I tried playing Cyberpunk 2077 tonight, after getting the kids to bed, and perhaps I’m just not good at playing computer games any more; even on the easy setting, I can’t get through the first[…]
Month: January 2021
Teeth and download speeds
The girls had a dental appointment this afternoon, so at lunchtime I drove them and my wife to the dentist, then rushed back for a phone call with a man in New York, and then[…]
Not going out
I didn’t leave the house today, apart from to wheel in the recycling bin after it got emptied, and to check the mail box. This is in stark contrast to driving halfway across the state[…]
Port Townsend again
We got up early. Well, La Serpiente woke me up at five, wanting me to unlock the Kindle so she could read. The whole family was up at 6:45 and we were in the car[…]
Hobbies and other pursuits
Today I went climbing for the first time since November, and I also did a total of 21 chin ups, which is surprising because usually when I go climbing I’m a physical wreck for the[…]
Sand in the head
This was one of those days where I got no sleep, so I was in a grim mood all day. I managed some of the things a human might do : I went to the[…]
Windscreens and other excitement
About two weeks ago, I took the car to the car wash and then noticed a crack in the windscreen. I don’t know if the car wash did it, or I just didn’t notice before[…]
Nurgle in Blood Bowl 2020
It’s a bit odd to refer to Blood Bowl 2020, as the rules only came out at the end of November and so I won’t even get to play a match in the 2020 version[…]
Sun’s out, power’s out
It rained a ludicrous amount last night, the wind lashing the house and whistling like it was ready to blow the world away. I woke to find the house intact, but school had been cancelled[…]
Start the week
The kids were a bit antsy again today. At one point, La Serpiente trod on (and broke) Destroyer’s remote control car, that she’d only had since Christmas. In a surprising display of maturity, Destroyer was[…]