Hiatus Recap

Sandy Island Camp was great. Spent time with my family, got in a bit of boating, hiked up Mt. Major, watched ducks raise the latest batches of ducklings, was surprised by daddy longlegs who mistook me for part of the terrain. No photos this time, since I didn't bring my phone. (Considered pulling my digital camera out of storage and bringing that, but decided not to bother.) Got a bunch of reading done:
Earth by David Brin (which I'd read a bit of before camp)
The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and Other Clinical Tales by Oliver Sacks
The Holocaust Industry by Norman Finkelstein
Quicksilver by Neal Stephenson (most of it, anyways, still have about 80 pages to finish)

Spent yesterday with Uncle Max and Aunt Anita Uncle Fred and Aunt Shirley in their lakeside home. Was a mostly uneventful birthday. Except for the torrential downpour that hit as we were leaving camp, which left our suitcases soaked (fortunately my books weren't too badly damaged, just a little damp around the edges). Evidently, the same storm left large parts of Cambridge underwater.

Today, went to game afternoon at Eddie's. Was fun. Nearly nine hours went by like lightning, almost won a game of Power Grid my first time playing it and played a game of Innovation (like Fluxx meets Civilization, awesome though confusing).