Getting ready to write my year in review while I work on getting music together for my niece and nephew. Marvelling at the fact that I have a niece and nephew, even if just by marriage. As I peruse WAY OLD journal entries after such a hectic day, I am reminded of that old Cornellian saying:

"The block is almost over."

It seems as though there is a whole lot of interest in not caring about the server type, and a slight amount of interest in Open RvR. So, we'll probably be rolling on an Open RvR server ( Read more... )

Today before church I came up with the **best** idea for another round of everybody's favorite play-by-email strategy game ( Read more... )

So, I'm showing off my new userpic. Mog reminded me I only had two of them..... and then I reminded myself that Mog drew a kickass picture of Ben, so..... I put the two ideas together and got a new userpic!  Many thanks to
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So, I bought www.chessandgames.org today, on a whim. Should I do anything with it? If so, what?

Also, thanks to Brooke's entry, I reactivated my gaia account. /sigh.

Tonight's C&G picnic was marvelous and glorious and wistful and fun.  I am really going to miss the people that will be left here after we're gone to the north, and I can only hope that our new adventures will put us into the paths of such people that will continue to have significant impact on our lives.  There were tears and laughter, and nobody ( Read more... )

Remember this, kids: It's not New Year's until Dick Clark tells you so.  Happy New Year, everyone.  I'm doing away with resolutions.  What about you?  Have any?  What are they?

JoshCraft has gone live!  For those of you interested (which is probably like.... two of you), here are the rules and map:


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JoshCraft is nearing completion.  I finished the rules last night (what I could of them).  That means the Tech Tree is complete, the battle mechanic is complete, the unit system is complete, the map is complete, the buildings are complete... I'm sure I've missed something, but all the "very outstanding To-Dos" in my head are done.  All that's left ( Read more... )

I can totally get behind a holiday where a nation celebrates the man who tried to blow up their rulers by exploding a basement filled with gunpowder.  I understand that V for Vendetta was being watched in Pfeiffer.  This pleases me ( Read more... )