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Monkeying around at the zoo

For Evan’s second birthday, he and I went to the Tulsa Zoo. We would’ve gone someplace closer if there was someplace closer; I would’ve driven further if he’d been old enough to be disappointed by the place (more on that below). As it is, he had a blast, caught a little bit too much sun, daddy did a LOT of walking, and, oh, by the way, thank God for rent-a-wagons into which squirmy just-hours-away-from-two-year-olds can be secured and moved around.

Evan's trip to the zoo … Read more

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Kittenized

The sleepers awaken!

Taxi's kittens

All eyes are now open (when the little buggers aren’t sleeping peacefully through most of the day – it’s tough work being a rapidly-growing kitten…) and we’re walking around on little stubby kitten legs. One or two of them are already having to be nudged back into the box by Taxi… jumping is next. And then, of course, world domination.

Got most of the editing done today on the Atari software programmers’ panel for the Best of CGE ’05 DVD set. It’s a little bit on the epic side – very nearly a full hour and a half – but incredibly interesting, as a lot of questioning from the crowd focuses on the crash, the recovery, and what’s next. And these guys? They knew. Right on the money. It’s really interesting. It’s also interesting to see them talk at great length about the blessing and curse of licensed games, whether movie tie-ins or coin-ops. Let’s just say there weren’t anyone’s favorites from the game-making side of things. Best of CGE ’05 will debut simultaneously at OVGE in Tulsa and CCAG in Cleveland, and if you didn’t know already, you can pre-order any of the DVDs I produce for pickup at either show. (Just wanted to pimp that one more time.) I’m really looking forward to this year’s OVGE event – I like to spend my grown-up get-together time reminiscing about games I played in my childhood. 😆

Remember a few days ago when I pointed out a convergence of releases and/or potential releases by a bunch of my favorite musicians that may well signal the end of the world, or at least my ears exploding in sheer delight? Add one major surprise to that list: Jason Falkner‘s just released a new studio album, once again only on a Japanese label. Considering that his last album released in this manner has never seen the light of day on a domestic label, I might as well try to see if I can find 40 bucks in the couch cushions for this one…… Read more

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Critters Funny Stuff

Cat scan

Earlier this year, I got a nice Canon scanner-printer-all-in-1. For those who have bought the Best of CGE ’03 DVDs, this is what printed out the nifty (and ink-cartridge-eatingly dark) covers. Anyway, it’s neat in that you can tell it to scan from the scanning software or, provided the scanning software is already up and running, hit the SCAN button on the unit itself to initiate a scan.

I’m sure you can see what hilarity this is headed for. … Read more

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It’s Labor Day weekend…

…so why not spend the weekend in labor? That’s what Taxi the cat is doing – finally. She’s in the early stages, her water has broken, and I think she just wants to run away and let some other cat handle this.

Why Taxi is still at our house when she’s not even our cat: Taxi is one of my sister-in-law’s “barn kitties.” She got knocked up by another barn kitty, and her people want on vacation a couple of weeks ago, out of state for the week. Her people are back, but she’s still here. This is Taxi’s second litter of kittens, and the reason she’s having her second litter here is because her previous litter was…well, I’m gonna warn you, it’s not pretty. … Read more

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Critters Funny Stuff Television & Movies

The disassociated association

Random rants and ramblings from the rumbling runt (that’d be me):

Some really interesting concept art and pitch material from a proposed post-Enterprise Star Trek animated series that didn’t make it. This was actually being pitched as something for startrek.com, so it would’ve been at least borderline official. The fact that it didn’t fly is pretty telling: I’ll be surprised if Paramount ever bothers with the post-TOS universe (I’m tempted to call it the Bermanverse) again outside of ancillary media such as novels, comics, gaming, etc.; the studio was clearly already focused on going back to basics, the same year that they canned Enterprise.

At the same time, we’re gearing up for a new animated Doctor Who before the end of the year (supposedly); it’s called Dreamland. From the stills that are floating around out there, I have to say that I have a better “vibe” for the artwork style this time around than I did for Infinite Quest.

The other night I went through a local Braum’s drive-thru at about 10pm (long story); the guy who was taking my order asked me “Is this for here or to go?” Well, yeah, dude, let’s go for “here.” I can just pull up to the window, give you my money, get my food, and I’ll put in park and you can keep me company while I eat.

Actually, scratch that, I know that there are people who would pay for that service…and knowing that, I don’t think I’d wanna be the guy in the window. … Read more