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Diecast Car Racing

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A few months ago I wrote about my new favorite sport, Marble Racing , something that I'm still very much into (Go Hazers!). Shortly after I got really into watching marbles zoom down sand courses and around formula-1 style tracks, I was turned onto another racing channel. 3DBotMaker is a youtube channel that does something similar to Jelle's Marble Runs, only with 1/64 scale diecast cars. Now I've never been much of a car guy, but my brother and I had hundreds of these diecast cars when were were kids. We'd spend hours making ramps and courses to race them. So naturally I took to watching this after seeing a single race. The ascetics and courses have gotten better and more complex each season. What used to be just plastic track in a room has now become an incredibly elaborate set up with lots of detail using the scenery you'd see on a model train table. Another addition to the production value is a pair of announcers who do commentary on the race, much like wha

Dispatches from Elsewhere

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Are you looking for a quirky, uplifting TV show to help get you through quarantine? Let me introduce the fascinating series from Jason Segel on AMC called  Dispatches from Elsewhere . It's a show about a man who is lost in life, that ends up working alongside others who have found themselves in similar situations. They're all playing a game that's part escape room, part crime solving puzzle. Without giving too much away, each episode immerses you into the lives of the four main players as they navigate the game and their own lives. There are twists and turns, things you don't see coming, and a unique story line. It's so well produced and yet I haven't seen much chatter about it online. The show does some things that I really enjoy, like characters breaking the fourth wall and showing the same scene multiple times from different characters' perspectives. Jason Segel did an amazing job putting this show together and starring in it. It's unlike anyt

2020 Accomplishments - April Update

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March was certainly a chaotic month for us. Christine and the kids were home for the whole month because the schools closed and then moved to distance learning. Working for the Division of Public Health, I've been rather busy dealing with COVID-19 related matters on top of my normal work. Due to the madness, it was a really great month for one of these, okay for one, and a disaster for another. 1)  Write at least 2 blog posts each month My picture of the loaves of Banana Bread that I made blew up on Twitter. Twenty One Pilots released an anthem for our quarantine. 2)  Complete the 10 x 2 Board Game Challenge I was kind of hoping that April was going to bring some extra game playing, but it was difficult with everyone home all of the time. For the second month out of the first four, we didn't play any of our challenge games. The only gaming I did was with the kids. They've really gotten into War and Go Fish lately. I was also able to play a few games of, Drop It,