I've been listening to The Decemberists today. A LOT. I resisted this band for a long time for various reasons. One was the "hipster" cachet attached to the band, another was the supposed "literary" quality of the band that had led to charges of pretension, yet another was personal reasons. However Kristin had been told by a critical mass that ( Read more... )

I'm surprisingly busy. Beyond stuff that is solitary and done simply for fun (such as video gaming) I've got a range of things on my plate:

1. Working weekdays 9-5. Yeah, I know everyone does this, but it gives context to the rest of the list.
2. Reading the first Harry Potter book so that I will be able to talk about it with Kristinastan (the ( Read more... )

Last night JZ, Kristin and I went to Sabe's place to watch Game 1 of the NLCS with the idea of rooting on our beloved Cardinals over the New York Mets, who have recently reacquired their 1980s nickname of "pond scum". However, torrential sheets of cold rain pounded New York last night, forcing a postponement of the game until tonite. The game then ( Read more... )

Today's entry title is dedicated to JZ.

Played Chrononauts for the first time on Wednesday. Anyone interested in history or fun card games should pick it up. The link talks about the game, but I'll describe it a little anyway. In Chrononauts, you are a time traveler. You can change crucial events in world history, but when you do so time paradoxes ( Read more... )

We last left our plucky heroes in a not-so-plucky state, worn out from nearly 3/4ths of an entire day gaming, a feat of endurance that would tax even the most hardcore gamers in our legends. But Team Awesome's job is far from finished - they still have a Guild Wars quest to finish, swag to be bought and received and another venture into the ( Read more... )

Because I missed a day yesterday, today's post will be Day III. Day IV will come tomorrow. Hope I didn't leave you hanging for too long ( Read more... )

As promised, I am going to do the travelogue of the Penny Arcade Expo 2006. This is my second year, and though there were some annoyances let me assure you there was no sort of sophomore slump. I think Sabe did as fine a job as possible in dishing out grades for the various elements of the event, so this is going to be more of a straight travelogue ( Read more... )

*BEGIN TRANSMISSION*

Told you that I was going to update more often.

Anyway, after completing my post, Kristin and I decided to pick up Lego Star Wars after playing the very amusing, and dare I say "cute", demo of the sequel at PAX. I had seen my brother play the game and he seemed to enjoy it, but my general distaste for Episodes I through III ( Read more... )

*BEGIN TRANSMISSION ( Read more... )

As I sit on the futon in our living room, typing away as the sun gently shines into the room past the flowers on the sill, listening to the dishwasher running and Kristin's hushed breathing as she sleeps, I can say that is the kind of joy money cannot buy. After an interesting outdoor mass (I will talk about this in another post), walking through ( Read more... )