Visions of Shadow and Light

While reading a book about history, I received some serious future-shock!

Download the torrent here.

This is biting, serious, hard-hitting humor. If you dislike President Bush, or at least the job he's doing you'll love this.

But if you dislike the media (left, right, center or otherwise) and the job they are (or aren't) doing, you'll love this.

Really, it has something for everyone - just prepared to be astonished at the balls Colbert must have to say these things in that forum!

The Vatican calls for boycotts, and hints at the need for Catholics to get out there and riot

Here's a list of what I've been reading lately - all of which I recommend

An update on flood recovery that spun into a stream-of-consciousness discussion of the impact of the Internet on community – at least for me

A summary of one of the most complex years I’ve had in a very, very long time - and it is just getting started

This past week I was in Boston, speaking at a conference there. But I came in on Saturday and spent the weekend with my good friends Kevin and Brenda, and Wayne and Brent. Kevin and Brenda have a bed and breakfast (Taylor’s Corner) about an hour west of Boston, near Woodstock, CT. It is very nice, and it was great that I could stay there! W&B live north of Boston, and came out to the B&B to spend the weekend as well.

We played lots of games - Steve Jackson's Illuminati, both the US and European versions of Ticket To Ride, Evo and a card game called Rage. This card game is kind of like a highly randomized and vicious version of Hearts, and is very good if you need a fun, light and relatively quick game. The other games are all much longer and more involved – which makes them a whole lot of fun!

LAN gaming, band concerts and cute musical productions

Well, life goes on. My Mom turns out to have cancer - possibly a relapse of some previous cancer, possibly something far worse.