Decked

Tara loves sleeping on the deck, even when it's cold.

Faster Than Longer Games

I've been playing a lot of a game called Mechwarrior Online, which I will no doubt post about sometime soon. In between when I start to feel a little burned out on it, I've been playing more Indie games lately. Much like iTunes did for independent musicians, and Amazon has done for self-publishing authors, Steam has created a place where small, Independent programmers can sell their wares. It started with Gone Home, and now FTL. They're good "in between" games because they are usually cheap (less then 10 bucks) and short, but still imaginative and fun.

Ice Sculpture

It's a balmy 36 degrees today and everything is starting to thaw out, leaving behind this interesting, twisted, spikey ice formation. I never thought 36 would feel warm, we even got the dogs out of the house for a walk since I'm sure they were going a little cabin crazy.

Cold Water Nonheater

We woke up this morning to no hot water after a frigid night, the tankless had frozen over. By the afternoon it had thawed out and is working fine, no leaks or anything, so it could be worse but we're worried about tonight. This is a picture I took, trying to figure out what model of heat tape they used since that is supposed to stop things like this from happening. The heat tape controller is that black box on the left, and those metal looking tubes are the heating lines. We love the tankless when it works, but if something is going to go wrong it always seems to be this thing.

Negative

It's pretty damn cold today.

Ready To Game

I have all my Christmas swag set up now. The really nice headphones Mari got me, along with the light up Bears mouse pad, the radioactive element coasters (hard to see, it's the glowing orange thing my soda is on), and the mini-plasma ball Lonnie and Amanda got me.

WOTM

The first wolf of the year. Let the resolutions begin!