Author Archives: Jim Vanderveen

About Jim Vanderveen

I'm a bit of a Renaissance man, with far too many hobbies for my free time! But more important than any hobby is my family. My proudest accomplishment has been raising some great kids! And somehow convincing my wife to put up with me since 1988. ;)

Started reading “Had Enough?…”

Posted on 2005-12-06 by Jim Vanderveen

I just started reading James Carville’s book, “Had Enough?…” and found this great joke. Continue reading →

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Run For Your Life, Candyman!

Posted on 2005-12-05 by Jim Vanderveen

Back in August I picked up Run for your Life, Candyman!, a hilarious parody of the children’s game, Candyland. We’ve had fun playing it, but we went through the pad of candyman status sheets already. Since the publisher has explicitly … Continue reading →

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Java City leaving Modoc Hall?

Posted on 2005-12-05 by Jim Vanderveen

Java City may be leaving Modoc Hall in June 2006. Will this mean the end of the OBCZ? Continue reading →

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Game store database and an improved games rating page

Posted on 2005-12-04 by Jim Vanderveen

Matthew Gray has done some great work on the BoardGameGeek as well as his own site! Continue reading →

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Improvements in Hell

Posted on 2005-12-03 by Jim Vanderveen

An engineer died and ended up in Hell… Continue reading →

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It’s for real!

Posted on 2005-12-02 by Jim Vanderveen

Holy electric bill, Batman! The Christmas light video making the Internet rounds is an actual display from last year! I assumed it was done with some video trickery, and I still thought it was pretty cool. But if that’s something … Continue reading →

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Cooking with a blowtorch?!?

Posted on 2005-12-02 by Jim Vanderveen

Holly (Daniel’s fiance) has an intriguing cooking technique shown on her blog. “Coconut creme brule” sounds tasty! Hopefully she’ll post the recipe…

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Wenelli’s Pizza

Posted on 2005-12-01 by Jim Vanderveen

Wenelli’s is a great little pizza place in Arden Park! Continue reading →

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Reading: It’s not just a hobby, it’s a way of life!

Posted on 2005-12-01 by Jim Vanderveen

Another pastime for my hobby Page… Continue reading →

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Chocolate eclair cake

Posted on 2005-11-30 by Jim Vanderveen

We celebrated our extended family’s November birthdays last weekend, and my mom made this brutally delicious “cake” for dessert. It’s pretty easy and doesn’t take much time to prepare, (although it does have to sit in the refrigerator for several … Continue reading →

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