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What I Did in 2006


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 (Civ2/3 & kids games) or design time counted.

Title# games# wins



Battleship 1 0
Blink 5 2
Blokus 1 1
Blue vs Gray 3 3
Bohnanza 7 2
El Grande 2 1
En Garde 2 0
Formula Motor Racing 2 0
Ivanhoe 2 0
Kahuna 1 1
Loot 2 1
LotR SBG: Shortcuts Make Long Delays10
Maya Madness 3 0
Mississippi Queen 1 0
Montgolfiere 16 12
Mystery Rummy #2 3 1
Rome: Hannibal vs Rome2 1
Rome: Imperium 1 1
Settlers of Catan 4 4
Settlers of Catan Card Game 1 1

Models Built

Fellowship: Frodo, Sam, Legolas, Merry, Pippin, Boromir, Gimli, Aragorn on Brego
High Elves: 6 spearmen, Arwen (foot & mtd w/Frodo), Elladan, Elrohir, Glorfindel
Wood Elves: Haldir, Galadriel
Rohan: Theoden (foot & mounted), Eomer (foot & mounted), Eowyn (foot & mounted), Theodred, Gamling (foot & mounted), 24 warriors, 6 riders, Royal Guard w/banner
Isengard: Grima Wormtongue, 10 Berserkers, Lurtz, Ugluk, 52 Uruks (6 bow, 6 crossbow, 25 sword, 25 pike, 2 banner bearer), 2 Demolition teams, 2 Uruk Captain, Sharku, 4 Warg Riders, Saruman
Gondor: Denethor
Moria: Cave Troll
Mordor: Grishnakh, 12 Orcs, Orc Captain
Miscellaneous: Tom Bombadil, Goldberry, 4 Barrow wights, Radagast
Terrain: 4 barrows, 4 menhirs, 2 more Bree houses, signal tower, palisade fort, circular ruins

Books Read

The Order of the Stick: On the Origin of PCs R. Burlew
The Order of the Stick: Dungeon Crawlin' Fools R. Burlew
The Worm Ouroboros E. R. Eddison
Tigana G. G. Kay
Shattered Sword J. Parshall, T. Tully
Chris Crawford on interactive storytelling C. Crawford
The Marvelous Land of Oz L. F. Baum
Ozma of Oz L. F. Baum
A Short History of Everything B. Bryson
Cobra II M. Gordon & B. Trainor
Reign of Iron J. Nelson
The Cartoon Guide to Genetics L. Gonick (again)
Iron Afloat W. Still (again, but not for years)
War, Technology, and Experience aboard the USS Monitor D. Mindell
The USS New Ironsides on the Civil War W. Roberts (again, but not for years)
The Hunt for the Albemarle D. Hinds
Success is All That Was Expected R. Browning, Jr.
The Road to Middle Earth T. Shippey (again)
J.R.R. Tolkien: Author of the Century T. Shippey (again)
Quivers R. Quivers (again)
Following Gandalf M. Dickerson
Assassination Vacation S. Vowell
Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell S. Clarke
There and Back Again: An Actor's Tale S. Astin
The Return of the Shadow C. Tolkien (again)
The Treason of Isengard C. Tolkien (again)
The War of the Ring C. Tolkien (again)
The Swords Trilogy M. Moorcock (again after many years)
The Lost Continent B. Bryson
A Confederacy of Dunces J. Toole
The Dark Knight Returns F. Miller
Bait and Switch B. Ehrenreich
Better Off B. Brende
Wingless Eagle H. Johnson
Prisoner of Trebekistan B. Harris
The Anubis Gates T. Powers
The Dark Knight Strikes Again F. Miller
No Cure for the Paladin Blues R. Burlew
Best Friends T. Berger
Meeting Evil T. Berger
The Black Company G. Cook
Shadows Linger G. Cook
The White Rose G. Cook
1491 C. Mann
Nowhere T. Berger
Schlachtflieger! Duiven & Abbott
Florence of Arabia! C. Buckley
Naval Aviation in the First World War R. Layman
I Shouldn't Even Be Doing This! B. Newhart
Making Comics S. McCloud
Empires of the Word N. Ostler

Other Stuff

New Year's at the Kenten's. Kids bedtime 1:00, asleep around 2:00, parents around 2:30. Kids awoke around 8:30.
Double hernia surgery. Went pretty well, all things considering
Jeffrey's 4th basketball season somewhat marred by losing a playoff game with biased refereeing
Jeffrey taken to emergency room with chest pains; just growing pains?
Jeff (friend, not son) leaves TechRiver for AOL
Jeffrey & Michelle came with me to EdCon XIII; we all had a great time
Kids got their "Outstandings" in the piano Spring Festival
Jeffrey participates in the Relay for Life
Michelle sprains her wrist and misses some piano
Family bike trip to Reston -- much better than last time!
Piano recital; Jeffrey missed due to sickness; kids get trophies
Long weekend in Cape May to see Uncle Andy in The Big Bang
Jeffrey finally gets his sleepover birthday
Michelle Builds-A-Bear for her birthday
Michelle joins Girl Scouts
New job at K12
Jeffrey's fifth? baseketball season
Jeffrey reaches Tenderfoot rank in Boy Scouts

Dave Townsend / townsend@patriot.net

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