Outside of that news, not much new going on here.  I’m single again, as Laura has decided she no longer feels anything for me.  I’m still a bit pissed off about the whole thing… it doesn’t seem like she’s losing much out of the arrangement (her parents never really liked me anyway, to the point of her dad saying that he wouldn’t come if we got married), where it’s been the second time I’ve contemplated giving her a ring.  Hooray for putting too much emotional attachment on something that doesn’t work.  But, in the process of that recovery, I’ve found a fantastic music group and group of friends that I couldn’t have ever imagined.  Toting the name I Fight Dragons, their music is part rock band, part 8-bit NES game, all crazy fun and awesome rolled together.  I suggest heading over to theSixtyOne and listening to them.  I’ve gone to one of their concerts, and am planning on going to another one at the end of this week. I’ve also made lego figurines of their 8-bit caricatures; some of the results of that:

Packy - Guitar, NES

Dave - Drums

Bill - Plays what I refer to as the "Octo-pod"

Laura - Vocals and Controllers

There are two more of the band members, Brian and Hari.  I didn’t forget them, I just ran out of legos.

I do need to get on here and put up some more things on occasion; I just don’t always have something to talk about, and so things get lost in the process.  I was humbled when I realized this comic was talking about me: http://xkcd.com/621/.

Have a good day, and I’ll catch you guys on the wire sometime.