Erick Wujick is dying of cancer and apparently doesn’t have many days before him. In the tabletop games industry, we know him best as the creator of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and Other Strangeness RPG and Amber Diceless Roleplaying. He’s spent the last few years in the computer gaming industry, currently with Totally Games. No matter where he’s been, …
Ken Hendricks Dies
Local businessman and philanthropist Ken Hendricks died this morning at the age of 66. Ken dropped out of high school to join his father’s roofing company, and he later built one of the largest roofing companies in the midwest. He sold that and started ABC Supply, which became the nation’s largest roofing supply company. This made him the wealthiest man …
Quote Me on My Dad
The Stateline News (our local freebie/shopper newspaper) ran a front-page article in Sunday’s edition about my father’s appointment to the Rock County Circuit Court. (Ignore the erroneous caption under the photo.) They called me up for a few pithy quotes, which I was proud to supply. As I said (with all appropriate bias): “I think he’s the best person for …
Robo-Holiday
My Christmas present showed up earlier today. (RL1000! I choose you!) Just think of it as a means of getting in on the ground floor for the holidays with our robot overlords. (Double thanks to John Rogers.) (Man, I love Jonathan Coulton‘s work. His cover of “Baby Got Back” is fantastic, “Re: Your Brains” does for zombie songs what Shaun …
Happy Birthday, Marty
My eldest son, Marty, turns 9 today. It’s hard to believe he’s that old already, but it seems like I can barely remember a life without him. He made me a father and changed Ann and I from a couple into a family. He’s a wonderful, smart, sweet son and the best big brother any set of quadruplets could ask …
Here Come the Judge!
We had many things to be thankful for this weekend, but one snazzy piece of news topped the list. Wednesday, Governor Jim Doyle appointed my father, Ken Forbeck, to become a judge on the Rock County Circuit Court. As you might guess, we’re all bursting with pride and excitement about this. It’s going to be a big change for Dad, …
Thanks!
Here’s to a happy Thanksgiving day to you all, whether you’re Americans, Canadians (who celebrated last month), or from entirely somewhere else. Here’s hoping we all have much to be thankful for, as well as the wisdom to recognize those blessings.
We’re Home
Yesterday, we moved into our new home here in Beloit. It’s much bigger and has a fantastic office for me. I’ve been working in an office downtown since the quads were born, and now I’ll be able to cut my commute down from 2 minutes to 20 yards. Many new neighbors came by to welcome us to the neighborhood already, …
New House!
Last night, we accepted a counter-offer on the house we wanted. It’s a grand, old place in the same school district we’re in now, so the kids won’t have to move away from their friends, but it’s in a nicer neighborhood. It has almost twice the space of our current house–which we need, since we’re bursting at the seams here–and …
House Hunting
On Friday, we accepted an offer on our house! Now we just have to find a new one. (The contingency offer we had on another place this summer expired at the end of August, so now we’re free to look around again.) We don’t ask for much. It just has to have four or more bedrooms, be in good shape, …