Nice collection of goodies all told. Looked at the loot crate the last few months by comparison, and the nerd block is much more to my preference.

First up- t-shirt. Darth Vader join me in OBEY style

Edward Kenway Assassin’s creed figure (picture found on the web, mine is still packaged, in case someone wants to trade for it)

A day of the dead style Klingon to go with my Kirk and Borg we got from Third Eye Comics.

Tom Hanks via The Simpsons

Wacky packages stickers (with a weird security device I thought was gum.)

Legend of Zelda figure

This is stuck in my head now…. moving from topic to topic quite hypnotic

Also tonight Allison got Zimbabwe world party for our Wii… looks good!

Watched

Farscape pilot

United States of Tara

Going with me to the post office to see if March has come in yet.

Update – not there yet. Allison’s yarn arrived.

TIL that when Koko, the gorilla famous for knowing sign language, was asked where gorillas go after death, she responded by signing “Comfortable hole, bye.”

http://books.google.com/books?id=pBthknedPTEC&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q=comfortable&f=false

Also, Newton thinks that going out in the snow is cray-cray

We have a snow day!!!!

All MTA Commuter Buses are shutdown today, Route 201 to BWI may resume later

Locations: Anne Arundel; Calvert; Charles; Montgomery; Prince Georges; St. Marys

The original text for this alert has been automatically reformatted to correct capitalization.

Winter Storm Warning remains in effect from 7 pm this evening to 2 pm EDT Monday.

Precipitation type: snow.
Accumulations: 4 to 8 inches.
Timing: A mix of rain and snow early this evening will change to all snow by mid evening. Snow will continue overnight through early afternoon Monday. The Heaviest Snow is expected late this evening through early Monday morning.

Temperatures: falling into the lower 30s by mid evening and then dropping into the lower to middle 20s late tonight. Highs Monday in the lower 30s.
Winds: northeast 10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 20 mph.

Impacts: roads will become snow covered and slippery. Travel will be dangerous, especially tonight Through the morning rush on Monday.

What did we do today?

The ides of March.

Cookout on the grill… nice day before the possibility of snow on Monday. Had Van and the in-laws over for kielbasa and hot dogs with baked beans, chips and garlic green beans.

I gave Van my old version one kindle fire so he could have a web surfing / email device… I think he’ll get a kick out of it. It’s not as good as the hdx or version 2, but he’s appreciative, I think.

Went to Solomon’s to visit the lotus cafe for brunch…quite good!

“In 2013, cost of minting a penny was 1.8 cents, while the cost to mint a nickel was 9.4 cents. On the flip side, the cost to create a dime was a mere 4.6 cents.”

Sad to hear thief and watch_dogs are getting such terrible reviews.

Good news is that I still haven’t played dishonored and Saints row iv beyond the point of knowing that I’ll enjoy the heck out of them. Added bonus, dishonored is in my library right now.

Reasons for me not to buy a new console yet – My uncompleted, happily replay backlog. X if less than 30% played:

On disk ps3 – (cartridge if you’re mother in law)

X Army of Two
X Assassin’s creed III
Batman: arkham asylum
Batman: arkham city
X Bayonetta
Bioshock 1 2 and infinite
Brutal legend
X Call of Juarez bound in blood
X Dead space 2
X Dishonored
Fallout 3 (x the goty dlc bits)
Fallout new vegas x evil karma bits
God of war iii (my first ps3 game, played more by cousin David b)
Grand theft auto v (and online once heists get added)
Infamous 1&2
Lego: lord of the rings, batman, batman 2, Indiana Jones
Little Big planet and lbp2. Infinite levels!
Mafia ii
Marvel superhero squad
Max Payne 3
X Rage
Red dead redemption
X Resistance 3
Skyrim x?
Uncharted 3
Xcom

Digital ( thanks ps plus!)
X Tomb raider
X Remember me
X payday 2
X Metro last light
X Walking dead season 2
X Brothers
X Stealth Inc  a clone in the dark
Doki-doki universe
Pinballistik
X Hotline Miami
Galaga legions dx
Star wars pinball
bit.trip Runner.2
Pinball arcade
Darksiders
Eat them!
Zen pinball 2
x Mega man 9 & 10
X Retro city rampage
X scott pilgrim vs the world
X Renegade ops
X poker night at the inventory 2
Catan
Pure chess
Blokus
Little big planet karting
Armageddon riders ( I may be the only person who loves this game)
X Awesomenauts
X ibb & obb
X trine 2
X outland
X Tokyo jungle
X demons souls
X closure
Stacking
X Cuboid
X mercury hg
X auditorium hd
X tomb raider underworld
X Lara craft and the guardian of light
X quantum conundrum
X binary domain
X Dragon’s dogma dark arisen
Lego marvel super heroes
X shadow of the colossus
X kingdoms of amateur reckoning
Hitman: absolution
X deus ex human revolution
Sleeping dogs x dlc
Far cry 3 blood dragon
Vanquish
Infamous festival of blood
X borderlands and dlc
Warhammer 40,000 space marine
X when Vikings attack
X zombie tycoon I’m
Plants vs zombies
X Anomaly war zone earth
X dungeon defenders
Rock of ages
X mine craft
X dmc devil may cry
Dyad
X spelunky
x Borderlands 2
Sound shapes

Wii / pc to follow

following up with part two of the SharePoint class.

Random factoid learned today – the only necrocracy in the world is – North Korea – President Kim Il Sung. Yikes. Bestowed posthumously, natch.

some shots from outside