The Prodigal Blog

I am currently star struck. I don’t know when the last time was that I felt this way. I just saw two celebrities…in the flesh…and they interacted with me…answered my question…nay even signed my book. Honestly, I haven’t been at such a loss for words in sometime. I just met Mike Krahulik and Jerry Holkins of PENNY ARCADE. Yeah. I know. Freaking awesome. That’s my assertion at least anyways. Don’t assume though that it was a raucous party. Because, well it was in a Barnes and Noble, and it was really just a book signing for their latest book. But still. Given their fame I’m surprised there weren’t more than the hundreds already there (ok there were maybe 100+ people there). They took questions from the gathered audience for an hour. I asked a question! They answered all sorts of questions. Mostly all heavy hitters: favorite game of all time, direction of the gaming industry, favorite novels of all time, who their romantic interests were in certain RPG’s, how they deal with games and...

.../theprodigalblog.blogspot.com/ant start projects . . . start: Hi everyone just writing to post up some things I'm up to and that have been exciting me. . . warning: LOST starts in 3 hours. . . verbose: I've been a wee bit busy with work and a few side things... Went hiking around Chantry Flats and checked out the waterfall up there since the recent rains. Pretty awesome. [no photo found] Played through Mass Effect 2 (very fun, definitely makes it pretty high on my favorite games played list) . . . Projects: things I will be up to... . . verbose: So I've got a few things that are coming out of the factory of my mind that I'm thinking of wrangling down 1. Wanting to read more. I am going to read the following books, starting from left to right. From left to right...Love or Die, Crazy Love, The Prodigal God, a Shelter in the time of Storm The plan is to read these books by the end of March. None of them is particularly long. I will report back with the results...or not....

Day 8 of Beardedness. Merry Christmas btw. Heading off soon to grandmother's house. Usually I like to stroke my chin when in deep thought pretending I have a beard...it is strange that now I can stroke my chin and find that there is pseudo beard present to be stroked. Horribly sick by the way. I thought I already got sick this season!?! I'm dying.

Hi guys. I am growing a beard. Well...at least for the next few weeks. I will post pictures as we progress. Today is day 6 of not having shaved. Be afraid. I am. (BTW - not trying to look thug...just had a hard time being able to click on the 'shoot photo now' button.) And we're out of beta. We're releasing on time.

All my best ideas come from the shower. I’m not kidding. All my worst ideas and anxieties come out in the shower also; again, no joke. Should I call these waterborne day dreams revelations? Or an early morning curse from my subconscious? Or maybe it’s connected with the fact that I’ve just woken up and my mind is barely sober enough to determine what it wants to think about, and what ‘I’ want to think about. Or perhaps it is a partnership between the aforementioned and the Holy Spirit, meant to rouse me from my stupor. Trust me; no alcohol is involved, because as most people know about me, one drop of that stuff can put me in a world of hurt (allergies). This morning as I scrubbed my oily hair clean with my standard Head and Shoulders a thought boiled up to the surface of my mind. And I use the term ‘boil’ quite metaphorically because that what happens with ideas and me. They sit, and I ignore them as long as I can, until I wake up one morning in a hot shower and the idea is poppi...

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It is very odd, the places you find yourself on a day to day basis in the Philippines. One day you might find yourself teaching the unruly bunch of kindergarten students, the next, you could be speaking in front of a crowd of 750. Furthermore, in continuing the pattern of seemingly (not) random activities we've participated in; we rode in a motorcade/parade through the city. Never really anticipated doing that, but its National Nutrition Month here and we are participating in a 'Values and Ethics Formation Program' here. (AKA: VBS). It was...an odd experience riding through the city with Mr. and Mrs. Nutrition. Another day in the Philippines I guess. -jr