Believe it or not, an entire morning of Warcraft have passed. :-) The dranei hunter got to run around Feralas, Feathermoon Stronghold and finished off the remaining bubbles to level 44. Need to get to Darnassus to get some training for this new level. :-)
Don't know if I am to thank S, who is spending his final few "new father's days" at home today and tomorrow for this, or if it was just a matter of a lucky coincidence where our son actually slept nice and quiet two hours after his morning meal. Either way, I am happy.
The son is down again, after two hours of feeding and less than happy awake time (belly-ache I believe). So now it's time for me to have some lunch, and maybe some more Warcraft as dessert. :-)
Thursday, 8 November 2007
Tuesday, 6 November 2007
Crazy recruitment site
My god, I thought I had seen it all... :-D
I received an emailed job ad, from a recruitment agency I regularly receive emailed job ads from - "Child loving house maid". I say WAT!?? :-D Have they gone mad???
I'm pretty sure my profile says "IT Manager" in various different ways.
X-)
Addicted
How do you know if you do 'too much' of anything?
I turned on the telly just now and caught the tail end of a program discussing addictive behavior, addiction to online poker/games in particular. Apart from the program host there was a mother of a teenage online poker addict who tragically committed suicide, an ex-poker addict and an ex-warcraft addict. They spoke about the importance of laying down rules, limiting the time allowance for games early on.
That's all well and fine (albeit not an easy task) for children and young teenagers. But what about people my age?
We play warcraft a lot. I mean, really a lot. But the times I've recognised that it's too much are very very few. Even when we've prioritised gaming before food. But still. How do you tell, yourself? Someone else could probably look at my gaming habits and tell me whether it's too much or not, but I am unable to.
It may be easier to tell if it were online poker you were addicted to. At least because of the financial impact it would have. But I suppose the core of any addiction is denial. So it wouldn't be obvious to you even if you didn't have enough money left to pay your bills.
Are all addictions bad for you?
Things are QUITE different now though, with the marvel of a newborn son making us giddy with all sorts emotions and completely engulfed in all the parental fun he offers. Not to mention too tired to turn on the computer some evenings.
8-)
I'll have to keep an eye out and monitor my gaming habits, just to see if I can spot an addiction if it's there.
Anyways, after just having spent well over an hour, with tears flowing, reading the page dedicated to the memory of the boy who committed suicide I must link to it:
http://www.christiansellergren.se/text1_1.html
They think the debts and the state his life had turned into after playing too much poker online contributed to his decision to end his life. But as with anything as horrible as this, it's impossible to know for sure.
:-(
I turned on the telly just now and caught the tail end of a program discussing addictive behavior, addiction to online poker/games in particular. Apart from the program host there was a mother of a teenage online poker addict who tragically committed suicide, an ex-poker addict and an ex-warcraft addict. They spoke about the importance of laying down rules, limiting the time allowance for games early on.
That's all well and fine (albeit not an easy task) for children and young teenagers. But what about people my age?
We play warcraft a lot. I mean, really a lot. But the times I've recognised that it's too much are very very few. Even when we've prioritised gaming before food. But still. How do you tell, yourself? Someone else could probably look at my gaming habits and tell me whether it's too much or not, but I am unable to.
It may be easier to tell if it were online poker you were addicted to. At least because of the financial impact it would have. But I suppose the core of any addiction is denial. So it wouldn't be obvious to you even if you didn't have enough money left to pay your bills.
Are all addictions bad for you?
Things are QUITE different now though, with the marvel of a newborn son making us giddy with all sorts emotions and completely engulfed in all the parental fun he offers. Not to mention too tired to turn on the computer some evenings.
8-)
I'll have to keep an eye out and monitor my gaming habits, just to see if I can spot an addiction if it's there.
Anyways, after just having spent well over an hour, with tears flowing, reading the page dedicated to the memory of the boy who committed suicide I must link to it:
http://www.christiansellergren.se/text1_1.html
They think the debts and the state his life had turned into after playing too much poker online contributed to his decision to end his life. But as with anything as horrible as this, it's impossible to know for sure.
:-(
Monday, 5 November 2007
Grill is gone! :-(
I read in the newspaper this morning that one of my favorite restaurants has been burned down last night. It is simply terrible. :-( I still dream about the absolutely delicious meal I had there, and the fabulous decor, the ambiance... Darnit!
I hope they rebuild it in time for me to come out and have dinner there again (in a year or so).
Here's where I posted about the food there: http://teapotsbrewing.blogspot.com/2006/12/grill-wow.html
Newspaper link (DN): http://www.dn.se/DNet/jsp/polopoly.jsp?d=1298&a=712414
I hope they rebuild it in time for me to come out and have dinner there again (in a year or so).
Here's where I posted about the food there: http://teapotsbrewing.blogspot.com/2006/12/grill-wow.html
Newspaper link (DN): http://www.dn.se/DNet/jsp/polopoly.jsp?d=1298&a=712414
Sunday, 4 November 2007
Information spread
First linked to by S, then someone at work passed it around the office, a few weeks later I received the link in an email from an Australian buddy and now finally a month or so later the link is written about in my favorite daily newspaper. :-D
Amazing and amusing how these things spread around the internet.
DN's article: http://www.dn.se/DNet/jsp/polopoly.jsp?d=1058&a=712276
The original YouTube link: http://youtube.com/watch?v=vhi5F3_cPj0
What was it all about? Well... the lady who threw up on live television. 8-)
Now all I need is an email from dad with the same link, he's generally at the tail end of anything funny that circulates the internet, bless him. :-D
Amazing and amusing how these things spread around the internet.
DN's article: http://www.dn.se/DNet/jsp/polopoly.jsp?d=1058&a=712276
The original YouTube link: http://youtube.com/watch?v=vhi5F3_cPj0
What was it all about? Well... the lady who threw up on live television. 8-)
Now all I need is an email from dad with the same link, he's generally at the tail end of anything funny that circulates the internet, bless him. :-D
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