Ah, Halloween. This year, Kayleigh dressed up as a unicorn while Laurel was a “My Little Pony”. chele manged to find a unicorn costume at the store but had to make the MLP costume.
There are lots of events around St. Louis for the kids. Friday we took them to downtown St. Charles, where all the merchants hand out candy and treats for the kids. Saturday morning was the “Boo at the Zoo”, which in the past had been a lot of fun for the kids. This year was an absolute disaster. The event has grown way beyond what the Zoo and Forest Park can handle. We drove around for 20 minutes before stumbling across someone leaving. Once inside, the lines were another 20-30 minutes long to see or do any of the activities. We turned around and left without seeing anything. I think next year we’ll skip it.
Sunday afternoon we went to an assisted living facility for some trick-or-treating. The residents get a kick out of seeing the kids in costumes, and handing out candy. Although it wasn’t very long the girls enjoyed it.
I admit, I haven’t been a baseball fan since 1985. Some of my earliest memories are sitting with my grandfather on the tree swing at Peach Lake, listening to Ernie Harwell and the Tigers on WJR. He’d drink a PBR or three, I’d swing and drink a Coke, and we’d watch the ballgame in my mind. In ‘84 when the Tigers won, we called him on the phone and celebrated together.
When he died in the spring of ‘86, I discovered something about baseball: I didn’t really like the game. What I liked was spending the time with him, the game was secondary. I haven’t listened to a game since. We went to a Braves game in Atlanta once when our neighbor gave us tickets, and I went to a Cardinals game in work’s home plate box. In thocse cases I went for the crowd and not for the game.
So it’s strange to find myself watching the games now. The Cardinals are in the NLCS against the Astros, and everyone at work is excited about them possibly going to the World Series. The game was on the monitors at work, and I’d fiind myself stopping to watch for a second. Five minutes later I’d still be sucked in. I had to ask a co-worker what AM station would carry the game so I could catch it on the way home. I turned it on the TV once I was home, and now am halfway listening to the Sox/Yanks game.
Am I becoming a baseball fan again, or just bandwagoning? We’ll see.
The NHL owners and the players union had BETTER settle soon, though.
It’s been at least 15 years since I’ve had short hair.
(before)
When we moved to St. Louis, it was down to the middle of my back. Since then, I’ve gotten it cut progressively shorter. This past week when I went to see Ann Marie, I pointed at one of the stylists and said “Like that”.
chele says it looks hot.
chele and I have been fans of Myst since it was released. We’ve purchased every version upon release, and have really enjoyed playing them through. Of the ones in the past, Riven has to be my favorite. This past year, we anxiously awaited the release of Uru.
What a disappointment. The UI got in the way of the story, the story wasn’t very interesting, and a large portion of the puzzles made little sense. While the graphics were stunning, that wasn’t enough to make up for the other deficiencies. The “online” component of the game never interested us, either, so it wasn’t a heartbreak when that shut down before leaving beta. We did finish the game and started the free add-on, but never finished that part.
So when I saw ads for Myst IV: Revelation, I was a little leery of buying it. We don’t buy many computer games and I hate spending money on a game that we don’t like. After waiting a week after release, I picked up a copy one night.
After playing it for a day, I’m happy I did buy it. It’s the old gameplay from Myst/Riven/Exile, with the stunning graphics I’ve come to expect. The puzzles are interesting so far. We’ll see how the game holds up.
I received my copy of the October issue of Technology Review magazine yesterday. This issue is where they announce the receipients of their “Top 100 Young Innovators” for the year. To my surprise, I recognized two names (and one picture): Dr. Anuj Batra of TI and David Brussin of TurnTide/Symantec.
I knew Dr. Batra when he was a grad student at Georgia Tech. I was a staff Unix admin for the ECE department. We had a common taste in music (and Beavis & Butthead, but that’s another issue) that led to seeing catherine wheel in concert, managing a mailing list and discussion room for the band Our Lady Peace, amoungst others.
David I know from his days as a consultant to my current employeer, and I’ve always enjoyed working with him.
Congratulations to Anuj and David, and to all the TR100 recipients.
