Ramblin' Man

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Anyway, I didn't even touch BG3 last night. Just didn't feel like it. I think part of my problem is the game is very much designed around role-playing. I've always preferred to do that with friends. NPC party members controlled by the computer just isn't the same.

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So instead of gaming, I watched the movie Abigail. It's the whole Usual Suspects meets From Dusk til Dawn, with the ballerina vampire.

It was amusing but flawed. It makes the same mistake most of the modern entertainment industry makes. It showcases the vampires as not completely evil and can sometimes be deserving of sympathy.

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In other words, it showcases the usual inability of Hollywood to understand anything remotely approaching morals.

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We're supposed to get more rain today, continuing for about a week or so. We also had a bit yesterday morning.

I'm hoping that's not the case. It could trigger more power outages.

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Anyway....time to move on to other things.

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I was promised days of rain. Stoopid sunshine. Now I’ll have to run my sprinkler system this evening.

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But, hey! At least I finally beat The House of Hope in BG3. Went into it loaded up with some good scrolls and potions. And a plan. Whupped the crap out of them, and came away with some awesome loot.

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And I’ve been thinking today about introducing my boy to one of the many awesome movies I have in my collection. Not sure which one, though. I can’t recall if I ever let him watch the original Conan movie.

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'Tis a bright, sunshiny Sunday morning.

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So I'm debating my day. I know I've got a few things to do. Some yard work. Laundry. Kitchen/cooking things. The rest of my time is unplanned.

The debate comes with the unplanned part, of course. I could spend the day reading. Lord knows I've got enough to catch up on. Or I could do some map work. Lord also knows I've been slacking on my Mega City map. Or I could play BG3. I've also been slacking on that, but I'm nearing the end of the game, at least.

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Or...I could attempt to do a little bit of each.

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Happy Monday?!?

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Well, I am at work. So......

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Except for a few annoying traffic lights, I had a mostly pleasant drive to the office. I'd better enjoy that while I can. In just over two weeks the children go back to school. Then I won't be able to leave home until around now-ish.

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Ah well. C'est la vie.

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I didn't play BG3 at all yesterday. Spent most of the day either doing things around the house or reading old comics. There are worse ways to spend one's day.

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For example....work.

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Hey! Thomas is back!

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No, not THAT Thomas. He's an annoying little prick. I'm talking Other Thomas.

He was in some kind of training all last week. So he was out of the office. He's a kind of quiet dude, but really not a bad sort. He's got five kids, so I can sympathize with him.

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My mother has new restrictions on her diet. Long in coming, if you ask me. Hopefully, this will help get her diverticulitis under a bit more control.

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Also....hehehe. The chaos of yesterday brought a bit of joy to my shriveled old heart. At least there's a bit less elderly abuse now. Though I can't help but weep at the thought of people who would have been stupid enough to support him, just out of hatred.

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And that's enough of that crap. I prefer my diatribes a little more rambling and fun. Or at least very weird.

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My wife's birthday is Wednesday. She'll be....another year older.

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She is not happy about it.

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F$#k you, Tuesday.

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My drive in wasn't as good as the one yesterday, but still not too bad. I think I only caught three lights.

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I don't want to be in the office today, though. To be honest, I probably don't want to be in the office period.

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I have been hunting for a new job. It's just been slow going.

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Glacially slow.

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Had a call from my dentist's office yesterday. They wanted to remind me about the cleaning appointment I had for this Wednesday at 4 pm. "Had" being the operative word.

I made that appointment at my last cleaning, which was most likely 6 months ago. At the time, I still had Work from Home Wednesday, which made it easy to do a dentist appointment since the office is like 5 minutes from my house.

Now that Work from Home is on Fridays, I moved my appointment. So now it's going to be a week or so away.

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Anyway...on to the tediousness of my work day.

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After a few other posts, of course.

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Wishing the Happiest of Birthdays to my lovely wife. Even if she doesn't like the idea of being another year older.

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Of course, it's a miserably rainy day, in the middle of the week. So maybe it better fits her mood today.

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And because it was a rainy morning, there were people driving like idiots on the road during my drive to work. Those a-holes threw off my timing, resulting in me catching several lights.

Lucky for them, I don't have time for any revenge-driven voodoo rituals.

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Instead, I just hope they catch every light possible for the rest of their natural lives.

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Since it's the wife's birthday, I'm planning to take off about an hour early today. That'll give me time to go buy her presents.

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Because she only told me what she wanted two days ago.

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So...anyway. Now I'm here at work for another gloriously fulfilling day.

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Just kidding. It's most likely going to be boring as hell and completely meaningless.

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Another rainy morning. At least I don't have to water my lawn.

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The drive in was much easier today. Didn't catch many lights. And there were no truly stupid drivers getting in the way.

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Tomorrow will be the second normal schedule since we switched to Work from Home Friday. The first week we did it was around the 4th of July. I was going to take off that entire Friday but ended up working a few hours. The following week was the hurricane, and since we had no power at home, I had to work in the office that Friday. So last week was the first "normal" Work from Home Friday.

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We're starting to use some kind of Planner app on Microsoft Teams. I'm not a fan. The company is increasingly relying on Microsoft Teams & OneDrive for stuff. Personally, I think it's a mistake.

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Especially considering the kerfuffle with Microsoft stuff last week.

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And it's not the first time I've personally had problems with Microsoft's crap. A year or so ago, on my home computer, Microsoft Edge suddenly decided to delete all my favorites.

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Luckily, I was able to recover some of them. That, however, is when I switched to Google Chrome.

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Not that I'm a big fan of Google either. They could probably be one of the poster children for evil corporations. In my never-at-all humble opinion.

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Anyway.....

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Yesterday, I got a call from one of the companies to which I had applied for a position. I agreed to an interview next Tuesday afternoon. It's interesting position, dealing with various engineering standards. I like standards and having to navigate the labyrinth formed by the many that exist.

That said, I doubt I'd accept a position with them. The office is downtown. There's no way in hell I can conceive of them making the job attractive enough for me to want to subject myself to the kind of hell that traffic would offer every day.