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tcpipI guess it was inevitable. After a 24 hour sleepless flight, followed by two days of teaching, jumping from temperatures from just over ten to mid-thirties and back again, I would, of course, come down with a cold. Sunday I struggled through a session of RuneQuest Glorantha with a bit of a headache and sneezing, that evening I was utterly smashed and completely incapable for work the following day, and today I'm coping a bit more but not moving much. My strategy for dealing with colds has become, over the years, one of annihilation. Get wrapped up, drink several litres of water, sleep a lot, and down plenty of cold-and-flu medication. Trying to fight it through force of will does not work.
Fortunately, just prior to succumbing to this I did manage to write most of the two-part scenarios for the upcoming RuneQuest Glorantha Convention. Justin A., has done an excellent job most of the initial concept and invited a few other to whiteboard some notes, and I went a bit nuts and basically hammered it into the requisite two three-hour scenarios. I'm pretty satisfied with how it's all coming along. As usual, people are leaving registration to the last fortnight which from an organiser's point of view is a little challenging, but I'm pretty sure It'll sort itself out OK as long as I rally the troops. The games are organised, the speakers are organised, the Convention journal is in production, the scenario is in production, and the swag bags have been ordered. Just have to ensure that the auction items and catering happens.
As a moment of aesthetics, I've realised that my Nexus 6 is dying after four years, which seems terribly appropriate. I've sent a tweet to Huawei, which is generating a bit of amusement. Ah, humans, we love finding and creating narratives. And, on a completely different tangent, I've only just realised that the LP I am currently listening to, The First Feast, was an Australia-only release. The rest of the world, you missed out. This thing is superb; I still remember how impressed the bus driver was in '89 as we took the coach from Perth to Melbourne and recommended this as a driving album.
Fortunately, just prior to succumbing to this I did manage to write most of the two-part scenarios for the upcoming RuneQuest Glorantha Convention. Justin A., has done an excellent job most of the initial concept and invited a few other to whiteboard some notes, and I went a bit nuts and basically hammered it into the requisite two three-hour scenarios. I'm pretty satisfied with how it's all coming along. As usual, people are leaving registration to the last fortnight which from an organiser's point of view is a little challenging, but I'm pretty sure It'll sort itself out OK as long as I rally the troops. The games are organised, the speakers are organised, the Convention journal is in production, the scenario is in production, and the swag bags have been ordered. Just have to ensure that the auction items and catering happens.
As a moment of aesthetics, I've realised that my Nexus 6 is dying after four years, which seems terribly appropriate. I've sent a tweet to Huawei, which is generating a bit of amusement. Ah, humans, we love finding and creating narratives. And, on a completely different tangent, I've only just realised that the LP I am currently listening to, The First Feast, was an Australia-only release. The rest of the world, you missed out. This thing is superb; I still remember how impressed the bus driver was in '89 as we took the coach from Perth to Melbourne and recommended this as a driving album.
It is November 2019.
— Lev Lafayette (@lev_lafayette) November 4, 2019
I have a Nexus 6.
It is four years old.
It's starting to die.
That's a hell of an Easter Egg, @Huawei #BladeRunner
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Date: 2019-11-05 10:08 pm (UTC)BM: We need this product to last just long enough to get through two product cycles and then we don't care.
Engineer: So, four years?
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Date: 2019-11-05 04:17 pm (UTC)Feel better! I remember reading an article about how the common method of powering through illnesses using a ton of medication is worse for everyone--takes the sick person longer to recover because they're just masking their symptoms and not resting, and it exposes everyone else to more germs. So your method is better overall.
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Date: 2019-11-05 10:03 pm (UTC)I'm mostly recovered now and back at work today. We'll see how I go.