from the basement of the library block building, where I got to visit some of the more marginalized books on campus.

Evan plays on the 50 year old pinball machine, as seen through my 40 year old Pentax Spotmatic, backed by my iPhone.

I started processing the video submissions for the Connect project. Some amazing stuff to work with!

we’re reading the Harry Potter books, and are up to “episode 4” (Goblet of Fire). I wanted to wait until we had a few books under our belts before watching any of the movies. Safe to say, The Boy™ is a fan.

Evan gives his Grampa some last minute tips before kicking his butt in Wii Sports Bowling. He then went on to kick my butt, too. He is no longer allowed to play the Wii.

I was home sick today, and The Boy™ and I spent much of it in the basement hanging out.

My folks needed this vintage 1962 Williams Trade Winds pinball machine moved out of their basement (they got it in 1979 from my uncle who ran an arcade supply company in Edmonton, and I spent many hours playing on it as a kid).

It went straight into ours. The Boy™ is fascinated with it – and I am blown away by the analog electronic design of the thing. It’s a work of art, inside and out.

I carved off a small portion of the basement to serve as a dedicated home office area – the “real” home office was converted into guest bedroom / storage. I took over an old bookcase that was storing useless old crap books, moved it into my Les Nessman inspired office, and started setting up shop. Eventually, a desk, comfy chair, table, light, beer fridge, drywall, iMac, etc… will fit in. And the pool table is nice and handy…

we (i.e., mrs @dnorman) cleaned off the pool table in the basement after several years of succombing to “every horizontal surface accumulates piles of stuff” syndrome. The Boy™ and I played a few games of “pool” tonight. Next – repairing the cues and finding the rest of the balls so we can play a game properly…