http://bobby.queerlydigital.com/blog A Zen gay Texan's perspective Thu, 31 Dec 2009 16:00:10 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en oh heck, the first decade of the 21st century. Whatever it's called. Scary to think I've been out of college for 10 years! Somewhere along the way I went from being the newbie at work to knowing what the hell I was talking about. This year itself was the completion of ... http://bobby.queerlydigital.com/blog/2009/12/31/farewell-to-the-oughtsthe-zeroes/ I've been slogging through a bunch of forgettable science fiction and fantasy of late. However, I just finished Mistborn by Brandon Sanderson and I have to say, my reading bug has been satiated! The book isn't groundbreaking really in any way, just a fun, fast paced fantasy adventure. It's full ... http://bobby.queerlydigital.com/blog/2009/12/30/mistborn-by-brandon-sanderson/ Here they are! Cecchi Chianti Classico 2007 Big House Red 2007 Maui Splash Passion Fruit Nivola Michele Chiaralo Moscato (Ann - 2nd place) Turnbull Sauvignon Blanc 2006 Jacob's Creek Reserve Shiraz 2005 White Track Sauvignon Blanc 2007 The Stump Jump Shiraz 2008 Pillar Box Red 2007 Firestone Sauvignon Blanc 2007 14 Hands Merlot 2007 (Chris - 1st place!) Keyways Krystal Ice Wine ... http://bobby.queerlydigital.com/blog/2009/12/06/wine-party-2009/ Every year after Christmas Ian and I hit Target to get Christmas decorations on sale, and stock up on cheap holiday cards & wrapping for next year. If you know me you know I have a Martha streak and love to give gifts that are wrapped in pretty paper & ... http://bobby.queerlydigital.com/blog/2009/12/06/going-green-at-christmas/ I went to my first convention this weekend dedicated purely to tabletop gaming - board & card games, not RPGs. It was a blast! I haven't allowed myself to geek out like that in a long time! I went with my friend Vic and metup with a few of his ... http://bobby.queerlydigital.com/blog/2009/11/23/boardgamegeekcon-2009/ I've been loving my Palm Pre since I got it. The webOS is very slick. A few bells & whistles missing that will hopefully come soon. The app store is woefully lacking compared to others (i.e. iPhone). Palm says they're taking their time to do it right...well they better hurry ... http://bobby.queerlydigital.com/blog/2009/08/23/palm-pre/ We decided to place ads for our adoptive parent profile, or birthmother letter website. In case you don't have it yet, it's http://www.ianandbobby.com/. The ads are up on http://www.adoptionopen.com/ and http://www.adoptingababy.org. Otherwise we're still on the lookout, so keep your eyes and ears open for us! FYI if you haven't ... http://bobby.queerlydigital.com/blog/2009/08/17/adoption-update-2/ Yeah, I know, it's Microsoft we're talking about. And the real thing if it ever appears will never be as slick as this video. Still, it's neat to see somebody even proposing that this could be normal in the near future. http://www.offworld.com/2009/06/e309-the-7-things-you-need-to.html http://bobby.queerlydigital.com/blog/2009/06/02/microsofts-natal-promises-slick-virtual-reality-style-interaction/ I'm a bit late to many things. I never joined MMORPGs, and even my hubbie says I'm a bit inept at home PC maintenance (I usually just throw up my hands and walk away!). I dabbled in social networks for a while and gave up. Now I'm back on facebook ... http://bobby.queerlydigital.com/blog/2009/05/26/social-networking-kicking-and-screaming/ Well I'm years late to the party (again) but I do finally have a nice setup for keeping my info up to date everywhere. Ian switched us over to Google Apps for Domains a while back for the Queerlydigital.com domain. I now use Google Documents, Mail, Calendar and Contacts instead ... http://bobby.queerlydigital.com/blog/2009/04/19/all-synced-up/