Oh man, I am sometimes really dumb. Decided to rewrite my Health Systems final paper, and pulled the first all-nighter in ... years. I think the paper came out okay, but I didn't. Got home Thursday night after class, and I was out like a light for about 15 hours. Ground away at the grant assignment. Skipped out on gaming Friday night, read ( Read more... )

My last-hour GenCon purchase was the Shadowrun Anarchy Prototype - a 48-page preview of the upcoming rules-lighter version of the game. I like what I see - magic and cybernetics and all that are rolled into a catch-all category of "Shadow Amplifications," or just "Amps." They do appropriate things. Ranges (weapons and movement) are given in bands, ( Read more... )

Got home Wednesday night, and my cops of 7th Sea 2nd Edition was on the porch - a most happy surprise! The book is gorgeous, and I kinda wish I'd had the resources to go in for an all-the-hardbacks pledge, because it appears that there will be a graphic extending across the spines of the books ( Read more... )

ConGlomeration went off pretty well. I had four players for my Friday night game, all enthusiastic and proactive, and they made the game a lot of fun for me. No players for my Saturday game, which was a slight disappointment, but it meant I got to goof around and learn other games - Splendor, 7 Wonders, and Takeneko. Attendance was up from last ( Read more... )

We're about a third of the way through the pro baseball season. My Dodgers are on top of their division, but only one game ahead of the Giants. I'm much more excited about the UofL baseball team right now. They finished the regular season with the best record in the ACC and ranked #3 nationally. The ACC tournament went poorly, but the regional ( Read more... )

I did better than I expected on the first Biostatistics exam, but not as well as I'd wanted. Just going to have to put in more time with this one and see if I can pull it to a high B ( Read more... )

The cute Serbian girl texted me around 12:30 this afternoon to let me know that our 4PM class was cancelled today. I was zipping up my backpack when the message came in; wasn't really looking forward to my disease class, so I decided to take the day off ( Read more... )

The first week of class is behind me. I'm completely certain that this is where I am supposed to be, and I'm doing what I'm supposed to be doing ( Read more... )

GenCon ended on a pretty good note. There was the usual flurry of last-minute sales, and I contributed by picking up a copy of Last Night on Earth. Looking forward to playing it with The Niece sometime soon. Fastest booth breakdown we've ever done - about 20 minutes, and Ben and I skipped out when we determined that there were too many people doing ( Read more... )

This has been one of the worst summers I've experienced. Uncertainty with UofL, although that's almost entirely resolved. Leaving the old job far too early and blowing through my bank account. Delays in getting settled in Louisville, which led to significant expenses related to the summer job (and that's been a piss-poor experience itself). There's ( Read more... )