A Fun Game to Play

Here's a sophisticated, amazingly well-made game that is lots of fun to play. It's called Get the Glass! and is produced by the California Milk Processor's Board. You will see the "Got Milk?" logo at the bottom of the opening screen.

The storyline for the game is this: The Adachi family are in search of milk and they are in trouble with the law because they will go to any lengths to procure a glass of the white stuff. You roll the dice to move them along on the gameboard, but the police are always in hot pursuit. When the family is caught they are taken to Milkatraz, get it? Alcatraz, Milkatraz. They have various ways to escape and continue on the gameboard. Here are a couple screen shots from the game. When you have a few minutes, give it a try.



Oh, and the Got Milk website is really clever, too.

...and here's another reason why I need an iPhone

You can use the Brushes application to create drawings and then send them to your friends.

Read Through the Bible in a Year

Pastor Chris Smith, of Resurrection Presbyterian Church here in St. Louis, offers links to various Bible reading plans in his December 31st blog entry. I like the one called "Bible Reading Plan for Shirkers and Slackers," 'cause, hey, that's me! So I'm going for it. And the good thing is, there's no pressure. Shirkers and slackers have low expectations.

Need Books?

The St. Louis County Library is in the process of converting a number of the branches into self-checkout. It's quite an undertaking as the materials for the new system are quite expensive. So, right now there's a lot of "weeding" going on in all sections (fiction, non-fiction, childrens, etc) at a number of the branches. Except for the processing labels, many of the books are library-bound and in new condition. I know that Oak Bend is just starting, Daniel Boone and Eureka Hills have been underway for awhile. Others, too, I just don't know which ones. Toward the end of January there will be a big sale, 10 cents a book, but I noticed that some of the books are already going out on the sale table at my local library. I'm sure they will be advertising, so, if interested, be on the lookout or ask your friendly neighborhood librarian for more information.

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