Monthly Archives: August 2005

Mike Comfort’s album, “Free”

A couple of weeks ago, I read about Mike Comfort’s CD, titled “Free”, and ordered it. I received the CD yesterday and have been listening to it ever since. I’m happy to support a local (Chico, Calif.) artist, especially since … Continue reading

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Official BookCrossing Zone updated

Back in October of 2004, Alicebird and I set up an OBCZ in the coffee shop on the ground floor of our building. Things were pretty hectic, and I somehow managed to forget the email address I had associated with … Continue reading

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Another gaming event at Arden-Dimick library

The Sacramento Boardgames, Cardgames, & Miniatures Meetup Group held their first Saturday game day yesterday at the Arden-Dimick library. I’m pretty sure we had 26 people playing at one point, but I was too busy playing to keep track of … Continue reading

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A “real” iPod

In this post I lamented the fact that I couldn’t realistically use my iPod Shuffle to listen to podcasts. Well, I finally broke down and bought a “real” iPod to give podcasts another try. I’m listening to Mark Johnson’s Boardgames … Continue reading

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Fun little IQ test

I found this little “IQ test” on Kevin’s blog, (which unfortunately doesn’t seem to allow links to individual posts). I took the test and did pretty well, so it must be accurate! 😉 Give it a shot, and link back … Continue reading

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Arden-Dimick gaming last night

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Tabasco chicken

One of my wife’s co-workers asked for our recipe for Tabasco chicken. Here it is. > Ingredients: > > – 3 lb chicken breasts (boneless skinless) > – juice of 2 limes (1/4 cup?) > – olive oil (same amount … Continue reading

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BoardGameGeek feature: session reports by gaming group

A few days ago I was browsing the ‘Geek when I found another cool feature: session reports by gaming group. There’s not much to this–it merely allows one to search the session report database by gaming group, but this simple … Continue reading

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“Recent comments” added

I had a few folks post comments on some of my older posts, and I didn’t notice them right away. The problem is that I rarely use the WordPress “dashboard”, which is the easiest place to find recently added comments. … Continue reading

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Candamir session report

My daughter and I played Candamir again tonight. This was the fourth game for both of us, so we were equally experienced. Until very near the end, “Leif” (red) and “Gisla” (blue) were within one point of each other, with … Continue reading

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