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What I Did in 2009


I never seem to have as much time as I'd like to update this website. Part of the problem is that I spend too much time staring at the air; the other side of the problem is that I'm doing this stuff:

Games Played

No computer games (Civ2/3/4 & kids games) or design time counted.
Title# games# wins



Bohnanza 3 1
Blue vs Gray 2 2
Brass 1 1
Cartegena 1 1
Close Action: Hango 1 0
Command & Colors Ancients: Mantinea 2 1
Command & Colors Ancients: Paraitecene2 2
Dominion 13 3
Guillotine 3 0
Heroscape 3 1
Mississippi Queen 1 1
Montgolfiere 2 1
Quoridor 2 1
Pirate's Dice 7 3
Primordial Soup 1 1 (tie)
Return of the Heroes 1 0
San Juan 2 0
Spite & Malice 1 0
Tales of the Arabian Nights 5 4
Warriors of God 2 0

Models Built

Harad: 24 Warriors, Suladân (ft) Chieftain (ft), Chieftain (mtd), Banner Bearer, Captain, Hâsharin
Gondor: Armored Boromir, ditto with Banner, Armored Faramir, ditto on horse, 13 Bowmen of Numenor, Dead Elendil, 9 Spearmen of Numenor, Madril, Cirion
Rohan: 2 Royal Guard on horse
Easterlings: 2 Captains, 6 Spearmen, 9 Swordsmen, 8 Bowmen, 1 Banner Bearer
Misc: Treebeard, Birch Tree Ent, 1 small Osgiliath ruin, 1 ruined Osgiliath tower

Books Read

The Lord of the Rings: A Reader's Companion Hammond and Scull
The Prisoner of Zenda A Hope
The War of the World N Ferguson
Trafalgar, 1805 G Fremont-Barnes
The Wizard G Wolfe
The Russo-Japanese War G Jukes
The War for All the Oceans R Adkins
Nelson's Trafalgar R Adkins
The Shadow and the Claw G Wolfe
Six Frigates I Toll
The Royal Navy 1793-1815 G Fremont-Barnes
How to Keep Dinosaurs R Mash
The King Must Die M Renault
Too Fat to Fish A Lange (again)
Trafalgar and the Spanish Navy J Harbron
Gullivar of Mars E Arnold
Historical Linguistics: An Introduction L Campbell
The Future's So Bright I Can't Bear to Look T Tomorrow
Tom Strong v3 A Moore (etc)
Promethea v1-2 A Moore (etc)
Top Ten v1 A Moore (etc)
Sword & Citadel G Wolfe
Solar Labyrinth R Borski
Lexicon Urthus M Andre-Driussi
The Urth of the New Sun G Wolfe
League of Extraordinary Gentlemen: 1910 A Moore (etc)
Promethea v3-4 A Moore (etc)
Players B Fields
The Legend of Sigurd and Gudrun J R R Tolkien
A Game of Thrones G R R Martin
A Clash of Kings G R R Martin
A Storm of Swords G R R Martin
Empires in the Balance H P Willmott
The Alchemist B Jonson
Battle of Wits S Budiansky (2nd)
The Barrier and the Javelin H P Willmott
Trafalgar J Terraine
Midway Inquest D Isom
Case Histories K Atkinson
Pursuit of Victory R Knight
JavaScript: The Good Parts D Crockford
The Ruby Programming Language Flanagan & Matz
The Lights on at Signpost G M Fraser
The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat O Sacks
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay M Chabon
The Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895: Perceptions, Power, and Primacy S Paine
Was Superman a Spy? S Paine
Starship Troopers R Heinlein (again, after 30 years)
Best American Comics 2006 Moore & Pekar
Gods Behaving Badly M Phillips
Master and Commander P O'Brian
Private Parts H Stern (2nd)
The Martian Chronicles R Bradbury
Mistborn B Sanderson
Command of the Ocean N Rodger
Freakonomics Leavitt & Dubner
The Evolution of Naval Armament F L Robertson
Frigates / Sloops & Brigs J Henderson
Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid D Hofstadter
Don't Split the Party R Burlew
The Trafalgar Companion M Adkin
Ice Haven D Clowes
Plato and a Platypus Walk Into a Bar Cathcart & Klein
A Tolkienian Mathomium M Hooker
The Road C McCarthy

Other Stuff

New Year's at the Kenten's. Kids bedtime 2:30, asleep around 3:00, parents around 3:15. Kids awoke around 10:00.
Jeffrey's 2nd year on the Vienna County basketball team
Michelle is the Queen of Hearts in the 6th grade play "Alice in Wonderland Jr"
Jeffrey's 2nd year on the Fairfax Stars basketball team - first place!
Both kids join me at EdCon XVI
Lori gets promoted to Branch Head
Michelle's first year with VYI volleyball
Michelle gets contact lenses and her ears pierced
Done with elementary school!
Townsend family reunion in Williamburg
Jeffrey works out with the football team over the summer
Michelle in Band Camp
Michelle gets into Algebra I for 7th grade
Jeffrey in High School, Michelle in Middle School
Michelle does Volleyball training w/Virginia Elites
We get our kittens Ebi and Hashi
Jeffrey makes the Marshall Freshmen Basketball Team
Abbreviated Thanksgiving due to Basketball
20" of snow ends school in 2009 early

Dave Townsend / townsend@patriot.net

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