Author: Craig
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Adventageous?
ok, that was weak I’ve been doing a “Christmassy Picture A Day” thing for advent, over on The Social Medias. Daily posts to WordPress are a bit annoying, so here’s a digest version – I’ll update it as new images happen. 1 2 3 4 I couldn’t decide for the 4th of December, so there’s…
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Snowfall In Berryfields
So, this happened. I’d thought it was pretty quiet out there, even for a Sunday morning, and when I looked out … Yep, there was a reason. Naturally, I went for a walk, and because there’s not really a lot of Berryfields to walk to, ended up at the train station. Where, despite the signage,…
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Holiday 2018: The Voyage Home
Yes, I’ve already started planning. And what of it?! Gen Con is at the start of August next year, which means that for about three weeks of leave, I could be in NZ in time for π Approximation Day, spend about a week in-country, then go to Gen Con 51, then back to the UK.…
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This Year’s Gen Con Firsts
For the first time, a game with no female players was noticeable for that reason. There’s one game where I genuinely cannot remember, but I very much get the vibe that the gender ratio is very slowly shifting. Two different games had pre-teen players. That’s a new one on me. First time I’ve seen the…
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On Navy Pier, Surrounded By Chicageau
There are a couple of really big statues North of the river. No idea who the other guy is, and it only now occurred to me t go and see whether there’s a plaque, but the vibe I’m getting is “Dude, I can actually see the rabbit in that hat; You are a terrible magician.”…
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My Stupid YouTube Videos
I thought I’d see what the ‘share to WordPress’ option from YouTube did, to see whether I could post a link to the whole playlist. It works, but does want to call it “Watch “Holiday 2017″ on YouTube”, which … isn’t going to fly. I have low standards, but not that low. Here’s the Playlist;…
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Who’s Yer State?
Well, despite the shenanigans with the safe, or perhaps aside from the shenanigans with the safe, I got on the train out of Indy without issue. I don’t really have a picture of that happening, so here’s a picture of the Arts Garden off the Circle Centre Mall, hanging over an intersection like a Concrete…
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The Things They Didn’t Carry
Chatting to the security lady last night while we waited for Lou from engineering, and the topic of lost property came up. Apparently the thing that had them run ragged for Gen Con was the stuff people forgot in their rooms, which housekeeping then found, and which had to be collected by security. Sometimes it…
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Leaving Indy Early Hours Of De Morning
It’s 0511h, that’s the best I’ve got. As a side note, the announcements here at the combined Greyhound/Amtrak station are hilariously incomprehensible. I picked out the last few sentences, but as for the rest, I quite honestly understood more of the announcements on the Dubai Metro, and those were in Arabic. There were some late…
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$wagrid
Starting with the VIG Free Stuff, to give a sense of the scale of the thing; OK, I say ‘free’. In reality, I paid a lot more for my badge, so that I can guarantee a close-by hotel. The swag above & below is a part of that, so in one sense it’s free, because…