OUT OF THE HOSPITAL

Last week’s blizzard being a memory, Old Man Winter has decided to remind us what winter is about. Again. The folks around here, like folks anywhere I guess, get uptight when the words “Snow” and “Rain” are uttered by the weather people on TV. Add the words “Ice” and “freezing Rain” into that statement, and the herd gets spooked and stampedes around town to stock supplies and hoard food. Some things I have noticed:

1) Driving around: I feel like the pace car on a 3 day Grand Prix Rally…normally… Continue

I recently took the kidlets to a neighborhood park. As I watched them running around having fun and screaming with reckless abandon, it stuck me how different parks today are from their counterparts of yore. Here are some examples:

LOCATION: Now – The site is chosen with great care for its scenic beauty and is professionally landscaped. The park is lighted and the sidewalks are clean. The parking is accessible to many cars and there is usually a soccer field and a softball field.

Then - the si… Continue

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Ok, we all have them...the shelf warmers, covered in dust because we said "Hey, that looks cool!" when we bought them and promptly moved on. You don't want to sell them, but can never find the time to play them. These are are the games we have but want to play before we die. Mine are:

The Gamers CWB 7 Days Opus...
Wacht Am Rhien (SPI Version)
Atlantic Wall
This Terrible Sound
Bloody Omaha (ATS)
All 5 Fleet Games
Grand Europa ( I have it all, but am still waiting for the rules to link them...I w… Continue