marientina

Following our recovery from walking pneumonia, Marcus and I left the house yesterday in search of a fourth bird for our growing pet family. We tend to troll pet shops every month and look for birds. We generally are interested in unpaired or sick birds. We pick a name ahead of time, and head on out. Following the adoption of 'Fluorine', a female blue-capped Cordon Bleu waxbill we have been searching for 'Neon'. There is a pattern as you may have guessed. We already have Dimanche (male mutant Bengalese Society Finch, Neptune (male white Zebra finch) and there were birds before them that have passed on over the years.

We adopted a Lady Gouldian (red head, white breasted normal). We can't tell if it is a boy or a girl yet. The pet shop thinks it is a male, but thus far I was only able to make it sing a short call. Neon has a lot of wing damage, but we hope s/he will recover well and make good friends with the rest.

The next quest will be for 'Enteka' (#11 in Greek). Maybe we'll have him or her by next year.

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3/28/07, Btw, it is a SHE and we love her.

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Game Developers Conference expands--but too far?

For Patricia Pizer, a longtime developer of online games, GDC has been a chance to keep abreast of the latest thinking and developments in making games.

But Pizer, who traditionally hosts a gathering of her industry friends and acquaintances, said she's seen the nature of the conference change over the years.

"It's gotten so big," Pizer said. "It used to feel more like a community of my peers, and now it feels more like a frat party. On the other hand, it has also gotten more corporate. It's a funny contradiction. It will continue to get progressively more commercial and less academic."

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