In which a blogger apologizes

Sorry. I been slack.  The past few weeks have been filled with awesomeness, both in gaming and in just general stuff I have been working on.  Mass Effect 2 and Bioshock 2 were released.  My mom came up to visit. And out of the blue our breeder contacted us to say one of these, is mine:

PUPPIES

Buddy is 9, and Adia is 5.  We do believe in spacing out our pets.  Buddy is alive and well and going grand, we expect several more years of companionship from him.  But we felt since Adia has bonded with him so strongly that we had to make sure when it comes time for ourselves, as stewards of our pets’ lives, to make that most terrible and gentle of decisions for Buddy that Adia had someone to turn to.  One might insist I am anthropomorphizing our pets. But in my time as a dog owner I have discovered that what we think we know, even about human psychology, we don’t really know so much as we think we know.

This is a longwinded explanation to say we’re getting a puppy as much for Adia as we are ourselves. If all goes well we will be bringing home one Remington Martin in early April to join the family.

Lest this be as simple as all that, as I mentioned in an earlier post I have some other stuff to share.  But I can’t quite yet.  It’s awesome though. Once the law talkin’ people approve it I think you will like it too.

Where’s Stepto?

Today marks my 15th anniversary as a full time employee of the Microsoft Corporation.  I celebrated yesterday at work, and I have spent the past month working on a very important work thing, and a very important personal project.  I hope to say more very soon about both things.  But meanwhile now that most of the work is now out of my hands I’ll be back to posting here.  :>

Where’s Stepto?

Today marks my 15th anniversary as a full time employee of the Microsoft Corporation.  I celebrated yesterday at work, and I have spent the past month working on a very important work thing, and a very important personal project.  I hope to say more very soon about both things.  But meanwhile now that most of the work is now out of my hands I’ll be back to posting here.  :>

I’ll see you in The Year We Make Contact

It’s weird, but it feels like I’ve been waiting all my life for this year, immortalized in the sequel to 2001: A Space Odyssey.

2009 was an incredible year. I discovered Songsmith.  I watched Barack Obama’s inauguration with a thousand excited friends in downtown Seattle. My awesome Mom turned 60! I invented a new word. The Dallas Stars beat the LA Kings at least once. I totally embarrassed myself with some old college poetry. I went to e3! I got an iPhone. I gave a speech at PAX! I was officially in the credits for my first video game, Halo 3: ODST. I bought a cow! And lastly, I put on an auction item for the Child’s Play dinner this year and raised $2,000!

I feel incredibly lucky to get to do what I do, and incredibly thankful for all the readers of my blog and followers on Twitter.

I hope you have an amazing New Year. Stay safe, and we’ll see you in The Year We Make Contact.

I’ll see you in The Year We Make Contact

It’s weird, but it feels like I’ve been waiting all my life for this year, immortalized in the sequel to 2001: A Space Odyssey.

2009 was an incredible year. I discovered Songsmith.  I watched Barack Obama’s inauguration with a thousand excited friends in downtown Seattle. My awesome Mom turned 60! I invented a new word. The Dallas Stars beat the LA Kings at least once. I totally embarrassed myself with some old college poetry. I went to e3! I got an iPhone. I gave a speech at PAX! I was officially in the credits for my first video game, Halo 3: ODST. I bought a cow! And lastly, I put on an auction item for the Child’s Play dinner this year and raised $2,000!

I feel incredibly lucky to get to do what I do, and incredibly thankful for all the readers of my blog and followers on Twitter.

I hope you have an amazing New Year. Stay safe, and we’ll see you in The Year We Make Contact.