Thirten years and five weeks ago, today, I quit the last "real" job that I ever held.

This date is familiar to me mostly because thirteen years ago, today, I married the Lovely and Talented Judith.

Honestly, it's not been often in my life that I've made two utterly brilliant moves in a five-week space. But really, Judith had much to do with both of them, so let's call it a shared credit. :-)

It's a super-spectacular marriage, and honestly, I got stupid lucky when Judith said "yes." Which is probably as good a time to bring up the actual method of my proposal again, as any.

I adore my wife, and our thirteenth year of marriage was about as amazing as any can get. Which doesn't mean I won't be trying to make the 14th even better. But life with Judith - and now with Louisa as well - is frankly pretty freaking awesome, 24-7.

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Need a new desktop machine: pretty badly, as it turns out.

For the first time in a decade, though, I have to wonder if it might not make more sense saving $1,000 and going with a pretty good iMac, as opposed to a pretty awesome Mac Pro, the sort of which I've had and loved for years...

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Oh. Hey. Hi, there. Didn't see you there.

New Dork Tower cartoon up...um...last Thursday, that I forgot to mention here.



Click here, there or anywhere to see it.

Things have been quiet on the Casa De Muskrat Interwebs, for some good reasons (and a few less good, but there you go).

Judith and I celebrated our 12th wedding anniversary this past weekend, with a short trip to Kohler, WI. It's an odd little holiday town, and pleasant as all get-out. Few cities in the world can claim to be top-flight resorts, built with the riches only the bathroom plumbing supply industry can accumulate.

Yes, Kohler is the home of Kohler Kicthen and Bath, But Mostly Bath, Inc. Judith uncovered a bargain stay at the usually exclusive American Club, and -- for a short time, anyway -- we lived like kings. Or at least Toilet Magnates. Which is better than Refrigerator Magnates any day.

Anyway, upon returning to Muskrat Central, I leapt right into a full-day Out of the Box meeting. It was exhausting, but as always somewhat exhilarating. It looks like OTB will be producing another game I designed: a party game that's been playtesting shockingly well. I'll run it by a few more local groups before seeking outside playtesters. But, fingers crossed, I think this has the potential to go really well. The concept is simple, the rules are straightforward, and I'm not sure anything like it has quite been done before.

In the mean time, after two brilliant weekend concerts in a row (Kids in the Hall and Jonathan Coulton (who's just a terrific guy, by the way, on top of being embarasingly talented)), we've got a third show, this Sunday.

I utterly surprised the Lovely and Talented Judith on our anniversary, getting her Flight of the Conchords tickets for their Milwaukee show. She had no idea they were on tour, let alone they would be so close to home.

Actually scoring the tickets meant getting on a special mailing list that then gave you a secret password to let you bribe your way onto a web site that let you press buttons frantically at noon the day before tickets went on sale to the general public. Get yourself a ticket, go through the gate. At seven forty-five precisely, don't be late If anybody follows don't hesitate: Keep on walking.

The show sold out in some insanely short period of time, so although our seats aren't the best in the house, I'm just glad we'll be there. And Judith is over the moon.

Now to see how many Conchords fans think I'm somehow related to Jemaine, come Sunday.