Yesterday a migraine took me out. Today I've got the fuzzy after-math in my head. A migraine hangover. Today will be a slow and steady kind of day. I'm not sure what I did to precipitate the migraine. I thought I had gotten enough food and rest, but I might have taken just a bit too much caffeine and not enough water. I am a delicate creature ( Read more... )

How to Stretch a ChickenSunday, prepare Roast Chicken with Sage, Sour-Cream-Cheddar-Garlic whipped potatoes, brown sugar glazed carrots and arugala salad with champagne vinaigrette and dried cherries. Serve with sparkling cider. Yum. Monday, pick carcass and turn meat into creamed chicken, put under crust and bake. Serve with reheated potatoes, ( Read more... )

I've tapped out my reading list and am looking for a few good books. Can anyone recommend a few ( Read more... )

Yesterday was Strange Boston Game 2. It had a favorable ratio of satisfied comments to dissatisfied comments and I am pleased. Thanks to everyone who made it happen, players, gms and npcs ( Read more... )

I had my first parental meltdown this weekend. V had gas and needed a burp, but kept scrunching up, keeping the gas in. I tried and tried to soothe her out into a straight line, tried feeding and changing her in case that was it, but she just wouldn't cooperate. It got to me and I saw that. so I left her to cry in the Pack n Play for a few minutes ( Read more... )

Today is definitely a small pleasures day. Which is why I'm enjoying a hazelnut mocha. Mmm... mocha. Perhaps the only thing better would be some of the decadent Mayan spiced hot chocolate that keshwyn gave us for the holidays. But I'm pacing myself so that terriergirl can enjoy some after she's done yarking up everything she tries to eat. And I can imagine that ( Read more... )

Saw A Christmas Carol last night at Trinity Rep in Providence. Thanks ezrarashkae for the tickets. terriergirl grew up in that area and hadn't seen the production in years, so it was a blast from her past and I was along for the ride.

This morning I made gravlax for the first time. I'll see how it turns out in about three days and then I'll take it to the family ( Read more... )

terriergirl and I spent the weekend in a panic induced haze. Not that anything is wrong mind you, but we're sorting through our fear that something unexpected will go wrong again. You know, normally if someone did something that hurt this much, I'd say don't do it again. But we're doing it anyway, and as a result we had a weekend in which we could barely ( Read more... )

Went to Providence on Saturday to see ezrarashkae. Did dinner with a mob then back to Ezra's to chat and do a super quick and dirty playtest of my game system. One of the playtesters, having good experience and a fresh semester of college under his belt pointed out the system may be unbalance around skills, as they have strong utility. I had thought that this ( Read more... )

My horrible, terrible, no good week is over. I've staked it though the heart, cut off it's head, stuffed it's mouth with wafers and garlic and burried it at the crossroads in an unmarked grave ( Read more... )