News of the Weird
Check out this story of a Japanese man who survived 24 days in cold weather without food or water. Apparently, he went into hibernation. Besides being amazing in its own right, the story seems to imply...
View ArticleHappy 2007
We're back from "vacation". I hesitate to say "vacation", because it really is too much work. With all the driving and the visiting and driving and visiting. Not nearly enough time to chill out on...
View ArticleAnd They Say Sleep Deprivation Isn't Torture?
I beg to differ. The last two weeks have been hellish. Our toddler was sleeping just fine before the Christmas holidays. But after two weeks of irregular schedules and over excitement, he refused to...
View ArticleSong of Fire and Ice
I believe that I recently mentioned my interest in George R.R. Martin's A Game of Thrones. Well, given that reading is one of the few recreational activities that I can consistently find time for, I've...
View ArticleHalloween Photos Up (Better Late Than Never)
We've been remiss in updating our photo album. Here are some shots from the Halloween season. I especially like this shot of our little devil.
View ArticleDragonspire Continues
I haven't posted a Dragonspire update in a while, but the campaign is still going strong. After a short hiatus for the holidays, we are back and approaching the climax of the first story arc. I'm...
View ArticleInternet Outage
This blog's been quiet for a while. The reason (besides my slacker ways and nasty schedules) is that my toddler's been messing with my DSL cables, causing a DSL modem failure and forcing me to talk to...
View ArticleCOOLEST LIGHTSABER FIGHT... EVAR
I've been in blog hibernation for a while. Work is totally crazy and since I gave up personal use of the Internet at work for Lent... well, it doesn't leave a lot of time for blogging. Today, though,...
View ArticlePost-Lent Update
Ok, Lent is done. That means I (sort of) have access to the Internet at work again. While I do do some occasional surfing now, I still feel funny about personal email and blogging from work, especially...
View ArticleThank You Boston
I have returned from a long and very hard trip to Boston. Yes, I completed my first (and probably only) Boston Marathon. Before I get into the gory details, I'd like to give my most heartfelt thanks to...
View ArticleKeeping Up With Technology
While waiting in the doctor's office this morning, I flipped through a somewhat recent edition of PC Gamer. It made me almost heartsick to think that I haven't had the opportunity to play computer...
View ArticlePassion For Music
Last week my wife and I were able to attend our first concert since the fall. This time, it was Lisa Gerard at the Birchmere. My wife had never seen her perform, whereas I has seen her once on her own...
View ArticleNetflix: A Parent's Best Friend
The baby has prevented us from going to movies as much as we used to. Fortunately, there is always Netflix. Our recent viewing: Borat (wickedly funny), Casino Royale (best Bond is a *long* time), and...
View ArticlePhotos Down
The Photo Album is down until I complete the upgrade to Gallery 2. Hopefully, it will be back in a few days.
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Welcome Liam Andrew
I'd like to announce the birth of our second child, Liam Andrew. This cell-phone photo (alas, covering up his red hair) will have to do until the photo album is fixed and we can upload our real digital...
View ArticleRetrotech Jackpot
I humbly beseech you to navigate your cyberspacial conveyance to this article over at Wired. The images of such exquisitely crafted anachronisms moved me to break by blogging fast. Oh, if I only had...
View ArticleOn the Subject of Retrotech...
The Golden Compass comes out in December and I cannot wait. Hands down, Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials series has been my favorite read in the last several years. It's not everyone's thing, but...
View ArticleSecond Child = Big crunch
Just as I was starting to get the hang of balancing the rearing of one child with my own health, personal interests, and professional development, along comes a second child to make everything that...
View ArticleMissing GenCon
GenCon Indy is this weekend and I'm a little bummed, especially since I'm missing my long lost (due to baby) EN World friends and all the D&D 4e madness. Instead I'll be spending the week with the...
View ArticleWater Bottles
Ok, I've totally been on an anti-bottled water kick lately. I must have reach some kind of tipping point because I'm now kind of sickened by the wastefulness of buying something that is essentially...
View ArticleSo Much for Vacation
Ok, that big trip to Hilton head that I was so excited about turned out to be real disappointment. It is hard to do long car trips with young children, but we knew this going in. What we didn't expect...
View ArticleOn My Own
The wife and kids are in Michigan for another week or so and I've been scrambling to complete a long list of "honey do's". These are mostly husbandly tasks that have slipped for a variety reasons (such...
View ArticleCatching Up
And here I thought that having a new computer in a clean office (my "cave") would give me more time to blog. Alas, my iTunes rating didn't transfer (funny -- comments and other info did) and I've been...
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Wild Wild Western Halloween
Just a quick note regarding Halloween. Ever since Santa retreated into the realm of myth, Halloween has been my favorite holiday. I have this pre-Halloween ritual where I pick a Halloween-appropriate...
View ArticleDungeons & Dragons 4e Review
This past weekend I participated at the public launch of Dungeons Dragon 4e at the D&D Experience here in Virginia. I'm a bit disappointed to report that it was a bit of amixed bag. I had been...
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