UNBRIDLED TRUTH

This was a week of minor regression, frankly. With one exception, the workouts all ended up feeling like I could've done better, and that one exception was just maintaining a plateau. Thus, all told, it was disappointing. On the plus side, I had some great coconuts to eat afterwards. Sunday Type: Pass/Fail Cross Plank - 2 sets of 20 breath isometric holds, each side (pass) T&A Pull Ups - 2 sets of 7, each side (pass) Pistol Squats, both hands behind me - 2 sets of 8, each

As I've mentioned before, I made a retroclone that can be found at this link. This is the first in a series of posts I'll make with my thoughts and reflections on each chapter as I go through with proofreading them. I debated whether to start this series with just the introduction or to bundle that together with chapter 1. In the end, I decided that there was enough to say about the introduction to justify having its own post. The book starts out with a message of intent fro

Rating: B+ Playing Time: Not shown, but probably 150-200 hours Well, this was an interesting impulse purchase. I got it a long time ago, and I didn't play much of it for most of that time (since Age of Wonders 3 had me covered for those times when I wanted to play a strategy game), but I decided to give it a whirl a few months ago, and it proved to be a pleasant surprise. The thing about Thea that caught my attention initially was that it was based on Slavic mythology. It's

Lately, I've found myself thinking a lot about the separation of art from the artist. I may expand on why in a future post, but I think the point is an interesting one in itself. I am openly and unabashedly a fan of H.P. Lovecraft. He was an absolute genius as an author. He was also a racist and an anti-Semite. I know that the latter statement puts some people off from being able to enjoy his works. Personally, I don't have a problem with it (as I'll come back to a littl

If last week was one of great highs, this week was one of feeling one step behind the whole time. Something seemed to catch me on the back foot each day, so the end result is that I did five workouts yet didn't really feel like I did a single complete workout. Alas, but as ever, the only path is to forge onward. Sunday Type: Pass/Fail One-armed Push Ups, feet together - 1 set of 12, each side (pass) Uneven Pull Ups - 1 set of 10, each side (pass) Pistol Squats, both hands b

This was an exciting week for me. I hit a couple of aggressive performance targets at work near the start of the week. I made arrangements to start up a lunchtime TTRPG group (with a couple of new players, so it may flame out quickly if the actual thing doesn't turn out to suit them, but I always go into those situations with hope). I finished up transcribing the full spell list from the AD&D 2nd Edition player's handbook into my retroclone document. I had a strong perfor