Never had to (knock on wood)

Suddenly Famous

So the other day I was reading my normal blogroll, including the Torch, and saw a link to an amusing rant. Then I noticed that the bit of the rant being quoted looked awfully familiar.

I'm famous! Sort of. Not really.

Hopefully there weren't too many people who looked through the blog expecting more of the same and not finding it. Unfortunately I mostly reserve my rants for the enjoyment of my friends and loved ones.

Busy Week

A busy week, which is now, thankfully, over.

Mmm Meatloaf

Game Night ended up being cancelled yesterday, due to the inability of Null and Prime to attend, so instead Serdic made meatloaf, mashed potatoes and a tomato, cabbage and bacon dish for dinner. My lovely wife, myself, RJA, and Serdic were all in attendance. The beer was plentiful and the food was awesome.

We had some fun watching with confused expressions as RJA put himself into hysterics of laughter at the idea of me being a tornado destroying a tomato field. Yeah, I don't get it either. Also, syrup does not -- I repeat, does not -- partner well with milk as an acceptable after dinner beverage.

Game Night

It appears that, since TeamHooking will be joining my lovely wife at curling again, the Rocket may join in with game night on Monday and learn how to play Magic (or possibly Vampire if Null is allowed to come out to play).

My Mom Reads My Blog

I suppose I suspected she might, but it was confirmed the other day. It's not like I write anything really racy here or anything, but still. She mentioned that she reads it every day -- and that she would read my sibling unit's blogs every day, if, y'know, they would update regularly.

She's getting an upside down xmas tree. (Sigh.)

Did I ever mention the time I went to my parent's house to visit and she'd reversed the door to the fridge? Used to open to the right, now it opens to the left. Nothing else in the kitchen changed, just the fridge door. And it's not something you'd realize was a change -- it just feels terribly wrong, but you have a hard time figuring out why it feels wrong. Completely messed me up for a minute.

She thought it was pretty funny.

Lord Alanbrooke

Reading the war diaries of Field Marshal Lord Alanbrooke, 1939-45. The first year of the war is a very bizarre read. Shipping off to France with the BEF, getting ready, getting ready, getting ready ... nothing happens for a long time. Then, suddenly, boom! The Germans take France and the Low Countries and everybody's back in Britain worried about invasion. The suddenness of the reversal is profound, as I imagine it especially would have been for people expecting to re-fight the long painful slog of the First World War.

Interesting read if you can get through it. Most of it is not exactly edge-of-your-seat stuff.

Kung Foo

Off to Kung Fu shortly.