It's probably too late for word of this to spread, but: As I type this, tomorrow will be 12/31/23, in the American date notation. The pattern is 1-2-3-1-2-3. That means it's Waltz Day. This should not be confused with National Dance the Waltz Day, which is on March 4.
... was to go home. Some of this was posted on Facebook. As I type this, yesterday was Dec 25, 2023. I got home from work (if you're a sysadmin, you do serious stuff on holidays to minimize the impact) at about 5PM. I parked as usual in my apartment complex's parking lot. I heard meowing from…
No. Some of you may recall an earlier blog post I wrote entitled Am I overreacting? I ask the question in the context of my continuing isolation in the face of COVID. In that article, I pointed to the condition of Dianna Cowern (PhysicsGirl on YouTube) who was suffering from long COVID. Today, a friend of hers…
qaStaHvIS wa'SaD wa'vatlh wa'maH wa' jaj tlhIngan Hol vIHaDtaH. = I have studied Klingon for one thousand one hundred and eleven days. Three Klingon-related posts in a row! However, there's more to this particular post than the alliteration of the digit "1": It may be my last post on Klingon. In other words, I've finished the Duolingo…
qaStaHvIS wa'SaD wa'vatlh jaj tlhIngan Hol vIHaDtaH = I have studied Klingon for one thousand one hundred days. The way our calendar works has gives me another milestone on the heels of another. Five days ago I celebrated three years of studying Klingon. Klingon was invented by a linguist who wanted to create an alien language. I…
tlhIngan Hol vIHaDtaH qaStaHvIS wej DIS. = I have studied Klingon for three years. Since I'm going to write a longer post on my study of Klingon in five days, I'm not going to say much here. vaghleS jIghItlh = In five days I will write.
Let's start with a disclaimer: This blog post, like my last two, is based on personal reminiscences. I'm telling my little stories while my aging and cracking memories still have enough integrity that I can pretend there's an element of truth to them. Here I'm going to focus on my participation in the New-York-City-area table-top role-playing fan…
About a week ago, someone e-mailed me with a question related to my old writing in the pages of the APAs. I'll get into that query (and answer the question "What the heck is an APA?") in the follow-up post to this one. Let's first look at the chain of thought the query inspired. I have three…
Dear Bill of March 2020, It's Bill of October 2023. How are you? Don't bother to answer. I remember. I've been meaning to write to you for some time about what's in store for you. I won't talk about the big historical events; Julie Nolke has that topic covered. Instead, I'm going to tell you about the…
At the end of my review of Lord of the Rings: Gollum, I wrote: ...my next video-game review will about a game based on a widely-known IP, with antique graphics, and even more glitches than Gollum. I loved every minute of it. Given my fondness for Telltale-style games, and my oft-unrequited love of Star Trek, it probably…