Well, that was a terribly long absence. Back in March I couldn’t keep up with my Game of Life due to working two jobs at once, and that got me out of my blogging habit too. But I think I’ll at least catch you all up on the major happenings this year, and then maybe […]
Lots of catch up on… Went to the Midwest Gaming Classic the weekend before last, for my 3rd time. Once again, an enjoyable drive through northern Wisconsin. And again I stopped at the loneliest Subway in the world, halfway down the inexplicable beautiful divided highway that connects Superior, Wisconsin with Eau Claire, Wisconsin. There were […]
Back to wrapping up my geek trip stories… One of my goals for the trip was to buy a couple Hummer Off-Road Racing Challenge plug and play games since I was involved in the development of it. I wanted one to play around with, and the other to keep in the box – a useful […]
On Saturday, Jason, Kati and I climbed in the Dragon Wagon (the nickname for their 3rd car, an older Subaru station wagon purchased for $800 so Jason could learn to drive stick-shift – it’s been remarkably reliable) and drove about an hour to Oconomowoc, Wisconsin, where the MGC was being held at the Olympia Resort. […]
I got back last night from my first geek trip of the year. My dad allowed me to borrow his car which was great, because I did the whole trip for only about $100 in gas, compared to the (estimated) $250 my truck would have eaten. I can no longer take our fairly fuel-efficient minivan […]
Day Three was a Sunday, the Expo was over for another year, and today I’d head home, but first was some good hang-out time. A friend and I went for a long drive trying to find breakfast, and ended up settling for Denny’s. I ordered one of the specials for $4.99, and he got something […]
Before I continue (finally), I want to publically thank Dave Ross and Scott (I think it’s McCoy but I’m not sure because the swrapexpo.org site seems to be missing) for putting on another great Expo. (Dave: very cool that Amy did the NaNoWriMo last year.) I had heard that Paul Slocum was going to be […]
Travelling to Chicago is my annual chance to listen to a bunch of cool tapes from my aging collection. This year I brought a bag of about 50 cassettes. I play a bit of a game with it, randomly drawing a tape out and listening to the whole thing, whether I like it or not. […]
Saturday – expo day! As usual, Friday night hanging-out-itude went way too late, so we were late for the 9 a.m. start time. Mark and I (the two dads) managed to wake up well before Adrian – this too, is usual. The conference room was once again in the basement of banishment. I think that […]
I’m already back in Thunder Bay, and wasn’t able to do much writing while I was away, so I’ll work on catching up with my trip blog over this week. Back to Friday… While I was still waiting for folks to show up, I thought I’d take a (short) hike and find some lunch. Only […]