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Progress Report: Nov 2025

  PR #112025 Reported on 30 November 2025 Project 1: Writing     Novels Worked On: 3 of 7     Novels Completed: 0 of 7     Blog Posts Completed: 49/52 (Including Extra Blog Posts) Project 2: Weight Management     Current Weight: 230.0     Weight Loss/Gain: -0.4 in November (-3.4 total in 2025) Project 3: Christmas Gifts     Part 1 Progress: 53%     Part 2 Progress: 50% Project 4: Savings Plan     Amount: $100/$10,000

The Mat-Zemlya Companion, Part 4

      "Something is off with this group. I'm not 100% sure what it is. It didn't take long to recognize it. It took a literal lightning bolt to recognize it. But something isn't right."     "Then let me have them for a time."     "You? You want them?"     "Of course I do. They have the chaotic energy needed in my world to keep the Nodo Fati entangled."     "... You want to keep the Nodo Fait entangled?"     "For now, yes."     "Just for now?"     "You heard me. Look, I will trade you. You take some time with the Time Walker's group that I normally guide, and I will take the newer adventurers."     "Won't they notice something is off?"     "Maybe. Maybe not. But we have to take that risk, Animus. Besides, you can give the Time Walker's group some of your drugs while you're at it. It would make things more interesting."     "Only the ones connected to the T...

Book Review #20

 What Is This Thing Called Love By Kim Addonizio     Has there ever been a time you remembered what you were thinking and feeling when you were intoxicated (primarily alcohol)? I often do, but -until I read this book- I lacked a way of expressing all of the phases I went through when a drink or two slipped down my throat on New Year's Eve or at a family celebration.     I will explain in a slightly odd way how this book's different parts feel like one can after having alcohol. Especially if that "one" is me.      Part One starts not long after I've enjoyed the fullest extent of my two drinks (and maybe one shot) of the night. (I'm a lightweight, I know. Cut me some slack.) It is this fantastical feeling of letting those little erotic/erratic desires and dreams pass through. Letting your mind slip just far enough off its tight leash to explore a thought without really committing to its action. Sometimes out loud, most of the time silently as the re...

RECANI 022015

  Location:      Zioaddon, Andromeda Galaxy Syndicate, Custodius Continuum Description:     Entity is an abnormally large humanoid female. Often naked in its natural habitat, but will take on local attire as camouflage when travelling or hunting. Bald and eyeless. Scholar's Information:     Humanoid female calls herself La Madre (Milky Way Syndicate-language Spanish for "The Mother"). La Madre roams Zioaddon mainly, but can travel AGS randomly. La Madre appears alluring to any humanoid male with limited to no connections to females of any humanoid species. La Madre uses this to coerce humanoid males to join her on Zioaddon. If male is persuaded and proceeds to mate with La Madre, humanoid males join the collective known as Bendito, a localized Hive Mind of humanoid males that serve and fight for La Madre. Bendito cannot be restored to previous identities and can only be killed. If male is repulsed by La Madre, La Madre will attack male with verbal...

Just November Things

 Recently, I've had a rather jolting realization about my life and the general projection of it. Started when I got told that small-ish changes were happening at work. Things that only lent some credence to my current conspiracy theory about my job. I won't share that theory until I leave this job.      On top of that, I found myself in (or at?) odds with my online social life. I go through these phases often. It's usually because the noise is a lot for me. I will gladly make a large social investment to begin with if that means- ~     It was in the middle of the previous thought that I had my actual realization. I realize that I am not very balanced in my social life. Not only that, but I am not a great user of my time and energy. So I guess it's time for me to look into that.     I also should probably look into why I feel the way I do about my job and my social life a bit more. Not sure how to feel about all of that either.