bloviation extrordinaire
Mom and Grammy were out shopping. I was at home with the girls and started playing with modo. The girls thought it was the coolest thing ever. And it is, because they could sit right down and use it! I only gave them 10 minutes each, and here’s some of the silly stuff they made by deforming some of the canned objects…
OK, it’s kind of a private joke, but I can’t look at the list of games that Dan and I threw together without choking with laughter. Digging the old visions of long gone cyberworlds out of the back of my cranium is like getting hit on the head with a baseball bat. Nostalgia on steroids!!
Stop what you’re doing and go try this. Now go back to what you were doing, with great music playing!
Ben Kinsgley rocks, yes yes yes yes yes yes yes. I can never pass up a thick-cockney-slurred ganster flick (as in “Heafrow”). Unkle’s soundtrack does a great job of throbbing and rumbling underneath the movie, keeping the cords of tension tight as the main cast awaits Ben’s character’s ominous arrival. But underneath it, this one has a heart of gold, sweet as pie. Fun fun.
My friend Larry was courteous enough to be born on New Year’s Eve, as well as having cultured in himself the ability to be a most excellent host. These facts conspired to bring about a great New Year’s Eve party. He decided on a casino theme, and spent his birthday daylight building a craps table. There was craps, blackjack and texas hold’em for everyone (no real money changed hands, we promise!), as well as more than enough alcohol for three times the crowd (which was large!). The Merchant’s parents were there, and charming Tom attempted to drink the whole party under the table. He almost succeeded! And we’ve all almost recovered. ‘Til next year!
Dan’s birthday is here, I bought him a webcam tonight and we got online and blew stuff up. Good enough for me!
I guess if you’re on your third expansion for a game, you’re officially a fan. Carcassonne came with the River expansion, and we added Inns and Cathedrals a year or two ago. This time around, we’ve added The Princess and the Dragon to the mix. All the expansions layer on top of the base game, and now it’s extended to a Hera-and-Zeus level of near chaos, which makes for an awesome game. We played until 1am last night (and I still biked to work, woop!).
I used to bike 13 miles to work in Florida, when I was a younger man, and I’ve been talking about biking to work here in North Carolina since we moved up 5 years ago. All talk, no action, until this past Friday. Our office moved from an impossible 20 miles away to a cakewalk 7 or 8 miles. So Friday and today were successful runs at biking to and from work. Hills are a bear! I’d say the 7 miles are roughly equivalent to the 13 flat Florida miles.
Jim Brown, the guy that keeps the servers humming at work, has been my inspiration – he’s been riding to work for years, he’d have to do my run 3 or 4 times every day to be satisfied. We’ll see if I can give him a run for his money any time soon.
Every one of these clowns is worthy of your time. Cu-CAW, cu-CAW!
The season is here, time to soak it up before it’s gone. I jumpstarted winter early with a 45-degree windsurfing excursion with Alec Oesterling – even with full wetsuits, including hoods and gloves, it wasn’t long before we couldn’t feel our toes. But now we can say we did it! The girls have helped us get into the spirit this season with a dance recital from Reiley (her part was a cute “Here Comes Suzy Snowflake” number) and a church Christmas program based on a revamped 12 days of Christmas. They are also keeping the house humming playing a piano bench full of Christmas songs – they’re both doing great with their lessons (despite daddy doing the teaching!). We’ve broken out the Christmas music and lit up the tree. I even have half the outdoor lights halfway hanging off the roof. Next it’s time to make some cookies!