Year: 2008
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Next scene…
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Here in Colorado we’ve entered the few weeks between winter and summer known as ‘mud season’. It’s oddly ‘Seattle’ outside; overcast, cool, and very, very wet with that patented Washington…
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Update…
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A week or so ago a lot of the guys and gals from my old WoW guild “put the band back together” with the goal of trying it again, but…
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Ironman…
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Went and caught the matinee of “Ironman” yesterday morning… It’s a nerdgasm – might even be classified as ‘gadget porn’. The movie is probably a must-see for the movies this…
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Chili…
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A few of you might now that I’m somewhat of a decent cook – when I can convince myself that cleaning the kitchen before and after preparation is something I really want…
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The art of the puck…
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I was out late last night… At a hockey game… The HR director here at work is also a semi-pro hockey player, specifically a goalie, for a local team called…
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Arthur C. Clark’s last message to Earth…
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3qLdeEjdbWE Just for posterity.
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Arthur C. Clark…
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Passed away yesterday. I’ve determined that you don’t truly notice your age until all of the icons of your childhood start passing on.
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The Day…
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Today was one of those days that makes you wonder why the hell you keep going. At work I’m expected to be about 3 different employees at all times: I’m…
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Writer’s Block: The Things We Carry
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Hmm… My wallet (which contains a tarot card given to me by Wolf what seems a million years ago) and a silver unicorn pendant I had made at a silversmith…
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And I’m back…
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We arrived here in Aurora at about 2:30am. The only real mishap on the entire trip was just past Burlington on the way back where I was rudely awakened by…
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On the road again…
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And we’re off again! Zeze got to hook up with some folks from Second Life briefly and we are returning with 90 White Castle brand sliders (30 for me, 30…
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road trip, part the second…
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Well, here I am in Bonner Springs Kansas – a town shaped exit off of I-70. We drove ’til 5:30 local before stopping and will be back on the move…
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road trip!
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Today zeze traded in the cruiser he had and bought a 2008 jeep liberty. Once he got it home we went out to dinner and afterwards decided to drive it…
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Gary Gygax
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Mr. E. Gary Gygax, the gaming world’s version of J.R.R. Tolkien, passed away yesterday. Mr. Gygax was best known for creating “Dungeons and Dragons”, the progenitor of nearly every fantasy…
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The iGod is happy…
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Yes… As of last night I too am a happy little pod-person. I finally broke down and joined the teeming masses by purchasing my very own iPhone; the 16 gig…
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Nature abhors a vacuum…
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The refurbished Dyson DC07 I ordered from Dyson a week or so ago arrived here via FedAxe this evening and, thankfully, even though the box was mangled beyond belief the…
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Kids…
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Very, very occasionally I click the little link up there that says “manage friends” just to see who lists this rambling collection of words as something they look at on…
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Falling off the wagon…
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Hi, my name is Rihahn and I’ve been WoW free for six months… I’ve played a lot of MMOs… A *lot* of MMOs. I’d say they are my favorite form of…
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Where I work…
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People often ask me, “What’s it like working in the games industry?” Well, it’s kinda crazy some times, kinda silly some times, and kinda frustrating sometimes… Hmm… Let’s start at…