The Beginning of the Video Blog: Quitting Smoking, Quitting Caffeine, ADHD, and the New Studio
Yesterday’s video blog – I finally got around to putting it on the website 😉
Davis Ray Sickmon, Jr
A Taste for the Medieval
Games, music, and books that feature the Middle Ages The Medieval Period is an era that continues to hold fascination for many, whether due to the prominence of swashbuckling knights in shining armor, the code of chivalry honored by those in the service of the kingdom, or the consecrated kings and their majestic castles. The …
Day 49: No Hate (Why I couldn’t post to my blog earlier today)
No Hate: I wrote a blog entry, and it was going to go up today… but, I can’t release it. Â I started re-editing it, and I realized what I couldn’t bring myself to hit publish: it spoke against my beliefs. Â No, not my religious beliefs – though my personal beliefs are an extension of that …
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Day 48: The Basis Fitness Thing, The Final (beta) Level
The Basis Fitness Thing: So, I’ve got a new toy. Â I hadn’t planned on buying one this month, but, it ends up being Kat and I’s Valentine’s Day Present to each other (and ourselves). Â She had purchased and tried a FitBit Flex, and didn’t much care for it. Â We both had researched the fitness band …
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Day 47: I Am Broken…
I Am Broken… I paused my workouts for a short bit because my back started hurting. Let’s face it, no need to aggravate a problem, right? Â I also have been making sure to sit upright in my office chair, with my back pressed against the back, so that I am in proper posture. Unfortunately, this …
Day 46: Almost Done, Finally Get To Try My ‘New’ Bicycle
Almost Done The beta version of Jumpman Forever for the Ouya is almost done. Â I’ve still got three more levels to finish tweaking and testing for the secondary character, Red. Â That will occupy most of tomorrow, I’m sure. And, well, I think Red’s levels didn’t actually really come together until today. Â I kept feeling like …
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Day 45: Blah Day. Jumpman Forever Almost Beta
Blah Day. Somedays, you wake up, and things just aren’t right. Today was most certainly one of those days. I woke up without much energy, and my back hurt (not a good sign for getting a workout in. I’m trying not to injure myself.) I make breakfast, and checked out Kat’s truck. I worked on …
Day 45: Catching Up
Catching Up: So, I took two days to write a single blog post, and get it online. Now, you might think I broke my plan to write one blog post per day, every day, for 365 days because of that. I didn’t – I wrote three more blog posts in the same time frame, one …
Day 44: And So Begins The Revolution – Kansas HB 2453, and The Vow
And So Begins The Revolution That sign came with a video game micro-console, the Ouya. Â I always thought it was a little funny that the corner was cut off, making it look like a simplified image of Kansas. Â Kat looked at it, thought it was awesome, and it now resides in the front window of …
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Day 43: This Is Where I Post About Nothing
This Is Where I Post About Nothing: Seriously, there’s no real blog entry here. Â Honestly, I’ve tried writing one, but, I can’t manage to do it without cursing. Â And, it was such a wonderful day until I sat down to blog about Kansas HR 2453. I’ve got a seriously nice haircut, thanks to a friend …
Day 42: First New Workout & Weighin
First New Workout & Weigh In: I didn’t get to workout yesterday because of a fairly ugly backache. Â Today, however, I managed to pull it off – and it was good 🙂 For my weigh in for this week, I’m running a little late. Â My plan was for weigh ins on Sunday or Mondays, but, …
Day 41: Exploring Facial Do’s
Facial Do’s Ages ago, I was a very consistent person. Â From – I’m guessing here – about age 24 to my mid 30’s I had a mustache, goatee, and long hair. I chopped off the long hair in my late 30’s, and ditched the facial hair. Â Then I shaved my head bald. Â Then I grew …
Day 40: Prepped For Workouts
Prepped For Workouts I started struggling with the whole smoking thing, and other things I wanted to focus on for this year – particularly towards the beginning of the year – sort of went by the wayside. Â The two goals in particular that have suffered was working out and eating healthy. The eating healthy portion …
Day 39: Cooking And Sexism
Cooking And Sexism This is a sort of followup to the Egg Noodles post from two days ago, but, a bit of a tangent from it. I had mentioned in the previous post on egg noodles learning to cook from my mom, and having watched my grandmother cook, and picking up some of what she …
Day 38: My New Form of Captcha Anti-Spam Stuff, and Klout Becomes Almost Useful.
My New Form of Captcha Anti-Spam Stuff I’ve got more sites that I maintain than you can shake a stick at. Â And, all of them have to have an anti-spam solution, or else my email gets even MORE clogged than it already does. But, I hate captcha systems – those little randomly generated list of …
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Day 37: Egg Noodles (or, My History With Cooking), And My Egg Noodle Recipe
Egg Noodles (or, My History With Cooking) Growing up, my mother decided I should learn to cook. Â My father though I should learn how to work on cars. Â So, I learned both, along with lots of other stuff ranging from construction to sewing. Â That’s probably why I view gender roles to be fluid. Â I’m fine …
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Day 36: The Words I Just Can’t Form, Muse (returns!)
Words I Just Can’t Form I know what I want to write about today. Â For some reason, though, I just can’t manage to get them to form in a coherent fashion. Â What I want to write about is charity and contributing to the community. Now, there’s a specific reason I want to write about it …
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Day 35: Let it snow :-)
Let It Snow 🙂 My wife tells me I’m sick and twisted: Â I love snow. Â She, however, doesn’t care for snow at all, which is a pity, since we’re getting it right now. Â Well, actually, I should use the past tense, it’s just about over at the moment. Â We were expecting to get 6″ – …
Day 34: Win Some, Loose Some
Win Some, Loose Some Well, you can’t win every day. Â Yesterday, I did perfectly avoiding nicotine. Â Today, not so much – I ended up buying a pack of cigarettes and smoking some. Â Not a lot, but any number greater than zero is less than optimal. Now, here’s the thing: Â I really can’t tell you why …
Day 33: The Accidental Smoking/eCig Brain Hack, I missed Day 32 (Sort of)
The Accidental Smoking / eCig Brain Hack So, today was my first full day of going without nicotine. Â Not just going without cigarettes, going completely without nicotine. Â I have two great eCigs filled with hazelnut vapor liquid (a special blend I asked them to do that has quite a bit more hazelnut flavor), but, here’s …
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Day 32: Shabbat Is Simple
Shabbat Is Simple Shabbat is one of the most simple days of the work for me, at the moment. Â There’s almost nothing I HAVE to do on Friday night / Saturday until sundown. Â (Yes, I’m one of those who does the Sabbath on Friday / Saturday – there’s a whole debate that could be had …
Day 31 of 365: Re-Thinking My Re-Thinking On Smoking (And Learned A Bit More About eCigs)
Re-Thinking My Re-Thinking On Smoking So, after the blood pressure problems from giving myself way too much nicotine with the eCigs the previous week, I had decided I would just drop the eCig thing entirely. Now, after nearly a week without them I can say this: I think I miss them more than I missed …
Day 30 of 365: Jackhammering A Floor, A Good Place To Be
Jackhammering A Floor Tomorrow I get to run a jackhammer for a while. Â Now, this isn’t completely unheard of – from time to time I go help The Plumber break out a floor, do whatever needs to be done, and we pour new concrete. Â We’ve actually got it down to a bit of a science …
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Day 29 of 365: Holding Off a Short Bit, The Magazine Backing Agreement Signed!, The Site Has A Logo, Fixing That Broken Piece
Holding Off A Short Bit I decided to hold off just a short bit on the next quitting smoking attempt. Call it superstitious, but, my last fairly successful attempt started on a Saturday night / Sunday morning. And, well, there might be something to that. If I think it’s going to work better, then it …
Day 28 of 365: That Thing That Broke, Let’s Quit Again!, Fancy Output
That Thing That Broke Ahhh, the joys of trying to keep things running properly on here. Â A couple of days ago, it was the auto-publish feature failing to publish to Facebook (and, it was posting some gibberish anyways – it would post the markup on Linked-In and Google+ if I used auto-publish and the social …
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Day 27 of 365: Auto-Posting Doesn’t, Quinoa / Rice Sushi Mix
Summary:Â You know what’s nice about auto-posting solutions in WordPress / Social Media? Â When it works. Â Trying out a new way of doing makisushi! 🙂 [vc_row][vc_column width=”1/1″][custom_headline type=”center” level=”h2″ looks_like=”h2″ accent=”true”]Auto-Posting Doesn’t[/custom_headline][text_output]I like stuff that just works automatically for me. Â For instance, publishing this blog – I write the entires, and I want it to just …
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Day 26 of 365: RE-Thinking Quitting Smoking
[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/1″][custom_headline type=”center” level=”h2″ looks_like=”h2″ accent=”true”]Re-Thinking Quitting Smoking[/custom_headline][text_output]It was sort of luck that I managed to check my blood-pressure multiple times during the last week of me quitting smoking. Â It was Sunday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday (today-ish) that I managed to check my blood pressure. Now, quitting smoking raises your blood-pressure – heck, modifying in …
Day 25 of 365: Of Ol’ Beans and Nails In Some Guy’s Nose
[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/1″][custom_headline type=”center” level=”h2″ looks_like=”h2″ accent=”true”]Just A Quickie[/custom_headline][text_output] Today was a pretty good day of rest – as it should be 🙂 Â I played around with some video game stuff for a while, contemplated how I’m going to fix my desk height issue (my desk is too short to maintain proper posture when typing / …
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Day 24 of 365: Using Video Games As Protest
[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/1″][custom_headline type=”center” level=”h2″ looks_like=”h2″ accent=”true”]Using Video Games As Protest[/custom_headline][text_output]I rarely get involved in anything like protests. Â In the modern era, a loose group of people protesting has very little effect on overall situations, and often just creates a group of people (themselves) that become vilified by the group they are protesting, who usually tends …
Day 23 of 365: 300,000 Miles, CRAVING, Doing Away With Months Of Work
[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/1″][custom_headline type=”center” level=”h2″ looks_like=”h2″ accent=”true”]300,000 Miles[/custom_headline][text_output] This is one of those little bits of awesome that probably doesn’t even really deserve it’s on spot on the blog, but, it’s my blog and I find it to be awesome, so here it is. The Joker, my 1982 Mercedes 300 Turbo Diesel, hit 300,000 miles. Â The …
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