Posts made before July 1st, 2017 that I decided to keep
Just some of the news stories and happenings in 2017, a lot of which I wrote about in posts this year: January: I continued a then-months-long war with my foot; I started my 2nd semester at WKU, but it was not a good start; Donal.... Pardon me. Donald Trump was inaugurated as the President of the … Continue reading Review of 2017, Part 2: Recap and 2018… Resolutions? Wish List?
Somehow, the 2+ week period between finding out that I was approved for the new apartment and Moving Day is now down to 1 week. Kinda fits in with theme of 2017 flying by. I am hoping to finish most of the packing by Friday. I won't be home on Saturday, the latter half of … Continue reading “Night Walks/Day Trip”: Adventures In Moving I
Designer: Prospero Hall Publisher: Big G Creative Players: 2-4, but 3-4 seem to work best Ages: 12+, more for the potential difficulty Time: about 30 minutes I know very few people that have never watched an episode of the PBS show, "The Joy of Painting". For the few reading this that have not seen this show: … Continue reading “Bob Ross: Art Of Chill Game”
I'm going back and looking over my resolutions, wish lists, or whatever you call them, for 2017. It's always interesting to see how things played out. The 2017 Resolutions post: Here 1. Get An Apartment. This might be happening!! I took a Tuesday morning tour of a potential apartment, turned in the application and necessary paperwork, and am … Continue reading Review of 2017, Part I: Resolutions
"Podicus Wrecks" founder J.R. and I did a podcast episode last year, where we picked the winners of the NCAA College Football bowl games. Neither of us had looked at the list of games beforehand; we pulled up the games and predicted them live, with the loser buying the winner dinner, at a time to … Continue reading The ComicdomWrecks.com “Podicus Wrecks College Football Bowl Game Spectacular 2017”
Music Selection - "Christmas/Sarajevo 12/24" by Trans-Siberian Orchestra" (one of my favorite songs) Alabama did the right thing... well, the majority of them. Louisville did the right thing.... finally; should a Representative from Kentucky follow suit? And I have one month to do the "right thing", starting today or tomorrow. Alabama voters went to the polls … Continue reading Inside The Terrordome: “Do the Right Thing”
I made myself a promise that once the semester ended, I would get back into reading. The first item on the list was finishing the 2016 novella by Victor LaValle, The Ballad of Black Tom. I finished it on Saturday afternoon.... and it was one of the strangest stories I read in a long time. … Continue reading “The Ballad of Black Tom”: Book Review
This time last year, I took 12 credit hours at Western Kentucky University (online), while working 24 hours per weekend at one job (TRIMARC) and scattered hours at a 2nd job (Kinetic The Technology Agency). I ended up with a 3.00 GPA for the semester but was badly exhausted by the time Finals ended. I … Continue reading Fall 2017 Finals
(Tuesday 2:40 AM) Technically, Finals Week starts on Monday, December 4th, but I actually have a Final in about 11 1/2 hours. In the next 9 days: 2 HW assignments (Database Admin II and Systems Security) 1 Quiz (Security) 1 Exam (Security); I nearly failed the Systems Design Exam earlier 4 Finals (including the Telecom … Continue reading “Night Walks”: ‘And So It Begins’
"What're your super powers again?" - Barry Allen "I'm rich." - Bruce Wayne Some minor and mild spoilers below. I watched this movie as a fan. I'm by no means a comic book historian or expert; I'm only read maybe 20 issues of anything. I know most of the back stories of the major protagonists and a little … Continue reading Review: “Justice League”
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