Friday update

It’s been awhile since I updated. I’m fine, but nothing terribly interesting is happening with me.
Monday I went to Die-Nasty. The regular director has come back, so plot development appears to have stopped.
Tuesday I went to Improv class. I don’t think I performed that well. But I’m there to learn.
Wednesday I went running. It was very warm, so I could have worn shorts. But my knee has been acting up so I want to try and prevent undue stress. People complained that they expected me to be in shorts. It’s my shtick. The Running Room was having a meeting, so all the managers from all over North America were there, and they took part in the run. I even met the store manager for the Winnipeg location closest to my parents. She was nice enough and told me about the Manitoba Marathon route. I’m thinking of doing my first marathon there. That way I will have family to cheer me on, as opposed to Edmonton where there is no family. My mother doesn’t think I should ever do a marathon so I’ll need to sneak it past her.
Thursday I sold one of my D&D books to a friend, Jake. I didn’t like the Dragonlance Campaign setting book when I got it. The content wasn’t that interesting, but the killing stroke was the huge illustrations on the sides of each and every page. They took up about 20% of each page. I would have preferred actual content. The best part of the book was the time-line, and I only liked that because it gave a good example of how one should be displayed. I use the same format now in my campaign guide.
Friday. i.e Today. At work we learned that a co-worker was leaving for another company. He had only been with our company for six months, and he seemed able to get away with one day’s notice. As soon as he was out of the cubicle, the vultures descended. People started looking through the remnants for stuff to loot for their cubicle. It sounds grisly, but it is one of the best ways to upgrade your peripherals. It’s hard to get a manager to agree to replace a perfectly good keyboard, for a slightly different ergonomic one. It’s all around easier to just take it from a departing co-worker.
This evening we had another game of Empire Builder. It ended sooner because we were more on the ball of how to play. In the end I won, by a nose. The lowest denomination in the game is 1 million dollars. The goal is to get $250 million and connect six cities. If multiple people are above $250 million, the highest total wins. So I ended with $256 million, while one of my opponents had $255 million.
Tomorrow I’m going to see about scrounging up some money from the bank to buy RRSPs. I’ve squirreled away some in various accounts where it isn’t doing me as good as an RRSP would.
On Sunday I have a run, then an annual meeting of a local theater company. In the evening I have one more attempt at speed dating. Fun fun fun!