AKA: The one where Josh and Paul stare into each other’s eyes too much (I blame CJ).

As of today, it’s officially vacation time. If we weren’t forced to leave the office for a couple of weeks each year around this time, 90% of us would never go on vacation. That’s just how things are when you get to work every day on something you really care about, I suppose.

Anywho, I’ll be AFK for the next week or so. I’ve got a few things in mind for next year, but you’ll just have to wait and see what those will be. >:)

So happy holidays, enjoy your friends and loved ones, be safe and I’ll see you in the new year.

P.S. If you’re hard-pressed for a last minute holiday gift, pick up a copy of Ratatouille. Seriously. It’s pure joy in movie form.

P.P.S. Antipwn, I owe you a bottle of something drinkable for the Glendalough suggestion.  I’ll try to force Rowland to smuggle something over to you next time I see him.

As many of you apparently now know, I went and got myself engaged. Jeff and Paul – a pair of romantic softies – snuck a congratulatory easter egg into the end of the latest Beta update podcast (all the way at the end, AFTER the copyright notice). So a big thanks to them and thanks for the emails and PMs, folks.

For those interested, here’s how it happened:

I was heading over to Dublin to visit our friends at GOA and it seemed like a perfect opportunity to trick my Irish lass into tagging along so I could propose on her ancestral home turf. Once the business was wrapped up, we had a day or so of free time to see the sights and experience Ireland. On our last day there we took a trip out into the country to visit Glendalough. After braving the increasingly-harsh weather, we made our way out to one of the nearby lakes that lay between green fields full of grazing lambs and an ancient ruined monastery. And that’s where I proposed. As Jeff and Paul mentioned already, she said yes.

And there was much rejoicing.

Anywho, I suppose I should introduce you to my good lady now.

Aubrey, meet the Internet.

Internet, meet Aubrey:

Here’s a quick interview I did for Warcry recently.  Special Guest Appearance by Justin Webb on the second page.

And our apologies in advance to all of the families who will be neglected over this holiday season due to the new hotness of the WAR Beta.