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Well, those who know us know we went on strike this xmas. That’s right, no tree, no lights, no eggnog (not a favourite in our house anyways), and no prezzies except for the kids. Understandable since Kanta Loupe McD is about to come any moment now. As such, this year has been by far one of the best we have ever done. Talk about stress free holidays.

In preparation for adding on to the family, we thought that dates out are going to become even less likely that they are now, so we did some boardgame shopping. Already having Carcassonne and Settlers in hand and played quite a bit, I did some googling and even managed to exert the effort to post the results on slashdot. As such we have added several award winning games to our games closet (aka the china cabinet since the china is packed in the basement so the Monsta can’t play with them).

First we have Hive, a strategic game that can only be described as speed chess on crack in 5 min or less. As well we also got Thurn & Taxis, 2006 Spiel winner that is often compared to Ticket to Ride. Third we picked up San Juan, the faster, more portable version of Puerto Rico (which we haven’t played). Finally we picked up Lost Cities, a two-person game that is quick, portable, and an awesome mix of luck and strategy. I am not sure if I should take it as a compliment or insult that when we go to drexoll games that they recognize us. At some point, I would also like to play Apples to Apples but that requires a large group and I think that it would be even better with Fireball mixed in which by the way never feels quite as good at six am the next day when Monsta wakes me up to play with his set of plastic (but working and noisy) home depot power tools.

Born December 30, 2006 at 18:32.  6 lbs 2.6 oz.  Mom and daughter doing fine.  Dad’s really going to miss playing hockey.

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For SlantyK the bathroom will never be the same.

As I posted a while ago Rory Fitzpatrick is being nominated for the NHL all-star game.  He is currently second in NHL all-star balloting for western conference defensmen.

In it’s self only mildly amusing.  There are lots of videos on YouTube promoting him.  The one that made this post worth while is:

Another similar one is here.

I’ve been talking about the Modern Drunkard Magazine since 2003 (proof here). It delivers clear (and funny) advice for those of you who insist on wrecking their livers.

Personally, I can’t even hope to come close to the lofty goals they set (I’m a lightweight. Or a middleweight. Or maybe there’s some inbetween class made up by a boxing federation that best describes me, dunno.) But they sure are funny.

This issue they bring us tis the season to fall down drunk, tips for holiday drinking. For example, “Don’t worry if you hate wrapping presents, because your favorite store provides free gift wrapping. Just give the brown bag a little twist around the neck of the bottle and hey! All done!”

I’m going to the in-laws for a few days, so I may have to study the list.

Bonus: Andre the Giant, best drinker ever

I’m coming home! Only temporarily of course, but I’ve got my flights booked and everything so lock up your liquor cabinets. I arrive Feb 15th, and leave on the 28th, so a pretty good stint. The craziest thing was my return flight from Glasgow to Belfast cost £0.00 pounds. £3.00 after I told them I had one bad to check. Plus taxes of course…