3/27/07
Spring arrived on March 21^st, 2007 at 4:07 p.m. MDT. The fact that spring arrived did not hit me untl last Friday. I was with Jaybird on Cassius's enclosed patio doing these foam roller things to push the bad blood and lactic acid out of my muscles when I noticed the tree in the neighbor's backyard was covered in flowers.

On Saturday I waddled up the driveway and noticed one of the trees was also bearing flowers. Finally on Sunday raddidge pointed out a robin redbreast. It's not until I see this stuff that I know spring has truly arrived in the world.

Until I see and experience it, the fact that the sun crossed the equator on March 21^st, 2007 at 4:07 p.m. MDT is just another meaningless date and time.

Gentle reader, as you may or may not know I am not a fan of shilling products and services here at heptapod.org. Yet I must state that the most recent version of AVG Free is the best damned antivirus known to man. I've stopped using Sunbelt Kerio firewall because it turned into a headache. Yet when I've done scans with Spybot Search & Destroy I am finding that I'm not getting any spyware. Yes I do update my spyware and antivirus definitions on a regular basis. I don't know what AVG Free does but it does it quite nicely. Plus I've stopped getting those annoying SDBot infections.

On Sunday I purchased the Arkham Horror boardgame along with Grave Robbers from Outer Space and three gaming dodecahedrons. Those are twelve sided dice to you and me, gentle reader. raddidge and I didn't have enough opportunity to open them up and play them. Plus we never have a third to play Settlers of Cataan. Did I mention that it's been almost ten years since I've played Settlers?

What's the point of all this consumerist nonsense? Huh? Well I realized that I really want to get some construction dice. No they're not a special, obscure kind of die used only in union roleplaying games. Ronnie, who I used to game with, had a shitload of these yellow six sided dice with black pips. I always used them and they were always kind to me if you're among the folks who are superstitious about dice. Plus I really like the color scheme of black on yellow. Insert miscegenation joke here. Sadly I didn't see such dice over at The Compleat Gamer or the hobby store over on Academy.

Plus I still need a cheapo plastic chess set with chess pieces which are about 2 inches tall. Such items are necessary for Asbury Park by Night since they'll make cheap and effective miniatures when there's combat during the game. Plus Jaybird uses a gnome to represent himself, maribou uses a vampire smurf that I got her in Cape May but I don't know what Cassius or elmgrows are going to use to represent them on the battle mat.

Now I wonder if my old G.I. Joe action figures are still in New Jersey.