Goosed . . .

[Kevin]

Goosed . . .

I came to work this morning to find 37-38 geese waiting on the front lawn for bread. I’ve been getting “bird bread” at the local Wonder Bread outlet store – a shopping cart of expired bread and buns for $3 – and feeding them to the Canadian geese (and other birds).

Today set a new Palladium record for total number of geese in a single morning: 37-38 on the front lawn with another 13 waiting across the street. Yikes. And they don’t share well and will fight amongst themselves and rival flocks, but back off to seagulls.

We are waiting for Dead Reign: Dark Places, to arrive today. The sourcebook was supposed to ship yesterday, but there was a delay at the printer. That worked out well as it enabled us to get out all the Christmas Surprise Packages that had come in over the long weekend. It was also good because I was in a funk and dragged all day long. It was just one of those days where everything seemed to go wrong (including D.P. not arriving as scheduled). After what seemed like a long, painful day, I went home early (for me), around 7:45 PM. Went to bed early too, got some sleep and I'm feeling a bit more rested and motivated today.

Cyber-Monday sales were very good, though down about 15% from last year. Then again, sales have been strong for several weeks in a row, with last week's sales up another 5% from the previous week. November sales, overall, were up 15% from last year. Hoping to see the same for December sales.

Very excited about Dead Reign™: Dark Places™ shipping today. I hope folks enjoy it.

Oh, please order Grab Bags and other items you want for Christmas presents BEFORE December 16 to guarantee getting them in time for Christmas (via UPS ground and Proirity Mail). By December 4 if you are using Media Mail (very slow and unreliable).

Get your Grab Bag here: http://www.palladiumbooks.com/Merchant2 ... _Code=XMAS

Sincerely,
Kevin Siembieda
Publisher, Writer, Game Designer, and Surrogate Santa
Palladium Books®, Inc. – 28 years of RPG Publishing

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