Roadside Picnic

I could do with more days like yesterday.  Had three main options for the day - lay around the living room, go to a party in Knoxville, or go look at something cool.  The last option was the big winner.

I picked up elalyr and tegyrius and off we went to the Air Force museum in Dayton.  I hadn't been in a few years, and the last trip was very very short, so we headed out reasonably early and got there in time for a leisurely walk around.  Lots of good stuff to see, of course - some old familiar exhibits, and a few new ones, like an Avrocar!  The missile/spacecraft tower was open, and rather eerie for me, at least.  The big surprise was placed in an almost innocuous location - tucked along one wall in the Cold War hangar was an honest-to-God MiG-29.  It's a good-looking aircraft, and as Elalyr noted, the information on how this particular plane came to be in the museum's collection was conspicuously absent.

After the museum, some shopping.  Big-ass mall on the northeast side of Cincy for a visit to the Apple store, then over to Jungle Jim's.  Holy cow.  Where to start with this?  It's a grocery, but calling that is like calling Tiger Woods some dude that plays golf every few weekends.  An entire wall of cheeses.  30 linear feet of honeys.  Produce I'd never heard of before.  Aisles set up for goods from other countries - one country to an aisle (or alcove).  Dear heavens, the seafood counter.  Look, if you're in the area, and consider food to be more than just fuel for an organic engine, go.  Set aside a few hours to just wander around.

I slept late today.  Got up around 9:30, played Civ 4 for a while.  Watched The Atomic Cafe.  Watching football.  Writing some.  Will do laundry soon.

Almost finished reading Altered Carbon, and I have really enjoyed it.

When the conversation begins with a variant of "what are you doing?" rather than a question requiring a specific bit of information - when did a particular event occur, who is this person's parent/child/sibling/what-have-you, what does the CS stand for - it means she needs a favor. I know this, and have for a long while.  I just forget it when it happens.

Started talking about the SW game Tuesday night.  I think I'm going to play a Jedi ambassador.  This should be interesting, and I'm already setting a pretty high bar for myself.

Thanksgiving was good.  No unwanted pests.  I mean, guests.  Played Cleopatra and the Society of Architects.  Talked about books and movies and games.  Watched the Lions continue to be dreadfully inept.  Saw a Cadillac pulled over by a DARE minivan on the drive home.  On the drive to Mom&Dad's, saw a lighted programmable highway sign flashing "CAUTION" over and over again.  Ah, Garrard County, land of unspecified peril.

Have maybe 90 minutes of work to do tomorrow.  Planning to divide my time otherwise between Civilization: Revolution and some game writing.