Oh. Do you?

This is a response to my favorite blogger (besides Culinary Cowgirl) in the whole wide world. Blunoz recently related how much he loves and misses winter. Having just finished a nice tempo run here in Washington, DC I wanted to make sure Blunoz realized what 'winter' really is. Please note the following facts. The current weather at Blunoz' house is as follows: Mostly Cloudy, 73F (feels like 83F). This is the weather here: Mostly cloudy, 37F (feels like 26F).

So, while Blunoz was probably out today in shorts and a t-shirt, I ran in the following:

• tights
• nylon trousers to block the wind
• a long sleeved shirt
• a second long sleeved shirt
• a warm jacket
• a wind-breaking vest
• a watch cap
• gloves

and it was still a bit chilly. The wind was coming off the starboard quarter on the way back in and it was a bit brisk. But still, it was a nice run and I'm glad I did it.

TAKE THAT BLUNOZ!

WARNING: HIGLY ADDICTING GAME!

This post is in response to Blunoz's. It might be considered off topic, but it's my blog, and it says "whatever's on my mind" so therefore it's on topic.

After much trial and error (mostly error) I finally beat the 'normal' difficulty of the game. (For reference, here's a link to the game. But it is addictive. You've been fairly warned.)

To Update his strategy, I was using the pellet towers and swarm towers exclusively and was able to get to the 50th wave but not through it. So I changed tactics slightly and added some squirt towers. The real trick is realizing a few highly upgraded towers are far superior to many weakly upgraded towers. (Of course, there is a minimum number of weakly upgraded towers you need to control the flow of creeps.) Oh, and if you don't have good air defense, you will quickly die.

Here's a screen shot of my victorious game, in the waning moments of the last creeps lives...