I mean, have a conversation, dude.

mac can only manage about an hour on week-end days without external stimuli.

editted b/c weekdays evenings require constant external stimuli until in bed reading.

Of course now that we have a Wii, there is Mario Kart where Leif tends to start laying down the smack.

Yeah, but I'm not talking about a kiddo here! I'm talking about a grown man! The kids were actually mostly fine, except for the occasional overstimulation freakout.

It's just a personality thing, I think. He's always been like that. He's out of the car before I have my seatbelt unbuckled, because he's just ready to be on to the next thing. It's part of what makes him so good at his work, so able to buckle down to such difficult linguistic tasks, because he can multitask and hyperfocus. It just makes socialization a bit frantic.

A Buffista game night could easily end in tears and bloodshed. Or a lot of drunk, laughing people.

Or both.

I am kind of competitive, but I don't mind losing. It's the good-nature swearing that happens while I'm losing that shocks some people.

In my family we almost always play Scrabble with no points, where the goal is to make the coolest words possible.

Ooh. Very interesting... Easier with the actual board game since the points don't add up on their own but this might be how we can play with my MiL on holidays or some such. Hmmm.

Scrabble don't get all that metaphysical.

This? Hilarious. DH tried a similar argument the other night during Lexulous. I'ma tell him that tonight.

It's very hard for me to resist multiple-word plays in Scrabble even when it isn't the best move.

I hate your kind. I will open up the board on principle and lose because of it.

I also get caught up in using up all the letters in my rack. I've had games where I've done that two plays in a row and still only squeaked out a win.

Where's Polgara? She's a little bit competitive.

I miss sitting around and playing board games too. I'm just not sure where it would fit into my sicky life.

I miss sitting around and playing board games too. I'm just not sure where it would fit into my sicky life.

And I have board games at home I can't get people to play!

We have started having board game days at the various libraries. It is interesting to see what happens. Some of the compouter gang goes in and plays board games for hours.

I am so not a game person, but I really believe that board games are important. there is a lot to learn from them -- and part of it is the quiet time / slower pace

Where's Polgara?

Watching quietly.