12:55 PM
For those who were wondering, I haven't picked up a DVD player yet. It's just too darn expensive a purchase until I've at least picked up Christmas presents. Not having one should also allow me to wrap up the couple outstanding freelance projects I'm working on, so I guess there's an upside.

Last night I went down and visited Don Perrin down in Lake Geneva. I picked up a bunch of stuff on deep discount at the Game Guild, now preparing to close it's physical storefront. Who ever thought we'd see the day when Lake Geneva, Wisconsin--birthplace of TSR, home of the Dungeon at the Old Hotel--wouldn't have a game store? Sigh. Picked up a bunch of stuff on deep discount, including an old Call of Cthulhu supplement and some new dice to begin replacing my lost dice bag (Sigh again, on that last bit.) Got to go and visit Don's miniatures company, too, run out of an old storefront near his house. All in all, a good, fun night--even if it did mean four more hours on the road between getting there and back.

I think I'll spend tonight at home.