Recreational Reading

Category: Ruminations

  • ’twas the week before Christmas

    Coming back from a vacation can always be a bit of a rough adjustment. Previously, I’d wrap four days off around a weekend to create six days off between two three-day weeks, which seemed to help, but last week I went for the full week off, which made coming back this week a little rough.…

  • 3-day baking adventure and poker night

    One of the things I wanted to accomplish on my week-long vacation this winter, other than grilling some tasty meat, was to get my baking in order for my Christmas party this weekend. What I had originally planned as a two-day baking adventure has turned into a three-day expedition, in part due to a decision…

  • I love grilling

    For the past few days, I’ve spent some time at my parents grilling, and I’ve forgotten how much I love that grill. Sunday night, after the soccer game, I had a few friends over for ribfest: Two racks of baby back ribs, seasoned in a dry rub overnight and then slow-roasted for a few hours…

  • An Awesome Weekend

    Disclaimer: this is going to be a very, very long post. Friday I got the camera lens on my Evo fixed, so I can finally take clear pictures again. Take a peek… Before: my copy of Halo (which arrived a day late, by the way…way to go, Amazon) looking quite hazy. After: tasty chocolate covered…

  • Spinning the wheels

    So, no progress on the efforts to restore a sense of balance. Last week was basically a train wreck for me. It wasn’t pretty. So we try again. I have better hopes for this next week, largely because I have every intention of getting to bed at a reasonable hour tonight. I’ll need to, since…

  • Weekend Recap

    This weekend I took a break from what I hope will become a (reborn) routine and opted to play some video games. Last week I grabbed Bioshock 2 and The Force Unleashed 2 on Amazon and finally had a chance to give them a try this weekend. My (relatively spoiler-free) thoughts on them are below:…

  • Loving this weather

    The weather for this last week has been spectacular. Highs in the 70s, lows in the 50s, cloudless skies. Naturally, I spent the entire time indoors, working, but I was delighted to check the weather tonight and find this: Unfortunately, I’m taking a few days off (aka Fall Break) starting on Thursday, so the timing…

  • A Day Long Remembered

    After coming over for a beer tonight, a friend of mine sent me a text. “Steve Jobs died.” Impossible. Steve Jobes doesn’t die. He can’t die. Unfortunately, this is not true. It’s sobering to reacquaint ourselves with our own mortality, but Steve is no more. While I was not the first of my friends to…

  • September Recap

    As I was getting ready for my Fall Bacchanalia on Saturday with a Star Wars marathon (the good trilogy, in its unadulterated original release form), I realized that September’s been a pretty busy month for me. DISCLAIMER: The bottom (right) edge of my camera lens is scratched up from spinning and sliding my phone around…

  • Time for an experiment

    I have concluded, after the last 24 hours, that I’m sick. Not in a major, show-stopping, don’t-shake-my-hand kind of way, but I’m sick. It’s probably the beginning of the bi-annual sick that I get around this time every fall and spring when the seasons go through their major changes and my body decides it doesn’t…