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Thursday, August 21, 2008

I had a couple comments about my profile for Bevan. Under it I said he "spent most of his time working in the ER, painting little men, and complaining about Mrs. B's obsession of reality t.v." The comments were, "what in the hell is painting little men!?!?"

And then I remembered that not everyone is a Burnell.

haha...and it was kind of funny for me to take a step back and realize that if you aren't a Burnell- the phrase "painting little men" might be a little strange, to say the least...

Bevan, his dad, and all of his brothers play this game called Warhammer 40,000 or "40k" for short. I call them "little men."

It's a game very similar to Risk- that it involves strategy, and planning, and war. But you use little figurines that you can leave as is, or you can paint. This game is HUGE worldwide and you can actually enter your "little men" into contests to see which one is painted the best, or the most lifelike- because it takes a lot of talent to make a little 4" figurine look like a killing machine.

Anyways, hope that clears up any confusion...