All Night Long

So long 2016, you pretty much sucked. Sing us out Lionel!

Settanta

Celebrating Dad's birthday at Maggiano's. Excellent as always.

Past Quest

Day of the Tentacle is a remaster of an old adventure game that came out in 1993, during the (late) heyday of such games like the King's Quest and Monkey Island series. Like Grim Fandango I always meant to play it but never did, then they updated it and re-released it. It was a quick playthrough but nostalgic and fun.

First One

Mari and I saw Rogue One, the first of the expanded universe movies. Really, really good.

And To All A Good Night

Silver tree, now located in the bonus room window.

Merry Christmas To All

Predatorized.

Anticipation

Tara is diligently waiting for Santa.

Here To There

Mari and I watched Passengers this afternoon. It wasn't what I expected from the previews but we both thought it was pretty good, well worth going to see.

In Memorial

My parents gave me this touching, meticulously handcrafted memorial this morning. Clive misses you Fred.

Weather Permitting

It's unseasonably warm today, and with it off I thought I'd take another foray into cigar land. Gurkha - Warlord.

Tracked

And trains to watch.

Rudolph

A few reindeer to admire....

House Warming

There was also the Cheekwood Mansion to explore if you got cold....

True Colors

One of the best parts was how vivid the lights and the colors were. Whatever kind they used were some of the best and brightest we've ever seen.

A Light Walk

Mari, my folks and I went down to Cheekwood to see their walking paths of light and it was really a great show.

Strange Is Good

Just finished Life is Strange, an adventure / mystery game starring an eighteen year old girl who can time travel. If that doesn't sound like my usual cup of tea it isn't, but this game got such good press since coming out I was lured into playing and it turned out pretty good. The story and the voice acting were top notch, mechanics were good. The end was a little weak but not enough to change my opinion.

Open Box

And finally, the jail begins to come tumbling down.

Better Light Than Never

A little late getting the lights up for various reasons, also we couldn't find last year's so we had to get some more and didn't get enough. Still they look pretty good, and we joined the laser light fad as you can see on side of the house. I should have turned the lights out inside so the Christmas tree would stand out more, oh well.

Merry Popmas

It's officially the Christmas season now.

Compact Parade

For some reason all my pictures turned out terrible, but here's the best two. It turned out to be a very short parade, just 9 boats plus a police boat escort. Still, we had a fun time.

Lake Lights

Mom, Dad, Mari and I went to the annual Hendersonville Christmas Boat parade. Here's the lead boat with Santa.

One Left

The second building is down, just the jail left now.

Preds vs Devils

Up 4-1 in the 3rd. Lose 5-4. We shall not speak of this game again.

Section 118

Here there be cookies of Christie.

WOTM

2016 comes to an end.