Another brutally cold day here in the Ottawa valley, as the cold snap continues today. The temperature out there right now is something like -23oC, and is way colder than that with the wind chill business added in.
I'm still pretty much out of it, with the concussion and all. I can't focus for long periods of time, the headaches are pretty nasty if I do too much, and am planning to take it easy once more today. Just do things as I feel able to do them, or not do them at all.
In the meantime, just rest some more. And try and stay warm.
And here it is... the first post on science and palaeontology in my blog for 2014! Really hope folks enjoy this stuff, and look forward to the year in science and palaeo. :)
How extinction set the stage for dinosaur evolution...
Lose ten tennis by March. Volunteer to spend time with feathered dinosaurs. Go writing three times a week. Tell my family about board games. Pay for my vikings on time. Go to the diabetes every month.
Since it is the new month of January (and it's barely three days old)... As is my standard usage of my blog space at or near the beginning of the month, I present the listing of my December, 2013 reads.
***** Books Read in December, 2013
Atlantis: The Second Age RPG by Doug Bramlett, Kieran Turley, and Jerry D. Grayson (PDF) (RPG)
How the Light Gets In by Louise Penny
February, 2013 Comics
The Bird of the River by Kage Baker
March, 2013 Comics
Helliconia Winter by Brian W. Aldiss (r)
April, 2013 Comics
May, 2013 Comics
Dinosaur Summer by Greg Bear (r)
GURPS Vikings by Graeme Davis (RPG) (r)
Fate of the Norns: Ragnarok Core Rulebook by Andrew Valkauskas (RPG)
June, 2013 Comics
December, 2013 Locus
Fate of Worlds by Larry Niven and Edward M. Lerner *****
From my own perspective, December, 2013 was a somewhat slow reading month. I didn't read a lot, but several of the books I read (notably two of the roleplaying games) were quite large, over 300+ pages each. I also read quite a few comics in December, and that contributed to the lower number of books than usual. The best read of the month was without a doubt the superb The Bird of the River by the late Kage Baker. Wonderful stuff.
Overall, I managed to read 5 novels, 3 RPG and RPG products, 1 magazines, 27 comics, and 0 graphic novels in December. This brings the 2013 year end totals up to the following: 63 books, 19 RPGs and RPG products, 26 magazines, 106 comics, and 2 graphic novels. The reading for the year was down by 19 books, not great, but life this year had a lot to do with that.
I spoke to Kathy and told her the news and asked her to relay the news to the others. I won't be running the Friday night game tonight, and will be taking the evening off from gaming. I'm a little bit groggy and unfocussed, and my headache is somewhat bad.
So no gaming tonight.
Not happy to start the 2014 gaming experience this way, but not really able to do anything about this. Nuts! :(
