I don't really do New Year's Resolutions, but I "get" them, why people do them. Anyway, the timing is coincidental and this isn't a long-term commitment, but a friend and I have decided to do a "dry January." That is, no alcohol for one month. I don't think drinking is terrible or a huge problem in my life, but I am probably drinking more than is ( Read more... )

I recently discovered that my grandmother is in a nursing home with Alzheimer's, and that my father has two aortic aneurysms. Mortality sucks. Breaking news, amiright ( Read more... )

This post will only be of interest to select nerds ( Read more... )

I recently got a new pair of glasses with built-in magnification. Like bifocals, but the whole lens is the bottom part. This makes them unsuited for general wear, but perfect for long hours in front of the computer. I didn't know such a thing existed until Eyes On Regent Square suggested them to me. I was sad to leave Oakland Fashion Optical when ( Read more... )

It's true, console gaming and PC gaming are becoming more and more alike ( Read more... )

I can't believe that I haven't mentioned this on LJ, at least recently... this Thursday I'm headed to Columbus to attend Magi-Fest, basically kind of like a Comic Con for magicians... so even geekier and even more almost-all-men ( Read more... )

...it's E3 week, and the big game console makers (Microsoft, Nintendo, Sony) have made their pitches. If I were buying stock I'd buy Sony; right now it looks like if you want to buy a game console for this holiday season, Playstation 4 is the way to go.

Microsoft ( Read more... )

My sister is coming to visit this weekend. This will be the first time she's visited in years; maybe a decade? ( Yeah, the city is scary. )

Those of you into video games might know that a few years back, "episodic gaming" was all the rage, and pundits were talking about how it would change the industry. It didn't. I didn't think it would because of how it was implemented: nobody wants to wait months between episodes of an ongoing story. I mean seriously, how many people can't even wait ( Read more... )

I haven't had the time or energy to blog much-- busy at work, and some minor flu-like tiredness that had me hitting the sack really early. I even took a day off (but spent it finishing Xenosaga). I got my flu vaccine yesterday so I should be safe now, though ( Read more... )