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Feb. 15th, 2006 12:21 pmValentine's Day was a good day indeed. The Girl got me the best Valentine's Day present ever. You see, some time ago during what I like to call "the fountain pen years" I bought a couple of really cool prints explaining the inner workings of a couple of my favorite old-school models (here and here), but I never got around to getting them framed. I showed them to Susan a month or more ago, and she serreptitiously took them and framed them excellently. They're really beautiful and I need to find a place to display them.
Then we kissed a bit, then we went and watched The Otters at Martyr's and came back and snuggled together. I vaguely remember a dream where I was buying paint for my walls, only this store sold the paint bulk-style and there were just big bins of it everywhere. Apart from that weird dream, though, it was a great night.
You know that rant I've kept up for years that judged sports, such as Figure Skating or Ski Jumping or Snowboarding, shouldn't be in the Olympics? I've decided that's a bullshit stance. They can be fun.
I went through and re-rated all of the games I have rated in the BoardGameGeek database because I was finding that I had too many 8's and 9's that weren't very representative. So I re-rated them and tried to go for a bit of a bell-curve. It took a while, but it was satisfying to me.
So here's my new Top Ten list:
As previously mentioned, I ordered tickets to a Blackhawks game (vs. the Dallas Stars) for March 5. Susan's going with me and we're going to have fun, because it's HOCKEY! Susan was very happy to see that I had a few hockey jerseys and wore my Hamilton Bulldogs sweater for a bit the other night. Here's a picture of her being very cute in it (artwork by Keith Rash). After I took that picture, we played floor hockey, where she tried to stop me from shooting the puck (a Hong Kong Phooey stuffed animal) into the goal (the box from my printer). She did well as (a) the goal was small, (b) the "puck" wasn't really that easy to shoot, and (c) I suck at hockey.
Moo-Cow doesn't like floor hockey so much.
Curling rules, and I get to try it on Sunday. Thanks to Kyla for finding it (I think) and Nancy for inviting Susan and I along
That was a lot of update.
Then we kissed a bit, then we went and watched The Otters at Martyr's and came back and snuggled together. I vaguely remember a dream where I was buying paint for my walls, only this store sold the paint bulk-style and there were just big bins of it everywhere. Apart from that weird dream, though, it was a great night.
You know that rant I've kept up for years that judged sports, such as Figure Skating or Ski Jumping or Snowboarding, shouldn't be in the Olympics? I've decided that's a bullshit stance. They can be fun.
I went through and re-rated all of the games I have rated in the BoardGameGeek database because I was finding that I had too many 8's and 9's that weren't very representative. So I re-rated them and tried to go for a bit of a bell-curve. It took a while, but it was satisfying to me.
So here's my new Top Ten list:
- Euphrat & Tigris
- Through the Desert
- YINSH
- San Marco
- Ingenious
- Power Grid
- Time's Up
- Ra
- Traders of Genoa, The
- Bohnanza
As previously mentioned, I ordered tickets to a Blackhawks game (vs. the Dallas Stars) for March 5. Susan's going with me and we're going to have fun, because it's HOCKEY! Susan was very happy to see that I had a few hockey jerseys and wore my Hamilton Bulldogs sweater for a bit the other night. Here's a picture of her being very cute in it (artwork by Keith Rash). After I took that picture, we played floor hockey, where she tried to stop me from shooting the puck (a Hong Kong Phooey stuffed animal) into the goal (the box from my printer). She did well as (a) the goal was small, (b) the "puck" wasn't really that easy to shoot, and (c) I suck at hockey.
Moo-Cow doesn't like floor hockey so much.
Curling rules, and I get to try it on Sunday. Thanks to Kyla for finding it (I think) and Nancy for inviting Susan and I along
That was a lot of update.
