Year: 2008
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Next scene…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3qLdeEjdbWE Just for posterity.
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Arthur C. Clark…
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…
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
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…
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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Topeka Kansas…
Zeze and I just passed through Topeka and the sunset was amazing!
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On the road again…
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…
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!
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
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…