Allons-y!

Hey there!

This is a quick note to kick-off my new blogging experience... I have blogged before, but was a Bad Blogger, and didn't update anywhere near as often as I should I have! This time WILL be different! BTW, if you wish to view my previous rambles, try www.richardsrambles.blogger.com ... it may be interesting. It may also bore the pants off you, but that is the risk you take when you go online!

I am doing this as part of the NSW State Library's Learning 2.0 programme, and I am looking forward to getting a grasp on some of the technologies that have so far eluded me. So, as that great philosopher, The Doctor, would say: "Allons-y!" and off we go!

Ummm.... back?

I am doing the Learning 2.0 course, through the library... doing a blog is a part of this...so this is me reactivating this blog!

I have been a very bad Blogger.....

Late April!?!?!? It has been THAT long since I last posted?

Oh, well, there goes the idea of updating every couple of weeks! Or was that a couple of time a week? I dunno.....

Let me see, what has changed in the world since then; I have lost sleep to Australia's World Cup bid... Now madly hoping that the Boys can manage a draw against Croatia.

I have played a couple of decent games: Andy 'Late but in earnest', Young Chris & I played out a Modern Skirmish game, where a platoon of Brit Infantry (Led from the front, and rather poorly, by me!)tried to rescue 3 downed chopper crew just over an unfriendly border. Young Chris played the outraged local troops, and we ended up in a draw, mainly due to his infantry being under my air support, my ground support (2 Tanks, 2 APC's & 12 US Infantry) failing to show up, and all of my anti-tank stuff bouncing off the armour of his tanks. Bugger!

Robbie Rommel, Young Chris & I also staged a couple of fairly massive Star Wars games: Stormtroopers versus Rebels. The Imperials were greatly helped in the first game by a AT-ST Walker , which I rather stupidly traded in for the second game for bulk-loads of Stormtroopers. Never guess it, but I lost. Again. I now own TWO, and will not be so silly again!!!!!

Little Bec continues to grow in leaps and bounds. The nurse said we should try to read 1 book a day to her. She is young, and still having problems with numbers: she must have heard "...try to read ONE HUNDRED books a day!" She will now chase you around the house, with whichever book she REALLY needs read held outstretched in her hands, saying "Read! Read! Sit, knee, READ!" Things could be much worse! She is certainly far too clever for me!

Master and Commander

I have just recently rewatched 'Master and Commander'(Which I found in a double DVD pack, with 'Braveheart', at the bargain basement price of $15.95!) and was reminded of what an impressive film it is. Historical accuracy, action, bloodshed, explosions... and not a hint of romance! What a blokes heaven! No wonder Russell Crowe was in the lead. The only way he could be more blokey would be by buying a Rugby League club... Oh, hang on...

I did try reading the Jack Aubrey novels once, but was put off by the authors writing style. (I am spoiled by working at a library... If a book hasn't grabbed me by page 5, back to the shelf it goes!) I have read and enjoyed all of the 'Hornblower' books, and am a long standing fan of all of Bernard Cornwell's Military History stuff, so this came as a bit of a surprise to me. But the film is such a joy, that I may be tempted back, trying to stick past page 5. Time will tell. In the mean time, 'Braveheart' awaits...

How evil are you? The quiz-things location!!!

After some searching, I have located the quiz that said I was a nasty piece of work. So, please, avail yourselves of the link, and post back how you fare. A shilling to the one more evil than me!!! (83%)

How Evil Are You?

News just in- I am Oscar Wilde!!!!!

You are Oscar Wilde Charming and Witty. You are incredibly popular because of your wry and satirical sense of humor. You are also incredibly talented at writing, and pushing the conventional boundaries of your society. Take this quiz at QuizGalaxy.com

Hmmm.... Only not so much of the interested in men bit!!!

Where has the year gone???

It is, as I write, almost the 3rd of April... And I would like to report the beginning of the year officially LOST! It is considerably more LOST that those stranded Americans on TV... They keep on finding new people!

I would suspect that it is a function of rapidly approaching Old Age, except that even kids seem to notice it too! I can clearly remember that, as an early teenager, the first 8 months or so of the year dragged themselves across my life with the speed and enthusiasm of a valium drugged slug. But now, ever 10 year olds can be heard whining about how fast the year goes!

There are several possible explanations for this phenomena... Perhaps Time itself has speeded up? Perhaps our lives are now so busy, that even teenagers can't complain about being bored? Or perhaps, as technology gets faster, we all expect everything faster, and so speed our lives away? I don't know, but I am thinking of getting away to a cave in a mountain, where I can just sit and think about this stuff... Let's see what that does to the passage of time! (Like I'll ever get the time to do that!!!)

How much of a Buffy geek am I?

I have just realised, through doing an online test, and participating in a bit of to-and-fro conversation: I am the biggest Buffy geek that I know!

Check Robbie's blog for the details.

Little Paper Soldiers

Through one of the Yahoo groups that I belong to, I have discovered this fine site, crowded with free little paper men: www.juniorgeneral.org
This could be the start of a very cheap & easy period of wargaming for Richard and the Gamer crew...

How evil are you blogthing

You Are 84% Evil

You're the most evil person you know. The devil is even a little scared of you!

How Evil Are You?

Hmmm.......