Buying Gold

Okay, so today I bought gold. Not gold in real life, but "virtual gold" for the game World of Warcraft. Yep, I paid actually money (around $66) for 3000 gold. I can now take that gold in-game and purchase a mount (a horse, dragon, whatever). It's funny to actually pay real money for gold made out of nothing more than pixels. But I'm not the only guy doing it--it's big business! And it's a little scary too, since it's against the rules of the game, Blizzard the game company, can delete your account. So here you are, sneaking through the back alleys of this virtual city, meeting this clandestine level 1 character named "asdfghh" and he's giving you 3000 gold, against game rules.

If they cancel my account, I guess that's not all bad. Maybe I can finally get some stuff done around the house that I've been putting off, like finishing my new kitchen and restaining my deck.

Taking my daughter out trick-or-treating tonight. I've done it for years, but I have had a stressful week. Would be nice to have a break. I may let her mom take it, if she doesn't object too much. She's really daddy's little girl!