Yesterday afternoon I took the youngest boy (who turned 3 today!) with me to the Temple of Manliness: Home Depot. We bought stakes, twine, and line levels. Upon returning home, I took those things into the backyard and staked out an 8 foot by 12 foot space of ground. This is where I will be erecting my latest innovation: the Modular Workshop ( Read more... )

Picked up Sins of a Solar Empire last night at le Target - it was on sale for $30, so I snapped it up. I haven't liked any RTS's I've tried lately. For scale, the last ones I really enjoyed were Starcraft and Warcraft 3. But this one gets good reviews and has such a large scale that it's a little more manageable than others. I hate nothing more ( Read more... )