It's that time again. The regulars know how this works. The new arrivals may need a quick course.

(Yes, much of this is a straight paste from the last time. Maybe I can't format or code to save my life, but I can occasionally paste without breaking a file.)

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In the present, I've been trying to focus on a future which, in the best case, is more than a year away. The possibility of making it to Tokyo for their MLP convention in (approximately) May of 2025, and the gradually-advancing marathon run of trying to reach the required total.

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The headline:

That's a name which probably isn't familiar to those outside the States, along with a number of those who live here. It may take a few minutes for you to catch up. And once you come to know him, there's a very good chance that you won't exactly like him. Not liking him is sort of a bipartisan thing.

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This isn't a pleasant story. In telling the group about what happened through the medium of this blog, I'm hoping to make a few people think. Passing on the details of events -- or rather, mostly doing so. Because in writing this, I'm not going to include any names. Not just yet, anyway. Those who want an ID on the self-assigned 'victim' of the tale are welcome to come into the chat server, and we'll be happy to fill you in. (Not that the primary online ID may still be good -- but if you

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The questions you ask yourself on Kickstarter...

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...I've been struggling to find words for most of the day.

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Every so often, logging in to my Patreon account will generate a popup: this is generally the site trying to tell me about a new feature. In this case, I've been given the ability to write posts which only members on the 'Free' tier would see. As discussed in an earlier blog, anyone can join without actually making a pledge, and it gives them the ability to -- read certain posts. So now I can put up things just for the free members, and

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Just a little 5.2 (or so) Richter. My entire building swayed for several seconds, and I had one item fall off a shelf. Other than abruptly-spiked stress levels which don't want to go down again, that's it.

...it's not as if I haven't dealt with this before. I used to live on a volcano. Having the local landscape play Vibro-Massage with the world was quasi-normal. But I don't expect to go through it here.

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In the present, I haven't been having a good couple of days.

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I promised a transparent vote. As such, I took screenshots of the Google Surveys results. However, those images are currently being hosted by the chat server, and nothing else. Those links have a nasty tendency to break, and I may have to replace them several times.

...I swear this isn't stalling.

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