With the birth of my son over a year ago my gaming time has been severely curtailed.  Since my wife works nights and I've gotten a regular bedtime in effect for Constantine I find myself with a lot of solo time on my hands.  Video games and alcohol, while fun, get fairly old fairly fast.

At 1:02 a.m. on December 1st, 2009 Constantine Meliton Beukelman was born unto this world.  This exhausted parent is ecstatic.  I was not prepared for what it was like to hold that little piece of myself in my hands.  Life just got a whole lot more interesting.