(from Judd’s, Reading Planning Wearing meme)
Reading: In the middle of The Gods Themselves by Issac Asimov. So far I’m enjoying it quite a bit– there’s better characterization and intriguing interpersonal interactions.
Planning: On tonight’s game and the live Xen’drik that I’ll return to after the Thanksgiving.
Wearing: Blue slacks, blue dress shirt w/ 5x vertical stripes
A very random meme from The Happy Feminist.
When was the last time you shaved? This morning.
What were you doing this morning at 8 a.m.?Kissing my girl goodbye and heading up the stairs to work
What were you doing 15 minutes ago? Watching the hilti guy setup for a presentation out of the corner of my eye
It’s kind of a shit hunt, where you’re looking for the flaws under the pretty picture they paint about their amendments. There’s some prestige for political junkies tonight; we’ve heard the arguments and can cut to the chase.
A discussion with Dad:
“I’m undecided on 90– what do you think?” (Flip, flip through the voter information guide.)
“Oh, that’s the trojan horse. The first half of it does a good thing– it restricts the crazy eminent domain stuff that came from the Kelo decision. Unfortunately, they got ambitious and included the second part, which is going to screw land use and zoning. It lets you sue for any property restriction– can you imagine if it’d been passed before the air district limited fireplace use, or if someone wanted to sell his farm for a subdivision and was zoned Ag?”
“What’s going on with 1A?” (Flip, flip through the voter information guide.)
“Mmm, remember how a couple of years ago we voted to restrict the state gas tax for transportation? Well, now they want the sales tax on gas sales too.”
It’s strange– it feels good to discuss the problems and the loopholes. We’re engaged, the way a citizen should be.
We were scheduled to play this upcoming Friday, but Dad may be out of town. Eric’s wife Tonya broke her hand; Dad will help her while she’s recovering from surgery– if she has surgery. Since she’s near Riverside, he won’t make it back in time for Friday’s game if she does need an operation.
I’ll try and keep you posted.
UPDATE: So far, it looks like she’ll be able to dodge surgery, so Dad’s still in town.
New log entry is up. Let us know if you’ll have any problem making the game.
Also, if you want to scheme between sessions on how we want to deal with our inconvenient would be king, we can knock around ideas in comments.
FOOD NOTE: Dad has offered to make jambalaya for us, since pizza has been disagreeing with him. If that doesn’t sound good (say, for the kids) we can call for pizza as well.
Dad’s already chomping at the bit, so let’s start adding wish lists as comments. If you think of something else and want to tack it on, go ahead and just add a new comment– I might combine it with your existing list to make shopping a little easier. (Of course, I might be lazy and leave them separate too… we’ll see how it goes.)
You don’t have to do anything special to post, though it won’t show up right away due to anti-spam measures. I’ll try and get it approved quickly, but I’m not on everyday so don’t sweat if it takes a while.
It seems early to say it, but “Merry Christmas!”
I flew to Las Vegas to join Chris and Jarred at David and Nicole’s for a weekend of board gaming. We started from the moment we got to Dave’s house, and played through the weekend. We got in a lot of games…
Saturday we started with Blind Justice, where you play trial lawyers in the 80s. It’s a solid game; Jarred continued his winning streak, making it to the end while we were still struggling in district court.
We also played a few games of Guillotine, which was good silly fun. Many heads were collected…
I’ll be out of town this weekend (and Jennifer will probably be sleeping the sleep of the righteous). We’re next on Friday, October 27th, unless something crops up. If something does, let us know.
(I’ll put the loot list on the wiki, so people can make comments & discuss individual items. When I do, I’ll edit in a link here.)
UPDATE: As you’ve probably already noted, I haven’t gotten around to the loot list, though I did get up the recap. Hopefully I’ll get the loot up next week.
I’ve updated the game log, but I’m a little hazy on the exact sequence of when we went up to heal the books. I think we did that first…
Let us know if you’ll have a problem making it Friday.
The game log has been updated, but I think I may be missing an early room or two.
Hopefully we’re all eager to play and able to show– let us know if you’ll have a problem.