Building Roadmaps
Has been awhile. No good reasons, no excuses. I just felt like I didn't have much to write. Sugar posed an interesting question, and instead of cluttering up her comments feed with a few paragraphs...
View ArticleBegone Winter Demons!
This week, I hope, is the start of something different.Fall and Winter are my favorite times of year. I hate hot weather, and hate humidity more. I'd rather be sitting by a fireplace under a blanket...
View ArticleWork is Winning
I logged in to EVE last night for the first time in awhile and got asked, "where ya' been?"Fair question. Snarky Answer: Not in EVE.Better Answer: Work is winning. I've not been burning extra hours,...
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Early Sunday
It's early for a Sunday. It's not quite 8am and I've already been out of bed close to 2 hours. At around 4:30 this morning, I awoke with a start. I was having one of those pulse pounding dreams, and...
View Article5 Random Things
Stealing the format from another blog I read. Here are 5 random things I did this week:1) Signed my will. As in my last will and testament. We're old enough that we should have one, and it's been on...
View ArticleAnd Then it was April
Things continue to shuffle along here. The pace at work has slackened just a bit, and a few things that were hard for me a couple months ago are now getting easier with additional experience. With...
View ArticleEVE Revenues Down
Saw this on MassivelyOP. Link HERE.Hat tip to marketsforISK blogger croda for digging into CCP’s 2015 financials, which were released to the public at the end of March. The good news is that CCP...
View ArticleChainsaw Therapy
Chainsaw Therapy is a category of yard work that I put under the category of "tedious, exhausting, and often good for the soul." It started with any sort of literal chainsaw duty - with hearing...
View ArticleBig Dumb Ride Prep
Looking at the calendar, there are 5 training weekends remaining until my long (100mi) charity bike ride (hereafter dubbed the 'Big Dumb Ride'). Normally this ride is later in June, allowing a later...
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I am the 85%
I've been trying to sum up my feelings on EVE lately. After a generally surprisingly good EVE Vegas experience, some 'meh' things have happened.I was underwhelmed by fanfest, I have little use for...
View ArticleBrain Dump
Many thoughts have been swirling lately, so let me give you a brain dump. Just for fun, I'll sort these by word-association. These are in no particular order and are appearing just in the manner in...
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EVE That Was
EVE has been occupying my idle moments lately. That's good, and bad. Well before the 85% post, I was pondering things, and dark thoughts flitted in and out of my head. Upon close inspection, these...
View ArticleEasing Back Into Reality
Spent the last week out on the U.S. east coast; rented a half a house on the oceanfront with my family and Mrs. Durden.The drive out and back is best done in 2 days, but we saw fit to complete it in a...
View ArticleBDR Final Prep
A few people have asked -- the Big Dumb Ride (BDR) is now a few days away. Mechanical shakedown ride will be tomorrow (Wednesday). This is a final check that all is well with our bikes. Thursday I am...
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BDR is Done
A dreary, rainy day for a bike ride. If this had been any other Saturday, I would have waived off and stayed indoors to drink coffee. Instead, we were in a hotel room putting on our biking garb and I...
View ArticleWhere's Abavus?
Where the heck have I been?Following the BDR, I let myself unravel a bit. I normally live a very structured life, with certain days for certain chores or workouts, and fitting EVE in whenever there's a...
View ArticleEscape
Regular readers will know that the past year has been a rolling wave of "busy" for me. New job, tons of weekend commitments, and a family that is trying to retain their usual meet-ups despite...
View ArticleHousekeeping
Quick notes, no particular order:I'm not currently active in EVE. I'm still a paying customer, but for all practical purposes I'm on a hiatus. I don't see that changing until cooler weather sets in,...
View ArticleEnjoy Vegas
As I mentioned below, I'm not in Las Vegas this weekend, and that pains me quite a bit. Sure, we'll be on the road next weekend for our competing vacation option (which I am excited about) but THIS...
View ArticleHumbug
A Christmas Carol (the George C. Scott version) is currently streaming on Amazon Prime, so the title is appropriate, although I don't feel particularly crass or grumpty. It's cold outside, but I have...
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Monster
This is a post about tabletop miniatures-based board games. It's perhaps the first of a few; as my EVE career continues to cartwheel in space like a dead frozen corpse.My current EVE career. In...
View ArticleHolidaze
We are now 50% through our holiday travel schedule. That's a big deal. In years past we have made some poor planning choices and drove 1,000 to 1,200 miles in a 10 day period. That gets old fast....
View ArticleMerry Christmas
Or Happy Holidays, if you'd prefer.The frigid cold, sleet, and ice has relented, at least for a few days, which will make our holiday road trip a little more enjoyable. As much as I like a White...
View ArticlePerspectives
It's been an interesting few weeks here.First, I've been having PC problems the past several weeks. I have new laptop inbound from Dell that will become my main box, though the shipping from Dell's...
View ArticleAlpha State
"Everything that has a beginning has an end." That's one of my favorite quotes from the Matrix 2. It has to do with the inevitability of change, and our general reluctance to accept what comes next....
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