I know I’ve gone too long between haircuts when they clip one side and I look in the mirror and think about asking for the fifth element.

Swiss Air to a connection in Zurich overnight. The entire flight was a reminder how the non-American version of a thing is so often just better. They gave me so much cheese.

Walgreens planogram design goes hard.

I have enough unplayed game stuff, I’m going to go light on the dealers room this year.

First pass through, 27 items on my list.

One past me speaks only lies.

Highlights of the first few hours of Origins include taco place still exists, empty convention spaces are the opposite of asmr and a contender for best part of the show: watching Amy get stood up by someone who as supposed to teach her how to crochet for the second year in a row. Later, games.

Have had an amazing time at Alteryx Inspire but the wildest thing was someone complimenting me on my willingness to engage in conversations with strangers, which is not something I would have ever thought would happen.

Having grown up in a state basically devoid of terrain it is wild how things are routed in the west. You can be in Hurricane, Utah and to get to Kanab, Utah you have to go through Colorado City, Arizona.

First night of camp ReFresh. Gamer summer camp is exactly as awesome as it sounds.

Slot 0 of Origins is 4 hours with a spreadsheet of the schedule trying to sort what all there is to play.

God damn it part me. We have talked about this.

Eating alone at a Mexican place because that’s how I do. Table next to me is a group of seniors sharing stories about all the people trying to scam them out of money. I knew it was bad but damn

My new rule for writing adventures is to start with the “what happens if the PCs do nothing” section. Hope to save a lot of time currently being wasted forgetting to what they a should be reacting.

Today's most satisfying email included the phrase "Referring to the purpose of a finance process as 'producing the SOX control reports' is roughly analogous to describing a car as 'a device for updating the status of the check engine light'."

Peak convention schedule. At Con of the North I am playing three co-op board games, three sessions of Starfinder, including a high-level table with a known good GM and running one Starfinder table at which the GM is extremely suspect. Hour gaps between slots, nothing starts before 10. Perfect.

If I have a condition from lifestyle choices it is no longer reasonable to call it “Tennis Elbow.”

ICFood thoughts
-The best chicken sandwich in town is Jimmy Jack’s not on the menu Nashville Hot Crispy. Honorable mention to Pullman and Hudson’s Chicken Parm.
-Carlos replaced Diet Dew with Diet Dr Pepper. Now instead of having options you can choose whether your cola tastes slightly of sewer.

Thus begins another year of Advent of Code in Alteryx.
Day 1 was easy except for remembering how time zones work.