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busy busy busy
Though I would update - its been a fun couple of days here with a busy social calendar.
Saturday night poker with roguewolf71 and some friends of his. Considering I was a complete novice with poker I don’t think I did too badly. I didn’t count the money I brought with me so I don’t know for sure but I think I broke even or lost just a little bit ( Read more... ) -
stupid health things
good news : problem with left hand is not carpel tunnel syndrome
bad news : rather advanced tendinitis of left hand - particularly thumb tendon
taking drugs and being fitted for brace - in doc words "We don't have anything that would fit you - you have these meat hooks for hands"
it sucks having vacation time and not really able game -
A year in rewind
One of the things I like about LJ is that it helps nudge the memory and help remind me of what things were like. Remember the good times and remind me of my mistakes so I can do better ( Read more... ) -
A wonderful evening before a busy week
Gina and I had the pleasure of taking our friends iriedanym and isaiahwordsmith to dinner last night. We ate pasta and talked and nearly closed the place down. Thanks for coming out with us ( Read more... ) -
The Ronin Report
Times like this remind me of how old I am. To be specific I found a site that archives what is called abadonware. That is old games that are no longer sold or supported. Most of them the company that made them went out of business or got bought up and the purchaser doesn’t care about the back catalog. I was able to download and get running ( Read more... ) -
Getting better and wooooooot
Cold / Sinus thing seems to be receding slowly - Hey I might actually feel healthy by Christmas ( Read more... ) -
Thanksgiving recap
Lets see - still dealing with low-grade sinus / cold crap. It's going on two weeks now. Not enough to really incapacitate me, just enough to really make me feel crappy in the mornings and most of the day. Gggggrrrrrrrrr ( Read more... ) -
Hot Rod Flames!!
While doing some web wanderings for Gina's scooter. I happened across a link to the craigs list for Lawrence and in it was a listing for a scooter in Topeka. Talked it over with Gina and yesterday we went into Topeka for lunch at Olive Garden (Mmmmmm try the Chianti braised short ribs if you get a chance ( Read more... ) -
Enforced upgrades
Yep another part borked on my system last night. This time it was the motherboard (I think - I am pretty sure but I don't have the parts to confirm) So.....this evening is a flying trip to KC for a new Motherboard, CPU and RAM. Looking at a Intel Dual Core 2 E4500 CPU, 2 Gb of DDR2-800 RAM and either a Fatality or Gigabyte MB ( Read more... )