Woops, minor mistake

'Tweren't food poisoning; 'twere stomach flu, as was proven by the huz being ill late last night.  Fortunately, he seems to be feeling better already.  Still not fair that we managed to get sick during vacation not once, but twice.  Rrrrr.

If gamers ruled the world

Tom Armitage has an interesting blogpost about gaming (mostly videogames, though at least some of his arguments could apply to other types of games as well) and how the generalized skills learned from them - communication, data-crunching, personnel management - could prove useful in running the real world. Read all about it here.

2009

To those of you who are there already: Happy new year!

To everyone: May 2009 be a year of good health and happiness for you and yours in all the things that matter. 

Huz and I are about to go to bed - no doubt to be awakened in a couple of hours by the requisite fireworks (and probably gunshots too).  Say goodnight, Amethyst.  "Goodnight, Amethyst!"