Political Oddness

Ok, so I haven't generally done a lot of politics on this blog. But the whole Sarah Palin VP nomination is just .. so .. unusual, I feel compelled to try to find out what I'm missing. My conclusion, is probably not much. It really is the political decision it appears, and if folks voted based on rational reasons it would backfire. McCain is counting on people not to.

Still, I came across this great summary from someone in Alaska who gives a bit of context on how they see this playing out.

New Project

What does it mean to "keep in touch"? I've been blessed to have met hundreds of wonderful people in my lifetime. With almost all we've pledge to keep in touch. I'm fortunate that in this age of the internet I've used that tool to actually do so with many of them. That, plus my annual trips (like to the Gathering) also serve the purpose.

Still, there are even more good friends that I've allowed to simply fade out of my life. Recently, I've discovered that many of my high school classmates are beginning to create Facebook accounts. This tells me that Facebook is probably no longer the hip young cool place to be. But, that aside, it also is an opportunity to re-connect with many folks I'd lost track of and would almost certainly not have sat down and penned a traditional letter.

So, my new project is to go through all my 'friends' on Facebook and actually initiate a correspondence with each of them. We'll see how far it goes before it becomes completely overwhelming.

Slow News Year

Apologies to all those who followed my blog while I was at the Gathering this year. I never did update the last few days. A week playing games in the basement of some hotel sounds like a long time, but it is the sort of geek heaven that makes a commitment to regular blogging tough to keep. I'll try to keep a more even pace for future events.

Meanwhile, it has otherwise been a slow news year around here. But not for lack of interesting things to write about. I just need to hone my style and begin getting it out there.

So, again apologies to those who subscribed as a feed just looking for gaming info. The next few posts are likely to deviate again. I hope you find them interesting!