Ye gods! I’ve gone dark.
Actually, it’s been quite a while since I went dark. My MovableType settings display only postings from the past three days, and it’s been considerably longer than three days since I last posted.
In fact, my good friend Allan Rousselle sent me an e-mail the other day: “Update your site.” OK, Allan, here goes.
(By the way, Allan’s posting a neat series on the construction of his new house. You should check it out.)
Anyway, since I last reported in, I’ve mostly been working. It can now be revealed that I’m the senior designer on this baseball game, and I hope to God that it ships on time; we’re certainly working hard to make sure it does. Since we came back from our Christmas holidays, we’ve been at the office most days until 9 PM, including usually one and sometimes both weekend days. It’s been pretty tiring; Amy’s pretty tired of it, too.
When I do get a little time off, I’ve been watching Battlestar Galactica (both the new series, and the 1978 original series, both courtesy of BitTorrent), and playing some Halo.
And, of course, I’m following the Gregoire / Rossi saga, mostly over at Sound Politics. If you’re conservative and live in the Puget Sound area, this is a pretty good site for keeping up with the local shenanigans.
My dear niece, Shelly, gave me a copy of Ann Coulter’s latest book, How to Talk to a Liberal (If You Must). I’m not a Coulter fan (it’s not something I would have bought myself), but I was glad of the opportunity to see what the fuss is about.
The problem with Ann Coulter is that she sees her ideological opponents only as stereotypes, not as human beings. In her world, any mention of Ted Kennedy requires a reference to Chappaquiddick, and every idea Bill Clinton ever had is, was, and forever shall be CORRUPT, IMMORAL, SELF-SERVING, and EVIL! (I, on the other had, figure Bill as a smart guy who’s come to some wrong conclusions about the world, and thus as someone I’d rather not have had as my President.) So, while Ann may be (and often is) quite entertaining, she rarely adds value to the public debate. At least Rush Limbaugh admits in his books that his primary job is entertainment. I hope, someday (when I get my life back from this game) to go through Ann’s books and point out some more concrete examples of differences in her approach and my approach to public issues, but that will have to wait.
Well, enough of that. It’s almost the end of my dinner break; another couple hours of game development, straight ahead.
P.S.: Happy Valentine’s Day
