Lots of things have been happening and I have been doing a lousy job of keeping the log updated. Let me see if I can recap the events of last week.

Sara with no 'h' occupied large portions of my time last week. This is of course fitting considering her new status as my girlfriend. Things are going well at work both for me personally and for the company as a whole. Late last week a bunch of Arxan folks went out to Asahi as celebration for surviving the long week. I also spent one evening drinking and playing pool with John. His grandfather had just died and he needed a break. We ended up having one of the more involved conversations we have had in a long time.

On Friday I went to the Hunters Pub with several co-workers and "the professors". For those who don't know "the professors" refers to a group of 3 or 4 professors who helped to found Arxan. They still work with us to improve the technologies that they invented. They are some of the smartest people I know. At the pub we talked about technical issues and drank beer. It was a good time, if a little intimidating.

After the pub I went home and crashed, but it wasn't long until many of my drunken friends invaded my house. I crawled out of bed and spent some time with them.

Saturday I slept in and hung out with my friends who arrived the night before. I got to play a little Starcraft which is something I haven't done in a long time. That evening I decided I was going to run a game of Ravenloft come hell or high water. It wasn't a very good game, but I just needed to get out of the narrative corner into which I had painted myself. I also hope I picked up enough inertia to finish the campaign. We shall see.

Sunday I went to Anderson. We paid our respects at John's grandfather's Memorial service. Afterwards I worked on one of my parent's computers. I think I made it worse rather than better. We had fish for dinner and returned to Lafayette. In the evening I cleaned the house and helped Sara with her art project.

Yesterday was valentines day and I got the window of my car repaired. Actually this requires some explaining. A while back I found myself locked out of my car. I called out two separate locksmiths and no one could open it. After getting rides to work for over a week I became sick of it and decided to just smash the damned window in with The Science Hammer. This proved effective in allowing me back into my car, but was rather unpleasant from an aesthetic point of view. So yesterday I had the visquene removed and new glass installed. (Perhaps I will find some pictures soon.)

After work I cooked dinner (swordfish steaks) for Sara with no 'h'. Neither of us are big Valentine's Day people so we kept it simple.

Today I ran errands and cleaned up the house after work. My first issue of O'Reilly Make Magazine came today. It is very cool.