Before I had kids.. I had a cat..

In 1996 my then girlfriend Christy and I were visiting her mother and this little cat just would not leave us alone.. her mom said “she needs a good home take her.”  so I did.  Prior to Christy and I having Sarah, Kitty was more or less the closest thing we had to a kid..  After Sarah tho, the cat went outside..

A few years and a girlfriend later, kitty lived with me in a place or two.. but she wasn’t one to get along with other cats.. so eventually back to mom’s she went to live outside..

A couple of years ago, her health started to decline.. and a couple of weeks ago she started being treated for a growth on her face… mom made the decision to put her down this morning and she is now buried under a very nice Magnolia tree in her front yard with a very nice vew of the creek.

I will miss my cat.

Back in the old old content days I probably helped kill Onyxia so many times I can’t guess how many of her heads I’ve seen, and I have the hide bag to prove it.   There is also a 310% flying mount that will be dropping off her, which is modeled after her.. that outta be fun

if you know your history you will see:

Original Game released: November 23, 2004

Burning Crusade announced: October 28th, 2005

Burning Crusade released: January 16, 2007

Wrath of the Lich King announced: August 3, 2007

Wrath of the Lich King released: November 13, 2008

So.. the math sez we are due.  Recently Blizzard trademarked the name “Cataclysm” , which is also known in WoW lore as “The Great Sundering” ..

During that event (according to lore) the “Well of Eternity” along with 80% of the land mass in Azeroth was destroyed.  The Well was Turned into the Mealstrom, which is that swirly thing on the map of Azeroth..

So.. What does Todd think?

I dunno..  but the trend shows “it’s about time” and I think it would be nice to break away from this continuation of Warcraft III content and finally onto some actually new gameplay.

There are 2 books I’ve read that are “What If” novels, both concerning the outcome of WWII, basically, they both ask “What if we didn’t win the war?”

Both take place in the 60′s

Fatherland (link) – Adolf Hitler is about to celebrate his 75th b-day, the 3rd Riech controls much of Europe and the US President Joe Kennedy will be meeting with him as the Holocaust is stumbled upon by a German beat cop.   This was made into a crappy movie in the 90′s, I’d advise reading the book tho.

The Man in the High Castle (link) – Written by Phillip K Dick who was just phenomenal at what he did.. this Alternate reality has WWII ending in 1948 the Nazi’s and Japanese pretty much dominate the globe and the US is split, Nazi’s on the East Coast, Japanese on the West.   The story has several intersecting story lines and it takes a while to get into it, but if your into alternate timeline, it’s really well thought out.

In the past week I’ve also been spending time with Sarah as she’s in town with me here in Nashville, had a Birthday on Monday the 22nd, and have been gearing up to set up a website for a friend who recently wrote a childrens book.

I’ve also been trying to organize a Family Reunion over the 4th of July weekend, and once i get there… I’ll be converting my mother over to Linux on her Laptop! I’ve also been playing WoW more..

So.. maybe I’m not so much of a slacker..

Will we run out of characters? How many expansions will there be? How long will it go for?

The answers are, No, Five, and 2013.

According to a Loregy.com article written in April of last year, we will see 5 expansions total.. and be level 110 before we end with the Death of Sargeras.. and Peace between Horde and Alliance.. All in time for a WoW2.. or a Warcraft4.