-Yes, I’m still playing WoW. I don’t play as much as I used to but when I do I tend to enjoy it more. Shammys are wicked.
-I play more with the kids on the 360. Rock Band was a big hit this Xmas.
-As far as casual gaming goes, I’m playing more with my DS than anything else. Natch.
-Yep, still at the shop.
-Yep, still in school.
-Yep, Jo’s still overworked.
Mostly for me, but for those few folks who do read this tripe…yeah.
I can’t promise anything (don’t think I did before) but there’s that whole “fresh slate” thing staring me in the face and I might as well pick it up.
My intent was to start writing again regularly. Boy…did that hit the fan.
Ben and Jo’s schedules have really been at cross-purposes for the last few weeks. Add my schoolwork to the equation and things get dicey.
Well…and to be fully honest…my birthday present has gained much of my downtime attention. 
So, the only thing I’ll say at this point is that I’ll try to do more. Really. I mean it.
Can you imagine working for a company that has a little more than 500 employees and has the following statistics:
- 29 have been accused of spousal abuse
- 7 have been arrested for fraud
- 19 have been accused of writing bad checks
- 117 have directly or indirectly bankrupted at least 2 businesses
- 3 have done time for assault
- 71 cannot get a credit card due to bad credit
- 14 have been arrested on drug-related charges
- 8 have been arrested for shoplifting
- 21 are currently defendants in lawsuits
- 84 have been arrested for drunk driving in the last year
Can you guess which organization this is?
Give up yet?
It’s the 535 members of the United States Congress. The same group that cranks out hundreds of new laws each year designed to keep the rest of us in line.
(This was emailed to me, I’d like to know the source!)
I’m nearing that magical point where my monthly treatments don’t knock me on my ass. It’s pretty great, really. I’ve been awaiting this “moment of tolerance” for quite some time now.
Basically when I have my treatments they tend to KO me for the weekend. Just fatigue and pain to the Nth…but then by Monday I usually feel a lot better and have some pretty decent energy levels.
So this past Friday I get my treatment and I’m not feeling too bad. Saturday morning rolls around and I’m doing better than I usually do…so I’m thinking, “Great, maybe I’m turning that corner…”
Sunday morning…afternoon more like it, I get slammed by something. I didn’t wake up until noon, and by then I was a sick and crusty mess.
Rhyno had something last week. I’m wondering if I picked it up from him. JO and the boys seem to be as-of-yet unaffected…which is good. School starts for Ben tomorrow and JO starts in earnest tomorrow as well.
I dunno…sort of feels like a cosmic bitchslap. “You think you’re feelin’ better, punk? Hells no!”
Pretty damn lame if you as me. And on a holiday weekend.
I’m going home early. Can’t get shit done today, anyway.
Just because you saw it at Gen Con DOES NOT MEAN IT’S BEEN RELEASED!
*fume*
I’ve got things to say…sort of, and I kind of miss pointless blogging. Besides, I was able to snag the domain. Nice, eh?
Stay tuned for more soon.
Almost two years ago on a trip to the Dells (on my Birthday) I wanted to get the boys a little something to make the trip special. I ended up buying them both a stuffed dog, slightly different from one another, and didn’t think much of it at the time.
Ben was happy with his new toy and played with it for awhile. He still has it and sleeps with it from time to time.
When Brodie got his, his face lit up and he exclaimed, “DOGGIE!” It was as if he had just come back to a long lost friend. Doggie has hardly left his side since.
He’s well loved now. His fur is quite matted. At some point he lost his nose. His neck is stretched and loose as that’s where Brodie hooks his arm to carry Doggie. Still…no other stuffed friend will do.
He’s very gentle with Doggie. He’s always careful when he puts him down. Gives him tiny kissed and whispers “I love my Doggie” softly in his ear…always talks in gentle tones to him, actually. He makes sure Doggie is warm when it’s cold, wrapping him in a blanket or making sure he’s under the covers properly. Doggie comes nearly everywhere with us.
It’s just so…gratifying to see him act so gentile and sweet to something he cares for. He’s very much a “boy” and he can be quite rough with his brother and us, so seeing this side of him…it touches me as a father.
On the rare occasion that Doggie gets misplaced, we all search for him calling out his name as we go. When found, Brodie hugs Doggie tightly and says, “I knew you’d come back!” It’s just nice.
I hope Brodie loves Doggie for a long, long time.
One of my regular customers came in today looking far more frazzled that usual. I asked him what was up and got quite the earful.
You see, the US Economy has crashed…or more to the point, is in the process of a crash. Within a few years the US is going to wake to to the reality that we’re all second class world citizens and we’re entering a depression that will make the 30’s see quaint.
On top of this, he sees the only way out of this is for the US to go to war. (Again, much like the depression of the 30’s led to WWII) Dropping a few nukes on China or what have you will what happens and then all Hell breaks loose.
He says Bush will invade Iran by the end of Summer, and stuff will get “too hot” to hold elections in ‘08. Bush will suspend the Constitution and declare Martial Law. The US will become a full police state with the illusion of freedom by ‘10.
He tells me all of this, completely in earnest. His eye get wild and he almost shakes when he goes into detail on a few points.
Then he looks around and asks me when the new D&D titles are due in.
Sometimes, my job is just a bit surreal.
Several times in my life I’ve been a part of communal living. Some by my own choice, some by circumstance, but I find myself going back to it.
In a lot of ways it makes sense. Sharing space, resources, duties…there’s a lot that appeals to me. A lot that appeals to Jodi as well.
There are local groups all over Wisconsin that are building living co-ops and enjoying quite a bit of success. We’ve looked at some of them, but none really address our situation: families with children.
I realize that we’re probably alone in this, but Jo and I often muse about building a huge container home on some land down in Kenosha and inviting all out friends out there to build and live on a shared plot by the lake. A bit of farming, a bit of livestock.
…as long as I have a broadband connection, that is.
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