It was really hard for me to walk by this table and not make a weaving hut comment ...

Douglas played really good games, and everything seemed to go Douglas's way; every other auction I was cursing because he had walked off with something a little too cheaply. In the end he won by a wide margin.

I still don't know another game that has as much Agony of Decision and Amun-Re has it in spades, every turn, 3-4 times per turn.

Battlestar Galactica + both Expansions (5 player, won)

[...] Union Pacific, [...] a 4 'Not so good, it doesn't get me but could be talked into it on occasion.'

Then we played Fair means or Foul (Hoity Toity, Adel Verschliptet etc.) 4 player. It's better with 5. I used to really like this game, but now all I notice is how it comes down to lucky guesses.

One of the players left early, and we played On the Underground 3 player. I've put my rating down [...]

I hate it when I have gaming days like that. Have you gotten pickier, have your tastes changed relative to your gaming group, or was it just a perfect storm of game-selection incompatibilities?