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Cold Fish
So several of the my college mates had come into town this past weekend for a true Minnesota experience: Ice fishing. It is strange because none of us are what you would call avid fisherman, but it seemed like a good excuse to get together. There were ten of us total. The seven lads rented a shack out on the ice with all of the bells and ( Read more... ) -
The Hammer
It has become eerily commonplace for me to sub for someone on my team... so much so that I've taken to putting Josephine in the car on Wednesday nights "just in case." Last night was no exception ( Read more... ) -
And so it begins...
I have my reservations about the timing of this post. Part of me wanted to wait to see if it panned out. However, if I make it public now (at least to the meager few who read this), it might apply enough pressure to keep me at it. Have I adequately engaged your curiosity?
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Strike Often, Spare No One
Last night was a league night and the improvement continues. Even still, my aim remains a wee tad off and many frames were left open by the end of the evening. The first game, I bowled a meager 113... mostly because Josephine decided she liked the left side of the lane. Luckily my teammates were more on the ball, per se, and bowled very high for ( Read more... ) -
Box of Rawks
The last week has seen a few news items about the impending release of the Guitar Hero series on the Xbox 360. Box art, a hint at a March release date and now this. Looks like the lads are doing the title right on the new platform. Looks like this may be the tipping point that will get me to do a 180 in purchasing a 360. Now, if I can only wait ( Read more... ) -
Virtual Memory Lane
Recently, I've been strolling down memory lane in gaming. Be it dusting off some of my old Xbox titles, or reloading games that haven't seen the inside of a hard drive in countless computer cycles the replayability nostalgia has even transported me back to go sniffing for some titles of a bygone age. Coined abandon-ware, a lot of these games are ( Read more... ) -
The Ball Drops
An appropriate theme for a couple reasons. It is the first post of the new year, though it will not go into any great detail of my holiday. Nor will it be a retrospective of the previous year. Granted, this journal could use a little backfilling considering the frequency of my posts but it is best not to dwell on the past... but look toward the ( Read more... ) -
An Exercise in Cold Reading
Flipping through the channels last night in the waning moments of my conscious evening, the face of Penn Jillette splashed across the TV screen. Intrigued, I held off hitting the power button to see what was what. Penn was, of all things, hosting a new game show launched by NBC called IdentityIn this show contestants face a stage of twelve ( Read more... ) -
Best Damned Sports-themed Update, Period
I have to confess that I find it a bit ironic that most of my updates of late have involved sports of one sort or another. Those who knew me in my formative years probably would have been hard-pressed to fathom that I had any interest in sports at all. Life has an insidious way of sneaking that stuff in there, when you least expect it.
HockeyThe ( Read more... ) -
Crushing Defeat
Or more accurately, da finger ( Read more... )