Dr. Martin Rundkvist is a Swedish archaeologist, journal editor, public speaker, chairman of the Swedish Skeptics Society, atheist, lefty liberal, bookworm, and father of two.
- Had brunch and a walk in the sunshine with wife and sans kids, a rare pleasure. Strange to think that in just a few years' time they won't need us much anymore. I guess it's one tiny step at a time, setting us down gently. Anyway, it's only 15 years to the first grand-child if Junior repeats my life schedule.
- Played Drakar och Demoner, Drakborgen/Dungeonquest and a card game with Jr and his buddy. The latter game has a naughty name that involves bodily discipline of a rambunctious simian who is disrupting the recycling trade.
And you, Dear Reader?
Comments
"Anyway, it's only 15 years to the first grand-child if Junior repeats my life schedule."
Um, shouldn't you be hoping that your son might do better than you in increasing generation time?
Posted by: Bob Carlson | March 15, 2010 7:04 AM
If my motivation on that issue was 100% determined by consideration of global overpopulation, then I wouldn't be wishing for any grand-children at all, right?
Posted by: Martin R | March 15, 2010 7:12 AM
We played a number of games of Dominion.
Posted by: Hans Persson | March 15, 2010 7:31 AM
I was elected to the board of the Swedish Humanist Youth Association, watched Melodifestivalen, and had a five hour choir rehearsal that left me feeling like I had been inflating balloons for at least half as long. All in all, a fun weekend.
Posted by: Melliferax | March 15, 2010 7:50 AM
The focal point of this weekend was a very good friend's 50th birthday party on Saturday. It was great fun, starting with drinks, then a very tasty dinner interspersed with a few good "roasting" speeches and lots of singing (in the Swedish tradition of singing drinking songs), followed by dancing until early morning.
As you can imagine, Sunday was a day of rest and recuperation, including a walk in the glorious sunshine!
Oh, and the teddy bear, which just got back from Japan, has been handed over and will now go to Angola...
Posted by: Thinker | March 15, 2010 8:25 AM
"If my motivation on that issue was 100% determined by consideration of global overpopulation, then I wouldn't be wishing for any grand-children at all, right?"
The issue is what is wise and yet realistic. I think that at least a modest increase in generation time might be wise and realistic, but that wishing for no grandchildren wouldn't be realistic even if it were wise.
Posted by: Bob Carlson | March 15, 2010 8:27 AM
We played two games of Race for the Galaxy and two of Agricola. In one of the latter, I managed to set up an absolute killer combo of Grocer and Schnappsmaker, meaning that my family subsisted almost entirely on schnapps. This, apparently, is a Good Thing (57 pts!).
Posted by: Akhôrahil | March 15, 2010 8:38 AM
Haha, Akhorahil, you rule! All I can boast about is falling into a bottomless pit in Dungeonquest. Apparently these shafts pass through the underground level of the castle into the planet's murky depths.
Posted by: Martin R | March 15, 2010 8:42 AM
The issue is what is wise and yet realistic.
Were talking about two different things here, Bob. You are discussing public policy. I offered some thoughts about the grand-children I may personally have one day.
Posted by: Martin R | March 15, 2010 8:52 AM
The game-world got a reprieve this week.
My brother and his wife stopped by on Saturday, on his way home from a bagpiping gig. We all went out to lunch, and then sat around the house chatting. Riotous excitement! :D
Posted by: cicely | March 15, 2010 11:22 AM
I got taken out for dinner with a number of academics, several of whom were my friends, in a famously medieval city full of cobbles and hills on Sunday evening. Admittedly this was because we were all being interviewed the next day for a post I didn't get—but the dinner was still fun!
Posted by: Jonathan Jarrett | March 16, 2010 6:02 PM
Oh well, let's see it from the bright side: the next time you apply for a job, one of those competitors won't be on the roster as they already have a job. (-;
Posted by: Martin R | March 17, 2010 3:38 AM