Sunday, September 04, 2011
The Days' Games
Today:
Carcassone -- 40 minutes
Cranium -- 80 minutes
Dominion -- 60 minutes
Coloretto -- 20 minutes
Saturday, September 03, 2011
Friday, September 02, 2011
Games
We are participating in the Million Minute Challenge ... trying to see if people can play one million minutes worth of board and card games from Sept 1 to Dec 31. We've participated in this for the past four years.
Last night we played:
Elfenland - 60 minutes
Dominion - 60 minutes
Cribbage - 40 minutes
Last night we played:
Elfenland - 60 minutes
Dominion - 60 minutes
Cribbage - 40 minutes
Tuesday, March 02, 2010
Earth Knocked Off its Axis!
According to scientists, the earthquake in Chile was so powerful that it knocked the Earth off its axis by as much as three inches, which means that our days are now shorter by something on the order of one millionth of a second.
I'm impressed that we can actually tell that the axis has been changed.
...or can we...?
I'm getting this vision of a bunch of eggheads sitting in a room...
"That was a big earthquake in Chile."
"Yeah, really big."
"People are going to want some scientific information as a result."
"It's crazy! We tell them that it was big, but they always want to know more!"
"We need to impress the people with some scientific crap that will wow and scare them at the same time."
"What should we tell them?"
--lots of fingers drumming on tables--
"How about that it was so big that you could see the land shifting from space!?"
"Ooh...that's good!"
"No...the astronauts already uploaded some video to the internet and you can't see squat."
"Astronauts? Really? I thought that was all hog-wash, too."
"Hey...what if we said that it was so big it shook junks of ice loose from the Antarctica?"
"Nah...we're using the global warming theory for that."
"I know...ready for this?...we say that it knocked the earth off its axis!"
"Wouldn't we be floating through space or toward the sun or something then?"
"No, no! This is good....we say it was only by five inches or something. Something small, but impressive. Small enough that no one can prove us wrong, even though they'll try."
"I like it."
"But if the earth has been knocked off its axis, then..."
"...then...our days are shorter!"
"Yeah, by a hundredth of a second!"
"Or even smaller!"
"A millionth of a second!"
"Ha! Yeah! No idiot's going to go out and actually measure to prove it right or wrong!"
"They couldn't if they wanted!"
"That's great! Let's type it up and send it out as a press release!"
"Good job, guys. See you tomorrow?"
I'm impressed that we can actually tell that the axis has been changed.
...or can we...?
I'm getting this vision of a bunch of eggheads sitting in a room...
"That was a big earthquake in Chile."
"Yeah, really big."
"People are going to want some scientific information as a result."
"It's crazy! We tell them that it was big, but they always want to know more!"
"We need to impress the people with some scientific crap that will wow and scare them at the same time."
"What should we tell them?"
--lots of fingers drumming on tables--
"How about that it was so big that you could see the land shifting from space!?"
"Ooh...that's good!"
"No...the astronauts already uploaded some video to the internet and you can't see squat."
"Astronauts? Really? I thought that was all hog-wash, too."
"Hey...what if we said that it was so big it shook junks of ice loose from the Antarctica?"
"Nah...we're using the global warming theory for that."
"I know...ready for this?...we say that it knocked the earth off its axis!"
"Wouldn't we be floating through space or toward the sun or something then?"
"No, no! This is good....we say it was only by five inches or something. Something small, but impressive. Small enough that no one can prove us wrong, even though they'll try."
"I like it."
"But if the earth has been knocked off its axis, then..."
"...then...our days are shorter!"
"Yeah, by a hundredth of a second!"
"Or even smaller!"
"A millionth of a second!"
"Ha! Yeah! No idiot's going to go out and actually measure to prove it right or wrong!"
"They couldn't if they wanted!"
"That's great! Let's type it up and send it out as a press release!"
"Good job, guys. See you tomorrow?"
Thursday, February 25, 2010
Facebook, Twitter, Blogger oh my!
It's really hard to keep posting to a blog when I also have a Twitter account, a Facebook account, a web site, a blog, a Buzz and Toast (okay, I made that last one up...but it'll soon be the name of some sort of social media -- count on it!).
Monday, January 04, 2010
Happy 2010
It's a new year and I can't believe I haven't posted anything on this blog in over three months, and certainly nothing 'substantial' in a much longer time than that. I'd say that I've been Tweeting on Twitter, but I haven't. If anything, I check my Facebook page and respond to the occasional post from others on there.
I've been working on the writing and have sent a few things out and have had the occasional acceptance (two short puppet plays will be anthologized this year).
Teaching at a local university took quite a bit of my free time in preparation. I'm teaching again, a different course at a different university, but feel a little more confident about it since it's a course in something that I've worked in during my professional theatrical career.
Managed to direct a play in the fall, which received good comments and made some good money for the producer.
Can't wait to see what 2010 holds.
I've been working on the writing and have sent a few things out and have had the occasional acceptance (two short puppet plays will be anthologized this year).
Teaching at a local university took quite a bit of my free time in preparation. I'm teaching again, a different course at a different university, but feel a little more confident about it since it's a course in something that I've worked in during my professional theatrical career.
Managed to direct a play in the fall, which received good comments and made some good money for the producer.
Can't wait to see what 2010 holds.
Wednesday, September 23, 2009
Random Album generator
A friend recently posted one of those silly "try this" posts on his Facebook account. It was three steps to generate an album (band name, album title, album photo). It goes like this:
1: Go to "Wikipedia." Hit “random... Read More”
or click http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Random
The first random wikipedia article you get is the name of your band.
2: Go to "Random quotations"
or click http://www.quotationspage....com/random.php3
The last four or five words of the very last quote of the page is the title of your first album.
3: Go to Flickr and click on “explore the last seven days”
or click http://www.flickr.com/explore/interesting/7days
Third picture, no matter what it is, will be your album cover.
4: Use photoshop or similar to put it all together.
1: Go to "Wikipedia." Hit “random... Read More”
or click http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Random
The first random wikipedia article you get is the name of your band.
2: Go to "Random quotations"
or click http://www.quotationspage....com/random.php3
The last four or five words of the very last quote of the page is the title of your first album.
3: Go to Flickr and click on “explore the last seven days”
or click http://www.flickr.com/explore/interesting/7days
Third picture, no matter what it is, will be your album cover.
4: Use photoshop or similar to put it all together.
Because I had nothing better to do, I tried it, and although slightly disappointed with my band name, the results were rather uncanny. I feel as though my album already exists somewhere... probably in a bargain bin in an antique shop. My album is here..
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