View From the Bushes

The pressure to play World of Warcraft increases every day. A week from Saturday the guys I work with are having a WoW party where everyone will show up, start at level one and see how far they can get in the space of the night. Another friend whom I occasionally role-play with has switched his campaign from table top to a WoW campaign, where everyone will start at the same time and only play when the other people are on. I have to tell you, all of this makes me very afraid. I think I have enough time to play it with my friends in the settings I've just described, but should that lead to a full-on addiction then that would quickly mean that I won't be able to get anything done...

Of course one might think that I'm mature enough to avoid getting hooked on a video game, but they would be wrong. I'm still not done with the office, so I haven't played Pirates yet, but complete avoidance may be the only thing that's saving me there as well. This just in: once again my car is in the shop and this time it's $850. The mechanic told me what it was, but I was in too much shock to really remember the details (something about $550 for a differential control thinger?) He's family, so generally I can trust him, but maybe lulling me into a false sense of security has been his plan all along. In any case, I'll get the used parts from him tomorrow.

I have to confess that the amount has sort of put a damper on this otherwise fine day, and I don't think I have the energy to write much more or track down a link; maybe tomorrow.

Illegitimi Non Carborundum
Ross