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However, I did share with the parents something someone put together called the 30 Day Bear Challenge. Basically hints and ideas to help them work on their rank requirements at home. Then someone just needs to enter what they've done in Scoutbook (online record keeping), and I can approve it.
Huzzah!
I'll do your landscaping for you, but you gotta move to Wisconsin.
Congratulations on the 15 year anniversary!
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The kidlets are currently huge fans of the movie Onward, and of the gelatinous cube therein. So I decided to show the boy my old Campaign Cartographer maps for The Crypt of Illusions. It had a room with some gelatinous cubes.
That was a dungeon adventure of my own design. Only a few folks at Paizocon 2012 got to play a little bit of it. Otherwise, it's juts collected digital dust. I always thought it was kind of cool, though not the best maps I'd ever done.
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Anyway, looking through my old Pathfinder files, I found some cool stuff. I'd nearly forgotten how much I loved creating maps. Started out back in the day, I'd create them with pencil (both regular and colored), even crayon.
Later, I discovered Campaign Cartographer. That was a pretty cool, CAD-based map maker. I've still got CC3 on my desktop, but I haven't really fooled with it in years.
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Going back through some of the old threads I'd created. Damn! I knew I was an a##+*#$ at times, but I'd forgotten how much some of the other posters around here could be complete and utter douchebags. I'm pretty sure several of them were part of the reason behind the phrase "This is why we can't have anything nice."
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On the up side, I scored big time at the grocery store this morning. Snagged the last two-pack of clorox wipes (great for cleaning up after the puppy). Picked up two packs of turkey breast tenderloin, destined for the smoker. Also picked up two more little things of hand soap, which we were finally starting to run low on.
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My PE license, which has been completely useless (after costing plenty of time, stress, and money), was up for renewal. In order to renew, you have to have have so many Personal Development Hours (PDHs). Those cost money, unless you're lucky enough to have an employer (they typically pay for PDHs).
So, instead I had to settle for setting my license to inactive, meaning it's just as useless as before, but now the uselessness is official. I still had to pay the $40 renewal fee, however. Either that, or they'd assess a fine.
And that, is why I hate government bureaucracy.
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Finally got around to watching Spider-Man: Far From Home. Not a bad flick, if you ignore all the teen angst drama and stupidity. I kind of like the way they did Mysterio.
I wasn't overly fond of the mid-credits scene. Not a big fan of the hero's identity being revealed to the world like that.
The after credits scene was just weird. Not a big fan of this continuation of making skrulls seem to be good guys.
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Probably forgot to mention, but we heard from our school district the other day that the kids will not be returning to classes this school year.
So it looks like I'll continue to not be paid for doing most of the teachers' work for them. Of course, I wouldn't be surprised if they're getting full pay throughout this whole Ordeal of (Not So) Mysterious Origin. Must be f~~&ing nice.
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During this Pandemic of Mysterious Origins, I've otten into the habit of surfing through available movies/TV shows on Amazon. That's how I found Dark Shadows, Hammer House of Horror, and movies like Captain Kronos: Vampire Hunter.
Anyway, the last night I came across Demon City Shinjuku, an old Japanese Anime. I remember first watching it on the old Sci-Fi Channel's Saturday morning anime. Great movie.
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Speaking of the old Sci-Fi Channel...
Oh how the mighty have fallen. Back in the day, that network showed all kinds of cool s+&*. Great movies and TV shows of old. I think the only thing on TV I liked better was AMC's Friday night horror movies, which I'd watch with my old man.
Anyway, these days, the only time the Sci-Fi Channel is on in my house is by accident. Sucks what they became.
Even worse is the news website associated with the network. These days it's almost nothing but whiny little nutsacks (reminds me of another website I used to frequent more often). They do occasionally have some worthwhile news to share, but I'll usually find the same article on another site and share that to Facebook. I would never intentionally direct people to that site.
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Still, we have a few days of sunshine and heat ahead of us, here in Houston. Which is good for me, because it means I can give the dog a much-needed bath out on the back patio, then let her do most of her drying in the sunshine.
Less back-harming effort for me. Plus, I get to introduce the boy to more of the wonderful world of pet responsibility.