Kevin C. Wong

Diary - Aug 21 to Aug 27 2021

Sat Aug 21 2021

Sleep 0600 to 1130. 30 min nap. (6 hours)

  • Gaming at my place, though we still played Gloomhaven online with Donald. C3 + W3. Dave S is doing a road trip with his kids.

Sun Aug 22 2021

Sleep 0600 to 1015. 1600 to 1900. (7-1/4 hours)

  • So did receive Modern War 55. The magazine has thank you page and says "A special thanks to subscribers for their support is in a separate letter that came with this issue." And that letter is basically options on how to transfer your remaining issues to one of the other two magazines (or get Decipher store credit but certainly no refunds), which is kind of expected when a publisher discontinues a magazine and not a special thanks.
  • I also like that if you check your option and mail back the letter there is no information there about who sent this letter back. I guess you have to scribble in your subscription info somewhere. Actually I was kind of hoping I could login to my subscription account and put in my choices there but web presence is pretty janky: on the surface looks good but the backend is pretty bad.
  • Kind of like our exit from Afghanistan, I don't mind that the magazine is being discontinued but how they're handling current subscribers is a bit of a letdown.

Mon Aug 23 2021

Sleep 0400 to 1200. (8 hours)

  • Girl Genius Sourcebook and Roleplaying Game is finally done and you can buy the pre-release PDF now.
  • HOA meeting: Upon advice from other contractors, we should retain a project manager for the courtyard project because we might not need to redo the whole courtyard. That's good because the first contractor gave us a $700k+ quote which we haven't budgeted at all.

Tue Aug 24 2021

Sleep 0500 to 1200. 45 min nap. (7-3/4 hours)


Wed Aug 25 2021

Sleep 0530 to 1200. (6-1/2 hours)

  • San Mateo City Council of 5 members is currently voted using at large ballots. We're moving to ballot districts which means dividing up the city into five sections and they're doing hearings to hear people's thoughts. Another thing is filling out a Communities of Interest form where citizens can define their community and where it is located so that the council can make a better decision.

Thu Aug 26 2021

Sleep 23:30 to 0330, 0500 to 0900. (8 hours)


Fri Aug 27 2021

Sleep 0215 to 1115. (9 hours)

  • We had a break in and a couple of guys stole some packages and a bicycle. Break-in as in they tried all the doors and found the one that tends to not close correctly.