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the party's at sam's club this weekend

Visiting parents this weekend, so no raiding for me. HGR is crestfallen. Meracydia is excited, though; she gets to ride the big train. Jem was planning to come as well, but he sprained his right ankle and couldn't manage the four-hour drive. On the plus side, he told Mom he's doing better at work....

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Achaius (Lvl. 40) - March 8, 2020

corvus corax-19

A week ago, the MHO (Meisnewbie Health Organization) issued a series of bulletins about minimizing the risk of coronavirus infection through proper handwashing, use of hand sanitizer, etc. I allowed as how it might be a good idea to take precautions, since we have at least one confirmed case in the ...

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Achaius (Lvl. 40) - March 5, 2020

2 fast 2 furious

The saga of Luis' dinner was the most exciting thing about today's raiding session. Two hours before raid, Luis ordered delivery. (Goofus: Waits until the appointed raid time, then tells everyone, "Hang on, I need to get food." Gallant: Orders food and eats in advance so he's ready to start on time....

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Achaius (Lvl. 40) - March 1, 2020

paczki day

Tuesday was Paczki Day, a well-loved occasion because every year, Apolonia brings literally hundreds of paczkis to share. "Do you actually like those things??" my boss asked me, to which I said yeah. I mean, who doesn’t like jelly donuts? Apparently, the answer is my boss. She thinks they’re gross...

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Achaius (Lvl. 40) - Feb. 28, 2020

sow the wind, reap the whirlwind

Project Deino has begun. I started walking Meracydia last evening. (Sower of winds, reaper of whirlwinds. She brought our latest winter storm, and look how pleased she is with herself.) She needs 100 candy to evolve. That’s 500 km, or roughly seven weeks of walking if I don’t find any more wild ones...

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Achaius (Lvl. 40) - Feb. 27, 2020

pug lifestyle

For the most part, we’re a tight-knit group; we’re used to doing all serious content together. But Kan is used to pugging all new content on release, and we can’t exactly ask him to give up his pug lifestyle just because he joined our static. A couple days ago, Kan walked into the static house pum...

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Achaius (Lvl. 40) - Feb. 25, 2020

that time thundergut bit on hgr's line

For the past three days, I've had a constant low-level headache. I have no idea why. I rarely get headaches, and when I do, they always go away with an Advil; but this one hasn't. I thought it might be related to screen fatigue (which I've never experienced in my life, but I've also never quite ha...

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Achaius (Lvl. 40) - Feb. 23, 2020

nine cones, nine circles, nine lines

(2/18/2020 1:05:59 AM) numbers: i have some good news and some bad news (1:06:20 AM) numbers: the good news is, my vacation was approved so i have both weekend days off AND friday (1:06:41 AM) numbers: the bad news is i got a paint chip stuck so far under my fingernail i can't get it out and it hu...

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Achaius (Lvl. 40) - Feb. 22, 2020

there’s no “L” in “troubadour”

Another week, another raiding session. As we assembled, HGR said, “I remember the days when newbie joined FFXIV just because we were spending so much time on FFXIV and he wanted to talk to us using the chat. And now he’s our valued DPS.” We made good prog on Voidwalker: We started out by hitting e...

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Achaius (Lvl. 40) - Feb. 16, 2020