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Feb Friday Quick Hits

◊  Any day now.  I've mentioned that, haven't I?

◊  I've been off-line for quite some time.  There's a few reasons for this.  Part of it is getting used to being in a new place and forming a new routine.  Part of it is trying to cram in some game time before the baby arrives and part of it is that I'm feeling out of sorts.  The most difficult part of being out of sorts is that I need to get used to some of the loneliness which I'm going through.  Contrary to what rational people might do when confronted with loneliness, I usually shut in further.  I am getting better with the whole thing, so we'll see how the next couple of weeks go.  Just to let people know...I am okay.  I'm just opening up a little and admitting to some of the feelings I'm going through.  No need to worry.

◊  The launch for Star Trek Online went better than expected in terms of game stability and availability.  Good for them as I really thought they were going to bite it on launch day.  That still does not forgive them in terms of game content and a host of other problems the game is going to have.  Case in point, as I predicted, some one has already hit Rear Admiral which is the highest rank in the game.  In addition to that, they accomplished this feat during the head start period before the official launch!  That's about four days, folks.  Even with all of the downtime, someone still played enough to get to the end of the game.  And I don't believe this was a matter of simple power leveling, rather that there's just not that much content to pace the game more appropriately.

◊  One question that we get a lot lately?  What are the names?  I guess we'll all find out soon enough.

◊  I'm at Nina's enjoying a quick latte.  It's as good as I remember, even though they don't do the latte art I find appealing.  The taste is where it really counts and anything on top of that is gravy.  Not literally, because that would be gross.