Seattle

We arrived in Seattle last night. We are staying in Alki at our friends’ house. Plan on meeting my old Swedish host parents from my high school year abroad on Monday. They’ll be in Seattle for Monday and Tuesday. I’ve not seen them in 11 years. Should be a great time.

Old Whiskers’ Reign in Blood

Another quiet Friday evening with Anna out of town enjoying the sights and sounds of the Sasquatch Festival at the Gorge. I took it upon myself to go out and get some beer – Old Whiskers Hefeweisen from Midnight Sun Brewing. I’d not yet been to their new brewery off Dimond. It seems, I don’t, a bit weird. Went from a small space next to a taxidermy shop (very Alaskan) to an industrial zone a couple miles to the East. The structure just feels less Alaskan now. But, that’s not why one goes to the brewery. One goes there to get b-e-e-r and their beer is excellent.

Following the beer I sat on the deck until it got too cold (it’s only 60 degrees with the sun) when the clouds rolled-in. Then it was inside where I’ve been spending my night trying to finish the growler worth of hefeweisen (that’s a 1/2 gallon worth of beer thank you very much) and listening to Slayer – Reign in Blood which I finally downloaded from iTunes tonight after several years of thinking about buying it. I guess the two pints of Old Whiskers finally pushed me over the edge. Damn good (if way too short) of an album. But, damn, do they pack some heavy freaking music into the 30 minutes. Given that the album came out twenty-three years ago that it is so heavy is amazing. Another great Rick Rubin production.

Still Addicted to Fallout 3

So, after taking several months off from playing the incredibly freaking awesome Fallout 3, I’ve come back to it to play the latest expansion pack, “Broken Steel”, which raises the player cap and adds several new quests plus changes the ending. That rocks. Now I can visit even more parts of the Fallout 3 “world” and add to my character at the same time. This is how the game should have been designed in the first place. But, at least they took the criticism and used it to further develop and refine what is one of the greatest games ever made.

It’s still no Tie Fighter but, hey, what is? Well, Fallout 3 is damn close.

Sunny Spring Day

Got home today at 6pm and took KD out for a nice walk around the neighborhood. It is such a beautiful day with a total lack of clouds, 17 hours of sunlight, and above average temperatures. Just a great day.