Gratitude
Okay, gonna take a somewhat serious tack (for a change) and make the kind of post that's usually reserved for Thanksgiving. Forgive me waxing all serious 'n stuff, on a blog that's normally about having fun, but it's important to me.

It's been a sobering and difficult year for pretty much everybody. When the economy sucks and there's a lot of uncertainty about jobs and the future, it impacts pretty much everything else. I have a lot of friends and acquaintances who have lost their jobs. It's like 2001 all over again - only worse. And it's not likely to be a swift recovery.

I guess I should knock on wood here, but I feel very lucky to be where I am, doing what I'm doing, and to be in a home that we bought at the end of the LAST recession that isn't killing us with the mortgage and is still worth more than we paid for it. Things have gotten a little bit more tight (as it has with everyone), but so far we're weathering the storm okay. Times like these do remind me of how grateful I am for the important things in life - family, friends, and faith. A lot of things change and are uncertain these days, but those are not.

(Of course, as a gamer and someone who deplores boredom, I'm also pretty dang grateful for indie games, Netflix, GOG.com, Live Arcade, and an overflowing back-library of D&D 3.5 materials to help me keep my entertainment budget in check. :) But that's all of tertiary importance.)

Anyway, I apologize for the non-gaming-related public reflection here, but it's been on my mind.
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