This is for my girls.

Dungeon Crawl

Some time ago I found this game called Linley's Dungeon Crawl. It was this cool little game where you control a character in a maze like dungeon and try to get as far down the levels as you can, trying to retrieve the Orb of Zot, fighting monsters all the way down. The fun part was it was all ascii characters.

Recently I discovered Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup. It's based on the original Linley's game but it has been greatly improved. Not only have they added tiled graphics, but you can even play online through in a WebSocket and JavaScript enabled browser like Chrome.

Both games are a lot of fun and very addictive!

Liney's Dungeon Crawl is at version 4.0.0 and can be found at http://www.dungeoncrawl.org/

Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup is at version 0.8.0 and can be found at http://crawl.develz.org/wordpress/

Give them a try. I dare you.

Farwell Frosty

Farewell for now. Winter is not over, so he could be back.

First Snow 2011

It Snowed in East Texas today!!!

Hunting Season Is Over :-(

I got to hunt this year. I hunted 200 acres west of Mexia, Texas that my brother and his in-laws own. The property had not been hunted for some time and has a very large hog population on it. I only saw one deer. It was a doe and unfortunately, does where illegal at the time I saw her. I did get a clean shot at a 30 lb female hog. I'm looking forward to the pork chops and sausage. So if you have a good recipe for wild hog, please share it.

True Grit

I recently went to see the Coen brothers movie True Grit. My wife, having read the book, wanted see it, and I always like a good western.
The movie, like the book, is told from the perspective of a 14 year old girl named Mattie Ross as she seeks out to avenge the death of her father. The setting is very believable and the characters are all distinctive. I particularly liked the manner in which the characters dialoged. Its hard to describe, but now that I'm reading the book, I am finding that the Coen brothers captured this perfectly. I found the acting very good. This is one of Jeff Bridge's over the top performances and Hailee Steinfeld was perfect as Mattie.
If you want to see a good adventure movie with unforgettable characters and stunning setting, go see True Grit.

A Social Network Christmas

I found this today and loved it. So, I thought I'd share it.