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๐ผ While The Wife Is Away, The EverQuest Is Played

My partner is out of town. I can play EverQuest. I have a bottle of whiskey. I’m sure I can talk Tony into playing EverQuest with me, as well. This will be fun. I’m sure of it! Monday July 21st, 2025 Today my partner Lauri leaves for London and Paris. Let’s shenanigans. First things first, Continue reading
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๐บ The Disco Disaster

This week is a relaxing one. I play some EverQuest with my pal Tony and I go out to meet new people and play role playing games here in the city. Have you ever played Microscope? Monday July 14th, 2025 For the life of me, I do not remember why I took a picture of Continue reading
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๐ป Finding Joy in Sourdough and Spontaneous Day Trips

I have so many postcards to send! So much sourdough bread to bake! A train adventure that’s location changes during the trip! It is a good week and I look forward to reading back on this again, one day. Monday June 9th, 2025 Postcards! Postcard to Dan in Austin, Texas! Postcard to Tony in Michigan! Continue reading
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๐ฟ Herbs, Colbert, Postcards

Tuesday February 25, 2025 A postcard shipped inside of newspaper. The recipient of this postcard in the UK shared an interest for World War II postcards. This card was an old one and flaking apart a little bit, so I took the advice from another postcrossing user and I wrapped it in a free newspaper Continue reading
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๐ฆMacy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade

Thanksgiving – Thursday November 28, 2024 Today will be cold. It will be wet. And we have nice tickets to a seated area of the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade. The day starts off very early as we’ll we need to be in line by a certain time and because the busses and trains are a Continue reading
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#BookOfGoodTimes – I Drew A Turtle In The Dark – Sort Of

November 29th, 2024. Astoria, NY. 34ยฐ F (1ยฐ C) My copy of The Book of Good Times has arrived in the mail. This is a Kickstarter project by Hank Green and I am excited to say it is the first Kickstarter project that I have ever backed. This book ticks several checkboxes for me: creativity, Continue reading
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๐ฝ New York City Adjustments

May 21, 2024. The streets of Queens! We made it! People have carts & dollies to carry things like groceries around! And we have a scummy landlord who installed the wrong type of air conditioner unit into the wall and so we have to buy our own! Make sure to pay close attention to the Continue reading
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๐๏ธ Desert Adventure โ Day 4 ofย 4 – Crystal Cave

Tuesday April 16th, 2024 Good morning from Seminole Canyon State Park and Historic Site. As it is the last day of the adventure and because I don’t want it to end, I slept in. This is one of the few times I’m tearing down my tent without worrying about waking others. This was a nice Continue reading
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๐๏ธ Desert Adventure โ Day 3 ofย 4 – Big Bend National Park

Monday April 15th, 2024 Today’s plan: I spent the previous night at a primitive campsite and had nice conversations with the RV couple in the spot next to mine, but per my usual camping routine I fall asleep very early and wake up very early so that I can be at the next park as Continue reading
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๐๏ธ Desert Adventure โ Day 2 ofย 4 – Carlsbad Caverns

Sunday April 14th, 2024. After a nice trip to San Angelo State Park and a successful raising of the tent, despite the broken tent poles, I have now had a good night’s sleep and can venture forth to the next locations. Carlsbad Caverns is the main point of interest on this trip, but I see Continue reading
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๐๏ธ Desert Adventure – Day 1 of 4 – San Angelo State Park

Saturday April 13, 2024 In order to mentally prepare for the big move to the big apple I requested two days off of work so that I could take an extended weekend trip to relax and to visit more US national parks here in Texas. I want to complete more of my National Park Passport Continue reading
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๐ฆฃ Columbian Mammoths in Texas (National Park)

On Saturday March 30th, 2024 I was able to visit a Columbian Mammoth fossil dig site at Waco Mammoth National Monument. As I know my time in Texas is limited before moving to New York I want to pack in as many remaining national & state parks as possible. Per my usual habit, I did Continue reading
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๐คผโโ๏ธ Fight Opera Fight For Filth

Saturday March 2nd, 2024. Fight Opera day! I volunteer as a stage hand for Fight Opera in Austin. I sort of fell into this role when Lauri & I met one of the wrestlers who asked us if we would like to help with the show. At first we were just helping with cleaning here Continue reading
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โณThe Dunes

Sunday March 31st, 2024. 10:14pm. Austin, Texas 72ยฐ F (22ยฐ C) Noting for myself that the second day of this trip was on Sunday February 25th. Upon waking up too early again I make my way to the park restroom to brush my teeth and prepare my day. The showers at the parks are always Continue reading
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