It’s been awfully quiet around here, except for that noisy ‘Imminent redesign coming!’ banner on the front page. What’s up with that, anyway? I want to gut the site and rework it. I’ve wanted to for, oh, I don’t know, two years or so. But who wants to do that when it’s sunny and beautiful outside?

So here’s some of not-much-important-at-all. We had some money from my graduation, odd jobs worked, etc. We put most into savings, but picked up two treats that I/we wouldn’t have otherwise put money towards. We bought a digital SLR camera; a Nikon D40. This camera, and the accompanying Nikon 18-200mm zoom lens, take beautiful pictures. Some are making their way to our Flickr site. I’d forgotten how much fun SLRs are.

We also bought a Nintendo Wii. I hadn’t played any video games aside from Mario Kart 64 in probably several years, but man oh man, the Wii sure is fun. It’s especially fun with groups of people. We had a Wii Sports tournament at our house with a group of friends who came over for my birthday; great fun for a whole group. The Wii is fun in a way most video games never are: it’s social. No wonder Nintendo is outselling the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 combined.

Mostly, we’ve been enjoying summer. It’s been surprisingly busy, but busy in the good way that we’re doing lots of fun stuff. Who can argue when “busy” means “barbecues, games, vacations, and baseball games”?