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2012 Christmas project is done. Simultaneous build of 3 crokinole boards. Full write-up with pictures available here. Read More

We went back to Toys R Us and picked up some more minifigs. We were able to positively identify 2 more Computer Programmers, a Bunny Suit Guy and a Jungle Boy. I've updated the post with the parts to look for.   Still trying to nab a Galaxy Patrol, I think that one's going to be just chance. Read More

  It was only a couple of weeks ago when I was at the store buying Lego series 6 minifigs for Easter baskets...ok ok and for myself too. So you can imagine my shock when my wife and were out this weekend and found nothing but empty series 6 displays. Pretty upsetting since I never did land a Minotaur (but one of our sons has one). We hit two different Targets, Barnes & Noble and almost Wal-Mart too. She suggested making a last ditch attempt at Toys R Us and I scoffed at her. For one, every time we've… Read More

I just got billed for my Star Wars The Old Republic subscription, which means I've played through my 30-day free trial. I have a level 50 Sith Sorcerer and I'm putzing around with a teens-level Trooper on the Republic side. Overall its a great game, it has all the hooks I want in a game that I'd be willing to buy a 6 month subscription to (which I did to get the lower monthly prorate), but there are some fundamentals that are broken.     PvP should not be forced on a PvE server - I love that I can alter my character's appearance, via my choice in gear, without the negatives of the gear I like being not as powerful as… Read More

I've had the pleasure of not only attending but Enforcing both annual PAX East conventions that have been held thus far. Karli and I have absolutely loved going to Boston each year. Its a great weekend getaway for us, and the things we've seen and the people we've met have been awesome. Unfortunately the next PAX East is the weekend of April 6-8, 2012, also known as Easter weekend. I'm not going to begin to even try to understand all of the scheduling and logisitcal work that happens behind-the-scenes when it comes to picking dates for something as massive as a PAX. Even in their own words… Read More

And the train keeps rolling on, next extraction from the memories of the old site is the last Beer Knight thread (July 2006-February 2007). After this post most everything moved over to the actual Beer Knight website. As always, enjoy and remember to tip your waiters.   Josh - Lets get this going!   Jeremy - I think if anything this year should teach us that all the planning in the world cannot compete with a lack in execution.   Chris - That is the smartest thing anyone has ever said about anything. That being said, here are my suggestions for next… Read More

This story was epic. The first five posts are actually from the thread Beer Knights: The Creation, making the entirety span from May 13 to August 30, 2006. 247 posts in all. This may be the longest post I ever make on this site. Bad news though, many of the original linked images no longer exist on their host sites (photobucket, imageshack, etc.), the ones that are still out there I've left the links in. Enjoy.   Chris - After Blue Heron Festival 2005, I went over to Jay's apartment and me, him, Jer, and Josh reminisced (or tried to put together the nights from occasional moments of… Read More

In this flashback thread from April 2006, Josh takes a vow of celibacy and hilarity ensues. (note: I am not correcting typos made from the original posts)   Josh - I have decided on May 1st I am taking a vow of celebancy for 180 days. Comments.   Chris - cel·i·ba·cy n. 1. Abstinence from sexual intercourse, especially by reason of religious vows. 2. The condition of being unmarried. According to this, I've been celibate for my entire life! Beat that! ....wait, should I be bragging about that?   Josh - I am just doing this one...Abstinence from… Read More

The next rabbit from the hat of the lost archive, this was The Bad Luck Thread (posts from March to May 2006), which turned into recounting some snow adventures and some of our camping misadventures.   Jeremy - I don't have the greatest luck. Yes, good things still happen to me, but when a bad thing happens (and they tend to often) its usually crazy shit that happens to very few other people. Take for example my identity theft situation...$6500, that isn't something you hear about every day. So it struck me to start chronicling all this. I mean it really struck me, like my latest bad luck incident. This past… Read More

During Operation Clean My Hard Drive I found a lost treasure, the backup SQL database from a website forum I ran back around 2006-2007. Granted that's not that long ago, but the true diamond within is on this site we recollected and recompiled stories from our high school days (1991-1995). Since the version of that forum software is way outdated I can't just restore the old forum, and frankly I have no desire to bring back that forum in a fully functional format. BUT, I can strip out the thread posts and all their memories! The database has over 1600 posts purely in chronological order; I need to remash them into logical threads and such, so… Read More