Stating the Obvious

[For 12/31]

The obvious topic to post here in this last missive for 2008 is that it really is true that you learn something new every day. I did in 2008. I proved it here. Some days I learned many new things. Some days I had to think for a while to come up with something.

I won't be starting a new blog about stuff I learn in 2009 (nor continuing this one), but you can ask me -- preferably near the end of the day -- what I learned today, and I should be able to tell you. But then...you should be able to tell me what you learned too.

Happy New Year!

[Edit: I just noticed that there are now 363 posts in this blog. That would seem to say I missed posting for 3 days, since 2008 was a leap year. I'm not going to go back and figure out where I went wrong. Trust me...I did learn something on those lost days too.]

Timing Is Everything

I should not start a 4-player game of Agricola at 11:00 P.M. It's too hard to get up for work the next morning. I actually took a short nap after work. I never do that.

BGG Site Down

[For 12/29]

It's a sad thing when the Web site you visit every day is down for several days. I understand there was a hardware failure, and it took a long time to restore everything from the backups. But BoardGameGeek.com is back online (as of this post), so all of us geeks can get our daily fix again.

Packers vs Lions

The Green Bay Packers handed the Detroit Lions an 0-16 record -- the first ever -- today by defeating them 31-21 in a meaningless (except maybe for draft position) game at Lambeau Field today.

Early to Rise

Someone got up relatively early this morning to go 3 hours west to the city on Old Man River -- even after a late night at the "Casino". Eager to see friends, I guess.

Hare & Tortoise

[For 12/26]

Though Hare & Tortoise has rules for 2 players, it really wasn't meant to be played that way. There are some quirks to the game that wouldn't show up if played with 3 or more. I hope I can play it with several others soon.

Cool New Games

Scripts and Scribes, Kingsburg, and Gemlok are three cool new (to me) games that I got to play today. Thank you very much, givers!