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Blaugust Continues – Sign Up Info and Background for 2026

I'm sure most of you who see my blog posts are already aware of the continuation of the August blogging festival fondly known as Blaugust, despite the loss of the original founder. I don't want this to be a cause for sadness, so I will only say this much. I'm sure...

Digital Neighbors – Saying Farewell to Belghast

Grief is a strange thing. Sometimes it is a gentle ache while others is hits hard and unexpectedly and tears flow. Sometimes it passes quickly, only to hit again over little remembrances even years later. I learned of the passing of Belghast (Mark Temple) a couple of...

Just a Little Nod to Blaugust 2025

It is Blaugust time, the August festival of blogging. This initiative was started many years ago by Belghast. For 2025, it is up and running again thanks to a wonderful community of bloggers who stepped up to help out. You can read a bit about the change in organizers...

Let’s Do the Time Warp Again

Time Keeps on Slipping...It is a bit shocking to realize that I didn't blog at all in 2024. How did I let an entire year go by without writing anything at all?! Life Goes OnHave a cute dog pic as an apology No, I didn't spend my year curled up on a blanket, although...

Gaming Into the End of 2023

My pace of blog posts has certainly slowed toward the end of this year. I've been playing games, just nothing that inspires tips and tricks posts, or exciting experiences to talk about. As we end the year, I thought I'd at least wrap up with a few thoughts about what...

Starfield is Just a Good Not Great Game

Starfield is a pretty good game and one I can enjoy, but it is ONLY a pretty good game. It has missed the mark of being a great game. I came to the realization that they structured the game expecting us to play it again on a New Game plus mode, but I don't think I'll...

Cautiously Optimistic about Dragonflight

Nov 28, 2022

Today is the launch of WoW's newest game expansion, Dragonflight. After looking at the changes made by the company, not only to their internal culture and equity, but also to their game philosophy, my hubby and I bought the expansion and played through some of the...

Owning Your Domain and Your Content

Nov 13, 2022

I've mentioned this a few times in a few places, but I really believe that if you are committed to being connected to people through social spaces, you need to start with your own self-hosted website. There is an entire content ownership initiative called the IndieWeb...

When Did Grounded Jump the Shark?

Oct 30, 2022

When I first started playing Grounded, back in early access testing and even early in the full game release, I was having a lot of fun with the game. Being this tiny person, walking on grass stalks, jumping on clover leaves and floating with dandelion tufts was nifty....

Where Will We Feed Our FOMO Next?

Oct 27, 2022

I'm seeing signs of people preparing to leave Twitter again. I suppose we might see the site rapidly sold off again to someone else, but it does look like it is actually changing hands this week. Many of us have made the assumption that this is a bad thing. I'm...

Little Annoying Things That Add Up – The No Man’s Sky Edition

Sep 10, 2022

After about 230 hours of playing No Man's Sky, I think I may be done with the game. While I admire the developers for their dedication and for putting out content updates so regularly, this is one game where you pretty quickly come to realize that you are playing the...

Blaugust 2022 Wrap up Week – Lessons Learned

Aug 30, 2022

Considering how much I've put off writing this post, I think my number one lesson learned is that I don't like evaluating my experiences or deciding what lessons I have learned. Regardless, there are a few things I can take away from my participation in Blaugust...

Lack of Motivation to Play

Aug 26, 2022

In this week of discussing motivation, I want to talk a little bit about being de-motivated. I read an article today on Massively OP talking about how Blizzard can't really control the factors that might draw past dedicated WoW raiders back into the game. I'm...

Staying Motivated Going Into Blaugust2022 Week 4

Aug 22, 2022

Blaugust Week 4 is here, and I haven't posted every day, in fact, once I decided not to post every day, my frequency has dropped off quite a bit. I still want to stay motivated to participate and write, but I've set more realistic goals going into the final stretch of...

More About Music – VAs With Amazing Singing Voices

Aug 17, 2022

Today I'm going to write a bit about Laura Bailey, Troy Baker, the Daughter of the Sea, and Stray Gods: The Roleplaying Musical which was originally called Chorus when I backed it on Fig. Backing Summerfall Studios and their RP musical was a no brainer for me,...