Hostibule 2023

By Patrick MurphyPosted on February 1, 2023February 1, 2023Cat Story TimeTags Hostibule 2023, World of Pain1 Comment

Another year, another trip to the hostibule. Apparently this is what I do now. Last Saturday (21 January) I had a weird pain on the inside of my left knee. It ran more or less along the line of the muscle there. That’s the muscle I get a cramp in if I get dehydrated overnight. … Read More »

Story Time: Tartar Sauce On Burgers

By Patrick MurphyPosted on January 8, 2023January 8, 2023Cat Food, Story TimeTags Condiments, Easy, Fast FoodLeave a comment

This one is going to be short, simply because there isn't much to it. TL;DR: "I didn't take cultural differences into account and made a Discovery. Said Discovery was that tartar sauce is delicious on burgers." About 20 or 25 years ago, I was screwing around downtown. While waiting for my bus home, I decided… Read More »

You Want A Long Development Time, I’ll Give You An Obscenely Long Development Time

By Patrick MurphyPosted on January 4, 2023February 1, 2023Cat Nerd, Projects, Short BusTags Cartoons, My History, Science Fiction, Space Opera, Story Time, VidgamesLeave a comment

So one of the developers in one of the game dev groups I’m in finally released his game after 14 years in development. He made a few comments about it possibly being the longest delay in development history. I'm 99% joking, but I have him beat on obscenely long delays. 40 years. No joke,… Read More »

Hostibule 2022, Part 4

By Patrick MurphyPosted on September 24, 2022Cat Story TimeTags Hostibule 2022, World of PainLeave a comment

It’s been a while, but there hasn’t been much to talk about on any given day. Mostly just several wound care appointments where the doctor is liking the progress the hole is making. It’s still ugly and nasty, but it doesn’t look like an effect from a bad zombie movie anymore. The night I went… Read More »

“This Is Why I Don’t Worry About What You Get Up To When I’m Out Of Town”

By Patrick MurphyPosted on August 20, 2022December 30, 2022Cat Lifestyle, Story TimeTags Ethics, Finn, Me, Morons, Stacie1 Comment

Stacie goes on several business trips a year. She and our partner at RSMDME vend at shows in Minnesota and Wisconsin, and some of them are full weekend trips. This is a Good Thing – she gets out of the house for a while (she’s been on work from home for years now), and I… Read More »

“Spring Semester” 2022, After-Action Report

By Patrick MurphyPosted on May 15, 2022May 15, 2022Cat Lifestyle, Nerd, ProjectsTags Coding, Educational, Geek, Self-ImprovementLeave a comment

OK, spring semester officially ended at my old school on Friday. Let's see how I did. In my defense, I spent a week in the hospital in April (plus a week out of work afterward), so cut me a little slack. One of my doctors also reminded me this whole deal is self-inflicted. It isn't… Read More »

Hostibule 2022, Part 3

By Patrick MurphyPosted on May 5, 2022May 8, 2022Cat Story TimeTags Hostibule 2022, World of PainLeave a comment

So now I’m largely in maintenance mode while I wait for the next phase to kick in. I’ve had two appointments with my GP to get my wounds looked at and work on some other things. She was concerned about my blood sugar and blood pressure, so we adjusted my blood pressure meds and I… Read More »

Hostibule 2022, Part 2

By Patrick MurphyPosted on April 13, 2022May 8, 2022Cat Story TimeTags Hostibule 2022, World of PainLeave a comment

So the morning after I got out of the hostibule I went downtown to a different hostibule for wound care. I hate driving downtown. So I got there, parked on the roof of the ramp, and staggered in. Turns out the hostibule campus is a big U shape. The ramp is just off the curve… Read More »

Hostibule 2022, Part 1

By Patrick MurphyPosted on April 11, 2022May 8, 2022Cat Story TimeTags Hostibule 2022, World of Pain1 Comment

So I wound up in the hostibule again. This time it was a week. Needless to say, Stacie was not thrilled and I had enough doctors and nurses tell me “listen to your gorram wife!” I lost count. Here’s the timeline for the hostibulization, as I remember it. I was high on oxy for a… Read More »

GURPS Power: Goth Poetry

By Patrick MurphyPosted on February 27, 2022February 27, 2022Cat NerdTags Captain Obvious, GURPS, Horror, Stupid, VillainsLeave a comment

Proper goth poetry may only be produced by someone with Incompetence (Poetry). It serves as justification for either Secret (Goth Poet), at any level depending on how truly awful the poetry in question is (yes, that explicitly includes possible exile or death), or Odious Personal Habit (Goth Poet) at up to -2. It also justifies… Read More »