Carmen Sandiego

Saturday was the 3rd semi-annual 2nd Floor LAN Party. The group was pretty much the same as last year, minus one. Things got started around 2PM when Lloyd, Chris, Jimmy, and Jerry arrived. We started with Unreal Tournament Deathmatch then decided to lower the twitch factor with a round of Age of Empires 2. After ordering pizza in the early evening, we went with some Unreal Tournament Capture the Flag until the food got there. During dinner we had Nuremberg on in the background. Not exactly your normal background movie, but it was in HD and actually is a pretty good movie/mini-series. After dinner we went back to Age of Empires 2 for another round this time a little more balanced. Around 11PM Taylor showed up and we decided to try out Rogue Spear. After a few rounds of one shot one kill we tried the mission mode and that got interesting. Let’s just say I am happy we are not in charge of this country's counter terrorism/hostage rescue division. And to top the evening off, we played BF1942 until around 4AM. It was a good night.

Continuing our Oscar hunt, Melissa and I saw Master and Commander Sunday afternoon. Both of us enjoyed it and agreed that it is an Oscar contender. Up until we saw the movie, the only opinion I had on it was from LeeAnne. She loved it, but then again she has this thing for boats and Russell Crowe so everyone saw that coming. However, she did say that the movie was an accurate portrayal of life at sea, and of all the people I know, she would know. Which leads me to a fun game, "Where in the world is LeeAnne?"

Alias continues to impress. Can you really call something a plot twist when it's the fourth twist in the episode?

Ever since we got married, Melissa and I have been in search of the perfect bedspread. It seems like such a trivial thing, but its something we see everyday so it’s important to us. A while back we found something we both adored, and then Pottery Barn discontinued it. We have searched other stores, but nothing came close to that one. I even tried eBay but never found a queen size in blue. Well today Melissa was flipping through the catalogue, and it's back. We are placing the order tomorrow.

And since I am in a quote mode again, "If it is not right, do not do it; if it is not true, do not say it." -- Marcus Aurelius