Archive for the 'Misc Rambling' Category

Priceline Returned My Money

Thursday, July 8th, 2010

Well, when Charlotte and I decided to launch PricelineStoleMyMoney.com, we really were not expecting any kind of a response from Priceline at all. We certainly didn’t expect that within a couple of weeks, they would refund our money in its entirety! We don’t know for sure that it was the site launch and associated press [...]

Priceline Stole My Money

Wednesday, June 23rd, 2010

Just a short update today to alert people that I’ve launched PricelineStoleMyMoney.com — a website chronicling the true story of how Priceline stole $1490 from my wife and I. You should check it out, read the timeline in the long version, and decide for yourself what you think. We believe we did everything we possibly [...]

Project Status Update

Thursday, February 25th, 2010

It’s been almost eight months since we moved to Indianapolis, where I had planned on dedicating more of my time to working on my personal projects. I’m pleased to say that I’ve been largely successful in this! I’ve got a lot going on, and it’s sometimes a bit hard to juggle everything. These periodic update [...]

Guitar Wishlist

Monday, February 22nd, 2010

I’ve been playing guitar since around 1991, when I was fourteen years old or so. My first guitar was a cheap, generic-brand acoustic (looked a lot like this Yamaha) that cost me $139 bucks because it had some cracks in the finish, and the action on it was so high that you could’ve mixed the [...]

What Happened to Crispy Gamer?

Friday, February 19th, 2010

Quick note: I am not particularly interested in disparaging or insulting anyone, so don’t expect this to be a gossipy, tell-all kind of post. I just wanted to clear things up in case anyone had any questions as to why I’m no longer with CG. In late 2009 Crispy Gamer acquired GamerDNA.com, 360Voice.com, TweetMyGaming.com, and [...]

Holiday Dinner Extravaganzas

Saturday, December 26th, 2009

Christmas Eve Dinner: Three dozen oysters, scallops with wine and veggies, a five-pound lobster, clams, snails, langostines, shrimp, salad, half a dozen baguettes, seven types of cheese, fresh fruit, creme anglaise, homemade meringues, candied kumquats, chocolate, coffee, red wine, white wine … and a few things I’m forgetting. Chrismas Day Lunch: Two geese, sausage and [...]

Merry “It’s Cold Out but At Least There Are Presents” Month

Friday, December 18th, 2009

Ah, December … best of the winter months, because sure, it’s freezing and gross out, but at least a huge chunk of us get to huddle together with our families for warmth, drinking lots of booze and feasting on sugary treats while tearing open our many gifts. This year I’ll be doing that in France, [...]

Albums of the Decade – 2000 to 2009

Monday, December 7th, 2009

Since this is my blog and I can thus do whatever the hell I want with it, I thought I’d take a few moments to rank my favorite albums of the past ten years. I’m not going to claim that I have the greatest taste in music ever, nor that I’ve listened to every single [...]

Project Asimov, a Roaring Success, Now Over.

Tuesday, October 6th, 2009

Well, the end of September has come and gone, and at last we’ve reached a time when I am in charge of my hair again, after swearing not to touch it (or my sideburns) until 9/30. So naturally on 10/1, the clippers came out. But before that happened, we did a little photo shoot. Then [...]

Updates on My Projects

Friday, August 28th, 2009

It’s been a bit since I talked about the various things that I’m doing, so I thought I’d give some updates. It’s been a very busy couple of months since I got to Indy (though I’ve still managed to find time to waste on a replay of Fallout 3!). Dart Publishing The personal business project [...]