Thursday Nights are LCG (living card game) nights, in addition come on in and play some board games or other games!

X-Wing Miniature Game on Sundays!! New Ships will be in this Thursday!!!

Come on in and fly your ships in the Star Wars Universe.

Warmachine Team Tournament Saturday July 19th.  Start time is 12:30pm.  Each person gets 25 points and it is a 2 man tournament.  Feel free to create your teams before showing up.

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Tuesday: Card & Board Games

Wednesday: Warmachine & Hordes

Thursday: Malifaux

Friday: Magic: The Gathering

Sunday: GamesWorkshop

You may have seen new bike lanes by your home or noticed packs if bicyclists riding past you on the way to work. And you may have wondered, “Why?” Bicycling has grown in popularity in recent years – and for those who have followed the trend, it’s easy to see why. Personally, I love to to roll out my bike on the road attach my instep bike trailer with my kid and rush against the wind, until the sun goes down.

Traveling by bicycle has many advantages

Here’s a list of just a few of the reasons traveling by bike is good:

• It’s environmentally friendly. You’re not generating carbon dioxide, and you’re also generating less waste in terms of parts compared to a car.
• It’s cheap! Cheap transit is good, and biking is one of the cheapest options – after all, commuting by cars and even public transit can cost a lot of money.
• It’s good for you. Bicycling implicitly requires exercise, which makes traveling by it even better. Instead of sitting down and driving or riding the train, you are burning calories and helping your heart health.
• Biking can be faster than traveling other ways. Think about it: Each day, you get up, turn on the car and wait for it to warm up, sit down and fiddle with the seat, buckle your seatbelt, drive out of your drive way and sit in traffic. If you have a bike, however, you can just put on your helmet, hop on it and go! And especially in places with bad traffic, biking can be much faster than traditional commuting options.
• Convenience. For those of us who live in cities, consider how difficult it is to find parking: almost impossible, sometimes! With a bike, you don’t have to waste time or energy to find a parking spot; rather, you can just roll up to your destination and hop off.
• Exploration. Biking isn’t just for traveling on a street, however. If you like near trails or parks, you might be able to take those to work, too. And then, you can take in the beauty of nature without going out of your way to get to work (unless you want to go out of your way!).

As you can see, there are many different reasons why taking your bike to work is a good choice – however, there are still many more.

You may care about certain reasons more than others (for example, you may care more about your heart health than the environment), but if enough people decide that they want to travel by bicycle, bicyclists benefits will trickle down to many others.

When the occasional night awake here and there becomes a pattern of several nights in a row, you may be faced with a sleeping problem.

Sometimes counting sheep just doesn’t cut it. Neither does drinking warm milk or wishing you could just fall asleep. If you’ve struggled with insomnia, you know the feeling. You either can’t get to sleep (known as a sleep onset problem), or you fall asleep relatively easily, but wake up several times during the night (a sleep maintenance issue). If you spend hours tossing and turning wondering why you can’t go or stay asleep, you aren’t alone. In this situation, many doctors recommend using cooling pillow and cooling sheet. Here is great comparison table for the best cooling pillow, study it before purchasing. In fact, during the past year, one in three people has had trouble sleeping for more than a week.

Sometimes the reason for the nighttime restlessness is fairly easy to pinpoint. If you have a major stressor in your life, whether it’s the flu, a death in the family, or a big project with a looming deadline, then you might well lose some shut-eye for a few weeks. That type of insomnia is known as acute, or transient and is short-term. Once the crisis is over, you’re back to sweet dreams.

But chronic insomnia is a different story altogether. Sometimes you just can’t sleep and there is no good reason for it. That’s known as primary insomnia. For others, co-morbid insomnia is related to other health issues going on, such as depression, anxiety, even asthma or congestive heart failure.

Now that you know what kind of sleep problem is pestering you, the bigger question is how to treat it. While there isn’t one sure-fire solution for a better night’s sleep, there are a number of things you can do to improve the quality of your night’s rest. Sleep hygiene techniques involve an assortment of do’s and don’ts to train your brain and body to sleep at the right time and in the right place. For starters, avoid caffeine 10 hours before sleep, keep regular sleep/wake hours, avoid alcohol within six hours of sleep, exercise during the afternoon, avoid naps, limit the bed for sleep only (no TV or computer, etc.), and relax in dim light about an hour or so before bedtime.

Cognitive behavioral therapy, also known as CBT, can also be an effective approach for chronic insomnia. It is a structured program designed to help you replace thoughts and behaviors that cause sleep problems with habits that promote sound sleep. Elements of CBT might include relaxation training, sleep education, stimulus control exercises and other cognitive strategies.

Sometimes medications are an ideal adjunct therapy with CBT and sleep hygiene improvements. Newer medications are less likely to cause addiction or tolerance problems, but should be used with other changes to maximize the chances for a great night’s sleep.