Year 50

Year 50 Day 225

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A blurry, badly shot selfie of me walking through a college building carrying a bnowl of holiday candy.

Day 225: I got to spend part of the afternoon wandering around with my wife and handing out holiday candy to whomever we passed. It was a fun way to spread some holiday cheer!

(I’m not terribly happy with this photo, but it’s the one I got. Apparently I’m just having a blurry week.)

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Year 50 Day 223

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Me wearing a “Disco” Star Trek Discovery t-shirt, standing in front of shelves filled with Star Trek books.

Day 223: The longer this “photo-a-day” project goes on, the more difficult it gets; inevitably, I end up with a lot of very similar shots. On the bright side, I’ve made it this far — just 143 more to go! And, really, when it gets tough, I can just stand in front of a shelf full of Star Trek books and someone out there will think that that’s pretty nifty.

Year 50 Day 222

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Me holding a can of Winter Spiced Cranberry flavor Sprite Zero.

Day 222: It’s only available around the holidays, and the Sprite Zero variant is often harder to find, but if you see it, Winter Spiced Cranberry Sprite is really good.

Year 50 Day 221

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Me, wearing a mask and a button-up shirt that’s black on one side and has Santa peeking out from behind the buttons on the other, in a hotel room with holiday decorations and people behind me eating and chatting.

Day 221: Today was the Norwescon December ConCom meeting, followed by the annual holiday party. Lots of good progress at the meeting (including getting not one, but two new website assistants to work with me), and then a fun time chatting at the holiday party. Even got some fun stories from Norwescon history, some of which are for ears only, and not for publication! Plus, many people were amused by my shirt.

Year 50 Day 219

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Me in front of a window looking out onto a rainy courtyard with plants and a pond. A sign on the window says "To whomever placed fish in the pond in the courtyard: DO NOT ADD/PLACE GOLDFISH IN THE POND. There is no one here to take care of them and the building will be going away soon with upcoming construction."

Day 219: It does amuse me a bit that the goldfish in the pond in this campus courtyard just appeared at some point. I’m not sure how long they’ve been there, nor do I know what will happen to them when the building eventually does get demolished, but they’ve survived this long.

Year 50 Day 217

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An underlit in green selfie of me looking skeptical.

Day 217: Almost forgot, so you get a badly lit shot taken with my iPad’s front camera. Not every day’s selfie can be the museum-worthy artwork that I’m sure you all expect.

Year 50 Day 216

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Me holding a can of Libby's pumpkin and a can of Nalley thick chili. Both cans use a yellow-and-brown design with a red-and-white logo.

Day 216: The label design for these two very different things is entirely too similar. One would go very well poured over a baked potato; the other…not so much. And for some reason, we keep putting them next to each other in our pantry (I think my wife does it on purpose; she’s told me that if I open the pumpkin on accident, I have to make pie).