I just got news from my mom that my second cousin was one of the people killed at Virgina Tech. His name was Brian Bluhm and he was an engineering graduate student and also a teaching assistant at the school. I'd never met him, but the tragedy still strikes me harder now that it is more personal ( Read more... )

It's been quite awhile since I made a serious post here but it's not for lack of eventful things to talk about. Obviously, we finished moving by the end of August and have been at the new apartment since then. My parents even visited the new place during Christmas. It's convenient living less than 2 miles from work again. We bought two bicycles ( Read more... )

For those of you living in my birth state, you might be interested to know (or be reminded) that I'm going to be in Kenosha this weekend. It's time for the annual Shattered Kingdoms get together. I'll be at the Bristol Renfaire in the morning and afternoon on Saturday and at the Comfort Suites most of the rest of the weekend. Give me a ring if ( Read more... )

It's been a crazy half-year of changes and challenges in my life. Continuing my attempt to record the details, this post is about why we are moving ( Read more... )

The move to EA/Maxis has gone well so far - if everything proceeds according to plan, I will have TWO new credited titles by the end of the year ( Read more... )

Resistance was futile. I will become part of the Borg collective of the gaming industry: Electronic Arts. Starting on May 8th, I will be working on the SIMS 2 Expansion Team. There's a lot of good things about this deal. Sims is one of the most successful gaming franchises ever. Two or three Sims expansion packs come out every year and those ( Read more... )

I got laid off yesterday. The whole team got canned. It happens. Actually I'm surprised it didn't happen a lot sooner. Even Sony notices the red ink eventually ( Read more... )

So this is my first journal post. I've had an account for quite awhile now, but I originally never planned to post. The friends list feature made it easy to keep track of the journals that I wanted to read and let me make comments as someone other than Anonymous. There have been times when I thought I might like to write something (or at least ( Read more... )