A November Miscellany
In no particular order:
- Considering my paternal family history, what happens when the United States of America becomes “the old country” some day?
- The “old country” as it is now does not presently exist as a country
- The community still exists on a map
- The territory of that community of origin is now located within the jurisdiction of a power rather hostile to the United States of America
- Yes, this does mean that my surname is an Americanization
- I’ve got a speaking outline started for the event at Harbor-Topky Memorial Library on November 30th
- I’ll be speaking about streaming television
- The event is intended to be educational and is geared to the general public
- While MythTV is nice it is out of scope for the discussion as I have to focus on commercial, off the shelf solutions
- A TTRPG thing may be started at Harbor-Topky in the new year
- It might involve Candela Obscura
- It might involve something brewed up using hack100
- Development of this plan is needed
- I need to tame my inboxes
- Yes, inboxes
- Although I have used mutt there are various third-party e-mail provider platforms that do not play nice with mutt which means I would need to work harder to consolidate things
- I’ve been pruning subscriptions and it hasn’t been working well
- Thanksgiving is set to be weird
- Some family will be traveling to Indiana to visit with other family
- I have to teach class on Thanksgiving Eve in Erie so travel is ruled out for me
- No, I cannot cancel class that night
- I will be teaching even if I have only one or two students show up
- The cat, dog, and I will be spending the holiday together I think
- The Testing Battery
- The last test in the battery is coming up on November 27th
- After that test we’ll finally have a bit of a baseline established
- Much of this testing filters back to a natural history study
- There are not many other cases to compare against out there, alas
- A new round of surveillance tests would then pick up in April 2024
- Not all tests would take place again
- Some tests would not have to take place again for a minimum of 3 years
- Dating and relationships
- Pretty much a dead letter
- The test on November 27th may be the last nail in the coffin on that front
- While it might not be good for a human to be alone I may be in a bit of a bizarre position in life
- Do I want to get into “unequal yokes” and the complications of invisible struggles that people have? No, not really
- I have no clue what is coming
- The slate is looking somewhat clear for the state of 2024
- Site evaluations need to resume so I can find a better bolthole
- In this instance, a “bolthole” is a fallback position to bug out to if things are getting ridiculous
- There are medical concerns that play into those considerations
- What is next?
- I have no clue
- Contingency plans need to be readied
- I may take some time off from teaching depending upon how things turn out with this last medical test
- Overall, I’ll be tied down a bit here at home