Spent the weekend working on the new house.  Its coming along nicely; we all-but finished our kitchen.  The table I got at Ikea my wife doesn’t like, so it will have to be exchanged for another one.  It’s going slower than I had hoped, but progress is being made steadily.

I got a manuscript from Chris Field for a new PDF that looks great.  I sent him some notes for an expansion we will work into either the next PDF in the series or the dead-tree compilation new material.

The new 40K edition just came out.  I haven’t picked up my copy yet but I want one soon.  I’ll be setting up a painting table in my new office.  I have two Warmachine factions (Menoth and Khador) and I want to do Space Marines and Orks for the new system as they were the first two armies I played waaay back when it was Rogue Trader. The new house is five minutes from one of the best game stores in the area, so I want to take advantage and get more gaming in.

In other good news my boss called me this morning and they are going to order me a new laptop this fiscal year instead of next.  So instead of waiting until November to get my new computer they placed the order today!  I should have a new screaming-fast laptop in a week or two. I haven’t installed the Adobe Creative Suite on my laptop cuz I knew I would be getting a new, faster one eventually. So once I get it I will have the full suite running on both my computers.  (Desktop at home and my work laptop.)  That will certainly help productivity!

I don’t generally read single issues of comic books any more.  I try to get the trade paperbacks when they come out.  The other day I found a local comic book shop near my new house and stopped in to check it out.  I liked it a lot, and picked up the new issue of the Ultimates, which is about the only one I read monthly any more.  I also got Secret Invasion #1 the Directors Cut; which included the script by Bendis in the back and some extra art and stuff.  I have to say, I love what Bendis has been doing with the Marvel Universe.  From Daredevil to the New Avengers he does know how to shake some s*$% up.  I loved Secret Invasion #1.  I am so tempted to go get all the issues that are out so far and read them, but then I put them away in the comic box and they never get looked at again.  That’s why I like the trades.  You can grab one off the shelf and read through it without worrying about it going from Near Mint to Good after you spill soda on it while your reading.  I picked up the trade for the very first TMNT comic the other day at the used book store.  I loved the TMNT when I was in high school, long before they were a silly cartoon or a hoaky movie franchise.  Old-School B&W TMNT laying the smackdown on the Foot.  Good times.