Thanksgiving

Well, we're back home after a really good Thanksgiving. My friend Sachin joined us at my parents house and made instant friends with Connor. As my parents said, he is welcome back anytime.

The food was all good and there were four different kinds of desserts so I think we are all a bit full.

We played some games and my dad pinned me twice in the Vaught family wrestling tradition. It's not really wrestling though since he kicks my ass in less than a minute everytime.

Happy Turkey Day!

Sporcle country quiz

I did it! All 195 countries! The last one I got was Colombia. I don't know why I forgot it the first time through. YES!

Games and stuff

I've really been slacking on this site lately. I went back and looked at previous years and it looks like the fall is my slowest time for posting. Isn't that interesting? No, I didn't think so. I guess with the year end slow down at work, everything else slows down too.

I beat the new Call of Duty last night. Oohwee, that's a crazy game. Very fun, but also pretty damn short. Luckily, it has the special ops section. Well, not so lucky for Lindy.

I grabbed Dead Space the other day at a buy 2 get 1 free used sale at Gamestop. I haven't had a chance to play it yet, but it's supposed to be fun.

See this, is how exciting things are around Indianapolis right now. You're reading about me playing a video game and getting a new one. I'm going to ratchet up the tension now...

I finished reading The Good Thief by Hannah Tinti the other day. It started off a bit slow, but I couldn't put it down towards the end. It's about an orphan in the 1800s who gets taken out of the orphanage by a guy who says he's his older brother. The guy turns out to be a con artist and a thief, but then again the kid likes to steal too. There is mystery, grave robbing, a mousetrap factory, and a group of thugs called the Hat Boys. What more could you want?

I have no new music to report. Wait, I saw the video for the new Vampire Weekend song and it was pretty cool. Other than that, I'm just waiting for the 80s electronica throwbacks to pass on by. Except for Matt and Kim, I like them.

If you liked The Station Agent, go rent The Visitor. It's written and directed by the same guy and is very good. It's about a college professor in Connecticut who has an apartment in NYC that he doesn't use very often. When he has to go to the city for a conference, he finds two immigrants living there. He gets entwined in their lives and hilarity ensues. Oh wait, no it doesn't, it's just sweet, yet sad movie.

Anywho, Happy Thanksgiving. Go out and give a Native American some foreign disease and steal his land. That's how we always celebrate. That and turkey.

AC/DC

The boys have redeemed themselves a bit tonight. Connor was rocking out to AC/DC on youtube and Logan liked "Back in Black" and "T.N.T." Why won't AC/DC put out a greatest hits cd? Why won't they put their music on itunes?

Southside Indy Man Loses His Fu**ing Mind - Tonight at 11

Lindy is in Cleveland. I'm here with two insane children by my lonesome. The bigger one has apparently gone deaf as he seems to not hear me telling him to stop jumping all over the goddamn furniture. The little one crapped in the bathtub... again. 8 o'clock cannot come soon enough.

#23

Lebron James is giving up the number 23 in honor of Michael Jordan. That's pretty damn cool, but I have to agree with Stan van Gundy, Jordan isn't Jackie Robinson and the idea of the league retiring his number is pretty ridiculous. He is the greatest basketball player ever, but I'd leave it at that.

The evil internet

I've been sounding like an old codger for years now talking about how the internet does more harm than good. Now others are starting to say the same thing:

http://2010.newsweek.com/essay/a-decade-of-destruction.html

This article is mostly about it's impact on various industries throughout the world.

Not to sound like some doomsday bellringer, but the internet in all it's glory is dehumanizing us. Of course, here I am talking about it on a blog.