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It takes 3 breaks in a row to change a life and other news

I have heard or read somewhere – that I can longer identify – that it takes three lucky breaks in a row, or three bad breaks in a row to change the direction of a life. This is a broad generalization, and there are a lot of caveats. That same source further asserts that good or bad breaks are equally likely. A break, here, is something that happens completely by chance. We are not talking about…

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Spoiling Doctor Who yet again for the last time maybe

There is reason to believe that Doctor Who will ever return to television. Neither Disney nor, more importantly, the BBC has promised any such thing, despite the apparent cliffhanger of the season finale. A cliffhanger, so we’re all clear, was added after the fact when it became clear the Ncuti Gwata would not return as the titular character. No reason has been given for the actor’s departure,…

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How we are thankful the deadline evaporated for removing the cholla

I removed it anyway – and I regret little. But the reason I removed it last weekend evaporated by the end of this weekend, and that was positive development that I am grateful for. Also, young renters, read your damn lease.  All of it. Before you sign it. Take notes if you have to. Before I explain any of that, some announcements: Go Action Fun Time at my house any Sunday (except tomorrow)…

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Try not to live in fear of Trump or robots

For those troubled by Trump This is not where I tell you it’s not going to be as bad as you think. It could very likely become even worse than that. I hate this outcome too, for I have never been a fan.  This is about getting through your trauma and anxiety right now. Right now, we do not know what the coming Trump Administration II – The Trumpening will actually be able to do. Some of this is…

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Tonight's Odd Antics in Context

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An account of our summer antics

It’s been more than a month, and we have been busy running about in time and space, acquiring ridiculous things and learning on occasion. Chronologically, we lead with the ridiculous thing: This was from the Mad Hatter musical, an ill-fated premier at Herberger last spring that Cheryl was briefly involved with. They left these things behind, and the Herberger staff was happy to help us haul…

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Some notes before we disappear

Soon, we shall disappear for the better part of two weeks, traveling in time and space because we can. Before that, a few random lessons learned: If you post a photo straight to Instagram – it’s gone. The only place to ever see it is that one Instagram post. It’s not like Facebook where you can still save the JPG if you can find it. Instagram encodes it in some sort of HTML that even the mighty…

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Long overdue update with no real theme

I didn’t expect to get this done tonight. I expected Cheryl to come home from Spain and disintegrate all productive notion by her long overdue presence. But no. There was a 12 hour flight delay, as the flight she was supposed to be on was cancelled, and that plane left – perhaps with her luggage. We shall see. Meanwhile, I’ve been busy. This is a product you can actually by Right Now on…

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Three small lessons from three small losses

OH! Before we get to that: My plan for fixing the NBA All Star Game: Fans vote on the top offensive stars AND the top defensive stars. No duplications. Then one team is composed of the Offensive starters and the Defensive bench (the O’s) and the other [the X’s] is composed of the Defensive Starters and the Offensive bench. The Defensive stars are obviously motivated to prove they belong. The…

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What habits might develop in thirty days without supervision?

I read or heard from some authoritative source that I do not recall that if you do something consistently for 30 days you can either make or break a habit.  Thirty days seems suspiciously convenient, but I have tried this with a few personal habits recently, and it seems to be holding. My wife is six days into what will be about 30 days out at sea. What kind of feral nerd habits might I develop…

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Legacies and Links from wandering Armadillos

This post contains no useful information about the actual animals. We’ve been busy and things have piled up, so I have some announcements, and then some links to dump – er bounce of a reflective surface. I was going to try to build a metaphor around that, but this turned into an Armadillo thing. Anyway: UnObtanium Bazaar will appear at the Two Rivers Renaissance Faire in Yuma next weekend. We…

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The Go Action Fun Time Season 1

Below is the GAFT Season 1 Episode guide, an Excel file you can download and open at your leisure. If you worry about downloading such things, I don’t know what to tell you. This is what WordPress lets me do. Either take the risk or live with not knowing. Here it is: season-1-onlyDownload

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Life saving restrictions reduce us by more than we hoped

We have updated What Have We learned?

Before we start, an Announcement: Nerd Party! Join us for our Infinite Improbability Party 14 October 2023 at Casa Blanca Doors at 6pm. Food at 7pm. 107 E Thunderbird trail – Phoenix. This will follow our Open House Trunk Show for UnObtanium Bazaar which will feature costumes and garb. We have refreshments but you are encouraged to bring your own and share. Cheryl is organizing a…

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Radiation does not make my poop glow and other conditional disappointments

Tomorrow will be the last of 45 scheduled radiation treatments for my prostrate cancer. Before we get to those lessons, I have an announcement: You Might want to stand back: I have finished the first draft of the Go Action Fun Time Setting Bible. It is available as a PDF for anyone who wants to read it. Go Action Fun Time is a table-top RPG I wrote. I have taken all the package deals from…

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Notes while waiting for a call that might not happen

I’m up a little later than I want to be hoping my wife will “call” (via FB messenger). I can’t call her. My dear wife jumped out of a van at Sky Harbor to rush to make her flight. She left her phone in that van. We could not get it back to her before she had to get on a plane, fly to New Jersey, check into a hotel without a credit card (which she keeps with her phone, and then, as far as I know,…

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Refelections on accountability, radiation and defense with your feet.

We’ll get to all that, but first some announcements: UnObtanium Bazaar will be at the Las Vegas Pirate fest this weekend! We will be at London Bridge Ren Faire (in Lake Havasu City) next weekend. I am watching the Suns with the sound off partly so I can write, but mostly because I am tired of the local commentators whining about the fouls. In basketball, the accountability is fairly…

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A quick update between bombardments

We’ll get to a legit installment in a week. The short update is that we have a new trailer, my child has moved out of the old house, so I have to finish moving out of the old house, and my mother-in-law has moved in with us, as long prophesied. But what I really and to announce is this: This is a PDF you can buy from Drive-Thru RPG – or just contact me directly and I’ll e-mail it to you. It is…