Further Updates

   I finally saw my new oncologist today. My cancer tests came back normal. Other tests were ordered by other doctors and the only one that came back bad was in regard to my kidneys. My primary care doctor suggested that I have the test done again in order to see if things were as bad as they seemed. The second test showed improvement but it still not exactly where it should be. She believes that I may not be sufficiently hydrated.

  I received my Covid-19 booster shot yesterday so now I have additional protection. I might have to get another shot in about 8 months because the doctors think I might still be immunocompromised. Given that my last cancer treatments were more than a year ago, I don't think this is likely. That being said, it looks like Covid-19 is becoming like the flu in that we'll need to get periodic booster shots in order to deal with all the various strains that exist.

  I've purchased the 3rd and 4th editions of Twilight 2000. The 3rd edition is technically called Twilight 2013. I've downloaded some Twilight 2013 PDFs from Scribd. I want to order the Equipment Guide for Twilight 2013 from Noble Knight Games, but the book is $125.00. I've also ordered the 2nd edition bundle pack for The One Ring game along with an extra set of One Ring game dice. I'm expecting that order to arrive sometime in March. I've also ordered a Hastur, The Risen One Cthulhu Wars miniature. Here's a video displaying the mini.

  This thing is huge. According to the rules, the mini is said to occupy any space its base touches for purposes of movement, attacks etc. It features Hastur in the center with The King in Yellow standing in front of it. The Pallid Mask is off to the one side and Hastur's tentacles form The Yellow Sign when you look at it from above. I didn't get to participate in the Kickstarter Petersen Games had to fund the mini's creation, but they received a limited number of them that they're selling to the public.

  The other Cthulhu Wars Kickstarters for the Bubastis and Daemon Sultan factions don't seem to be progressing. This is delaying the orders I have with the Game Stewards. 

The Contard Death March Continues

   Another QAnon anti-vaxxer has died from Covid. Cirsten Weldon, an antivax, QAnon worshiping conspiracy theory spewing nutjob died from a disease she swore until her dying breath was a hoax. We can add her name to the ever-lengthening list of contards posthumously collecting their Darwin Awards. While I'm very much in favor of these idiots thinning their ranks by catching Covid and dying, how many innocent people have been infected by this credulous cunt? I'm surprised she didn't try to cure herself by drinking chlorine dioxide, taking horse dewormer or shoving a UV light up her ass.

   And while we're on the subject of bogus Covid cures, let's take a look at Christopher Key. This self- proclaimed head of the 'Vaccine Police' is advocating drinking urine as a Covid cure. He doesn't seem to understand that urine is a waste product that the body is excreting because it doesn't need it. I wonder if this moronic twit eats his own shit as well. To make things even worse, this psychotic cocksucker also advocates drinking chlorine dioxide. This guy is dangerous. He's been threatening pharmacists over giving out the Covid vaccine. He wants them executed for crimes against humanity. I really wish this sponge brained asswipe would join his contard brethren and die already. 

  Another anti-vaxxer, right wing podcaster Douglas Kuzma, has also written himself into the Dead Book by dying of Covid. Here's the video.

 

  Other names that can be added to the Contard Death March list are Igor and Grichka, the Bogdanoff twins. Here's their video.

   

  So long as stupid, gullible and credulous people like these are running around loose in the world, the pandemic will continue. We already have a number of Covid variants mutating into existence. As the pandemic drags on, we'll get more. It's already being suggested that people that have received the initial vaccination shots get booster shots to upgrade their protection. We could put an end to this if we can achieve herd immunity status. Right now, it doesn't look like that's going to happen.

End of the Year Eant

   2021 will soon be over. I had hoped that I would be over at a friend's home tonight playing boardgames and enjoying the company of friends but the pandemic pretty much killed that. I blame the fucking anti-vaxxers. On that note, more anti-vax nutjobs are dying of Covid or trying to kill themselves in their fight to not get Covid. Here are some videos.

  These people are idiots. They won't take the vaccine which has been proven to be effective against Covid, but they'll drink a toxic mix of chemicals in their efforts to avoid catching Covid. Of course, some of these morons are still in Dallas waiting for JFK junior to rise from the dead and anoint Trump King of America. 

  Mike Lindell's grasp of reality is still quite tenuous and it's getting weaker as time progresses. Every time he fails to make his case that the election was rigged, it's not because he has no idea what he's doing or that his so called evidence is nothing but garbage. It's because everyone is part of a conspiracy against him or nothing more than a bot or troll.

Will Lindell ever wake up and realize he's wasting his time? I seriously doubt it. And the longer he keeps this up, the more likely it will be that Dominion will win their $1.3 billion defamation lawsuit against him. Lindell stands to lose everything yet he continues to dig his grave deeper and deeper. 

  

At Long Last

  After about two years of delays due to Covid-19, manufacturing problems etc., my Hexacube dice order is finally on its way to me. I have a tracking number so I'll know how close the order is to arriving. Estimates have it arriving Nov. 4th. My Intel card game is also slated to arrive on the 4th.

  The .PDF version of the main Dungeon Bitches rulebook was released on Halloween. It can be purchased from DriveThruRPG.com. The print version of the main book and the .PDFs of the supplements will eventually be made available from the same seller. I'm getting copies of those items as part of the Kickstarter.

  It looks like the Spiral Dice Kickstarter is making headway. From what the seller says, his dice order should've arrived from Europe on Oct. 25th. He'll be locking in the buyers' addresses soon and the dice should be on their way to us about a month after that. The Spiral Dice Hacker's Guide and the Sapio Core Rules were created to make use of the dice. The Hacker's Guide isn't yet available but the Core Rules can be purchased from the site. Sapio: Zombies is also being created as a part of this Kickstarter. The Hacker's Guide, Core Rules and Sapio: Zombies are included in this Kickstarter. I've downloaded a dice rolling app on my smartphone and added a set of digital Spiral Dice to it. Paying for the app allows me to create other digital dice bags to add to the ones that come with the app. I've added Fudge dice, averaging dice, alignment dice and Asylum marbles to the app along with the Spiral Dice.

  The Gwar concert at the Rave is fast approaching. Four days later, I officially turn 60. Ten years ago, my health started to decline. I was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes. A cancerous polyp was found in my ascending colon resulting in its removal. I lost my right testicle to cancer. I had to undergo chemo for both cancers. My right hip socket deteriorated and partially collapsed. In order to get the hip replacement surgery, I had to get my a1c below 7.2. While I was working on that, my gall bladder got infected and had to be removed.

  My hip is now replaced but my legs still get sore if I stand for long periods of time. Right now, my health has stabilized somewhat. My a1c has been around 7.0. I'm free of cancer. My last visit to my nephrologist went well. Let's hope things don't take a turn for the worst. 

The Threat of Stupid People

   I came across a few videos regarding the theory of stupidity. In them, the narrator states that stupid people are an even greater threat to us than evil people. I'm going to post the videos below and then give my take on the matter.

  After watching these videos, one thing is apparent. Trump supporters are mostly composed of stupid people. You see them in the news quite a bit. They're the ones that still believe Trump won the 2020 election despite the abundance of evidence to the contrary. Nothing changes their minds. They're also the ones refusing to wear masks or get vaccinated despite the fact that Covid-19 has killed literally millions of people worldwide. The fact that some of these people are in the medical field gives weight to the one law that states that stupidity is independent of other factors. 

  On the bandit part of the graph, you have the likes of Fox News, OAN and other right wing media outlets. They're making money off of the stupid by fueling their conspiracy theories, anger and hate. They know that they don't have to present any evidence to back up their claims. The stupid will swallow their verbal diarrhea hook, line and sinker. I wanted to regard Trump as one of the stupid but I don't believe that's true. He's not the 'very stable genius' he claims to be but he is particularly good at grifting the stupid. He gets them all stirred up and then hits them up for cash. Trump's Truth Social media site doesn't look like it's going to last. Investors are already pulling out. I believe Trump is using Truth Social as a short term way to score some more cash. The site will crash and burn. He'll whine about how Big Tech was responsible yet again, for silencing conservative voices and beg his followers for more money to fight the good fight. Here's some videos on that.

  Truth Social, Gettr, Parler and other right wing blogging sites are simple there so stupid people can converse with other stupid people. The problem is there's no one there for them to try to antagonize and trigger. Going full on contard is no fun if everyone they're speaking to agrees with them. They need liberals to present the facts so they can blatantly ignore them and continue to spew their shit. That gives them their smug sense of mistaken superiority. 

  It's this blatant ignoring of the facts that makes the stupid so dangerous. Nothing sways them from their course. When the facts become too much to bear, they lash out. The Jan. 6th riot at the Capitol was a prime example of this behavior. They couldn't deal with the fact that Biden won by a wider margin of votes than Trump did when he beat Hillary Clinton in 2016. They couldn't handle the fact that Trump's team of lawyers failed like 60+ times in court to prove the election was rife with voter fraud. Mike Lindell to this day still claims he has proof voter fraud occurred despite the fact that he has yet to present any credible evidence to support said claims. That's the difference between the stupid and the bandit. When confronted with Dominion's defamation lawsuit, Fox News and OAN stopped claiming Dominion had rigged the election and cut ties with Lindell. While they profited off the lie initially, continuing down that path would've almost certainly resulted in them losing the lawsuit and paying out a fortune to Dominion. Lindell, on the other hand, just keeps doubling down on his losing bet. He just keeps making more and more outrageous and asinine claims. I can't wait for the trial to start just so I can watch Lindell go down in flames.

Spreaders (Anti-vaxxers) and Covid-19 Grifters

   It seems that anti-vaxxers get triggered when people refer to them as unvaccinated. These willfully ignorant, entitled snowflakes don't like the truth. So, in an effort to maintain their self important attitudes, they've decided that they want to be called "Pure Bloods". Here's the video.

  They've adopted a Nazi like moniker so they can mistakenly make themselves feel morally superior to those of us they regard as "tainted". The reality is their blood isn't any purer than anyone else's. They've likely been vaccinated for things like the mumps, measles and other diseases when they were children. They've also taken any number of medications, either over the counter or prescription, during their lifetimes. And if they've received blood transfusions... They claim that mRNA isn't a vaccine. The CDC says otherwise. The "Dr. David Martin" referred to in the Reuters article I've linked to has been spreading pandemic misinformation for some time now. Check out the links in the Reuters article for more. A more accurate moniker, other than unvaccinated, would be Spreader because they're clearly in favor of spreading disease rather than combatting it. Because of anti-vaxxers measles, mumps and tuberculosis are on the upswing. These diseases were virtually eradicated in the U.S.

  There has been a claim that 966 people died after receiving the Covid-19 vaccine. The problem is that no one has established a causal link between their deaths and the vaccine. But, much like flat earthers, no amount of facts can penetrate into their delusional, conspiracy ridden minds. As far as they're concerned, everyone else is wrong and they're the only ones that know the Truth.

  This brings us to the Covid-19 grifters. These are the people that exploit the idiot anti-vaxxers in order to make money. Here are some videos.

 

Fox News and fringe right medical organization, America's Frontline Doctors have been pushing ivermectin and hydroxychloroquine over getting vaccinated. They don't give a flying fuck if the people that listen to them live or die. They just want their money. It should be noted that 99% of Covid deaths occur among the unvaccinated. Despite the various Covid vaccines being around 90% effective against the disease, these motherfucking morons would rather use a variety of unproven methods to deal with the disease. I'm going to end this post with a video about anti-vaxxers combatting Covid with beet juice.

And Another One Gone

   Another pair of antivaxxers have died from Covid-19. Here's the article. And here's one of their last videos.

  When are these people going to wise up? Many diseases have been virtually eradicated because vaccines were developed to combat them. This anti-science stance is idiotic. These people won't take a vaccine that works but will take drugs not meant to treat Covid-19 because some dipshit on the internet says so. In one case, a lawyer is threatening a hospital because they refused to give an infected anti-vaxxer ivermectin. She subsequently died from pneumonia due to Covid-19 with hypothyroidism as a contributing factor. If the hospital had given her ivermectin she still would've died. Ivermectin is an anti-parasite drug. It's not meant to treat virus based diseases. Here's the video.

  More and more anti-vaxxers are dying from Covid-19 and there are still people that won't get vaccinated because they believe some conspiracy theory or other nonsensical bullshit. Adding to the problem are the people that enable these morons like the propaganda monkeys over at Fox News, OAN and Newsmax along with idiot lawyers and others. You know that the propaganda monkeys don't practice what they preach. I'd bet that all of them are vaccinated and wouldn't touch either ivermectin or hydroxychloroquine were they to catch some Covid variant. Yet they continue to spread disinformation regarding the disease. How many additional people have died because of these assholes?

  This shit is getting serious. Anti-vaxxers are gaslighting medics and ruining doctor-patient relationships. Anti-vax protests are going worldwide. A couple with an immunocompromised baby was kicked out of a restaurant because they were wearing masks. The motherfucking owner thinks the response to Covid-19 is overblown and would rather contribute to its spread than take measures to stop the disease. And this restaurant is in Texas which has one of the highest rates of Covid-19 infection in the country. I wonder why?

Another One Bites the Dust

   Another bloviating contard fuckwad, Bob Enyart, has died from Covid-19. This anti-vax homophobe was the pastor of the Denver Bible Church. He's the sixth bloviating contard fuckwad to die as a result of their own ignorance and stupidity. If Covid-19 and its variants could limit killing people to assholes like these, I'd want the pandemic to continue. Sadly that's not the case.

  Here are some YouTube videos detailing the deaths of more stupid fucking people that won themselves a Darwin Award.

  These entitled idiots' need to prove to the world that they aren't sheeple is proving to be lethal. They claim it's about 'freedom' but the fact is all they care about is maintaining their lifestyles. Covid-19 is inconveniencing them and that makes them mad. They don't give a lick about others and refuse to take the measures necessary to end the pandemic and bring things back to normal. In the meantime, more variants are coming into being that could complicate matters even more.

  Bob Enyart liked to celebrate gays dying of AIDS by playing the Queen song, Another One Bites the Dust. In celebration of these people writing themselves into the Dead Book and improving the quality of life in America for the rest of us, I'd like to end this post with a video of Queen playing Another One Bites the Dust. I hope they all suffered as they died and, if there's a Hell, they're being eternally raped by every demon and devil there.

Covid-19 and its Variants

   As the contards, anti-vaxxers and anti-maskers double their efforts to continue the pandemic indefinitely, new variants of the disease are coming to light. Here's a video that discusses the new Mu variant of Covid-19.

  The video indicates that there are currently 5 variants of Covid-19 that have been identified. Of those, only the original strain and the Delta variant have caused major problems. That doesn't mean the other variants aren't a threat. They just haven't spread far enough to warrant active concern. The main question regarding these new variants is whether or not the vaccine is effective against them. As I recall, the Delta variant has infected people that got vaccinated. On the plus side, those that did get infected were protected to some degree and thus didn't suffer any major complications.

  Mask mandates have been reinstated in many places. Masks are once again required where I work. This is because the Delta variant is still raging around the planet. And why is it still raging? Well, according to one study, it's largely due to Trump supporters. This mob of virulently anti-vax and anti-mask sycophantic morons is the reason we still have to wear masks and regulate our activity. These people are so far gone that not even their orange haired, narcissistic leader, Trump can convince them to get vaccinated. Here are some more videos.

  There you have it. Trump fucks are keeping Covid-19 alive and mutating. They're the ones taking up valuable space in ICUs across the country. As a result, people are dying from treatable conditions. A Kansas man died from cardiac arrest and a brain seizure because he couldn't get into an ICU.

  If these contard fucks don't want the vaccine, here's my solution. Have them sign a legal document stating that they don't want the vaccine but if they should get infected with any Covid-19 variant, hospitals have the right to refuse to let them in and waste valuable resources treating their brain dead asses. The form would be similar to the Against Medical Advice form used in hospitals today. This form would keep hospitals from getting sued when they turn the dipshits away. If they complain, simply tell them that that's the price they agreed to pay when they signed the form. Then they can go home and suffer and die away from those that had the intelligence to get vaccinated when they had the chance. Is it a perfect solution? No. Having these assholes running around possibly spreading Covid will only make things worse. Of course they're doing that now. The contards will whine about how their rights are being violated even though they signed the form that forfeited those rights. Others will state that such treatment is cruel and vindictive. I agree. That's the point. They need to have their stupidity shoved straight down their collective throats. If that means some of them suffer and die as a result, so be it.

Natural Selection, Covid-19 and the Darwin Awards

   It seems that natural selection is weeding out some of the more virulent anti-vax and anti-mask idiots polluting our airwaves. These smug, self centered, narcissistic and entitled fuckwads arrogantly think of themselves as "freedom fighters". They don't care that their asinine behavior is putting people at risk and leading to more variations of Covid-19. And as we get more variations, those of us that had the foresight to get vaccinated as soon as possible can find ourselves vulnerable to one or more of these variants. It's possible that I caught the Delta variant a while back when I thought I'd caught a cold.

  These self righteous pricks are extending the pandemic and putting people in danger. And to make matters worse, the contard propaganda monkeys at Fox are downplaying getting the vaccine while pushing drugs like ivermectin and hydroxychloroquine. The first one is used to treat parasitic infestations while the other is primarily used to treat malaria. Neither of these drugs have been proven effective against Covid-19. The study that some have sighted as evidence of ivermectin's effectiveness against Covid-19 may have been founded on fabricated data, plagiarism and ethical breaches. These morons won't follow the advice of people with actual medical credentials but they'll accept the verbal diarrhea spewing from the orifices of ignorant shitheads on TV and the internet.

  But enough of that. Let's look at some videos of some of the latest recipients of the Darwin Award. These individuals have pushed vaccine and Covid-19 misinformation and paid a karmically appropriate price for it. They all got Covid-19 and died.

  I feel absolutely no sympathy of these cocksuckers. I truly hope they suffered as they lay dying in their hospital beds. These people took up valuable hospital beds and resources. They've spread the disease to who knows how many people while they were strutting around thinking that they were superior to those of us that wear masks and got vaccinated. While some of them saw the light as they lay in the hospital, it was a case of too little, too late. The damage has been done. It's times like these that this old atheist wishes there was a Hell just so these stupid bastards' suffering could continue for eternity.

The Delta Variant, the GOP, Propaganda Monkeys and their Contard Base

   For the longest time now, the GOP and the right wing propaganda media outlets have been convincing their base that Covid-19 is a hoax and discouraging people from getting vaccinated. Now it's coming back to bite them in the ass. The Delta variant of the coronavirus has been running rampant around the world. Cases in the U.S. have been on the rise primarily in states with low vaccination rates. And most of those states are, you guessed it, Republican leaning states. Now they're freaking out because the Delta variant is killing their base. This cartoon sums it up succinctly. Trump supporters are dying because of the disinformation being spread. Check out this article and this one. It's difficult for me to feel sympathy for people this fucking stupid. 

  Fox News has been displaying split personality disorder recently regarding vaccinations. Hypocritical motherfucker, Sean Hannity, is now calling for people to get vaccinated. Here's the video.

  This is the same Sean Hannity that downplayed the severity of Covid-19 in the early stages of the pandemic.

  Despite the sudden turnaround of Fox hosts like Hannity and Steve Doocy regarding the vaccine, other hosts like Tucker Carlson and Laura Ingraham have railed against it. They've railed against so called 'Vaccine Passports' even though Fox News has instituted a strict Covid-19 policy involving a vaccine passport. I'm not sure what the endgame is for these people and other right wing media outlets like Newsmax and OAN. The more they convince their base not to get vaccinated, the more their base will suffer the effects of this disease. The mixed messages they're sending is only going to add to the problem. So why are they doing it? Ratings according to an ex-Fox reporter. Here's the video.

  For Fox News, it all boils down to money.

Contardii Americanus

   I've been following the CDC's guidelines regarding the pandemic since this whole thing started. I've worn a mask, socially distanced and got vaccinated as soon as I could. In doing so, I've managed to avoid catching Covid-19. I did, however, manage to catch a cold. My head's been plugged up. I've been coughing incessantly and my nose is runny.

  Now throughout this pandemic, there have been people that have denied the existence of Covid-19 and refused to follow CDC guidelines. Most of these people are Contardii Americanus, the American contard. This was due, in part, to the efforts of that idiot Trump, the GOP and the right wing news propagandists at Fox, OAN and Newsmax.

  However, things have recently changed. Anti-vaxxers and anti-maskers are now wearing masks. Now lest you think that these people have finally come to their senses, please watch the following video.

  So anti-vaxxers and anti-maskers are now wearing masks because they want to avoid being exposed to the proteins being shed by people that have been vaccinated. Just when you think they can't get any dumber, they surprise you. Here's another video of what hospital workers have had to deal with when it comes to Covid-19 deniers.

  After more than 500K deaths in this country alone, we still have to deal with this shit. And the GOP, having voted in unison against the Restaurant Revitalization Fund, a Covid-19 program that helps struggling restaurants, are now making it sound like they were supporting it all along. Here's the video.

  Can you believe their unmitigated gall? These lying, hypocritical cocksuckers shit on the average person by voting against programs like this and then try to reap political capital when the program proves popular.

  On the political front, Arizona Republicans have been wasting taxpayers' money conducting a ballot audit in order to see if traces of bamboo can be found on them. A security firm called Cyber Ninjas has been conducting a haphazard and racist audit of the ballots. They've been asking for the passwords to routers. There's no reason for these people to have this kind of access. The information contained there has nothing to do with the election and could be sold, legally or otherwise, to others. Millions of people are at risk. Here's a video on that.

  So there you have it. The latest antics of Contardii Americanus, the American contard.

More Updates

   The second 4Oceans mask frames order arrived as scheduled. I won the eBay auction and got another set of grey alternate handicap acolytes, all 8 investigators and the Brown Jenkins mini for only $25.71 including shipping. Considering what some of these minis are selling for individually, I made out quite well. I still want to get the Dreamlands Surface and Underground sets plus some plastic standard gates.

  My Covid-19 vaccination record card has netted me an extra $100.00 on my next paycheck. I scanned said card and uploaded copies of the file to both of my eMedTag flash drives and the MyIHR website. The original card has been locked away in my Sentry Safe box for safe keeping. This card may be needed in the future. I've ordered a Moderna Covid-19 vaccination charm from American Medical ID for my medic alert bracelet.

  My federal refund still hasn't arrived. This delay is driving me up the wall. I need that money to pay down my Aurora bill. The money in my Health Savings Account is slowly growing. Now that my paychecks are getting bigger, I don't have to pull money from it to pay bills.

  The Hexacube dice have gone into mass production. The wooden cases will now have magnetic clasp holding the lid closed which is an upgrade from the original buckle latch. There should be a major update soon.

  

Second Covid-19 Vaccination received

   I received my second Covid-19 vaccination yesterday. According to the news, a booster shot may be needed in about 12 months and annually thereafter just like the flu. I can live with that as long as it prevents another goddamn pandemic. This shit has been going on for FAR too long. And we have Trump, Fox News, OAN, Newsmax and all the MAGA maggot contards to thank for that. Their brain dead entitled asses helped spread the virus. Some of these idiots like Sarah Palin and Ted Nugent called the pandemic a hoax until reality bitch slapped the taste out of their smug, contard mouths. Of course, Nugent is still pushing anti-vax crap regarding the Covid-19 vaccine. He doesn't want to get it because he doesn't know what's in it. Based on that, he shouldn't be trying anything.

  The Post Office sent the first 4Ocean mask frame order to Charlotte, MI and then proceeded to lose it. What pisses me off is their solution to the problem was to offer an apology and tell me to ask 4Ocean for a refund or to resend the order. In other words, someone other than them eats the cost. Imagine what their answer would be if said lost package cost hundreds of dollars instead of just $25.00. I've reordered the frames. They should be here later today if all goes well.

  My Game Steward Cthulhu Wars order has been added to. I know, in my previous post, that I said that the order had been finalized. Sue me. The following items have been added; Great Old Ones pack 1, Great Old Ones pack 3, Great Old Ones pack 4, Ramsey Campbell Horrors 1, Nodens and Cacodemon. That brings the total cost of the order to $592.79. I'm currently bidding on an eBay auction consisting of more grey alternate acolytes, Brown Jenkins and a group of 8 investigators. I'm hoping to get this relatively cheap. The auction will be over in about 10hrs and 46mins. Someone might try to snipe me out of getting these expansions at the last minute so I've been upping my max bid.

A Few More Updates

   I've received my first Covid-19 vaccination this past Friday. I'm due to get my second shot on April 23rd. All I have to do in the meantime is avoid catching Covid-19.

  Some time back, I found a pair of airpods on the ground when I was leaving work. Since they appeared to be in good condition, I picked them up and kept them. Problem was I had no way to charge them up to see if they worked or not. Today I ordered a refurbished charging case. Hopefully, these airpods work. It'll be nice to have some wireless earphones.

  My federal refund has yet to be deposited in my account. I wish I knew what the fuck was going on with it. I need that money to help pay down my Aurora bill. I'll be back to working full time when I return to work this Monday.

  I received a letter from the Treasury Dept. stating that I will be receiving another $600.00 stimulus payment sometime in the next 7 days. This is an unexpected windfall. Most of the money will go to paying on my medical bills but I'm planning on getting 12 sets of Battle Dice for Cthulhu Wars. Every faction will have their own set of 20 Battle Dice plus there will be a neutral set in case the dice pool goes over 20 dice. My place of employment is offering $100.00 to employees that receive both vaccine shots for Covid-19. Once I get my second shot on 4/23/21, I'm going to find out how I can get my $100.00.

  On the national news front, the Smartmatic and Dominion lawsuits against Fox News and others are working their way through the courts. I don't want either of these cases to be settled out of court. I want these two companies to win and wipe the smug, condescending grins off the faces of these lying, hypocritical propaganda monkeys once and for all. A massive hit to their wallets will do that nicely.

  Sidney Powell, Trump's former lawyer, has come up with the most absurd defense regarding the Dominion lawsuit. She claims that no reasonable person would believe her statements and that she was just expressing her opinion. If you read the linked article, you'll see what a load of bullshit that is. Apparently, she was trying something like the Tucker Carlson defense. Personally, I want to see Sidney Powell, Fox News, OAN and everyone else Smartmatic and Dominion are suing lose big and have to pay through the nose.

More Medical and Other News

   I'm finally eligible to get the Covid-19 vaccine. I'll be getting it this Friday the 26th. I have to get some lab tests done before I see my nephrologist this Wednesday. My eyeglass prescription has changed and I need to have my glasses updated.

  I've added more to my Cthulhu Wars order that will be coming from The Game Steward. I've added the Neutral Unit Identifiers pack for the nine currently available factions as well as the upcoming Daemon Sultan and Bubastis factions. I'm contemplating getting the Battle Dice sets for all the factions when I get my refund. I might get some 3D printed gates too. The Game Steward has sent an email stating that the Cthulhu Wars Kickstarters will be loaded for ocean freight from China by July 31st and the Game Steward will get their shipment sometime in October. This timeline isn't set in stone. Things could still go wrong.

  Gen Con has moved to Sept. 16th - 19th. Because of the pandemic, Gen Con Indy, Gen Con Online and Pop-Up Gen Con will be running simultaneously. It's unlikely that I'll be attending in any capacity this year. My hoping to be able to attend Gen Con 2022.

Random Shit

   I'm presently still convalescing after my Feb. 2nd hip replacement surgery. I'm due to see the orthopedic doctor this Thursday and I'm fairly certain I'll be given a release to return to work. I replaced my old Targus chill mat with a new model. This one is larger, tilts and has 4 USB ports in the rear of the unit. I'm using it right now. My $1,400 stimulus check was deposited into my account. Most of it went to pay for some old medical bills and other necessities. I did indulge myself a little by buying the alternate acolytes and handicap grey acolytes packages for Cthulhu Wars. The handicap acolytes arrived yesterday and the others will be arriving in the next day or so. I've added the standard acolytes for the Daemon Sultan faction, a 6-8 player Earth map game board and Tcho-Tcho expansion set to my Game Steward order. I have no idea when everything I ordered from them will arrive as all of it is based on Kickstarters that have been delayed by the pandemic.

  The Hexacube Kickstarter is getting closer to fulfillment. The seller has received and tested the samples and they passed with flying colors. Now he's negotiating with the manufacturers to get the dice produced. Some progress has also been made with the Go Dice Kickstarter. 

  My federal tax refund hasn't been deposited in my account yet. When I first used the TaxAct software to complete my return, it calculated that I'd get $1,887 back. A day or so later, an update for the program was downloaded and installed. The update lowered my refund from $1,887 to $1,167. I fear that this alteration is what's holding up my refund. I've tried to email and call the IRS with little success. I might have to contact a tax preparation service and get advice from them. I might have to file an amended return.

  My Mom and Dad have gotten their first Covid-19 vaccinations and have scheduled their second shots. They've received the Pfizer version of the vaccine. I'm not yet eligible to receive the vaccine but, as a diabetic, I'm higher up on the list than most other people. There's a chance that I can get the vaccine earlier than I should. I got put on a 'No vaccine left behind' list. If someone can't make it to get their shot, I could get called to get the shot.

  On a political note, 4 former Presidents Carter, Clinton, Bush and Obama, have been trying to encourage people to get the Covid-19 vaccine. Notably absent was Trump. This narcissistic moron won't go on camera and tell his followers to get vaccinated but he sent out a message stating that, without him as President, the vaccine would've been delayed by 5 years or more and most people wouldn't get vaccinated at all. He wants all the credit for the vaccine for a disease that he downplayed most of his term but none of the credit for all people that died from the disease because of his incompetence. 

  The stimulus bill that passed recently went through without any support from the Republicans. Some of these fascist assholes are now trying to take credit for the bill's passage. These motherfuckers want to reap political benefit from a bill they didn't want to pass. They're also against H.R. 1, the voting rights act. The very party that whined about election integrity voted against a bill intended to increase election integrity. I've said it before and I'll say it again, the Republicans don't care about America or democracy. All they want is power and to shovel more money into the coffers of the rich.

Covidiots and Their Leader

   After dismissing Covid-19 as little more than the flu, Dipshit Donnie has caught it. Both he and Melania have tested positive. Here's the video.

  Trump was taken to Walter Reed hospital, but in typical narcissistic arrogance, he didn't stay long. As soon as he got back to the White House, the Great Orange Fuckwad took off his mask. He genuinely doesn't care if he infects the people around him. Is he really that stupid?

Of course, his disregard for mask wearing to stop the virus remains unchanged.

Other covidiots among the GOP have also tested positive for Covid-19. This is what you get when you ignore CDC guidelines. The Cheeto Haired Twit went to rallies where he and most of his braindead obsequious sycophants failed to wear masks and socially distance themselves. He may have spread the virus at a rally in Duluth, Minnesota.

More Health Issues & Stuff

  On 7-08-20, I had some stomach issues. My gut felt bloated and uncomfortable. I took some Beano and Pepto and the symptoms went away. On 7-11-20, the symptoms returned. I ended up leaving work after about twenty minutes and went home. I went to the emergency room later that day.
  After receiving an MRI, I was diagnosed with choledocholithiasis with acute cholecystitis with obstruction. In simple terms, my gallbladder was infected. Apparently, gallstones had gotten trapped in the bile duct causing the infection.
  I had to have my gall bladder removed but first they had to treat the infection. Because of the upcoming operation, I couldn't eat or drink anything. I was kept hydrated intravenously. Before operation, they performed an endoscopy where a camera was inserted down my throat allowing the doctors to clear out the gallstones and pus before placing a stent into the duct. Once the infection was dealt with, I underwent a laparoscopic cholecystectomy.
  The surgery went well and I was discharged on 7-16-20. Unfortunately, I lost several shifts at work so my upcoming checks are going to suffer. The surgery plus the heat of the recent days have made work difficult. I was sent home early Saturday because I was sweating so much.

  The family dog, Bear, passed away shortly after I came home from the hospital. He developed diabetic ketoacidosis. He was the last dog the family will have because everyone here is getting up in age and can no longer properly take care of a pet. I miss him and all the other pets we've had over the years.

  Gen Con 2020 was a virtual convention this year due to Covid-19. Badges were free and all events were conducted online. I ended up not participating because I didn't want to request more time off from work.

  My visit with my orthopedic surgeon was somewhat productive. My last a1c reading was 7.6 which is still a little too high for my hip replacement surgery. I need to get it down to 7.2 or lower. I'm seeing my endocrinologist on Oct. 27th. Some blood work will be done prior to the appointment so they can get a new a1c reading. If it's low enough, I'm going to make an appointment for surgery. The stent put in place before my gall bladder surgery will be removed Sept. 17th.

  Several Kickstarters I've helped fund have come through. The Better Backstories deck, Tavern Brawl and Book of the Dead games, Critical Hit dice set and Mythroll Armory 4:8/6:12 and 20:10 dice spinners have arrived. I'm very happy with my purchases. The Debunked card game is almost ready to ship. The Overkill and Underkill d20s should be shipping soon. The Hexacube Kickstarter has been running into problems. They've been having problems finding someone that can make a decent set of molds for the dice. They can't get the face ratios and edge geometry correct resulting in biased dice. Two different Chinese dice makers tried and failed. The second company says the molds are impossible to make. I'm not buying that. It sounds more like they don't want to make the effort. There haven't been any recent updates from the Go Cube people yet. Hopefully, they're on schedule and I'll be getting them soon. 

  My Cthulhu Wars order from The Game Stewards should be mailed out sometime in September. The problem is my order is for items from various Kickstarters and if those Kickstarters were delayed by the pandemic, then the Game Stewards won't get the items on time to ship them to me.

Signs of the Times

  The pandemic has caused quite a few changes in the way we live our lives. Masks are being required at my workplace. Only essential businesses are up and running. Restaurants are conducting business online and by phone with curbside pickup or contactless delivery. Numerous EDC (every day carry) devices are being offered on Kickstarter. Most of these are made from copper or the copper alloy, brass. Brass, bronze and copper are known to be antimicrobial and kill a variety of microorganisms relatively quickly. The devices in question are meant to be used for touching frequently touched surfaces like keypads, elevator buttons, door handles etc. You use them to touch these surfaces thus keeping any microorganisms from coming into contact with your skin. The copper or brass surface then kills them.
  Some of these devices include the Safepoint Antimicrobial Door Opener, the Careful Key, CuPID and the one I've purchased, the Hygiene Hand. Search EDC on Kickstarter to see more devices like these. I've purchased three virus masks from a seller on Etsy. Now me, my Mom and my Dad have reuseable and washable face protection. I got the Navy camo pattern because the material is thicker on those and the Army camo masks.
  The pandemic has delayed many of the Kickstarters I've pledged to. Elderwood Academy was shut down for a time thus delaying the crafting of my mini Spellbook. The Hexacube, Overkill d20 and Critical Dice sets are status unknown at present. Since China manufactures the dice for these Kickstarters, the sellers have to wait until the factories are up and running again. On the plus side, the Debunked card games have been printed and are due to be mailed out soon. I'm still waiting to hear from the people that made my Mindflayer Turn Keeper regarding the extra set of magnetic and battlefield tokens I ordered.
  On the medical side of things, I had a meeting with my endocrinologist recently. I've been prescribed two new meds, metformin and dulaglutide (Trulicity). Technically, the metformin isn't new. When I was first diagnosed with type 2 diabetes, I was prescribed metformin. With the addition of these two drugs, my blood glucose readings have lowered. I'm finally getting readings below 150 mg/dl on a fairly consistent basis. If I can keep this up, I can get my a1c to 7 or below and get my right hip replaced.