Don't knock a non-drinker. That just means more booze for us. XD

Point taken. lol

On the subject of alcohol (and marihuana and tobacco): I quit over 13 years ago (after being heavily addicted for 10 years or so) and last week I realized I didn't have any flashbacks of craving for a couple of years now. Not one minute in the last five years or so I have longed for the numbing effect of drugs, be they alcohol or marihuana. Yay!

*edited for getting the grammar right, or the meaning would be turned upside down!

I skipped classes today!!!

The support this forum gives me, in the replies of viperfdl and monkeydelarge.

I watched a film called "Ink" yesterday. I don't watch many films.

I hadn't read or known anything about it beforehand, which made it all the more mysterious and enjoyable.

I was happily engrossed.

My Hardcore Diablo 2 character is now Level 80! In Hell act 3. I might lack proper gear and sets/uniques, but the runeword skillers and most importantly, the enemy slowing mercenary gear i found combined with my clay golem (extra slowing), renders all enemies, even bosses, sitting ducks. Even act bosses dropped down as if they had been made out of paper...

Yesterday, a beautiful 8-hour drive home through fly-over-country, from the St Louis area to home. Sunny day, traffic was light, and the leaves along the way are in various states of changing colors. Oddly, they're a bit farther along down south.

This was after I figured out a much faster way to accomplish the work on a customer's machine. Went from an estimated 7 days down to 2 1/2 days. So yay, home early and home for the weekend. Missed a bunch of weekend time lately (including all of last weekend) so this will feel like a luxury.

Stopping in at the local cheese shop to ship UPS (yes, the town is small enough that we ship UPS from the cheese store), i found out that today is

<drumroll>

National Cheese Curd Day!!

awesome

Waking up to find a random game gifted to me by Doc0075 :) Completely unexpected, so thank you.

Finding that there are gamers appreciative of the game developers because they did a great job.

It is overwhelmingly positive from 17K reviewers and already DRM free. Why isn't this available on GOG already?

Still down voting the used arse wipes and seeing them cry:)

Aww, dang. Not sure what to say. It's a long trip to see this particular customer but it really is a great drive and I don't mind it that much. While certain trips are a real drag, others are a joy. The other part, about missing time at home? Well, comes with the territory. My complaint about being away leaves out the good parts of it:

- get to see other parts of the country, particularly the Midwest that I love.
- not stuck in the same office / work space every day, which would make me nuts.
- the wife doesn't get tired of me being home all the time. That's half-joking and half-serious
- get to meet a lot of people, and see a lot of different factories.
- being away gives more me game time than I would otherwise have, since there's only so much biz stuff I can accomplish after-hours at the hotel. ; )

Though I do miss the dogs, and would like to be able to take the wife with me on certain trips. We've started thinking about having her quit her day job and become part-owner, which certainly comes with pros and cons.

MOne of my kids ate meat and actually liked it for the first time in his life. Hes 8... This opens up wonderful doors or real meals!