Archive for January 24th, 2013

Idle Musings

Posted January 24, 2013 By Dave Thomer
  • My daughter really likes to play board games. I also really like to play board games. This works out very well. This week, she wanted to get a copy of Clue, so we went to Target. We came THISCLOSE to buying a newer, updated version of the game that changed a lot of the rules and the cards and would have sent me into a fit of complaining. It also wouldn’t have been the same version she played at school, so no one would be happy. Fortunately, Target also has a set of retro editions of a lot of Parker Brothers games, so the day was saved. Professor Plum rides again.
  • Over the next year, I am adding “Learn how to build model castles” to my resolution list. This year we’re doing a lot of improvising, which is fine. But I may be able to be more help next year.
  • I am trying not to comment on current news in the SF movie world as of 10 PM Eastern time January 24, because I feel a heavy case of Geek Curmudgeon Syndrome coming on.
  • For the second time in three years, I think it’s gonna snow the weekend of EduCon. Hopefully we only get a couple of inches this time.
  • I am also not commenting on the lack of filibuster reform in the Senate because you guys don’t want to read a post that’s the equivalent of a Don Music sketch on Sesame Street. (Is it true tat they retired him because they didn’t want kids to bang their heads on their desks? Or was that just me?)