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What I Did in 2005


I never seem to have as much time as I'd like to update this website. Part of the problem is that I spend too much time staring at the air; the other side of the problem is that I'm doing this stuff:

Games Played

No computer games (Civ2 & kids games) or design time counted.

Title# games# wins



Amazing Labyrinthe 1 0
Apples to Apples (kids)1 0
Battleship 1 1
Blokus 2 1
Blue Max (youplay.it) 36 3
Blue vs Gray 3 2
Broadside 1 1
Carcassonne 2 0
Cartagena (live) 1 1
Cartagena (youplay.it)8 0
Chess 1 0
Close Action 2 1
Clue 1 0
Dogfight 1 0
Entdecker 1 0
Formula Motor Racing 6 2
Guillotine 7 2
Hearts 1 1
King Me! (youplay.it) 4 1
Lightning War: Midway 2 1
Loot 2 0
Lord of the Rings: Ambush of Aragorn1 0
Lord of the Rings: Flight to the Ford1 0
Lord of the Rings: Goblin Ambush1 0
Lord of the Rings: Weathertop1 0
Magic: The Gathering 1 1
Maya Madness 1 1
Mississippi Queen 1 1
Montgolfiere 23 16.5
Mystery of the Abbey 1 0
Oceania 2 0
Penguin Pile-Up 3 2
Pretty Pretty Princess5 2
Pirates Cove 3 1
Princess and the Pea 4 1
Rome: Imperium 1 1
Runebound 2 0
Sorry! 1 0
Samurai 1 0
Sorry! 1 0
Sword of Rome 1 0
Ticket to Ride 1 1
Tigris & Euphrates2 1
War of the Ring (FF) 1 0
Vampiring (youplay.it)1 0
Yu-Gi-Oh Trading Cards1 1

Models Built

Mordor: 5 ringwraiths, Sauron, Gorbag, Shagrat
Moria: 12 bowmen, 12 spearmen, 12 swordsmen, 3 captains, Durburz
Fellowship: Aragorn, Gandalf
The Shire: Bilbo
Numenor: 12 swordsmen, 3 archers, 3 spearmen, Isildur, Elendil
High Elves: 12 swordsmen, 12 bowmen
Terrain: Bucklebury Ferry, Pine Forest, Deciduous Trees, Weathertop, 4 hills, 3 fences, 2 hedges, 3 Bree houses, 2 Hobbit holes, 4 river sections
WW1 Airplanes: Albatros D.V, Jasta 4 (1/72 Eduard)

Books Read

Creation Gore Vidal (Nth time)
Mary Poppins Comes Back P. L. Travers (aloud)
JRR Tolkien: Author of the Century T. Shippey (again)
The Annotated Hobbit JRRT & D. Anderson
The Road to Middle Earth T. Shippey (again)
Sir Gawain & the Green Knight tr. B. Stone (Nth)
Guadalcanal R. Frank (again)
The Hobbit J.R.R. Tolkien (again, aloud)
The Peoples of Middle Earth J.R.R. Tolkien (again)
Dracula Bram Stoker
John Carter of Mars E. R. Burroughs (aloud)
In a Sunburnt Country Bill Bryson (again)
Alice in Wonderland Lewis Carroll (again, aloud)
The Annotated Wizard of Oz Baum + Hearn (aloud)
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince J.K. Rowling
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix J.K. Rowling (again)
Kalki Gore Vidal (again)
The Fellowship of the Ring JRR Tolkien (bazillionth time)
The Two Towers JRR Tolkien (bazillionth time)
The Return of the King JRR Tolkien (bazillionth time)
The Road to Middle Earth T. Shippey (again)
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix J.K. Rowling (again, aloud)
Chronicles, Vol. 1 Bob Dylan (again)
A Wizard of Earthsea Ursula Le Guin (again)
The Silmarillion J.R.R. Tolkien (nth time)
Brave New World A. Huxley (again, but not in a while)
Nickled and Dimed B. Ehrenreich
Mapping Human History S. Olson (again)
Flashman on the March G. M. Fraser
The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club D. Sayers
Tolkien and C. S. Lewis C. Duriez
The Pythons T. Pythons

Other Stuff

New Year's at the Kenten's. Kids bedtime 1:00, parents around 3:00. Kids awoke around 8:00.
Close Action game
Jeffrey's first strings concert at school
Helped out Volko Ruhnke with a Historical Board Games event at school; played Wings of War
Michelle & Jeffrey did another piano recital
Michelle gets head lice -- not a fun 3-4 weeks
Jeffrey's 3rd basketball season; made it to the 2nd round playoffs
Another Close Action game
Jeffrey's fourth soccer season
Michelle gets in to Louise Archer school
Lori takes off for a eight days of "work" and visiting out west
Townsend Family Reunion in Ocean Isle, NC
Spent all summer tranporting kids to/from grandparents' houses
Jeffrey in 5th grade, comes home with pinkeye on first day; Michelle in 3rd grade
Volko and Daniel Ruhnke came over for some LotR battles
Jeffrey's 4th basketball season
Jeffrey's Intermediate Strings concert
Jeffrey's Chorus concert

Dave Townsend / townsend@patriot.net

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