Samorost

I found this cute little flash based game called Samorost. The perfect way to while away a Sunday afternoon (or Monday morning while avoiding work). It's the story of a little guy in a white bunny suit who has to save his little bit of world from an oncoming planetoid. The game has no directions; you just have to click around to figure out what the puzzles are and then click around some more to solve them. The artwork is gorgeous so at the very least you have something pretty to look at while you sit there stumped, clicking on goats.



I thought that the "no directions" thing would drive Matt insane but he impressively coped rather well. I on the other hand feel that more games should have no directions ('cause it can't be called cheating if there are no rules!). It took me about half an hour to complete so enjoy! (If you missed the link above you can also click here)

Christmas Day

I hope the day finds you warm and happy! Here's a run down of today's adventures:

1. Drank Peruvian Christmas Hot Chocolate
2. Opened Presents
3. Read Tales of Beedle the Bard all the way through
4. Made Onion and Leek Tartlets
5. Ate Onion and Leek Tartlets (nom nom nom)
6. Decided to go see Frost Nixon
7. Got the car stuck in the unplowed driveway
8. Dug the car out with a garden spade
9. One of my tires was so flat it fell off the rim
10. Changed flat tire
11. Put car back in parking spot.

Of kicking, scraping and sweeping

I hesitated. I knew snow was coming but honestly I didn't want to pay $20 for a shovel knowing full well I would problably never use it again. The last time it snowed more than 6 inches in Portland was something like 1964. So can you blame me?

This morning when we opened the door and snow fell INTO the house I decided to give up. I called the only hardware store within walking distance:

Guy:"True Value"
Me: "Hey! You're open yay!"
Guy: "yup"
Me:"So do you have any shovels?"
Guy:"::snort:: I wish."
Me:"::despondent sigh::"

Come to find out it's really rather difficult to shovel without a shovel. Mostly I swept off the top layer, kicked off the middle layer and then used my car ice scraper to clear to the pavement. Then my ice scraper broke. I probably should have used it on my car first and the pavement second. ::sigh again::