Oh Spring, you wily devil you, it seemed that you’d taken a pass this year. Recently with temperatures in the -20 (C) degree range and 23 centimetres of snow, it seemed like you had pulled up your tent stakes and, along with the warmer weather, taken refuge in the warmer
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Dead Wild Roses: My Flippant Love Affair – With Video Games
I hate to say it folks, but video games have not been improving as of late. Certainly the exceptions being the gratuitous eye candy and special effects, but as far as things that make you sit back and go, “Wow that was fantastic!” have been few and far between.
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Cute, you have met your match…
Finally a great picture of my dog. Shadow says “Hi” and is happy to meet all of you. Filed under: Housekeeping Tagged: Anecdata, Shadow the Shetland Sheepdog, Unabashed Dog Love
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Calming Down – Putting Down Roots
The move is over. Let the unpacking begin. Thank you, my committed readership, for staying with us here at DWR during the transition to our new home. It has been a wild and hectic couple of weeks. I should be able to commit a little more time to blogging and
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Another Light Blogging Week – Moving
What do you get when you cross moving to a new house, getting a new dog and still working fulltime? Yes, sadly you guessed it a light blogging week. Please accept my apologies, but unpacking is eating up all of my time thus the posts this week barring any works
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: The Family Will Be Growing – The Shadow Knows…
Oh, I’ve just been full of anecdata as of late, but important events are important events. Intransigentia and I have qualified to adopt a senior Shetland Sheepdog. Shadow will be joining us on Sunday May 19th. Let the dog-awesomeness begin. Find your local humane services or Shares and donate some
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: War in the North – Happily Beating Down Orcs – For the Love of Co-op Gaming (Part 1)
I have a great many weaknesses, but one of the more prominent lies in the area of cooperative gaming. Oh, how I miss the blocky good times. I remember, back in the day, that occasionally Blades of Steel (hockey) on the 8-bit NES, a glitch would occur and somehow you
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