5/1: Dad is picking up the D&D crew {which also happens to be the newly re-united online crew} from a major crowd outside a convention or theater or high school or somesuch. {Shift} With a family of four bears, the parents are talking, the cubs act more like one would expect baby bears. I’m running around a neat standing-stone-and-water area, ( Read more... )

4/16: Several cases of players exploring unknown spell interactions, and lots of meditation on my part for the best ruling. Ideally, I want the most fun for the players at the moment, but also consistent rulings for effects (since inconsistency makes stuff less fun for people in the long run) and good story-crafting. I ended up leaning in their ( Read more... )

4/1: Dreams: Visiting old houses, Mum’s encouraging me to time travel to see the past. Lots of places I can’t remember. Visiting with Daniel and Paul. Transition to some kind of “face your fears” video game. One person gets swallowed by a gigantic robot shark, and falls into a ball pit. Buffy is involved somehow. Sweetheart dropped me off at the ( Read more... )

3/17: Dream: Not too surprisingly, involving playing Pandemic. Followed by something with a home for troubled youth, and a kid who starts running around the outside of the building without his leg brace. Relatively early wakeup, very little allergy symptoms. Hit the ground running. Read another chapter on the way to work. Wrote a dramatic death ( Read more... )

3/1: Slept through first alarm. Dreamt about being in some kind of museum/garden, and tango people (especially Ronda) are encouraging me to visit. Sweetheart heard the second alarm. Earlier than normal, relatively quick trip to work. Along the way there was some discussion where I told Sweetheart something and she said she couldn’t hear; so I ( Read more... )

One of the excellent metaphors that I've seen in defense of maintaining bodily autonomy vis-a-vis abortion is the fact that a person can not be compelled to donate blood or kidneys or otherwise compromise their bodily autonomy, even to save another person's life ( Read more... )

2/1: Hard time sleeping; my bladder and a to-do list compelled me to get back up, part of which involved writing this ( Read more... )

1/17: Left around 2, ended up at R. Thomas for “breakfast”, tried their 8-dollar shake. Interesting how busy Downtown still was at 3 AM when we left. Home and sleep fast. Woke up before alarm, amazingly, went to meet David & Romy & Nate at Waffle House, and Gina called in on FaceTime. We departed, picked up my sister, and went to the new temple; ( Read more... )

1/1: Despite the late night, still woke up before Sweetheart. Made sure of last packing details. Omm has a big interest in the Rose Bowl Parade, so she was watching that one; we popped in-and-out to watch as well, between munching on breakfast, trying to finish the last of any leftovers we left (especially me-specific). As another treat, they also ( Read more... )

12/17 Dream: Vivid but can’t remember; waking up in a rush. Dark and early, dentist appointment, all good. Cafe Intermezzo (egg cream hot chocolate isn’t worth it). Grind at work. Bank and back, make it in time to grab a plate of leftovers from the holiday luncheon. Workout, met sister and new baby brother for dinner at Pea Ridge. A little bit of ( Read more... )