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Love you, Mom!

A good friend of mine is getting married soon. This makes me happy. I know he’s going to have a good marriage because he’s a good dude. I haven’t met the bride to be, but I hear she’s a lovely lady.

I’ve been married a good while. So I think I know a little bit about how this works.

Some people think that marriage is the end. It’s where the relationship hits its zenith. That’s it. The end. Everything after that is only a pale reflection of that happy day. The relationship can’t evolve from there. You’re done.

Not true. I love my wife more every day. And I will love her more every day until I die. On the ten-thousandth day of our union, I will love her 10,000 times more than the day we were married. That’s just the way it is. Love gets better with time. Continue Reading »

A video I made a little while ago of one of nature’s wonders in my Vancouver neighborhood of Mount Pleasant.

The leaf is hanging off a very thin spider web, in case you were wondering.

I’m a lucky guy.

I’ve got a wonderful wife. A loving family. Cool friends. Business has been good.

Now I’m about to return to New York City.

36 was a good year. May the good stuff continue for 37. Cheers.

And confusion to our enemies.

Friends and colleagues in Vancouver already know I like to geek out. But not everyone knows that at one time, I was big into Dungeons & Dragons.

(WARNING: For those who only like to read my political, technology, Vancouver-ific or social media blog posts, you may want to skip this one).

I started gaming again with some buddies on the weekend (technically not D&D, but a simpler RPG called Savage Worlds in which I’m running a D&D-like fantasy campaign). The first time back was a blast, with the players facing off with brave dedication against terrifying squid-headed wizards and bloody-clawed Undead, trying all the while to avoid becoming pawns in a larger conflict by millenia-old vampiric kings. The fast-paced play was complemented by a robust portion of Singaporean noodles washed down with Granville Island beer.

I used to play back in high school and university. Good times. I was always happier as a DM running the game than as roleplaying a character. Sort of like the difference between being a director and an actor in a drama, I guess. It’s not that I need to be in control — I just always thought it was more fun to create a whole world than explore a tiny section of it.

Looking forward to continuing more adventures with friends. Until next time, here’s a great video one of my roleplaying buddies forwarded along that helps give both longtime D&D fans and people who have never played an idea of just what all the fuss is about.