Dark Conspiracy 1E/2E bundle from Fanatical for $13. Seems quite worth it.

Comparing to what you get buying the Dark Conspiracy 1E and 2E CDs ($35 each) at Far Future Enterprises. (-) is something in CDs that is not in Fanatical bundle. (+) is Fanatical bundle item not in CDs.

Redemption is via DriveThruRPG so that's nice.

Dark Conspiracy 1E

Dark Conspiracy 1E Core Rules
PC Booster Kit
New Orleans
Darktek
Heart of Darkness
Hellsgate
Dark Races
Among the Dead
Emphatic Sourcebook
Proto-Dimensions
Ice Demon
Nightsider
Minion Hunter: Dark Conspiracy Boardgame
Minion Nation: Minion Hunter Expansion Kit

- The Headers of DC1 - compilation of header page art for your use?

+ Guide to Dark Conspiracy 1E
+ Tampete (254-page Tampa-Saint Petersburg area sourcebook)
+ Gear Up! (150-page gear book)

Dark Conspiracy 2E

Dark Conspiracy 2E Player's Handbook, Basic Version (subset of Master)
Dark Conspiracy 2E Referee's Guide, Basic Version (subset of Master)
Dark Conspiracy 2E Player's Handbook, Master Version
Dark Conspiracy 2E Referee's Guide, Master Version
Dark Conspiracy Referee Screen
Sin City v1: The Shadow Falls
Sin City v2: Of Gates and Gods
Sub City v3: Masks of Darkness

- DemonGround 1-9 (DC fanzine)
- Dark Conspiracy Player's Handbook, Basic, v2.5
- Sin City Map
- Sin City Region Map

+ Guide to Dark Conspiracy 2E

Sat May 10 2026

Sleep 0415 to 1215 (8 hours)

• DDO. CSr, DW and I finished Vecna Unleashed except for the raid. We'll try that next week as it seems to be doable with a small party (i.e. you don't have to split up into multiple groups that then have to do things simultaneously).

Sun May 10 2026

Sleep 0430 to 1200 (7-1/2 hours)

• My MBP server seems to have stopped booting. I login and during that process it powers off (and spins up the fan quite high like for a split second before it powers off). Occasionally it would power off (with same fan behavior) which was a warning but I kept using it... Now I have to see if I can go back to my old Mac mini to run my server and that machine has its own problems (primarily macOS is so old that Homebrew is not supported though you can still use it but all updates require compilation on the Mac mini so it's quite slow to update).

Mon May 11 2026

Sleep 0045 to 0900 (8-1/4 hours)

• Got a haircut. Then Jeffrey's for a bacon burger with cheese, garlic fries, oreo milkshake for $33 with tip. Looks like last time I bought stuff there was Jan 2023. Might have gone there with Christopher and he paid because three years seems like too long a time in my memory.

Tue May 12 2026

Sleep 0100 to 0945 (8-3/4 hours)

• card.apple.com now has a section for Apple Savings so you can download your monthly statements, which I was commenting early this month you couldn't do.
• MBP Intel: tried erasing HD and reinstalling macOS via Recovery tool but that failed and now there is no OS installed. Will have to go back to my Mac mini and hopefully recover the wiki from my Time Machine backups.
• Mac mini: Homebrew couldn't install node@24 so instead uninstalled homebrew and installing MacPorts.
• Mac mini: MacPorts also failed to compile node@24. Sigh. For now will set it up on my main MBP.

Wed May 13 2026

Sleep 2345 to 0515, 1230 to 1400 (7 hours)

• Since MacPorts covers some fairly old macOS versions each port has a details page with a Port Health section listing which macOS versions built the port successfully. Looks like they use automated builders for testing rather than relying on user reports. nodejs24 fails on Monterey while nodejs22 works so I'll install that version.
• One nice thing about MacPorts is that they have binaries for these old OSes so stuff installs fast.

Thu May 14 2026

Sleep 0030 to 1000 (9-1/2 hours)

• Eye exam. First time in about two years so maybe an extra test. Also got progressive glasses. $1080 including 20% discount. Compared to $380 when I had insurance. VSP is like $30+ per month so I guess it's worth enrolling if I'm planning on buying glasses at my optometrist. You do have to enroll for an entire year so I guess I'll wait until May 2027 or so.

Fri May 15 2026

Sleep 0500 to 1200 (7 hours)

• DDO. We tried the Vecna Unleashed raid, Fire Over Morgrave. Probably need two active healers because everyone is taking Evil damage over time. As long as that damage doesn't keep increasing then having two PCs attacking the big bad might work eventually. Also the more PCs near the big bad the less spawns so you probably do need a raid's worth of PCs (12).

Other than governor I'm choosing the statewide candidates based on what's in the Voter Information Guide found at Secretary of State web site.

Lieutenant Governor: Fiona Ma (D) - currently CA Treasurer

Secretary of State: Shirley N Weber (D) - incumbent

Controller: Malia M Cohen (D) - incumbent

Treasurer: Eleni Kounalakis (D) - currently Lieutenant Governor

Attorney General: Marjorie Mikels (Green) - attorney/justice advocate

Insurance Commissioner: Jane Kim (D) - currently member of SF Board of Supervisors

State Board of Equalization, District 2: Sally J Lieber (D) - incumbent

Superintendent of Public Instruction: Sonja Shaw - school district president

Finally finished playing all the Apple Arcade games of 2023 (2024 and 2025 have way less games I guess since by then the library is fairly well built up). Nine good games which equals 2021 (2019 has 2, 2020 has 0, 2022 has 4). My favorite three:

Slay the Spire+ - A good card-based fantasy rogue-like where you can play one of four distinctly different characters.

Episode XOXO - I love the goofy romance semi-choose-your-own-adventure stories. Haven't played this much lately as I've been playing the Netflix version which has different (and for the most part spicier) stories.

Very Little Nightmares+ - Cutesy puzzle game with a bit of thriller/horror. For the most part not hard puzzles and not that long a game.

All these are available as normal apps: Slay the Spire ($10), Episode - Choose Your Story (free but rather expensive in-apps if you want to finish one story with the best choices), Very Little Nightmares ($7).

Sat May 02 2026

Sleep 0245 to 0800, 0815 to 1200 (9 hours)

• DDO: CSr is camping so just DW and I for two nights. We did Legendary Slice of Life on Friday and xxx.

Sun May 03 2026

Sleep 0400 to 1200 (8 hours)

• Every month I go to my iPhone to get my Apple Card and Apple Savings statements and then send them to my MBP so I can store them. This month I thought can't I get them on my Mac? You can go to https://card.apple.com and download your Apple Card statements but I don't see a way to get Apple Savings statements so guess I'll have to keep using my iPhone.
• Miami Grand Prix. Franco Colapinto at 7th (+6 points = 7), Oliver Bearman at 11th (+0 points = 17). 24 total points is barely 5th place.

Mon May 04 2026

Sleep 0245 to 1145 (9 hours)

• I started getting tired of Notes math results (where if you have an equation and then an = sign it'll calculate and insert the result). Used to be results came faster than you can type. Now they come in a second or two slow so I've already typed past and then it tries to insert a result. I found a support note (Solve math in Notes on Mac) and turns out you can turn it off in Notes > Format > Math Results but as you have probably already seen since it is in the Format menu it's a per Note setting (and if you select multiple Notes that is not a setting you can change). Oh well, at least I can turn it off in my TODO note where it occurs the most.

Tue May 05 2026

Sleep 0400 to 1100 (7 hours)

• Got charged for Alien 7-Film Collection (bought 10 days ago) and Viki monthly (which would be charged today). So I guess the rule is if you buy something from a store Apple won't charge for 10 days hoping you'll buy something else then it can charge both and save on the credit card charge. I remember this being a thing when iTunes Music purchases were about the only thing you could buy and a $1 song would have a fairly high credit card fee if charged individually.

Wed May 06 2026

Sleep 0345 to 1200 (8-1/4 hours)

• C3+S Dinner. Deliver from Joy Sushi. CJr had us do a couple of Mad Libs and he also wanted to play a game but I was tired and it was getting late for him. Maybe I should do a different night since Wed CJr has Jiu-Jitsu and he gets back at 1900.

Thu May 07 2026

Sleep 0245 to 0945 (7 hours)

• I finally caught up and listened to the last episode of The Sackhoff Show podcast. Starting this year the show pivoted to a BSG rewatch/react show and I think the episodes are only on Patreon.

Fri May 08 2026

Sleep 0000 to 0800 (8 hours)

• Since I was up early today went to Safeway and they had 8-piece fried chicken for $5.

The second debate, on Apr 28 2026, had the same six candidates as the first and adding two more:

Tony Thurmond (D) - California State Superintendent of Public Instruction.
Antonio Villaraigosa (D) - former Mayor of Los Angeles.

Unfortunately 8 candidates is too many and they were resorting to quick YES/NO questions or asking a question to four candidates and then a variation to the other four. And sometimes people would get skipped. I think Thurmond and Villaraigosa along with Chad Bianco were skipped the most.

Final point totals

• Tom Steyer (7 points)
• Katie Porter (6)
• Matt Mahan (6)
• Steve Hilton (4)
• Antonio Villaraigosa (4)
• Xavier Becerra (4)
• Tony Thurmond (3)
• Chad Bianco (-1)

My notes in PDF: 2026-04-28 CA gubernatorial debate.pdf

I watched the first debate on Apr 22 2026 which had six candidates. I did not know them previously -- maybe heard Katie Porter and Xavier Becerra from previous elections. The candidates and my thoughts after watching the debate.

Steve Hilton (R) - political commentator. Kind of (just a bit) reminds me of Ukraine's president Volodymyr Zelenskyy (because I just read a book about the Ukraine's presidents) who was a tv entertainer tending towards political humor and was initially a fairly bad president because of his political inexperience and it took an invasion to rally his government.

Chad Bianco (R) - sheriff of Riverside. Comes off as the typical rural Californian. I particularly dislike the argument that you can magically make more money appear by cutting fraud and abuse in government. Politicians say it, it's never done, and it becomes a code word for "cut government programs I don't like".

Tom Steyer (D) - billionaire. Surprisingly came in second and he had a lot of good answers. But the dude is 68 years old and after Biden and Trump I'm not sure I'm up for having an aged head of state government.

Katie Porter (D) - US Representative. Rather vague answering questions. Other candidates would say one or two plans of action and she didn't have any.

Xavier Becerra (D) - former US Secretary of Health and Human Services. I guess the most politically experienced of the group as he kept saying it over and over. For state governor I'd rather have someone with too much experience than no experience.

Matt Mahan (D) - Mayor of San Jose. Well spoken and had a lot of good replies though maybe too much "this is how we fixed it in San Jose" which might work for the 12th biggest city in the US but might not work at the state level.

I took notes and scored based on best = 3 points, 2nd best = 1 (or if two best then both = 2), 3 to 5 = 0, 6th = -1 (or 0 if it's about the same as 3-5).

My notes in PDF: 2026-04-22 CA gubernatorial debate

Final rankings

1. Matt Mahan (12 points)
2. Tom Steyer (11)
3. Xavier Becerra (5)
4. Katie Porter (4)
5. Steve Hilton (1)
6. Chad Bianco (0)

That was a lot of work and there are two more debates to do. Not sure I'll do them.

Sat Apr 25 2026

Sleep 0400 to 1200 (8 hours)

• DDO: A couple more Vecna adventures that went faster.

Sun Apr 26 2026

Sleep 0400 to 1200 (8 hours)

• Apple has a pending charge for D.E.B.S on Apr 29 (I bought it Apr 16). Alien 7-Film Collection is on sale for $30 which is the lowest price they ever set it at according to Cheap Charts, although I guess all the movies are on steep discount right now as I'm only saving an additional $5. There is a question if Apple will change the pending charge and combine the two purchases so this is also a bit of a test.

Mon Apr 27 2026

Sleep 0400 to 1200 (8 hours)

• The building next door is tented for termite fumigation. I guess makes me worried a bit about our building since my confidence in Pacific Coast Termite is not that high. Not that they can't do the job once termites are found or reported but that their inspections are rather brief and I think nowadays they depend on customers reporting termite activity.

Tue Apr 28 2026

Sleep 0330 to 1200 (8-1/2 hours)

• I started watching Running Point on Netflix and it's pretty funny, but when Netflix said their ad-tier plan has less commercials than you'd expect that's because they all run on this show. It's like 1-1/2 minute ads three times in a half-hour dramedy never mind the amount of money Sephora paid to be on the show as a major sponsor to the fictional basketball team with subplots revolving around them.

Wed Apr 29 2026

Sleep 0500 to 1215 (7-1/4 hours)

• C3 dinner.

Thu Apr 30 2026

Sleep 0045 to 0730, 30m nap (7-1/4 hours)

• I think I found Viki's auto play setting. It's not in the user settings. When you are playing a video go to options and there is Auto play there. At least for the one episode I turned it on for it worked. What a weird place to put the setting.

Fri May 01 2026

Sleep 0045 to 0845, 30m nap (8-1/2 hours)

• Dr Fari Barzegar from Habitat Engineering and Forensics came today to examine our garage. Older gentleman and friendly, shared an egg salad sandwich with me and explained some of the things he found. I don't think he found anything really major though he'll recommend some more testing. Some miscommunication as he was expecting a retainer check here (and later I found out it was at Manor office). I ended up giving him $1900 cash and I'll get it back from the HOA later.