It's normally a game night yesterday, but it will be rescheduled to Thursday this week. Our plans have changed due to an out-of-town visit from our friend Dan. He works at Microsoft in the compiler division, and comes back to Madison every once in a while for recruiting visits. When Dan was finished with his resume reviews, we all went out to eat at our local favorite Sa Bai Thong, and were joined by Hao. The satay appetizer is a must, and we had fun mixing up our meals of Ka-Ree, Pad Thai, the special, and #57. We then headed back to our apartment, dropping of Hao and picking up Jamie, for a game of Ultra-Violets (Dan was an early tester, and I gave him a copy of Gene Pool to try out as well.) The game went fast again, with Dan going for the "Always club president" strategy, but was overcome at the end by Laura's five Pink Double Standards for 30 bonus points. The game definitely has an arc of being slow at the beginning and picking up speed towards the end, and Dan racheted up the tension by almost decimating our collections with a Cold Snap. We have yet to see pests, but we'll keep on testing.

Tonight, after our weekly addrenaline rush of Lost and Alias, we went to see our friend Burr at the King Club. Bars are much smokier than I remember, and the sound was blastingly loud during the electric set. It was cool to see someone we know on stage, and the acoustic set was great with some good covers thrown in; I never knew Burr could be a Tenor! He has a new album out, and is writing 14 more songs this february with his FAWM project, so we look forward to hearing more good tunes soon.