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Sunday photos
May. 30th, 2010 06:49 pm
Compact medical update
May. 28th, 2010 03:27 pmSince I started this discussion before deciding to go all pictures for a while, I won't leave you all hanging.
I did in fact have my sleep lab last night. It went well, I think; I feel a lot of confidence in my technician. Somewhat to my disappointment, I didn't trigger the threshold of incidents to make them go directly to fitting me with a mask and testing compression levels right then. So I'll have a follow-up appointment to review the test results in 3 weeks or so, and then presumably a second lab night for compression testing.
In the meantime, I'm pretty hammered by exhaustion, and will mostly be keeping a low profile. But do expect pictures, and words when I can manage them.
I did in fact have my sleep lab last night. It went well, I think; I feel a lot of confidence in my technician. Somewhat to my disappointment, I didn't trigger the threshold of incidents to make them go directly to fitting me with a mask and testing compression levels right then. So I'll have a follow-up appointment to review the test results in 3 weeks or so, and then presumably a second lab night for compression testing.
In the meantime, I'm pretty hammered by exhaustion, and will mostly be keeping a low profile. But do expect pictures, and words when I can manage them.
Load lightening
May. 27th, 2010 03:17 pm I'm off to the sleep lab this evening, and will be very glad to have the results. But I'm feeling awfully run down in the meantime, and since it's going to be at least some weeks yet before I can really expect any improvement - and some time longer than that, likely, for everything to really be doing it's job - I've got to conserve some more energy.
I'm having trouble writing a lot of what I'd like to here, and I keep stressing about it. That's not good. For the time being I'm just going to go to a straight photo blogging style. You folks like my pictures, and I like taking and sharing them, and it gets me out of the no-words trap pretty effectively.
I'm also dropping out of some forum and blog threads I've been in. Too wearing for too little result. Need to find things where the payoff's better.
Speaking of which, if you read any blogs or forums about topics you think I might find interesting, take this opportunity and tell me about them in comments, please.
I'm having trouble writing a lot of what I'd like to here, and I keep stressing about it. That's not good. For the time being I'm just going to go to a straight photo blogging style. You folks like my pictures, and I like taking and sharing them, and it gets me out of the no-words trap pretty effectively.
I'm also dropping out of some forum and blog threads I've been in. Too wearing for too little result. Need to find things where the payoff's better.
Speaking of which, if you read any blogs or forums about topics you think I might find interesting, take this opportunity and tell me about them in comments, please.
Another day with or without you
May. 26th, 2010 04:55 pmYup, more rain this morning, and therefore, more photos. Plus commentary on a package that arrived today.
Look, it really is a flower bed!
Note that Ken and Robin have failed to create a game more interesting than my laundry or my cat's own butt:
Look, it really is a flower bed!
Note that Ken and Robin have failed to create a game more interesting than my laundry or my cat's own butt:
And now, more of the same
May. 25th, 2010 05:07 amFirst of all, what I saw when coming home from the sleep institute appointment:
Now for pictures from Sunday's walk. To begin with, I'd really appreciate it if people like Ken Hite, Chad Underkoffler, and Patrick O'Duffy wouldn't sneak around in my neighborhood setting up props for their sundry campaigns:
And other things seen:
Now for pictures from Sunday's walk. To begin with, I'd really appreciate it if people like Ken Hite, Chad Underkoffler, and Patrick O'Duffy wouldn't sneak around in my neighborhood setting up props for their sundry campaigns:
And other things seen:
Today's news, featuring *blink* and "!"
May. 24th, 2010 11:49 am I met with one of the doctors at the UW Sleep Institute this morning, and it was really good. She's a careful listener and a voluble explainer, and both of those work well for me. The upshot of a detailed appraisal of my situation is that, yes, it sounds like I've got sleep apnea, and it's just a matter of how much. So I have an appointment scheduled for their sleep lab...
On Thursday.
Thursday. May 27th, 2010, that is.
I was expecting maybe July or August or something. But no.
Wow.
This is good.
On Thursday.
Thursday. May 27th, 2010, that is.
I was expecting maybe July or August or something. But no.
Wow.
This is good.
Photos again
May. 23rd, 2010 06:22 amI see it's been three days since pictures. Sorry, fans, it's simply been a distracting time on other fronts. But I did get in an early morning walk today; let's see what of it is worth showing.
Phone check
May. 21st, 2010 10:30 pm Someone with a North Carolina number has been trying to call me on and off for several days. When I answer, I get automated Sprint messages in Spanish. If that caller is anyone reading this, would you please drop me a private note so that we can work out something else?
3 skies and 1 cat
May. 20th, 2010 08:02 amIt was a day of Stuff with a capital S yesterday and I didn't feel especially inspired in picture-taking. But I did notice some good skies that came out fairly well. And on my way home, this pretty kitty demanded my attention. She didn't want to be petted, or do get any closer. She just wanted me to admire her, which I did, and talk to her some, which I did. I started to move on, and she meowed very loudly until I stayed some more and took a picture. She still wasn't satisfied. Another picture, and finally she was willing to let me move on.
Parallels to my experience in gaming creation are left as an exercise for the reader.
Parallels to my experience in gaming creation are left as an exercise for the reader.
When Tuesday met rain
May. 19th, 2010 01:15 amI have a set of pictures taken on Monday's walk up at Flickr.
Tuesday, it rained as I went to counseling. Rain means photo opportunities. Here you go. (And, of course, a bunch more in the day's set at Flickr, too.)
Me:
Right outside my front door:
My favorite pavement in town:
Behind the cut tag, lots more, including a mythological referents question.
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Tuesday, it rained as I went to counseling. Rain means photo opportunities. Here you go. (And, of course, a bunch more in the day's set at Flickr, too.)
Me:
Right outside my front door:
My favorite pavement in town:
Behind the cut tag, lots more, including a mythological referents question.
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Saturday photos, part 3
May. 15th, 2010 09:22 amI needed to run an errand this morning, so got my walk in early. Some more super macro images ensue.
Saturday photos, part 2: Color
May. 15th, 2010 05:44 amAnother of regular macro, super macro, super macro images, and some splashes of color. There are times and moods when these strike me as almost abstract, particularly when I've just been rereading Borges and such. Neither the rereading or the perception are the subject of complaint, though - I like sometimes thinking of the world in such terms.
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Saturday photos, part 1: Black and white
May. 15th, 2010 05:32 am(As usual, the set is at Flickr.)
Here's the super macro in action, one shot with the regular macro and two that go in closer than I could get with that, thanks to new (to me) super macro!
Behind the cut, another such trio, and some texture studies.
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Here's the super macro in action, one shot with the regular macro and two that go in closer than I could get with that, thanks to new (to me) super macro!
Behind the cut, another such trio, and some texture studies.
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After the doctor come the photos
May. 13th, 2010 04:49 pmThis morning I was at the doctor's again, but not for any new problems. It's time to test my blood chemistry a bunch of ways, so he drew a lot of blood and we talked about how things seem to be going. I'll be trying an additional blood pressure medication, the details of which I'll mention when I pick up the prescription and remember what it is. :)
In the meantime, pictures:
In the meantime, pictures:
There will be a small prize...
May. 13th, 2010 07:58 am...to the person who can best explain how and why my copy of Joe Satriani's best-of album came to be tagged in iTunes as "Celtic, Christmas".
That is all.
That is all.
It's no secret, I think, how much the hostile reception that d20 Gamma World got messed me up, and made later stresses all that much harder to bear. I've always wanted to do something with it that would suit my own tastes, since there's so much work in it I really like.
This morning I was reading some discussion of the various GUMSHOE games, and got to mention of the uses of the Quade Diagram in investigating crimes committed via mutant power in Mutant City Blues, and a light bulb went on. In my head there is a world full of mysteries to investigate, in which exotic powers are common, which should be susceptible to some structured analysis...so, you know, I wonder if I could run a satisfying Gamma World campaign that way?
This morning I was reading some discussion of the various GUMSHOE games, and got to mention of the uses of the Quade Diagram in investigating crimes committed via mutant power in Mutant City Blues, and a light bulb went on. In my head there is a world full of mysteries to investigate, in which exotic powers are common, which should be susceptible to some structured analysis...so, you know, I wonder if I could run a satisfying Gamma World campaign that way?
Good heavens, someone stole all the hues!
May. 12th, 2010 11:51 amI felt like trying out some black-and-white photography, and also experimenting with the super macro options my camera has that I only just learned about. So here are a few choice images, and more behind the cut tag, and the whole set on Flickr.
I think this is my favorite of the lot:
With this close behind:
This is good, I think, for the subtle contrasts between multiple layers of cloud:
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I think this is my favorite of the lot:
With this close behind:
This is good, I think, for the subtle contrasts between multiple layers of cloud:
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Ligotti gets marionettes, I get this
May. 11th, 2010 05:51 pmI've always felt that this sculpture felt like something that belonged in the d20 Gamma World milieu.
See details behind the cut tag.
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See details behind the cut tag.
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Rainy day photos
May. 11th, 2010 06:44 amIt rained quite a lot on Monday, leaving behind just the sort of legacy I have fun photographing. This is a bigger than usual update for me, with some behind a cut tag so as not to flood you all, but there are some things I want to call particular attention.
First of all, Mount Rainier put in an appearance, and it's uncommon enough to be worth remarking and photographing. There's a lot of distance between it and my neighborhood, and it takes good atmospheric conditions for this to work out:
Next, this subdued little bouquet. What I want to point out here is that I got this picture while sitting on the sidewalk, shooting up...and you know, it's been years since obesity and weakness let me do that without utter agony. I'm still pretty stiff and not good at clambering up and down, but at least I could do it:
Now some raindrops on leaves and flowers:
More of that, and a couple more "they make no mention of the beauty of decay" moments, below the cut tag. Oh, and what wasn't the biggest looming dog in the neighborhood.
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First of all, Mount Rainier put in an appearance, and it's uncommon enough to be worth remarking and photographing. There's a lot of distance between it and my neighborhood, and it takes good atmospheric conditions for this to work out:
Next, this subdued little bouquet. What I want to point out here is that I got this picture while sitting on the sidewalk, shooting up...and you know, it's been years since obesity and weakness let me do that without utter agony. I'm still pretty stiff and not good at clambering up and down, but at least I could do it:
Now some raindrops on leaves and flowers:
More of that, and a couple more "they make no mention of the beauty of decay" moments, below the cut tag. Oh, and what wasn't the biggest looming dog in the neighborhood.
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