Somehow I got into reading about how the military is investing in “micro flight” devices, one thing leads to another, and I’m at a website looking at pictures of what I now know I have been saving all my money for. It’s not for retirement. It’s to get me one of these babies. Which is …
Monthly Archive: August 2007
Aug
27
Books that Changed Me
It’s funny, I never used to read non-fiction. I was solely an entertainment reader. My dad pointed this out to me a few times and tried to get me into reading some more educational books while I was in high school. I steadfastly refused to “get serious” with my reading choices. But at some point, …
Aug
23
Final Fantasy XII
It’s always a let down at the end. You just can’t spend nearly 80 hours (79 hours and 54 mintues to be exact) playing a game and then expect to be satisfied by the ending. I mean when’s the last time you played any game for eighty hours? Well, for me that’s easy: it was …
Aug
19
Friends Who Can Cook (and build their own computers)
It’s always nice to be invited to dinner at friends’. Especially if, as in the case of Tamara and Doug, they have a beautiful place in the country and really know how to cook. Yesterday we had the pleasure of driving to a part of the Dutch lanscape that we have never seen, a small …
Aug
13
Feel Like Dancin’
I just couldn’t help myself. If this doesn’t make you laugh then I don’t know what will. I’m memorizing every move in this video so I can bust up the dance floor next time I’m at “Het Paard” or Danzig. Now I just need to get me some white pants and a shag jacket and …
Aug
04
Harry Potter VII and naked old people
Sometimes you just have one of those perfect summer days. They start with sleeping in, then slowly waking up with a lot of repositioning, cuddling, and half-asleep kisses. Then they continue with lunch on your sunlit balcony looking out at the trees in the neighbor’s backyard. Followed by a ride to the dunes, encampment on …