Year End Meme
Dec. 24th, 2009 01:26 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
ltmurnau- well, one of them anyway. This is the one where you take the first line of the first post of each month of the year, so here we go.
January
"Boxes."
(I was moving)
February
"On the weekend, I realized a long-standing ambition of mine - to have a cup of coffee I made all by myself!"
(foto feature followed)
March
"In preparation for the Connections conference next week (yikes! that kind of crept up on me), I spent the weekend tussling with some software called VASSAL, a "game engine" that allows people to create online versions of board and card games and play them over the Internet in real time."
(The conference was interesting, and I might go next year, but I still haven't finished this project.)
April
"Certainly it is now common knowledge that Glenn Beck Is Losing It Big-Time, but I missed this segment of his show that aired in February 09 where they more or less fantasize about insurrection against their own duly elected government."
(I hope I don't have to post much more of this guff, but it seems to be getting worse rather than better.)
May
"OK, I'll bet that didn't mean anything to most of you."
(referring to my new game Summer Lightning going up for P-250 - still a long way away from publication, seven months later.)
June
"Oh, this one's rich... emphasis added par moi:"
(about a word-tussle over armed Canadian border guards on post at a Mohawk reserve straddling the border - I never did look to see how this was resolved)
July
"Interesting, but as noted in the body of the article, the Americans got there first. Though I am no longer in the Army, I have noted since the 90s a definite trend away from what British influence there was in our doctrine, equipment and tactics towards American domination of same."
(on a news article about the Canadian Army adopting versions of Facebook and Twitter for its members to share ideas and experiences.)
August
"I won't weigh in on this concerted insanity going on to the south of me about health care reform, except to say that the furore over it reminds me of nothing so much as what I've read about the furore over fluoridating the water supply."
(funny old cartoon and obligatory General Ripper reference followed)
September
"An interesting post from the Canadian Internet company Tucows, which has provided me in the past with many interesting things, on copyright and creativity:"
(I have to admit I've lost the thread of this copyright business - the more you read, the more confused you are, unless you make it a full-time occupation.)
October
"A couple of weeks ago issue #8 of World at War magazine, featuring a leading article and full-size wargame on the subject [Spanish Civil War] by Yours Truly, hit the stands. Yes, you probably missed it because the mag has a circulation of only about 7,000, but it was nice to see some of my game work hit the relative big time."
(Not long after my game and article on the Sino-Japanese War came out in a different magazine - this was a good year for publishing.)
November
"I took a couple of days off to go to Seattle and see DEVO. "
(Best concert of the year! Well, about the only one too, but I had been waiting 30 years for my chance to see these guys.)
December
"This is interesting, in a silly way:"
(On a news article about a statistics man who had claimed to have derived a formula for parents to use in selecting toys for their children.)
This year has gone by so fast, and a lot happened in it. Next year will certainly be different, but I hope not in any way that makes it measurably worse than this one (that's not to say this year has been a bad one, 'cause it hasn't).
Happymerry Jollyberry everyone!
January
"Boxes."
(I was moving)
February
"On the weekend, I realized a long-standing ambition of mine - to have a cup of coffee I made all by myself!"
(foto feature followed)
March
"In preparation for the Connections conference next week (yikes! that kind of crept up on me), I spent the weekend tussling with some software called VASSAL, a "game engine" that allows people to create online versions of board and card games and play them over the Internet in real time."
(The conference was interesting, and I might go next year, but I still haven't finished this project.)
April
"Certainly it is now common knowledge that Glenn Beck Is Losing It Big-Time, but I missed this segment of his show that aired in February 09 where they more or less fantasize about insurrection against their own duly elected government."
(I hope I don't have to post much more of this guff, but it seems to be getting worse rather than better.)
May
"OK, I'll bet that didn't mean anything to most of you."
(referring to my new game Summer Lightning going up for P-250 - still a long way away from publication, seven months later.)
June
"Oh, this one's rich... emphasis added par moi:"
(about a word-tussle over armed Canadian border guards on post at a Mohawk reserve straddling the border - I never did look to see how this was resolved)
July
"Interesting, but as noted in the body of the article, the Americans got there first. Though I am no longer in the Army, I have noted since the 90s a definite trend away from what British influence there was in our doctrine, equipment and tactics towards American domination of same."
(on a news article about the Canadian Army adopting versions of Facebook and Twitter for its members to share ideas and experiences.)
August
"I won't weigh in on this concerted insanity going on to the south of me about health care reform, except to say that the furore over it reminds me of nothing so much as what I've read about the furore over fluoridating the water supply."
(funny old cartoon and obligatory General Ripper reference followed)
September
"An interesting post from the Canadian Internet company Tucows, which has provided me in the past with many interesting things, on copyright and creativity:"
(I have to admit I've lost the thread of this copyright business - the more you read, the more confused you are, unless you make it a full-time occupation.)
October
"A couple of weeks ago issue #8 of World at War magazine, featuring a leading article and full-size wargame on the subject [Spanish Civil War] by Yours Truly, hit the stands. Yes, you probably missed it because the mag has a circulation of only about 7,000, but it was nice to see some of my game work hit the relative big time."
(Not long after my game and article on the Sino-Japanese War came out in a different magazine - this was a good year for publishing.)
November
"I took a couple of days off to go to Seattle and see DEVO. "
(Best concert of the year! Well, about the only one too, but I had been waiting 30 years for my chance to see these guys.)
December
"This is interesting, in a silly way:"
(On a news article about a statistics man who had claimed to have derived a formula for parents to use in selecting toys for their children.)
This year has gone by so fast, and a lot happened in it. Next year will certainly be different, but I hope not in any way that makes it measurably worse than this one (that's not to say this year has been a bad one, 'cause it hasn't).
Happymerry Jollyberry everyone!
