Fun with little synths

Posted on December 30, 2010 by Geoff

Very cool.

The instruments:

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We love the Muppets

Posted on September 10, 2010 by Geoff

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USS Albacore

Posted on April 29, 2010 by Geoff

Earlier this Spring, Beloved Wife attended a conference in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, and NatureBoy and I tagged along. While BW was conferring, the boy and I ourselves busy. In the evenings, we ate out and explored some of the shops in Portsmouth downtown.

One of the things NatureBoy and I did was visit the USS Albacore submarine museum, which comprises a small gift shop and museum, and a self-guided tour of the actual submarine.

The Albacore has two large, offset rudders and twin, counter-rotating propellers for increased speed and power. 

USS Albacore - port side

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What class are you?

Posted on March 8, 2010 by Geoff


D&D Home Page – What Class Are You? – Build A Character – D&D Compendium

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Snow days are fun

Posted on February 24, 2010 by Geoff

We’ve been getting a lot of wet, heavy snow over the last day, and more is on the way. I even got my car stuck in the driveway on top of the snow. /sigh

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I decided to take a day off to spend with NatureBoy during his winter vacation. We had a quick morning errand, and had to dig out my car. This gave us an opportunity to exchange volleys of snowballs.

Much of the rest of the day was spent playing BattleLore, which we hadn’t played in a long time. We played three games, and NatureBoy won all of them.

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It’s a fun combination of strategy board game and miniatures.

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I also roasted a chicken with carrots, leeks and turnips in my dutch oven. It was very moist and flavorful. Have I mentioned that I love cooking with my dutch oven?

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We can has swim? drink?

Posted on November 29, 2009 by Geoff

boys-meets-ducks

Before we had chickens, we had ducks! I miss them… sort of. They were happy to help themselves to NB’s kiddie pool. Though, this picture is of their tub. So is it LOLDucks or LOLKid?

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NaNoWriMo Young Writers Program

Posted on November 26, 2009 by Geoff

Official NaNoWriMo YWP 2009 Winner

Nature Boy has participated in the National Novel Writing Month’s Young Writers Program, this month. He’s very excited because he just completed his first draft of his work at over 12,000 words.

He’s been working hard on it, and though I’m not allowed to read it, yet, I can’t wait.

Well done, NB!

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The Oathbound

Posted on November 16, 2009 by Geoff

The Oathbound (Valdemar: Vows and Honor, #1) The Oathbound by Mercedes Lackey

My rating: 4 of 5 stars Finished this last night. I grabbed the Sword and Sorceress III volume from the library in order to read the beginning of the story, and that was very compelling. This volume developed the characters and story arc. I found it less a single novel than a sequence of encounters, but there is an undergirding narrative that connects the separate chapters flowing and coherent. Although I liked this book a lot, I didn’t see the kind of growth and change in the characters that I have seen in other Lackey novels. I will continue reading the the series, though, and see where Tarma and Kethry take me. View all my reviews >>

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Greens, beans, and rice

Posted on October 23, 2009 by Geoff

I improvised a dish with some collard greens, some black beans, and rice, plus onions, carrots, and some dice kielbasa. And I started with two strips of thick-cut Mckenzie bacon.

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It came out very well; Beloved Wife had to go back for a second helping! And I got to use my birthday dutch oven again.

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Sneak attack soda – yum!

Posted on October 20, 2009 by Geoff

A while back, I posted a link on Facebook about the Dungeons & Dragons Limited Edition Spellcasting Sodas from Jones. The mom of a kid who participates in the kids D&D group saw that link, and ordered a case as birthday party favors. And the kid wanted bring some to the gaming group.

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Well, I was skeptical. But I had the sneak attack soda; I think it was the best cream soda I’ve ever had. Of course, NatureBoy wants to get our own case so we can have D&D soda bottles that we treasure forever. :-) .

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