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Another Monday

March 10, 2008 in Blogs

It was like most other Mondays, really. I got through the e-mail, which is the bulk of the Monday workload, and I took my mother-in-law shopping. At the same time, it was not like other Mondays. One of my sons is sick, and no sooner did I have the others on their respective buses but I was out of the house and on my way to get medicine for him.

Even though I did get back to sleep, that put me back a bit on schedule. Further, our oven has decided to give us trouble, and the repairman will not be here to assess the situation until tomorrow morning, so since over the weekend we used the rest of the stove top foods and there’s nothing suitable for grilling, I had to bring food home for the masses. This put me back further–although I did get a bit of Romans editing done.

My breathing is rough, and I am tired and have an early day tomorrow (for the aforementioned repairman), but let me attend to the rest of today’s affairs before I crash for the night.

–M. J. Young

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Tarred

March 5, 2008 in Blogs

I knew that today was going to be trouble before it started. After all, my wife has been sick for a few days, and was going to need me to drive to the doctor for a mid-morning appointment. My sleep was to be curtailed.

Then the kid with the distant school missed the bus. I could complain that it was his fault, since he was playing a video game instead of watching out the front door; but then, I had fallen asleep on the couch and did not hear the six o’clock alarm that tells me he has five minutes to go. That meant that after getting the other kid on his bus I had to drive the first almost half an hour away. By the time I returned, there wasn’t much time for a nap, and I was going to have to get moving on my two hours of sleep–the hour from when I made it to bed after the late night delivery of my son back to his work address until my wife needed my help, and the hour from then until the five o’clock alarm.

That was bad; but I had already been forced to boot Tuesday’s work into today because because I’d booted Monday’s work into Tuesday and had that delivery run in the evening.

So it is not yet late, but it feels like it. Still, I am almost on top of the day, and with a bit more effort I’ll reach bedtime.

I do hope that the run-down feeling and body aches are due to this, and that I am not catching the horribly debilitating illness my wife is battling. I don’t want that.

–M. J. Young

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I Think I Made It

January 14, 2008 in Blogs

This was a busier Monday than usual, as my afternoon was tapped for dealing with some important matters related to the son of a houseguest. I still had to take my mother-in-law to the store, but with the afternoon shot and supper to do it was nine at night before I reached her. Then on the way home I picked up my son from his brother–which is not really on the way, but completely the opposite direction, but still a lot less driving to pick him up while I’m there already than to make a separate trip for him.

I squeezed in the e-mail while making supper, which thanks to the premier of The Sarah Connor Chronicles (which I did not watch) had several letters concerning the Temporal Anomalies site, one of which was calling my attention to a special forum for it at the IMDB web site. I have begun the process of registering for that site so I can see that forum.

I ate supper while my computer was rebooting, which is a commentary both on how fast I wolf down my meals and on how slowly my computer functions, and now I’m trying to finish here and get some sleep before tomorrow arrives officially.

Oh, I’ve also sent a couple of music files to the drummer, so he can begin to get some idea of what I am hoping Collision will sound like. He did hear the one that is on the web, Holocaust, but I don’t know whether he got either of the ones I e-mailed him. Even so, I am going to attempt to e-mail another tomorrow, and am working on getting more of the music files converted to mp3 format (something I have not been able to accomplish on my computer, for reasons I have not been able to determine) so I can send him more.

–M. J. Young

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Covering Trust

January 7, 2008 in Blogs

It is Monday, so of course I took my mother-in-law shopping. I took advantage of the trip to pick up a son from his brother’s house, who will spend a few days and go back on Thursday, when there are several people needing to travel north (enough that I am not certain how we will all fit in the car, in truth).

I also remembered that for Christmas we bought art supplies for someone, and after wracking my brain a bit I remembered who (it has been a stressful holiday season). My daughter-in-law dabbles in art as a hobby. She has agreed to undertake creating a cover for the forthcoming book, Do You Trust Me? I am particularly encouraged, as when I explained the essence of the book to her over the phone, she described an image very like what I had imagined (and knew was beyond my abilities). She has already shown me an initial pencil sketch, as I delivered to her a copy of the text of the book to help her better understand it, and I like what I see.

She keeps asking when I need it; I keep saying that I’m not pushing her. It took too long to get previous covers finished, and I can’t imagine it will take her so long to do this one, so I’m happy already.

–M. J. Young

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Mayhem at Bedlam

December 24, 2007 in Blogs

Some time last night, my wife and I had resolved that we would hold Christmas late. A dear family member was going to be delayed most of a week, and on top of that an important gift had not arrived. New Years Eve would be a fine day to celebrate Christmas, we thought; after all, she would be home that day, and so could everyone else.

The gift arrived in today’s mail; then the family member called to announce he needed a ride.

Of course, just because it’s Christmas Eve does not mean that the ordinary Monday work vanishes. My mother-in-law still needed groceries, for example. I have been running hither and yon for most of the afternoon, and I still have to help with the Christmas tree (although with the boys mostly grown, it’s a lot simpler). I’m trying to squeeze everything in, including the wrapping of presents which weren’t going to be opened for another week on the original plan, and snack food for the decorators tonight.

I am tempted to bypass the forums tonight; but a dear old friend has now posted his equipment post and is ready to start play, so I’ve promised myself I won’t keep him waiting (even though he didn’t really expect me to post on Christmas Eve).

Bedlam, incidentally, is the name of one of the earliest insane asylums in England. I know that, because a friend of mine from high school–interestingly, a drummer–plays in a band that does Ren Faires (it’s also a juggling act, called Double Indemnity), and they do a song called Bedlam Boys, in which the female vocalist sings that the boys from Bedlam are just the sort of boys a girl wants: the sort that are uninhibited. It’s a pretty funny song.

I’ve this feeling I’m forgetting something, but for now, forget it.

Happy Christmas to all.

–M. J. Young

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Lepolts Leconsidelled

November 5, 2007 in Blogs

I’ve been reprimanded concerning this blog. The reprimand and the explanation were both in writing, and not terribly clear. On the one hand, it seems that the powers that be object to me saying too much about company projects and progress, and on the other hand it is felt that there is too much personal information included. I have explained that the point of the blog is to let people know what progress is being made and the obstacles, personal and professional, that impede that progress, but apparently I do not exercise sufficient discretion in what I reveal. However, I have also been told that this is not a directive to discontinue the Blogless Lepolt, so as of today I’m feeling my way through what to say.

I will say that despite the many complications this weekend’s Ubercon IX feels, from this point, like the best con I’ve yet done. I ran more players in more games than I can remember, and it created a very positive buzz throughout the convention, as people were talking up the game. Even more encouraging, when events would happen in play which I thought wouldn’t sit well, or I was having trouble juggling so many players in so many worlds, those whom I thought would be uncomfortable spontaneously commented about how fun and exciting it was. Even better, I have what I am presently considering a tentative invitation to Anonycon in Stamford, Connecticut, the third weekend of December–someone I understand to be the principle organizer is eager to play (to continue his game) and have it run at his convention, to the point that I think he’s going to comp my room as well as my badge. I’m eager to do it. Oh, and I sold a fair number of books, too, which will make everyone happy.

In case you hadn’t noticed, before I left I posted the promised review of the book Evil Star. Don’t ask me why I put the time into it; I think it was because it kept nagging at me, so I figured if I got it finished and posted I would stop wondering whether to do it.

So I’m back to the usual Monday stuff, which I won’t detail lest it contain too much personal information or something. I’m too tired to think through it all anyway, so let me turn my attention elsewhere.

–M. J. Young

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