i had a good holiday, but it's good to be home. this should be a nice quiet short week at work and the after work craziness is probably a thing of the past.
the weekend was good fun, albeit totally internet-free. in addition to eating too much and loading up on gifts, i managed to hook some of my wife's relatives on settlers of catan. we also played samarkand. it was my first time playing since visiting samarkand. the game really has nothing to do with the uzbek city (the islamic-style art on the board is more arabian and turkish than uzbek or tajik), but i like it anyway. the important thing is that they are both fairly simple games and thus good gateway games for non-playing relatives. next year maybe i will hit them with something a little harder.
