Had an amazing sunset on Saturday. My crappy camera phone just wasn't up to capturing it.

The problem with having a pool is that you attract all kinds of weirdos. I had to throw this bozo out when I found him floating on my floaty-thing!

The pool offically opened this weekend. Did I hear it was snowing back in Ohio? Here's Heather relaxing after a swim.

Went to the Audioslave concert on the Friday previous. Really, one of the first concerts I've been to. I think I hit all the basics: getting felt up at the metal detector, standing in long lines for alcohol, paying exhorbarent prices for said alcohol, suffering through the horrendous opening band, and having the drunk and excessively enraptured fan nearby. But it was a good show. They played Audioslave stuff, but also Soundgarden and Rage as well!

Nick moved down here from Cleveland about the same time I moved from Dayton. Enjoying the evening and a fine cigar. His daughter Eva is at least enjoying the weather...

Susan Foster's B-day celebration, a couple weeks back. Just clearing out the old phone.

Disaster! Gondor lies in ruins, and a small force of Rohan and Elves are all that hold Helm's Deep against the might of Sauron and Saruoman. You can see a force of Dwarves in the west hurrying to relieve the siege, but they didn't make it. Helm's Deep was the last place the Shadow needed to claim. And you can see those stupid hobbits still haven't gone hardly anywhere!

Minas Tirinth has fallen, and the surviving forces of Gondor have fled eastward. Up in the north, the elven strongholds in Lorien and the Woodland Realm are holding, but the Northmen and Dwarves just don't see why they should get invovled in the fight! Plus, I can't get those stupid hobbits to go anywhere. They're the grey figure, just through the pass. Sarumon is quiet, after a huge fight at Helm's Deep destryed most of his force and the Rohan.

Ok, so this is what I did instead of Turn sheets on Sunday. So sue me. Behold, the War of the Ring boardgame! Ben and I tried the simple version (only took 3 hours). This is pretty much near the beginning of the game. Saruon's armies (the red) are massing outside of Gondor.

Went to a murder mystery dinner (The Last Train From Paris) on Saturday evening. I was The Duke, and Heather was a princess. It was fun.