On Friday Five on the 8th of February

[danieldwilliam]

The Board Games Club met twice this week. I played Port Royal both lunchtimes. It's nice, simple but deep push-your-luck card game. Definately on my to buy list. I won my first game today with a narrow but very solid win at Port Royal. In other board gaming news one of the IT guys has given me a stack of useful plastic bags and what not so this evening I will be spending some time rationalising my board game collection some more.

This weekend I shall be attending the rugby at Murrayfield en famille. We are a little outing, with MLW, the Captain, the Captain's Particular Friend, The father of the CPF (with whom I coach mini-rugby), an old school chum of mine, her husband and son. I am hoping for better weather and a better result than last Saturday.

I have been to the gym several times this week. Doing quite a few weights. I continue to notice a definate improvement in my physical capabilities. Also, I've found some decent showers and worked out the timing so I can have a proper shower and still get to work on time without having to stand at the bus stop for more than two minutes.

I think I might start reading Kage Baker and Ursula Le Guin's back catalogue. I read a Kage Baker short story in a magazine this week and it delighted me. Also, Ailiette du Bodard, although she is not dead as far as I can tell.

Next week I shall be taking in some One Act Plays. I did some prompting for one my club's entries to the competition. A really interesting play about cloning and the extent to which your personality is genetically determined. Talking about the play prompted a classic conversation with the Captain about where babies come from. Bottom line, he doesn't care how much you love your babies he doesn't see why a man and a lady would want to rub penises together.

Comments

[mountainkiss]

I loved the de Bodard Aztec books.

[alithea]

Ah! I bought one of hers in a recent sale but have not read it yet, i must get around to it :)

But yeah, she's definitely not dead, I was reading her twitter feed only this morning

[mountainkiss]

Strictly speaking that only proves she wasn't dead this morning. And not even that unless we know she operates her own Twitter account, although I'll admit it increases the odds.

[alithea]

Okay, i'll give you that ;)

[danieldwilliam]

What we really know is that the person (or entity) claiming to be you, claims to have seen the person (or entity) claiming to be her do something earlier.

But I'm not sure that's a helpful way of looking at things.

[danieldwilliam]

So do I. I think they may have been a recommendation or a gift from you.

Were I not finding reading so slow at the moment I'd re-read this month.