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Hooty hoo! Under covert surveillance, this blogournal thingamahdoobie seems to be under better control than the last time you kiddos tuned in for a served-cold-on-a-plate dose of my dealio. Basically, I have been going through the motions of day to day without much progress to speak of... more this, less of that... you know, the usual RealLife™ schtuff. My in-laws are in town for the first time since EL and I bought this house. It's nice to see them without having to find pet sitters, purchase plane tickets, arrange rental auto, and traverse multiple state lines. Of course, it sucks that they had to travel all the way here as well, but our opportunity to share our home and give them a slice of what we've been up to is a nice change. I've been sippin' more off the 'ole video game hooch bottle since Christmas. Picking up the nVidia 6800GT (256) with Doom 3 got the ball rolling downhill, but receiving HalfLife 2 with Couterstrike:Source and EQ2 for Christmas really got my juices flowing again. It reminds me of the good old days of regular LAN parties. Q3A days. My new truck is working out great. Things in the office are picking up in the new year and we're all getting busy again. I opted out of the New Year's Resolution get-fit frenzy and have elected to just be smart about it. EL and I received pedometers from my mom and that has turned out to be a nice mental seed planted in the direction of better health. I took a short break from photography outings since the last architecture job I did and ready for both feet to do some jumping once again. Sir Henry the Peanut has become a strong and powerful ruler of the household. Revolution in progress. I pulled something in my neck playing golf for the first time in several weeks this weekend. It hurt quite a bit, but there was a family of 8-ish beavers living on the island near the first tee, so it balances out, no? Ahem. Don't listen to a word that guy is saying. I've been going through a lot of firewood at the house. I love having a fire going in the fireplace... crackling and glowing. The weather dipped down to freezing temperatures of recent and the fire really helps warm the downstairs. Our home is not well circulated between the two levels of living space. Other than the occasional professional sporting event and alcohol consumption frenzy, I haven't attended any outings, concerts, liquor store robberies, or inaugurations. In case I wasn't clear before, it was never my intention to stop posting crap on this site. I just needed to take a break to get my disgust under control over the unadulterated rampant SPAM going on. Where the hell are all the white hats these days? *sigh* Back to the grind.