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| Friday, November 12th, 2010 | | 4:04 pm |
I dont have much more to say than Hannah already did. http://travelingsockknitter.wordpress.com/2010/11/12/in-memoriam/These cats...i swear.... I'm going to miss Elijah. He really is a great cat. I wish things were different but they are as they are. I'm glad hannah has so many photos. When you water a cat, you kinda bond. I let him sleep in my room, which is not great for the old allergies, but was nice to be able to spend some extra time. Also kept him from hiding so much. :-( | | Tuesday, July 27th, 2010 | | 2:39 pm |
Thump Thump. Is this thing still on (just a test really) | | Saturday, July 10th, 2010 | | 12:20 am |
Garage Sale 1309 Harding Dr Urbana
Garage Sale 1309 Harding Dr Urbana Garage Sale Tomorrow at 1309 Harding Dr Urbana. Lots of kitchen stuff, Womens clothing and Mens clothing (XXL and Tall Sizes). LOTS of other assorted things as well. 8AM to 1PM 1309 Harding Dr Urbana x-posted to Chambana | | Thursday, December 31st, 2009 | | 5:35 pm |
Resolutions for 2010
2009 has been a pretty interesting year. Dare I say a decent year for me thus far. I certainly hope 2010 will be good as well. I just hope the mysterious "We need to talk" email from the university before the Holiday will not be bad news (though likely we are looking at furloughs. This year had been our busiest in terms of board gaming. Including Winterwar we went to 6 conventions. Winter War, Gamer Adventures Cruise, Origins Game Fair, GenCon, and BGG.CON. At the ssame time I am trying to eliminate games I do not like nor want. Unfortunately I've dumped less than I have brought in, so the collection is still expanding. We've been planning the wedding and things are fine there. Little stress thus far because we got most of the big things done. I dont know what else to really add at this point. Lastly, A review of Resolutions: 2009 1) Go camping 4 times this year.
-- Perhaps try a short/mini backpacking trip that is less than 4 miles in and 4 miles back. I'm not sure how well the knee will hold up, and would rather not get stuck some where either alone or as a burden on fellow hikers. An introductionary trip
-- Similar to above, be prepared and try another short hike. Melfest last year was a failure, but that was because I was not thinking. I felt really bad requesting we go back early. I dont know how far we even got. Maybe just a half mile it feels like. Maybe it was a whole mile. But felt like i let the group down. I should have done better This time be prepared in whatever maner I need to be. Water knee brace etc. Perhaps during Melfest again.
Sort of success, sort of fail. I went camping 2x more than I had in the past. We didnt go to Bonnaroo this year so I didnt have that camping. However, I did go camping once in the spring at Kickapoo State Park, And twice in the fall. Fox Ridge State Park, and Morraine View State park. If I were to count Melfest, then I did manage to get out at least 4 times.
As for backpacking, I didnt do that at all. However I did get in some day hiking in associated with the camping trips. I'd like to try some better trails in So. IL now too, or somewhere not IL.
2) Finalize and Launch http://www.dhron.net. (Need to label a few more old galleries for my photos, and upload all the new stuff. This should be done soon.)
Done. Not really great, but it is up.
3) Launch http://bellwoar-hron.wedding.dhron.net
Done.
4) Save enough money to cover wedding.
Um...Not so much, but working on it. Lots of the wedding is already paid for. Just need to cover the Honeymoon and reception mostly.
5) Get better at my photography.
6) Comment and rank all of my games on Boardgamegeek.
I've not commented on everything, but I have now atleast rated all the games I have played.
7) Learn Go.
Not so much.
8) Create or aquire a good/quality set of classical games. Something portable or otherwise useful.
Nope. I've been looking for a quality go board, but there are some bad psudeo classical games like sorry, and monopoly that I'm not interested in. I should probably define classical games I want good sets of.
Resolutions for 2010
1) Keep track of "vitals" daily. Create a record of all that stuff. I tried that right after my birthday but fell off. Startup again. This includes caloric intake and exercise
2) Camp 5 times this year, and do one short backpacking trip. Try for some place in So. IL or Indiana.
3) Clean up and get rid of all the junk in the house. Either sell in a garage sale or otherwise just get rid of. We will be getting lots of stuff at the Wedding. We need to make room.
4) Create some print and play games, and or classical games. Some 18XX Games seems viable options.
5) Get Married and go on an Alaskan cruise. Hopefully this is a given.
6) Save more $$
7) "Study" and improve photography.
Should be a good list at this point. | | Tuesday, December 1st, 2009 | | 8:58 pm |
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| | Tuesday, August 18th, 2009 | | 10:32 pm |
GI Joe
It was not as bad as I expected, but having not been a fan of the show, I was not drawn into the mythology perse. I mean, I know of Destro, Cobra Commander (and the voice that sounds an aweful lot like Starscream), and Sargent Slaughter, and of the Joes (but I could not name any of them) But it was.....well damn it the ice sank...ice floats. IT FLOATS!!. It was fun,a nd it was good to see it with Bray, especially since I had not seen him in a long while. | | Tuesday, July 21st, 2009 | | 11:53 pm |
One more New Mexico Philidelphia Mint quarter and I will have the complete 50 state set. I already have All 50 in Denver Mint Issue. | | Friday, July 17th, 2009 | | 4:29 pm |
I'm having trouble with hypocracy on the current healthcare thing. While I'm not exactly all gung-ho about a government plan (Or single payer) I just saw the "attack add" for against such a policy (Queue the usual, stereotypical, dramatic political ad tactics) Especially about the government coming between you and your doctor. The problem here of course is that right now, it is not BIG BAD Government, it's actually the BIG BAD Insurance Corporations. The ad trots out the woman from canada that would have had to wait 14 weeks for a life saving brain tumor operation, but when she came to America she got her first class medical treatment which saved her life. Compare this to the documentary _Sicko_ where we have people with [a medical condition of which i dont recall] who were rejected by their insurance company, who go to cuba and get life saving treatment. In both cases you dont get the full story...and frankly I've certainly heard more about insurance companies denying life saving procedures because they are too expensive (thus sticking the bill with the person....despite paying $1000 a month for years)...SO what are we to do. I think I ultimately have a real problem with someone making money, and basing medical care for someone based on profits, or a suddenly being dropped from coverage. It just does not seem right (especially for a country that, if you listen to the right wingers), is a country that should be more christian. It really doesnt seem right if you are a human being. However, I will not claim that I have the answer. The real answer is probably a mix of both govt and not-for-profit but no one will be willing to support that. It is a bit more reasonable. One other grump point. I am tired of the "Government cant do anything" and then claim, that all insurance companies will go out of business cause the govt program will be so great. Um...huh? Lastly, healthcare is sky-rocketing. It will get worse as the boomers continue to age and get more problems as a result. Ok so everyone goes bankrupt or in debt for health care coverages....I then ask...why bother even saving a damn dime if it will all end up going to an insurance company to cover costs or to the mediacla bills i wont be able to pay anyway. Bankrupt or Bankrupt and enjoy the money while I have it in the past...... Again, I dont have the answers, but Im just getting tired of irrational stupid arguments. | | Saturday, May 30th, 2009 | | 2:44 am |
Reading and hearing about the various numbers of Ticks everyone got last week end makes me question if I missed any. While I did have clothing with Bug Off, or spray on BugOff, I still feel like I totally missed some or something. I am not THAT worried, but those buggers carry some pretty serious stuff and I'd hate to get ill from it. | | Tuesday, May 26th, 2009 | | 9:15 pm |
Memorial Weekend 2009
Overall I had a pretty great weekend. I ended up driving in Caravan form with Tim and Saah Scott. We got in Friday about 6PM and had enough time to get camp setup for all 3 of us. Sarah's borrowed tent, my tent, and Tim's tent that he borrowed from me (an inexpensive backpacking tent that was out for a "test run". We got to play with Erin and Mort who has identified and knows me as "The Giant" I hope as the Big Friendly Giant. Saturday we went to the Spillway. By then the Webers, and Rebecca had joined the group. I didn't swim but our trek up the "adventurious way" had us wading quite a bit. Sunday we wandered to Pomona Winery and Von Jacob. We went to only two of these this year because, well that's all we kinda had time for. I only managed to get 5 more bottles of wine to add to my collection. Ok not collection so much as wine i have to have. Anyway good stuff. The ticks were bad, but I was lucky and didnt have any, or rather, any that i have found thus far. Everyone else happend to have a few so I am a bit paranoid, but I had BuzzOff Insect Shield Pants and spray on stuff on the shirts I was wearing. Other lessons I learned: My new boots I bought for hiking are quite hot as I learned breaking them in the week before, BUT wearing proper hiking socks they were really quite cool. Perhaps it was just because I was outside more, but I was afraid it would be far worse than it was. I'm just going to have to accept that I'll probably need to hike any terrain using a trekking pole. Walking up the spill way was much less painful and difficult as years past have been. Not that it was *that* bad but It was just better. I'll just need to do that. Otherwise, things went well. I had a good time, and was re-reminded of my love of camping and the outdoors. I must plan for time in the Fall. And maybe even this summer. Perhaps I will luck out and even endup somewhere with better and more active for such outdoors things. Anyway this week should be an ok week and I look forward to Chucks wedding this weekend. And it reminds me that I need to send a baby shower gift up north.... | | Saturday, May 2nd, 2009 | | 12:24 am |
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Is it just me, or does anyone else get the "feeling" that the same-sex marriage laws / overturning unconstitutional laws is triggering state-to-state in a similar way as Eastern Europe's fall of Communism? On a related note, does anyone remember how much "we" hated East Germany, Hungry, Poland etc etc etc? It's hard to even comprehend that less than 20 years ago they were among the supreme enemy...now they help make good boardgames! | | Friday, April 24th, 2009 | | 11:51 pm |
The movie: I Love you, Man was actually a pretty funny comedy. Not perfect, not ultra gross, but funny. Several LOL areas. It did not hurt to be able to relate to the main character in many ways. One thing I didn't quite get was when they talked about him being a "Girlfriend Guy" meant he had alot of relationship girls and just went person to person, or that his friends were girls. It was not really that clear. It especially didn't help with the emphasis on him needing to find a bestMAN and Guys to be on his side. Then again, 4/5 people on my side will be women, so I guess I just don't have the hangups the rest of the world apparently does. *** of a movie for entertainment andotherwise well made. | | 4:22 pm |
There is talk about a report released today about airplanes and animal collisions over the last 19 years that is being used for shock value. The report includes a stat of 28 collisions since 2000 that have resulted in the plane being considered destroyed. What i am finding interesting is the "danger in the skys" approach to reporting of this. However, let us consider this: How many cars since 2000 have been declared destroyed/total loss from anaimal collisions (aka deer). I'm going to go on a wild guess and bet that air travel is really damn safe. Also another interesting fact to keep in mind. While you may not hear about every car crash, you hear about EVERY SINGLE airline crash. This also applies to cruise epidemics where people get food illnesses. You really hear about all of them. Not very many slip through the cracks. Pretty good records. Just some thoughts. | | Tuesday, April 21st, 2009 | | 11:42 am |
( Star Trek Promo Contest )There is a promo for StarTrek from Lenovo/Intel I kinda have reservations that the new Star Trek movie will have Lenovo/Intel product placement, but the contest is for a zero G flight. If other people enter I get extra entries in the contest, so Im posting behind a cut tag here.... If you feel inclined to also register well, there ya go. | | Sunday, April 19th, 2009 | | 3:55 pm |
Camping at Kickapoo this weekend was really fun and relaxing. I had not been Hiking for awhile, nor had I gone for so long (not sure how long but maybe 3 or 4 miles) But I at least got out and had fun building fires. One "downer" was the deer tick I found. No red bulls eye yet. I think i got him early enough, but im annoyed. it should have been too cold still1!! I do like cooler weather for camping vs hotter temps. Rain last night was ok for me as my tent stayed dry. (mostly) | | Thursday, April 16th, 2009 | | 9:46 am |
Hey Ya!
I heard what I thought to be a Great arrangement of that "Hey Ya" Song on Scrubs this week. (I saw it last night but I think it aired tuesday). It was done by the Lawyer Ted I dont know if he sang it or it was Dubbed, but it was like this cool Acoustic Guitar Ballad. It took awhile to realize what song it was. "Hey that is familiar, but...oh wait...is that? Yeah, Yeah it is." | | Tuesday, April 7th, 2009 | | 1:44 pm |
| | Tuesday, March 31st, 2009 | | 2:12 pm |
| | Monday, March 30th, 2009 | | 11:31 pm |
We are back from the Gamers Adventures Cruise. It was a great time. I took about 600 photos (most dups and crap so I could try different settings or framing) We met and made some new friends. We wished some old ones were with us. We Had fun in the sun, fun under water, and fun playing boardgames the rest of the time (usually while the rest of the boat was in the casino). The casino had cheap tables. $5 hands of blackjack. Nice. Lost $50 but no big deal. I slept 20 hrs from 2PM yesterday till 10AM today. I guess I was tired. :-) Now have to go to work tomorrow. Boo! |
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