Whispers in the Windstorm

Well, bad news this morning. I put on some weight - more than I thought I had, and more than I thought I could in a month. And I think I've been fitting into some of my clothes better at the same time, too. I've been walking around an hour a week, I didn't change much from my LAST doctor's visit, so I'm not sure what's up. I need to give Tack more information now, so I have to put together the diaries and twice-a-week weigh-ins he asked for. Icky icky.

But to yesterday. I am (as you might be able to tell) really digging the idea of posting decks and making the card names active links! I developed an Access query that pretty much spits it out as you see it, except for the divisions between categories. I posted a separate question about Magic card linking (once again, thanks, Matt), and I also looked at VTES. There are no images online, but there is a reference page for each card. Unfortunately, they're indexed not by name, but by number. And it looks like they started numbering just before Sabbat War came out. So the initial batch of 600 or so is roughly alphabetical - but is charming enough to skip a few numbers and duplicate others! - and then I figure each set will be numbered by name. So I can do it, but it'll be quite the headache. Not sure how I'm going to handle the whole "%20" thing in the link name - might get a query to strip them out. I have a way to force it, but it's tedious.

Work was obviously quite slow. Still weird, but it won't hold a candle to today. I'm not altogether sure what I spent the bulk of the day doing, aside from the whole link-building project. I talked to Chris on the way home, and confirmed that he's available the week of the 22nd-24th for a visit. He's been asking for me to come over, and he sounds all wonewy about it. Awww. So he gets a visit, and we'll try out Kathmari Damacy (if that's how it is spelled). It's a bizarre PS2 title we found out about from Penny Arcade and liked the idea. Got home, made some chili for dinner, and went upstairs.

Hey, Garvey! Haven't seen you in a while!
Hey, Matt! Talk to me about my deck!
Hey, Myra (Yes, your name finally appears in lights)! Let's play Literati!
Hey, Kathy! LOOONG time no see. But I'm in game now.
Hey, Rich! Long time no chat. But I'm in game now.
Hey, Lori! I'm in game now.

Maybe it was just that this happens every day, and I'm not home to see it - but it felt kind of barrage-y.

But I finally redeemed last week's miserable failure with a 60-point win, an 8-point win, and a 10-point loss. Oh, and the Cards won! Good news by me. Anyway, after she toddled off to bed, I talked with Lori, the only holdout who stayed up with me. And she introduced me to Foamy the Squirrel. You owe it to yourself to go there right now, RIGHT NOW, and watch Five More Minutes. Beware the Squirrelly Wrath (tm)!

We talked more, and I enlightened her as to the function of polyester in a partner-rich environment. (Grotesque Gulp, anyone?) Then I played it for a while (like an hour), and then just as I was about to retire...

Hey, Karen! Long time no chat.

And so we talked. She works three days a week, but has apparently decided that today she needs to maintain her activity level. I don't remember them, but she listed six to eight things she was doing today. Going to the gym, shopping, writing, relieving world hunger - I lost track. I do recall the word 'coffee' coming up, though - a good thing.

I slept, woke up a little late, but still had to shower for Tack. I'm also wearing a bright red shirt underneath my green-white work shirt. Must look a little odd with the red showing through at the neck.

And today, on the day BEFORE the deadline for reports, our report clerk called in sick, AND had locked out his machine, so we had to reset his password. That means I have to do non-401(k) reports today as well as the 401(k) ones. Greeaaaaat. "And I am already weary."

Let's see if Subway still does twofers.

Eat Snacky Smores.

Linking up cards in the LOTR decks is really cool, I believe. So I'd like to do it for the occasional Magic deck, too. But I've tried the technique described in THIS and it didn't work. Does anybody have an idea of how this might be done successfully, without just plugging in a whole mess of hand-constructed links to pages like THIS, which would be just a little awkward.

Anybody? Bueller? Bueller?

Eat Snacky Smores.