The Mystic Pumpkin

Charley Brown's got nothing on us.

Forbes 500

La Ha was a bit off today as our fearless leader Brent couldn't make it. However as luck would have it we ran across this chap, Winston J. Smithington III. The gregarious shipping magnate filled Brent's absence by regaling us with tales of his world travels and economic conquests.

The Scene

Jim Cooper and medical reform. Also, the new shiny covers make it hard to take pictures of them.

Day Oh(ver)

And me wan' go home.

Grand Theft Steamboat

Well...maybe not quite. Still, beautiful cover art on this month's Game Informer reveals a new Mickey-centric game in the works aimed at more mature gamers. The most interesting bit to me was an observation by the lead developer on returning Mickey to his roots as a mischief maker. "They took his mischievousness and his anger and need for revenge and gave it to Donald. At some point they took his naïve simplicity and gave it to Goofy. They took his loyalty and infinite affection and gave it to Pluto of all things. They took his character and just shattered it, and all of a sudden he’s kind of a straight man for the gang." Never thought about it that way before.

BOL

I've been breaking in my new machine with a lot of Grand Theft Auto 4. It doesn't have the complex particle effects of RE5, but it does have to render a lot of artifacts on the fly depending on how fast you're driving. I also enjoyed the game manual, which was done as a mock "Best Of" edition of Liberty City's alt weekly "On Liberty."

Nook

We went by Barnes & Noble hoping to get a look at the Nook, but they didn't have any in yet to play with. So we got a Nook sized brochure instead. Looks pretty cool, reserving final judgement for now.

No Animals Were Harmed In The Making Of This Pizza

Mari and I have slowly been giving up meat, we're down to just chicken and fish. I don't think we'll ever truly go veggie, but we've decided to start "vegetarian Saturday" where we'll explore different vegetarian recipes and options. This Amy's mushroom and olive pizza = incredibly good.

Flabellum

Out with the old, in the with the new.

The Scene

Profile of writer Amanda Little, her book about our oil dependency, and moving from DC to Nashville.

Freeflow

Faulty fan fiasco finally fixed.

Just Like Fox

Keeping it fair and balanced with a follow up puppy post.

Ye Olde Pet Post

The preferred fallback post of bloggers everywhere.

Gatesomatic 7

Installed Windows 7 this morning without a hitch. So far, running like a charm. Vista users won't see much difference on the front end. Lots of under the hood changes, it runs a little faster, and some new bells and whistles. My favorite new toy: If you have a lot of windows open and just want to minimize them all but the one you are working on. "Grab" the window you want and shake your mouse a little. It flicks away all the other windows.

Spooked Sheriff

Our third visit to the annual Hall-oween, put on by Sheriff Hall.

7 Of '09

The surprise arrival of the day, courtesy of my Dad's Microsoft hookup. A copy of the final Windows 7 release, a week early.

Night Typer

And my new, glowing keyboard as well. It's a bonanza of goodness.

The Next Generation

My new computer is here!

The Scene

Best of Nashville issue.

BON '09 5

And finally into the tent, ringed by all the winners with a four sided bar in the middle.

BON '09 4

Once you'd soaked in enough Greek culture it was out the back and down the stairs to a giant tent, flanked by sponsor Lexuses...Lexi? Anyway, them cars there.

BON '09 3

Then on to the cella where Athena and Nike watch over the bar.

BON '09 2

The entry hall with the winners displayed.

BON '09

The Best of Nashville party was held at the Parthenon this year.

Next Best Thing

Tomorrow.

Evil Resides Again

 

Nothing wiles away the day like killin' zombies.

Car Cleanse

A cool, cloudy, but rainless day made the perfect car wash weather. Supervised by Mango.

Practically Perfect

Mari. A hot caramel latte. A fresh, warm bagel. A crisp newspaper. A cold, rainy morning.

Pet A Porte

Mystic shows off the fall line with her new, blue collar.

The Scene

Next Big Nashville preview.

Disturbed

Usually when someone says "Are you sitting down for this?" it's just a cliche. But tonight I needed a chair. My cousin married a bad man.

Dirt Nap

This is someone at work's home computer. The power supply choked to death on the gunk built up in it and they wanted their hard drives saved. Canned air people!

Status Check

Two weeks? Pfeh. If I obsessively check over and over I'm sure it'll magically be delivered tomorrow.

Shades Of Winter

The scheduled car washing is postponed due to rain and temps in the high 50's.

BLT

Mari and I found this really funny. You had to be there.

Jars

Flour, sugar, maybe even tea? Nope. All full of different flavors of dog treats.

The Scene

Profile of Tennessee born artist Wayne White.