I'm Right Here ...

Where I like to eat in Hanford, CA.
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I am easing back into posting something everyday. Juvat was concerned that his Medal of Honor posts were not generating enough "hits" as the blog has seen in the past. I told him not to worry. This blog has never been about pleasing the masses in order to generate more "hits."

After all, the vagaries of how Google/Blogger counts visits to these parts is suspect at best. When the daily post gets less than 300 hits (average seems to run around 200) I find it hard to believe that the following graph represents anything approaching reality -

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Sure, a hundred thousand hits one day, under ten thousand the next? Sure, I believe that.

I know there's about a hundred hard core readers out there, you all seem to be here every day, you don't always comment, but I know you're there. Might be another hundred or so casual readers, but it's all grist for the mill. I know you folks like the Medal of Honor posts. apparently the spambots do not. Which is a bonus in my estimation.

So, what am I going to be writing about in the near future? I honestly don't know. I'm going to let the Medal of Honor posts go on, there are six left, with my own offerings interspersed with those.

I have a lot of things on my plate right now. Not things I have (or need) to do, but things I want to do. After all, I am retired.

I did have an idea for a new series the other day, after a sleepless night of trying to put the elements of the story together, I dumped the idea. Hey, it felt like work, I don't do that anymore.

I've acquired a new boardgame or three over the past few months, got another one Tuesday. This was truly an impulse buy. I liked the concept, so I put my money where my mouth is and pulled the trigger. 

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The game is slightly outside of the norm for me, as it is, to some extent, card-driven¹. Which means that another element of chance has been added, outside of the dice rolls of course. I've played other card-driven games which were actually fun. So I thought I'd give it a try. It also comes with a system for solitaire play. Which I need, as I tend to play these for their historical insight as opposed to being competitive.

As I once told my step granddaughter, I'm no longer a very competitive guy. The Air Force broke me of that habit.

"Wanna get promoted?"

"Well, sure, I just have to be the best at my job right?"

"Uh, yeah, sure. You also need to be better than Sergeant Schmuckatelli over there who is the squadron voting officer, volunteers at the local orphanage, and scores very high on the tests."

"Uh, Schmuckatelli is always off doing his additional duties, we never see him around the shop. How does that make any sense, Lieutenant?"

Never did get a good answer on that one. So competitive I'm not, unless it involves chasing a ball around on a field. And I'm far too old for that sort of thing anymore. (I'm 73, my knees act like they're over a hundred, and don't get me started on my back ...)

Anyhoo, I do play games against other humans, usually my family. Which can be fun.

"Uh, honey, are you sure you want to land there and attack Berlin? You'll need to roll eleven or better for that to ..."

"Yay! I rolled a twelve!"

"Why yes, yes you did. Wanna watch TV or something?"

She's exceptional at boardgames, but we used to have a Mattel Intellivision, think early video game, at which I constantly beat her, badly. Funny how we don't play that anymore ...

Ah well, back atcha soon, I promise.

¹ One draws, or is dealt, cards which dictate what you can or cannot do. Want to invade the Philippines? Better have the right card in your hand. Things of that nature.