Posted in LOL, Family Time on Dec 7th, 2007 3 Comments »
Since I can’t readily install applications at work, I’ve been using Meebo for IM. As long as you install the Firefox plugin it works alright. However, it seems to have inappropriate knowledge as to what my contacts are doing in the privacy of their own homes!
So, was it good for you, baby?
Posted in Family Time, The Day Job on Nov 19th, 2007 3 Comments »
In case anyone was wondering, I’m not dead … yet.
Let me blow through the highlights of my personal life over the past few weeks. We’re in Edmonton now, set up in a quaint little apartment disconcertingly close to a major freeway. The audio impact of that proximity was a little bit hard to swallow, but […]
Posted in Family Time, Vacation, Online Communities on Aug 17th, 2007 No Comments »
Work has been more than a bit of a bitch lately, which has meant I’ve been totally devoid of inspiration to populate this space. This was all part of the lead up to today: Vacation! I’m now in Edmonton, officially off the clock, crashing at the pad of up and coming BioWare programmer Sebastian Hanlon. […]
Posted in Family Time, Vacation on Jul 26th, 2007 No Comments »
So tonight my beloved wife dragged me on a five hour car trip to experience one of her favorite musicians , the impossible to describe (and trust me I’ve tried) Rufus Wainwright. He was playing at the Winspear Center in Edmonton which aside from the Calgary Folk Fest was likely the only chance we’d get […]
Posted in Family Time, Vacation on Jul 25th, 2007 No Comments »
We’ve just returned from a summer jaunt to Whitefish, Montana. As we are immediately en route to Edmonton to take in Rufus Wainwright there is no time for a full review just yet, just time enough to show off my lame little 4 megapixel digital camera and my pathetic photoshop skills. Behold the glory that […]
Posted in Family Time on May 31st, 2007 4 Comments »
So I had the day off yesterday and had left the dogs outside for a little longer than usual. I anticipated this would mean they had gotten into something they shouldn’t have as that is what always happens when they are left unattended outside for extended periods. I did not expect to see this.
Posted in Family Time, Video Games, Opinion on May 27th, 2007 1 Comment »
When I can coax my sick Xbox 360 into reading discs, invariably the disc in question is Guitar Hero 2. Tonight was the first night I managed a feat of even more substantial coaxing: I got my wife to play it with me. I’m not sure which feat was more impressive.
Posted in Family Time on May 20th, 2007 2 Comments »
Friday was my wifes 29th birthday. We dined at the Keg, and then had her best friend over to polish off a large collection of bottles of wine. It was a total blast. My nieces birthday party the next day with accompanying extreme hangover was a bit of a challenge.
But I don’t intend to celebrate […]
Posted in Family Time, Culture, Board Games, Opinion, Online Communities on May 13th, 2007 3 Comments »
Previously I outlined a deep concern I had with the state of modern board games: that the industry is being driven by an unreasonably hardcore fan community. This is not a premise supported by any objective, measurable phenomenon. Instead I draw this out of my distilled experience with the BoardGameGeek site, and drew some specific […]
Posted in Family Time, Opinion on May 12th, 2007 5 Comments »
My little sister-in-law graduated high school today, and aside from interfering with finishing a few things I’m working on, it has put be in a contemplative mood. It has been 12 years since my own graduation from high school, and the stories from my sister-in-laws senior year made me think the world was pretty much […]