It has been ages since I have last blogged. I am currently in Door County, Wisconsin on vacation so it seems like a good time to post some thoughts. Random topics follow...
- As I am so close to Green Bay it makes sense to start with Brett Favre. I am not the biggest NFL fan in the world and when I am paying attention/cheering for someone it is normally for the Bears & Cowboys but I have always been a fan of Brett Favre as I love his toughness. I have been sad seeing the way things played out with him and the Packers this past week. As I am currently about 70 miles from Green Bay I have heard a number of Packer fans discussing Favre this past week. It seems like the opinion of all is that the Packers made a bad mistake and their GM will be gone soon. I don't know about the GM's future but I agree that this was a mistake.
- I have had some of my best ever PC gaming experiences in the past few months. First was Portal which I absolutely loved. I am a sucker for a good puzzle game and the humor that was in Portal was incredible. My opinion is the same as many others as Portal won tons of awards last year. I can see why and I agree completely. My most recent game was Space Rangers 2 which I also loved. For some reason this game really hit my "gaming sweet spot". The game is a space strategy game with some RPG elements (as you upgrade your pilot's abilities and your ship's components). There are also some mini-games that show up as quests that are of RTS, text adventure, and arcade action form. These mini-games were not my favorite part but the main game which has you upgrading your character, exploring the universe and fighting space battles (pauseable real-time) until you are able to defeat the robot "dominators" was great. I really had fun with this $10 purchase that I made off eBay. I am not sure what I will be playing next but I can't imagine it providing the fun that I had in these 2 great games.
- I can't wait for college football to begin. Go Sooners. ('nuff said)
- Lots of new music purchases recently by Switchfoot, The Fray, Hawk Nelson and Stellar Kart. I also took my younger daughter to a Corbin Bleu concert a couple of weeks ago. Definitely not my first choice of a concert to attend but making her day was priceless.
- Vacation has been good though I would definitely prefer to be at an ocean beach in 95 degree weather than a Great Lake beach in 75 degree weather... 