Today I had a free day to do whatever I wanted to do. No wife home and no children either. I could have spent it doing nothing but sitting on the couch like I do most days but today I decided to go out, do some shopping and walk a bit around the downtown core checking out some new stores. After it was over I decided it was a Geek Day. Although I went to a Costco and a Pharmacy for a few supplies the rest of my time was spent geeking it out.

My first stop was at a used CD/BluRay/Video Game store. If you are over the age of 30 and hanging out in a used video game store and that's the highlight of your day, you need to find a woman and move out of your mothers basement and get a real apartment. I dropped in and grabbed a few PS3 Move games like tennis, bowling and fighting. Besides the odd crack head selling some old games I was entertained by two 30+ virgins who were debating with the store owner if Sony was releasing a new video game system next year. They of course knew this to be the truth as they knew everything about video games, in their minds. I kind of felt back for the guy trying to make a few bucks selling games as I have a feeling these two clowns are probably there every day. Nice life if you can get it I guess.

My next stop was a comic book store. Are there even comic book stores anymore? This one had comics but I think it was front for getting teenagers hooked on little cards and dice rolling. I have no idea what they were doing, rolling dice, buying cards and talking about their spells of fire and ice. I just wanted to buy some Fantastic 4 and Wolverine comics to read. I think these kids should get a spell to pick up some girls and stop hanging around the comic book store talking about spells they obviously don't have but believe they do. I never saw one of them turn anything to ice when I was there.

I did get a nice Wolverine 300 comic. I dig the artwork. He looks way more menacing than the teenagers rolling their dice in the back room of a comic book store. I also grabbed a few Fantastic 4's but nothing to write home about.

I also stopped in a crazy store that had some crazy looking pipes and lamps for sale. That was my first time in one of those stores. I enjoyed looking at the artwork but it too was full of teenagers. Probably not the same ones that were throwing dice down the street but you never know. I had enough of teenagers at that point and left in a hurry.

I have redone my basement and my entertainment room. I now hate the fact that my TV and PS3 headphones are wired. The wire drags across the floor and over the table. It looks terrible and it looks messy. I am sick of fumbling over the all of the wires and nearly tripping over them every time I get up.

My only escape at work is listening to music. I sit at work with my ear buds plugged into either my iPhone or my Sirius Radio. I am constantly pulling on my ears whenever I have to move around in my cubicle. I don’t know why they don’t build them with longer wires.

At the end of my rope I am resigned to go out and buy a pair or two of cordless headphones so I can get on with my life. The last time I checked for a pair they were crazy expensive. Like everything else they have come down in price and are more affordable. Not only were they crazy expensive. They were big and bulky. That has changed as well. They are now smaller and stylish.

They even come in better quality sets than the pair the girl below is wearing.

This past weekend I finished a good part of my home bar off. I still have a few things left to do, one wall and then the trim but the majority of the work is behind me now. Except that I need some furniture to add in the basement and was thinking about some log furniture to match.

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So the wife wants to take off this winter and maybe rent a home somewhere down south for a week and hang out on the beach. I am not much for just sitting around and would have to find somewhere to go with lots to do like golf or other activities.

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With Christmas right around the corner I have been scouring around the internet and local stores looking for some interesting and unique gifts for my family and friends. I hate giving the usual gifts like cards, socks or other clothing items. That’s when I saw one of those late night cheesy commercials on tv.

It was one of those commercials where a guy in a bad suit, much like a used car salesman from the seventies is offering to buy your used gold and jewellery. There has to be a reason why they want your gold and that is because the price of golf is one the rise. I checked google and found a few current articles that stated the price is expected to rise.

With that in mind I am going to buy gold coins for some of my family members. What says love better than a nice gold coin? I think it sounds great, they can put them away for a rainy day and if the price goes up they are better off.

Of course I will never have enough gold to become a super villain with a master plan to dominate the world but maybe I can buy something nice for myself.