It's Thanksgiving Day. I'm heading to Liberty in a few hours, timing it so I'll arrive around 2:30. Going to be a full house - Mom&Dad, me, The Niece, the visiting aunt&uncle, and my brother and his household. And the dining table at the farm is sized for six, and that's bumping elbows, and for reasons I fail to understand, Mom&Dad are wholly ( Read more... )

Three weeks left in the semester. Papers and projects are moving along nicely, and I'm registered for spring's last push for the MPH. Less than six months until graduation ( Read more... )

I've come to love Thursdays. I don't really miss market setup and teardown, although the lunch options right outside my building door were nice to have. Thursday night is my favorite class, the one not part of my concentration. Two instructors, four students, and we tend to be super casual. Last week, we spent a good chunk of class time talking ( Read more... )

We lost. Donald Trump is the President-elect of the United States. I am sickened, and afraid, and I feel depression coming my way in a hurry ( Read more... )

I accomplished pretty much nothing yesterday. There was sleep, and cooking, and watching football, but not much else. I really shouldn't have just pissed the day away, but for whatever reason I had very little energy and very little motivation ( Read more... )

Life on Gray Street ( Read more... )

My classmate and buddy Stephen K is a good guy. Despite nearly 20 years' difference in our ages, we've become good friends over the past year ( Read more... )

My player problem resolved itself - he dropped out of the game. The game moves on. I think the players are have gotten enough of a handle on things that I can start tightening things up and presenting them with more challenging sessions. The Jedi's player asked about an Inquisitor, and I couldn't be happier with this ( Read more... )

Gods, Apple Music is an awful product.

LA lost to the Cubs Saturday night, ending the playoff run and sending the Cubs to the World Series for the first time since the 1940s. So, just beat Cleveland, you lot ( Read more... )