By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Wednesday, October 25, 2023 - 01:16 pm: Edit |
TUESDAY 24 OCTOBER 2023
SPP and SVC approved new Shapeways ships by Zamboni.
SPP worked on Orion MSSB, and gave SVC instructions on more ship art. SPP reviewed the R6 SSD book and sent Shawn one correction.
SVC sent a key memo on a business deal, and finished Lyran ePack 3 for FC and gave it to Jean to check.
Jean, laboring despite severe pain, did orders with Mike.
WEDNESDAY 25 OCTOBER 2023
SVC; I had a doctor appointment (routine checkup, all is well, even improving) and got nothing much done other than turning in SPP's prescriptions for renewal.
SPP had a doctor's appointment and was gone all day.
Jean is still very sick from the infection and took the day to rest. Al stayed with her.
Mike worked on inventory and orders.
By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Friday, October 27, 2023 - 04:23 pm: Edit |
THURSDAY 26 OCTOBER 2023
SVC: Another round of negotiations on a deal for a new product. Shawn sent the corrected page for R6 SSD book so it can be uploaded next week. I worked on Orion art. I didn't SPP's grocery run for the week. It took two hours but the court excused SPP from jury duty for the rest of his life.
SPP: Orion Ship book. Approved fourth SSD for Oct/Nov newsletter.
Jean came in despite her pain and got orders out with the help of Mike and Al.
FRIDAY 27 OCT 2023
SPP worked on Orion ship book.
I ordered Jean to stay home and recover.
Mike worked on orders and inventory.
SVC talked with a new supplier for countersheets. Conference call on the new product deal. Worked on orion art. Got SPP's prescription filled for the rest of the year.
SATURDAY 28 OCT 2023
Day of Rest.
SUNDAY 29 OCT 2023
Day of rest.
MONDAY 30 OCT 2023
Jean and Mike did orders. Jean checked the Lyran card pack 3. Jean got the R6 SSD books uploaded and the new R6 on the shopping cart.
SPP worked on Orion MSSB.
SVC got some work done on Orion MSSB art but spent most of the day arguing with SPP's bank about their screw ups and getting his car serviced.
TUESDAY 31 OCT 2023
Jean and Mike did orders.
SPP worked on Orion MSSB.
SVC did a little work on Orion MSSB art but spent most of the day at the dentist getting the new teeth installed on the implant bolts. It took 12 hours for my jaws to relax after which the new teeth fit fine.
By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Wednesday, November 01, 2023 - 05:18 pm: Edit |
WEDNESDAY 1 NOV 2023
SVC spent most of the day on the mysterious new product deal, and walking Fitbit steps with Jean, but managed to finish LYRAN PACK 3 after making Jean's final fixes. However, it won't PDF so I have to find out why.
SPP worked on Orion MSSB.
Jean and Mike did orders and Jean did accounting and checked the Lyran pack for the last two times.
By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Sunday, November 26, 2023 - 08:23 pm: Edit |
I keep forgetting to post. In recent days, I have worked on the newsletter and on CL55 and on other stuff. Steve P has worked on the Orion MSSB. Jean and Mike got orders out. Albert helped all he could. We did release the newsletter. Jean got myself and Leanna started on joining her church. We all took a four-day weekend to rest. Thor and Odin (the bengal brothers who have destroyed my house) are getting upset at the cold weather as they are jungle cats and want 99F not 45F.
By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Wednesday, December 06, 2023 - 05:11 am: Edit |
DECEMBER 1
Jean and Mike did orders.
Steve Petrick worked on Orion MSSB.
Steve Cole took Leanna in for eye surgery.
DECEMBER 2-3
Weekend.
DECEMBER 4
Jean and Mike did orders.
Steve Petrick worked on Orion MSSB.
Steve Cole had skin cancer surgery on top of his head. Pulling the skin tight to close the hole was extremely painful and he spent the rest of the day unconscious on pain killers.
DECEMBER 5
Jean and Mike did orders.
Steve Petrick worked on Orion MSSB.
Steve Cole had more skin cancer surgery, this time on his neck, and it hurt (a lot) while the surgery from the previous day also continued to be very painful.
By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Thursday, December 07, 2023 - 04:14 am: Edit |
DECEMBER 6 WEDNESDAY
Jean and Mike did orders. Steve Petrick worked on the orion book.
I came in for a bit but the pain from the skin cancer surgery was so intense that I was clearly going to get nothing done, so I went home. I got feeling very sick, and was running a fever. The surgeon's office said I had a surgical infection and sent me some antibiotics which put an end to the fever. I took pain pills and zoned out for the rest of the day. I don't think I'm going to make it to work Thursday.
The problem is that while the cancers are the minor kind easily removed, they leave a hole. The hole has to be closed because on the skull there are always blood vessels in play, but the skin is already tight so pulling the hole closed creates incredible pain. This is the third time this year that I had one on my skull and the skin up there has not yet stretched to accommodate the situation so all three of them hurt when the third one went in. And I have one more to be done on 27 Dec which is in between two of the others, so stretching is going to be very painful. I was warned to expect at least a week off from work for the fourth and hopefully last one.
DECEMBER 7 2023
Basically the same report as 6 Dec. Going home to take pain killers and sleep.
By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Monday, December 11, 2023 - 01:18 am: Edit |
FRIDAY DECEMBER 8
I managed to get some work done despite continuing pain, creating three ship cards for the newsletter. That was going to happen for 10 Dec but due to the surgical pain will be later that week.
Jean and Mike did orders.
Steve Petrick worked on Orion MSSB.
DECEMBER 9-10, WEEKEND
Everybody rested. Due to bad weather, most people stayed in their homes. We had a tiny bit of quick-melting snow Saturday but mostly it was just cold and wet and windy.
DECEMBER 11, MONDAY
I got two whole hours of work done before I had to go attend to errands.
Steve Petrick got about that much done before his doctor appointment.
Jean and Mike and Albert got orders out.
DECEMBER 12, TUESDAY
I got some work done before I had to go run errands.
Steve Petrick had a doctor appointment.
Jean and Mike got orders out.
DECEMBER 13, WEDNESDAY
I got quite a bit of work done but had to go do Petrick's grocery shopping for the week. I stopped by Jean's church and completed the paperwork for membership.
Steve Petrick worked on Orion MSSB.
Jean and Albert dealt with a car problem.
By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Friday, April 19, 2024 - 12:39 am: Edit |
I have been remiss (again) and haven't made a blog entry in months. We haven't been asleep, just busy. We did a review of the company and changed some things (more later) and are getting some stuff done.
SFB: Steve Petrick has finished the Orion MSSB except for art (which I am scheduled to do all of next week). Steve has also completed the revisions of the next of the old SFB modules to be updated (more later).
F&E: The staff is reviewing where we are with things. All they want to talk about is the warbook but all I want to talk about is Civil Wars. So I told them, finish CW and we'll chat about the warbook after that.
FC: We have sent a new small thing to press. More later.
ACTASF: I have had the finished Book 3 on my desk for months without time to work on it. I asked the traditional question ("Why am I the only one who can figure out how to do page layout?") when Jean's husband Albert (who sometimes drops by the office) said "I can do that." and I said "You are hired. Get Tony to send you the updated Book Three files." It may take him a month to get that finished (it is tedious) but I can go work on art for Orion MSSB while Albert does that. Albert is also taking over most of the care and feeding of Steve Petrick so I can focus on products. Jean is also editing new packs of ACTASF roster cards that will be new releases not updates when finished May 1st.
Starmada: Mr Kast says he's back to work on RUMORS OF WARS.
Captain's Log #55; with the fiction story in the bag we can do this sometime this summer.
A mysterious water leak at the warehouse was traced to a metal rod which was stuck into the roof at an angle, causing the water to enter. Jean thinks this is a piece of pipe which some aspiring Olympic javelin thrower hurled into the air and it just happened to stick in the roof of our warehouse. I think it was a certain foreign government which is upset with things said about them on the BBS which had a satellite drop a 'rod from orbit' onto our roof.
By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Tuesday, April 23, 2024 - 11:59 pm: Edit |
UPDATE (NEW PRODUCT) 23 APRIL 2024
Federation Commander Booster #39 is back from the printers and will be available on the cart as soon as Jean does the paperwork to get it into the inventory system.
I did the first six Orion ship art pictures for the Orion MSSB today and hope to finish that project next week. However, interruptions are constant.
Steve Petrick is almost done with the next SFB update although we are still waiting for one of three companies to give us a quote on countersheet reprints.
Al is starting on ACTASF Book 3 page layout.
The F&E staff thinks they're going to drop into my office in October to do the basic set update. I have reminded them that until they get CIVIL WARS finished we won't be doing ANY rulebook updates.
I took Monday off as a mental health day. I spent about half Today running errands that somehow nobody else can accomplish.
Tomorrow I have to go have an uncomfortable conversation with the dentist and oral surgeon who did my new upper teeth and make them confront the fact that the lab which build the teeth did it wrong, causing damaged to the existing and previously just fine lower teeth. I have been complaining for months that the denture is just wrong and finally threw a loud enough fit to get an appointment. I may take a lawyer with me, or a gun. Thursday I will miss the whole day of work having the fifth skin cancer surgery in five months. Friday I will miss much of the day because Leanna volunteered me to be the one man allowed to help set up her ladies' club party, which I am not allowed to attend on Saturday. If you guys knew half of what's been happening for the last two years you'd be absolutely amazed that anything at all got finished.
By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Friday, April 26, 2024 - 12:17 am: Edit |
25 April: I got some work done on Orion art on Wednesday and a little on Thursday. I gave Petrick a bunch of basic hull printouts to mark up so I can turn them into the variant ships.
I also got the Romulan K6R done for SFB and FC for release in the newsletter tomorrow.
The dentist Wednesday admitted that the denture was done wrong and offered to replace it for free, which would take months of appointments. We discussed things and he offered to try a quick fix that might work. So far, it's not as bad as it has been for the last six months. I had that nasty skin cancer removed from my arm today but lost the whole day of work (except for a 15 minute staff meeting) and just came up from the pain killers long enough to check the BBS. They cut a hole that was 1.5 inches long and 0.75 inches wide out of my arm and dug kinda into the insides to get all of the roots and branches, but that should avoid chemo/radiation. The good news was they did another check of my body and nothing new has shown up in the last two weeks. That is five cancers cut out of me during Dec-April.
APRIL 26: I had a nice lunch with SPP, then went to the office. He's working on updating Module K while I worked on Orion art. I did a few Orion pictures, but mostly I did the "covers of a sort" for FC BOOSTERS 37, 38, and 39. I think the newsletter is almost done and will release it Monday.
Any of you of that mindset can say a prayer for Jean who will be having serious surgery on Monday to eliminate a very painful problem that has plagued her all year.
APRIL 27 SATURDAY: I did absolutely nothing and it felt great.
APRIL 28 SUNDAY: I rested and played Penguin Kingdom.
APRIL 29 MONDAY: Jean's surgery was successful and she is resting at home. I did the seven Orion DW art pictures for the Orion MSSB. Every time I started a new ship I found another error in the original art which had to be corrected in all of the ships done earlier today. Steve Petrick and Leanna both had doctor appointments that took hours of waiting for a 5 minute chat with the doctor. No word on SPP but all of Leanna's issues disappeared since her last appointment and her new diet and the church exercise program reduced her weight considerably. I got some good news from the church about the summer schedule. I ordered two copies of WHY ARE THERE NO CATS IN THE BIBLE, one for the pastor and one for the church library.
TUESDAY APRIL 30: I took the day off to rebuild my mental health. Leanna and I drove into town, picked up a bucket of KFC, and took it to Jean's house to check on her recovery and spare her from Albert's cooking.
By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Thursday, May 09, 2024 - 03:22 pm: Edit |
MONDAY 6 MAY: SVC and SPP worked on Orion art. SVC did all art for which instruction had been given.
TUESDAY 7 MAY: SPP had a doctor appointment. SVC took the day off for mental health and to practice being retired.
WEDNESDAY 8 MAY: SPP worked on Module K, Orion MSSB, and ISC MSSB. SVC did preliminary work on the remaining Orion art.
THURSDAY 9 MAY: Staff meeting reviewed situation. Albert (SVC's assistant) assigned to compile a "check in list" for non-Amarillo staffers to update their projects. Newsletter sent out; next issue 10 July. (Mike West later assigned to do an SSD for this issue.) Need to hear from vendors quoting on countersheets we need. Jean reported that the Civilian and Fed ship rosters for ACTA-1.2 had been posted and the Klingons were nearly done with proofreading corrections.
After the meeting, SPP and SVC completed all 58 Orion ship graphics and all of the gunboats. We have done some of the X ships and one of the Y ships; we lack 4 X-ships and about 10 Y ships.
FRIDAY 10 MAY: It was trash day for SVC; he cleaned up all of the little non-design messes left behind as design work moved forward. SVC: Helped SPP get some bills paid. Mike West sent in the SFB version of the Selt BBL so I gave it and the older FC version to SPP for review. Got gas in my car. Emailed three companies about getting quotes on die cut counter reprints (one answered right away with hopeful news, both of the others also had good news). Updated SPP prescription list, medical emergency document, and check register. I posted the recent FYEO articles. I went to SPP's bank to fix an issue. I went to the grocery store to restock DDP and protein bars. I went through SPP's mail and answered/filed it all. I sent Simone updated versions of KC6R. I updated the product release schedule.
By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Saturday, May 11, 2024 - 03:51 am: Edit |
You might not know that I updated the previous post each day, lots of interesting info.
SATURDAY 11 MAY 2024: The Great Squirrel Hunt. Odin and Thor were asking for their Saturday morning romp in the great outdoors, so I got dressed. When I opened the door, the three of us were only 3 feet from a big fat squirrel eating birdseed on the patio. The cats and squirrel all exploded in the first squirrel hunt the boys had ever experienced. The squirrel made it 50 feet across the yard and 25 feet up a pecan tree. The boys were inches behind him but reached only 20 feet (by actual measurement) in the tree before running out of things they could climb. After a brief standoff, the boys came down but watched the tree carefully. I brought them back inside and left a handful of peanuts for the squirrel, who came down 15 minutes later and was last seen chomping peanuts.
By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Monday, May 13, 2024 - 10:30 pm: Edit |
MONDAY 13 MAY 2024
I finished the Orion MSSB art and will stick it into the book tomorrow.
I started on the next big project, the reprints of F&E sheets KILO (new version of K+L), VULCAN (new version of V1+V2), STRAT (new version of "Strategic Ops Four"), and INDIGO (just any mistakes anyone knows about).
TUESDAY 14 MAY 2024
I inserted 88 pieces of Orion art and discovered 23 that I did wrong or was never told to do.
Minor doctor appointment. Just a few minutes to pull stitches.
Moved the front of Strat Ops to the new format.
WEDNESDAY 15 MAY 2024
SPP worked on the Orion book and the ISC book and the K revision.
I was gone most of the day at the dentist but worked on Orion art, doing 10 of the 23 missing ships.
THURSDAY 16 MAY 2024
Staff meeting reviewed projects, told SPP that when Orion was done he was to focus on K revision not ISC book. Mike raised a question of how many STRAT sheets are in StratOps that needs to be resolved. (Mike was right; it has three.)
FRIDAY 17 MAY 2024
I worked on Orion Art and F&E counters. SPP worked on the Orion MSSB and on the revision to K.
SATURDAY-SUNDAY
Everybody took the weekend off.
By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Monday, May 20, 2024 - 11:02 pm: Edit |
MONDAY 20 MAY 2024
I worked on Orion art, finally getting a grip on the republican guard ships. I also worked on Strat Ops counters. SPP worked on K and Orion.
TUESDAY 21 MAY 2024
I lost half of the day to errands and appointments but got the SIERRA sheet updated and revised the art for the Orion Republican Guard ships. Albert gave me the first chapter of ACTASF book 3 that he had done.
WEDNESDAY 22 MAY 2024
Lots a chunk of the day to doctor appointment but at least I got an outstanding rating on my lab tests. I had to leave an hour early to help set up for the church dinner. In the meantime I thought I finished the Orion art.
THURSDAY 23 MAY 2024
The company picnic. A good time was had by all.
FRIDAY 24 MAY 2024
I inserted the 23 corrected pieces of art in Orion MSSB and found ten more bad pieces that I had to fix. I fixed them and one was still bad. I fixed it and SPP printed the Orion MSSB for me to do the first pass of proofreading.
By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Friday, May 24, 2024 - 10:10 pm: Edit |
The log has been updated. We will be closed Saturday, Sunday, and Monday.
By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Tuesday, June 04, 2024 - 05:23 pm: Edit |
MAY 27 MEMORIAL DAY: day off. I proofread 20 pages of ORION MSSB.
MAY 28 TUESDAY: I worked on finishing the Orion book and starting on countersheets, updating and posting sheet VULKAN. I proofread 40 pages of ORION MSSB.
MAY 29 WEDNESDAY: I updated and posted sheet KILO.
Jean had cataract surgery. I proofread 50 pages of ORION MSSB, completing my part of the project.
MAY 30 THURSDAY: I updated and posted sheet SIERRA. SPP worked on ORION MSSB. Leanna and I tried a new restaurant. Good flavor but barely any food on the plate. We won't go back.
MAY 31 FRIDAY: I updated and posted sheet KILO again.
By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Tuesday, June 04, 2024 - 05:25 pm: Edit |
MONDAY JUNE 3: I lost much of the day to a doctor appointment (good report, no skin cancer) and worked on countersheets. Petrick is working on fixing my proofreading marks on ORION MSSB. Jean was at her desk doing orders.
TUESDAY JUNE 4: I worked on countersheets and non-design issues. Petrick worked on Orion MSSB. Jean was at her desk doing orders. SPP told me on the drive to his home that he had finished making the corrections, but had some questions he had to go over with me on a handful of items.
WEDNESDAY JUNE 5: worked on counters. Updated and posted VULCAN. Went over SPP questions.
THURSDAY JUNE 6: Updated and posted SIERRA. Did art corrections for SPP orion book.
FRIDAY JUNE 7: More countersheet updates.
SATURDAY/SUNDAY: installed cat-proof door knobs on closets in bedroom.
By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Monday, November 11, 2024 - 01:22 am: Edit |
SUNDAY 10 NOVEMBER -- DAY 104
Stayed home, rested, exercised. Leanna made chili.
By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Monday, November 11, 2024 - 04:06 am: Edit |
In theory, tomorrow (Monday, veterans day) will be my official first day back at work. I plan to spend the day catching up on financial reports.
Tuesday I may get some time at the office but half of it will be lost running errands. I have got to get my car serviced; I think it needs a new battery but it may have deeper electronic issues. I also have to go back to my doctor to get blood drawn for lab reports. The lab was closed when I was there last week.
By Paul Franz (Andromedan) on Monday, November 11, 2024 - 10:50 am: Edit |
Question: did Leanna make Cornbread to go along with the Chili?
By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Monday, November 11, 2024 - 11:34 am: Edit |
No, she did not. At our age, we no longer eat that much at one time.
By Ted Fay (Catwhoeatsphoto) on Monday, November 11, 2024 - 11:42 am: Edit |
SVC: Good to see you back working and engaged on the BBS.
By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Monday, November 11, 2024 - 08:50 pm: Edit |
MONDAY 11 NOVEMBER— DAY 105
Our respect and thanks to all veterans.
Fifteen weeks after the fall.
Leanna stayed home. I drove to town, ate a BBQ sandwich at my favorite hole in the wall, got to the office, did the first pass at the third quarter financial reports, took Steve Petrick home, picked up excellent KFC for supper, went home to watch the end of season two of THE DIPLOMAT.
By Paul Franz (Andromedan) on Monday, November 11, 2024 - 08:57 pm: Edit |
Steve,
Ah. Understood.
By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Tuesday, November 12, 2024 - 07:06 pm: Edit |
TUESDAY 12 NOVEMBER -- DAY 106
Best laid plans go agley. It was supposed to be lunch, errand #1, drop at office, Leanna appointment, Leanna do errands #2-#4, pick me up, go home.
Instead, errand #1 took so long that we had to go straight to her appointment without dropping me at the office. The appointment took so long there was no point in taking me to the office, and no time to get the other errands done if we had taken me to the office.
Tomorrow I have physical therapy in the middle of the day, not leaving enough time to make it to the office.
By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Wednesday, November 13, 2024 - 06:22 pm: Edit |
WEDNESDAY 13 NOVEMBER -- DAY 107
I had physical therapy which didn't leave time to get to the office for long enough to be worth the drive. In a zoom call with DJT I turned down the appointment as Director of National Intelligence because I want to retire and travel not start a new career. I suggested my friend Tulsi for the post.
By Stephen G. Parry (Mutant) on Thursday, November 14, 2024 - 09:21 am: Edit |
SVC
Just as well - you can't have a Director of Intelligence who is more intelligent than the boss, that simply will not do...
By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Friday, November 15, 2024 - 08:25 am: Edit |
THURSDAY 14 NOVEMBER -- DAY 108
Drove to town for family lunch.
Went to office, was not feeling well but checked email, went over financial statements with Jean, finished one of the eight countersheets I needed to do last July, and did a survey of work to be done on the others. Ran some errands.
By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Saturday, November 16, 2024 - 12:17 pm: Edit |
FRIDAY 15 NOVEMBER 2024 -- DAY 109
Drove to town by myself, had lunch at Doug's BBQ Shack, went to do an errand for Leanna, emptied the scrap cardboard boxes she had put in my car, got gas, finally got to the office. Had a meeting with Jean and Mike about counters we need to print. Worked on adding silhouettes to the KILO sheet which will replace K and L. Picked up supper on the way home. Watched a Spanish-production scifi movie about astronauts stranded on Mars without enough food, water, and air to survive until the rescue mission arrived.
By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Sunday, November 17, 2024 - 09:41 pm: Edit |
SATURDAY 16 NOVEMBER 2024 -- DAY 110
Leanna and I went to a party at her ladies' club, then the grocery store and some other errands. Then home. I did my exercises.
By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Sunday, November 17, 2024 - 09:43 pm: Edit |
SUNDAY 17 NOVEMBER 2024 -- DAY 111
I got up at 4:30am to go get Leanna her favorite doughnuts. We cooked lunch and watched TV. I did some exercises. We clean up one part of the den and ordered some stuff we need to continue the house reorganization we had started in July and left on pause since I fell.
By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Monday, November 18, 2024 - 10:32 pm: Edit |
MONDAY 18 NOVEMBER 2024 -- DAY 112
Went to town, picked up SPP, and we had lunch together (just us Steves) for the first time since July. Worked on countersheets, doing most of the silhouettes on the KILO sheet before I ran out of time. Got home and (momentarily forgetting that I cannot walk) walked across the kitchen and back before I realized what I was doing.
By MarkSHoyle (Bolo) on Tuesday, November 19, 2024 - 09:17 pm: Edit |
Good to see your body taking some control back away from your brain.....
By Carl-Magnus Carlsson (Hardcore) on Tuesday, November 19, 2024 - 10:00 pm: Edit |
Call the zombie hunters... :D
By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Tuesday, November 19, 2024 - 10:46 pm: Edit |
TUESDAY 19 NOVEMBER 2024 -- DAY 113
Leanna and I drove to town, hand lunch, ran an errand, went and got the blood tests our doctor ordered, and then Leanna went home. I worked the rest of the day, finishing KILO and all of its reports and the reports on VULKAN. I contacted a new possible source for die-cut counters.
By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Wednesday, November 20, 2024 - 07:26 pm: Edit |
WEDNESDAY 20 NOVEMBER 2024 -- DAY 114
My physical therapy schedule didn't leave any block of time big enough to get to the office so I stayed home and rested. The therapist said I was making fantastic progress and gave me entirely new exercises to do. Leanna and I went to the church family night dinner and we saw a lot of friends.
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