Allright - well, from my previous post, it seems that I was missing a simple property for boost log:

logging::add_file_log( 
    fileName, 
    keywords::auto_flush = true,
    keywords::format = "[%TimeStamp%]: %Message%"
);

The key here was keywords::auto_flush = true - once that was in there, it worked great!

Ok, so on to other things. My parents just got their outdoor pizza oven fired up yesterday, and it was AWESOME. Very delicious pizza and good company - pizza night Fridays are totally going to be a thing.

Other than that, I've made some progress on my graphics engine. I've done a lot of work on getting animations working - they aren't there yet, but I think I'm slowly closing in. Time will tell!

Oh also, I'm going to be trading in my VW Tiguan for a new 2012 Nissan Versa (Hatchback). Unfortunately, I'm worried my Tiguan is going to start costing me some serious coin (I already need 4 new tires at $200 a pop. Come winter I'll need 4 more). So, instead of dumping money into it, I'm taking a loss by trading it in. On the flip side, it may actually end up saving me down the road (in terms of money I would have put into the Tiguan). I'll miss my Tiguan, but oh well.

Alrighty, that's all for now! Hope everyone is having a great long weekend!

Jarrett