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Tag Archives: sacramento
Arden-Dimick gaming last night
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Tagged boardgames, library, meetup, munchkin, sacramento, session_report
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Hagen’s Orange Freeze
It was too hot to cook tonight, so my family decided to try Hagen’s Orange Freeze in Carmichael. I’m pretty sure this used to be the original Merlino’s restaurant, and the new owners apparently are sticking closely to the Merlino’s … Continue reading
Sacramento boardgames tied with Chicago!
Our boardgame meetup in Sacramento just tied Chicago for third most members worldwide! Continue reading
“Sacramento Spotlight” magazine
I ran across an issue of Sacramento Spotlight Magazine, (SSM) which I had never seen before. Looks kind of like an arts/media-focused rendition of Sacramento Magazine. NB: this is not a compliment! Many of the articles seem to be puff … Continue reading
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Tagged mike_comfort, ron_montana, sacramento, sacramento_spotlight_magazine
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Harry Potter discussion tomorrow night
The Sacramento Harry Potter Club and Meetup groups are going to get together at Naked Lounge in Sacramento to discuss the latest book in the series. See the event page for details, RSVP, etc.
Passive cooling strategies
I’m reading a useful-looking article (free PDF) in the August/September 2005 issue of Home Power discussing passive cooling. The third page has a sidebar titled, “Bioclimatic Graph with Cooling Strategies”, which gives suggestions for which type(s) of passive cooling system … Continue reading
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Tagged energy_efficiency, home_power_magazine, sacramento, weather
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I’m #1! I’m #1!
I managed to be first in line for Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince at Borders in Sacramento this morning. It was a close race–I got there at about 05:00, only two hours ahead of the second person in line, … Continue reading
Game night at Arden-Dimick library
I’ve got the community room at the Arden-Dimick branch of the Sacramento Library reserved for boardgaming this coming Wednesday, July 20th from 19:30 until 21:30 (7:30 pm to 9:30 pm for those stuck on 12-hour clocks). I’m posting this event … Continue reading
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Tagged boardgames, library, meetup, sacramento, viking_hobby
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Sacramento boardgaming
Nicholas is setting up a new boardgames site for Sacramento-area gamers. (I’m kibbitzing providing helpful advice.) The new site will be based on WordPress, of course. This whole thing was brought about by Meetup’s recent decision to start charging fees … Continue reading
We bought our house, time to start remodeling!
if (moving && date() == Friday the 13th) { print “Bad idea!!!” } Continue reading