Some Neat Final Fantasy Swag
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Some Neat Final Fantasy Swag

I'm a bit late on posting these, but they are still pretty cool. A few months ago, I went to the newly added "Side Quest Decatur" for the Midwest Toy and Comic Fest. It was the first year for the secondary even in Decatur, normally it's held in Bloomington, about an hour north. It wasn't anything super fancy, mostly just a big vendor room. I didn't end up buying much, but I did pick up these neat custom Final Fantasy items from Rusted Icon Designs. One is this slate coaster, with a fun reference to the Spony Bard line from…
Housekeeping Matters
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Housekeeping Matters

It's been a bit since I've last posted, I admit. Today I mostly wanted to address a few housekeeping matters. I've moved the Letterboxd movie post syndication to Lameazoid.com. These posts were filtered from the home page and primarily serve the purpose of archiving what I post on Letterboxd. Frankly,. if you cared about these, I'd prefer a follow over there. They also now appear here on Lameazoid. They are still excluded from the main page. I post TV and movie content on Lameazoid, it's just a "better fit" over there. On the subject of "mostly for archival purposes". I…
Eclipse Adventure
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Eclipse Adventure

In 2017, I took a trek with my parents down to Carbondale Illinois to view the total solar eclipse. While these are reasonably common occurrences, they are not super common in an area where it's easy to go see them. At this point, I've been fortunate to have two of them come nearby within a few years. We had vague plans to go back to Carbondale again for the 2024 eclipse but instead opted to go to my aunt and uncle's place in Indiana. With one big benefit being that it meant avoiding excessively pricey hotels. Last Eclipse, we stayed…
Journaling in Public and Journaling in Private
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Journaling in Public and Journaling in Private

Over the years, I've used a lot of different methods for writing. Pen and paper way in the past. Microsoft Word for a while, because, that's what Word is for right? Windows Live Writer was a good one for a while, though it's been discontinued, there is an open-source iteration called Open Live Writer. Sometimes I'll just write right in the WordPress editor. I was writing into OneNote for a while. These days I'm much more into controlling my data, well, I've kind of always been into that, but lately, it's about formats. I am constantly trying to reorganize my…