God of War

I have finished both God of War, and God of War 2. They are amazing games … pinnacles of the 3rd person single player genre. The second one, in particular, takes the cake for egregious, over the top, stylized violence. Just when I would think “okay, I’m normalized to the level of brutality in this . . . → Read More: God of War

Trio Medieval

Back from MD. Wow, that was tiring, but the gig is going to be awesome. Sadly, I already have a full time job worth of responsibilities that I have to do around here. I suspect that I’ll alternate weeks between RI and MD for the forseeable future.

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Grown up

Just had dinner with some old friends, where by “old” I mean “my age, and I knew them in high school.” Happily married. House. Two year old kid. Able to cook a mean paella, plus they popped a nice Pinot Grigio out of the wine fridge (wine fridge!) to share with the guest. You know, . . . → Read More: Grown up

300

I am about to see 300.

justkidding_nr has given me permission to sit in the front row and say “Squeeee!” if I feel the urge.

Battlestar Galactica

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAUUUUUUGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHH!

Dogfiiiiiiiiiish!

My favorite brewery in the entire world is the Dogfish Head brewery.

My hotel is less than a five minute drive from their brewpub.

My mission is clear.

Back to the, wha?

It appears that travel is heating up again. I’ll be in Maryland (Rockville) for the week. Hotels are just stupid expensive there! The cheapest non-motor-lodge (internet and a workout room are required) I could find started at $179 a night. That’s obscene.

I’ve been on a quest for the bottom of my email INBOX . . . → Read More: Back to the, wha?

Optimism

In an ongoing conversation with amnesiadust, he comments:

For now I am betting that industrialized society will continue for at least the next five years.

Optimism! I like it!

Stuff

I got a Playstation2, so that I could play God of War 2. Everyone told me that I needed to play God of War before playing the sequel … so I got that too. This means that I now have a device in my house which could, potentially, be used to play Katamari Damacy. I’m . . . → Read More: Stuff

My house!

On google maps, the satellite picture of my house includes my father-in-law’s truck parked in the driveway. Based on that and the existence of the fence, I know exactly when this was taken.