Leibniz Clockwork

If you have two characters you really like, make the one you like more the villian.

And the nerds congregated at Microcenter.

Ask me how I know.

I eat too much. Not to argue about details or nutrition, I think we can agree that there is ‘a too much sugar,’ and I eat that much. I stopped on Saturday when I ate all the sweets in the apt. and haven’t had more since.

It is definitely something I notice. In Costco today, I was aware of the chocolate/sugar aisle in an unusual way, and not buying anything was definitely a thing. It was its own action.

You’ve probably seen the meme that says the Post Office would be profitable if not for a requirement that it prepay 75 years of pension obligations. This claim is commonly associated with the year 2006.

This is not true. The USPS does prepay some of its pension obligations through 2056, which is 36 years in the future. That 75 year figure doesn’t seem to come from anywhere. A 2006 bill does apply to the USPS, PAEA. The 75 year figure doesn’t appear directly.

Happy Easter everyone, and stay safe if you’re in the storm path.

My gym is a tiny little thing run by one guy and his wife. They’re not making a fortune, but they were keeping their heads above water. Money was tight.

They just refunded last month’s membership. That has got to be a bear.

My floor isn’t terribly soundproofed, so I don’t want to do jumping/high movement calisthenics or weights. That leaves me with Youtube Yoga. It’s a whole new type of fitness to learn.

At least I’m gaining flexibility.

Ever get anxious/worried/scared about something and talk to yourself about it?

Action-adventure is what happens when you’re right. Horror is when the fear is.

If you’re going to do math jokes, you have to get the math right.

The era had a lot of creativity, but the unrelenting gloom was a laziness on its own. I hit that problem a while ago. I’m not quite sure how to leave.

I’m trying to write fantasy where everything isn’t terrible but meaningless.

There’s a common thread in Severian the Torturer, Elric, and Corwin. They all do horrible things to others, but those things aren’t considered significant other than as they apply to the feelings of the main character. Other people matter in the real world, and Macbeth wasn’t a hero.