Theoretically it should be possible to use a pencil until it wears down to almost nothing but I've never got anywhere near that close. All of my pencils seem to disappear before they get worn to nothing. I suspect they all scurry off to some sort of pencil sanctuary somewhere.

I've had a hair cut and it's short. Not just short but still with a hint of longness - it's short short. The path that lead me to this short hair cut was a catalogue of trimming disasters. In a 12 hour period I had no less than 3 hair cuts ( Read more... )

The gap between Return of the Jedi and the first of the new Star Wars films was about 16 years. Whilst living through this period of time it seemed like frickin' ages and, well, when I think back to it, it still seems like frickin' ages ( Read more... )

Some things that seemed cool when you were a kid sadly lose their coolness as you grow older, and yet other things that seemed cool when you were a kid still manage to remain quite cool. Lets look at the case for and against certain random things.

BalloonsWhen I was a kid the humble balloon would lead to all kinds of excitement and provided hours ( Read more... )

As we all know, Conan the Barbarian rocks.

The other day I got the new Age of Conan board game and still haven't got around to playing it.

On account of the game re-newing my interest in the big barbarian, I've been reading a few more of the original stories in this rather snazzy centenary edition book I got a few years back. It's not really ( Read more... )

I really haven't updated my LJ in far too long. I guess that's what happens when your work's site-blocker finally gets smart to Live Journal and blocks access to it from your office computer. Oh well, at least it hasn't blocked board game geek yet, despite there being a 'Games' blocker on there. Go figure ( Read more... )

Sandwiched in-between the paintball and quad biking events, we'll all be popping out to The Traders Tavern this Saturday night (the little pub by the arena) for a few drinks in honour of Simon (aka The Brain) getting married.

As some of you may remember, I've been working on a web-site for Cardiff Games. Well, I'm pleased to say I've finished it off (for the mo at least) and have it up and running. You can see it here: Cardiff Games

I'll add more features to it over time but let me know what you think.

Ok Pobl y Cwm - it's El Braino's (aka Simon, aka recursived stag do at the end of March and I'm in the process of organising it. Here's the plan:

Saturday 29th March - Paintball at Taskforce! We're gonna do the full day (9.00 - 4.30). The basic thing costs £32.50 and that includes equipment, lunch and 400 paint balls (there's other packages available but ( Read more... )

I sincerely hope everyone had a very good Christmas. I know I did. I also ate far too much chocolate ( Read more... )