I've begun assembling a list of what I consider to be the best sites, pages, movies, pictures, et cetera on the World Wide Web. It's for general consumption, which means I keep the “techie” things out. It does not mean it's always safe for the kiddies. It's never intentionally unsafe, but I'm not a good judge of these things. I'm told I scare small children just by looking at them (and there's at least one to which I know this is true).

You can find this list at http://scbarber.tumblr.com/. Enjoy!

Last night we invited five friends over to our place to play some games, eat some food, and possibly watch a movie. Since it was a Halloween-ish party it was decided we would all come in costume. If we had decided to judge the costumes I think I would have voted for Cheri, as her punk costume looked quite good, and rather authentic (thought I can't say I know a lot about punks). I decided to dress up as something I clearly am not, a handyman; I later had to lose the tool belt as it was too awkward to sit with it on, though I did briefly consider how many more snacks I could pack around.

Despite our upcoming anniversary, and its ensuing vacation from the daily rigors of the working life, we decided to turn our three day weekend into a mini-vacation, and it was well timed and much needed. Back when we lived in the apartment (heretofore known as "The Apartment") we would spend an occasional Saturday doing nothing but play a video game on our PS2. Sure it was "lazy", but it was only occasional and one of the few luxuries we could afford (after all it only cost us time, and we had plenty of that). Since buying and moving into our house (henceforth "The House Mark I") nothing of the sort has happened. In fact our PS2 has been gathering more dust than seeing any use, as has our neglected Xbox. On some level we have not been comfortable spending the luxurious time of only playing a game, and neglecting all else (I surmise this is due to the stress of the past year and the constant list of Things To Be Done To The House(TM) but that's a subject for another day over at my blog). Last weekend we rather unconsciously decided to change this.