What happened to the last couple months!? I was happily working on projects, staying on task and being reasonably focused about getting things done when *BAM*, I got hit by a Viking! Well, a game. About vikings. Sort of. In early February a new game hit in what’s called Early Read more…
Well, after 13 months of lockdown, quarantine, social distancing and no end of upheaval as we try to get through a global pandemic, I finally got the call to get my first vaccination (Team Pfizer here. Represent!). It was run out of a local hospital and done very, very well. Read more…
This year I had the pleasure of having the time to make many of the gifts I gave to family for Christmas. Some of these projects started a while ago and some were last minute, but what they all had in common was that I made them. Custom Outlet for Read more…
Sorry for the delay, but clearly 2020 still has some things to work out of its system. Here in the US, 2020 is still trying to use up more time than it’s allotted, but that will get better here, soon. Things are looking up for the first time in, oh, Read more…
Back in 2007, the Danish indie rock band The Figurines had this to say: Do you feel the air we breathe?And do you feel the air we breathe?Do you feel the things I see?And do you feel you’re close to me? I don’t recall the song, but lately I’ve been Read more…
As of a few days ago, I have retired from the career that I started (*mumble* *mumble*) 32 years ago, roughly a dozen of those years as a software developer and another twenty as a manager of software developers. It is time for me to make room so that other Read more…
Years ago now, when I first started trying to explain my Role Playing Group to my wife, it was clear that she didn’t see what I saw. Didn’t see the epic battles, the intense negotiations, the realization that discretion really is the better part of valor and retreat is always Read more…
We were starting a new campaign and gaming system in our RPG group and I couldn’t find a mini I liked. I enjoy the process of creating the backstory for my character and that means a certain look and feel to the mini would be ideal, something that matches the Read more…
So, that was a year, wasn’t it? I’m not going to make any excuses, but 2017 was quite a year on many fronts. Folks far more able to describe it clearly talked about how everything going on with our country and our politics and in the world made it nigh Read more…
This update takes place at least in the first week of April, so I’ll give myself a small pat on the back for that. Goal 1: Health March continues the theme of challenging on the health front. I continue to fight wanting to stick 100% to the eating plan and, Read more…