ChaosEngine

A tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing….

Into the Past

One more year is sliding by. For whatever reason, we feel the need to celebrate that. I’m guessing that at some point in the past the celebration meant something, a celebration of survival, a time of rememberance, now its just one more excuse to get drunk. Nonetheless reflection on the passage of time isn’t a [...]

SNOW!!!

It was the first snow of the season last night. Only about a half inch, but it came down hard for awhile last night. I had to take Fergus, my oversized husky/collie mik out for a walk in it. He was born and raised in Maine and has never quite adjusted to the midwest climate. [...]

MERRY CHRISTMAS

Well its here again, and even though this has been a low key holiday for me I still feel some of the magic that I use to. Its been a good day of seeing freinds and family, with some more to see tomorrow. Not much for anything too sappy or sentimental, but thanks to all [...]

Still Here

As my brother pointed out I need to quit playing Everquest and post something. Honestly not much worth mentioning has happened, I know that may be hard for many of you to believe, but its true. I did just complete my Christmas Shopping. I actually thought I had it completed last week, however my wife [...]

Addiction

I’m an addict. I’ve been addicted to Everquest for quite some time. I managed to resist the addiction for over six months this time. I wrote, I took martial arts lessons, I was a productive member of society. However with the weather turning cold and the fact I injured my knee preventing me from doing [...]

All Hail The Great Penguin

Well, through sheer source of will I’ve finally gotten my linux back up and running. All is good in the world again. SuSE is happily plugging away installing a windows game thanks to Transgamings WineX.

Linux Woes

I’ve long been a supporter of Linux, but this weekend has been a descent into Open Source Hell. I’ve been using SuSE for years, but every once in awhile I like to try something new, so I decided to Take Mandrake 9.0 for a spin. I chose Mandrake because I wanted to try Transgaming WineX [...]