The E.B.G.G. report: (Evening Board Game Gathering) The night started with the prompt arrival of Mark and Ellen Robbins. Since the other guests hadn’t arrived yet, I gave them a brief tour of Hive. For those who haven’t caught me saying it a hundred times over, Hive is probably my all time favorite two player game. It’s a simple abstract strategy game about bugs. You can read all the rules and even play against the [...]

The moon was nearly full as I drove into work this morning. As I’ve written before I am transfixed by the magic of the early morning, the slow shuffling process of the world waking up. The night and I have always been friends (and enemies); it’s warm coolness has been a blanket I have often found comfort in. I have a hard time sleeping at night, or in general for that matter. Most days I [...]

So I had a chance to have lunch with Regan Clem and Eric Vitz. Both braved public ridicule to be seen with me (though we made sure to sit way at the back of Apple Bees so as to avoid being a spectacle for others to gawk at), so I sprang for lunch (though I was wise enough to wait until they both had ordered and turned down desert before I made the offer). It [...]

There is a quiet stillness in the air that fills the city in the hours before the approaching dawn. The noise of the rushing cars have faded into the echoes of the calm. There is a warm silence that wraps the empty streets in its arms. I look out over the lifeless concerte and I am filled with peace. There is something so filling about the city before dawn. Those who would seek solace in [...]