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It seems that CardHaus is getting out of the board game business and offering some good deals on a reasonable selection of board games. I took the opportunity to nearly double my collection for ~$300. I hope this doesn’t mean they’ll cancel my agricola / caylus order I placed with them last month. They didn’t email me about it…

I went grocery shopping, and came home just in time to avoid getting drenched.

Then I went out & stood in the thunderstorm for several minutes and got drenched. I feel better. Getting to bed (relatively) early this evening will probably also help. =)

Today at work scared all my happies off. Hopefully I find them again soon.

I had a great time here in sf (details will follow), boarding for chicago now. See you again soon.

Every time I come to san francisco, I realize that this is home, and I must move back. When I lived in SF, I did not fly out to Chicago 8 bajillion times a year, and I didn’t feel like I would have, if only I’d had the money.

My BGA’s been good to me. It’s the best job I’ve had so far. I think I should give up on the stupid plans that are indirect about getting what I want. I should develop a reasonable plan for escape to san francisco and say to the relevant parties “I want to stay with this BGA, but I am moving to SF with or without you.”

Now the hard part, actually finding a job.

Who pays for this? Our kids? The weak dollar is directly traceable to our entitlement over-spending and borrowing from foreign countries to pay for it. How long before we fix it? One thing is for sure, the world markets will fix it for us if we don’t fix it ourselves!

What currencies is the dollar weak with respect to? What are entitlement expenditures like under the governments that control those currencies? HTH, HAND

I went with SF Gay Hikers to the south fork of the American River near Sacramento. Lots of folks out, though we appeared to be the only people out there without booze or small children. Had a great time, lots of hanging out, not alot to do, so we swam, did a couple dives off a low cliff (mostly cannonballs, but also a very weak front tuck), shot the breeze. A good time was had by all. lots of playing in the water and swimming alongside the boat. The lack of trunks wasn’t so much a problem, but the lack of appropriate shoes did suck. Walking barefoot on rocks, not fun. =)

I did get a nice sunburn on my upper chest, back and shoulders. Not too bad, should be down to barely noticable by monday. Fun times.

Later on in the evening, went to a board game night with fellow hiker/rafters. I played seafarers of catan for the first time. It’s more interesting than settlers, I think, but it still suffers from all the same problems: excessive randomness, too much time spent trying to make deals (though I do like that interactive aspect of the game), and run away victor problems.

We had very tasty sushi from mikado. I felt kinda bossy and like a know it all, in that I chose where we ordered, and (at his request) what to order for this one guy, as well as giving a quick run down on all the games I bought (I’m way more hardcore as a board gamer than these folks, though not as good at catan, which was kinda what I expected. =) Our hosts had purchased cupcakes from nearby, including a very, very tasty lemonade cupcake.

Need to shower soon for ‘s and ‘s wedding dealy. =)

So, the doc says my elevated liver enzymes are probably due to fatty liver.

What this can eventually lead to:

Fatty liver may cause no damage, but sometimes the excess fat leads to inflammation of the liver. This condition, called steatohepatitis, does cause liver damage.[…]

An inflamed liver may become scarred and hardened over time. This condition, called cirrhosis, is serious and often leads to liver failure.

Things I’m supposed to do about this:

• Lose weight – safely! That usually means losing no more than one or two pounds a week.
  • I am so not obese. But I now have something to wave at my friends who say “pishposh, you don’t need to lose weight, you anorexic queen.” “fuck you, I don’t want to die any earlier than I have to.”
• Lower your triglycerides through diet, medication or both
  • Mine are 24x, 200-500 is high. This means avoid cholesterol and eat fewer calories. Especially fat, saturated fat, and see below.
• Avoid alcohol
  • I’m a lightweight, whom, by the standards of most people I hang out with, barely drinks. But even small amounts are bad. Lovely. Well, So be it.
• Control your diabetes, if you have it
  • My blood sugar is normal, but that’s getting to be a rarity in my family.
• Eat a balanced, healthy diet
  • Busted. More veggies, fewer boca burgers. But that’s hard. Le sigh
• Increase your physical activity
  • I may have to enter into permanent triathlon training mode. On the plus side, if I ever do an Iron Man, most people will not know whether to think I’m crazy or awesome and studly. Probably both. I’ll just think I’m crazy.
• Get regular checkups from a doctor who specializes in liver care
  • That’ll be the next step

The “good” news is that most of the steps involved also help with the other whammy for me, heart disease.

Screw stem cells, I want gene cleansing therapy and I want it now. =)

Between learning about the destination for the sf gay hikers at midway last night, getting into SF after 9, and the gathering for the event being at 9am, I am unable to find a store to sell me boating appropriate shoes or trunks/board shorts. Sucko. This should be interesting.

I am now here, in Hayes Valley at le chateau de and . As previously mentioned, Saturday I go rafting with t3h gays and Sunday my esteemed hosts are getting hitched. Some plans for mon-wed.

I have no board gaming arranged yet, despite going to considerable trouble to pack Puerto Rico, Citadels, Thurn und Taxis, Race for the Galaxy, Mu, Tichu, and Pillars of the Earth. Hopefully some of my effort will be rewarded.

um, whee.

I should go upstairs at some point and say high to