Joe called yesterday. I hadn't seen or spoken with him since that poker night, weeks ago, so that was pretty good. Notably, he said I was insane for agreeing to do another book. I'm glad someone finally has. Then again, he said this while in the midst of his own task of rewriting "Unix Power Tools" for the very same patron ( Read more... )

I knew cthulhia was planning something nefarious for Mostly Looney Games Night this evening, since in this month's event announcement she was openly inviting people to mail her about planning birthday abuses for me, and furthermore I could see that she had successfully started a conspiracy, due to "tee-hee" posts in other people's journalsI would like to ( Read more... )

Attended a poker night at Joe's house. I figured I'd show up just to be social, and maybe mess things up by bringing my copy of Cheapass Games' 'Unexploded Cow', a fine gambling game in its own right. But, after some needling, I bought a dollar's worth of chips, and lost it in three or four hands, along with fifty cents that Joe lent me. My first ( Read more... )

Decided to lunch at Joe's again, though I knew it spelled doom for the afternoon, when I only have everything in the whole world to get done. The boy is a Settlers Card Game addict these days, and I'd lie to say I wasn't happy to help him along his downward spiral. (We'll see how my mood changes when he starts beating me regularly at it. ) I'll ( Read more... )

Yesterday was a bad day. I became very sad, and shut down early. Two true facts about me: it's hard to emotionally unbalance me, but if I do lose balance, a good night's sleep always restores it. This is likely a good thing ( Read more... )