Twice baked potatoes

So at the usual Sunday night dinner at the in-laws this week I grilled up some steaks and made twice baked potatoes.  They seemed to really enjoy them so I thought I would share it with you.  This recipe yields about enough filling for 6 good sized potatoes. 6          Lrg. Russet potatoes 1c        Shredded cheddar [...]

Theme change poll

Hi folks.  I am just not feeling the theme I use for my blog.  I am changing it up but as you are the poor souls who have to look at it I am going to let you decide which to pick.  The old theme was called Sunburn and this new one is called ChaoticSoul [...]

Of maps and miniatures

I am waiting anxiously for the Player’s Handbook 2 I ordered to come in the mail.  It should be here by Tuesday.  Can’t wait! In this post I am going to talk about some of the tools I use for running a game.  For those of you who are not familiar with D&D this may [...]

Vacation time

The times they are a changing.  I was without Internet for the last week because we were staying at my Grandfather-in-laws condo in New Westminster.  I thought that I would be able to leach Internet off of someone in the building or from one of the other 4 or 5 buildings near the block.  Not [...]

The manwich hunt

So the other day my wife and I were returning home from a friend’s house.  It was about 5:30pm so we were getting hungry.  Because we are going away next week, we haven’t really been doing a good job of keeping the fridge stocked up.  As we drove past the grocery store we had a [...]

This is how I role

I am not posting a D&D update this week as we didn’t play in the campaign I run this week.  As a group we meet weekly but we trade off roles.  There are two of us who Dungeon Master (DM) and we take turns doing it.  The DM is the story teller and generally runs [...]

The simple matter of testing

So the organization I work for is moving data centers.  The role I play is I need to test the application I support once the move is made to make sure no pieces are left behind.  Here is the fun part.  Just to log into the system I have to follow these steps: I am [...]

Mission-fest weekend

This week our church participated in Mission-fest. This is a local event put on by a few of the community churches in Penticton, Kaleden and OK Falls. This year’s fest kicked off with a Rwandan-style dinner and African drumming at First Baptist in Penticton. The dinner was really good. There was like a vinaigrette, coleslaw [...]

Wii woes

This whole Wii Fit gig is harder then I thought.  My first problem is the weigh-in.  Apparently my weight can shift plus of minus 5 pounds with ease.  It is very hard to figure out if I am loosing weight.  I would have to weigh myself at the same time every night wearing the same [...]

We should open a bar!

Here is our weekly D&D update Having just defeated the human commander and his hobgoblin lackeys, the party moves forth in search of the dwarf porter’s guild leader.  They manage to find him in the next room with a few of his buddies and his pet wolf fluffy.  The dwarf barks a warning to a [...]