Boston Day IV - No Chowda for you

So, here I am in Boston and I haven't had any 'Chowda'. What is the world coming too? Wednesday Night I had dinner with The Other Half's sister and her husband. We went to the historic Union Oyster House, the oldest running restaurant in the US. The company was great. Had a wonderful conversation with the sister-in-law and her husband about the kids, their get away house in New Hampshire, the upcoming trip for The Other Half to Europe with their parents. Good stuff. The food... Well... It was OK, but not a WOW factor by any means. It was loud and the wait staff while polite was very slow. I made major blunder and ate either too fast or something didn't sit well and I did get sick for the first time. After we left the restaurant we walked for 10 minutes while I was in serious pain, but then I found a deserted trash can and let it go and felt 100% better. It was freaky. The three of us walked out to the harbor and continued talking. Other then getting sick it was a good evening.

Class today was a discussion on Intellectual Property and Risk Management among other topics. I pointed the teacher to techdirt.com, which is a great site on IP, privacy issues, and other geeky news. If you follow the IP discussion, regardless of your view point, it is worth having in your daily scans.

Dinner tonight I took the instructors advice and hit a a place called Kaze Shabu Shabu. I had not heard of a Shabu Shabu before, but being a sucker for Japanese cooking in general (Still waiting for an invite to Gyoze night at the Rief house... Hint, Hint!), I thought I would give it a go. Wow. This one was good. It is basically a Japanese version of fondue, but for me, just the good parts... A few tasty veggies and meat. Each person gets a personal pot to cook their meat. I had chicken with some seafood, mainly scallops, salmon, fish cake, and some white fish. You throw it into the pot to let it cook usually veggies first to let them cook the longest, then a piece at a time of the thinly cut meats. Great sauce as well that you could make spicy to taste. In the end you make a broth that is tasty after all the stuff you've ate has cooked. If I was staying another night, I would most likely do this one again.

RftG update on solo play. Robot 7, Me 3. Stupid Robot.

I got cleared to play some D&D on Saturday since I'm getting back early and I've made a Dwarf Invoker for the game since Rob is running his campaign. Should be interesting. I'll post later this weekend on Thron and his exploits.

jp

Swish-Swish

Spider Solitaire Ate My Brain!

Greetings one and all,

For the past two weeks, every time I sit down to do something on this damn computer, I open up Spider Solitaire and blow anywhere from 45-90 minutes. Seriously. I don't know what to do. I've got plenty of games that I can hook up to the new system that should run a lot better, I just can't get motivated. To boot, I'm at a pathetic 10% win rate on the medium level. Stupid Spiders!

On Saturday Rob ran his campaign. Good session with Rillic, Cleric of Tempus, leveling up to third level. No dramatic kills this time around for Rillic, but he did contribute to the skill challenges and a big battle with the entcaps once he figured out the whole healing thing. :) Looks like next week we pick up again in Thunderspire. Looking forward to running and hope to have a little better theme music too! :-)

Speaking of music, I know I am slow on the upkeep, but the Eldest told me about Pandora, and I finally got around to checking it out. Pretty cool site. The Other Half has even set up a few channels. I'm trying to set up an RPG station with theme music, but they don't have the Conan Soundtrack on the site.

On the resolutions, it is a mix bag. I made my goal for the gym, was good all week on soda until game night when I downed three or four. Still no fried taters. That alone is a blessing. I do travel next week for work, so the fast food calling might be to tight. We shall see.

I've been assembling new Cygnar stuff lately to and using the Dragon Forge Bases. I'll get some happy snaps up soon as I think they are looking pretty good so far!

Also, almost forgot, I picked up the Acer Aspire One Notebook. I needed something for business travel, just to keep connected, and I think it will fit the bill.

Until next time,

jp
Arachnids on the Mind