On Saturday conducted a lightning speed shop at the Victoria markets to cater to the thirty or so people who attended the Linux Users of Victoria Annual Penguin Picnic at the Yarra Bank Reserve. Good food, good geeky conversation, but had to leave early to attend a wedding for one of ![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
caseopaya's workmates at the Yan Yean Reservoir, a picturesque location and a well-conducted event, and had some a particularly delightful conversation with a former Murdoch University student who was there the same time as myself.
Gave an address to the Unitarians on Sunday, Rational Thinking and Emotional Attachments, which explored some of the contemporary work in neuropsychology which suggests that, individually, our brains actively prevent us from acknowledging mistakes through selection bias, confirmation bias, cognitive dissonance and more. There is, however, an escape route through the very recent argumentation theory of reasoning which argues individually we tend to give self-rationalisations, but in a larger, expert, and critical group, we can actually learn and develop.
There has been two game sessions since the last post. One last Thursady being the beginning of the second chapter Masks of Nyarlathotep where one of the characters (incidentally, the player is a psychiatric nurse) went permanently insane in the first thirty seconds of play; Call of Cthulhu shows its mettle once again. The second was on Sunday afternoon with a good game session of GURPS Middle-Earth run by Michael, which is linking conspiracy on top of conspiracy.
Yesterday I turned 46; as is my want I had to reminded again of the day by the ever-vigilantcaseopaya, who kindly took me out to dinner. Many greetings graciously received on Facebook. As for the day itself, I'd taken off due to illness. I've had an bad reaction to a course of medications that I've been on for a few weeks which has resulted in bleeding from the nose and what is euphemistically called "flu-like symptoms". In other words, a body temperature a few degrees higher than what it should be, a pounding headache, dry throat and mouth, and a general sense of tiredness. Will be visiting the doctor today to see what can be done.
caseopaya's workmates at the Yan Yean Reservoir, a picturesque location and a well-conducted event, and had some a particularly delightful conversation with a former Murdoch University student who was there the same time as myself.Gave an address to the Unitarians on Sunday, Rational Thinking and Emotional Attachments, which explored some of the contemporary work in neuropsychology which suggests that, individually, our brains actively prevent us from acknowledging mistakes through selection bias, confirmation bias, cognitive dissonance and more. There is, however, an escape route through the very recent argumentation theory of reasoning which argues individually we tend to give self-rationalisations, but in a larger, expert, and critical group, we can actually learn and develop.
There has been two game sessions since the last post. One last Thursady being the beginning of the second chapter Masks of Nyarlathotep where one of the characters (incidentally, the player is a psychiatric nurse) went permanently insane in the first thirty seconds of play; Call of Cthulhu shows its mettle once again. The second was on Sunday afternoon with a good game session of GURPS Middle-Earth run by Michael, which is linking conspiracy on top of conspiracy.
Yesterday I turned 46; as is my want I had to reminded again of the day by the ever-vigilant
caseopaya, who kindly took me out to dinner. Many greetings graciously received on Facebook. As for the day itself, I'd taken off due to illness. I've had an bad reaction to a course of medications that I've been on for a few weeks which has resulted in bleeding from the nose and what is euphemistically called "flu-like symptoms". In other words, a body temperature a few degrees higher than what it should be, a pounding headache, dry throat and mouth, and a general sense of tiredness. Will be visiting the doctor today to see what can be done.