July 9, 2007: Turd Painting

Around eight o’clock this evening Dominica’s mother called to tell us that Dominica’s cousin, Andrew – 38 years old and a father of two – had passed away after a short battle with cancer. Scott Adams has a good post today about Honda spokesperson completely messing up what would be a very straightforward defense. I …

July 8, 2007: Wrapping Up a Video Game Weekend.

Dominica and my weekend of total relaxation continues today. We slept in a little this morning and then I decided to start playing Suikoden III on the PS2 which I just got a week or so ago. I originally played Suikoden on the Playstation back in the late 1990s and it was very good – …

July 7, 2007: Really Completing Dragon Quest VIII

After completing Dragon Quest VIII last night and seeing the first ending I was determined that I was going to get to the end of this game today and find the true ending. The storyline was way too engaging to let it go without knowing the “truth” of the characters’ backgrounds and how they are …

July 6, 2007: Dragon Quest VIII Completed… We Thought

Today is my one day of work in what would otherwise be a five day vacation, more or less. Today is hardly a work day, though. There is almost nothing to do. I slept in until seven and started checking my Blackberry. There was a tiny bit of work right at eight in the morning …