Tales from Easement Acres
Falling somewhat behind on my posts over the holiday, I’m going to throw out one of those lazy “Here’s a random picture with some commentary” posts. Behold: I’ve never seen a five-leaf clover. The internet tells me it’s called a “Rose Clover”, and will bring me wealth. Woohoo! –Simon
As I approach 40, I’m very much aware of my physical decline. But what I didn’t expect was the Internet’s warnings that my overall happiness will apparently be taking a dive soon too. Self-reported subjective measurements make for a lousy scientific statement, so it’s more one of those correlation-only type observations. As to the actual …
With the dubious safety of Trick or Treating under pandemic conditions, a safer way was needed for helping the kid develop diabetes. And fortunately, such a project lay within my own childhood experiences: a piñata! For the uninitiated, this involves inflating a balloon and coating it with hundreds of glue-soaked newspaper strips. Then the balloon …
Since E3 last year, I’ve had my eye on Kingdom Come: Deliverance. The game’s concept and design checked off a number of boxes for me–open world RPG, sandbox, medieval, historically accurate. And the last time I bought a new game near its release at full price was Fallout 4, so I figured I could indulge. …
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Hehe, remember that one?: During my recent plumbing project, I considered that connecting pipes, if done wrong, at least wouldn’t kill me. Still, I found the process irritating, and after the pain of cinching down threaded pipe connections took its toll on my elbows, I concluded that I would much rather be doing electrical work. …