Surprisingly not bad at all, considering it's July and raining pretty much nonstop. The rain stopped this morning, and while it threatened to resume most of the day, it didn't. We were on a pavilion and the light was a bit dim under cover, but otherwise very nice. Because it was so cloudy, it didn't get hot until late in the day when the sun ( Read more... )

Just home from Game Days, which I left early because I went to the GCOM meeting that ran more than twice as long as they expected, plus I was in the world's most uncomfortable seat. My back is killing me now. Matches my knees, after I walked across a major road during rush hour to pick up my dinner. Hey, if I can see the place, I see no point in ( Read more... )

That's inaccurate, actually - we didn't roast at the GCOM Picnic, despite it being in mid-July, although it did get rather warm towards the end of the day as the sun started to reach inside the pavilion. Mostly it was mid-80s, no humidity, brilliant sunshine, and enough of a breeze to send playing cards flying everywhere. The people were nice, the ( Read more... )

Mostly on the same game. Did the GCOM Elkridge thing and was immediately recruited into a game of 'Arabian Nights', which one person later referred to as 'the bastard child of a Euro board game and Dungeons & Dragons'. Yeah, that's about right. If you need 3 people, 3 separate dice, a card, a handbook and a manual to figure out what happened on ( Read more... )

Other than seeing a movie, it hasn't been dull. CJ finally got a bath yesterday - her breath is still awful and we won't get into her farts, but in between smells much better. Did laundry, cleaned up more of ITunes, etc. Hauled Mom and Dave to a GCOM event in the area - that's the local gaming community. Learned Transamerica and Winners Circle; Mom ( Read more... )