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What I Did in 2008

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
Command & Colors Ancients: Akragas 2 1
Command & Colors Ancients: Clastidium 2 1
Guillotine 1 0
Lightning War: Midway 2 2
Lord of the Rings: Fog on the Barrow Downs1 0
Lord of the Rings: Weathertop 1 1
Montgolfiere 3 1
Order of the Stick 1 0
Race for the Galaxy 1 1
San Juan 6 1
Shear Panic 3 1
Ticket to Ride 1 0
Ticket to Ride: Europe 1 0

Models Built

Books Read

The Proud Tower B. Tuchman
A History of Pi P. Beckmann
The Shakespeare Wars P. Beckmann
Pinocchio C. Collodi (aloud)
Going Postal T. Pratchett
A Midsummer Night's Dream Shakespeare
Troilus and Cressida Shakespeare
Timon of Athens Shakespeare
The Cartoon History of the Modern World L. Gonick
Henry IV, Pt 1 Shakespeare (aloud, Nth time)
The Reginald Perrin Omnibus D Nobbs
A Very English Agent J Rathbone
The War of Invention G Hartcup (again)
Some Birds Don't Fly G Paulsen (again, after 20 years)
The Road to Middle Earth T Shippey (again)

Other Stuff

New Year's at the Kenten's. Kids bedtime 2:00, asleep around 3:00, parents around 3:15. Kids awoke around 9:00.
Wings for the Baron is finally done
EdCon XV with Michelle
Jeffrey's Intermediate Strings concert
Bought a new Toyota Camry hybrid
Jeffrey's county basketball team makes to the semi-finals
Vacation at Grandma's in Boulder City, trip to Grand Canyon
Jeffrey joins the Fairfax Stars basketball team

Dave Townsend / townsend@patriot.net

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