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Pretty much out of nowhere, I suddenly decided that what the world really needs is a Battlestar Galactica-themed version of the classic Battleship game. Besides the obvious cool factor of having a board full of miniature BSG ships, I think there’s a lot of depth to be added by tweaking the rules a little […]

My recent vacation photos hiatus is in part due to spending last weekend being all responsible and grown-up and stuff–Laura, one of my nieces, came to visit us for the weekend. Note the use of the word “my,” a big step for me, as for most of the past seven years, the girls have […]

Were you a budding computer geek in the mid 1980’s? Deadly Hippos has an interview with Philip Bouchard, one of the designers of the immortal Apple II game Oregon Trail. Good stuff that really brings back memories… If you get similarly overcome with nostalgia, you can bust out the emulator and play […]

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The attic dude is here again this evening, so the cats are locked up for their safety and the overall cleanliness of the house–we don’t exactly want to find bits of insulation in strange feline gift zones. I figured I should at least […]

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Friday: Post-launch drinking festivities with co-workers (yay, the new AOL Greetings site is live!) blurred pleasantly into dinner and beverages of various and sundry natures with aquamindy, reasie, oogby, and trenchcloak, followed by a couple of rounds of Apples to Apples back at […]

Just back from a fabulous evening at the oogby/reasie residence, wherein tasty dinner was consumed, great conversation was had, and there was much Bitin’ Off Hedz.
Yes, we neglected to bring the bridesmaid dress that aquamindy was going to clear with reasie, as well as the Holly Hobbie drinking glasses that had been promised some aeons […]

I must have been stressing a lot lately, because the last couple of weeks seem awfully irresponsible of me, from a converting-the-equity-of-my-labor-into-useless-economy-fueling-crap sort of perspective. I think I’ve also been in withdrawal ever since my favorite record store here closed… I need my fix, man!
Looking back over the past couple of weeks, the […]

Had a long, long day yesterday. Up at 4:45 to be into the office by 6:00. Worked a full and busy twelve hours. Capped off the evening with a visit to oogby and reasie’s house for nummy dinner and geeky good times. Surprisingly enough, I won at Give Me the Brain […]

Someone check the weather forecast for Hell, because we’ve had two gloriously sunny days in a row here in Cleveland, with temperatures in the low-to-mid-50’s. That by itself is absolutely delightful, but what’s really astounding is that it was this nice on a weekend. The universe just isn’t supposed to work like this!
After […]

Had a nice, relaxing, mellow bit of a weekend. It’s been cool, grey, and drizzly, which has really made the fall colors nice.
Friday, our new Pella windows were installed (no pictures yet, been too lazy). I need to sand, prime, and paint them, which will be more work than either of us wanted, […]