Day 5: A Quiet Saturday

Last night, I found that I couldn't sleep... so I stayed awake reading a large stack of Marvel comics. Some good stuff in the bunch, like Peter David's Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man annual, which had a Sandman: Year One story. Also some drek in there, like the Annihilation: Heralds of Galactus mini-series. My internal jury is still out on some of the books, like the World War Hulk storyline.

This morning, I slept in until about noon. Not surprising when one goes to sleep after 4am. Our friends C&M came over and drove us to an appliance store so that we could pick out a new washing machine[*]. Then we came back to Skullcrusher Mountain to play games. We played Puerto Rico, which C won with 62 points. M came in second with 54, I came in third also with 54, and cheshcat had 46 points. Definitely not my best showing... though, in retrospect, I see what I could have done better. Next game was Settlers of Catan, in which I redeemed myself. I won with ten points, cheshcat and M each had eight points, and C had four.

This evening, cheshcat and I will go into the city centre, to the Sheldonian Theatre. The theatre, built in the 1660s, was designed by the great 17^th century British architect, Sir Christopher Wren. Although we have walked by it a great many times, neither cheshcat nor I have yet to go inside. Tonight, however, we have tickets to see the Oxford Sinfonia perform Mozart's clarinet concerto and Beethoven's symphony number nine. I am looking forward to both the music and seeing the inside of this historic building.

Meanwhile, day two of the newly relaunched George Orwell Tea Challenge proceeds without surprises. I do like brewing the loose tea in a pot and may continue to do so after the challenge concludes... whether or not I revert to adding sugar at that time.

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[*] Yes, that is broken, too. At least in this case, we get to take the replacement cost out of our rent.

Day 5: A Quiet Saturday

Last night, I found that I couldn't sleep... so I stayed awake reading a large stack of Marvel comics. Some good stuff in the bunch, like Peter David's Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man annual, which had a Sandman: Year One story. Also some drek in there, like the Annihilation: Heralds of Galactus mini-series. My internal jury is still out on some of the books, like the World War Hulk storyline.

This morning, I slept in until about noon. Not surprising when one goes to sleep after 4am. Our friends C&M came over and drove us to an appliance store so that we could pick out a new washing machine[*]. Then we came back to Skullcrusher Mountain to play games. We played Puerto Rico, which C won with 62 points. M came in second with 54, I came in third also with 54, and cheshcat had 46 points. Definitely not my best showing... though, in retrospect, I see what I could have done better. Next game was Settlers of Catan, in which I redeemed myself. I won with ten points, cheshcat and M each had eight points, and C had four.

This evening, cheshcat and I will go into the city centre, to the Sheldonian Theatre. The theatre, built in the 1660s, was designed by the great 17^th century British architect, Sir Christopher Wren. Although we have walked by it a great many times, neither cheshcat nor I have yet to go inside. Tonight, however, we have tickets to see the Oxford Sinfonia perform Mozart's clarinet concerto and Beethoven's symphony number nine. I am looking forward to both the music and seeing the inside of this historic building.

Meanwhile, day two of the newly relaunched George Orwell Tea Challenge proceeds without surprises. I do like brewing the loose tea in a pot and may continue to do so after the challenge concludes... whether or not I revert to adding sugar at that time.

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[*] Yes, that is broken, too. At least in this case, we get to take the replacement cost out of our rent.