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pfizer one

Last Friday, around lunchtime, the boss called to inform me that there were plenty of covid vaccine slots available at Walgreens if I was interested. I said okay, I'd check it out. Less than half an hour later, she called again. Had I seen the email? (No. The email was sent like 10 minutes ago.) The...

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Achaius (Lvl. 45) - April 1, 2021

a year of isolation, and a balcony revamp

It's been over a year of sheltering in place. The one-year anniversary came and went last week without fanfare. A few days ago I was standing in my closet, looking at my neatly pressed work clothes with an odd sense of disconnect. It feels weird to think I used to put these on every morning and rush...

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Achaius (Lvl. 45) - March 20, 2021

white stone pipe break

(I keep forgetting to post these...) January 19 – Roommate: "Remember when Prometheus brought us fire? I miss Prometheus." Here we are, standing outside in the snow at half past midnight for the biweekly fire alarm. It's comical how little people care about these fire alarms. Besides me and my ro...

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Achaius (Lvl. 45) - March 9, 2021

[redacted]'s lament

"...I know that's a lot to take in," said Kan, after rolling out what felt like a ten-minute explanation, "but this fight is mechanically dense." As they say, every Shiva prog party is a Light Rampant prog party, but we've made slow progress over the past couple weeks. The add phase is still a work ...

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Achaius (Lvl. 45) - March 9, 2021

slay the blob

I've started playing Slay the Spire. I had a disastrous first Ironclad run and died to the Champ in Act 2. After that, I had a successful run with heavy coaching from HGR. He recommended Fiend Fire. I was like "Do I really want to exhaust my entire hand? Is that okay?" but in fact, it was more than ...

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Achaius (Lvl. 45) - March 3, 2021

february gratitude

february is a short month, but it felt extra short this year. it's really march again, wow Lucky Taro had two merle puppies! good job girl mmm sweet potato & cauliflower tots raging loop be ragin' (hi sheep! also lmaoooo badger) feels great when people compliment me on my den design lindsey sti...

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Achaius (Lvl. 45) - March 3, 2021

a winter storm, and no ice cream

I'm on the mend, but a new problem has arisen: We're low on food. Here's the thing about Walmart's curbside grocery delivery. 90% of the time, it's great. Fast, efficient, convenient, no complaints. But if anything goes wrong on Walmart's end, they are terrible about communicating the situation ins...

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Achaius (Lvl. 45) - Feb. 16, 2021

tranquility must be restored to the land

I've got a bad cold. Ordinarily I wouldn't bother mentioning this, but it seems more significant in the Year of the Plague, even though I'm pretty sure it's not covid. It began Thursday with a mild sore throat, then progressed over the weekend to a constant runny nose and just generally feeling crap...

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Achaius (Lvl. 45) - Feb. 15, 2021

light rampant pt.2

"I'm not sure Light Rampant is that great of a mechanic," said HGR. It's the perfect day to be fighting Shiva: -4 degrees out, windchill of -19. Also, Kan's friend heard that he was progging Light Rampant and asked us to stream our session so that he could watch Kan's suffering. That's what friends...

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Achaius (Lvl. 45) - Feb. 9, 2021

january gratitude

oh yeah, it's a new month! it still feels like 2021 just started... standing on the balcony, watching the freezing rain outside, enjoying the fresh air IT'S GROWING UP DAY Arson, Carob, and Mango & Sago are finally ADULTS the ice on the balcony melted. got a nice half-hour walk. so nice out; fr...

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Achaius (Lvl. 45) - Feb. 6, 2021

water appreciation day 2021

I woke up, went to the kitchen to make my breakfast mocha, and turned on the tap. No water came out. Ohhh right, there was a scheduled water shutdown today from 9 to 5. I read the notification email and then promptly forgot about it. I had intended to prep in advance by gathering containers of water...

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Achaius (Lvl. 45) - Feb. 5, 2021

light rampant

Today's raid session was stonewalled by Light Rampant, which is notorious for its iconic levels of bullshit. "Done this with four groups and it's four hours of bullshit every time," said Kan. "You know I love you guys because I do Light Rampant with you." HGR drew us an explanatory diagram. I'm no...

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Achaius (Lvl. 45) - Feb. 1, 2021

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