Still kicking

Hello, my hopefully loyal readers. Please bear with me while I get back into the habit of writing.

Let me start this off with some pictures of what's occupied my time. I unpacked all of these boxes (nearly thirty):




Onto these shelves:




This is still a great feeling, to see my entire game collection out and displayed. I have never really seen it spread out before, and I cannot swear that these pictures really do it justice. The number's about 430ish, but some of those are expansions. I did a quick count on actual-never-played games, and that came to a shade over 100. That means that I've played more than three-quarters of my games.

My wife keeps saying, "Oh, right! I forgot about that one" and "I've never even seen that one before!" My friends are a little stunned and partially overwhelmed with choices. I need to start some plan and effort to learn unplayed games before cracking them to the group.

I love being a geek

My brother shot me a link to this most awesome gallery of geek culture and computer rigs. Some I like, some I covet, some I admire, and at least one or two I fear.

Vintage weirdness

It makes me happy to see surreality, particularly in earnest. Why is this man sitting on a dead horse in a top hat?

More info over at CNN and the Sheboygan Press.

Filmic updates

Elrod has some pictures up for the forthcoming Pepper Island films production. They've done some location scouting and have their four cast members. I'm sure we'll see more as the production moves forward.

I particularly like this one of my brother: