The other exciting thing that happened is that my daughter (almost 6) has started reading a lot more; yesterday when we went to the grocery store, she was reading me streetsigns and my grocery list. The husband and I have started homeschooling her as well, which has been quite fun.
Cooking: Brown Sugar and Cinnamon Scones
I woke up the other day with these scones in my head, and
just had to make them. These are mildly
sweet, and just perfect toasted, with a pat of butter.
- 3 cups Flour
- 3/4 cup Brown sugar (up to 1 cup if you like yours a bit sweeter)
- 2 teaspoons Cinnamon
- 1 tablespoon Baking powder
- 1 stick Butter
- 1 cup Milk
This is one of those interesting things about my generation, which I have actually had personal problems with. Millenials use phones aplenty – but not for talking on. They will e-mail, text, or otherwise send a message before physically calling someone and talking with them on the phone. One interview I had specifically brought up in talking on the phone as a requirement. My interviewer (the owner of the company) said that he needed someone who was willing and able to talk on the phone; no texting or e-mail. There have been times that I’ve needed to set up an appointment for an interview, and the company opts to do this through e-mail. Like the article discusses, this takes three times as long because it’s much more difficult to have that conversation in little bits (“Can you do this date? What about that time?”), rather than all at once over the phone. The other problem I’ve had with people my age is when they send several texts when an e-mail or a phone call would be more efficient. If it hits the third text just asking a question, then a call or e-mail would be better. When that’s happened, I’ve called or e-mailed my reply – because it was a complicated question with a complicated answer.
Movie Review: The Gamers: Hands of Fate via watchthegamers.com
*POSSIBLE MILD SPOILERS*
After four tries, I was finally able to download my copy of
Hands of Fate! The husband and I watched
half of it the other day, and so far, it was brilliant.
Cass makes for an excellent protagonist, and honestly after his jerkish
actions in the other film, it was kind of nice to watch him take some of it. The actress who plays the love interest was entertaining,
if a bit bothersome; I get that she was suppose to be somewhat abrupt and
hostile at first, but sometimes it felt like she was overacting. The other thing that bothered me is quite
insignificant – the makeup was sometimes poorly blended down actors’ necks,
which looks funny. Mind you, this is
also a problem I’ve seen in big Hollywood films as well, though not quite to
the same extent. The scenes that occur
in Countermay (the fantasy universe) were well done and sometimes quite surreal,
what with the being an illustration on a card. I totally identified with the characters' plight of having real life get in the way of gaming. Especially in the past few years, that has basically been my life.
Overall, a heartily recommend it, though I would suggest watching the
other film for a bit of background first.
Oh! You can actually see my husband and me in the credits under Kickstarter contributers; we're in there as Thorn Blackhammer and Kanoth the Mighty and Illustrious -- Because if we're going to do something geeky, we're going to go all the way! :D
'Til next week!
