The Magic Satchel

To continue my verbal spewing this evening, it is time to talk about travel. Everyone likes travel! yaaay! wheee!

The Bad News: I have no plans for an other side of the world, gone for a month by myself sort of extravaganza in 2009.

The Good News: Working for a company that encourages you to take time off (unlike my previous employer who “strongly suggested” we only take time off in the slow time, and only with their approval) means I will be making a couple of smaller, gone for a week types of trips this year.
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Yep, the games nights are back. What? you want details?

wow. we played globetrotters last night and jen kicked my @ss so ridiculously that I cried myself to sleep.

Coming soon:
neil diamond in concert review
some reading suggestions
poetry (a real flashback i tell ya!)

Bring it on Alberta cause the 1st even Westbank Magic Satchel Games Night is on! On on Saturday Aug 9th to be exact! More details can be found on the Games Night page, boeeeeeeey.

Over on the “Games Night” page, Scott has been kind enough to provide the latest information. While it was needed, I’m glad to see he didn’t increase his post count while doing it. I don’t know what I’d do if he got to 5 total posts by the end of 2008, so this leaves him plenty of room to work with.

In other news, I finally got around to updating the cycling map page. I decided to do away with the route line (for now) and just go with markers indicating where I finished up each year and where I am currently. Huzzah for being in Atlantic Canada!

I figure that if I maintain my current pace I should be done my coast to coast virtual journey by the end of the year… and then I may modify the route I have been using to include the northern coast as well.

what can I say, I need to have something to ride for.

We have started working on a game.
It will involve colours.
I am trying to think of a way to avoid the typical winner/loser aspect.
Must make it somewhat non-linear.
Is going to take a lot of thought and various incarnations.
May have to go through a few MSGN game night trials where everyone who participates can give feedback.

It will be awesome! Count on it!

Aug 08 -
Jul 08 –
Jun 08 –
May 08 – Virginia
Apr 08 – Alan
Mar 08 – Barry’s
Feb 08 – Josh
Jan 08 – none (nerd night)
Dec 07 – Alan
Nov 07 – Josh
Oct 07 – Barry’s
Sep 07 – Alan
Aug 07 – none
Jul 07 – none
Jun 07 – Barry’s
May 07 – Hani Akbar
Apr 07 – Alan
Mar 07 – Randall’s
Feb 07 – Josh
Jan 07 – Barry’s
Dec 06 – none?
Nov 06 – Alan
Oct 06 – Barry’s

Alan – 5
Barry – 5
Josh – 3
Randall – 1
Akbar – 1
Virginia – 1

Yes those are stats.

We will be in town attending game 6 on Sunday, which means I will likely finally be regaining my voice sometime on Tuesday while driving back to BC after screaming my face off at a live game instead if just at my TV. Swollen uvula. I am bringing my hardhat. Though Jen says the Flames have to win the cup before I even have a chance at winning the hardhat bet.

I can see the future and it looks like this:

And does anyone else find it funny that the injury Chara has been nursing is his ribs after he did that terrible “it’s the ribs” radio ad for a restaurant when played for Ottawa.

Karma baby, it’s a bitch… just like San Jose is going to be on Sunday.

Go Flames!
(and go road clearing crew in Roger’s Pass!)

(and Al, you are so going over the waterfall on Saturday… unless you want to see if you can irrigate 5 sheep farms? I know it sounds dull, but Squatter is a pretty good game!)

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my sister made me a shirt once that read, “I used to be in the band, now I just play with myself”

and so I will do on Saturday night, when I am not in Calgary for December’s festive MSGN.

I am sad we will be missing it… we have missed too many now.