It has been a while since I have posted anything because my computer keeps giving me an error every time the browser tries to open a new window. It really sucks. I try every now and again to post something and when it doesn't work, I just stop.

We have been playing a lot of Fluxx, some Gloom and some Bang. I really enjoy playing games. This past week end I went to some of my dance friends house for a dirty shirt party. The idea was to wear a dirty shirt--either literally or figuratively. There were quite a few very interesting shirts. Mine basically was an advertisement for Derty Hoes--Every Man Needs a Derty Hoe. Anyhow, we played Skip-Bo and Catch Phrase. Catch Phrase is a really good party game because it can be played with just about any number of people and it is just a lot of fun. You split up into two teams and you sit in a circle with every other person being on the same team. One player looks at the word on the disk and tries to get one of their team members to guess the word. Once the word is correctly guessed, the disk is passed to the next player who clicks to the next word and tries to get their team to guess the word. There is a timer and when the timer buzzes the team not holding the disk gets a point and has the option to guess the current word. If they guess correctly, they will get a second point. The first team to get to a specified number of points wins. I don't remember the number of points you need to have. We generally play girls against the guys when we play. Everybody had a great time with it on Saturday.

With the holidays coming up, I have been trying to determine what to get the multitude of people for Christmas. Meanwhile everyone keeps asking me what I want for Christmas. I really want a plasma TV with built in DVD player for the basement to replace the TV that went out, but I would never expect anyone to spend that kind of money. It seems like everything I need, I just go get and most of the things I want are much better remaining things to want instead of things to have. A friend of mine did not understand that until he thought about his wife and how she likes the idea of getting things, but doesn't really appreciate having them. I think there is a lot that I like the idea of having, but if I actually had any of them they would just sit somewhere unappreciated.

As for what to get people, I have a closet full of Darth Taters and Spud Troopers for some of my nephews and great nephews. Unfortunately, they are too young for all the Legos in the closet. I don't know why I buy all these things. I have tubs of Legos and I have a lot of the Star Wars Legos. When they first came out, I thought it would smart to buy duplicate copies of the sets and save them for later and sell them to collectors. I am no longer betting on the collector market, but I have a bunch of stuff just taking up space. I figure eventually I will be able to give them as gifts.

Anyhow, I hope everybody has a happy and safe Thanksgiving.