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Like a lot of folks, I'm considering jumping from LJ to DW because of the change in server locations for LJ. While I personally don't mind them being in Russia, the combination of LJ being a forum for Russian dissidents, the lack of transparency concerning the move, as well as the apparent breaking of long-standing policy, I'm all for moving in ( Read more... )

I found this the other day and I thought of you: http://www.johntruong.com/p351617572

Over Christmas I received Elder Sign as a gift. Elder Sign is intended to be a simpler, faster game in the style of Arkham Horror, which I like in concept, but do not have the time nor stamina for 4-hour games with 1-hour setup. Elder Sign promised to be about half that ( Read more... )

This morning, I went to use my desktop machine, and it was off. I usually leave it on ( Read more... )

In mid-June I weighed in at the doctors at about 315 pounds. When I visited my mom at the end of June, my step-dad gave me the "with your health issues, if you don't do something, you're gonna die" speech, and pushed low-carb, ketogenic as a diet choice. I started that on July 4th ( Read more... )

I went to the doctors last night. That it was at night wasn't surprising, since I've found it convenient to, whenever possible, schedule my routine appointments for the last slot of the evening (8:20pm) on Tuesdays. This appointment was at 8:20pm on a Tuesday ( Read more... )

Shortly after my first not-very-successful attempt at swimming as exercise, I got some books out of the library on swimming, and then failed to read them much while on a weeks vacation in VA. It looks like the current hot trend in better swimming is a program called "Total Immersion" (TI), which (luckily) the pool I swim at has classes in. However ( Read more... )

As you may recall, recently I've had left leg issues which eventually ended in a diagnosis of cellulitis, a fluid pocket in my calf muscle (most likely a hematoma), chronic lymphedema and vascular insufficiency, and medial osteoarthritis in the knee. Because of the recurring cellulitis, the orthopedist said that knee replacement, or any surgical ( Read more... )

I've noticed recently that when I walk, I get into a weird, slow, uncomfortable gait. I would normally write that off as compensating for the knee that is giving me trouble, but walking normally isn't that painful to me ( Read more... )