Fat Ninja

This is Keesha. She’s a Husky/Malamute mix, and I’ve had her since she was just a little bigger than a football. She’s been a great companion of mine for the past eight years. In college she would ride shotgun with me everywhere I went, shedding all over the interior of my car. There were very […]

I took the kids to their friend Ezra’s six-year birthday celebration yesterday. It was held at Pump It Up, which, if you didn’t know, is a lot of fun. Here are some shots from the event.
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Any one who has played the demo, looked at screenshots, or read the reviews from major gaming sites knows that Tenchu Z is anything but a next generation gaming experience. But that doesn’t mean that it should only be reviewed on account of what it isn’t. It isn’t a killer app. It isn’t a groundbreaking […]

You may remember my previous post about the kids’ room. Well, Laura and her mom put in all of the finishing touches yesterday and the result is the coolest room. Ever. Provided, of course, you like your sea sponges in square pants.
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Laura spent her Friday finishing up the paint in the master bedroom. You may remember what it looked like in an earlier post. Things are definitely coming along. Our new windows were delivered this past Wednesday and are slated to be installed this coming Monday, so we’re pretty excited about that. Expect more pictures once […]

At the behest of my good friend Seth I gave a listen to singer/song-writer Ray LaMontagne a few weeks back. Since then, I just can’t get enough of this guy’s music. He’s such a far cry from the Top 20, bubblegum music that permeates the airwaves. I mean, it’s just so common for studios to […]

Byron graduated from Kindergarten this past Thursday. The ceremony was really nice, and we had a lot of fun congratulating Byron and his peers on their “metamorphosis” into first graders. We’re very proud of you, Byron!
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We decided to tackle the bathroom this weekend. We bit off a little more than we could chew with this undertaking, as you’ll notice from the “Before” pictures. Between the original subfloor, the copious amounts of leveller and the concrete backer board that was under the linoleum floor, just getting to the point where we […]

I’ve been playing a lot of the Tenchu Z demo of late, and while I realize it’s far from perfect and even further from being a true next-gen title (shit, it’s barely last-gen), it still brings back a lot of great memories. Despite this latest entry in the franchise’s shortcomings, it’s still fun and I’ll […]

Now, I know what you’re thinking. You’re thinking, “Geez, Merc, didn’t you just get a new headset a little bit ago?” And you’re right, I did. I traded in some old games and picked up Motorola’s X205 Gaming Headset, which, mind you, is a decent piece of hardware. Still, I think my review was […]