From a gaming perspective, it was somewhat of a disappointment. Rick's oldest two nephews are 13 and 14 now, so I'm not competing just with the TV and the computer, but also their girlfriends, who seemed nice enough but uninterested in playing games. And it seemed Rick was always out at his mom's, or shooting the breeze with his siblings or Robin ( Read more... )

At the exact time I'm about to walk out the backdoor to get the mower and mow the lawn ( Read more... )

After a day at home mostly playing LOTRO, we went at 6 PM to visit with Jason & Mark & Gene, who are all members of DCboL with us. Gene's friend Nick was there as well. There were shenanigans and pranks, and we played one game of Tongiaki. I was expecting more games than that, but it was kind of hot and the yakking just kept going on. I ( Read more... )

I was generally right about one problem, but there was another right behind it ( Read more... )

I google for "java.sql.SQLException: No suitable driver found for" and almost half of the hits are questions in French or German! Looks like I may have studied the right foreign languages after all.

1. Make the applet work ( Read more... )

I have a tendency to throw the baby out with the bathwater when it comes to religion. In the past I have just gone to extremes, and in the flurry, I lost the real value ( Read more... )

Until Friday, I had absolutely no idea what "My Milkshake" was, and now I just can't get it out of head. I wake up and its already there. I really really HATE it, and it just won't go away.

I must concede therefore, that its CATCHY, but so is a virus.

Yesterday, I went to see babynutcase. He called me the day before.... I had assumed he must have read something I posted, but perhaps I was wrong. And it had been a long time since I've seen him.... I somewhat consciously let him slip away when I thought he was moving to NYC. But he didn't do that. He's still around, and has a very nice new place that I ( Read more... )

These two short sentences will always resonate in my head now, and its all Virginia Postrel's doing. Her book, The Substance of Style", illuminates an aspect of history I didn't know, but I think its chief accomplishment is to frame the subject of style in such an engaging manner, with so many examples from many different aspects of life and ( Read more... )