Month: January 2008

Yeah, you probably noticed that posting stopped for a while. You may have heard on X3F that a vicious winter storm blasted Oklahoma (and many other states) a few weeks ago. Annie and I were actually very lucky, as we only lost power for a day or so (some people didn’t have power for weeks). We did, however, lose our cable/internet/telephone for pretty much the whole week. That meant I had to do my posting at my parents’ place, which was difficult. Don’t get me wrong, I love going to see my folks, but it’s not my work environment. As such, I was behind on my posts in December. I’ve got some nice pictures I figured I could share, so enjoy.

My neighbor’s Car

Our car (AKA Annie’s car)

Glass grass. I took a lot of these.

More glass grass

Lenny is confused.

Oh look, glass grass!

Yet more grass

Another neighbor’s yard.

My car’s antenna

My car’s antenna: EXTREME CLOSEUP!

Leaves

Glass grass: the return

Shopping carts don’t know it’s cold.

The street was completely blocked to the east

So there you go. Crazy, no?

Oh, and, just so there is at least one reference to video games in here, I’m incredibly excited about Bionic Commando Rearmed. If you haven’t seen it, go take a look.

So, yes, the holidays caused quite a slow down around here. I started working on a post about the massive ice storm that blew through Tulsa before Christmas, and you’ll get that soon, complete with some great pictures. In the meantime, I thought I’d put up an update to let all five of my readers know that I’m not disappearing again. Just so this post isn’t completely devoid of things you might actually enjoy reading, here’s a rundown of my gaming related Christmas and B-Day gifts (my birthday is December 20, by the way).

Rock Band — complete surprise gift from my mom. And before you ask, yes, I do know how to play a whole song on my guitar, even though it’s just four chords repeated over and over again. I’m not sure she knew that, but I’m not exactly complaining :)

Super Mario Galaxy — some of the purest fun I’ve had in a while. The only gift I really wanted this Christmas, and I got it. It’s Mario and it’s good. What more do you need?

Halo: Contact Harvest — the fifth book in the Halo series. So far, it’s excellent. Much, much better than the Mass Effect book, which I’ve yet to finish. If you enjoy reading about the interactions between the various races of the Covenant, I think you’ll enjoy it. For instance, if you know what a Huragok is, go get this book now.

That’s pretty much it. I’m currently awaiting Overlord from Gamefly, really looking forward to it.

Oh, and I should mention that the 50th episode of the Xbox 360 Fancast is now available and I’m really happy with it. It took a full two working days to put it together and I’m glad I’m done with it. Go check it out and let me know what you think [whoops, forgot to add a link. There you go]. Also, a sneak peek at some of the images coming your way from the Ice Storm of ’07:
My neighbor’s car