tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-54459652024-03-23T13:17:58.250-05:00The Bayer Family BlogKevin and Rubi have been happily married and in love for over fifteen years and have three great kids. He's a Public Safety Communications Supervisor and a "fantastic fiction" geek. She's a wonderful wife and a great mom, and writes about computer games for a living at Massively.com. Kev and Rubi enjoy spending as much time together as they can given their busy lives.kevbayerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16373805626724778955noreply@blogger.comBlogger914125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445965.post-9114779371987437282015-06-04T21:18:00.001-05:002015-06-04T21:18:26.446-05:00i swear we aren't deadUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445965.post-37326764738229929242013-03-11T20:13:00.001-05:002013-03-11T20:13:21.060-05:00Couple's Cruise! To Mars! Some millionaire is suggesting NASA send a married pair of astronauts on a roundtrip flyby of Mars 5 years from now. First off... if you're going to send people that far out, you might as well land them, otherwise it's just a Sunday drive. Sure, a Sunday drive that lasts over 2 years, but still...
But what if Rubi and I were the married couple taking this trip? Five hundred days alone togetherkevbayerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16373805626724778955noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445965.post-49597977051938799632012-04-23T21:44:00.003-05:002012-04-23T21:44:45.127-05:00On being an AmericanMy sister just wrote a great post about family and being an American.
Here's an excerpt:
We, the rank and file of Americans, are still here. We work, we live, we laugh. We Vote. We walk picket lines, we give to charity, we believe in God. We shop at local stores, we support our neighbors, we help where we can. Do not discount us. Do not forget us, or think we are worthless, for we arekevbayerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16373805626724778955noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445965.post-35307482441346334242011-12-16T08:25:00.000-06:002011-12-16T08:25:59.577-06:00Rubi and Guild WarsCoinkydinkly, on the same day Guys Lit Wire published my review of the Guild Wars 2 novel Ghosts of Ascalon, two interviews with Rubi hit the interwebs. Part of my wife's job is to write about the game Guild Wars.
One interview is at incgamers and kind of focuses on her new webcast: Guildcast TV which debuted last night (Thursday December 15, 2012). The other interview is at GuildMag and was kevbayerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16373805626724778955noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445965.post-63555556186831963562011-11-11T09:56:00.001-06:002011-11-11T09:56:00.204-06:00Need a Recommendation for a book to read?Join me at Custom Reads. There you can search for recommendations, or make your recommendations for others to see. It's a nice way to get personalized book suggestions.
Custom Reads is a new community-based service with the goal of cutting down on the time it takes to find a new book to read. Recommendations come from real people and base suggestions for you on your member profile and feedback kevbayerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16373805626724778955noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445965.post-5225741591246584792011-10-20T12:26:00.002-05:002011-10-20T12:27:00.070-05:00Top Ten TV ThemesOn a recent episode of the Scaper Chronicles, I mentioned that I didn't like the theme music to the Farscape TV show and that the Doctor Who theme music took awhile to grow on me. That got me to thinking: what TV show themes do I like?
Here's a list of what I'll call my Top Ten (kind of in order):
10: Buffy The Vampire Slayer
9: Airwolf
8: Justice League (DCAU)
&kevbayerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16373805626724778955noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445965.post-50634852156338712022011-10-03T13:16:00.000-05:002011-10-03T13:16:03.186-05:00Where Does The Time Go?Image via WikipediaI looked at the calendar today. Did you know it's already October?! I can't believe this year is almost done and gone. One sign the year-end is getting close is the annual West Side Nut Club Fall Festival here. We're taking the kiddos out tonight for rides and junk food.
Another sign the year-end is getting close is that I start planning my vacation time for next year. The kevbayerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16373805626724778955noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445965.post-91275305067608102942011-08-23T16:52:00.001-05:002011-08-23T16:52:24.092-05:00The Great Escape 2011 As I pulled into the driveway after taking the kids to school this morning, I saw an orange tabby cat back by our garage looking rather startled. I thought to myself that cat sure looks like Miss Kitty (our orange tabby), but there are so many strays in our neighborhood it’s not unusual to see a cat hanging around our yard. As I got out of the van, I noticed our front door was standing kevbayerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16373805626724778955noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445965.post-86344695176340815452011-06-16T14:47:00.002-05:002011-06-16T14:59:29.854-05:00Voyage of the Dawn TreaderToday we went and saw Voyage of the Dawn Treader, since there were a bunch of little kids three rows down from us, I was afraid we weren't going to be able to hear. Surprisingly, they were quiet the whole movie. I didn't hear a peep from them. Anyways, the movie was amazing! Peter and Susan weren't really in it, except for some parts where Susan wrote a postcard, and when Lucy wished she was Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445965.post-72761611750125221032011-06-06T12:49:00.002-05:002011-06-06T13:02:16.724-05:00Craft time?Kitty naptime at the Bayer Family home and my kiddos decide to make papercrafts.kevbayerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16373805626724778955noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445965.post-19432909359818673922011-05-28T17:25:00.001-05:002011-05-28T17:25:14.666-05:00Then and Now: Learning Recently, a new website I visited asked “What book did you hate in school that you now love as an adult?” Which I misread, and answered, as “What did you hate in school that you now love as an adult?” When I was in school, at least in elementary and most of high school, I disliked school in-general. I didn’t want to be there, and I didn’t want to kevbayerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16373805626724778955noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445965.post-54934812064104397872011-05-08T22:08:00.001-05:002011-05-08T22:08:30.064-05:00Ten Things I've Done That You Might Not Have Yeah… I totally stole the idea for this post. But hey, since it’s been forever since I posted anything real here, I thought I’d give it a shot. Now, I haven’t had dinner with celebrities or played Lawn Darts with the Pope or anything like that, but here’s a list – in no particular order: 10: Attended a private Christian School for 9 years, kevbayerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16373805626724778955noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445965.post-5797181632872824942011-05-04T18:22:00.001-05:002011-05-04T18:22:50.481-05:00Commentary: Product Placement The product placement in two of my favorite TV shows to watch with my wife is getting ridiculous. Both Castle and Bones, on different networks, frequently feature the main characters using Windows phones with close-ups on the phone screen and the user interface. Smallville did the Windows phone rather blatantly in one episode as well, but I haven’t noticed it as obvious lately. Bones is kevbayerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16373805626724778955noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445965.post-63005415627150231472011-03-22T16:31:00.001-05:002011-03-22T16:31:23.945-05:00Family Had a nice, but way too short, visit with my youngest sister today just before I had to leave for work. She, and her two children, were in town briefly to visit my parents – both of whom have taken a turn for the worse lately. My mom, almost 76, has been fighting complications from a hip replacement, among other things. Both her knee replacements went well years back, but the kevbayerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16373805626724778955noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445965.post-6517883595938511902010-12-10T21:12:00.000-06:002010-12-10T21:12:59.833-06:00Christmas List 2010Christmas draws nigh and I'm sure many people are already finished with their Christmas Shopping. I'm one of those people that tends to put it off until December every year, and usually the back-half of the month.
This year, I've done more shopping online than in previous years. I scored a free Prime membership to Amazon, so shipping is free on just about anything I buy that Amazon ships (kevbayerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16373805626724778955noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445965.post-50699512178532589052010-12-06T19:15:00.002-06:002010-12-06T19:27:15.508-06:00Christmas MusicalI can't wait until the Christmas Musical!! It's going to be so much fun! It's really funny too. Speaking parts,solos, non-speaking parts and choreography. I'm kind of nervous too because I have a speaking part.We practice for the musical about two times every week. And then we start going through mistakes. I'm so glad we do this!!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445965.post-27966489237043954092010-11-28T16:24:00.001-06:002010-11-28T16:24:29.831-06:00Family Update Happy Holidays! It’s been quite awhile since I’ve updated here. I’ve been focusing more on sporadically posting book reviews on my other blog. Rubi is busy quickly advancing in her job, in the past year having gone from paid-per-post with a quota, to a quota raise, to a straight pay-rate, to Community Manager. She’s awesome like that. kevbayerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16373805626724778955noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445965.post-64175062903747372902010-08-12T18:25:00.000-05:002010-08-12T18:25:14.476-05:00Gen Con 2010I finally made it to my very first Gen Con this year! I only attended on Saturday, but I had a blast and hope to be able to attend more than one day in the future.
Gen Con is a staple of table-top gaming conventions; I’d say it’s the king. It seems like there’s never been a time I haven’t known of it. It moved to Indianapolis in 2003, which is close enough to me that I could at least make a day kevbayerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16373805626724778955noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445965.post-78212907901947401012010-08-06T22:08:00.001-05:002010-08-06T22:08:18.128-05:00Wha-huh? Summer endeth. Since when did summer end in the middle of August?! The kids go back to school Wednesday! Monday night is Back-to-School night for the kiddos. They get to go meet their new teachers, learn the classroom rules, the parents get to fill out reams of paperwork and volunteer for activities during the school year. I like having leisurely mornings with my kids during the summer, but Ikevbayerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16373805626724778955noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445965.post-5941335643051895392010-08-06T09:36:00.001-05:002010-08-06T09:36:05.888-05:00Whee! Bring on the hectic!Rubi blogs again. I think this is becoming an almost daily thing for her! Awesome! Sent to you by Kev via Google Reader: Whee! Bring on the hectic! via Moms Want To Play Too by Rubi on 8/6/10 Wow, last night was kinda crazy and I loved every second of it.See, Thursday night is Massively night in Guild Wars. I get together with our readers and we play through Guild kevbayerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16373805626724778955noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445965.post-41424209217745030862010-08-05T13:27:00.001-05:002010-08-05T13:27:26.062-05:00Convention season -- it's a storm of OMGOMGOMG for meRubi's blogging more than I am these days! Sent to you by Kev via Google Reader: Convention season -- it's a storm of OMGOMGOMG for me via Moms Want To Play Too by Rubi on 8/5/10 I am really sad that I won't be at gamescom for the first hands-on with Guild Wars 2, but honestly, I find it hard to stay disappointed for long. Gen Con is this weekend, and then PAX.Oh kevbayerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16373805626724778955noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445965.post-52504653895153195372010-08-04T11:13:00.001-05:002010-08-04T11:13:06.376-05:00I should be fired. We should all be fired.Rubi is starting to blog more on her "Moms want to play too" blog.Check it out. Sent to you by Kev via Google Reader: I should be fired. We should all be fired. via Moms Want To Play Too by Rubi on 8/4/10 The downside of what I do is that someone will always be ready and willing to tell you exactly where they think you've gone wrong.Sometimes they're correct. Maybe kevbayerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16373805626724778955noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445965.post-39731655996764348362010-08-01T20:50:00.001-05:002010-08-01T20:50:33.348-05:00RevivalRubi blogged again!! Enjoy her latest unpaid posting. Sent to you by Kev via Google Reader: Revival via Moms Want To Play Too by Rubi on 8/1/10 I need to revive this poor old blog. It's been an amazing year and this thing fell by the wayside.On September 17th, 2009, I was offered what is seriously the best job I've ever had in my life. I am a contributing editor forkevbayerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16373805626724778955noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445965.post-8638294315744021282010-07-25T21:33:00.001-05:002010-07-25T21:33:16.477-05:00: ) means happy birthday I pulled a little prank on Rubi for her birthday this year. After bringing home donuts and bagels for breakfast, I brought in her “gift” in a small gift bag. The little kids saw me doing this and grabbed their homemade cards for her too. She happily read their cards, enjoying their creativity, then turned to the small gift bag I handed her. She opened it up to reveal kevbayerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16373805626724778955noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445965.post-2415860049497458752010-07-17T14:04:00.001-05:002010-07-17T14:07:11.681-05:00Life as geeksThis is weird. My wife is almost a better geek than I am.
I'm proud to be a geek but I've never really been an active geek - participating in the culture, attending cons, etc. Mostly due to time constraints. When Rubi and I got married, she was so not a geek, and I suppressed my own inner geek a bit in order to focus more on growing a marriage and eventually a family. I still hadkevbayerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16373805626724778955noreply@blogger.com3