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In Kentucky at the moment. Undergoing internet withdrawl. Three days with no access, nadn now, after switching hotels, a trickle. I just discovered that sitting nearer the door makes the connection much snappier; I guess the signal just doesn't quite make good contact on the other end of the room. The analog world rears its ugly head again.
In spare time, I've been reading Grailquest 7:
This sort of series was very popular in the 1980's. It's a solo role-playing adventure. The Grail-quest series takes place in the time and realm of King Arthur. One of the better written and certainly the funniest series of that genre I've ever read. The first six books were published in the US and fairly easy to find. Books 7 and 8 were never released in the States, and they can fetch up to $50 each on ebay. I have the run of the British versions of books 1 through 8, given to me by my lovely wife for Christmas 2004.
One of the really fun things about reading (or playing) through this sort of adventure is that you don't know what's coming, which limits the replay value. You can play something through a few times, and after that it's only for nostagia value. Having GQ7 has allowed me to play through a new adventure that I've never seen before, which is something I haven't been able to do in 15 years. If you're into this sort of book, I recommend the Grailquest series and book number 7 in particular.
This adventure is complicated enough that it requires mapping out the book in detail so that you can go back and revisit sections of the book, and search for secret doors and the like. I have a notebook which is filled with pages of section numbers joined by arrows:
All for now. Hopefull soon we'll know which one the new house will be. 'To the Undiscovered Country!'