New Year Murder

Did a murder mystery party tonight. This is where we all get togther and act as criminals for the evening. The murder was vampire themed, and I played the dodgy butler to the "old master". The whole thing was internet driven, which turned out to work very well. It is the first time I've actually done it this way, but the way that the system set up a web site and managed the invites to the guests was rather impressive. Take a look here if you want to have a go.

Earlier in the day Jeremy came to see us. I've not seen him for 18 years or so (seem to be meeting people from the past that the moment). It was nice to see him after all this time. We showed him our pinball table and he told us about the Porshe that he has just bought. I guess the mid-life thing hits different people in different ways....

Holiday Marking

Spent today holed up with a bunch of exam scripts for company. I found a seat near the window where it is a bit cold, just to keep me awake, and set to. The good news is that on the whole the marks are pretty good. The bad news is that I have had to spend the day finding this out.

Brrrrrr

Very cold today. I got this window thermometer thing for christmas and it lets me read the temperature outside. Minus four at the moment, which for this part of the world is quite cold.

I've decided that I'm bored with the cold. It was quite cute at first, seeing frozen duckponds in villages, and white snow and stuff all over the place. But now it is getting in the way a bit and I'd like to have the warm bits back. Now.

Number of the Beast

The number of posts that I've made on blogger is now at 666. Scary eh?

Except that now it isn't.

Successful Piracy

We went over to see Geoff and Anetta tonight. Geoff had a new game which was kind of piraty. It is beautifully presented in a wooden chest, with lovely ship pieces, heavy money and a cloth pirate map to play on. The game involves shivering timbers, becoming a dread pirate, and skirmishing for gold and diamonds. Number one daughter and I teamed up to take on the others on the high seas.

Half an hour in and things were not well on board. We were down to our last doubloon and fighting for our very survival. However, survive we did, and a little while later we came out the winners. I love that game.