A decent explanation on why gene-mapping results vary

Posted on February 6, 2018 by Steve

Hopefully you may remember the story about my two different DNA results back in 2016. The outcomes between the two companies “disagreed” so much I could be two people in my opinion. I doubt I could get my brother to do this, I could hear him saying things like privacy concerns or it’s a dumb idea. Since I’m also not on speaking terms with my parents, I can’t get a comparison on which 50% I inherited.

Then NPR had a story about a person like me who was equally disappointed on how little Italian DNA they found, never mind her grandmother emigrating to the States from Italy. If you don’t want to read the article, the short answers:

  • Recombination: each parent contributes 50% but you might get more of a particular geographic area than their makeup and/or sibling receives.
  • The databases have huge gaps due to how few people are in these services so it looks like they’re compared to what DNA they’ve found of who has lives there lately. Kind of.

Maybe I’ll try again in a couple years. See if I get a different outcome.

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Progress made for 2018 on my health

Posted on February 6, 2018 by Steve

It’s been a few good days. As per a past discussion with my doctor, the plan has been to “get ahead of it.” Don’t wallow in pain! Let’s adjust, re-calibrate and then push forward! I’m also grateful he didn’t fire me as a patient. Given his speciality, I’m probably a mid-range nuisance.

It isn’t the standard American, “have you tried to stop being sick?” which is something I myself have to overcome being a child of the Seventies/Eighties. I’ve actually been more compassionate to others, it’s me I had the most trouble with in my evaluation toward being a better person.

What’s weird is that I’m calmer, happier in group again. Not as much as last time but still. It’s safe environment and in an odd way, I feel more control which maybe I shouldn’t. One of my biggest problems is relaxing and letting go because we can only control so much, so little (compared to the planet). As long as the Short-Fingered Vulgarian doesn’t cause the West Coast to glow in the dark, I can resist the urge to say, “I told you so!” in response to “you can’t control everything” statements.

That was rather dark. Fear not. I’m better and growing better daily.

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The Orville, it’s Star Trek with lame, pointless jokes

Posted on February 4, 2018 by Steve

Everyone knows Seth MacFarlane is a huge Star Trek fan because he got the opportunity to play a minor engineering crew member on Enterprise over a decade ago. However, I guess the Paramount people weren’t interested in letting him lend his clout to start a new series, hence the streaming-only Discovery. He did manage to get a couple former producers from the Next Generation through Voyager eras to join along with ex-cast members to work on this tepid alternative; they contribute via directing (Jonathan Frakes) or making guest appearances (Robert Picardo).

It’s also hard not to make comparisons…

  • Gruff, male, Worf-like alien. Check.
  • Blunt, perplexed, pseudo-robot, learning about the human condition. Check.
  • Crew member who is practically a liquid. Check.
  • Interstellar, multi-racial government and star fleet, the Planetary Union. Check.
  • Color-coded uniforms based upon ship duties. Check.
  • The starships have a little stretchy move before they jump to FTL speeds. Check.
  • Recycling the plots which the other Star Trek shows covered. Big fat Check.

There are some things I am impressed with in McFarlane’s defense…

  • The ratio of non-human aliens on the ship is higher than Star Trek‘s.
  • The aliens are much more than just an appliance on the forehead and often human-like aliens just resemble us which I’m OK with.
  • The Union’s main rival isn’t driven by honor, money or assimilation. The Krill’s religion says all other life is inferior so they have no problem exterminating all non-Krill life.
  • There’s no transporter, shuttles are needed to land on planets or transfer between vessels. I’ve become an opponent of transporters due to the reality of what really happens when people are converted to energy…they die.
  • MacFarlane must’ve called in some favors too. Liam Neeson and Charlize Theron make guest appearances. These two only do movies normally.

There are a few things The Orville needs to ditch because on par with nails being dragged on a chalkboard.

  • Stop interjecting comedy into the show. Namely the one liners Captain Mercer makes or observations made by the crew. They’re forced and they fall flat.
  • Ditch the 20th/21st Century references made by the crew. The Orville takes place in the early 25th Century. We don’t use slang from the Enlightenment or Victorian period so future humans are going to move on. I also doubt they will have much interest in our SitComs, movies and music from that far back neither. Most people only read literature from the near past as a school assignment, rarely by choice.
  • I don’t buy the dynamic of the captain and first officer being divorced from each other. Babylon 5 tried in its last season, it was implausible and felt forced.
  • A lot of reprimands got handed out to the crew. The admiralty would likely demand a change of personnel and/or keep the Orville on a shorter leash.

The biggest surprise is Fox giving the show another season after the initial 12 episodes. The Orville looks expensive and Murdoch’s people are notorious for being cheap, all those crappy “reality” shows pad the network’s schedule. I think MacFarlane will use the down time to review what worked and what didn’t, he’s come a long way since Family Guy. The show has potential. It needs time to develop and find its own voice like Babylon 5, Battlestar Galactica (2003) and Star Trek: The Next Generation did. All three of these had rocky first seasons too and last one was almost cancelled after a year.

In conclusion, if you like Sci-Fi, give the show a try while ignoring the failed humor. All 12 episodes are available through Hulu and I imagine On-Demand via cable operators. More than I can say for Star Trek Discovery which is on a service to subsidize Old People TV.

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Pathfinder turns 10

Posted on February 3, 2018 by Steve

After eight years, Wizards of the Coast (WOTC) decided to release D&D’s Fourth Edition (4e); probably on orders from Hasbro. There were hopes 4e would correct some of the issues Third Edition/3.5 (3e/3.5e) were having, namely grappling, campaign-busting spells and suffering from what’s coined “the fifteen-minute dungeon” since PCs use up a good amount of their resources in just one or two encounters.

I personally didn’t like the direction 4e was taking the game. I had seen previews through the last edition of Star Wars WOTC printed (the Saga Edition) and a play test with a friend. It wasn’t all bad. Wizards had a spell/power they could use at will or per encounter to compensate for this class often being the primary victim of running out of resources. However, I hated the changes because it transformed D&D into table-top World of Warcraft through the emphasis on fights, out-of-the-blue healing (labelled second winds) and a huge amount of reductionism. What do I mean by the latter? Monsters were re-classified as “blasters,” “soldiers” or “brutes,” in short, they were less interesting. Now in 4e’s defense, the current 3.5e rules were guilty of bogging down the game. WOTC had published a couple dozen sourcebooks that resulted in an surplus of options; so many, it could get difficult to keep track. One huge complaint I had regarding these books was the Warlock class from Complete Arcane and its “pew pew” ability at will. To me, if you want to do that, play Gauntlet due to the Warlock having no other practical function, aka, no magic to solve problems, help others, wide-area of attack, etc.

Thus WOTC’s decision to just pitch a set of rules after a mere five-to-eight years was frustrating. They didn’t pass a law saying you must convert to 4e because I’ve encountered people clinging to the original, clumsy AD&D from the early Eighties or Second Edition from 1989. Back in the late Eighties and early Nineties, I played RoleMaster while converting D&D stuff for it. So the choice WOTC/Hasbro was really offering was to continue with them through the changes or join the smaller, fractured ranks of D&D “luddites.”

Paizo’s Pathfinder came to the rescue by utilizing the Open-Gaming License (OGL) from 3e’s launch in 2000 and it encompassed 3.5e. What brought hope was their previous experience publishing WOTC’s two magazines for five years, Dragon and Dungeon (my favorite!). I suspect Paizo’s staff made lists of home rules/fixes to 3.5e via all the adventures they wrote, their play testing and reading about others’ suggestions through forums on the Internet. What they had in mind was available for free online as a PDF or you could purchase a physical beta copy through your hobby store of choice. I bought the physical copy to show my support to Paizo and Rogues Gallery.

Pathfinder‘s changes were mostly positive and/or ones I agreed to implement:

  • Wizards/Sorcerers get d6 for hit points over d4.
  • Rogues/Bards get d8 for hit points over d6.
  • Fighters get additional powers with weapons and armor as they advance. This gives people an incentive to stay with the class over multi-classing or choosing the more specialized warrior core classes.
  • Clerics/Druids received extra powers via their spell Domains at additional levels.
  • Sorcerers were made even more different from Wizards by the addition of Bloodlines which explained the origination of their Arcane powers.
  • Wizards gained spell abilities if they chose to specialize while the non-specialized types receive a boost too.
  • All zero-level spells are cast at will instead of once per day.
  • Skills were no longer allocated by points with class-based ones gaining one level per point while non-class-based were two points per level. Class skills just received a +3 modifier plus points allocated, non-class were straight points.
  • The skills Balance, Jump and Tumble were lumped together into Acrobatics.
  • The skills Listen, Search and Spot were lumped together into Perception.
  • The skills Hide and Move Silently were lumped together into Stealth.
  • Grappling was now easier with CMD (defense) and CMB (attack) attributes.

There were a few I didn’t agree with and to this day I don’t use since they didn’t solve any real problem:

  • When Clerics Turn/Bolsters the Undead, there’s a burst of energy that either deals damage or heals the Undead. Meanwhile, the opposite happens to the living within 30 feet of the Cleric. This makes Clerics and Paladins even weaker against some of the toughest category of monsters around.
  • Rangers can choose Undead as a Favored Enemy. That’s too big of an umbrella and implausible. On the former, they vary from automatons to spirits, and with the latter, none (ghouls being the exception) have any discernible anatomy to critically injure.
  • They changed the hit dice and base attacks for the Undead from d12 to d8 and +1/2 to +3/4 respectively.
  • They kept the stupid weapon-size rule. No thanks. A short sword is short for humans and for gnomes/halflings, it’s a sword.

The bigger thrill was getting to continue utilizing my 3.5e rule books to fill in the gaps Pathfinder didn’t cover. This could be done with little conversion effort. I had the entire collection of Complete books, three specializing on a category of monsters (Dragons, Aberrations and Undead) and the some others I loved.

Sadly, I didn’t get to test out the changes for a while since I chose to ouster myself from the gaming group I helped start. We’re all friends again, I just needed to take some time off from being the DM. I throw so much of myself into running the game, it can be exhausting and on par with having a part-time job. Table-top D&D is up against online and video games so I believe you gotta’ make the original, analog version special.

I did keep reading, making mental notes and buying stuff (minis, adventures) for the game thinking one day I would either return (slim chance) or become part of another group. I know I ran it a couple times with my nephews before they moved away to Qatar (damn it!). My new debut got rolling September 2013 with my current group. The original plan was Matt would be the DM yet I was asked to run instead thanks to my dumb stories regarding my brief employment at GDW. Somehow, I guess it meant I had credibility? It turned out for the best. I am a good player which translates to being cooperative, polite (I wait for my turn) and I don’t play the other game called Stump The DM. However, being a long-term DM, I can get restless and the DM in me can leak out, usually in offering to help the current DM make a decision.

In closing, I’m throwing out an open letter to my fellow DMs/Players to pitch in their two cents (maybe it’s a nickel or dime thanks to inflation) on their impressions of Pathfinder after a decade.

Next up, the Core Rulebook.

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Twenty-four years in Austin

Posted on February 3, 2018 by Steve

It’s great and weird feeling to be spending what has so far been the second half of my life in the same place after the years I was under my parents’ roof. The equally funny thing is they slowed down when I left for Marquette; five years in San Diego and currently they’re going on 26 years in Raleigh-Durham…the Indianoplace of the Southleast.

Even though I’m recuperating and not feeling 100 percent, it’s still better to be in Austin than living in the Midwest making twice as much because no amount of tangible income can convert the weather to make Chicago/Milwaukee as appealing as Central Texas. When it comes to the political mindset, it doesn’t matter since America’s divide is transforming into what I’ve felt it always was, the city versus the country and the smart money is on the city in the long run.

Due to other commitments today, I will raise a toast to my escape from the Land of the Dying tomorrow.

Thanks to all you Austinites, present and former, for befriending me. You’ve helped me make a dream come mostly true.

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The Florida Project: Acquired Taste

Posted on February 2, 2018 by Steve

Quick warning. If you don’t like movies that lack a story arc, conflict and/or resolution, skip The Florida Project, its execution is along the lines of the day(s)-in-the-life of a child and her friends amusing themselves on the slummy drag heading towards DisneyWorld. To me, Florida shares the same DNA as Dazed n’ Confused and Car Wash but covers a period of weeks, not just a single day.

The primary character is Moonee, a child who lives in a transients’ hotel with her mother and spends her days entertaining herself amongst the numerous other children. For example, they play hide n’ seek around the hotels, they vandalize abandoned properties and panhandle for ice cream. Moonee’s mother Halley is practically a teenager herself and in order to pay the weekly rent, Halley grifts and hustles by reselling perfume in the parking lot of a nearby resort, resells stolen Disney ride bracelets and inevitably, prostitution.

One bright spot in Moonee existence is the hotel manager Bobby, played by the fantastic Willem Dafoe. Bobby has a heart of gold and is sympathetic toward the children. His threats to throw Halley out over various offenses tend to ring hollow because he probably worries more about what will happen to the children should their parents become homeless. A solid demonstration of his protective nature is when he spots a child molester hanging out at the picnic area the kids are playing. Bobby is cool, calm until he gets the creep away from the children and then gets violent with promises to call the cops.

The primary point Florida is trying to make is how resilient children are in the face of poverty. Moonee and her friends get into the same mischief my friends and me did either in the Houston suburbs or the nicer middle-class neighborhoods of the Midwest. In short, children are fully capable of occupying their attention-spans without money, tablets and video games. They have done this for centuries. Another element the director-writer brought out is how Disney looms like a giant while hundreds of people live hand-to-mouth in its shadow, ergo, all those corporate tax breaks don’t benefit very many people.

As I wrap this up, I want to make something clear regarding my praise for Florida. I am not a film snob who prefers the Post Modern (weird for the sake of weird as per Dana Gould defines it) or goofy or super artsy fartsy. I just like what I like. I don’t have any special gift or insight. So fear not, if you don’t care for Florida, I’m good with you. I am more in the camp promoting movies as something that should spark a conversation, a debate and/or resonant with our emotions. “Popcorn” movies (translation…crappy) are usually a waste of money and can be watched on TV without gaining/losing any their craziness. I go to the movies to feel something and when this happens, the movie has succeeded.

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Black History Month is the theme/look

Posted on February 1, 2018 by Steve

After a dozen years, I’ve remembered to honor Black History Month. I forgot how cool the colors attached to the celebration were. In America, Black citizens have contributed a lot to my country’s success and the story about the US. I don’t have any illusions about my site suddenly changing the current state of relations between all citizens but I think I’m taking a step in the right direction by recognizing why February is important beyond what a former Illinois resident celebrates, Abraham Lincoln’s birthday.

I’m also hoping for some additional coverage via a favorite podcast, Stuff You Missed in History Class.

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Miguel sighting for January 2018

Posted on January 31, 2018 by Steve

As always, I recognized his swagger in the dark. Miguel was looking decent and he came up to me upon being called. He wouldn’t hop in the car so I carefully scooped him in, he’s still semi-feral which means he might bite/scratch/growl. When we got home, he knew the drill and I gave him a handful of dry food. Miguel was kind enough to pose for a couple photos. He wasn’t skin and bones yet he wolfed down what I gave him in 30 minutes, not a crumb left on the porch.

I hope to see him again and more frequently this year. Miguel is a sweet cat despite his rather rough edges.

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The new, 2018 recovery plan has been initiated

Posted on January 31, 2018 by Steve

I want to first give a big thank you to Somara for her participation today in helping adjust the battle plan for feeling better, functional. The major element is that we have a shared goal which we both wanted to tackle plus we are going to do more day trips while the weather is decent.

I succeeded in getting re-admitted to something I found seriously helpful in 2016 and I would recommend it to anyone I know around the Austin area if anxiety is eating away at them. NPR had a little piece I found uplifting about what research scientists found. Of course, now I wonder why the heck do mice have anxiety? They’re mice. They live for the moment and they’re pretty resourceful in finding food while leaving a trail of dookie everywhere they roam. Maybe one out of a hundred obsesses about predators that aren’t present in their environment. Well, if they can replicate their neuron discovery in people, then there’s a good chance scientists can find a way to shut the unhelpful neurons. I would volunteer for the Fantastic Voyage solution first. Just as long as someone with Archer’s personality isn’t amongst the crew!

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Been away because I’m not feeling well

Posted on January 30, 2018 by Steve

Fear not. I’m seeing my doctor and it hasn’t been as awful as other flare ups. The really good thing is how I’ve done a better job coordinating the efforts to get in front of my ongoing illness sooner/faster. Somara has a larger role too. I do admit it takes additional cajoling with her, she isn’t as…what’s the word, I guess external or extroverted as I can be. Don’t worry, our marriage is awesome, Somara isn’t as aggressive with things. Hmm. Let me explain, Somara tackles problems differently than I do, that’s better. Trust me, she rocks at setting up travel, finding better prices (she found a better rate on our cell plan, here I was thinking about changing carriers too) and I’ve dubbed her the Minister of Research in the Maggi Republic. Maybe I should help pay for a Google certification for Somara, I think my friend Jose has something to such an effect (chime in dude to clarify since I still don’t understand it).

Anyway, don’t be afraid to drop me a line in the interim. I enjoy e-mail the most.

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Breaking Bad turns 10 today

Posted on January 21, 2018 by Steve

I didn’t get around to watching Breaking Bad in its entirety until I think 2015, maybe 2016. It’s a hard show to stop viewing because the writers excelled at making you want to know what’s going to happen next with Walter, Jesse, Hank and Skyler, maybe Saul. I had a feeling it was going to be a hit as soon as I saw the pictures of Bryan Cranston standing in the desert with no pants holding a pistol. My immediate thoughts were of his Hal character from Malcolm in the Middle being way in over his head with loan sharks. Then I read the premise…even better because an American science teacher resorting to crime to pay medical bills hits pretty close to home. We pay our educators terribly in this country. Our healthcare system is geared toward everyone, except the ultra-rich, to lose everything they own before they die and the survivors still inherit crippling debt over these futile efforts. Breaking Bad would be a documentary if you removed some key story arcs showing how Walter transforms from Mr. Chips to Scarface.

This program demonstrates the power of TV to tell a fantastic story in a format too long to be a film and too visual with incredible character developments you can’t capture via print. It was so great, Breaking propelled multiple careers, not just Cranston’s. Aaron Paul, Bob Odenkirk, Dean Norris, Anna Gunn, Krysten Ritter, Jonathan Banks and Jesse Plemons have been receiving larger roles.

I think the biggest question over the next few years will be if Breaking Bad’s plot elements, characters and set dressing will continue to be a part of the collective culture. For example, come 2028, will Los Pollos Hermanos shirts be seen as obscure references alongside shirts displaying the Weyland-Yutani logo from Aliens or penny-farthing bicycle with a six on it fromThe Prisoner. I have a feeling it will despite the timeliness of the technology used by the characters (pre-smart phones).

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Cold/Flu number two for 2018 achieved

Posted on January 21, 2018 by Steve

Two thousand and eighteen AD (CE is stupid) is off to be icky start. Just as I overcame one cold (or flu, I can’t tell), I relapse into some serious congestion courtesy of Somara. I don’t recall infecting each other to be a part of our wedding vows. I’m much better now. I completely missed out on Gamer’s Weekend which in turn devoured two of my special extra days off of work. My third is slated for the opening day of ChupacabraCon V. If I miss any of this local convention, I better be in the hospital with something life threatening damn it.

Now we’re both functional and I’m ready to get back into the swing of exercise. I knew I wasn’t going to have a perfect January because of GW. Now I will not have any excuse for NOT having a perfect February. Heck, I may even beat my streak of 19 days in a row with the Apple Watch. There’s only 28 days in the second month this year so it could be the start of a great trend toward beating out the pre-Watch streak of 70.

Also need to see if there’s a good movie to watch on Super Bowl Sunday, the best day to go. Most Americans are all wrapped around the game which sadly will have the Boston Massholes with their Trump-ass-kissing QB. Last I checked, the Eagles were in the lead. I personally don’t care if it’s the Eagles or Vikings, just tear the Massholes a new one.

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My incredible D&D furniture from Cosmo Joe’s 6d6

Posted on January 16, 2018 by Steve

The serving lady bringing beer to the dwarves.

Today’s plug for Gamer’s Weekend is this awesome D&D furniture I backed via Kickstarter last year. Cosmo Joe covered the essentials for when your players go dungeon crawling: taverns, offices and bedrooms! My initial investment got me the standard set up, a bar, some stools, a couple tables with benches and chairs and the most standard item to loot…beds! Well, usually the bad guys have foot lockers, treasure chests or other hidden crap that the players roll pre-emptive Search/Perception checks on before you the DM are ready. Maybe the tooth fairy left some gold coins under the pillow.

My Kickstarter donation got me some sweet stuff. Then the custodial people at my job mistook the box filled with bubblewrap and furniture as trash. ARRRRRGH!

Don’t shoot him, he’s just the piano player!

Jonesin’ because I didn’t get to show it off, I managed to contact Cosmo Joe, wanting to know when his stuff would be available via his site. Joe did me one better, he replaced my stuff for free and in return, I bought a bunch more to give away as gifts to a couple other DMs I know. Plus the dice I showed off earlier.

A wizard walks up to a bar…

Now some of you are probably asking, why do you need this stuff? You’ve got graph paper to represent the details. Or…are you building a dollhouse or something? Hey, tabletop has to compete with video games closing the gap. These days, we have the technology via 3-D printers and laser cutters to make these accessories! Why not go for it since we also have the means to have custom-made minis of our PCs and cheaper, plastic minis of monsters. Besides, I have players who like to jump up on furniture or kick a chair at their opposition!

Could be the line at a Renaissance Faire or Rush concert.

Currently, I have the correct amount of furniture to furnish my ongoing campaign’s primary hangout…The Gatto Scontroso where the main heroes, played by Elizabeth, Matthew and Somara, recuperate whenever they’re in the Pathfinder/Golarion city of Korvosa. Sadly, we haven’t played in a while. Scheduling issues but I know getting the game back into gear is at the top of my 2018 resolutions. With this stuff, I cannot wait.

Cool little “sponges” to represent the mattresses.

If you’re interested, please go to this link and tell them I sent you. I don’t get anything in return, I just want to spread the good word.

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The future of food, part two: Soylent

Posted on January 16, 2018 by Steve

This “food substitute” has gotten the most attention…in the circles (or bubble if you believe such nonsense) of news I follow, mainly stuff influenced by the Economist, The Nation and scientifically-slanted podcasts. Soylent was also written about by the token tech writer for the New York Times and covered by The Atlantic. Since it was created by a software engineer, I figured he created it to get through long days of working on code. The name may be a demonstration of his humor but I think it’s a marketing failure. Everybody knows the reveal in Soylent Green and its implications of cannibalism isn’t funny.

By itself, it’s worse than Slimfast®. It tastes like the glue on the back of wallpaper from old-timey movies (at 42 seconds in, you’ll see my point).

  • Add one bottle to fruit smoothie: it goes down more easily but the Soylent taste keep poking through the strawberries and banana, like an off-vanilla flavor. Not a bad way to make it more tolerable though. Hard to believe it’s thicker than smoothie material.
  • Add one bottle to a can of Starbucks (the DoubleShot Energy): the caffeine boost helps but much like the smoothie material, Soylent’s aftertaste pokes through at the end. Maybe it’s “heavier” than the other mixers. Makes an excellent breakfast to keep me less hungry by my usual lunch time.

I went with a case (a dozen 14 oz. bottles) of the original flavor which costs $34, about $2.83/bottle. Mixing it with Starbucks/Monster makes it run under five bucks a meal, the fruit smoothie material puts Soylent per meal a little under. Would I keep drinking it? Let’s see how another competitor fares.

Next up, Huel, pronounced like “fuel.”

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Snowpocalypse II of 2018 continued

Posted on January 16, 2018 by Steve

He must have the toilet paper underneath the other stuff.

Well, I got more than my prediction (not a wish, I have stuff to do plus I do like seeing my co-workers)…they closed my work site in its entirety for the first time in a decade, according to my memory. So Somara and I are iced in with the cats, only two sleep on the bed because Isis remains skittish after all these years; fear not, she comes by intermittently to see if we’re unconscious due to her cold toes. I’m taking the time to find more non-hits to add to the stream while Somara sleeps off the cold/flu she’s struggled with after I overcame it. Can’t go to the gym at all, pushing back the monthly goals further. January was already a wash when I was sick, maybe I can make February the ‘perfect’ month.

I figure matters will improve enough by the afternoon, I’ll venture out to HEB, get a pizza to go with a little binge watching of Regular Show, The Venture Brothers, Robot Chicken, Fargo (season two only) and Star Trek: NG. The morning has been a good opportunity to clear out podcasts too, it’s how I hone my trivial skills.

The near future is looking better so Gamer’s Weekend should go forward as temperatures will return to our expected seasonal ranges.

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