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Fri Apr 24 10:00:01 UTC 2026 ======================================== Slept from eleven-thirty to seven-thirty. Woke up for a while around three-thirty. Partly cloudy until late afternoon, then becoming mostly cloudy. A chance of showers until late afternoon. A chance of thunderstorms in the afternoon. Showers in the late afternoon. Highs in the mid 70s. Temperatures falling into the in the mid 60s in the afternoon. South winds up to 15 mph. Chance of rain 80 percent. # Work No calls. Worked on solution design for May's fulfillment death march and largely finished harvest. # Home * [ ] prep for family D&D game on May 2 * [ ] print blank character sheets * [ ] print character advancement sheets * [ ] describe the guild hall * [ ] prep a few short guild jobs (with hooks to the wider world). Maybe a short quest generator, with substantial fairy tale flavor? * [ ] D&D Lament game prep... What does the plane saucer need? * [ ] Clear instructions saying "This is a ship that can navigate the planes and here's how to operate it." * [ ] Null Entity guards a pocket dimension that's the ship's own traveling megadungeon. (Maybe be the Null Entity guards by asking really dumb groaner riddles?) * [ ] A way to find descriptions and directions to interesting locations on the planes. * [ ] confirm that Dr. Lipson takes my new health insurance (Priority Health). If so, schedule appointment? Read more of The Blue Fairy Book. Classics I should read or reread soon: * Jungle Book * Treasure island * The Count of Monte Cristo * The d'Artagnan Romances: * The Three Musketeers * Twenty Years After * The Vicomte of Bragelonne: Ten Years Later (Man in the Iron Mask) Started reading The Jungle Book. Servings: grains 3/4, vegetables+fruit 3/5, dairy+meat 2/4, nuts+beans 2/0.5 Breakfast: coffee, pasta with spinach, mushrooms, cauliflower, Cannellini beans Lunch: left-over pizza, coffee Afternoon snack: peanuts, orange Dinner:

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