CraigBlog

A collection of Travel & Gaming & “What’s On My Mind” posts

  • The news has a cutesy rhyming name for the storm which is bringing so very much snow to these parts. They can keep said name, because it’s stupid. So, we’ve had the Working In A Snowglobe thing the last few…

  • I currently have some form of lurgh, so this may descend into even less comprehensible ramblings than usual Back in 2016. at the start of my trip around the USA, I stayed in a hotel with some … unusual ……

  • Some time ago, I ran into a set of ‘rules’ for tracking how much of the London Underground you’ve used in a year. That version had the counter starting on New Year’s Day, but I chose Boxing Day, mostly because…

  • In my experience, if I try to do some form of grand summing up of an event with lots of bits, I get bored partway through. So let’s not do that. Instead, let’s talk Christmas Markets. This is the one…

  • Every so often I’m reminded of my alleged contributions to the global store of … let’s call it knowledge … over on Google Maps. Places I’ve reviewed, information I’ve provided, and photos I’ve uploaded. As I type this, 1216 people…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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…

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