I took a walk downtown this afternoon. Autumn is one of my favorite times to walk in the neighborhoods around here, because of the big, old deciduous trees we have lining the streets. The really beautiful days last just a couple of weeks, and then we have a few more weeks of piles of decaying leaves, their vivid colors fading away rapidly into ( Read more... )

You are humbly invited to the celebration of Erik's 33rd birthday! In true Arnesonian tradition, we shall celebrate with a bacchanalian orgy of beer, wine, and fun! Festivities will take place not at Mr Arneson's house, as they have in the past, but at the home of Mr and Mrs Dennett ( Read more... )

When I got home last night, Bill was slouched on the couch, and he moaned to me, "Erik, I've got the funk." Yes indeed, he certainly had the funk, so I thought I'd give him a bit of the rockin' blues. Between episodes of The Prisoner we listened to Big Brother and the Holding Company with Janis Joplin at an entirely indecent volume. I hope that ( Read more... )

My house consumed half-a-case of sparkling wine this weekend, almost two and a half half-racks of beer, several bottles of wine, a punch-bowl of sangria, rum, gin, and half-a-pint of ether. All right, I'm joking about that ether thing. But really ( Read more... )

I had a great birthday party; my condolences to all you poor souls who missed it. It's my suspicion that almost everybody had a pretty stellar time, and I ended up netting over two fifths of bourbon and a fifth of my favorite gin, plus a bottle of Fonseca Bin 27. Plus there were leftover cupcakes and H- made me a pumpkin pie ( Read more... )

This is just a reminder to all you intrepid individuals: tomorrow is my birthday party!! I really hope to see many of you there!

Hi everybody! I'm going to be celebrating my birthday on Saturday, November 10th, at 7:30PM at my house. If you know me and aren't my sworn enemy, you're invited! I'm pretty excited about this birthday because I'm turning 25, and also because I pretty much always get excited about my birthday. Please feel free to bring a friend or two, and also ( Read more... )

As the weather turns colder and your car starts to be all frosty in the morning, or you have to start wearing mittens and thick socks as you try to enjoy your day, even though you can see your breath and it’s so cold that your cat won’t go outside, it’s always important to remember that soon -- very soon -- will be the second-most important day of ( Read more... )