Well it's official, the Doomsday Clock is the closest to midnight it's been since the clock was first created. Right now we're 100 seconds to midnight. This is largely due to climate and nuclear war. And who do we have to thank for, at least, some of that? Our Cheeto haired shit stain of a president and the feckless cunts that make up the GOP.
Trump's impeachment trial ended with him being acquitted. The obsequious sycophants that comprise the GOP voted to have no new evidence or witnesses at the trial and Trump himself ordered his staff to ignore subpoenas. They've basically given Trump carte blanche to do whatever the fuck he feels like for the rest of his term in office. His reign of terror has just begun. The GOP has become little more than pussy whipped gimps answering to his beck and call.
The coronavirus unleashed in China is wrecking havoc. The Chinese Communist Party spent seven months covering up news about the virus instead of taking steps to contain it. They silenced doctors in Wuhan and arrested critics of their efforts to contain the virus. The death toll has now exceeded that of the SARS outbreak of 2003. How long it will take to contain the coronavirus and bring an end to outbreak is unknown at this time.
Saturday, February 8, 2020
Tuesday, December 10, 2019
Healthcare Update & Other News
My 2020 application for health care has been completed and I'm going to have health and dental coverage starting in January. I had to call the ACA information number in order to complete the application. It turns out that I made several mistakes on it which led to me ending up with really high monthly premiums. When everything was corrected, I ended up with a hefty tax credit to help pay the premiums. It was also recommended that I go with a silver policy for maximum benefit. The policy isn't perfect. While all my doctors are covered under the policy, my Lantus pens aren't. When I'm able to sign up for insurance through work next November, I have to contact the government so they can cancel the ACA policies.
My eDice unit has arrived. I charged it up and tested it out. It works fine. The tracking numbers for the Randice expansion set are available. I have to contact them and get my number. I'm backing two more Kickstarters, the Better Backstories deck and GoDice. The Better Backstories deck aids DMs and players in creating backstories for characters. Other functions are being added to the deck as various stretch goals get reached. The GoDice are a set of six d6 that have sensors in them. Included with the GoDice is an IOS or Android app. This app allows the GoDice to connect with your phone or tablet via Bluetooth and play games. At the tier I pledged, I also get an RPG app and six shells that convert the GoDice into RPG gaming dice. Three of the shells have 24 sides and convert the GoDice into a d4, d8 and d12. Three 20 sided shells convert GoDice into a d10, d% and d20.
My eDice unit has arrived. I charged it up and tested it out. It works fine. The tracking numbers for the Randice expansion set are available. I have to contact them and get my number. I'm backing two more Kickstarters, the Better Backstories deck and GoDice. The Better Backstories deck aids DMs and players in creating backstories for characters. Other functions are being added to the deck as various stretch goals get reached. The GoDice are a set of six d6 that have sensors in them. Included with the GoDice is an IOS or Android app. This app allows the GoDice to connect with your phone or tablet via Bluetooth and play games. At the tier I pledged, I also get an RPG app and six shells that convert the GoDice into RPG gaming dice. Three of the shells have 24 sides and convert the GoDice into a d4, d8 and d12. Three 20 sided shells convert GoDice into a d10, d% and d20.
Wednesday, November 20, 2019
Healthcare, Kickstarter and Cthulhu Wars
My quest for health insurance is proving fruitless. After submitting my information, even the cheapest plans are ridiculously priced. How the fuck do they expect me to pay for this? And that Good RX app is a fucking joke. My insulin pens cost a little over $400.00 without insurance. With the app, it's about $325.00. The price when I had insurance, $40.00. Yet they claim that the app can beat your insurance. Lying bastards. Looks like I'm going to be going without insurance for at least a year.
Slowly but surely, my Kickstarter rewards are coming in. I recently received my 2 copies of Immersive Battle Maps and stickers. I've received a tracking number for my eDice unit. I should have that by the end of the month. The Randice expansion set should be mailed out soon. I've filled out the Hexacube dice survey. I originally paid for the Kickstarter only antique gold set with custom wooden dice box but I added on a pearl red set with a dark red with black logo felt bag. I really want to get my hands on these dice but they won't be sent out until May 2020. I've also backed the Spin Dice, Spellbook minis, Reversible Self Standing Microfiber dice bag and RPG Backstory card deck projects. The Spin Dice project is more than fully funded and the Backstory project has $2,547 of the $3,000 needed to fund the project with 40 days to go. The surveys for the Spellbook mini, microfiber dice bag and Critical Dice set have been completed. I haven't heard anything new regarding the Turn Keeper and Debunked card game yet. I'm going to hold off backing any more Kickstarters for the near future. I need to build up my bank accounts.
I've purchased the Ancients faction, Cosmic Terrors and HPL First Player marker for my Cthulhu Wars game. I now have 9 factions that can be played along with the independent Azathoth expansion. I'd like to get a few more monsters and terrors for the game as well as a few independent Great Old Ones before New Year's Eve so I have a lot of options when I take the game over to Glenn's house.
Slowly but surely, my Kickstarter rewards are coming in. I recently received my 2 copies of Immersive Battle Maps and stickers. I've received a tracking number for my eDice unit. I should have that by the end of the month. The Randice expansion set should be mailed out soon. I've filled out the Hexacube dice survey. I originally paid for the Kickstarter only antique gold set with custom wooden dice box but I added on a pearl red set with a dark red with black logo felt bag. I really want to get my hands on these dice but they won't be sent out until May 2020. I've also backed the Spin Dice, Spellbook minis, Reversible Self Standing Microfiber dice bag and RPG Backstory card deck projects. The Spin Dice project is more than fully funded and the Backstory project has $2,547 of the $3,000 needed to fund the project with 40 days to go. The surveys for the Spellbook mini, microfiber dice bag and Critical Dice set have been completed. I haven't heard anything new regarding the Turn Keeper and Debunked card game yet. I'm going to hold off backing any more Kickstarters for the near future. I need to build up my bank accounts.
I've purchased the Ancients faction, Cosmic Terrors and HPL First Player marker for my Cthulhu Wars game. I now have 9 factions that can be played along with the independent Azathoth expansion. I'd like to get a few more monsters and terrors for the game as well as a few independent Great Old Ones before New Year's Eve so I have a lot of options when I take the game over to Glenn's house.
Thursday, September 12, 2019
Nerdhalla The Aftermath
The last day of Gen Con consisted of me buying some more dice as well as a deck vault for my Paranoia decks and dice. I drove home, rested up, went back to work and was fired five minutes into my shift for time theft. My mistake was not staying in my department until 10:00 pm on those nights I closed. Since it was dead, I figured I could give my legs a rest and sit by the time clock. It was a stupid move on my part.
So 25 years of employment, my personal holidays and vacation time and my health insurance have been pissed away because of my mistake. I'm fairly certain my pension might also be gone because of this but I haven't found out yet. It took a couple of weeks but I've found another job. At the moment it's part time and I don't have health insurance through them yet but some goods come out of this. For some time now I've felt like I've had a target on my back at my previous job and it was just a matter of time before things came to a head. The worse part is I handed them a reason to fire me on a silver fucking platter. I'm trying to get insurance through Healthcare.gov. I've started an application but I'm waiting for my current employer to provide me with information needed to complete it.
On other matters, some of the Kickstarters I've backed have arrived. The CNC machined Mobius strip and Random Encounter Dice are here and my two sets of Troll's Teeth will be arriving tomorrow. The Debunked card game, remaining 4 Cthulhu Mythos coins, Immersive Battle Maps book and Randice expansion should be completed and mailed out shortly. The eDice Kickstarter I joined was cancelled and restarted. It still has 21 days of funding to go before things get underway. I hope they unlock the stopwatch function. I really hope this thing goes to completion. I really want to get one of these.
I went to the SPandme.com website and took the quiz. Here are the results; 39% Lisa Berger, 19% Kevin Stoley, 19% Kyle Schwartz, 6% Pete (Hair Flip Goth), 6% Roger Donovan, 5% Ned Gerblanski and 5% Rumper Tumpskin.
So 25 years of employment, my personal holidays and vacation time and my health insurance have been pissed away because of my mistake. I'm fairly certain my pension might also be gone because of this but I haven't found out yet. It took a couple of weeks but I've found another job. At the moment it's part time and I don't have health insurance through them yet but some goods come out of this. For some time now I've felt like I've had a target on my back at my previous job and it was just a matter of time before things came to a head. The worse part is I handed them a reason to fire me on a silver fucking platter. I'm trying to get insurance through Healthcare.gov. I've started an application but I'm waiting for my current employer to provide me with information needed to complete it.
On other matters, some of the Kickstarters I've backed have arrived. The CNC machined Mobius strip and Random Encounter Dice are here and my two sets of Troll's Teeth will be arriving tomorrow. The Debunked card game, remaining 4 Cthulhu Mythos coins, Immersive Battle Maps book and Randice expansion should be completed and mailed out shortly. The eDice Kickstarter I joined was cancelled and restarted. It still has 21 days of funding to go before things get underway. I hope they unlock the stopwatch function. I really hope this thing goes to completion. I really want to get one of these.
I went to the SPandme.com website and took the quiz. Here are the results; 39% Lisa Berger, 19% Kevin Stoley, 19% Kyle Schwartz, 6% Pete (Hair Flip Goth), 6% Roger Donovan, 5% Ned Gerblanski and 5% Rumper Tumpskin.
Saturday, August 3, 2019
Nerdhalla Day 3
The last of my scheduled events are done. I bought the Sleeper and Tcho-Tcho factions for Cthulhu Wars. I got 3 free Astral Acolytes with my purchases. I played in a Luchador event that I'd played last year and made a Cthulhu style deck box in a crafting event. Here's a picture of the box.
It's a little crude compared to some of the examples they had on display, but I like it nonetheless. There are no events scheduled for tomorrow. I'm going to get up early and get everything packed into the Rav 4, check out and head over to the 24 hour parking facility at 109 South Capitol. I'm going to make a last run through the convention center so I can get a 36 d6 dice cube, some dice to group with a lone d20 I have so it will be part of a complete polyhedral set and take some more pics. By about noon, I'll be on the road heading for home.
Friday, August 2, 2019
Nerdhalla Day 2
The second day of Gen Con has ended. Today it was The Forge of Fury, a D&D 3.5 scenario and Time Travelers in King Arthur's Court, a Doctor Who scenario. The Doctor Who scenario was run by the same person that ran a Doctor Who scenario two years ago so I got to play Drex, a Sontaran warrior for the second time.
I bought more dice, as if I needed more. I got a set of d10s and d6s for Cyberpunk. I got a set of Elder dice primarily for Call of Cthulhu and a set of d2 Elder Sign coins. I've wanted a set of legitimate d2s for some time now. The other d2s I have are d6s marked with three 1s and three 2s. The last purchases I'll make tomorrow are some deck boxes for my Paranoia decks, a cube of 36 d6s for the latest version of the Judge Dredd RPG and the last two factions, Sleeper and Tcho-Tcho, for Cthulhu Wars. If they have a 6-8 player world board, I'll buy that too.
I bought more dice, as if I needed more. I got a set of d10s and d6s for Cyberpunk. I got a set of Elder dice primarily for Call of Cthulhu and a set of d2 Elder Sign coins. I've wanted a set of legitimate d2s for some time now. The other d2s I have are d6s marked with three 1s and three 2s. The last purchases I'll make tomorrow are some deck boxes for my Paranoia decks, a cube of 36 d6s for the latest version of the Judge Dredd RPG and the last two factions, Sleeper and Tcho-Tcho, for Cthulhu Wars. If they have a 6-8 player world board, I'll buy that too.
Thursday, August 1, 2019
Nerdhalla Day 1
I arrived in Indianapolis yesterday afternoon. I had to go to the Will Call line in order to get my ticket for the Doctor Who event. There's a game store next to the hotel I'm staying at. I saw fellow gamer outside the store. He had purchased the Letters from Whitechapel game. It's a game where one player is the Ripper and the rest are the police hunting him down. The Ripper wins if he successfully murders 5 women without getting caught. If he's caught, the police win. I purchased a copy of the game.
Day 1 of Gen Con is officially over. I played in a One Ring and a Call of Cthulhu based 5th edition D&D game. I had 3 hours in between gaming sessions so I did some shopping. I bought the 2019 Gen Con commemorative dice set from Crystal Caste plus two sets of polyhedral dice for my gaming belt. I picked up the hardcover Doctor Who rules and The Laughter of Dragons supplement for The One Ring. I made the mistake of purchasing The Oaths of the Riddermark supplement. I had forgotten that I purchased it at last year's Gen Con. I'm going to see if I can return it on Saturday. I also purchased the latest Luchador supplement, Masked Men of Mexico, along with a Luchador mask. My big purchase of the day was the Cthulhu Wars game and three expansion sets, Opener of the Way (Yog Sothoth), Windwalker (Ithaqua) and Azathoth. I might pick up some more expansions. I haven't decided yet. If they have the 6-8 player Earth map, I should consider getting it.
The weather here's been hot and despite the relatively short walk from the hotel to the convention center, I still sweated my ass off. I found out that I can go from the convention center to the J.W. Marriot hotel without having to go outside. They're connected by skywalks. This will work out nicely since both games tomorrow are in that hotel. It'll be 8 hours of gaming between the D&D 3.5 and Doctor Who games
Day 1 of Gen Con is officially over. I played in a One Ring and a Call of Cthulhu based 5th edition D&D game. I had 3 hours in between gaming sessions so I did some shopping. I bought the 2019 Gen Con commemorative dice set from Crystal Caste plus two sets of polyhedral dice for my gaming belt. I picked up the hardcover Doctor Who rules and The Laughter of Dragons supplement for The One Ring. I made the mistake of purchasing The Oaths of the Riddermark supplement. I had forgotten that I purchased it at last year's Gen Con. I'm going to see if I can return it on Saturday. I also purchased the latest Luchador supplement, Masked Men of Mexico, along with a Luchador mask. My big purchase of the day was the Cthulhu Wars game and three expansion sets, Opener of the Way (Yog Sothoth), Windwalker (Ithaqua) and Azathoth. I might pick up some more expansions. I haven't decided yet. If they have the 6-8 player Earth map, I should consider getting it.
The weather here's been hot and despite the relatively short walk from the hotel to the convention center, I still sweated my ass off. I found out that I can go from the convention center to the J.W. Marriot hotel without having to go outside. They're connected by skywalks. This will work out nicely since both games tomorrow are in that hotel. It'll be 8 hours of gaming between the D&D 3.5 and Doctor Who games
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