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Monday, March 12th, 2012
12:42 pm	And a lovely parting gift, too I am currently unemployed. I flew out on a business trip last Monday, the 5th. I spent a couple days in Memphis, and then flew back to Seattle on Wednesday, the 7th. During the flight home, I picked up a nasty bug. On Thursday morning, I came in early to run a trial. My boss asked me to get my expense report together right away. And then an email came out about an all-hands meeting for an announcement. So I finished up my expense report, walked it down to my boss's office and asked him if something big was up? He said yes, I close the door and asked if I was getting fired. He said yes. I got a nice severance package from the company, so we won't have financial trouble as long as I can find a job in the next year or so. Obviously, I'd rather be employed sooner, rather than later. I also still have the cold I picked up on my last business trip for the company. It's a nice little parting gift. Right? I'll take advice from anyone regarding job searches, resumes, or places that might like to hire little old me, if'n all y'all know any. Pleasethankyou? (1 Comment |Comment on this)
Saturday, November 5th, 2011
11:28 am	A Mix of Pride and Shame My three year old son beat me at PitchCar last week. And it wasn't a fluke, either. He got me three games out of five. We've been sitting and playing together in the evenings, and I figured it was time to pull out some board games. Erica found a cheap Sesame Street checkers game, and Alex learned how to play that. So I figured we'd break out PitchCar, which is a fun dexterity game. The rules are quick and easy, and Alex loved putting the board together. He took one game to figure out how to play, and then beat me three of the next four. And it wasn't like I was playing him easy. I was trying to win. I just had an off night. (I'll note that my PitchCar playing usually peaks after the first beer. I wasn't drinking at all, so I gave up a bit of my edge.) Now he wants to play PitchCar every night. I can't handle every night, but we've got something fun we can do together. I'm proud of my boy for figuring out a game so quickly and learning to beat me at it. But I lost to a three year old. (Comment on this)
Wednesday, September 21st, 2011
9:09 am	New Hats M'mother took the kids to do the Puyallup again yesterday. Their third trip this year. Mom found winter hats for the kids. Alex got a Penguin, and Chris got a tiger. ( Pictures below the cut... ) (1 Comment |Comment on this)
Wednesday, August 24th, 2011
6:34 pm	My Preciousssss My younger son was eating potato rounds tonight. (Think tater tots, but shorter.) We bribed him with the offer of potato rounds in exchange for eating the rest of his dinner. (If you eat your vegetables, you can have another potato round...) He got a hold of one, put it in the palm of his hand and patted it, saying, "Right here." He looked for all the world like Gollum with The One Ring. I tried to get a photo, but he wouldn't repeat it. Sigh. (4 Comments |Comment on this)
Monday, May 23rd, 2011
9:16 pm	Some More Painting and Stuff I've been doing some more painting, including this model, which I think is some of my best work: It's hard to paint black, because it's difficult to get the depth needed on the model. I might go back over this one and work the face a little more, and try and add a little more depth to it. There are some more ( behind the cut... ) (Comment on this)
Monday, March 14th, 2011
3:02 pm	What She Said My wife has an announcement. I can't say it much better than that. (3 Comments |Comment on this)
Monday, March 7th, 2011
9:29 pm	My Best Work Yet I've been doing some more model painting, like this guy, a dwarf for our D&D campaign: ( Read more... ) (Comment on this)
Saturday, February 19th, 2011
6:38 pm	Gornans In our D&D game the early bad guys were called "Gornans." The DM cooked 'em up. They are native to the Fey, but have a strong elemental connection. Of course there are four types. He asked me to put together and paint up some bad-guy gornans. (I'm hoping they'll make a return at some point!) I did a (very) little kit-bashing on five models to get 'em to look like I wanted and then painted 'em up in the four elements. Mostly, adding green stuff (2-part epoxy puttty.) ( Pictures below the cut! ) (Comment on this)
Friday, February 18th, 2011
7:46 pm	Model Painting I've been doing some painting again, and I've found some tricks for better photography. I've put some shots of models up on a Flickr stream so they're publicly accessible. Like this one, of a fire sorceress that I've painted up: ( There's more below the cut... ) (2 Comments |Comment on this)
Sunday, February 6th, 2011
3:06 pm	Community D&D If you have not seen it, I highly recommend last week's episode of Community. It's all about a study group at a local community college sitting down to play D&D. It's hilarious if you're not a roleplayer. (My wife enjoyed it.) If you are, then the jokes are even better. It can be found on Hulu for a couple weeks, yet. (1 Comment |Comment on this)
Monday, January 24th, 2011
7:11 pm	We're Raising a Good Republican On the way down the stairs this morning, my older boy was breathing in and out heavily. "Woooo-haaaa. Woooo-haaaaa." E. asks, "Why are you breathing in and out like that?" "I'm talkin' to Darth Vader." (Comment on this)
Wednesday, January 12th, 2011
12:49 pm	The Boy's Eyes I have come to admire Tony Woodlief's writing. He's consistently eloquent and finds interesting angles to approach problems. His book, "Somewhere More Holy," is a treasure. He comments on Jared Loughner today, and you ought to go read it. (Comment on this)
Friday, January 7th, 2011
12:34 pm	Yeah, He's My Boy You think? (1 Comment |Comment on this)
Sunday, January 2nd, 2011
9:47 pm	Gaming With My Kid My usual Sunday RPG group was over, but we were missing a couple of guys. We elected to play board games instead. We got in a round of Strange Synergy, and then played three rounds of PitchCar before finishing up with a game of Galaxy Trucker. During the third game of PitchCar Alex asked if he could play games, too. So we set him up with a car on the track and he gave it a go. Y'know, he wasn't bad. He was trailing the rest of us the entire game, but he didn't much care. He got to play games with Daddy, and that's what really counts. I think we'll be able to set up some simple PitchCar games on our own time and play 'em together. He gets the concept pretty well. He just doesn't care about winning at this point, which is fine. But it's something we get to do together. I just wish I'd discovered this earlier in the vacation, rather than the night before I had to go back to work. (Comment on this)
Monday, December 6th, 2010
5:07 pm	Troll Slaying ericakeithley, troll slayer. I'm thinking maybe we'll get her a mohawk and some orange hair dye. (Comment on this)
Wednesday, December 1st, 2010
6:17 pm	Bacon Makes Anything Better "Alex, would you like a cheese sandwich for dinner?" "No." "With bacon?" "N-- I mean YES!" (1 Comment |Comment on this)
1:14 pm	Model Painting I'm getting better at painting models. Really, I am. However, I see something like these guys' work, and I realize I'm only a fair painter. (Comment on this)
Tuesday, November 30th, 2010
9:39 am	Snowman Milk I get home from work a few days ago, and my son walks right up to me and asks, "Daddy, can I have some snowman milk?" Say what? "Daddy, can I have some snowman milk pleasethankyou?" What's "snowman milk?" My wife chimes in: "Egg nog. There's a picture of a snowman on the half-gallon container." Right. Snowman milk. Okay. We'll share some, kiddo. (1 Comment |Comment on this)
Wednesday, November 17th, 2010
11:48 am	I Think You're All Missing the Point It's obvious that TSA's new directives on full-body scans and searches aren't about security. No, these searches are a cladestine way of providing a positive, fruitful outlet for that most oppressed segment of society: Pedophiles. Think about it! Through no fault of their own, these poor people must repress their urges regarding children. It is obviously the right and duty of our fine government to provide them with an outlet for their desires, while still maintaining control over the darker side of that behavior. And what a way to perform this public service! In the full light of day pedophiles are allowed to view naked images of children, thus slaking their lusts. But that's not all, oh no. If a misinformed or otherwise non-obedient "citizen" attempts to deny them their outlet, then the pedophile is allowed to feel the object of his desire directly! Indeed, TSA need not even advertise for pedophiles to take the positions offered. With the obvious fringe benefits they'll be drawn to the job like moths to a flame, thus maintaining their cover as fine, upstanding citizens while still providing an outlet for their desires. Beautiful, isn't it? (1 Comment |Comment on this)
Thursday, November 11th, 2010
9:18 am	The Voice of My Childhood Dave Niehaus, voice of the Mariners, died yesterday. He was the voice of my childhood. Every time I flipped on the radio, Dave was there to talk about my beloved Mariners. He made bad teams interesting, and he made great teams mythic. That low, bass voice, his varied cadences, the beautiful descriptive words he used to tell the story of a game. I'll miss it all. Dave was the Mariners, from his call of the first pitch in '77, up through the great teams of the late 90s and early 00s, and then limping through the pain of the last couple of years. All of the great baseball moments I've experienced have a Dave Niehaus soundtrack to accompany them. He's a big part of why I love the game. I'll miss him. (2 Comments |Comment on this)