What I Hate About Being An Adult Today: An Ongoing And Neverending Series

Random observations of grown-up life in the last week -- 

• there is water damage in the ceiling of my home office again 
• that means the second floor toilet is almost certainly leaking again
• I got pink eye from my kid 
• the house and car insurance payments are due and they've jacked the rates again
• I need to shop for fucking insurance again 
• speaking of insurance, my company changed health insurance providers
• have I mentioned that I really hate researching insurance providers and policies? 
• it will be time to do taxes soon 
• my retirement savings are in the toilet
• that kind of brings it full circle 

Nerd Power

For the 1d4-1 people who may be wondering why I haven't been posting to my blog in so long, well, it's because all of my spare time and energy has been poured into my Dungeons & Dragons campaign website:

The Adventures of the Sword Coast Drifters

Since last fall, I've been playing the fifth edition of the venerable role-playing game, and it has rekindled my passion for all things D&D.

I haven't really acted as a Dungeon Master in more than ten years. So my group started with the introductory adventure that comes with the D&D 5e Basic Set. It turned out to be a modern classic! We just transitioned into Storm King's Thunder, and it looks to be another terrific adventure.

Being the game's referee can be a big time commitment all by itself, but I've added a whole new dimension to the DM's chore: after each session, I write the story of what happened. I've tried to write these like episodes of a show or chapters in novella, rather than merely mechanical summaries of the game. It's a time-consuming challenge, but I've been enjoying it immensely! A worthy respite from the horrible things that are happening in the world. Check it out if you have time to kill. 

Deplorables

"I think there's blame on both sides. And I have no doubt about it, and you don't have any doubt about it either. ... But you also had people that were very fine people, on both sides."