Category: Ramblings
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Motivation is lacking
Over the last week or two, my motivation has been lacking significantly, mainly because of my “real” job during the day. I still find this effort, as well as my podcasts and gaming activities interesting and rewarding, but when the other job wears you down and keeps you running from sun up to sun down,…
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Rise of the Runelords – the lost episode
So I am rather behind in my podcasts and videos, thanks to various distractions and procrastination. In particular, I am now 2 episodes of Rise of the Runelords, and after this weekend, 2 episodes of Hero System behind. Unfortunately, in my struggle to keep the files straight, I erased one of the episodes of RotRL…
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The Copic marker search begins
Although I have very little familiarity with the product, my wife is very much interested in a complete set of Copic markers, for her artwork and crafting. The only problem is the very large investment – individual markers run at the $7 or $8 range, with 300 or 400 different colors (not really sure how…
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Missing post
Missed my regularly scheduled post, thanks to a series of distractions. Most notably was playing Total War: Warhammer with my son, but I am also dealing with the tail end of a sinus infection, and the gout in my foot seems to have returned. Overall, a rough day, though I should be thankful that at…
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Life Skills
Those who know me know that my ability to deal with car maintenance is limited to oil and washer fluid, or adding air to tires. My son however seems to have a knack for it though, as he quickly and easily replaced the tire on the back of the car. Perhaps this might be a…
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Laptop upgrade
Spending the evening working on the wife’s laptop, to upgrade the factory stock SSD drive from 512 GB to a new 1 TB SSD drive. Most of the effort is relatively easy (cloning the drive), but the real challenge will be the actual replacement. For various reasons, laptops these days no longer have the “easy”…
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Beaver nooooo!!
Today I went and got my beaver and accidentally killed it. So there was a update that gave a tranq dart turret. So I built it up then when out to find a beaver. I found this one place out in the woods that had beavers so I placed it down and it took me…