Richter? Damn near killed 'er!

TUO and I were at home on the computer when we felt a rolling sensation from the ground beneath us - our first noticeable earthquake! It lasted about 10-15 seconds, it centered at Alum Rock (about a 20 minute drive from our place) and it registered 5.6 on the Richter Scale, but caused no major damage other than a couple of downed power lines.

Our first instinct was just to look at each other while it was occurring. Really, we should have head to the nearest door jamb just in case it was a big one, but TUO was fretting while I was going "cool!" And it occurred we should probably re-stock our emergency Earthquake supplies...

Cool Link: http://quake.usgs.gov/recenteqs/

Oktoberfest 2007

TUO, me, and Zeke

A week ago we went to Oktoberfest in Campbell (about a 10 minute drive from our house). As usual, there were crazy amounts of people there. It's been running a few years now, so you'd think they'd actually increase the amount of beer tents to meet demand or seperate non-alcoholic beverages into a seperate queue, but noooo...

While there was beer and schnitzel, there was also a tonne of craft booths set up on the street as well. TUO ended up getting another cool mask and bracelet. Me, I was happy with the Hefeweizen! I still remember the Harvest Moon Beer Festival they had at the U of R - good times, that! :-)

Work Blog

Yes, we now have a work blog! If any of you are interested in the stuff that goes on at my work or the people there, check it out:

Cryptic Work Blog

One of the blog entries mentions my work on the soon-to-be-released-in-retail-stores Savage World of Solomon Kane from Pinnacle Entertainment Group.