just when you think Game Designers are all a bunch of whackos, one of them comes along and says something profound and wise. Or they go out of their way to do something kind and helpful. And you start to realize that not all people in the game community are strange or bizarre or socially inept.

Today was not one of those days.

I did, however, get an email from an editor and friend - who shall, for his own safety and reputation, remain anonymous - that made me realize what a bizarre bunch of strange people I work with. It said, in part:

Ah, Clarice, I mean Brian, how perceptive of you to ask. Are you still
having those dreams involving a keg of Bitburger, a latex codpiece,
and the entire Radcliffe junior varsity lacrosse team?

Admittedly, I sort of egged him into that comment when I asked: "What is it with you and cannibals?" (Which is, unto itself, a whole 'nother thing).

Moral of the story? It's a strange world out there.