Have I mentioned how much I'm looking forward to spring? I'll have massive energy, the fishing will heat up with the temps, I will be able to sit on my porch or on the dock and write, my immediate world and I will celebrate my birthday, and "The Artificial Sunlight of Memory" will become a physical being. W00t! Well worth the wait with a WisCon ( Read more... )

Bobby Fischer is one of those mythical types of beings. Fueled by the Cold War, waging war on the chess board, right place, right time, right game ( Read more... )

Saw a pair of tundra swans and a pair of buffleheads on the creek today. The perfect way to usher in the winter months. At least the days will be getting longer now. Slowly ( Read more... )

Mass Effect! Wah. Rock Band! WAH! Even at $150-$170 for the RB bundle, it's starting to look mighty fucking attractive, and it reads like it totally kicks GH's ass ( Read more... )

Was compared to Winston Churchill and JFK tonight after my spiel (thank gawd, eh?) (And my_own_petard, I had some help from the audience. Fodder as we called it ( Read more... )

It rained many days ( Read more... )

Finished clean up for our largest event of the year yesterday. After working seven days straight, I think I've recovered and rested enough to start house clean up and vacation packing ( Read more... )

BluefingerJust because he's calling himself Black Francis on this one (which I find to be more of a stick it to the rest of the band comment on the Pixies and their lack of ballage regarding a new album,) it doesn't mean that it's Pixies Pretend in the New Century ( Read more... )

"Stalin had it right with the Five-Year Plan." Said that today over lunch as we spoke about attending university. Little did I know it would end up in a discussion of where Stalin would go to university in the States and how he would behave. I was not entirely surprised by some of the blank looks, but hey, at least part of the table got the ( Read more... )

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