... the IT man in LibraryLand
Believe me when I tell you that nothing impacts neighbourly relationships like a missing rubbish bin.
So what have those dirty bin-stealers done to earn one's ire you ask?
Well, for starters, the invertebrates have hidden our giant recycle bin so well that not even the leet roof-scaling, leaping, and fence-peering-through binja skills of Salsa Girl and I have been able to uncover the locale of its internment.
One fears that a call to the council for a replacement will only fan the flickering flames of utter enmity one feels for those rubbish receptacle removing reptiles, when the council staff pose an inflammatory question such as: Perhaps one of your neighbours has accidentally taken it in sir?
ACCIDENTALLY!!!
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A Brief Encounter
So, the other day - whilst rearranging furniture two days ahead of schedule - this happened exactly* this way:
* One uses exactly as defined in current world political parlance
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Big J: Do you think I'm impatient?
Freeloading Phill [with extreme diplomacy] : Well...
Big J: Oh never mind, you're taking too long to answer.
* One uses exactly as defined in current world political parlance
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Gaming the Band Back Together
Sunday last was another of one's regular board gaming sessions.
This one however was pre-advertised longer than usual and thus attracted both FridgePower and Judge Mingus. It was therefore a mini band reunion of sorts. Although, in the words of that great philosophical treatise from back in nineteen hundred and eighty four - Revenge of the Nerds - "Sh*t, we forgot to practice!"
With most, nay, all of the regulars also attending we struggled to find a game that could also accomodate Legion2, Pirate Dave, Badger, Miasmakat, and BestFriendSincePrep, given that Legion2 vetoed Block Mania and I no longer have the second set of blocks required to take it up to an 8 player monstrosity.
We settled on The Great Dalmuti in which the decidedly left-leaning Judge Mingus orchestrated a rather hypocritically rapid rise into the privileged aristocracy.
Other highlights included my finally winning another game of Samurai Battles thanks to my general in crime FridgePower who's "I don't know what I'm doing" tactics helped win the day; a return to Dominion basic and simple cards; and Pirate Dave's Epic 8 minute final turn in Eight Minute Empire.
If this level of attendance continues we may have to resort to multiple games running at the same time - or I could return to my usual last minute flash-mob style of alerting people it is on.
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This one however was pre-advertised longer than usual and thus attracted both FridgePower and Judge Mingus. It was therefore a mini band reunion of sorts. Although, in the words of that great philosophical treatise from back in nineteen hundred and eighty four - Revenge of the Nerds - "Sh*t, we forgot to practice!"
With most, nay, all of the regulars also attending we struggled to find a game that could also accomodate Legion2, Pirate Dave, Badger, Miasmakat, and BestFriendSincePrep, given that Legion2 vetoed Block Mania and I no longer have the second set of blocks required to take it up to an 8 player monstrosity.
We settled on The Great Dalmuti in which the decidedly left-leaning Judge Mingus orchestrated a rather hypocritically rapid rise into the privileged aristocracy.
Other highlights included my finally winning another game of Samurai Battles thanks to my general in crime FridgePower who's "I don't know what I'm doing" tactics helped win the day; a return to Dominion basic and simple cards; and Pirate Dave's Epic 8 minute final turn in Eight Minute Empire.
If this level of attendance continues we may have to resort to multiple games running at the same time - or I could return to my usual last minute flash-mob style of alerting people it is on.
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G, What a Book
So the latest tome in one's grand endeavour of the A to Z of Unread SciFi and Fantasy Authors required no recommendation as it had been weighing down one's bowing to read shelf for some years since it was oh so callously discarded from the library collection.
The title in question carries on one's "Pillars" theme from last year and is The Pillars of Creation by Terry Goodkind.
Technically it may count as a recommendation as MatrixMan has spruiked the series from time to time.
In any case, on to the book itself.
One approached it with mild trepidation having heard some things about the authors libertarian-esque leanings - and the dedication being a jingoistic paean to the protectors of our nation didn't help one's wariness.
However once into the story itself (which I shall discuss very shortly dear patient reader) such (pl)attitudes faded into the background.
One was lucky, I believe, that although Pillars is book 7 of 15 in a series it just happens to be the one stand-alone that introduces new characters for the majority of it's story and requires no prior knowledge of convoluted goings on.
In the end it was a standard okay read with no great surprises nor a plot that made me have to keep reading. It also tweaked one's personal dislike for "a wizard did it" as explanation for the workings of magic - although it seems the wider series has more rules for the magic.
In the end it's a three star book that skips my recommend pile and goes straight to declutter.
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The title in question carries on one's "Pillars" theme from last year and is The Pillars of Creation by Terry Goodkind.
Technically it may count as a recommendation as MatrixMan has spruiked the series from time to time.
In any case, on to the book itself.
One approached it with mild trepidation having heard some things about the authors libertarian-esque leanings - and the dedication being a jingoistic paean to the protectors of our nation didn't help one's wariness.
However once into the story itself (which I shall discuss very shortly dear patient reader) such (pl)attitudes faded into the background.
One was lucky, I believe, that although Pillars is book 7 of 15 in a series it just happens to be the one stand-alone that introduces new characters for the majority of it's story and requires no prior knowledge of convoluted goings on.
In the end it was a standard okay read with no great surprises nor a plot that made me have to keep reading. It also tweaked one's personal dislike for "a wizard did it" as explanation for the workings of magic - although it seems the wider series has more rules for the magic.
In the end it's a three star book that skips my recommend pile and goes straight to declutter.
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