Recovery, Gaming Updates, Rat Talk
Jan. 16th, 2021 09:27 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
tcpipI must confess, I am a little overwhelmed by the wishes for a speedy recovery that I have received from many people, especially on Facebook. Now a week after I was under the knife, recovery from the operation is going really well with no complications and with a gradual removal of dressings. There are of course limitations on what I am allowed to do, and I will confess that I have missed a week of not be able to exercise hard with weights or cycling as is my preference. Even work this week I took fairly gently, making my way through translating bioinformatics tutorials from the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences. I have noted that my energy levels have been somewhat less than usual in the past week, the combination of healing and painkillers having their effect.
One thing I have been able to engage in quite successfully is various gaming-relating activities. Today, I completed write-ups of the last two sessions of Eclipse Phase, namely 28.2 Pets, Not Cattle and 28.3 Cheyenne Ghost Dance, all in preparation for tomorrow's session. Monday was also the 14th anniversary of my HeroQuest Glorantha game which witnessed Scene 166: The Breaking of the Fellowship. In addition, I have been spending what spare time I have working on the Cyberpunk 2020 Conference transcript, which will probably take another week to complete to be honest.
Some time has also been spent and writing up my presentation for tomorrow at the 1st Unitarian-Universalist Fellowship of Melbourne, on "The Year of the Rat: From Buddhist Pilgrimages to Extinction Events and Land-mine Detection Awards". I remember Jon Oxer and I concurring on a 10:1 ratio for giving talks if you making sure your research is accurate and the structure sound. That is, for a one-hour talk, you'll spend about ten hours writing it up. Sure, I can ad-lib with the best of them, but for this particular topic, I want references and plenty of them. The address will be given via Zoom, so if any are interested please DM me for details.
One thing I have been able to engage in quite successfully is various gaming-relating activities. Today, I completed write-ups of the last two sessions of Eclipse Phase, namely 28.2 Pets, Not Cattle and 28.3 Cheyenne Ghost Dance, all in preparation for tomorrow's session. Monday was also the 14th anniversary of my HeroQuest Glorantha game which witnessed Scene 166: The Breaking of the Fellowship. In addition, I have been spending what spare time I have working on the Cyberpunk 2020 Conference transcript, which will probably take another week to complete to be honest.
Some time has also been spent and writing up my presentation for tomorrow at the 1st Unitarian-Universalist Fellowship of Melbourne, on "The Year of the Rat: From Buddhist Pilgrimages to Extinction Events and Land-mine Detection Awards". I remember Jon Oxer and I concurring on a 10:1 ratio for giving talks if you making sure your research is accurate and the structure sound. That is, for a one-hour talk, you'll spend about ten hours writing it up. Sure, I can ad-lib with the best of them, but for this particular topic, I want references and plenty of them. The address will be given via Zoom, so if any are interested please DM me for details.
