June 2nd - 6-13

A day of things.

First, I went to the dentist. The dentist says my gums sure do bleed a lot when they jab them with sharp objects. Ya think, dentist? Know when they don't bleed? When they're not being stabbed. But I've still got no cavities, and the x-rays show they're solid, so we'll call that a success.

Second, Nintendo's E3 press conference. I'm a big fan of the video games. I enjoy the process of playing them. It's the last form of entertainment that pleases me on a consistent basis. And Nintendo had some great games to announce, so that's cool. Something to look forward to, anyway.

Third, I went to my first Mac Users' Group meeting. It's frightening when, at my age, I'm the youngest person in a group, but so be it. It was kind of a mess, and mostly pretty useless (I should be presenting at these things), but I can see how it'll be helpful once I get into the swing of it. The meeting was held at one of those freaky large churches...the kind where the cafe is larger than the sanctuary at my church. The kind where the land is referred to as a campus, not a plot. And apparently the kind where they rent out rooms to Mac User Groups. I'm not certain, but I'm pretty sure my church only has AA meetings in it. And I'm pretty sure they get to meet for free.

Anyway, even scarier than the crazy church compound was the torpedo on someone's front lawn on the way to the meeting. At least, I think it was a torpedo. Maybe it was a bomb. Shaped more like a torpedo, though. Regardless, there it was, sitting on the lawn, right up against the road. How one gets a torpedo, I don't know. How one convinces his wife that the best place for it is on the lawn, I really don't know. I just know that before long, I'll need to get a picture, because that's 256 shades of awesome.

Run is stuffed, but the halfback lunges for a couple.

Life's ball: 2nd and 8 on their own 26.