28 years ago today. Those were years of joy, pain, achievement, failure, and countless dreams. 28 years of games, books, and movies. It’s been an amazing series of events leading to where I am today. I’m so pleased for the people I’ve met, places I’ve seen, and memories I hold. Considering where I was in each stage of my life up to now, I’m anxious for what’s coming next, I’m somewhere in the middle of adulthood but not...

After four long years, I returned to my home. I went home to New Orleans. Earlier this month I took a flight up to my city, to my home town. Chalmette, New Orleans, St Bernard and Orleans Parishes. Home for decades long ago stepped away from. Unlike my first return shortly after Katrina, life here was – different would be a good word – muddled would be another. Reality was a mix of echoes of what once was and what now is; the schools,...

So, I am currently still in a place of lack of job and lack of real motivation to work on stuff. Turning the latter around, especially since I’ve given myself a hard limit on how much I’m allowed to game daily now. Two days running I’ve managed to game less than 3 hours a day (and less than 2 on Team Fortess, my latest big addiction). I still have the friday night unlimited gaming thing, but otherwise, I’m keeping to...