Second game in as many weeks. Might actually finish this one. Haven’t played in a decade; feels good to be in the rails again!

Tonight’s cocktail was taken from a Reddit recipe that was taken from a cocktail book:
30ml Amaro Averna
10ml coffee liqueur
6g honey
100ml milk

Steamed with the steam wand [or heated on a low stovetop and optionally frothed].

Make this one!

And on the early morning of the third day, I achieve my first Civ7 win.
Emp Napoleon, Econ Victory as Mexico. Definitely learnable as you go, but I have a wishlist for the things I want to see in the first QoL patch.

Neg reviews are making mountains out of molehills! Play the game - it's great.

I came across something human and beautiful today.
www.imfineimfine.com

Even the free selection has a plethora of heart-touching sentiments and experiences within. While I want to binge read them all, I think I'll try to pace myself and give all these thoughts room to breathe.

Let 2025 be the year you take your H*gwarts house out of your bio.

LET THE IP DIE!

www.facebook.com/share/r/1GW8...

My year-end break has been full of gaming!

CivOlution x4
White Caste Matcha
Anno 1800 exp
Dale of Merchants
Spirit Island 5p v Hamburg 6 [loss on turn 7]
Decrypto 8p
Knives Out 8p
Kingsburg exp
Blood on the Clocktower 6p x2
Ark Nova Marine
Precognition
Agemonia
Aeon's End Legacy II

Happy New Year!

2025 goal setting: work from home December. I should never have to hear xmas music if I don’t want to.

Tonight was a lovely hand-crafted FFXIV geoguesser / scavenger hunt. We took pics with dungeon bosses, weird mounts, that vendor that sells that weird item, and feats of poor planning.

The host even paid out prize money! Completely unnecessary and a really delightful experience all around.

Tonight, I’m grateful for pubs with indoor mini golf courses and coworkers that will endure me singing karaoke.

My apologies to Sean Nelson and Dave Grohl.

A few podcasts I really enjoy. Look them up!

All My Best Friends are Digital
Lateral
The Allusionist
The Gargle
The Thief
What’s Your Problem?
Search Engine

Tomorrow: more things I like!

My least favorite part of Winter isn’t the cold or even the road gravel, but the heat. Sitting on a hot bus in a fleece hat and coat and sweating madly sucks. Stripping down on the bus or in the grocery is weird. Unpleasant all around.

Is it weird to be followed by people you know of, but don't know personally, simply because you followed them? Like, I haven't said anything yet. So it feels weird to me.

But I suppose that is the catch-22, since they would never see anything I might say in the future if they hadn't followed me.