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Category Archives: Recreation
Getaway
We’ve lived in Monroe for over 13 years. In that time, we’ve not taken advantage of many of the opportunities available in this area to get out and see the amazing beauty of the Puget Sound region. Late last summer, … Continue reading
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A Deplorable Development in the Tuber Arms Race
OMG. No, seriously. _O_ M _G_. Potato guns/canons? Pretty wicked cool. But a potato gatling gun????? Frakking YES.
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This is what I do for fun???
For the last three weeks, I’ve been on vacation. Much of that vacation has consisted of quality Xbox 360 time, both by myself (Call of Duty: World at War for Christmas) and with Steph and Chris. (Alaric had a friend … Continue reading
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No, just the Doctor
After looking at a lot of options, Alaric has decided that he wants to be the ninth Doctor for Halloween. This is good for us — it’s a simple costume, in theory, especially since I’ve already got a sonic screwdriver … Continue reading
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Bad Nick
Nick has done a very bad thing. He bought me Star Wars: The Force Unleashed for the Xbox 360 as a late birthday present. After the stress of this last week, studying for (and passing) the Microsoft 70-237 and 70-238 … Continue reading
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LJ random quote meme
One of my friends on LiveJournal posted a meme. Now, I’m normally not the kind to participate in various memes, but I like this one: go here and pick out five random quotes that somehow resonate with you (keep going … Continue reading
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Am I hot or not?
Stupid website, but it gives me a chance to taunt my co-worker Kevin. This morning I got a puzzled e-mail from him, asking me why this picture of me in Sydney from February (yes, that’s Sydney, Australia; we were there … Continue reading
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A reality show I’d watch
On a break this afternoon with co-workers Jon, Kevin, and Ryan, the idea for a new reality show was born. I hate “reality” TV — but I might watch this one. It all started with Jon suggesting that it would … Continue reading
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Dear iPod
Dear iPod, Over the years that I’ve had you (as your second owner), we’ve had our rocky times. You’ve worked well with both my Windows and Mac workstations — that’s a plus. Your battery life is damn near useless (and … Continue reading
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Two minor things you may or may not know
For the record, Aly & AJ’s Potential Breakup Song is one hell of an earworm, but it sounds really good on my work desktop’s speaker/subwoofer. I’ve got it cranked up loud before anyone else gets here.I have finally found out … Continue reading
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Gary Gygax, requiescat in pace
E. Gary Gygax died yesterday at the age of 69. They say that anything you do more than once is tradition. I guess that mine is to offer the words written by Annie Lennox, Howard Shore and Fran Walsh, as … Continue reading
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Expanding Alaric’s world…and getting mine expanded in return
Recently, we decided to do something about a problem we’ve been noticing with our kids. While they’re both avid readers, they both tend to re-read the same books — tens of times serially if we’d let them. Alaric was not … Continue reading
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Okay, this is cool
If you like the Discworld novels, you’ll think this is cool. If you like cake, you’ll think this is cool. You might think this is cool anyway. The Discworld as a cake Thanks, Nick!
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Halo there, stranger!
It’s been a while since I’ve blogged much. There’s been a few reasons for that, but I just finished the lastest one last night. Yes, that’s right, our Christmas houseguest and I have been working back through Halo and Halo … Continue reading
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Games in the key of X
Thanks to the miracle of Cragslist, I have an Xbox. Not an Xbox 360 — that’s the plan for the family Christmas gift — but a regular Xbox, which is still more than enough to play all sorts of cool … Continue reading
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Oh, yeah
For those of you keeping track, I’m 35 now. Yup, had my birthday Wednesday. Going by a literal reading of the Bible, I’m half-way through my life span (“threescore and ten”). Going by modern numbers, I could in theory be … Continue reading
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GENIUS!
Earlier tonight while reading my LiveJournal friends’ posts, I saw this video: The Mean Kitty Song This video has been cracking me up for hours now. I’ve watched it, like, a gazillion times, and I still am laughing my ass … Continue reading
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To J. K. Rowling
Wow. Thank you for sharing Harry’s story with us. It was amazing, and I am grateful.
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Recycling content: I don’t think I’d want to be a cave troll.
I was looking back through my LiveJournal and found this piece from 2004 Jun 30. For some reason it struck me, so first I’m going to repost the content here, then I’ll add my additional thoughts after. Put on the … Continue reading
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Painfully shiny
While Steph and I were getting our Battlestar Galactica[1] fix last night, I did something I haven’t done since mid-December 1992: have a shoe-shine party. I’ve got four pairs of nice black shoes that were in various states of repair, … Continue reading
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Spoiler ettiquette reminder
This isn’t aimed at anyone in particular whose blog I read, or who I know reads this blog, but more of a general comment prompted by the reaction of a friend who just received a huge Battlestar Galactica season 3 … Continue reading
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Good-bye, Alias.
Steph and I finally watched the last of Alias – The Complete Fifth Season this week, thanks to Netflix. We really enjoyed the first two seasons, but season three felt like it started to go a bit downhill, and season … Continue reading
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Arvin Clone!!!
I’m down at the Seattle Convention Center today for day one of a four-day training conference I’m attending for work. One of the gentlemen in the registration line behind me looks just like Arvin Sloane (a character from the TV … Continue reading
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The Tenth Doctor
We recently finished up watching the 2006 season of Doctor Who. I walked into this season with a chip on my shoulder; Christopher Eccelston, the ninth Doctor, was in my mind the perfect Doctor and frankly I resented losing him after … Continue reading
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Drive-by memeing
First, I would like it to be known that I am only doing this under protest. I don’t usually participate in blog memes, because most of them are damned silly. However, I got tagged on this one by Paul in … Continue reading
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Transformers!!!
When I heard that Michael Bay was tapped to be the director of the forthcoming live-action/CGI Transformers movie, I was skeptical. However, earlier today my co-worker Ryan pointed me to Yahoo’s exclusive trailer. All I have to say is, I … Continue reading
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Two new friends
My mother got me an Amazon gift certificate for my birthday back in September, and it wasn't until a couple of weeks ago I decided which books I wanted to purchase: Dzur by Steven Brust, and Hood: Book I of … Continue reading
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A Father and Daughter date
Hello, readers! Devin and Treanna here. We’re trying an experiment in which we attempt to co-write a blog post. So you can follow along at home, Devin will be posting in normal type, while Treanna posts in italics. I’ll start. … Continue reading
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A brief note on Dark Angel season 2
I’ve heard from a bunch of people that Dark Angel season 2 wasn’t worth watching. Well, it had its flaws — it was no Battlestar Galactica by any means — but Steph and I both enjoyed it immensely. I think … Continue reading
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Random weirdness
I don’t do random lists of weird stuff nearly often enough. So, I thought I’d show you one funny picture and a bunch of videos from YouTube. Enjoy. Steph says that the new Mac Pro looks like a shaver (see … Continue reading
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This time, it’s our *final* final mission…
I have no words. Just go to this site, pick your jaw off the ground, then hoist a cold one in memory of the once-interesting franchise. They’ve marketed and promoted all things Star Trek right into the ground — ridden … Continue reading
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That would be why I love her
I’m still chuckling about the words that passed my wife’s lips fifteen minutes ago: “I try not to read books that encourage my homicidal tendencies.” You see, I’ve finally gotten around to getting A Feast for Crows (A Song of … Continue reading
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One more thought on Firefly
You may have noticed that I posted a disclaimer in the comment thread on my previous Firefly review stating that I would delete comments that were personal attacks. Unfortunately, that wasn’t a theoretical warning. I’d been given good advice — … Continue reading
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On the Care and Feeding of Browncoats (or, my reactions to the ouevre of Firefly)
Introduction For a long time, I’ve actively avoided watching (or thinking about, or even listening to people talk about) a short-lived SF show by the name of Firefly. I had my reasons; they were good ones and I liked them … Continue reading
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Looking up
I had a pretty nice weekend than has gone a long way toward getting my attitude back close to being fit for human consumption. On Saturday, despite the now-standard insomnia and sleeping in late, we got out of town up … Continue reading
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You said it, buddy. You said it.
Shout out to Jon Zeigler, who said it better than I ever could. Exactly, my friend. Exactly. (If this makes no sense to you, don’t worry.)
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Why the heck not?
I have registered to play in the PokerStars World Blogger Championship of Online Poker! This Online Poker Tournament is a No Limit Texas Holdem event exclusive to Bloggers. Registration code: 5134341 All the cool kids are doing it. Now, if … Continue reading
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Words fail me
I’ve never been a big fan of the whole zombie genre. However, I’ve finally found a bit of zombie-themed entertainment that makes me giggle. A very talented musician by the name of Jonathan Coulton has taken the basic zombie concept, … Continue reading
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Upgrade woes and date night!
How wonderfully frustrating, in a minor way.Last night, I upgraded from Community Server 1.1 to 2.0, which offers tons of new features, better performance, a hugely improved administrative interface, a better skinning model — in short, lots of crunchy goodness. … Continue reading
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Mac Humor Break
Back last year, I got my first Mac. I’ve been using it for the better part of a year now and am pretty happy with it overall. I’m using Microsoft Entourage for my email/calendar software instead Apple’s mail and calendar … Continue reading
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It’s funny because it’s true; it hurts because it’s true
Thanks to net.friend larabeaton (from back in my rec.arts.sf.written.robert-jordan days, back when I still read Robert Jordan) I ran across this tender musical moment from Australian comedy group Tripod. This one was funny because it was a bulls-eye; even though … Continue reading
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Study monkey, but with good beer
I have to acquire some Microsoft certifications in a short amount of time. Not a full MCSE, although that’s always been in the gameplan, but at least one passed exam (and thus Microsoft Certified Professional status) from a specific list … Continue reading
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Mileposts
Today was a day of mileposts. It was my first working day of 2006. Because Paul and I got our various projects wrapped up before vacation, I went into the 3Sharp offices and spent a good part of my day … Continue reading
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Back
The title of this post is appropriate in at least three different ways: Sometime this afternoon, my servers got knocked offline thanks to a transient power glitch. Normally, this is fixed just by rebooting the servers in the correct order, … Continue reading
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Ultimate Lego!
Oh. My. Stars. And. Bars. Thanks to net.friend Mark (who goes by hasturcubed on LJ), I have now been made aware of the eBay auction for this one of a kind 8-foot long Lego Star Wars Rebel Cruiser. drooooool… It’s … Continue reading
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Oh, snicker
Anyone who knows me knows that I’m not a big fan of wikis in general and the Wikipedia in particular. I do, however, think that the Wookiepedia is quite funny, because you can’t really do any harm to either Star … Continue reading
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A Doctor Who HOWTO
Fellow blogger, GURPS author, and all-around good guy Jon Woodward has written the essential Filling In for Doctor Who HOWTO. Says Jon of his efforts: -Making Light has a link to an article with the above title. Which, unfortunately, does … Continue reading
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Feeding the monkey on my back
Every now and then, I look up from the keyboard and wonder why the heck I’m blogging. I’ve been blogging for work for 14 months, and I still don’t have any really good feel for how many readers I have. … Continue reading
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More sf TV
It’s not the new Battlestar Galactica (what is, really?), but the first season of Dark Angel is proving to be an entertaining watch.
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The perfect time travel movie
I need to start up a list of my top 10 (or 15, or 25) movies of all time. If I did, Frequency (New Line Platinum Series) would definitely earn a place on the list. I consider it to be … Continue reading
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