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Minutes to Midnight
Dec. 31st, 2019 11:59 pmThe last minutes begin to count down for 2019. I've spent the past few days at home, and will be doing so tonight in the fine company of ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
caseopaya and with Mac the cat. I've downed some nice French champagnesparking white, made a delicious dinner, and when the clock strikes midnight I'll have a glass of armagnac, which I haven't touched in almost two years. I don't mind spending time at home; I like my home, both the physical building itself and contents, and the surrounding landscape of Willmere estate. Plus, there has been a couple of days where it has been unbearably hot; up to 44 degrees C (112 F, for those who use the old language). I remember in my adolescence in Perth people remarking that Melbourne "was a nice place, but it's too bloody cold!". I bet they don't say that anymore; Australia, is on fire.
In the next few days, as is my wont, I'll compose a reflective piece on the past year and make a few tentative predictions of my plans for the coming year. Such plans are ambit at best and I do set myself far too many tasks. One of which this year was completing the supplement for Papers & Paychecks, Cow-Orkers in the Scary Devil Monastery. I planned to have that finished in 2018; instead, I finally finished it to satisfaction today, sent to the printers, sent out PDF copies to the backers, and put it up for online purchasing on drivethrurpg.com; so that's at least one objective complete. For what remained of the day, I started working on getting a print copy of Supercomputing with Linux organised. So, I have been pretty busy, even a little manic really. I've realised that I've been skipping meals, and have lost a couple of kilogrammes as a result.
But it has been a good year; an excellent year even, at least from my personal experience. It's even been an excellent decade, again from my own experience. But I know this is not usual. Technology is keeping our society afloat at the moment, as there's an increasing disparity between the well-off (of which I must count myself these days), and those who are less fortunate. I can look over the numbers, and I can see the ignorant appeal of the dangerous and extreme nationalisms. Let's hope that in 2020 that we can reverse that.
caseopaya and with Mac the cat. I've downed some nice French In the next few days, as is my wont, I'll compose a reflective piece on the past year and make a few tentative predictions of my plans for the coming year. Such plans are ambit at best and I do set myself far too many tasks. One of which this year was completing the supplement for Papers & Paychecks, Cow-Orkers in the Scary Devil Monastery. I planned to have that finished in 2018; instead, I finally finished it to satisfaction today, sent to the printers, sent out PDF copies to the backers, and put it up for online purchasing on drivethrurpg.com; so that's at least one objective complete. For what remained of the day, I started working on getting a print copy of Supercomputing with Linux organised. So, I have been pretty busy, even a little manic really. I've realised that I've been skipping meals, and have lost a couple of kilogrammes as a result.
But it has been a good year; an excellent year even, at least from my personal experience. It's even been an excellent decade, again from my own experience. But I know this is not usual. Technology is keeping our society afloat at the moment, as there's an increasing disparity between the well-off (of which I must count myself these days), and those who are less fortunate. I can look over the numbers, and I can see the ignorant appeal of the dangerous and extreme nationalisms. Let's hope that in 2020 that we can reverse that.