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MY DAY: 1 Jan (Wednesday) 2014 I stayed home to rest and spent the day watching British scifi on Roku (HMS Camden Lock). I have no idea what the weather was like. I did manage to ensure that everyone ate black-eyed Peas which is required in (or you’ll be cursed with bad luck all ). APOD: stupid skyline, not astronomy. Lunch: leftovers.

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Friday, January 10, 2014 - 04:15 pm: Edit

MY DAY: 2 Jan (Thursday) 2014 Got to the office at 10:45. Weather: 33F, sunny. Daily Routine: list: Hungarosaurus. BBS: 20. Forum: 4. Out box: 46. APOD: astronauts, NOT astronomy. Jigsawdoku 2:42. : Duck Dynasty. Web crawl completed at 1:22. Lunch: turkey at Furr’s. Email: Overnight spam 107 plus 56 during the day. SPP work: Sick all day, tried to work on battlegroups. JES work: customer service, deleted a fake person. SVC work: Sick all day, just got email done and went to take a nap on the sofa.

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Friday, January 10, 2014 - 04:16 pm: Edit

MY DAY: 3 Jan (Friday) 2014 Got to the office at 10:10. Weather: 41F, cloudy. Daily Routine: APOD: comet Lovejoy. Lunch: BBQ at BF. Email: Overnight spam 81. SPP work: Checked his email and went home to recover from the Hideous Rotting Plague. JES work: BBS cleanup, various maintenance issues. SVC work: Very sick, I just checked my email while on a run to pick up medicine and went back home.

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Friday, January 10, 2014 - 04:16 pm: Edit

MY DAY: 4 Jan (Saturday) 2014 Got to the office at 10:20. Weather: 42F, cloudy. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: Therizinosaur. BBS: 21. Forum: 1. Out box: 48. APOD: waste of time. Jigsawdoku 2:19. Web crawl completed at 1:35. Lunch: Chicken bits at Malcomb’s. Email: Overnight spam 105 SPP work: Sick, stayed home. SVC work: I did the THIS WEEK blog but otherwise I just napped and coughed. By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Friday, January 10, 2014 - 04:16 pm: Edit

MY DAY: 5 Jan (Sunday) 2014 Got to the office at 3:14. Weather: 25F, clear skies. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: auctions. BBS: 23. Forum: 1. Out box: 49. APOD: shell galaxy NGC474. Jigsawdoku 2:18. Web crawl completed at 4:28. Lunch: Leanna cooked meat and potatoes. Read FYEO for 1st. Email: Overnight spam 56 plus 7 during the day. SPP work: Came in and worked a few hours. Leanna work: Came in and worked a few hours. SVC work: Came in and worked a few hours. Jean work: Stayed home, being the only sane one of us.

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Friday, January 10, 2014 - 04:17 pm: Edit

MY DAY: 6 Jan (Monday) 2014 Got to the office at 2:30 after being sick all morning. Weather: 28F, clear blue skies. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: . BBS: 22. Forum: 4. Out box: 50. APOD: NASA photo, not astronomy. Jigsawdoku 2:21. Web crawl completed at 5:47. Lunch: chicken salad at Malcomb’s. Email: Overnight spam 146 plus 34 during the day. Events: Announced we are not going to Origins. SPP work: Sick, but worked on a few things. JES work: Blogs, BBS stuff, flamewar. SVC work: Did Communique 97. Joint Venture Projects: 2500: received a shipment of prototypes from Mongoose but was too sick to review them.

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Friday, January 10, 2014 - 04:17 pm: Edit

MY DAY: 7 Jan (Tuesday) 2014 Got to the office at 10:10. Weather: 33F, clear skies. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: Ceratosaurus. BBS: 36. Forum: 1. Out box: 47. APOD: M7 scorpius star cluster. Jigsawdoku 2:23. Web crawl completed at 2:25. Lunch: steak & eggs at PCS. Read FYEO for 2 Jan. Email: Overnight spam 92 plus 139 during the day. SPP work: Despite being sick, worked on CL48. JES work: Communique, PHP issues, 2425 page, Gencon, Traveller. SVC work: Despite being sick I sent Comm 97 to the staff and did some work on the new 2425 page.

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Friday, January 10, 2014 - 04:18 pm: Edit MY DAY: 8 Jan (Wednesday) 2014 Got to the office at 11am. Weather: 40F, mostly clear. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: color. BBS: 17. Forum: 4. Out box: 48. APOD: sunspot. Jigsawdoku 2:03. Web crawl completed at 3:27. Lunch: pasta at Cheddar’s. Read FYEO for 3-4-5 Jan. Email: Overnight spam 88 plus 94 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 699. Customer Request Wednesday: Too sick to do it. SPP work: sick, but did a few things. JES work: getting sick, did a few things. SVC work: Sick, but managed to write the year-ahead blog and do some minor things. Did first look at two new 2400s and one new 2500.

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Friday, January 10, 2014 - 04:18 pm: Edit

MY DAY: 9 Jan (Thursday) 2014 Got up early and very sick, but had skin cancer surgery scheduled and went anyway. Turned out to be a bigger (if still minor) deal than expected but I was so bad afterwards that I went home to bed and never made it to my desk. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: tyrannosaurus. APOD: tadpole nebula IC410. Ann Coulter: immigration. SPP work: CL48 battlegroups. JES work: Blog, uploaded Romulan Armada, did her parts of HF, worked on smartphone background project, did Talkshoe even though she should have been in bed with plague.

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Monday, January 13, 2014 - 05:34 pm: Edit

MY DAY: 10 Jan (Friday) 2014 Got to the office at 10:25. Weather: 47F, clear skies. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: Goniopholidid. BBS: 19. Forum: 4. Out box: 55. APOD: Helix nebula. Jigsawdoku 2:22. Web crawl completed at 2:15. Lunch: BBQ at BF. Read FYEO for 6 Jan. Industry mailing lists: Patreon. Starlist 20762. Email: two days spam 376 plus 103 during the day. SPP work: CL48 battlegroups. JES work: Proofed HF, publicized HF/Comm, publicized Romulan Armada, Blogs, Starlist issues, bounced mail issues. SVC work: reviewed prototypes and CGIs for 2500s. Posted nine days of MY DAY. Joint Venture Projects: 2500: Tholian TK5 and DN approved to go into a master mold (but not enough ships to do one); Klingon B10 sent back with multiple errors. TPD: Jean was pushing Mike W to get fixes sent back in. ACTASF: Tony Thomas reorganizing rulebook.

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Monday, January 13, 2014 - 05:34 pm: Edit

MY DAY: 11 Jan (Saturday) 2014 Got to the office at 10:30. Weather: 47F, clear skies. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: pack. BBS: 28. Forum: 6. Out box: 48. APOD: Seagull Nebula. Jigsawdoku 2:19. Web crawl completed at 1:07. Lunch: pork steak at Tx Roadhouse. Read FYEO for today. Get your allowance. Email: Overnight spam 47 plus 27 during the day. SPP work: JES work: SVC work: I did the THIS WEEK blog, but mostly rested.

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Monday, January 13, 2014 - 05:35 pm: Edit

MY DAY: 12 Jan (Sunday) 2014 Got to the office at 12:50. Weather: 68F, cloudy, windy. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: Spanish dinos. BBS: 26. Forum: 4. Out box: 48. APOD: scale of the universe. Jigsawdoku 2:13. Web crawl completed at 2pm. Lunch: enchiladas at LFG. . Exercise: took Ramses on patrol. Email: Overnight spam 74. SPP work: Came by to check email. LMC work: Worked four hours on orders. JES work: Customer support from home. SVC work: Came in to check email and keep Leanna company.

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Monday, January 13, 2014 - 05:35 pm: Edit

MY DAY: 13 Jan (Monday) 2014 Got to the office at 9:51. Weather: 41F, some clouds. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: poposaurus. BBS: 24. Forum: 2. Out box: 48. APOD: movie from 1902. Jigsawdoku 2:03. Web crawl completed at 10:11. Lunch: BBQ at Rub Shack; Jean never did get a properly cooked ribeye and was really upset. Read FYEO for 12+13 Jan. Email: Overnight spam 73 plus 103 during the day. Events: SVC got a haircut. SVC and SPP got flu shots. Markie got WAY too many puppy treats. SPP work: CL48 battlegroups. JES work: Customer service, Traveller, website. SVC work: Started final attack on CL#48. By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Saturday, January 18, 2014 - 06:10 pm: Edit

MY DAY: 14 Jan (Tuesday) 2014 Got to the office at 12 noon. Weather: 53F, partly cloudy. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: bone pathology. BBS: 24. Forum: 2. Out box: 48. APOD: stupid skyline. Jigsawdoku 2:21. Web crawl completed at 12:48. Lunch: steak & eggs at PCS. Email: Overnight spam 129. SPP work: CL48 battlegroups. JES work: Proofreading Fed MSSB, customer support, deleting fake people from BBS and Forum. SVC work: Leanna and I did not feel well, went home early.

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Saturday, January 18, 2014 - 06:11 pm: Edit

MY DAY: 15 Jan (Wednesday) 2014 Got to the office at 9:45am. Weather: 36F, a few clouds. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: Marine . BBS: 23. Forum: 2. Out box: 49. APOD: Orion nebula. Jigsawdoku 2:01. Web crawl completed at 10:53. Lunch: CFS at Calico. Read FYEO for 14+15. Exercise: walked around the block. Email: Overnight spam 170 plus 99 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 698. SPP work: CL48 battlegroups & campaign update. JES work: Proofread FMSSB, customer service, BBS. SVC work: Sick most of the day, I got little done.

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Saturday, January 18, 2014 - 06:11 pm: Edit

MY DAY: 16 Jan (Thursday) 2014 Got to the office at 12:20. Weather: 51F, some clouds. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: Pterosaur tracks. BBS: 20. Forum: 2. Out box: 48. APOD: Despina, Moon of Neptune. Jigsawdoku 2:25. Ann Coulter: Sharpton vs Christie. Web crawl completed at 2:02. Lunch: nice steak at Saltgrass. Read FYEO for today. Exercise: walked around the block. Email: Overnight spam 153 plus 51 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 711. Events: SVC had the second round of skin cancer surgery, which took some time but was all clear in the end. SPP work: CL48 battlegroups & campaign update. JES work: Rangers, Mongoose customers, proofreading CapLog, Traveller, Scanning other forums. SVC work: After surgery (and a good lunch) I didn’t do much but the admin stuff I had to do and I took a long nap.

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Saturday, January 18, 2014 - 06:11 pm: Edit

MY DAY: 17 Jan (Friday) 2014 Got to the office at 10:40. Weather: 39F, clear blue skies. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: ornithischian combat. BBS: 21. Forum: 3. Out box: 48. APOD: M83 galaxy. Jigsawdoku 2:34. Web crawl completed at 1pm. Lunch: BBQ at BF. Read FYEO for today. Industry mailing lists: custom dice. Email: Overnight spam 49 plus 31 during the day. Business Friday: Interesting chat with secret agent DN. SPP work: CL48 battlegroups & campaign update. FMSSB. JES work: Marketing, customer service, proofreading Fed MSSB, traveller corrections. SVC work: Not feeling well but got some work done on CL48 and other projects.

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Saturday, January 18, 2014 - 06:12 pm: Edit

MY DAY: 18 Jan (Saturday) 2014 Got to the office at 9:30. Weather: 38F, clear blue skies. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: Protoazin. BBS: 16. Forum: 4. Out box: 48. APOD: worthless. Jigsawdoku 2:34. Web crawl completed at 9:56. Lunch: pork steak at TX roadhouse. Read FYEO for today. Starlist 17366, 85225. Email: Overnight spam 94 plus 42 during the day. SPP work: CL48 battlegroups & campaign update. JES work: Fixing incomplete upload to DTRPG, spammer on BBS, IP blocked from BBS, pushed Mike W to get Traveller stuff done, marketing to fanzines, proofreading CL48. SVC work: Another interesting chat with secret agent DN. Did a page of CL48. Helped Petrick with an SFB question on landing parties. Reset the office management system. Helped Jean handle a marketing permission request. Did this THIS WEEK report. Caught up on blog posts.

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Wednesday, January 22, 2014 - 02:42 pm: Edit

MY DAY: 19 Jan (Sunday) 2014 Got to the office at 4:15. Weather: 66F, windy, some clouds. Daily Routine: I just came in for an hour to clear up my desk for Monday. I took Ramses hunting and he whipped the neighbor cat Cocoa in a border dispute APOD: spiral galaxies collide. Jean deleted a fake BBS person and helped some new starlist people. By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Wednesday, January 22, 2014 - 02:42 pm: Edit

MY DAY: 20 Jan (Monday) 2014 Got to the office at 10:08. Weather: 46F, clear skies. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: Gobivenator. BBS: 20. Forum: 6. Out box: 48. APOD: Baryons. Jigsawdoku 2:33. Web crawl completed at 10:30. Lunch: chopped steak at Dyer’s. Read FYEO for 19-20. Starlist 68128. Email: Overnight spam 64 plus 59 during the day. SPP work: CL48 FedComm battle groups. JES work: Blogs, deleted a fake person, helped forum user, proofread Captain’s Log #48. SVC work: CL48 stuff.

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Wednesday, January 22, 2014 - 02:42 pm: Edit

MY DAY: 21 Jan (Tuesday) 2014 Got to the office at 10:20. Weather: 40F, clear blue skies. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: Sisteronia. BBS: 22. Forum: 4. Out box: 48. APOD: comparison of apparent moon sizes. Jigsawdoku 2:08. Web crawl completed at 12:30. Lunch: turkey at Furr’s. Read FYEO for today. Email: Overnight spam 87 plus 100 during the day. SPP work: CL48 FedComm battle groups. JES work: Starlist, Simone’s job search, CL48 input article, proofread Battle Groups. SVC work: Set up the file for Comm 98. Worked on CL48 fiction.

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Thursday, January 23, 2014 - 05:53 pm: Edit

MY DAY: 22 Jan (Wednesday) 2014 Got to the office at 9:50. Weather: 36F, high clouds. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: Atopodentatus. BBS: 24. Forum: 1. Out box: 48. APOD: nothing to do with astronomy. Jigsawdoku 2:04. Web crawl completed at 10:14. Lunch: steak & eggs at PCS. Read FYEO for today. Industry mailing lists: convention payment systems. Email: Overnight spam 114 plus 112 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 708. Events: Jean got delivery of her new furniture. Customer Request Wednesday: graphics wanted. JES work: CL48 proofreading. SPP work: CL48 FedComm battle groups. SVC work: CL48 fiction. Dentist appointment.

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Sunday, January 26, 2014 - 04:39 pm: Edit MY DAY: 23 Jan (Thursday) 2014 Got to the office at 10am. Weather: 15F, cloudy. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: Australornis. BBS: 32. Forum: 2. Out box: 48. APOD: Perseus double cluster. Jigsawdoku 2:20. Ann Coulter: the myth of Democratic candidate for TxGov Wendy Davis. Web crawl completed at 3:45. Lunch: CFS at Calico. Read FYEO for today. Email: Overnight spam 80 plus 50 during the day. SPP work: CL48 stuff. Battlegroup stuff. Loren Knight fiction. JES work: Review of website revisions Simone is making. Proofreading battlegroups. Blogs. SVC work: CL48 fiction. Conference with Chuck Strong about F&E and StratCon. Review of website revisions Simone is making. Loren Knight fiction.

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Sunday, January 26, 2014 - 04:39 pm: Edit

MY DAY: 24 Jan (Friday) 2014 Got to the office at 9:55. Weather: 25F, mostly clear. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: Quetecsaurus. BBS: 23. Forum: 2. Out box: 48. APOD: supernova in M82. Jigsawdoku 2:29. Web crawl completed at 1:05. Lunch: BBQ at BF. Read FYEO for today. Email: Overnight spam 133 plus 87 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 724. SPP work: CL48 stuff. JES work: Marketing. Battlegroups. SVC work: CL48 fiction, all day, except for a little time formatting the fiction database. Joint Venture Projects: 2500: got news that new King Eagles and Kzinti DNs are en route. TPD: Jean was hounding Mike West for the rest of the fixes to the existing chapters. ACTASF: The rest of the topics were opened and Tony was busy with new rules.

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Sunday, January 26, 2014 - 04:39 pm: Edit

MY DAY: 25 Jan (Saturday) 2014 Got to the office at 10:30. Weather: 49F, clear skies. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: Parabohaiornis. BBS: 20. Forum: 2. Out box: 48. APOD: Mars rover. Jigsawdoku 2:20. Web crawl done at 1:45. Lunch: CFS @ YB. Read FYEO today. Email: Overnight spam 47 plus 41 during the day. SPP work: JES work: Marketing PDFs, proofreading battle groups. SVC work: Fiction database updates. CL48 fiction. THIS WEEK report. Reset the MY DAY system. Joint Venture Projects: 2500: got the new KE and ZDN proof copies for inspection before production begins.

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Wednesday, January 29, 2014 - 06:08 pm: Edit

MY DAY: 26 Jan (Sunday) 2014 Got to the office at 3:25. Weather: 64F, clear blue skies. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: Caenagnathid. BBS: 23. Forum: 1. Out box: 48. APOD: sunspots up close. Jigsawdoku 2:11. Web crawl completed at 4:01. Lunch: Leanna cooked pork chops. Exercise: very long hunting trip with Ramses. Email: Overnight spam 38. SVC: I came in for an hour to clear my desk for Monday.

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Wednesday, January 29, 2014 - 06:09 pm: Edit

MY DAY: 27 Jan (Monday) 2014 Got to the office at 10:05. Weather: 19F, cloudy all over. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: . BBS: 18. Forum: 1. Out box: 48. APOD: celestial road. Jigsawdoku 2:48. Web crawl completed at 10:44. Lunch: BBQ at YB. Read FYEO for yesterday and today. Email: Overnight spam 62 plus 130 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 720. SPP work: CL48 stuff. JES work: Other forums, fliers, blogs, traveller, Simone’s search for a real world job. SVC work: CL48 tribbles fiction, getting to the important turning point, but I hate it when I have to write good fiction to order on command and under a deadline.

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Wednesday, January 29, 2014 - 06:09 pm: Edit

MY DAY: 28 Jan (Tuesday) 2014 Got to the office at 9:55. Weather: 15F, clear skies. New on e23: Asteroid Zero-Four. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: Parabohaiornis. BBS: 19. Forum: 0. Out box: 48. APOD: spiral galaxy M83. Jigsawdoku 2:47. Web crawl completed at 10:45. Lunch: salmon at PCS. Email: Overnight spam 130 plus 110 during the day. SPP work: CL48 monster article. JES work: CL48 proofreading, Uploaded Asteroid Zero Four to e23, drivethru, and wargame vault, story conference. SVC work: Breakthrough on tribbles story.

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Tuesday, February 04, 2014 - 06:42 pm: Edit

MY DAY: 29 Jan (Wednesday) 2014 Got to the office at 10:30. Weather: 31F, clear skies. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: . BBS: 19. Forum: 1. Out box: 49. APOD: Jelly doughnut on Mars! Jigsawdoku 2:19. Web crawl completed at 2pm. Lunch: pork chops at YB. Read FYEO for yesterday and today. Email: Overnight spam 141 plus 110 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 732. SPP work: CL48 monster article updates and corrections. JES work: Proofreading CL48, marketing, customer service, dealing with stuff on non-ADB forums, convention request. Took Markie back to vet as he’s still off his feed. SVC work: I worked on the tribbles story all day while ignoring as many distractions as possible.

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Tuesday, February 04, 2014 - 06:43 pm: Edit

MY DAY: 30 Jan (Thursday) 2014 Got to the office at 10:30. Weather: 59F, cloudy. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: Abelisauridae. BBS: 13. Forum: 1. Out box: 49. APOD: pretty, but no astronomy. Jigsawdoku 2:28. Ann Coulter: immigrants mostly vote Democrat. Web crawl completed at 3pm. Lunch: chicken salad sandwich at Malcomb’s. Industry mailing lists: Kickstarter advice. Email: Overnight spam 128 plus 73 during the day. Events: Jean took Markie back to vet, he’s still not eating. SPP work: CL48 stuff. JES work: Proofreading CL48 SVC work: Finished the tribble story for CL48.

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Tuesday, February 04, 2014 - 06:43 pm: Edit

MY DAY: 31 Jan (Friday) 2014 Got to the office at 10:17. Weather: 26F, cloudy. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: Tasmaniosaurus. BBS: 17. Forum: 2. Out box: 49. APOD: weird and NOT astronomy. Jigsawdoku 2:32. Web crawl completed at 1:50. Lunch: BBQ at BF. Read FYEO for 30 and 31. Industry mailing lists: Kickstarter. Email: Overnight spam 151 plus 131 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 733. Events: Robert Diamond visited the ADB offices. Events: Markie got to home home, but not all was well. SPP work: CL48 stuff. JES work: Proofreading CL48 SVC work: CL48 stuff, admin stuff.

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Tuesday, February 04, 2014 - 07:00 pm: Edit

MY DAY: 1 Feb (Saturday) 2014 Got to the office at 11am. Weather: 29F, cloudy. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: . BBS: 23. Forum: 2. Out box: 49. APOD: pretty dust clouds. Jigsawdoku 2:13. Web crawl completed at 2:30. Lunch: grilled chicken at Malcomb’s. Read FYEO for today. Email: Overnight spam 54 plus 11 during the day. SPP work: CL48 stuff. JES work: CL48 proofreading. Markie. SVC work: CL48 stuff. Reset the office management system. Did the THIS WEEK blog.

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Tuesday, February 04, 2014 - 07:01 pm: Edit

MY DAY: 2 Feb (Sunday) 2014 Got to the office at 2:15. Weather: 29F, cloudy. We had about 0.1 inches of snow last night and this morning. Daily Routine: BBS: 18. Forum: 2. Out box: 49. APOD: useless skyline. Web crawl completed at 3. Lunch: Leanna cooked chili. Read FYEO for today. Exercise: two minute walk with Ramses (all he wanted of the weather). Industry mailing lists: Kickstarter. Email: Overnight spam 50. Markie: Passed away late Sunday night. SPP work: CL48 stuff. JES work: Customer support from home. SVC work: Came in for an hour to clear desk.

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Tuesday, February 04, 2014 - 07:01 pm: Edit

MY DAY: 3 Feb (Monday) 2014 Got to the office at 10am. Weather: 29F, cloudy. Daily Routine: BBS: 24. Forum: 1. Out box: 49. APOD: lunar landscape from Jade Rabbit. Jigsawdoku 2:13. Web crawl completed at 12:25. Lunch: BBQ at YB. Email: Overnight spam 71 plus 100 during the day. SPP work: CL48 stuff. JES work: Time to reflect. SVC work: Trying to order a stone for Markie’s grave, I became so upset that I had to be taken home. I felt better late in the day and took Ramses for a hunt in 39F weather, which lasted longer than I'd have thought.

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Tuesday, February 04, 2014 - 07:02 pm: Edit

MY DAY: 4 Feb (Tuesday) 2014 Got to the office at 10:10. Weather: 30F, cloudy, snowing. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: how many new dinos? BBS: 20. Forum: 3. Out box: 49. APOD: particle beam jet HH24. Jigsawdoku 2:10. Web crawl completed at 5:03. Lunch: turkey at Furr’s. Read FYEO for today. Email: Overnight spam 118 plus 127 during the day. Events: Markie was laid to rest on his own plot of ground (not the city’s mass grave). We went to the SPCA to interview replacements and selected (for a one-week trial) a pygmy mix (of who knows what) named Wolfie. I doubt if he’s six pounds but he looks for all the world like a teeny tiny collie- shepherd mix. SPP work: CL48 stuff. JES work: SFU Handbook. SVC work: CL48. Building repair contractor.

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Thursday, February 06, 2014 - 06:22 pm: Edit

MY DAY: 5 Feb (Wednesday) 2014 Got to the office at 9am. Weather: 3F, cloudy. Tiny trace of show that by noon was a howling snowstorm. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: Avaceratops. BBS: 28. Forum: 1. Out box: 49. APOD: spiral galaxy 2683. Jigsawdoku 2:31. Web crawl completed at 10:17. Lunch: chicken alfredo at Cheddars. Read FYEO for today. Industry mailing lists: Gencon. Starlist 93003. Email: Overnight spam 127 plus 93 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 738. Events: snowstorm, early evacuation. Customer Request Wednesday: graphic request. SPP work: CL48 Stuff. JES work: Proofreading CL48, blogs, spammers. SVC work: CL48 Stuff.

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Thursday, February 06, 2014 - 06:24 pm: Edit

MY DAY: 6 Feb (Thursday) 2014 Got to the office at 10:07. Weather: 5F, cloudy, four inches of snow, packed powder on streets. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: turtle. BBS: 23. Forum: 2. Out box: 49. APOD: not astronomy. Jigsawdoku 2:19. Ann Coulter: Chris Christi. Web crawl completed at 3:28. Lunch: roast beef, potatoes, green beans at marketing meeting. Read FYEO for today. Industry mailing lists: Gencon parking. Starlist 79911. Email: Overnight spam 137 plus 138 during the day. Events: Snow made driving difficult and turned me into the ladies’ chauffer with no time to work on the company’s business. SPP work: CL48 stuff. JES work: Marketing seminar, customer service, blogs, proofreading. SVC work: Another wasted day of a wasted year. Between picking up Jean, going home early to meet the cable guy, and chauffering the women to one appointment or another, I didn’t spend enough time at my desk to get my chair warm. I did take Jean to a web marketing seminar that she found fascinating with a lot of stuff to "fix" on our website and which I found to be almost totally irrelevant to ADB’s business. After throwing a fit I was left alone for two blissful hours of worthwhile work on CL48.

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Wednesday, February 12, 2014 - 08:52 pm: Edit

MY DAY: 7 Feb (Friday) 2014 Got to the office at 10:40. Weather: 21F, clear skies, sunny. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: dimetrodon. BBS: 26. Forum: 3. Out box: 49. APOD: not astronomy. Jigsawdoku 2:24. Web crawl completed at 3:07. Lunch: BBQ at BF. We took the ladies there because the bad weather made it hard for them to go somewhere on their own; they hated the food and complained about the chairs. Read FYEO for today. Industry mailing lists: GenCon parking. Starlist 98372; sorted Washington state Email: Overnight spam 112 plus 63 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 730. Events: Wolfie was officially adopted by Jean and officially became a member of the ADB staff. SPP work: CL48, office routine, taking Jean to SPCA. JES work: Adoption paperwork, proofreading. SVC work: Got Communique 94 finished.

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Wednesday, February 12, 2014 - 08:53 pm: Edit

MY DAY: 8 Feb (Saturday) 2014 Got to the office at 10am. Weather: 39F, partly cloudy. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: Darwin. BBS: 26. Forum: 1. Out box: 50. APOD: spiral galaxy 5101. Jigsawdoku 2:13. Web crawl completed at 4:52. Lunch: pork at Texas Roadhouse. Read FYEO for today. Industry mailing lists: Gencon. Starlist Essex UK. Email: Overnight spam 93 plus 24 during the day. SPP work: CL48 scenarios. JES work: Proofread Communique, finished her part of Hailing Frequencies, customer service. SVC work: CL48. This week blog. Reset the office management system. Got Communique 98 out to staff.

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Wednesday, February 12, 2014 - 08:53 pm: Edit

MY DAY: 9 Feb (Sunday) 2014 Got to the office at 3:30pm. Weather: 26F, cloudy. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: hadrosaur. BBS: 25. Forum: 1. Out box: 50. APOD: asteroid Itokawa. Lunch: Leanna’s famous burgers. Email: Overnight spam 70. SVC work: I came in for an hour to clear up my desk and to get 16 pages of CL48 onto Jean’s desk.

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Wednesday, February 12, 2014 - 08:53 pm: Edit

MY DAY: 10 Feb (Monday) 2014 Got to the office at 10:40. Weather: 15F, cloudy, snowing. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: Triceratops. BBS: 28. Forum: 1. Out box: 49. APOD: not astronomy. Jigsawdoku 2:13. Web crawl completed at 3:10. Lunch: CFS at YB. Exercise: 10 minute polar exploration with Wolf and Jean. Industry mailing lists: is PAX a participatory show or a sit and watch show? Email: Overnight spam 110 plus 100 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 731. SPP work: Getting major chunks of CL48 to SVC. JES work: Hailing Frequencies, Communique, Blogs. SVC work: I did the F&E Paravian stuff which put six pages on Jean’s desk.

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Wednesday, February 12, 2014 - 08:54 pm: Edit

MY DAY: 11 Feb (Tuesday) 2014 Got to the office at 9:30. Weather: 20F, cloudy. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: Polesinesuchus. BBS: 28. Forum: 1. Out box: 51. APOD: heart & soul nebula. Jigsawdoku 2:33. Web crawl completed at 6:24. Lunch: salmon at PCS. Exercise: 10 minute walk with Wolf. Email: Overnight spam 137 plus 149 during the day. Events: The Valentine Flower Fairy delivered roses to the three ladies of the ADB Coven. Heard that Mongoose had the Noble Armada contract taken away from them. The new w23 website went live and was … not very functional. SPP work: CL 48 stuff. JES work: Proofreading CL48. Warehouse 23 debacle. SVC work: CL48 monster article (5 pages), lost empires campaign update article (4), merchant operations (2), sent to Jean (total 11, grand total 33).

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Wednesday, February 12, 2014 - 08:55 pm: Edit

MY DAY: 12 Feb (Wednesday) 2014 Got to the office at 10:40. Weather: 41F, clear, thin clouds. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: feathered dinos. BBS: 27. Forum: 3. Out box: 51. APOD: worthless skyline. Jigsawdoku 2:11. Web crawl completed at 2:21. Lunch: seafood fettuchini alfredo at Olive Garden. Read FYEO for 9- 10Feb. Industry mailing lists: snarky podcasts. Starlist 43615. Email: Overnight spam 126 plus 69 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 737. Events: Wolf got a good report from his doctor, who says that he’s putting on too much weight to fast because of all the snacks and treats people in the office are feeding him. Customer Request Wednesday: Found lost CL48 stuff. SPP work: Went home with an upset stomach. JES work: proofreading CL48. SVC work: Sent Jean 4 pages of snapshots, then did the formatting and massive rewriting for 15 pages of SFB Battle groups (written by people who cannot compose complete sentences). That means 19 pages today, for a total of 52, which puts me 12 pages ahead of quota, we are 43.88% done.

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Saturday, February 15, 2014 - 08:04 pm: Edit

MY DAY: 13 Feb (Thursday) 2014 Got to the office at 9:50. Weather: 44F, clear. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: climate change at KT boundary. BBS: 24. Forum: 1. Out box: 50. APOD: auriga nebulae. Jigsawdoku 2:15. Ann Coulter: immigration reform ensures Democrats never lose again. Web crawl completed at 12:54. Lunch: CFS at IDK sports bar. Read FYEO for 11-12-13. Email: Overnight spam 158 plus 142 during the day. Event: Conference on 2500 marketing decisions. SPP work: CL48 stuff. JES work: Proofreading CL48 stuff. Warehouse 23 mess. TMP forums. SVC work: CL48, did Starlist page (1) and Eneen Primer (1), and the main article for Galactic Conquest (1.5), total 55.5. By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Saturday, February 15, 2014 - 08:05 pm: Edit

MY DAY: 14 Feb (Friday, Valentine’s Day) 2014 Got to the office at 10:35. Weather: 46F, mostly clear. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: . BBS: 21. Forum: 1. Out box: 51. APOD: heart nebula 1805. Web crawl completed at 6:42. Lunch: BBQ at BF. Read FYEO for today. Exercise: I deliberately parked my car two spaces farther from the lunch restaurant door than I had to. Email: Overnight spam 120 plus 130 during the day. Events: We took Markie’s stone to the pet cemetary. SPP work: Stuff for CL48. JES work: Proofreading CL48. Customer Service. TMP. SVC work: CL48: started at 55.5 pages, did FC command notes and battle groups (6), Conquest Notes (1), Term Papers (1), Total 63.5 pages to Jean in six days.

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Saturday, February 15, 2014 - 08:05 pm: Edit

MY DAY: 15 Feb (Saturday) 2014 Got to the office at 11:45. Weather: 46F, cloudy. Daily Routine: BBS: 26. Forum: 1. Out box: 51. APOD: Thor’s Helmet nebula. Jigsawdoku 2:09. Web crawl completed at 2:38. Lunch: Jean’s mother sent money to send us all to Saltgrass; I had prime rib. Email: Overnight spam 73 plus 9 during the day. Events: Last night I had a sudden and painful itch. Using the usual implement to fix it packed the wax deep against the ear drum, causing extreme pain and dizziness. As I have a chronic ear wax problem I have all kinds of medical stuff to deal with it and managed to get enough out that it no longer hurt or made me dizzy, but I could not hear. This morning I went to the clinic; nurses removed a lot of wax, improving my hearing, but they said that the last part would have to be done surgically on Monday. SPP work: CL48 stuff including proofreading. JES work: Proofreading CL48 and refuting ridiculous mis-information somebody posted on TMP. SVC work: CL48 (63.5 pages yesterday): I did the last two Snapshots (2), the rough draft of commo report (2), the after action and preview page (1), ten questions (1), for 6 pages and 69.5 done. I had to stop because I was exhausted from the rough night last night.

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Friday, February 21, 2014 - 07:29 pm: Edit

MY DAY: 16 Feb (Sunday) 2014 Got to the office at 4:20. Weather: 46F, cloudy. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: teeth. BBS: 22. Forum: 2. Out box: 51. APOD: Eagle Nebula. Jigsawdoku 2:26. Web crawl completed at 5:37. Lunch: Leanna’s burgers. Read FYEO for yesterday. Exercise: took Ramses on a 30 minute walk. Starlist Hong Kong. Email: Overnight spam 47 plus 8 during the day. JES work: Monitored the internet from home. SVC work: CL48: worked on medals list, did the F&E Tactical Note page, did half of the Starline page.

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Friday, February 21, 2014 - 07:29 pm: Edit

MY DAY: 17 Feb (Monday) 2014 Got to the office at 10am. Weather: 46F, clear blue skies. Daily Routine: BBS: 28. Forum: 0. Out box: 50. APOD: tarantula nebula. Web crawl completed at 2:30. Lunch: chicken strips at IDK. Email: Overnight spam 50 plus 40 during the day. SPP work: CL48 stuff. JES work: Mongoose, Spam assault, blocked one spam IP from the BBS, moved a topic to break a spam link, cleared fake people from user database, blogs for the week, proofreading CL48, gathered names for Starline 2500- 2013 ribbons. SVC work: CL48: did the Starline page (1), the why page (0.5), and ended up spending hours finding enough good background questions for that (1) page. Total 2.5 pages, pathetic.

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Friday, February 21, 2014 - 07:30 pm: Edit

MY DAY: 18 Feb (Tuesday) 2014 Got to the office at 10am. Weather: 62F, a few clouds. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: spinosaurs. BBS: 29. Forum: 1. Out box: 50. APOD: rover tracks on Mars. Jigsawdoku 2:15. Web crawl completed at 12:24. Lunch: turkey at Furr’s. Read FYEO for 16-17-18. Exercise: walked around half-block. Industry mailing lists: PAX. Starlist 76137. Cross-checked Texas, deleting duplicates and known-obsolete entries. Email: Overnight spam 110 plus 165 during the day. Ear Crisis 2014: Still only limited hearing in left (good) ear, but I got batteries for the hearing aid for the right ear. About 8:30pm, a pop in my left ear marked the return of normal hearing. SPP work: CL48 proofreading and CL48 stuff. JES work: CL48 medals, CL48 proofreading. SVC work: CL48: medals list (added 2500 ribbons Jean compiled, did the Anarchist page but had to have Petrick work on it before it could be finalized and go to Jean (1). I did the proposals board (1) but am holding it to see if anyone finds another name to be credited for escorts. I did the ACTASF pages (3) which went smoothly because Tony and SPP had done all of the actual work. I did the SFBF page but haven’t finished updating the graphics after Petrick checked it. I don’t know why CL48 has turned into such a hard slog.

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Friday, February 21, 2014 - 07:30 pm: Edit

MY DAY: 19 Feb (Wednesday) 2014 Got to the office at 10am. Weather: 46F, cloudy. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: tracks. BBS: 24. Forum: 1. Out box: 51. APOD: not astronomy. Jigsawdoku 2:28. Web crawl completed at 3pm. Lunch: pork chops at YB. Exercise: walked half a block with Wolf. Starlist 61204. Cross- checked Missouri for duplicates and obsolete entries. Email: Overnight spam 58 plus 150 during the day. Ear Crisis 2014: I woke up with my left ear deaf again but quickly corrected the matter by washing it out. SPP work: CL48 proofreading and new stuff. JES work: CL48 proofreading. Awards list, BBS. SVC work: CL48: Finished the SFBF page (1), the Marine page (0.5), and wrote the FC rules for quantum torpedoes. I wrote the first F&E page but have to wait for cyberboard updates to send it to Jean. I got the awards list finished except for CL48 itself. I played out the (12) SSDs that Petrick did. A total of 91.5 pages have been sent to Jean.

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Friday, February 21, 2014 - 07:30 pm: Edit

MY DAY: 20 Feb (Thursday) 2014 Got to the office at 9:45. Weather: 38F, mostly cloudy. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: T-rex pursuit. BBS: 21. Forum: 2. Out box: 51. APOD: not astronomy. Jigsawdoku 2:21. Ann Coulter: Obamacare was sold on lies to accomplish secret goals. Web crawl completed at 10:46. Lunch: BBQ at Dyer’s. Read FYEO for 19-20. Starlist no requests. Email: Overnight spam 77 plus 90 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 722. SPP work: CL48 stuff and proofreading. JES work: Uploaded SFB Designer Expansion #1 to Drive Thru, publicized it. Chatted with a guy publishing Traveller in Italian. Wrote the input guide article for CL48. Proofread a lot of pages of CL48. SVC work: CL48: Wrapped up F&E intro page (1). Did the FC online/pbem/ships page (1). Did the FC Intro page (1). Did the SFBOL/PBEM page (1). Reminded Jean to do the tribbles article and the input guide article. I did Vanaxilth (4). I did one of Mike West’s planets for prime directive (1). I did Jean’s input guide article (1). A total of 102 pages have been sent to Jean. In other news, I sent a bunch of ship backgrounds to Josh Driscoll to make 3rd Generation SFBOL SSDs.

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Friday, February 21, 2014 - 07:30 pm: Edit

MY DAY: 21 Feb (Friday) 2014 Got to the office at 9:30. Weather: 40F, mostly clear. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: stolen skull. BBS: 23. Forum: 3. Out box: 51. APOD: Lighthouse Nebula. Jigsawdoku 2:34. Web crawl completed at 12:17. Lunch: BBQ at BF. Industry mailing lists: Kickstarter lessons. Starlist 48188. Cross-checked Michigan. Email: Overnight spam 85 plus 134 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 726. SPP work: CL48 stuff. JES work: CL48 proofreading. SVC work: CL48: I processed Paul’s warlord article (0.5) that I got last night. I wrote the FC version of the Carnivon rules, made Petrick’s fixes, and sent them to the staff. Petrick brought me the ship yard report so I did that (4) and printed out the Paravian SIT (3.5). At this point, 110 pages have gone to Jean.

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Tuesday, February 25, 2014 - 09:22 pm: Edit

MY DAY: 22 Feb (Saturday) 2014 Got to the office at noon after taking a morning off. Weather: 62F, clear blue skies, wall of clouds in the far northern sky. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: marine tetropods. BBS: 16. Forum: 4. Out box: 49. APOD: M44 star cluster. Jigsawdoku 2:21. Web crawl completed at 7:45pm. Lunch: chicken and salad at Malcolm’s. Starlist 94510. Email: Overnight spam 14 plus 17 during the day. SPP work: CL48 scenarios and proofreading. JES work: Proofread 25 pages of CL48. SVC work: did the Carnivon DW, Paravian CA & DW (3). Made changes and send them to the staff. Did the THIS WEEK blog. Reset the office management system. Did the CL48 SIT and sent it and the SSDs to the F&E staff.

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Tuesday, February 25, 2014 - 09:23 pm: Edit

MY DAY: 23 Feb (Sunday) 2014 Got to the office at 3:35. Weather: 34F, high thin clouds. Daily Routine: BBS: 20. Forum: 4. Out box: 48. APOD: Saturn ring plane. Lunch: Leanna’s famous pork chops. Industry mailing lists: Kickstarter. Email: Overnight spam 20 plus 7 during the day. SPP work: Proofread CL48 stuff. JES work: Social media from home. SVC work: Came in and did two SFB scenarios and the two pages of F&E Q&A. So busy with CL48 I forgot to go read the Sunday cartoon.

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Tuesday, February 25, 2014 - 09:23 pm: Edit

MY DAY: 24 Feb (Monday) 2014 Got to the office at 10:19. Weather: 38F, high wispy clouds. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: evolution. BBS: 20. Forum: 3. Out box: 48. APOD: galaxy core. Web crawl completed at 1pm. Lunch: sausage at YB. Email: Overnight spam 53 plus 161 during the day. SPP work: CL48 proofreading. JES work: proofread 9.5 pages. SVC work: I did the last two SFB scenarios, the three FC scenarios, and added a snapshot, then I did the table of contents and verified the page count was right (144). At this point the only thing we don’t have is the seven Starmada pages. I processed the staff reports and sent Jean the FC carni/para rules, so she has 137 pages (lacking only Starmada) and has done 95.

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Tuesday, February 25, 2014 - 09:23 pm: Edit

MY DAY: 25 Feb (Tuesday) 2014 Got to the office at 10:20. Weather: 28F, cloudy. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: Pachyrhinosaurus. BBS: 27. Forum: 3. Out box: 48. APOD: Pleiades. Web crawl completed at 2pm. Lunch: turkey at Furr’s. Email: Overnight spam 81 plus 168 during the day. SPP work: proofread 24 pages. JES work: proofread 24 pages. Customer service. SVC work: CL48 Tactical paper ranks. Started on making fixes (48 done).

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Tuesday, March 04, 2014 - 08:58 pm: Edit

MY DAY: 26 Feb (Wednesday) 2014 Got to the office at 10am. Weather: 21F, cloudy. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: tracks. BBS: 28. Forum: 2. Out box: 47. APOD: not astronomy. Jigsawdoku 2:39. Web crawl completed at 10:32. Lunch: awful pizza. Email: Overnight spam 82 plus 114 during the day. New on e23: Captain’s Log #34 Customer Request Wednesday: posted tactical note titles and authors for CL48. SPP work: Proofreading CL48. JES work: Proofreading CL48 SSDs. SVC work: Made fixes to 27 pages of CL48.

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Tuesday, March 04, 2014 - 08:58 pm: Edit

MY DAY: 27 Feb (Thursday) 2014 Got to the office at 10am. Weather: 44F, sunny. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: non-dino stuff. BBS: 22. Forum: 1. Out box: 47. APOD: silly. Jigsawdoku 2:33. Ann Coulter: minimum wage issue designed to cover Obamacare. Web crawl completed at 3pm. Lunch: steak & eggs at PCS. Email: Overnight spam 84 plus 152 during the day. SPP work: CL48 stuff. JES work: CL48 stuff. BBS defense and cleanup. SVC work: received and placed the Starmada stuff, but that left a space Jean claimed for her battlegroup project. CL48 Stuff.

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Tuesday, March 04, 2014 - 08:59 pm: Edit

MY DAY: 28 Feb (Friday) 2014 Got to the office at 10:25. Weather: 62F, sunny. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: teeth. BBS: 24. Forum: 2. Out box: 46. APOD: worthless skyline. Lunch: BBQ at BF Email: Overnight spam 89 plus 75 during the day. SPP work: CL48 fixes. JES work: CL48 fixes. Publicized CL34 on PDF. SVC work: CL48 fixes.

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Tuesday, March 04, 2014 - 08:59 pm: Edit

MY DAY: 1 March (Saturday) 2014 Got to the office at 10:40. Weather: 46F, cloudy. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: tailbones. BBS: 20. Forum: 2. Out box: 47. APOD: spiral galaxy 7331. Jigsawdoku 2:33. Web crawl completed at 22:22. Lunch: CFS at YB. Exercise: 45 minute rabbit hunt with Ramses. Email: Overnight spam 67 plus 1 during the day. Events: birthday party for my cousins Paige and Rebecca. SPP work: Took the day off. JES work: final fixes CL48. Defense of the BBS. SVC work: final fixes CL48. Did the THIS WEEK blog.

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Tuesday, March 04, 2014 - 08:59 pm: Edit

MY DAY: 2 March (Sunday) 2014 Stayed home to rest, but I did check the BBS from home. Weather: 10-15F, cloudy. APOD: sunset on Mars (from lander).

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Tuesday, March 04, 2014 - 08:59 pm: Edit

MY DAY: 3 March (Monday) 2014 Got to the office at 10:30. Weather: 15F, cloudy. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: Teyuwasu. BBS: 22. Forum: 0. Out box: 46. APOD: 12 habitable exoplanets. Jigsawdoku 2:09. Web crawl completed at 1:38. Lunch: Chicken salad sandwich at M. Exercise: walked half a block with Jean and Wolf. Email: Two days of spam 129 plus 119 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 739. Events: Tried to go have cancer surgery but Obamacare had screwed up my policy so the doctor would not do it. Later I called in and they said I owed $14. Then Leanna called in and it said we owed $1400. We had already paid that 5 weeks ago. Check in with Artists: Adam says CL48 cover will be here "really soon." (Did not show up the next day.) SPP work: Advanced Missions SSD updates. JES work: Blogs, customer service, CL48 cover meeting. SVC work: Back cover for CL48 (with a new format), article for a book on wargaming history by MIT.

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Tuesday, March 04, 2014 - 09:00 pm: Edit

MY DAY: 4 March (Tuesday) 2014 Got to the office at 9am. Weather: 32F, cloudy. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: Theropod ootaxa. BBS: 19. Forum: 0. Out box: 47. APOD: solar prominence. Jigsawdoku 2:40. Web crawl completed at 1pm. Lunch: pork chops at YB. Read FYEO for 21-22-23-24-25-26-27-28 Feb. Exercise: half block walk with Wolf & Jean. Industry mailing lists: death of Aaron Alston. Starlist 33626. Email: Overnight spam 68 plus 120 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 732. SPP work: Advanced Missions SSD updates. JES work: MIT article, Ranger reports, customer service, updating convention stuff for Hailing Frequencies, Starlist welcome mail. SVC work: catching up on delayed items, reading FYEO, working on MIT article, answering email I ignored during the Captain’s Log work period, three pages of SupFile48.

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Thursday, March 06, 2014 - 10:37 am: Edit

MY DAY: 5 March (Wednesday) 2014 Got to the office at 12:30. Weather: raining. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: stolen tracks. BBS: 19. Forum: 3. Out box: 47. APOD: running chicken nebula. Web crawl completed at 3pm. Lunch: CFS at Calico. Read FYEO for 1-2-3-4-5 March. Exercise: walked half a block. Email: Overnight spam 130 plus 82 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 728. Uploaded to DriveThru/Wargame Vault: Alien Armada. Customer Request Wednesday: Reviewed and rejected two scenarios as boring. SPP work: Catching up on stuff that did not get done during CL48, finding more call-out notes. JES work: Uploading PDFs; meeting about PDF upload schedule, Working on DTRPG categories, Rangers. SVC work: Finished MIT article. Revised ACTASF part of CL48 to delete two Call Out Notes that we had previously rejected and replaced them with two new ones. ======

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Thursday, March 06, 2014 - 10:37 am: Edit

MY DAY: 6 March (Thursday) 2014 Got to the office at 9:10. Weather: 44 F, clear skies Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: fossil color. BBS: 16. Forum: 2. Out box: 47. APOD: Stardust nebula NGC 1331. Jigsawdoku 2:21. Ann Coulter: the foreign policy disasters of Democrat presidents. Web crawl completed at 9:30. Lunch: somewhere in Lubbock. Exercise: walking around museums. Email: Overnight spam 64. Events: Jean, Leanna, and I took the day off and drove to Lubbock to see museums, a penguin exhibit, a prairie dog town, and my alma mater. SPP work: Advanced Missions SSD update.

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Monday, March 10, 2014 - 07:15 pm: Edit

MY DAY: 7 March (Friday) 2014 Got to the office at 9:25. Weather: 59F, a few distant clouds. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: feather pigment. BBS: 16. Forum: 3. Out box: 47. APOD: boring skyline. Web crawl completed at 2pm. Lunch: tried to have BBQ at BF but it was awful so they brought me roast beef instead. Exercise: took Ramses for a 45 minute bunny hunt. Email: Overnight spam 237 plus 144 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 735. SPP work: Advanced Missions SSD book (R1 finished). JES work: Contacted Adam about CL48 art. Got FC RRB ready for upload to DT/WV. Rangers, conventions, proofread Communique. Continuing w23 fiasco. SVC work: Sent Simone stuff for Hailing Frequencies. Did the new ship and scenario for Communique 99, and the rest of Communique 99.

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Monday, March 10, 2014 - 07:16 pm: Edit

MY DAY: 8 March (Saturday) 2014 Got to the office at 10am. Weather: 32F. cloudy. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: digging theropods. BBS: 17. Forum: 0. Out box: 50. APOD: Martian landscape. Web crawl completed at 3pm. Lunch: pork chop at Texas Roadhouse. Email: Overnight spam 33 plus 20 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 733. Events: Joel stopped by for a visit. SPP work: Advanced Missions SSD book revision. JES work: Prepper FC rulebook for upload to DT/WV. Demo and convention stuff for HF. Proofreading CL48SF, replacement CO notes, MIT article. SVC work: Did 54 color backgrounds for SFBOL 3rd Generation ship descriptions, enough for them to do 300 of them. Went through fiction submissions looking for something for CL49 and CL50. Reset the office management system. Wrote the THIS WEEK blog.

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Monday, March 10, 2014 - 07:17 pm: Edit

MY DAY: 9 March (Sunday) 2014 Got to the office at 4:40. Weather: 62F, mostly clear. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: dino movies. BBS: 15. Forum: 0. Out box: 55. APOD: another of those mysterious holes in Mars. Lunch: Leanna cooked turkey. Exercise: 10 minute walk with Isis, 30 minute rabbit hunt with Ramses. Email: Overnight spam 31 plus 20 during the day. JES work: Deleted 5 fake BBS people. Customer service. SVC work: I came in for an hour or two to clear email. By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Monday, March 10, 2014 - 07:17 pm: Edit

MY DAY: 10 March (Monday) 2014 Got to the office at 10:15. Weather: 53F, mostly clear. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: lost their teeth. BBS: 18. Forum: 1. Out box: 54. APOD: dark matter. Jigsawdoku 2:22. Web crawl completed at 4pm. Lunch: burger at IDK; the french fries were greasy and made me sick. Read FYEO for 6-7-8-9-10 March. Exercise: none due to leg injury. Industry mailing lists: Amazon slashes book royalties without negotiation or escalation. Starlist 21043. Email: Overnight spam 49 plus 80 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 744. Events: Communique #99 posted, Hailing Frequencies sent. New on Drive Thru: Federation Commander Reference Rulebook. We plan to add one product (already on w23) to DT/WV every week until the two systems equalize. SPP work: Hailing Frequencies. Proofread CL48SF. Proofread MIT article. Advanced Missions SSD book. Quality check of 2500 minis. Checked new product assembly line. JES work: Hailing Frequencies, blogs for the week, uploaded FedComm rulebook to DriveThru, sent emails to the 915 people who had downloaded First Missions, publicized the FC rulebook, continued working with warehouse 23 to resolve issues, reached out to Adam to get the art done, publicized HF and Communique, dealt with bounded HF emails. SVC work: QCed several hundred 2500 series minis that just arrived. Approve Haling Frequencies. Finished Communique. Met with Simone and Mike about getting videos done. Finished the article on the design of SFB for the book that MIT press is doing. Explained to Simone the concept that you cannot abuse the customer audience with your personal soapbox that is unrelated to the company’s mission. I drove Jean crazy with a bogus comment that I had done four very political videos and put them in the company file on Youtube (of course I’d never do such a thing). Unfortunately, Leanna (in on the gag) cracked a smile and Jean figured out that it had not actually been done.

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Thursday, March 13, 2014 - 06:50 pm: Edit

MY DAY: 11 March (Tuesday) 2014 Got to the office at 10:30. Weather: 52F, partly cloudy. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: Koumpiodontosuchus. BBS: 21. Forum: 2. Out box: 54. APOD: Rosette nebula. Web crawl completed at 5:12. Lunch: porkchops at YB. Read FYEO for today. Starlist 06340. Email: Overnight spam 54 plus 54 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 739. SPP work: Did QC on a lot of 2400 minis. Worked on updating AM SSD book, halfway through Feds. JES work: First QC lesson. Pirate sinking. W23 issues. Customer service, BBS defense. SVC work: Did QC on a lot of 2400 minis. Did another reserve blog for Jean’s stash. Sent SFBOL the Batch 5 art. Smapro List: Reviewed new metal 2500 Kzinti DN and asked Bruce if he can replace the missing phasers. Reviewed the new metal three-piece King Eagle and told Bruce to have a production mold made and run off the first batch. (Smapro = Small Projects.)

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Thursday, March 13, 2014 - 06:50 pm: Edit

MY DAY: 12 March (Wednesday) 2014 Got to the office at 10:30. Weather: 36F, clear skies. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: ankylosaur. BBS: 24. Forum: 2. Out box: 53. APOD: rotating sun video. Jigsawdoku 2:39. Web crawl completed at 3pm. Lunch: corned beef at Cracker Barrel. Exercise: walked around half block. Starlist 45236; cross-checked Georgia. Email: Overnight spam 45 plus 58 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 748. 1PM Staff Meeting: Discussed CL48 cover, press schedule, Events: Adam sent the CL48 cover art. Customer Request Wednesday: Stratcon image sent. SPP work: Advanced Missions SSD update. JES work: CL48 cover, marketing sign, CL48SF, started proofreading a story that might or might not go into CapLog. SVC work: Sent SFBOL the Batch 6 art. The art came in for the CL48 cover, which theoretically meant we could go to press in 7 days, but there were interesting complications. Mike only works Monday and Tuesday so we had to get the covers no later than Monday night the 17th, but the cover wasn’t quite ready (had to finalize the back cover and recolorize the logos on the front cover), plus we had to have Simone do the advertising thing that goes on the same sheet of cardstock. I am holding my breath that the printer can deliver on that schedule, because if not, it means things will take longer.

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Thursday, March 13, 2014 - 06:50 pm: Edit

MY DAY: 13 March (Thursday) 2014 Got to the office at 10:38 after taking Leanna to Sam’s Club to stock up on office supplies. Weather: 43F, clear skies. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: teeth. BBS: 20. Forum: 4. Out box: 49. APOD: M63 sunflower galaxy. Jigsawdoku 2:18. Ann Coulter: Rinos are far more conservative than the Tea Party says they are. Web crawl completed at 5:18. Lunch: turkey at Furr’s. Read FYEO for 12-13 March. Exercise: walked the dog around the half-block. Starlist 85295; cross checked Wyoming and Idaho. Email: Overnight spam 46 plus 40 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 735. Events: City of Amarillo power wash truck showed up to wash the graffiti off of the Masonic Lodge next door. No graffiti on our building (knock on wood!). SPP work: Advaned Missions SSD update. JES work: Checking Advaned Missions SSD updates. Marketing, Customer support. SVC work: Worked on the big announcement in Communique #100. Took Simone over to approve the proofs. Leanna brought a cake for no real reason.

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Monday, March 17, 2014 - 06:30 pm: Edit

MY DAY: 14 March (Friday) 2014 Got to the office at 9:40. Weather: 50F, clear skies. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: Ankylosaur osteoderms. BBS: 23. Forum: 2. Out box: 49. APOD: polar ring galaxy 2685. Jigsawdoku 2:36. Web crawl completed at 10:25. Lunch: BBQ at BF, much better than last week. Read FYEO for today. Exercise: walked around half block with Wolf. Industry mailing lists: People want $30 an hour to edit RPG/Wargames for grammar, spelling, and readability. I’m in the wrong business. Jean thinks we could make money editing college papers, but reminds me not to write them for the students. Starlist 89081; cross-checked . Email: Overnight spam 49 plus 67 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 739. New on DriveThru: Captain’s Log #2. SPP work: Klingon SSDs for Advanced Missions. JES work: Checking SSDs for AdvMis. Uploaded CL#2 to DT/WV, publicized it on BGG, SCN, FB, Twitter, Forum, BBS. SVC work: Did the alert for CL48. Worked on the FLAP list.

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Monday, March 17, 2014 - 06:30 pm: Edit

MY DAY: 15 March (Saturday) 2014 Got to the office at 10:50. Weather: 55F, cloudy. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: mosasaur. BBS: 15. Forum: 3. Out box: 47. APOD: old NASA junk. Jigsawdoku 2:24. Web crawl completed at 2pm. Lunch: awful pizza. Read FYEO for today. Starlist 10310; cross-checked Vermont. Email: Overnight spam 17 plus 6 during the day. SPP work: Klingon SSDs for Advanced Missions. JES work: Proofread CL48SF, checked SSDs for AM, deleted fake people from the BBS. SVC work: CL48 final items and FLAP list.

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Monday, March 17, 2014 - 06:31 pm: Edit

MY DAY: 16 March (Sunday) 2014 Got to the office at 4:30. Weather: 48F, clear. Daily Routine: BBS: 16. Forum: 2. Out box: 47. APOD: Antennae Galaxies collide. Web crawl completed at 5pm. Lunch: Leanna cooked steak & potatoes. Exercise: 30 minute hunt with Ramses. Email: Overnight spam 37 plus 2 during the day. JES work: Customer service from home. SVC work: Came in to clear up my desk.

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Monday, March 17, 2014 - 06:32 pm: Edit

MY DAY: 17 March (Monday, St Patrick’s Day) 2014 Got to the office at 10:20. Weather: 49F, clear skies. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: bird origins. BBS: 16. Forum: 3. Out box: 48. APOD: silly. Jigsawdoku 2:21. Web crawl completed at 3pm. Lunch: corned beef, cabbage, potatoes, carrots at Cracker Barrel. Email: Overnight spam 47 plus 48 during the day. Events: Covers for CL48 and ATL were deliverde. Marketing Monday: Alert was sent out. Check in with Artists: Adam said art would be here any minute but when I went home it still wasn’t. If the art is here tomorrow morning first thing, we can still (barely) make the schedule. SPP work: Checking CL48 and AdvMis Fed SSDs. JES work: Checking CL48 and doing AdvMis Klingon SSDs. SVC work: CL48 final fixes and PDF generation. Could not finish as the promised interior art never showed up. A very frustrating day, all in all. Exhausted, I went home at 5:30pm.

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Wednesday, March 26, 2014 - 01:25 pm: Edit

MY DAY: 18 March (Tuesday) 2014 Got to the office at 10:15. Weather: 53F, clear skies. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: teeth. BBS: 14. Forum: 1. Out box: 48. APOD: cosmic microwave map. Web crawl completed at 3pm. Lunch: the best roast beef I have ever had in my life at Youngblood’s. Exercise: walked around the half block. Email: Overnight spam 53 plus 105 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 739. Events: The interior art came in and we finally finished CL48 and started printing. SPP work: Checking CL48. JES work: Checking CL48 and CL48SF. Dealing with somebody who opted into the alert list then complained when he got an alert. Preparing Simone for her interview. Marketing ATL and the CLog sale. Deleting three fake BBS people. SVC work: Inserted the final pieces of Adam’s interior art and printed the history section for proofreading. Made final fixes to Table of Contents, F&E, Artist list, and History. Kudos to Chuck Strong who called from Italy with the last fix to F&E. Simone had to replace a graphic which was being a problem, only to be expected as it was the picture of the Evil Artifact Entity That Eats Souls. We had a "stop the presses moment" when (in the act of handing Jean the stack of finished pages) I noticed a typo in the table of contents; Leanna graciously let us fix it. I set up the file for one chapter of CL49 and starting putting stuff in it.

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Wednesday, March 26, 2014 - 01:26 pm: Edit

MY DAY: 19 March (Wednesday) 2014 Got to the office at 9:40. Weather: 36F, cloudy. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: birds, bones. BBS: 17. Forum: 4. Out box: 49. APOD: Equinox Video. Jigsawdoku 2:00. Web crawl completed at 10:08. Lunch: seafood fettuccini Alfredo. Starlist 85023. Email: Overnight spam 62 plus 143 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 737. Events: First shipments of CL48 and ATL to wholesalers. Customer Request Wednesday: Wall of honor updates for Petrick, Franz, Curtis, Riley, Thomas, Thirache, Strong, Sparks. SPP work: Advanced Missions Klingon SSDs. Trimmed books and helped get wholesaler orders out. JES work: checked CL48 stuff, worked with Simone to upload CapLog web pages. Marketing CL48 and ATL. SVC work: CL48 Flap List (Just released alert, posted F&E Q&A/R&R, told Simone how to update the schedule and just released pages, sent Simone stuff to update the CapLog page and Starline page, sent Simone the starlist page; sent Jean the art for use on Faceobook; made editing fixes to Supplemental File and sent it for upload.) Got asked an FC question nobody had asked before and in the process of answering it, compiled all of the Q&A back to 2011.

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Wednesday, March 26, 2014 - 01:26 pm: Edit

MY DAY: 20 March (Thursday) 2014 Got to the office at 10:05. Weather: 50F, clear skies. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: Anzu. BBS: 15. Forum: 4. Out box: 56. APOD: useless. Jigsawdoku 2:30. Ann Coulter: for over 40 , the NY times reports every month that younger Republicans are liberal on social issues, so why do they never vote that way? Web crawl completed at 4:57. Lunch: roast beef at PCS. Read FYEO for 16-17-18-19-20 March. Starlist 78586. Cross Checked Kansas. Email: Overnight spam 68 plus 108 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 732. SPP work: dealing with telephone repair people at home. Worked on Advanced Missions SSD update. JES work: Customer service, Marketing for CL48 and ATL, uploading CL48SF. SVC work: Flap list. Dealing with roof repair at warehouse. Wall of Honor updates: West, Leanna, Jean, Brooks, SVC, Markie, Simone, Hantke, Knight. Events: Steve Cole & Jean Sexton spent nearly two hours on TalkShoe about the company and CL48.

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Wednesday, March 26, 2014 - 01:26 pm: Edit

MY DAY: 21 March (Friday) 2014 Got to the office at 10am. Weather: 57F, a few clouds. Daily Routine: BBS: 16. Forum: 3. Out box: 52. APOD: waste of time. Jigsawdoku 2:11. Web crawl completed at 12:38. Lunch: BBQ at BF. Exercise: walked around the half block; when I got home I took Ramses for a 20 minute patrol of his kingdom. Starlist 77373; cross-checked Nebraska; sent 6 update requests to Iowa players (3 bounced, 1 dropped out). Email: Overnight spam 83 plus 153 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 735. SPP work: Klingon SSDs for AdvMis14 finished and given to Jean. Reports from R1 SSDs processed. Helped with orders. JES work: Uploaded CL48SF, publicized it, office work. SVC work: Worked on the FLAP list. Got a tactical primer and processed it for possible future use. Wall of Honor Updates (Bronze Stars): Thomas Mathews, Scott Moellmer, Ryan Opel, Matthew Sprange, Art Trotman, Adam Turner, Andy Vancil. By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Wednesday, March 26, 2014 - 01:27 pm: Edit

MY DAY: 22 March (Saturday) 2014 Got to the office at 9;25. Weather: 35F, clear skies. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: bones. BBS: 14. Forum: 4. Out box: 50. APOD: sand dunes of Mars. Web crawl completed at 2pm. Lunch: turkey sandwich at Malcomb’s. Email: Overnight spam 24 plus 5 during the day. SPP work: Large print edition. Trimmed books. Helped with shipments. Worked on Advanced Missions SSD update. JES work: Large print edition. Analyzing W23 sales report. SVC work: Spent all day on the FLAP list, finishing the LPE.

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Wednesday, March 26, 2014 - 01:27 pm: Edit

MY DAY: 23 March (Sunday) 2014 Got to the office at 9am. Weather: 33F, cloudy. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: tracks. BBS: 16. Forum: 1. Out box: 53. APOD: artist rendering of black hole. Web crawl completed at 10am. Lunch: Leanna cooked roast. Exercise: took Ramses for a 20 minute walk. Email: Overnight spam 8 plus 2 during the day. JES work: customer service. SVC work: Came in for a few hours to clear my desk. Did the THIS WEEK blog.

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Wednesday, March 26, 2014 - 01:28 pm: Edit

MY DAY: 24 March (Monday) 2014 Got to the office at 10:10. Weather: 46F, cloudy. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: Anzu Wyliei. BBS: 16. Forum: 1. Out box: 52. APOD: aurora. Jigsawdoku 2:26. Web crawl completed at 10:39. Lunch: BBQ at Dyer’s. Starlist 25271, 75245; cross-checked Pennsylvania & Louisiana; sent 5 update emails to older entries in Massachusetts and 5 to Wisconsin (bounces 1; renewals 1). Email: Overnight spam 85 plus 84 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 744. Events: Meetings to discuss two products that dropped out of space and will soon be uploaded to PDF download sites (color tournament SSDs for SFB and Magellanic playtest pack for FC). SPP work: Advanced Missions R1 and R2 reports. Checked wholesaler orders. JES work: Blog, F&E sent to DT/WV, did publicity, set up categories on Drive Thru. SVC work: Wall updates for O’Carroll, Kazinski, Kast, Goodrich, Fulton, Frazier, Downing, Berg, Bampton, Bergen, Plana, Sickels, Tenhoff, Davies, Knipfer, Rardain, Filsinger, Graw, Chapel, Stec, Kenny Thomas. FLAP list: updated Text catalog and GGIC database, did Freebie list.

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Wednesday, March 26, 2014 - 01:28 pm: Edit

MY DAY: 25 March (Tuesday) 2014 Got to the office at 9am. Weather: 34F, clear. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: turtle. BBS: 24. Forum: 2. Out box: 55. APOD: Orion nebula. Jigsawdoku 2:23. Web crawl completed at 3:49. Lunch: hot roast beef at YB. Read FYEO for 21-25 March. Starlist: Germany, Austria, Oklahoma; cross-checked Florida, Arkansas, Maryland; sent 5 update emails to Georgia and Florida. Email: Overnight spam 63 plus 100 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 748. SPP work: Advanced Missions SSD revision. Worked with a fiction author to get a story moving. Checked outgoing shipments. JES work: Hailing Frequencies 100, Rangers, Blogs. SVC work: Review of FC Magellanic playtest Pack. Wall of Honor updates, mostly on multi-people pages. Simone posted updates for Berg, Bergen, Bampton, Downing, Frazier, Fulton, Goodrich, Kast, Tenhoff, Marsh, Plana, Sickels, Stec, Graw, Chapel, Filsinger, Burnside, Rardain, Knipfer, K-Thomas. Teeth cleaned at dentist. Sent Simone everything for the April Communique.

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Saturday, March 29, 2014 - 03:00 pm: Edit

MY DAY: 26 March (Wednesday) 2014 Got to the office at 10:30. Weather: 40F, cloudy, rain. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: bones. BBS: 18. Forum: 3. Out box: 55. APOD: M78 blue nebula. Jigsawdoku 2:41. Web crawl completed at 3pm. Lunch: enchiladas at LF. Starlist 98382, 98032, 95340, 96003 (with so many from Jean’s last campaign, I fell back on the old plan of doing all of one section per day); cross-checked ; sent 5 update emails to Colorado. Email: Overnight spam 96 plus 80 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 737. Events: It rained in Amarillo! Customer Request Wednesday: changes to wall update. SPP work: Advanced Missions SSD book. Worked with graphics for FMSSB. Did a blog. JES work: Deleted Fake BBS people, updated company listing on TMP. SVC work: Wall updates: Bakija, Cookson, Wyszynski, Blank, Calhoon, 20 individuals. Did first review of Gary Carney’s FedCom Magellanic Playtest Pack; sent him a short list of needed revisions and (after consulting with Jean) directed Simone to create a cover for the eBook. Did the first and second steps for the FFB (7 illustrations) under a new plan to get the art done for the Fed MSSB so it can be released. Wrote another couple of blog items.

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Saturday, March 29, 2014 - 03:00 pm: Edit

MY DAY: 27 March (Thursday) 2014 Got to the office at 10:15. Weather: 59F, blowing dirt. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: Megalosaur. BBS: 24. Forum: 1. Out box: 56. APOD: galaxy cluster. Jigsawdoku 2:36. Ann Coulter: Obamacare. Web crawl completed at 2:03. Lunch: very bad roast beef at PCS. Starlist Germany, Kentucky, England; cross-check Alabama, Tennessee, Mississippi; 5 update emails sent to Florida (all bounced). Email: Overnight spam 58 plus 101 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 739. SPP work: Master Starship Graphics; Advanced Missions SSD update, proofreading communique. Checked orders. JES work: Proofreading communique. TMP profile. Stuff for Haling Frequencies. Proofreading medal pages. SVC work: Wall updates for Orsini, McKee, Belflower, Evans, Gray, Harding, Baker Green, Novean; all Rangers; and all but the last four individuals (who are new entries). Sent the first, second, and third multi-person pages to Jean for review; two of them went to Simone. Did nine police variant illustrations for FMSSB. Did the ship and scenario for Communique 100.

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Saturday, March 29, 2014 - 03:01 pm: Edit

MY DAY: 28 March (Friday) 2014 Got to the office at 10:20. Weather: 60F, mostly clear. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: Antetonitrus. BBS: 18. Forum: 1. Out box: 56. APOD: galaxy leaving smoke trail. Jigsawdoku 2:22. Web crawl completed at 5:31. Lunch: BBQ at BF. Read Starlist 75034, 08060; cross-checked Oklahoma and Pennsylvania (eliminating two duplicates); 5 update emails sent to Wisconsin (2 bounced). Email: Overnight spam 77 plus 95 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 748. SPP work: Finished Romulan SSDs for AdvMis14. Started Kzintis. Checked orders. Inserted FFB art after having SVC correct the size. JES work: Frustrating day with little accomplished Blocked from uploading eMRB to DT because of error on cover Simone will fix Monday. Checked on a website that someone suggested but it doesn’t allow us to market SFU so she didn’t join. Discovered major error in Century project that derailed a lot of work that was planned. Checked Wall of honor pages that Simone won’t upload for a week due to backlog. SVC work: Put the last medals on the last pages. Finished multi-person page 3-4-5 and gave 4-5-6 to Jean. Made the fixes to communique and sent it to the staff.

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Saturday, March 29, 2014 - 03:01 pm: Edit

MY DAY: 29 March (Saturday) 2014 Got to the office at 10:42. Weather: 55F, sunny. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: tracks. BBS: 16. Forum: 1. Out box: 57. APOD: skyview. Jigsawdoku 2:17. Web crawl completed at 0:50. Lunch: hamburger steak at YB. Starlist 27604; cross-checked Maryland, Virginia, Both Carolinas; sent 5 updates. Email: Overnight spam 20 plus 4 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 743. SPP work: Advanced Missions SSD book. JES work: Customer service, marketing, medal pages. SVC work: Reset the office management system. Finished MM page 6-7; sent 7-8 to Jean. Did the THIS WEEK blog. Flap List. Worked on 2500s trying to move something forward.

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Wednesday, April 02, 2014 - 06:27 pm: Edit

MY DAY: 30 March (Sunday) 2014 Got to the office at 2:40. Weather: 80F, cloudy, windy. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: Hungarian pterosaurs. BBS: 17. Forum: 1. Out box: 57. APOD: Io in true color. Jigsawdoku 2:25. Web crawl completed at 3:58. Lunch: Leanna cooked pork chops. Exercise: walked Rambo 30 minutes, Wolf 20 minutes. Starlist 80922; cross-checked NM, NV, CA, HA, WA, AK, OH (all 50 states now complete). Email: Overnight spam 30 plus 10 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 705. JES work: Customer Service. SVC work: Came in for an hour to clean up my desk, did some starlist things while here, updated the 2500 project status and discussed progress with Tony.

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Wednesday, April 02, 2014 - 06:27 pm: Edit

MY DAY: 31 March (Monday) 2014 Got to the office at 10:05. Weather: 62F, mostly clear. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: Theropod from Luxembourg. BBS: 22. Forum: 1. Out box: 55. APOD: VP113, new planet (outermost in solar system). Jigsawdoku 2:41. Web crawl completed at 10:48. Lunch: sandwich at Dyers. Read FYEO for 26-31 March. Industry mailing lists: GTS. Starlist 99206. Email: Overnight spam 52 plus 129 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 708. Events: Gary Carney sent in a revised FC Omega pack which we will soon upload and offer in hard copy. SPP work: Checked 2500 prototypes. Reviewed which SSD books have Crawford Boxes and thus can be uploaded. Worked on Advanced Missions SSD book upgrade to B4N standard. Working with fiction. Checked orders. Marked up graphics for FMSSB Fed DWs so SVC can do them. JES work: Medal pages, Blogs, prepping eMRB for upload. SVC work: Orion BC-2500 and BCH-2500 approved to go to prototype. Discussed 2500s with Matthew. New Orion DN-2500 designs received and posted on BBS. Matthew said six ships are going to prototype company tomorrow. Tracked down the missing Kzinti NCA masters and prodded them to move. Sent Matthew the details for the Augmented BATs. Approved Tholian DN-2500 prototype to go to master mold. I sent Simone wall updates for eight individuals; Jean and I pounded through 3 more MPPs. Simone posted wall updates for Markie, Dillman, Sledge, Stevenson, Bartley, O'Carroll, Kazinski, Eitzen, Merritt, McCammon, Carney. She updated the Text Catalog.

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Wednesday, April 02, 2014 - 06:28 pm: Edit

MY DAY: 1 April (Tuesday) 2014 Got to the office at 9:45. Weather: 42F, clear. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: methane. BBS: 23. Forum: 1. Out box: 54. APOD: NASA baloney wasting time. Jigsawdoku 2:18. Web crawl completed at 1:46. Lunch: Dyer’s BBQ. Read Exercise: walk, the longest in a year. Starlist Toronto, Alabama. Simone sent 2 Starlist update emails to Colo. Email: Overnight spam 44 plus 113 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 704. Events: We announced the Century Series Products. Reaction was stupendous. Miniatures Status Check Day: Memo updated. Six ships have been sent to prototype; Stands were ordered. SPP work: Kzinti SSDs for AdvMis. JES work: Categories for Wargame Vault, uploaded eMRB to DriveThru; did publicity. SVC work: Finished communique. Updated FC Scenario Index and sent that to Simone. Did the Minis check in memo. Did 14 graphics for Fed DWs for the FMSSB. By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Wednesday, April 02, 2014 - 06:28 pm: Edit

MY DAY: 2 April (Wednesday) 2014 Got to the office at 2:20. Weather: 80F, clear skies. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: pterosaurs. BBS: 24. Forum: 4. Out box: 55. APOD: wasted time. Jigsawdoku 2:42. Web crawl completed at 5pm. Lunch: awful. Starlist no requests on file. Email: Overnight spam 61 plus 77 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 704. SPP work: Advanced Missions SSD book update. JES work: Figuring out why sales on w23 are messed up. Marketing, customer service. SVC work: Had skin cancer cut out of my arm, and got a haircut, that’s why I was so late. Routine email including a lot of 2500 stuff. Posted new 2500 Orion DN CGIs. Sent Simone 20 more addresses for Starlist update and four more MPPs for WoH. Simone posted who updates for Harding, Green, Novean, Belflower, Bakija, Baker, four MPPs. She sent out 20 starlist update emails, 4 of which bounced back as unfound.

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Saturday, April 05, 2014 - 09:26 pm: Edit

MY DAY: 3 April (Thursday) 2014 Got to the office at 8:45. Weather: 42F, clear. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: Mosasaur. BBS: 20. Forum: 3. Out box: 58. APOD: star forming region. Jigsawdoku 2:08. Ann Coulter: immigration. Web crawl completed at 10:32. Lunch: Burger at Buns over Tx. Starlist no requests; sent 20 addresses to Simone to send update emails. Email: Overnight spam 59 plus 61 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 709. SPP work: CL49 battlegroup instructions. Fed Frigate graphics for MSSB. JES work: categories on WV/DT. Helping Leanna with invoices backlog. Writing ads for PDF sales. Back cover for LMC. Deleted six fake BBS people. Helped get Battlegroups posted. SVC work: First thing, I did 18 Frigates images for Petrick’s FMSSB project. Always start the day designing something if you can! Did four more MMPs and gave them to Jean, sent pages 9-12 to Simone. Sent Simone cover art for the FC magellanic playtest pack. Worked on FC Reference Ship Chart. Simone sent starlist emails and did some other stuff.

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Saturday, April 05, 2014 - 09:26 pm: Edit MY DAY: 4 April (Friday) 2014 Got to the office at 10:20. Weather: 48F, clear. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: track shape variations. BBS: 20. Forum: 2. Out box: 55. APOD: veil nebula (would be a great background for a game cover). Jigsawdoku 2:10. Web crawl completed at 2:12. Lunch: BBQ at BF. Exercise: walked Wolf around the block. Starlist three updates in Connecticut and one in New Jersey; gave Simone the last addresses from the 2xxxx File. Email: Overnight spam 151 plus 128 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 708. Events: Orion BC, BCH, CA, DW; Fed CAR; Klingon D7K sent to prototype. Stranger by our cars alarmed Wolf. SPP work: Gorn SSDs for AdvMis14. JES work: Drive Through uploads, WofH updates. SVC work: Updated Starship Registry. Added term paper pins to all WofH MPPs (5 or more). Met with people about new credit card contract. Updated four WofH MPPs and sent them to Simone to post, printed next 4 for Jean. Did 16 Federation DD variant drawing for MSSB; sent Petrick the FF drawings.

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Saturday, April 05, 2014 - 09:27 pm: Edit

MY DAY: 5 April (Saturday) 2014 Got to the office at 10:45. Weather: 51F, windy, cloudy. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: Nanavut. BBS: 18. Forum: 2. Out box: 56. APOD: lunar farside. Jigsawdoku 2:17. Web crawl completed at 2:38. Lunch: ham & eggs at NC. Read FYEO for 1-5 April. Starlist 21076; sent Simone 20 update entries from FL. Email: Overnight spam 40 plus 20 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 708. SPP work: Advanced Missions SSD Book, Inserted art. Checked colorized Module D3. JES work: Marketing, Board Game Geek, PDF sales, sent 922 emails to FC customers on DT/WV. SVC work: I updated the INDEX OF CAPTAIN’S LOG and sent it to Simone, finishing the CL48 FLAP list. Made Petrick fixes to destroyer art and sent 16 pics. Did first round of 12 CL pics. I did the THIS WEEK blog. Fixed 5 MPPs and sent 16-20 to Simone; did 5 more and send them to Jean.

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Friday, April 11, 2014 - 07:18 pm: Edit

MY DAY: 6 April (Sunday) 2014 Got to the office at 2:50. Weather: 64F, clear skies. Rain that evening and all night. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: Sungeodon. BBS: 18. Forum: 0. Out box: 61. APOD: Endeladus, moon of Saturn. Jigsawdoku 2:16. Web crawl completed at 3:17. Lunch: turkey at Calico. Starlist 94903; sent Simone 9 entries from FL, 10 from AL for updating; moved four more old entries to archive. Email: Overnight spam 26 plus 2 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 710. JES work: Customer service. SVC work: Came in for a few hours so Leanna could do our taxes and I could clean up my desk. Sent an email about what might be a minor APP deal.

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Friday, April 11, 2014 - 07:18 pm: Edit

MY DAY: 7 April (Monday) 2014 Got to the office at 10:10. Weather: 47F, some clouds. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: wing . BBS: 14. Forum: 0. Out box: 63. APOD: Eclipse from the Moon. Jigsawdoku 2:28. Web crawl completed at 12:19. Lunch: Buns over Texas. Starlist: sent Simone 20 entries to update from TN, KY, MS. Email: Overnight spam 63 plus 80 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 718. Events: Got shipment of metal Kzinti DNs (mostly good) and Romulan 3- piece KEs (about 40% bad due to production flaw). SPP work: Checked packing line; checked in 2500 shipment, reviewed colorized SSD books, Advanced Missions SSD book (line items, new SSDs, art, table of contents). JES work: Deleted 5 fake people, customer support, blogs, cleaning out 1700 old posts on BBS. SVC work: Evaluated a proposed new ship and found it so similar to an existing ship there was no need for it. QCed a shipment of 2500s. Simone work: Posted 12 multi-person pages on the Wall of Honor; sent 40 Starlist update emails.

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Friday, April 11, 2014 - 07:18 pm: Edit

MY DAY: 8 April (Tuesday) 2014 Got to the office at 10:21. Weather: 55F, clear. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: Pteraichnus. BBS: 23. Forum: 1. Out box: 57. APOD: Orion Nebula. Jigsawdoku 2:35. Web crawl completed at 12:40. Lunch: hot beef at YB. Exercise: working on fence. Starlist; sent Simone 20 entries from Ohio for her to update; she sent out 30 (trying to catch up to what I sent). Email: Overnight spam 91 plus 74 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 734. Miniatures Status Check Day: B10, Orion DN, and BATS all need corrections before moving forward. King Eagle 3 has issues that are not resolved and release is not definitely. Kzinti metal DN to be released this week. Tholian PC, DD, CA may have to be scrapped and done over as they won’t cast correctly. SPP work: Waiting for a plumber who never showed up. JES work: throttle issue. Customer Support. Ranel stuff for Traveller. Deleted 650 old posts for BBS cleanup. SVC work: Conference on price of Kzinti DN and production issues with Romulan KE-3. Errand to get fence repair materials. Made fixes to five MPPs, sent 4 to Simone, did 5 more and sent them to Jean.

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Friday, April 11, 2014 - 07:19 pm: Edit

MY DAY: 9 April (Wednesday) 2014 Got to the office at 10:55. Weather: 64F, mostly clear. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: teeth. BBS: 25. Forum: 2. Out box: 2:35. APOD: asteroid with rings. Jigsawdoku 2:35. Web crawl completed at 4:08. Lunch: turkey at Buckhorn. Starlist Qatar; sent 20 more to Simone, who sent out 30 (catching up). Exercise: Leanna and I did two hours of heavy manual labor to repair the fence to the point Ramses can visit the back yard. Email: Overnight spam 105 plus 54 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 729. Customer Request Wednesday: Had a request but had to ask the guy just exactly what he wanted. SPP work: Advanced Missions SSD book. Inserting CLs and NCLS. JES work: Sunk a pirate. Customer Support. Got old Battlewagon articles packaged for upload to W23. SVC work: Fixed five WofH MPPs, sent the next 6 to Jean (who brought them back with fixes for me to make); sent 4 of the fixed ones to Simone. Made final fix to CL art for MSSB and sent those 12 to Petrick. Sent initial art for the 22 NCLs to Petrick, who marked fixes; I made the fixes and sent them back; he came back with more fixes which I made. More discussions regarding the 2500 KE3 model that didn’t work out. Petrick and I went over to Jean’s place to move some big things and bring some stuff she’s getting rid of back over here.

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Friday, April 11, 2014 - 07:19 pm: Edit

MY DAY: 10 April (Thursday) 2014 Got to the office at 10:10am. Weather: 68F, 50% clouds. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: Mexico. BBS: 15. Forum: 3. Out box: 58. APOD: Mars, Ceres, Vesta. Jigsawdoku 2:05. Ann Coulter: competition. Web crawl completed at 3:51. Lunch: turkey at Cracker Barrell. Exercise: one hour of fence repair work. Industry mailing lists: fan communities. Starlist: requests 0; updates received 3; entries sent to Simone 20; entries sent by Simone 30; entries moved to archive 9. Email: Overnight spam 82 plus 81 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 727. SPP work: Advanced Missions SSD book, Gary’s questions, Battlegroup issues, blog. JES work: W23 issues. Color covers for PDFs. Getting Battlewagon articles packaged for PDF upload. DT issues. SVC work: Further discussions of the King Eagle mess. WofH, fixed five multi-people pages Jean had marked, sent 4 fixed pages to Simone, shuffled six more and gave them to Jean. I worked on fiction for a while.

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Friday, April 11, 2014 - 07:20 pm: Edit

MY DAY: 11 April (Friday) 2014 Got to the office at 10:15. Weather: 58F, clear. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: Notohypsilophodon. BBS: 17. Forum: 4. Out box: 57. APOD: Mars. Jigsawdoku 2:12. Web crawl completed at 5:08. Lunch: BBQ at BF. Read FYEO for 6-7 April. Exercise: One hour of work on fence repair. Starlist: requests 0; updates 6; entries sent to Simone 20; entries sent by Simone 28; entries moved to archive 16; duplicates eliminated 1. Email: Overnight spam 59 plus 56 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 731. Events: Jean won the poetry contest at U-NC-P which she founded and ran for 14 years. She was previously barred from entering since she was the judge. SPP work: Gorn tugs. Alliance shipment. JES work: Deleted 7 fake people and a bunch of spam. Blocked spammer IP addresses. Uploaded battlewagon articles and advertised them. SVC work: fixed seven WofH MPPs Jean had checked; did the last four and gave them to Jean. Worked on fiction and future products. Reviewed progress on 2500s and on ACTASF1.2.

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Sunday, April 20, 2014 - 09:28 am: Edit

MY DAY: 12 April (Saturday) 2014 Got to the office at 8:20. Weather: 59F, a few distant clouds. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: teeth. BBS: 31. Forum: 4. Out box: 53. APOD: useless skyline. Jigsawdoku 2:38. Web crawl completed at 9:42. Lunch: microwaved. Read FYEO for 8-9-10 April. Starlist entries sent to Simone 40. Email: Overnight spam 36 plus 19 during the day. SPP drove Jean and Leanna to OKC to see a play. SVC work: Finished the Wall of Honor. Set up new topics for LMC, Omega, LoEm. Reset the office management system. Did the THIS WEEK blog. Sent 40 starlist entries to Simone.

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Sunday, April 20, 2014 - 09:29 am: Edit

MY DAY: 13 April (Sunday) 2014 I stayed home to rest and work on the fence. I checked the BBS from home. APOD: Saturn. Lunch: Leanna cooked steak and veggies. Exercise: 45 minute patrol with Ramses.

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Sunday, April 20, 2014 - 09:29 am: Edit

MY DAY: 14 April (Monday) 2014 Got to the office at 10:15. Weather: 28F, cloudy, snowing. All of the snow had melted by mid-afternoon. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: Asian Dinos. BBS: 22. Forum: 8. Out box: 60. APOD: globular nebula. Web crawl completed at 1pm. Lunch: steak at Salt Grass. Starlist: request from Netherlands; updates received 3; entries sent to Simone 20; entries sent by Simone 30; entries moved to archive 15. Email: Overnight spam 98 plus 66 during the day. Events: Took Isis to the vet for an infection. She’s fine now. Simone: Finished updating the Wall of Honor. SPP work: Advanced Missions, FMSSB, checking orders. JES work: Blogs, PDF upload schedule meeting, Party to celebrate winning poetry contest, SVC work: Sent Jean two blogs. Meeting with Petrick to discuss a new ship for CL49, art for FMSSB, and future Omega products. Sent Petrick 22 Fed NCL variant art pieces.

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Sunday, April 20, 2014 - 09:29 am: Edit

MY DAY: 15 April (Tuesday, Tax Day) 2014 Got to the office at 10:10. Weather: 46F, clear skies. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: Asia. BBS: 19. Forum: 6. Out box: 56. APOD: worthless waste of time. Jigsawdoku 2:17. Web crawl completed at 1pm. Lunch: roast at YB. Read FYEO for 11-15 April. Exercise: wolf walk around block. Industry mailing lists: World of Darkness MMO cancelled. Starlist: requests 44136; updates received 2; entries sent to Simone 20; entries sent by Simone 28; entries moved to archive 18. Email: Overnight spam 91 plus 90 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 744. SPP work: Advanced Missions including reports of SSDs done earlier, FMSSB, checking orders. Did preliminary work for an SSD conversion project. JES work: Uploaded F&E chartbook, deleted four fake people, customer service, Starlist churning, sunk a pirate, meeting to discuss FCTM formatting. SVC work: Started NCA art for FMSSB. Updated 2500 status although only Tony had actually done something. Cleared Gary Carney to go invent the "lost empires of Omega" based on what notes still exist from Bruce Graw’s hard disk crash. Discussed a possible distribution deal with staff. After being kept from the task by cruel fortune for two weeks, I formatted the test section of the Federation Commander Tactics Manual so we can decide which layout to use. On the way home, I stopped to direct traffic around a bad accident and the sheriff thanked me.

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Sunday, April 20, 2014 - 09:29 am: Edit

MY DAY: 16 April (Wednesday) 2014 Got to the office at 10:05. Weather: 57F, Clear skies. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: Bonatitan. BBS: 20. Forum: 7. Out box: 56. APOD: sky view. Jigsawdoku 2:14. Web crawl completed at 3:40. Lunch: turkey at Buckhorn. Exercise: walked a block with Wolf. Starlist: request done 98168; waiting 9; updates received 1; entries sent to Simone 20; entries sent by Simone 60; entries moved to archive 15. Email: Overnight spam 60 plus 85 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 748. Customer Request Wednesday: SPP work: Tholian SSDs for Advanced Missions. New On Drive Thru: F&E Chartbook. SFB Module T with colorized SSDs. JES work: Uploading PDF files. Publicizing them. SVC work: Had nurse remove stitches from my arm. Ordered lumber for fence repair. Meeting to schedule placing Kzinti DN on sale.

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Sunday, April 20, 2014 - 09:30 am: Edit

MY DAY: 17 April (Thursday) 2014 Got to the office at 9:40. Weather: 45F, cloudy. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: Pterosaur walking. BBS: 21. Forum: 6. Out box: 47. APOD: eclipse. Jigsawdoku 2:18. Ann Coulter: tea party and immigration issues. Web crawl completed at 1:15. Lunch: chicken at Malcomb’s. Industry mailing lists: freight forwarding. Starlist: request done 53511, 22315, 17821, 27360; waiting 5; updates received 3; entries sent to Simone 30; entries sent by Simone 0; entries moved to archive 30. Email: Overnight spam 40 plus 000 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 742. Events: Matthew reports the new shipment of 2500 stands will arrive on Monday, enough for several years. SPP work: Tholian SSDs for AdvMissions, reports on Adv Mis SSD book. Reviewed a fiction story. Fed NCAs for FMSSB. JES work: Fixing the corrupted SSD book upload. Meeting about product line. Sent Klingon Pack 1 to DriveThru and email to 929 customers there. Publicized the uploads. SVC work: Did two pictures for Jean’s Facebook dragon. Helped some players in Toledo connect. Worked on the new cost structure for 2500s. Created and sent to Paul Franz a bunch of WYN ship cards for PBEM. Fed NCAs for FMSSB.

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Sunday, April 20, 2014 - 09:30 am: Edit

MY DAY: 18 April (Good Friday) 2014 Got to the office at 11am. Weather: 45F, cloudy. Event: Issued the new price and distribution plan for the Starline 2500 miniatures (mail order only). Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: Gargantuavis. BBS: 15. Forum: 3. Out box: 48. APOD: blood moon. Jigsawdoku 2:21. Web crawl completed at 5:16. Lunch: BBQ at BF. Exercise: loading lumber, walking Wolf, cutting boards for fence. Starlist: requests sent UK-SN, waiting 7; entries sent to Simone 31 (through 75052). Email: Overnight spam 229 plus 20 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 744. New on DT: Klingon ship card pack #1 SPP work: Fed MSSB. Advanced Missions SSDs. JES work: Price changes for 2500s. Uploaded 4th BW article to DT/WV. Customer service, deleted 2 fake people. SVC work: Sent Petrick 13 NCA graphics for FMSSB. Changed the prices of the 2500s (Simone helped). It was a pretty crazy afternoon as we had to make sure the cart was changed and checked before we sent press releases all over the place. I got my car inspected after a nice policeman pointed out that it was six months overdue.

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Sunday, April 20, 2014 - 09:31 am: Edit

MY DAY: 19 April (Saturday) 2014 Got to the office at 10:15. Weather: 59F, cloudy. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: Diamantinasaurus. BBS: 21. Forum: 3. Out box: 51. APOD: Kepler 186F habitable Earth-size planet. Jigsawdoku 2:20. Web crawl completed at 11am. Lunch: pulled pork at TRH. Industry mailing lists: freight forwarding. Starlist: requests done 44070, 35758, 41101, 37086; waiting; entries sent to Simone 31. Email: Overnight spam 34 plus 7 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 743. SPP work: Reports on AdvMisSSD. Tholian pinwheel SSD. JES work: Managing the 2500 narrative. Module T previews on all PDF sites. CL3 sent to DT/WV. Publicity for PDFs. Sending welcome letters to 15 recent Starlist people. Proofreading the FC Tactics Manual. SVC work: Started the day cutting boards for the fence. Reset the office management system for next week. I did the THIS WEEK blog. Worked on FC Tactics Manual, finishing Chapter 2.

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Saturday, April 26, 2014 - 11:42 am: Edit

MY DAY: 20 April (Sunday) 2014 Got to the office at 8:10. Weather: 47F, cloudy, foggy. I just came in to clear off my desk for Monday. I came back later in the day and worked on a few odds and ends. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: bones. BBS: 19. Forum: 4. Out box: 54. APOD: not astronomy. Jigsawdoku 2:15. Web crawl completed at 8:46. Lunch: Leanna cooked pork chops. Exercise: an hour working on the fence, half an hour walking Ramses. Email: Overnight spam 22 plus 6 during the day. Steve Cole remembered his late brother, Christopher, who worked for ADB, and would have been 60 today.

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Saturday, April 26, 2014 - 11:42 am: Edit

MY DAY: 21 April (Monday) 2014 Got to the office at 10am. Weather: 63F, clear blue skies. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: Nanotyrannus. BBS: 14. Forum: 4. Out box: 56. APOD: Spiral Galaxy 2841. Jigsawdoku 2:14. Web crawl completed at 10:52. Lunch: haddock at Cracker Barrel. They screwed up Jean’s lunch three times in a row, upsetting her (and the universe) mightily. Read FYEO for 16-20 April. Starlist: requests done 63368, 63130; requests waiting 2; entries sent to Simone 34; entries sent by Simone 50; entries moved to archive 5. Email: Overnight spam 77 plus 116 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 751. Events: Hit the bandwidth limit on the site so we upgraded to a higher level and moved Cadet Handbook to the PDF stores. SPP work: Completed the Advanced Missions SSD book update (except for reports from the staff). JES work: For the first time ever, Jean left Wolf loose in her office (instead of his crate) during lunchtime. Lunch from hell. Blogs. PDF uploads and promotions. Customer service. SVC work: Sent Jean three blogs. Paid my ticket for not getting my car inspected on time. Reviewed work by a possible new artist. Discussed minis casting with several experts.

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Saturday, April 26, 2014 - 11:44 am: Edit

MY DAY: 22 April (Tuesday) 2014 Got to the office at 8:20. Weather: 54F, mostly clear. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: teeth. BBS: 13. Forum: 5. Out box: 59. APOD: El Gordo galaxy cluster. Jigsawdoku 2:28. Web crawl completed at 10:34. Lunch: roast beef at Youngbloods. Exercise: hours working on fence. Starlist: requests done 13090; requests waiting 3; updates received 6; entries sent to Simone 30; entries sent by Simone 40; entries moved to archive 43. Email: Overnight spam 38 plus 114 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 742. SPP work: Checking outgoing shipments, routine tasks. JES work: Starlist follow ups, rangers, customer service. SVC work: Came in early, did the minis update and some routine tasks that won’t wait, then took the afternoon off to work on replacing the wind- damaged metal on my back yard fence with wooden deck planks to keep Ramses inside the yard. (Mike helped and we did 20 planks in 3 hours; there are 36 more to do.)

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Saturday, April 26, 2014 - 11:44 am: Edit

MY DAY: 23 April (Wednesday) 2014 Got to the office at 1pm. Weather: 65F and sunny. It had been cloudy and cool most of the morning, but it reached 75F. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: pliosaurs. BBS: 12. Forum: 3. Out box: 54. APOD: ARP 81, near-miss galaxies teach each other to pieces. Jigsawdoku 2:12. Web crawl completed at 1:38. Lunch: steak at Green Chilli Willi’s. Exercise: 3 hours of fence work. Industry mailing lists: copyright fees. Starlist: requests done Denver; requests waiting Florida; entries sent to Simone 30, Email: Overnight spam 92 plus 51 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 746. SPP work: Fence work. Advanced missions SSDs. Checking outgoing shipments to help Mike. JES work: Advanced missions SSDs. Sunk pirates. SVC work: I got up and at 8:30 I was moving tools to the back yard and removing deck screws that had been holding the old metal for years. At 9, Steve Petrick joined me. I took down the first old metal (to inspire the troops) and Steve took down the second and third; we also put up the first set of boards. Leanna inspected the job and approved. Mike arrived and was putting up boards while Steve took down the last two metal panels. Thereafter, Steve and Mike worked on the scaffold while I did the ground job (power cords, handing stuff to them, telling them my design, cutting boards for corners) and the job went very quickly. We even did the last panel on the south side. Ramses inspected the work from the window and condemned the whole idea of a Ramses Barrier as anti-cat. We cleaned up, had a nice lunch, and went to the office. I could not have done the job without their help (and the extensive collection of power tools that Mike’s late father left behind). After that, I did minor tasks until somebody sent in a fiction story that intrigued me. I had to rewrite all of the "universe stuff" but the story itself was very good.

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Saturday, April 26, 2014 - 11:45 am: Edit

MY DAY: 24 April (Thursday) 2014 Got to the office at 9:55. Weather: 55F, clear, over 70F later. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: Nanobamus. BBS: 13. Forum: 2. Out box: 58. APOD: meteor shower. Jigsawdoku 2:55. Ann Coulter: Central Park rapists want $5 million each. Web crawl completed at 5pm. Lunch: turkey at Furr’s. Starlist: requests done 32931-FL; requests waiting 2; updates received 2; entries sent to Simone 30; entries sent by Simone 66; entries to archive 38. Email: Overnight spam 60 plus 80 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 750. Events: Had some internet issues which may mean one of our routers is burning out. SPP work: Fed CA art instructions for FMSSB, MSSB annexes and MSC, AdvMisSSD line items. JES work: Checked Kzinti SSDs. Proofread Abukoff fiction. Proofread FCTM- Chapter 2. Sank 8 pirates. SVC work: Did the Petrick fixes to the Abukoff fiction story and gave it to Jean. Settled on stylebook for FC TacMan.

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Tuesday, May 06, 2014 - 07:11 pm: Edit

MY DAY: 25 April (Friday) 2014 Got to the office at 10:30. Weather: 71F, clear. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: Serendipaceratops. BBS: 19. Forum: 2. Out box: 54. APOD: M5 star cluster. Jigsawdoku 2:20. Web crawl completed at 12:15. Lunch: BBQ at BF. Read FYEO for 21-25. Industry mailing list: layout rates. Starlist: done 98465, 80817, 89403; updates received 1; entries sent to Simone 30; entries sent by Simone 50; entries moved to archive 16. Email: Overnight spam 55 plus 99 during the day. Events: Third mysterious air conditioner problem. SPP work: Reviewed fiction by Xander. FMSSB art. Corrections to Kzinti SSDs for Advanced Missions. JES work: Reviewed fiction by Xander. PDF glitch. SVC work: Reviewed fiction by Xander and green-lighted the story. Worked on ships for FMSSB. FYEO,

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Tuesday, May 06, 2014 - 07:11 pm: Edit

MY DAY: 26 April (Saturday) 2014 Got to the office at 10am. Weather: xxx. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: Cymatosaurus. BBS: 12. Forum: 3. Out box: 50. APOD: eclipse. Jigsawdoku 2:13. Web crawl completed at 11:29. Lunch: Turkey and huge salads at Buckhorn. Starlist: done 70503; old entries sent to Simone 30. Email: Overnight spam 21 plus 24 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 732. SPP work: Federation MSSB Annexes. Sent Kzinti SSDs to be checked for Advanced Missions. JES work: Upload Battlewagon article, publicity for it. SVC work: I reset the office management system. I did the THIS WEEK blog and a year-later recap of Operation Fetch for use as another blog. We’ll be sharing the "one year ago" memories of the trip during the next week. OPERATION FETCH 2013, one year ago: SVC and SPP left Amarillo at 11:30. Hit rain at Oklahoma City and the rain continued for days. Jean worked her final day at the Library.

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Tuesday, May 06, 2014 - 07:12 pm: Edit

MY DAY: 27 April (Sunday) 2014 Stayed home all day to rest. APOD: NASA propaganda. OPERATION FETCH-2013: SVC+SPP drove across Ark and Tenn (lunch with Tony Thomas and his lovely wife Evie) across the tail end of North Carolina and into South Carolina. Rain.

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Tuesday, May 06, 2014 - 07:12 pm: Edit

MY DAY: 28 April (Monday) 2014 Got to the office at 12:15. Weather: 67F, clear skies. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: tracks. BBS: 26. Forum: 3. Out box: 53. APOD: Eclipse movie. Jigsawdoku 2:50. Web crawl completed at 1:27. Lunch: enchiladas at LF. Target shooting: at Jean, missed. Industry mailing lists: card game. Starlist: requests done 06108; requests waiting 3; updates received 92307, 13835, 92620; entries sent to Simone 59 (end Phase 3, all through 2004); entries sent by Simone 30; entries moved to archive 18. Email: Two days of spam 102 plus 60 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 737. Events: Paul F added two 3G WYNs to SFBOL. Staff Meeting: Reviewed progress and priorities. SPP work: Advanced Missions line items, battle group tactics, checked out going shipments. JES work: Blogs. Customer support. PDF uploads. SVC work: Sent Simone the stuff for Hailing Frequencies. Sent Jean a ship card pack for DT/WV. Made wolf motel reservations for the trip. Started work on Communique 101. Did QC on 500 hard-board map panels. OPERATION FETCH 2013: SVC+SPP toured the Cowpens and King’s Mountain battlefields and then moved on to reach Pembrooke NC and had dinner with Jean. It rained all day.

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Tuesday, May 06, 2014 - 07:12 pm: Edit

MY DAY: 29 April (Tuesday) 2014 Got to the office at noon. Weather: 55F, howling dirt storm. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: southern hornfaces. BBS: 17. Forum: 2. Out box: 58. APOD: aurora. Jigsawdoku 2:14. Web crawl completed at 1pm. Lunch: roast beef at YB. Industry mailing lists: boxes. Starlist: requests done 2; requests waiting 1; updates received 2; entries sent to Simone 10- 2005; entries sent by Simone 30; entries moved to archive 17. Email: Overnight spam 91 plus 30 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 734. Events: Leanna had minor skin cancer surgery. SPP work: Fed MSSB. Advanced Missions SSDs. CL49 Battle Groups. JES work: Customer support. Uploading PDFs. Proofread part of FCTM. SVC work: Did the 2500 status report. Did chapter 3 of the FC tactics manual. Did 20 Fed CA variant art pieces for FMSSB. Quality checked 700 map panels. OPERATION FETCH-2013: SVC+SPP surveyed Jean's house and storage lockers and calculated that the truck size needed would work. It rained much of the day.

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Tuesday, May 06, 2014 - 07:13 pm: Edit MY DAY: 30 April (Wednesday) 2014 Got to the office at 10:20. Weather: 48F, clear skies. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: Pterosaurs. BBS: 14. Forum: 2. Out box: 57. APOD: eclipse. Jigsawdoku 2:41. Web crawl completed at 12:30. Lunch: turkey at PCS. Read FYEO for 26-30 April. Starlist: requests done 55021; requests waiting 1; updates received 2; entries sent to Simone 11-2005; entries sent by Simone 30; entries moved to archive 19. Email: Overnight spam 96 plus 61 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 741. SPP work: Fed MSSB, Advanced Missions SSDs, CL49 battle groups. Made list of fed DN art needed for FMSSB. JES work: Got SFB Basic Set up on DT and the color version on both W23 and DT, publicity for PDFs. Dealt with an issue of a customer who could not get to a W23 product he bought earlier because of a software problem on the site. SVC work: Told Jean that I would never allow a "build your own Klingon battlecruiser" system to be published in Traveller PD as it would wreck other game systems. Sent stuff 20 Fed CA pictures for the FMSSB. Did chapter 4 of the FCTM and set up chapters 5 and 6; split and arranged articles for 5 and 6. OPERATION FETCH-2013: Turned in rental car, picked up the rental truck. Planned the mission. It rained most of the day.

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Tuesday, May 06, 2014 - 07:13 pm: Edit

MY DAY: 1 May (Thursday) 2014 Got to the office at 9:45. Weather: 50F, few high thin clouds. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: Docodon. BBS: 19. Forum: 2. Out box: 56. APOD: eclipse. Jigsawdoku 2:13. Ann Coulter: Sterling the racist pig. Web crawl completed at 12:50. Lunch: Haddock at CB. Starlist: requests done 31419; requests waiting 2; updates received 1; entries sent to Simone 10 from 2005. Email: Overnight spam 80 plus 99 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 737. SPP work: FMSSB, Battle Groups, AdvMis SSD Book. JES work: Customer service, Uploaded Rom Card Pack 1 to DT/WV, marketed it, prepared omega stuff for upload. SVC work: Set up the files for chapters 7, 8, 9, and 10. Split and arranged the articles in 7. Did a missing ship art piece for Petrick’s FMSSB. Did FCTM Chapter 5. OPERATION FETCH-2013: With invaluable help from local and SFU volunteers we emptied Jean’s storage lockers into the truck. It rained on and off, but not enough to stop us from loading. By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Tuesday, May 06, 2014 - 07:13 pm: Edit

MY DAY: 2 May (Friday) 2014 Got to the office at 9:55. Weather: 55F, clear blue skies. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: papers. BBS: 17. Forum: 5. Out box: 59. APOD: sky (boring). Jigsawdoku 2:22. Web crawl completed at 10:55. Lunch: BBQ at BF. Exercise: walked Wolf around the block three times. Industry mailing lists: kickstarter stories. Starlist: requests done Germany; requests waiting 0; updates received 3; entries sent to Simone 10 from 2005; entries sent by Simone 29 (end of 2004); entries moved to archive 17. Email: Overnight spam 42 plus 10 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 760. SPP work: FMSSB, Battle Groups, AdvMis SSD Book. JES work: Uploading PDFs, Markeing, Customer Service. SVC work: Did FCTM chapter 6 and five pages of Chapter 7 (Feds); Chapter 7 is 43 pages, four times as big as any before. OPERATION FETCH-2013: The Big Day! With the help of local and SFU volunteers we removed 99% of Jean’s property from her house and loaded it on the truck with almost no rain at all. Then Jean (Callsign: Swamprat, Baby Car), Steve Petrick (Callsign: Cougar, the Big Truck), and myself (Callsign: Lobo) proceeded west to Hendersonville NC in virtually continual rain.

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Tuesday, May 06, 2014 - 07:13 pm: Edit

MY DAY: 3 May (Saturday) 2014 Got to the office at 10:20. Weather: 60F, mostly clear. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: teeth. BBS: 23. Forum: 1. Out box: 61. APOD: nice nebula. Jigsawdoku 2:35. Web crawl completed at 11:04. Lunch: awful. Industry mailing lists: Kickstarter frauds. Starlist: entries sent to Simone 9 from 2005. Email: Overnight spam 63 plus 5 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 744. SPP work: Advanced Missions, Battle Groups. JES work: Proofread tactics manual chapter 4. SVC work: FCTactics Manual, did a lot of Chapter 7. Did the THIS WEEK blog. Customer service. Marketing. OPERATION FETCH-2013: We had a nice breakfast, drove north another two hours before turning west on I40, which goes from Knoxville to Amarillo. SVC drove the truck for an hour and everyone agreed he did not need to drive it any more. We had lunch in Lebanon with Mike Curtis, Tony Thomas, and Evie. We stopped in Forest City ARK due to exhaustion. Jean sprang for a great hotel. It rained on and off. By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Tuesday, May 06, 2014 - 07:14 pm: Edit

MY DAY: 4 May (Sunday) 2014 Got to the office at 8;30. Weather: 62F, clear skies. Daily Routine: BBS: 17. Forum: 2. Out box: 62. APOD: Scorpius nebula. Web crawl completed at 9am. Lunch: Leanna cooked roast. Email: Overnight spam 21. JES work: Customer service from home. SVC work: Came in to clean up my desk. OPERATION FETCH-2013: Got up, had a wonderful hotel breakfast, and drove west. It stopped raining around Oklahoma City, where rain started a week before. We took hour-long breaks for lunch and dinner and got to the SVC house at 11pm.

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Tuesday, May 06, 2014 - 07:14 pm: Edit

MY DAY: 5 May (Monday, Cinco de Mayo) 2014 Got to the office at 12:50. Weather: 93F, clear skies. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: Kulinda Valley. BBS: 18. Forum: 1. Out box: 65. APOD: gravity lens. Jigsawdoku 2:10. Web crawl completed at 5:30. Lunch: boring. Industry mailing lists: kickstarter. Starlist: requests done 72012; requests waiting 2; updates received 3 (59602, 98509, 98199; entries sent to Simone 17 (last of 2005); entries sent by Simone 20 (2005); entries moved to archive 17. Email: Overnight spam 137 plus 60 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 755. Check in with Artists: Trying again to contact Adam. SPP work: Battle groups, AdvMis SSDs, 2500 masters. JES work: Deleted 17 fake people from BBS, photos of 2500 masters, Blogs, customer support. SVC work: Starlist. Reviewed new 2500 and 2450 masters. Worked on FCTM.

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Monday, May 12, 2014 - 04:52 pm: Edit

MY DAY: 6 May (Tuesday) 2014 Got to the office at 10am. Weather: 75F, clear skies. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: microDNA. BBS: 29. Forum: 4. Out box: 63. APOD: solat spikes and storms. Jigsawdoku 2:45. Web crawl completed at 12:40. Lunch: roast beef at YB. Read FYEO for 1-5 May. Starlist: requests done 34953; requests waiting 3. Email: Overnight spam 92 plus 120 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 741. Miniatures Status Check Day: 9 prototypes sent to Bruce. SPP work: Battlegroups, AdvMis, Fed MSSB. JES work: Uploading revised FC Omega book and marketing. Stuff for Haling Frequencies. SVC work: Starline 2500 prototypes. Communique 101.

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Monday, May 12, 2014 - 04:53 pm: Edit

MY DAY: 7 May (Wednesday) 2014 Got to the office at 1pm. Weather: 92F, clear skies. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: body mass. BBS: 29. Forum: 6. Out box: 66. APOD: mound on mars. Jigsawdoku 2:25. Web crawl completed at 2:05. Lunch: steak at Chili Willi’s. Industry mailing lists: kickstarter. Starlist: requests done 98021, 98057; requests waiting 0; updates received 85206. Email: Overnight spam 185 plus 46 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 733. SPP work: Orders, battlegroups, Hailing Frequencies. JES work: Hailing Frequencies, Simone evaluation, promoting the FC Omega playtest pack. SVC work: Simone evaluation. Fed MSSB art. FCTM.

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Monday, May 12, 2014 - 04:53 pm: Edit

MY DAY: 8 May (Thursday) 2014 Got to the office at 9am. Weather: 66F, clear blue sky. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: T-rex in Texas. BBS: 23. Forum: 2. Out box: 62. APOD: Hamburger galaxy 3628. Jigsawdoku 2:15. Ann Coulter: liberals wail over execution of a violent rapist and murderer. Web crawl completed at 10:18. Lunch: creamed beef at Buckhorn. Starlist: requests waiting 0; updates received 96003, 92505, 46205, 21043, 17356; entries sent by Simone 10; entries moved to archive 9. Email: Overnight spam 58 plus 100 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 738. SPP work: AdvMis SSD book, CL49 Battlegroups, Fed MSSB work. JES work: Publicized PDF of FC Omega, starline. SVC work: Posted estimated date of new minis. Did 15 pages of FCTM.

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Monday, May 12, 2014 - 04:54 pm: Edit

MY DAY: 9 May (Friday) 2014 Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: Changpeipus. APOD: Haley dust. Lunch: brownies and meat sticks in the car at 75mph. Exercise: walking, a lot. Starlist: entries sent by Simone 9. SPP work: AdvMis SSD book, CL49 Battlegroups, Fed MSSB work. Events: Simone uploaded Communique & Hailing Frequencies. Posted F&E compendium to DT/WV and promoted it on the usual places. Dealt with bounced emails. JES work: Uploaded LMC playtest pack to DT, WV, W23. SVC work: I got up early, picked up the meat and breakfast, passed the city limit sign at 8am, and drove straight through to Wild Spirit Wolf Sanctuary where I unloaded the meat at 2pm, checked into the lodge, and visited the with the sanctuary staff, got to scrach Kota (the 130-pound king wolf), and got a good night’s sleep.

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Monday, May 12, 2014 - 04:54 pm: Edit

MY DAY: 10 May (Saturday) 2014 Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: feathers. APOD: flame nebula. Lunch: Cheeseburger at Candy Kitchen Trading Post. SPP work: AdvMis SSD book, CL49 Battlegroups, Fed MSSB work. JES work: Publicity for LMC playtest pack PDF. SVC work: I spent the day at Wild Spirit Wolf Sanctuary. I cut up the meat for the next day, helped Ramon with some repair work, got lessons on management and enrichment, and helped Rae feed the wolves, dingos, and other . I also got to help with the arrival of the first three coyotes ever at WSWS and prepared their first meal of heart and liver.

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Monday, May 12, 2014 - 04:54 pm: Edit

MY DAY: 11 May (Sunday) 2014 Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: tracks. APOD: Grand Canyon of Mars. Lunch: ham & pineapple pizza at Candy Kitchen Trading Post. Exercise: lots of walking. JES: Went to some play with Leanna at Amarillo College. SVC work: We passed out the Bunny Baskets, each containing meat I had brought to the sanctuary along with things provided by the sanctuary. They brought Zoerro (the wolf who is the mascot for UNM) to meet me but (as I was sitting in a chair on blood-soaked ground where I cut up 100# of organ meat the day before) Zoerro was convinced that I was the alpha male of a rival wolfpack and that he was in mortal danger from me. After a nice lunch with my friends there, I drove home into a constant 45mph headwind. I got home at 10:01pm.

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Monday, May 19, 2014 - 11:35 am: Edit MY DAY: 12 May (Monday) 2014 Got to the office at 1pm. Weather: 55F, windy. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: Fortunguavis. BBS: 19. Forum: 10. Out box: 52. APOD: evolution of the universe video. Jigsawdoku 2:12. Web crawl completed at 3:04. Lunch: haddock at Cracker Barrel. Industry mailing lists: court rules APIs are copyrightable. Starlist: requests done 98007, 95841; requests waiting 0; entries sent by Simone 10; update received 98629; sent to archive 4. Email: Several days of spam 395 plus 87 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 743. SPP work: Reports on drafts of battle groups. Reports on Adv Mis SSDs. Checked half of a shipment of 2400 minis. JES work: Sunk 54 Ebay pirates illegally using our photos. Customer service, blogs, proofread chapter 5 of FCTM. SVC work: Caught up on stuff from my vacation. Did QC work on half of a shipment of 2400s.

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Monday, May 19, 2014 - 11:36 am: Edit

MY DAY: 13 May (Tuesday) 2014 Got to the office at 9am. Weather: 50F, cloudy. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: Dorosuchus. BBS: 23. Forum: 2. Out box: 57. APOD: cometary globule. Jigsawdoku 2:27. Web crawl completed at 10am. Lunch: roast beef at YB. Starlist: requests done 75080; requests waiting 0. Email: Overnight spam 139 plus 110 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 730. Miniatures Status Check Day: Conversation with Bruce indicates that ADB Master Mold 2501 will probably have the Tholian PC-DD-CA and Orion DW- BR and maybe one or two more ships. He won’t know until he talks to the mold guy tomorrow. SPP work: Battlegroups, AdvMis SSDs, FedMSSB. JES work: Marketing 2500 resin DNs. Blogs. Dealt with pirates. Customer service. Proofreading FCTM. SVC work: Did the Spring Wolf Blog for Jean. Worked on other blogs to have them ready for the future. I did the last six pages of FCTM chapter 7 and all but 4 pages of Chapter 8.

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Monday, May 19, 2014 - 11:36 am: Edit

MY DAY: 14 May (Wednesday) 2014 Got to the office at 10:30. Weather: 62F, some clouds. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: ratite birds. BBS: 24. Forum: 8. Out box: 57. APOD: space station video. Jigsawdoku 2:16. Web crawl completed at 5pm. Lunch: riblettes at Appleby’s. Industry mailing lists: Cthulhu font. Starlist: requests done 60013; requests waiting 4. Email: Overnight spam 215 plus 140 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 751. 1PM Staff Meeting: Discussed picnic plans. Events: Paul Franz reports that 106 third generation SSDs are now on SFBOL, with 3410 yet to be converted. Customer Request Wednesday: graphics. SPP work: SSD reports for Advanced Missions. JES work: Customer support, spammer on forum, proofreading part of FCTM chapter 7. SVC work: 2500 stuff. Plans for picnic. FCTM. Wolves.

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Monday, May 19, 2014 - 11:36 am: Edit

MY DAY: 15 May (Thursday) 2014 Got to the office at 3:10. Weather: 75F, clear. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: Hyperodapedon. BBS: 19. Forum: 3. Out box: 58. APOD: Neptune in shadow. Ann Coulter: death penalty. Lunch: food court at trade show. Exercise: five hours walking in trade show. Industry mailing lists: WotC is suing somebody. Starlist: requests waiting 4. Email: Overnight spam 175 plus 14 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 769. Events: The company picnic. SPP work: Attended picnic JES work: Attended picnic; copyright issues, access problems caused by local providers not updating their maps as we moved to a new server. SVC work: Attended picnic; sorted loot.

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Monday, May 19, 2014 - 11:37 am: Edit

MY DAY: 16 May (Friday) 2014 Got to the office at 10:55. Weather: 75F, mostly clear. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: teeth. BBS: 25. Forum: 26. Out box: 57. APOD: uninteresting. Jigsawdoku 2:28. Web crawl completed at 2:42. Lunch: BBQ at BF. Read FYEO for 6-7-8-9-10 May. Exercise: walked Wolf around block. Industry mailing lists: Paid Prioritization. Starlist: requests done 43123, 35757; requests waiting 5; updates received 06810, 97008, 75034, 78230, 37129; entries sent by Simone 10; entries moved to archive 2; archives for Simone to post 30; posted 10. Email: Overnight spam 99 plus 11 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 767. SPP work: Battlegroups, AdvMis SSD book. JES work: Proofreading FCTM. Uploading CL4 to DT/WV. Promoting it. SVC work: Catching up, FCTM.

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Monday, May 19, 2014 - 11:37 am: Edit

MY DAY: 17 May (Saturday) 2014 Got to the office at 1pm. Weather: 75F. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: biggest sauropod. BBS: 25. Forum: 10. Out box: 58. APOD: great red spot is dying. Jigsawdoku 2:35. Web crawl completed at 1:57. Lunch: awful steak at Hoffbrau. Industry mailing lists: internet. Starlist: requests done 95051, 82190, 93304; requests waiting 2. Email: Overnight spam 105 plus 6 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 772. SPP work: CL49 monster article. JES work: Copyright pirates. SVC work: Did the THIS WEEK blog. Worked on FCTM.

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Monday, May 19, 2014 - 11:37 am: Edit

MY DAY: 18 May (Sunday) 2014 Got to the office at 3pm. Weather: 80F, thin clouds. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: teeth. BBS: 23. Forum: 1. Out box: 60. APOD: red spot 1979. Web crawl completed at 4pm. Lunch: Leanna cooked turkey. Exercise: walked Ramses for an hour. Email: Overnight spam 15 plus 10 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 758. JES work: Customer support from home. SVC work: came in to clear my desk for Monday.

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Tuesday, May 27, 2014 - 04:27 pm: Edit

MY DAY: 19 May (Monday) 2014 Got to the office at 9:30. Weather: 70F, thin clouds. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: tracks. BBS: 20. Forum: 1. Out box: 60. APOD: artistic skyline with no astronomical value. Jigsawdoku 2:16. Web crawl completed at 10:34. Lunch: tried the Monday special at BF; noodles were great but "Foodie Jean" thought the beef was scorched. Exercise: walked around block. Industry mailing lists: something about internet download speeds. Starlist: requests done Switzerland, Scotland; requests waiting 0; updates received 4; entries sent by Simone 10 (the last from 2005); entries moved to archive 2. Email: Overnight spam 57 plus 181 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 757. SPP work: Monster article, AdvMis SSDs. JES work: Blogs, proofread part of FCTM, checked SSDs for AdvMis, Getting C3A ready for color upload, 20 starlist welcome letters. SVC work: Worked on FCTM (finishing Chapter 9) and had my teeth cleaned.

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Tuesday, May 27, 2014 - 04:27 pm: Edit

MY DAY: 20 May (Tuesday) 2014 Got to the office at 9:45. Weather: 77F, thin cloud cover. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: titanosaur. BBS: 21. Forum: 0. Out box: 57. APOD: spiral galaxy M61. Jigsawdoku 2:54. Web crawl completed at 12:45. Lunch: roast beef at YB. Read FYEO for 16-20 May. Exercise: walked around block. Industry mailing lists: Paid Prioritization. Starlist: requests done Calgary; requests waiting 2. Email: Overnight spam 85 plus 135 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 759. SPP work: AdvMis SSDs, Platinum hat question, monster article, checked outgoing shipments. JES work: Copyright violators, customer service, uploading PDFs, uploading 2500 photos. SVC work: Reviewed 2500 mini CGIs, posted some of them, updated status report, sent it to the 2500 team. Did some work on FCTM.

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Tuesday, May 27, 2014 - 04:28 pm: Edit

MY DAY: 21 May (Wednesday) 2014 Got to the office at 9:44. Weather: 74F, cloudy. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: Paleo-wildfires. BBS: 22. Forum: 0. Out box: 60. APOD: not astronomy. Jigsawdoku 2:21. Web crawl completed at 10:32. Lunch: salad. Read FYEO for today. Exercise: walked around block. Starlist: requests done 1; requests waiting 2. Email: Overnight spam 75 plus 50 during the day. SPP work: Adv Mis, monster article. JES work: Issues with e/w23, posting CGIs, got C3A uploaded on DT/WV and publicized it. SVC work: Customer requests. FCTM. FO14. More on 2500s.

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Tuesday, May 27, 2014 - 04:28 pm: Edit

MY DAY: 22 May (Thursday) 2014 Got to the office at 10am. Weather: 73F, some clouds. Lots of rain and thunder last night. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: conference. BBS: 37. Forum: 3. Out box: 54. APOD: Nebula 6164. Jigsawdoku 2:21. Ann Coulter: death penalty. Web crawl completed at 3:02. Lunch: turkey at Furr’s. Starlist: requests done 85297; requests waiting 1; entries moved to archive 1. Email: Overnight spam 227 plus 157 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 774. Events: A staff meeting discussed products approaching print. FCTM lacks only 4.5 pages and Simone laying out the cover. FMSSB lacks only two dozen illustrations and Simone constructing a collage cover. F&E Minor Empires looks good and F&E-FO14 looks possible but Leanna must study the costs. CL49 looks like it could happen by the end of June. ACTASF1.2 awaits the manuscript from Tony Thomas. SPP work: Advanced Missions SSDs, CL49. JES work: Proofreading FCTM, advertising PDFs. SVC work: Reviewed final fix to B10. Did the last two chapters of FCTM. Chaired meeting; did report.

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Tuesday, May 27, 2014 - 04:29 pm: Edit

MY DAY: 23 May (Friday) 2014 Got to the office at 10:30. Weather: raining (all night), 60F. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: Mercuriceratops. BBS: 25. Forum: 1. Out box: 55. APOD: comet. Jigsawdoku 2:18. Web crawl completed at 11am. Lunch: BBQ at BF. Exercise: short walk with Wolf. Industry mailing lists: stolen files ending up on pirate sites. Starlist: requests done 95472; requests waiting 0; updates received 1. Email: Overnight spam 101 plus 109 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 777. SPP work: Advanced Missions SSDs, CL49. JES work: AdvMis SSD checking, proofreading FCTM. SVC work: Dealing with 2500 sales. Working on FC tactics manual and starting to make Jean’s fixes.

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Tuesday, May 27, 2014 - 04:29 pm: Edit

MY DAY: 24 May (Saturday) 2014 Got to the office at 8:20. Weather: 55F, raining steadily. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: Ornithomimosaurs. BBS: 27. Forum: 0. Out box: 55. APOD: not astronomy. Lunch: CFS at BF (awful). Dinner: ribs at Furr’s (even more awful). Exercise: walked Wolf several times. Email: Overnight spam 25 plus 14 during the day. Events: Steve Petrick drove Leanna and Jean to Oklahoma City to see some play or something. SVC work: Reset the office management system. Worked on making corrections to FCTM.

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Tuesday, May 27, 2014 - 04:30 pm: Edit

MY DAY: 25 May (Sunday) 2014 Got to the office at 5pm. Weather: 70F, cloudy, rained early. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: teeth. BBS: 24. Forum: 2. Out box: 55. APOD: skyline photo. Web crawl completed at 6pm. Lunch: Leanna cooked meat. Email: Overnight spam 36. JES work: Customer service from home. SVC work: Came in for a while to clear desk.

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Tuesday, May 27, 2014 - 04:30 pm: Edit

MY DAY: 26 May (Memorial Day) 2014 ADB salutes the veterans and thanks them for their service. Got to the office at 1pm. Weather: 75F, cloudy, rained early. Had to leave early because of a commitment; it was a short day. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: Antarctica. BBS: 13. Forum: 2. Out box: 57. APOD: ALMA telescope. Jigsawdoku 2:18. Lunch: ribs at Outback.. Email: Overnight spam 33 plus 10 during the day. SPP work: Advanced Missions SSDs, CL49. JES work: Customer support, ad in Suspense & Decision, Blogs, blocked spammer. SVC work: Did the THIS WEEK blog. FCTM.

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Friday, May 30, 2014 - 04:18 pm: Edit

MY DAY: 27 May (Tuesday) 2014 Got to the office at 10:15. Weather: 67F, clear, no rain. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: Ichthyosaurs. BBS: 22. Forum: 3. Out box: 54. APOD: Nebula M17. Jigsawdoku 2:08. Web crawl completed at 10:53. Lunch: roast beef at YB. Read FYEO for 21-25 May. Starlist: requests done 08094 Email: Overnight spam 74 plus 132 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 773. SPP work: Advanced Missions SSDs, CL49 stuff. JES work: Blogs, prep for meeting, three empires of the FCTM tactics chapter, Starline updated posted to 7 forums. SVC work: Sent Jean two more blogs. Did the 2500 update and sent four ships to prototype; asked people to move forward on various things in process. Sent Simone the stuff for Hailing Frequencies for 10 June. Handled a bunch of lost mail, delayed replies, and obscure memos. Then I remembered the primary task and did Jean’s fixes to chapter 2 of the FCTM and went home at 8:45pm.

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Friday, May 30, 2014 - 04:19 pm: Edit

MY DAY: 28 May (Wednesday) 2014 Got to the office at 10:20. Weather: 75F, clear. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: . BBS: 27. Forum: 3. Out box: 53. APOD: cone nebula. Jigsawdoku 2:18. Web crawl completed at 5:04. Lunch: salmon at PCS. Exercise: walked around block. Starlist: requests done 55447. Email: Overnight spam 83 plus 143 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 769. 6PM Staff Meeting: Set the schedule for the rest of 2014. SPP work: Advanced Missions SSDs, CL49 stuff. JES work: Uploaded Kzinti ship card pack #1 to DT/WV, sent an email to 940 FC fans there, publicized it. Proofread three more empires from the FCTM. SVC work: Reviewed a Gorn 2500 BB and sent it back to be done over as it doesn’t match the history. I did some customer requests. Worked on FCTM. Called to get my car fixed with the GM recall (now I wait six weeks for parts). Got a haircut.

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Friday, May 30, 2014 - 04:19 pm: Edit

MY DAY: 29 May (Thursday) 2014 Got to the office at 9am. Weather: 75F, clear, hot. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: Gastornis. BBS: 22. Forum: 3. Out box: 54. APOD: Omega centauri cluster may actually be a small galaxy. Jigsawdoku 2:48. Ann Coulter: Last mass shooter proves that guns are not the problem (nutjobs are). Web crawl completed at 10:15. Lunch: BBQ at Dyer’s. Starlist: requests done 59803; requests waiting 0. Email: Overnight spam 53 plus 124 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 779. Events: Contractor installed replacement air conditioning plant for back half of building. SPP work: CL49 monster article, AdvMis. Reviewed 2500 Gorn battleship and sent it back for corrections. JES work: Got Distant Armada up on DT/WV. Publicized. SVC work: 2500 production coordination. Made Jean’s fixes to FCTM chapter 3. Did the FCTM back cover text for Simone.

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Tuesday, June 03, 2014 - 02:17 pm: Edit MY DAY: 30 May (Friday) 2014 Got to the office at 9:55. Weather: 75F, cloudy. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: mammoths & dogs. BBS: 28. Forum: 2. Out box: 55. APOD: Nebula Abell 36. Jigsawdoku 2:18. Web crawl completed at 10:45. Lunch: BBQ at BF. Exercise: I took Wolf over to the park. Starlist: requests done 33604. Email: Overnight spam 145 plus 24 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 781. Events: Wolf made his first trip to the park across the street. SPP work: Reviewed Kzinti 2500 BB. Advanced Missions SSDs. JES work: Marketing, customer service, FCTM. SVC work: Reviewed and posted Kzinti 2500 BB. Worked on FCTM Chapter 5. Reviewed cover for FCTM.

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Tuesday, June 03, 2014 - 02:17 pm: Edit

MY DAY: 31 May (Saturday) 2014 Got to the office at 9:20. Weather: 75F, a few clouds. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: robot . BBS: 28. Forum: 0. Out box: 54. APOD: wasted. Jigsawdoku 2:59. Web crawl completed at 10:16. Lunch: pizza. Read FYEO for 26-31 May. Exercise: walked around block. Starlist: requests done 98146. Email: Overnight spam 70 plus 7 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 788. Events: Cleaning lady cleaned office. SPP work: Advanced missions SSDs; CL49. JES work: Uploaded Distant Armada and CL35. SVC work: 2500s (told Sandrine how to prototype the SD7, BATS, and Vulture based on Bruce’s advice). Reset the office management system for the next week. I did two new Andro cards for FC for Comm 102. Did the THIS WEEK blog. Worked on fixes to FCTM.

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Tuesday, June 03, 2014 - 02:17 pm: Edit

MY DAY: 1 June (Sunday) 2014 Got to the office at 4pm. Weather: 90F, mostly clear. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: Sichuan. BBS: 24. Forum: 3. Out box: 54. APOD: halo of the cat’s eye. Jigsawdoku 2:26. Web crawl completed at 4:45. Lunch: Leanna cooked stew. Target shooting: 5?5. Industry mailing lists: Kickstarter. Email: Overnight spam 45 plus 2 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 772. Events: Chaplain Denton’s birthday party. SVC work: I came in briefly to clear my desk for Monday.

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Tuesday, June 03, 2014 - 02:18 pm: Edit

MY DAY: 2 June (Monday) 2014 Got to the office at 10:30. Weather: 74, mostly clear. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: Theropod diversity. BBS: 19. Forum: 1. Out box: 54. APOD: not astronomy. Lunch: disaster. Email: Overnight spam 64. Events: The two Steves went to a restaurant they eat at frequently and ordered a meal they have eaten before, but the new cook loaded it with onions sending both of them home with food poisoning, so they missed an entire day of work. JES work: Marketing, customer service, FCTM, party.

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Saturday, June 07, 2014 - 02:32 pm: Edit

MY DAY: 3 June (Tuesday) 2014 Got to the office at 10am. Weather: 77F, mostly clear. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: Alligator. BBS: 22. Forum: 2. Out box: 53. APOD: WR104. Web crawl completed at 1:04. Lunch: roast beef at YB. Jigsawdoku: 2:25. Target shooting: 5/5. Starlist: requests done 17603; requests waiting 2. Email: Overnight spam 236 plus 35 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 787. Miniatures Status Check Day: Delayed by illness. SPP work: CL49 campaign update JES work: Marketing Distant Armada PDF, Proofread more of FCTM, uploaded Starmada PDFs, prepped G1 deck plans for upload. SVC work: Did a blog for Jean. Created a single-leaf copy of the G1 deck plans tech files so Leanna could upload the PDF. Despite feeling like I wanted to go back to bed, I did the Jean fixes to chapters 5 and 6 of the FCTM.

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Saturday, June 07, 2014 - 02:32 pm: Edit

MY DAY: 4 June (Wednesday) 2014 Got to the office at 10. Weather: 77F, mostly clear. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: crocogator. BBS: 19. Forum: 3. Out box: 56. APOD: sun. Web crawl completed at 6pm. Lunch: at Cracker Barrell. Industry mailing lists: pop up banners for conventions. Starlist: requests waiting 3. Email: Overnight spam 56 plus 112 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 785. 1PM Staff Meeting: Discussed rearranging the production schedule after two of the Tholian ships failed to cast. Events: Visit by an old customer (Mark Conder) and West Texas Business Center official Brian Whipple. SPP work: CL49 campaign update. JES work: Uploaded F&E ISC rulebook, marketed it. Proof read more of FCTM. SVC work: Customer requests. Rebuilding the 2500 schedule and getting pictures posted.

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Saturday, June 07, 2014 - 02:33 pm: Edit

MY DAY: 5 June (Thursday) 2014 Got to the office at 9am. Weather: 80F, cloudy. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: Zhanghenglong. BBS: 23. Forum: 2. Out box: 52. APOD: Ultra Deep Field. Jigsawdoku 2:13. Ann Coulter: Bergdahl. Web crawl completed at 11. Lunch: chicken salad sandwich at Malcomb’s. Read FYEO for 1-2 June. Industry mailing lists: kickstarter. Starlist: requests done 41017; requests waiting 2. Email: Overnight spam 80 plus 140 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 790. Events: Long-horn cattle driven down the main street of Amarillo, an event Jean had never seen. SPP work: Campaign update for CL49. Checked shipments. JES work: Proofread FCTM, PDF uploads, pirates. SVC work: 2500 production, TCTM, FYEO.

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Saturday, June 07, 2014 - 02:33 pm: Edit

MY DAY: 6 June (Friday, D-Day) 2014 Got to the office at 10:10. Weather: 73F, cloudy. Heavy rain last night along with tornado sirens at 2am. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: tracks. BBS: 26. Forum: 3. Out box: 52. APOD: comet. Jigsawdoku 2:11. Web crawl completed at 10:54. Lunch: BBQ at BF (meat was tough). Read FYEO for 3-4-5 June. Exercise: walked Wolf to the park across 10th street, two blocks. Starlist: requests done 98021; requests waiting 2. Email: Overnight spam 87 plus 110 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 782. SPP work: Campaign update for CL49. Checked packing. JES work: Demotivaionals, uploading G1 gunboat, got pocket edition of SFB working on DT/WV, SVC work: Starline 2500 stuff. FCTM.

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Monday, June 09, 2014 - 07:03 pm: Edit

MY DAY: 7 June (Saturday) 2014 Got to the office at 11:30. Weather: 70F, cloudy. Heavy rain last night. A tree fell on a power line a half a mile from my house, leaving us in the dark for four hours.. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: date. BBS: 25. Forum: 1. Out box: 54. APOD: Eagle nebula. Jigsawdoku 2:20. Web crawl completed at 3pm. Lunch: ribs at Outback. Read FYEO for 6-7 June. Email: Overnight spam 36 plus 11 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 782. SPP work: CL49, updates on FMSSB and AdvMisSSD. JES work: Publicized gunboat deck plans PDF. Pictures of masters from mold 2501. Proofread chapter 9, 10, and half of 11 from the FCTM. SVC work: Worked on 2500s and FCTM. Did the THIS WEEK blog. Reset the office management system.

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Monday, June 09, 2014 - 07:04 pm: Edit

MY DAY: 8 June (Sunday) 2014 Got to the office at 9am. Weather: 65F, cloudy. Rained heavily last night but no drama. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: Pterosaur eggs. BBS: 24. Forum: 2. Out box: 55. APOD: star cluster 290. Web crawl completed at 11am. Lunch: Leanna cooked beans and ham. Read FYEO for today. Exercise: walked Ramses. Target shooting: 5/5. Email: Overnight spam 21 plus 6 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 782. SVC work: I came in and cleaned up my desk.

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Saturday, June 14, 2014 - 03:17 pm: Edit

MY DAY: 9 June (Monday) 2014 Got to the office at 10:10. Weather: 61F, cloudy. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: evolution of armor. BBS: 23. Forum: 1. Out box: 54. APOD: sort of funny light in the sky chart (that cleverly avoids UFOs). Jigsawdoku 2:44. Web crawl completed at 12:19. Lunch: beef tips and noodles at BF. Read FYEO for today. Exercise: walked Wolf to park and back. Target shooting: 5/5. Industry mailing lists: Origins. Starlist: requests done 17201; requests waiting 1; updates received 46835. Email: Overnight spam 79 plus 143 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 786. SPP work: Communique. JES work: Blogs, Hailing Frequencies, Communique. SVC work: Communique #102. Hailing Frequencies. Reviewed and updated 2500 status. Determined stand hole needed in B10 and Vulture and advised Mongoose. Did a blog for Jean to feed her schedule. SPotD (Small Project of the Day): I have a ton of these that aren’t getting done so I will try to do one every now and then. Answered a question for a fiction author.

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Saturday, June 14, 2014 - 03:18 pm: Edit

MY DAY: 10 June (Tuesday) 2014 Got to the office at 10am. Weather: 67F, mostly clear. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: hadrosaur. BBS: 25. Forum: 1. Out box: 54. APOD: M51 whirlpool galaxy in xrays. Jigsawdoku 2:38. Web crawl completed at 1:10. Lunch: pork chop at Calico. Read FYEO for today. Target shooting: 5/5. Industry mailing lists: Cthulu action figures. Starlist: requests done Korea; requests waiting 1; updates received 72035. Email: Overnight spam 69 plus 64 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 786. Events: SVC drove LMC and JES to Lubbock so they could see "Driving Miss Daisy" while SVC went to Joe’s Crab Shack. Miniatures Status Check Day: So many in progress I can only do one small step on one ship per day. Today I clarified the BATS connector issue so that can move forward. SPP work: update article for CL49. JES work: conference on new edition of GC. Proofed Hailing Frequencies. Finished proofing FCTM. Publicized newsletters. Posted and publicized starline 2500 status report SVC work: Primary: Finalized Comm102 and sent it to Simone. Other: conference on new edition of GC. SPotD: did not have time for this today.

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Saturday, June 14, 2014 - 03:18 pm: Edit

MY DAY: 11 June (Wednesday) 2014 Got to the office at 1pm. Weather: 86F and clear. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: . BBS: 23. Forum: 3. Out box: 54. APOD: useless skyline. Jigsawdoku 2:26. Web crawl completed at 4:20. Lunch: Star buffet (just Jean and SVC as the others hate Asian food; I don’t like it but they had salmon so I couldn’t care less what else they had). Read FYEO for today. Target shooting: 5/5. Industry mailing lists: Origins. Starlist: requests done 87112; requests waiting 0. Email: Overnight spam 174 plus 7 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 795. 1PM Staff Meeting: discussed recon report from China Star. Customer Request Wednesday: Reviewed a file. SPP work: update article for CL49. JES work: Checking changes on FCTM. Deleted 8 fake people from BBS. Dealt with bounced emails from HF. Posted 2500 update to Mongoose Board. SVC work: Primary: generated PDFs of My Day archives so Simone could finish an archive page for the website that Joel started but never finished. Other: Jean fixes to Chapter7K of FCTM. 2500: posted Orion slaver; sent query on the Neo-Tholian NCA.. SPotD: I actually hunted down the lost small projects list.

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Saturday, June 14, 2014 - 03:19 pm: Edit

MY DAY: 12 June (Thursday) 2014 Got to the office at 10am. Weather: 66F, cloudy. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: Archaeopteryx. BBS: 21. Forum: 2. Out box: 53. APOD: tarantula nebula. Jigsawdoku 2:07. Ann Coulter: Cantor defeated by anti-amnesty votes. Web crawl completed at 11am. Lunch: turkey at Cracker Barrel. Read FYEO for today. Exercise: walked Wolf; later, walked Ramses. Target shooting: 5/5. Industry mailing lists: Diana Jones Awards. Starlist: no requests. Email: Overnight spam 105 plus 5 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 795. Events: huge shipment of boxes arrived. SPP work: SSDs for CL49. JES work: Scheduled PDF uploads. Uploaded CL#5 to DT-WV; marketed it. Prepped AdvMis SSD for upload. Checked fixes on FCTM. SVC work: Primary: Rom-Gorn-Kzinti sub-chapters of FCTM. Other: article for CL49. 2500: told Sandrine to revise Slaver. Small project of the day: moved the I+J soft pledge F&E counter project into the final .

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Saturday, June 14, 2014 - 03:19 pm: Edit

MY DAY: 13 June (Friday, Knights Templar Day) 2014 Got to the office at 10:08. Weather: 66F, cloudy. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: teeth. BBS: 26. Forum: 1. Out box: 52. APOD: not astronomy. Jigsawdoku 2:25. Web crawl completed at 10:43. Lunch: BBQ at BF; one of their worst days. Read FYEO for today. Exercise: took wolf to the Dog Park. Target shooting: 5/5. Starlist: requests done 35613; archives sent to and posted by Simone 10. Email: Overnight spam 144 plus 105 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 784. SPP work: CL49 stuff, checked shipments, cleaned office. JES work: Blogs, marketed CL#5, uploaded Advanced Missions SSD book. SVC work: Primary: FCTM chapters on Tholians, Seltorians, Lyrans. 2500: posted Gorn BB; sent BATS to prototype. SPotD: obsolete F&E counters fire sale.

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Monday, June 16, 2014 - 06:05 pm: Edit

MY DAY: 14 June (Saturday) 2014 Got to the office at 10:10. Weather: 74F, a few clouds. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: bones. BBS: 23. Forum: 0. Out box: 51. APOD: skyline. Jigsawdoku 2:03. Web crawl completed at 11am. Lunch: BBQ at Dyer’s. Read FYEO for today. Exercise: 40 minutes with Wolf. Target shooting: 5/5. Starlist: requests done Toronto; requests waiting 1; archives sent to Simone 10. Email: Overnight spam 32 plus 36 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 781. SPP work: CL49 stuff. JES work: Publicized PDFs. Checked changes and re-proofread FCTM. SVC work: Primary: FCTM-Orion-WYN-Vudar-Andro-ISC. Other: started SFB tactics manual conversation. Did the THIS WEEK blog. 2500: posted Kzinti BB Notch-1. SPotD: discussed kindle books with Leanna/Jean who told me that the hangup for this future profitable product line is that the stories have to be Jean-Edited or we’ll get laughed out of the literature market. And Jean already has months of stuff to edit.

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Monday, June 16, 2014 - 06:06 pm: Edit

MY DAY: 15 June (Sunday) 2014 Got to the office at 4:20. Weather: 88F, mostly clear. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: sauropods. BBS: 20. Forum: 1. Out box: 51. APOD: moving dipole. Lunch: Leanna cooked turkey. Exercise: walked Ramses. Target shooting: 5/5. Email: Overnight spam 24. SVC work: I just came in an hour to clean up my desk.

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Friday, June 20, 2014 - 06:47 pm: Edit

MY DAY: 16 June (Monday) 2014 Got to the office at 10:25. Weather: 81F, sunny. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: dino news. BBS: 24. Forum: 2. Out box: 52. APOD: heat map. Jigsawdoku 2:22. Web crawl completed at 10:54. Lunch: ham & eggs at BF. Read FYEO for yesterday. Target shooting: 5 out of 5 in 1/2" circle. Industry mailing lists: hard copies from Drive Thru. Starlist: requests done 28327; archives sent to and posted by Simone 10. Email: Overnight spam 62 plus 62 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 786. SPP work: SSDs for CL49, checked orders. JES work: Blogs, Facebook format, proofreading FCTM. SVC work: Primary: did Jean round one fixes to chapter 8 of the FCTM. Checked Jean fixes and re-gripes on chapters 1 and 2 so she can fix those. Other: did a one-page input article for CL49. Set up the layouts for the rest of the CL49 chapters. Reviewed some staff work on CL49 and provided further direction. 2500: discussed Kzinti BB with Sandrine. SPotD: dealt with a batch of problematic 2500s that had been awaiting my attention.

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Friday, June 20, 2014 - 06:48 pm: Edit

MY DAY: 17 June (Tuesday) 2014 Got to the office at 10am. Weather: 81F, clear. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: Greg Paul. BBS: 23. Forum: 0. Out box: 53. APOD: light echo. Jigsawdoku 2:09. Web crawl completed at 12:44. Lunch: haddock at CB. Read FYEO for yesterday and today. Target shooting: 5/5. Starlist: requests done-two from Nebraska on the same day(!); archives sent to and posted by Simone 10. Email: Overnight spam 125 plus 106 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 781. Events: Adam sent in the CL49 cover. Miniatures Status Check Day: done and posted. SPP work: Dealing with maintenance people at home. JES work: Re-fixes on FCTM Chapter 1. SVC work: Primary: made first round fixes to FCTM Chapter 9; cleared second round fixes to Chapter 3. Other: CL48 I edited the GC article. 2500: posted Neo-Tholian NCA. SPotD: I found copies of JagdPanther #7 through #15 and made them available to Simone to scan so Jean can post them. I have not found the "missing parts" and might never; I’m actually hoping somebody sends them in.

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Friday, June 20, 2014 - 06:48 pm: Edit

MY DAY: 18 June (Wednesday) 2014 Got to the office at 11am. Weather: 80F, clear skies. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: Mercuriceratops. BBS: 20. Forum: 0. Out box: 52. APOD: Cat’s paw nebula. Web crawl done at 4pm. Lunch: salad with chicken. Industry mailing lists: best stores. Starlist: archives sent to and posted by Simone 10. Email: Overnight spam 141 plus 69 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 779. SPP work: checked orders, Chuck Strong’s SSDs for CL49. JES work: FCTM: refixed Chapter 2, re-proofed Chapter 4. Deleted fake BBS people and helped real people get on the BBS. Got the Tholian ship card pack uploaded and publicized. SVC work: It was a short day, getting my driver’s license renewed and visiting my aunt in the hospital, and I was sick all day anyway. Primary: fixes to Chapter 10 of FCTM, approved re-fixes to chapter 4.

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Friday, June 20, 2014 - 06:49 pm: Edit

MY DAY: 19 June (Thursday) 2014 Got to the office at 9:20. Weather: 75F, clear skies. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: Spanish eggshells. BBS: 21. Forum: 4. Out box: 52. APOD: milky way skyline (zzzz). Jigsawdoku 2:21. Ann Coulter: Bergdahl. Web crawl completed at 10:47. Lunch: burger at Red Robin. Exercise: very long Wolf walk. Target shooting: 5 for 5. Starlist: update received 30252; archives sent to and posted by Simone 10. Email: Overnight spam 69 plus 152 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 784. SPP work: CL49 SSDs and other CL49 material. JES work: Battle Groups, Proofread FC Tactics Manual. SVC work: Primary: first-round fixes to chapter 11 of FCTM. Other: check some pirate sites and sent sink orders to Simone, who found two massive sites on her own. 2500: posted Slaver. SPotD: advertising copy for JagdPanther #7.

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Friday, June 20, 2014 - 06:49 pm: Edit

MY DAY: 20 June (Friday) 2014 Got to the office at 10:20. Weather: 76F, clear. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: . BBS: 24. Forum: a. Out box: 55. APOD: worthless skyline. Jigsawdoku 2:07. Web crawl completed at 5:34. Lunch: BBQ at BF. Read FYEO for 18-19-20. Exercise: walked Wolf. Target shooting: 5 out of 5. Starlist: updates received 49518; archives sent to Simone 10. Email: Overnight spam 115 plus 50 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 784. Events: Simone was awarded the Meritorious Service Medal for finding a massive pirate website that had ripped off the entire game industry. My PC got infected with something nasty and it took Simone and Jean all afternoon to clean it, so I lost a lot of work time. We had the annual Origins party. Jean got a necklace and books, Steve P got books, and I got a book and a laser sight for my airsoft P30. SPP work: CL49 stuff. JES work: FCTM proofreading and re-proofreading. SVC work: Primary: checked changes on FCTM 8, 9, and 10; checked re- changes on 6. Other: none. 2500: none. SPotD: none due to computer problem.

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Monday, June 23, 2014 - 11:28 am: Edit

MY DAY: 21 June (Saturday) 2014 Got to the office at 1:20. Weather: 80F, cloudy. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: Aeolosaurus. BBS: 15. Forum: 1. Out box: 52. APOD: useless. Jigsawdoku 2:06. Web crawl completed at 2:50. Lunch: steak at Youngblood’s. Read FYEO for today. Target shooting: 5 out of 5 (laser is cool!). Starlist: requests done 98382; archives sent to Simone 10. Email: Overnight spam 35 plus 2 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 778. SPP work: C49 stuff. JES work: FCTM, Customer Service SVC work: Primary: Checked FCTM 7F 2nd round and chapter 1 third round. Other: THIS WEEK blog. 2500: reviewed BBS comments. SPotD: resolved PH2013 prizes. ======

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Monday, June 23, 2014 - 11:28 am: Edit

MY DAY: 22 June (Sunday, Barbarossa Day) 2014 Got to the office at 4:30. Weather: 93F, cloudy. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: art. BBS: 20. Forum: 1. Out box: 53. APOD: Saturnian aurora. Jigsawdoku 2:22. Web crawl completed at 6:09. Lunch: Leanna cooked pork. Target shooting: 5/5. Email: Overnight spam 24 plus 4 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 780. JES work: FCTM, blogs, customer service. SVC work: Came in to do email and check the board, ended up doing some proof-checking for Jean on the FCTM. ======

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Thursday, June 26, 2014 - 10:53 am: Edit

MY DAY: 23 June (Monday) 2014 Got to the office at 9:45. Weather: 67F, cloudy. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: Spizelloides. BBS: 19. Forum: 3. Out box: 53. APOD: the lasers of Mauna Kea. Jigsawdoku 2:14. Web crawl completed at 10:48. Lunch: prime rib at Salt Grass. Read FYEO for yesterday and today. Exercise: walked Wolf. Target shooting: 10/10 in a half-inch circle, that laser sight is deady. Email: Overnight spam 43 plus 60 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 781. Events: Simone got a part time job at a computer embroi-dery company; she has a full paycheck for the first time in her life. SPP work: Worked on FCTM, checked orders. JES work: Worked on FCTM. Prepped Spellbinder for PDF sales upload. SVC work: Primary: FCTM, reviewed fixes, requested quotes. Other: Gave Simone JagdPanther 8 to scan for PDF sales. Posted My Day files. Then I got sick and went home.

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Thursday, June 26, 2014 - 10:54 am: Edit

MY DAY: 24 June (Tuesday) 2014 Got to the office at 10:30. Weather: 66F, raining. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: teeth. BBS: 16. Forum: 1. Out box: 58. APOD: iris nebula. Jigsawdoku 2:10. Web crawl completed at 1:57. Lunch: steak at Big Texan. Target shooting: 5 out of 5. Starlist: archives sent to Simone 35 (the last of them for now; she posts 10 per day). Email: Overnight spam 124 plus 100 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 788. SPP work: Worked on FCTM, checked orders. JES work: Finished 2nd round of FCTM Chapter 7. Marketing miniatures. SVC work: Primary: reviewed 25 round three pages for FCTM and resolved a rules argument that made a tactic illegal. Other: did the alert for FCTM. 2500: did status report, approved two battleships to go to prototype.

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Thursday, June 26, 2014 - 10:54 am: Edit

MY DAY: 25 June (Wednesday) 2014 Got to the office at 10:30. Weather: 76F, cloudy, rained last night. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: T-rex. BBS: 26. Forum: 1. Out box: 57. APOD: Hercules galaxy cluster. Jigsawdoku 2:53. Web crawl completed at 1:58. Lunch: BBQ at Rub Shack. Read FYEO for yesterday and today. Target shooting: 5/5. Starlist: requests done 31008; archives posted by Simone 10. Email: Overnight spam 86 plus 115 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 783. Events: Dog trainer had first lesson with Wolf. SPP work: FCTM, CL49. JES work: uploaded Spellbinder, worked on FCTM. SVC work: Primary: Checking proofs of the FCTM cover, changes to chapter 7, doing pages 1 and 2. Other: customer requests. Sent Star Fleet Alert.

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Tuesday, July 01, 2014 - 02:27 pm: Edit

MY DAY: 26 June (Thursday) 2014 Got to the office at 9:05. Weather: 70F, cloudy. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: Thalassodromeus. BBS: 18. Forum: 2. Out box: 56. APOD: wasted. Jigsawdoku 2:28. Ann Coulter: she hates soccer. Web crawl completed at 9:49. Lunch: salmon at PCS. Read FYEO for today. Target shooting: 5/5(1/2"). Starlist: archives posted by Simone 10. Email: Overnight spam 44 plus 157 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 783. SPP work: FCTM, CL49 JES work: FCTM, customer support. SVC work: Primary: FCTM, finished chapter 7, started 8.

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Tuesday, July 01, 2014 - 02:27 pm: Edit

MY DAY: 27 June (Friday) 2014 Got to the office at 10:15. Weather: 85F, cloudy. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: Guegoolithus. BBS: 28. Forum: 3. Out box: 55. APOD: Curiosity rover on Mars. Jigsawdoku 2:20. Web crawl completed at 11am. Lunch: awful for the fourth tie in a row, ending our blind loyalty to that restaurant. Read FYEO for today. Exercise: took wolf to dog park. Target shooting: 5/5. Industry mailing lists: production help. Starlist: archives posted by Simone 10. Email: Overnight spam 117 plus 106 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 787. Events: We got copies of the Japanese version of Siege of Leningrad. SPP work: FCTM: blind reading 8. JES work: FCTM: checked 9 and 10; started on 11. SVC work: FCTM. Petrick changes to 8; Jean changes to 9 and 10.

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Tuesday, July 01, 2014 - 02:28 pm: Edit

MY DAY: 28 June (Saturday) 2014 Got to the office at 9:35. Weather: 76F, cloudy. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: baby stegosaurus. BBS: 13. Forum: 1. Out box: 52. APOD: NASA stuff. Web crawl completed at 3pm. Lunch: riblettes at Applebys. Read FYEO for today. Exercise: walked Wolf. Target shooting: 5/5. Email: Overnight spam 24 plus 19 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 789. SPP work: FCTM. JES work: FCTM. SVC work: Primary: FCTM. Other: did the THIS WEEK blog.

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Tuesday, July 01, 2014 - 02:28 pm: Edit

MY DAY: 29 June (Sunday) 2014 Got to the office at 3pm. Weather: 95F, clear. Daily Routine: BBS: 23. Forum: 1. Out box: 52. APOD: scenery. Lunch: Leanna cooked steak. Exercise: took Ramses hunting and he caught a bird. Email: Overnight spam 24. SVC work: Worked on fixes to FCTM.

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Tuesday, July 01, 2014 - 02:29 pm: Edit

MY DAY: 30 June (Monday) 2014 Got to the office at 9:40. Weather: 85F, partly cloudy. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: triceratops. BBS: 14. Forum: 2. Out box: 4. APOD: Centaurus A galaxy. Jigsawdoku 2:31. Web crawl completed at 3pm. Lunch: Roast beef at BF, where the owner told us that the cook who had tried to kill us had been fired. Read FYEO for yesterday and today. Exercise: walked Wolf to Bivins Park. Target shooting: 5/5. Starlist: requests done 98665; archives posted by Simone 10. Email: Overnight spam 42 plus 128 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 799. SPP work: FCTM. JES work: FCTM. Going through the book one last time, she marked 60 of the 144 pages for changes, many of them for "art arrangment and placement" issues. Blogs. SVC work: Primary: fixes to FCTM. Feeline bad, I went home at 5 and Jean made most fixes on my computer.

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By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Friday, July 04, 2014 - 05:07 pm: Edit

MY DAY: 1 July (Tuesday) 2014 Got to the office at 10:50. Weather: 74F, cloudy, not so hot. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: Hadrosaur herd structure. BBS: 20. Forum: 3. Out box: 51. APOD: Wolf Rayet 124. Web crawl completed at 2pm. Lunch: ribs at Joe Daddy’s (not impressed). Exercise: took Wolf to the dog park. Starlist: archives posted by Simone 10. Email: Overnight spam 97 plus 50 during the day. SPP work: FCTM JES work: FCTM, uploaded Battleships Armada to DTWV. Deleted 14 fake people from BBS. SVC work: Primary: FCTM. Other: answered a letter from a guy wanting permission to use our stuff in a book he was doing (which Paramount won’t let us give).

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Friday, July 04, 2014 - 05:08 pm: Edit

MY DAY: 2 July (Wednesday) 2014 Got to the office at 9am. Weather: 72F and raining. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: flight. BBS: 23. Forum: 2. Out box: 50. APOD: NGC4651 umbrella galaxy. Web crawl completed at 11am. Lunch: haddock at Cracker Barrel. Target shooting: 5/5. Starlist: archives posted by Simone 10. Email: Overnight spam 95 plus 147 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 808. Miniatures Status Check Day: Bruce says molds next Monday and production by mid-July. No word from Matthew on next batch of prototypes. No word from Tony on minis he is building, probably because something went wrong in the office and a box of stuff Tony needed did not get sent but laid here for over a week waiting for a mailing label to be done. SPP work: Scenarios for CL49. JES work: FCTM. Advertising Starmada battleships. Dealing with a person on TMP who falsely accused us of operating without Paramount sanction. SVC work: Primary: FCTM, finished, finalized, and ready to print. Other: Customer request. 2500: status report.

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Friday, July 04, 2014 - 05:08 pm: Edit

MY DAY: 3 July (Thursday) 2014 Got to the office at 10am. Weather: 66F, cloudy. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: Xenoceratops. BBS: 20. Forum: 2. Out box: 51. APOD: the wall in Cygnus. Jigsawdoku 2:38. Ann Coulter: on vacation. Web crawl completed at 4:17. Lunch: Pork chops @YB. Exercise: took Wolf to the dog park. Target shooting: 5/5. Starlist: requests done 92020; archives posted by Simone (the last) 6. Email: Overnight spam 59 plus 50 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 812. SPP work: Scenarios for CL49. JES work: Story editing for Captain’s Log #50. SVC work: Primary: Things not done during FCTM. Other: discussion over priorities (Traveller before GC art improvement). 2500: Matthew reports prototype machine down but being fixed.

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Friday, July 04, 2014 - 05:08 pm: Edit

MY DAY: 4 July (Friday, Independence Day) 2014 Got to the office at 11:20. Weather: 82F, mostly clear. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: Kulindapteryx. BBS: 30. Forum: 3. Out box: 51. APOD: rocket stuff. Jigsawdoku 2:35. Web crawl completed at 3:58. Lunch: pork at Tx Roadhouse. Exercise: took Wolf to dog park. Target shooting: 5/5. Starlist: requests done 22485. Email: Overnight spam 42 plus 18 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 805. Events: Holiday dinner with my aunt and cousins. Leanna and Jean went to a play in Palo Duro Canyon. SPP work: Scenarios for CL49. JES work: PDF uploads. SVC work: Cleaning up things not done during FCTM.

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Wednesday, July 09, 2014 - 01:58 pm: Edit

MY DAY: 5 July (Saturday) 2014 Got to the office at 11:20. Weather: 80F, some clouds. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: Ichtyornis. BBS: 17. Forum: 0. Out box: 48. APOD: spiral galaxy M106. Jigsawdoku 2:18. Web crawl completed at 1:37. Lunch: BBQ at Dyers. Read FYEO for 1-2 June. Target shooting: 5/5. Starlist: requests done Manchester UK. Email: Overnight spam 32 plus 10 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 801. SPP work: CL49 stuff. JES work: Clearing BBS Deadwood. SVC work: Primary: Catching up on emails not answered for the last two weeks. Other: reset the MY DAY file. 2500: xxxx.

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Wednesday, July 09, 2014 - 01:58 pm: Edit

MY DAY: 6 July (Sunday) 2014 I stayed home all day to rest. Weather: 90F high, cloudy. Daily Routine: APOD: stupid waste of time. Lunch: Leanna fixed burgers. Exercise: Took Ramses hunting.

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Wednesday, July 09, 2014 - 01:59 pm: Edit MY DAY: 7 July (Monday) 2014 Got to the office at 10am. Weather: 75F, clear. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: Volant birds. BBS: 19. Forum: 3. Out box: 51. APOD: galaxy with three black holes. Jigsawdoku 2:33. Web crawl completed at 3:57. Lunch: roast pork @BF. Exercise: took Wolf to dog park. Target shooting: 5/5. Industry mailing lists: translators. Starlist: requests done 98682. Email: Overnight spam 92 plus 70 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 806. Events: FCTM put on shopping cart. SPP work: CL49. JES work: Blogs for the week, Hailing Frequencies. SVC work: Primary: Communique 103. Other: Did the THIS WEEK blog and three Random Blogs for Jean’s stockpile. Sent Simone the stuff for Hailing Frequencies. 2500: conferred with Bruce and Tony as to status.

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Wednesday, July 16, 2014 - 03:32 pm: Edit

MY DAY: 8 July (Tuesday) 2014 Got to the office at 9:21. Weather: 80F, clear. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: Australia. BBS: 19. Forum: 0. Out box: 52. APOD: not astronomy. Jigsawdoku 2:24. Web crawl completed at 11:01. Lunch: fish @CB. Read FYEO for 3-4-5 July. Target shooting: 5/5. Email: Overnight spam 46 plus 142 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 806. Miniatures Status Check Day: Still waiting for molds and prototypes that should have been delivered two weeks ago. At least there are legitimate reasons for the delay. New on w23, DT, WV: JagdPanther #7. SPP work: CL49 scenarios. JES work: Check Communiuqe 103, posted 2500 report all over the place, uploaded JagdPanther 7. SVC work: Primary: ship and scenario for communique 103. 2500: status report.

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Wednesday, July 16, 2014 - 03:33 pm: Edit

MY DAY: 9 July (Wednesday) 2014 Got to the office at 10:23. Weather: 80F, a few fuzzy clouds. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: Amargasaurus. BBS: 27. Forum: 1. Out box: 49. APOD: Gliese 832c closest habitable planet. Jigsawdoku 2:39. Web crawl completed at 2:40. Lunch: BBQ @VRS. Target shooting: 5/5. Industry mailing lists: freelancer looking for work. Starlist: requests done 45373. Email: Overnight spam 114 plus 100 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 800. 1PM Staff Meeting: Discussed how to market color SSD packs for Captain’s Log. Events: dog training; Kelly trained me, not the dog. Customer Request Wednesday: Checked on somebody’s term paper rank and told him he was 3 papers short of CMDR. SPP work: CL49 stuff. JES work: Proofread HF, assembling data for SSD meeting. SVC work: Primary: CL49 (started rounding up story art and working on Jean fixes to main story). Other: sent Jean FC Gorn Pack 1. 2500: Bruce reports molds will be done at 2pm Thursday.

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Wednesday, July 16, 2014 - 03:34 pm: Edit

MY DAY: 10 July (Thursday) 2014 Got to the office at 9:05. Weather: 78F, a few clouds. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: Javelina formation. BBS: 20. Forum: 2. Out box: 52. APOD: not astronomyy. Jigsawdoku 2:52. Ann Coulter: voter fraud. Web crawl completed at 9:56. Lunch: pork chops @YB. Target shooting: 5/5. Starlist: requests done 55021. Email: Overnight spam 45 plus 171 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 808. Events: Bruce reports that two of the six molds were screwed up but as those are for August ships there is no hurry to fix the problem. SPP work: CL49 stuff. JES work: deleted 8 fake people from BBS, uploaded FC Gorn Pack 1 to DT/WV, final checks of Hailing Frequencies. SVC work: Primary: CL49 story making Jean fixes. Other: xxxx. 2500: dealing with lost molds. SmapRo: asked Norman Dizon to stay out of early years omega.

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Wednesday, July 16, 2014 - 03:35 pm: Edit

MY DAY: 11 July (Friday) 2014 Got to the office at 10:07. Weather: 82F, clear blue skies. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: . BBS: 18. Forum: 3. Out box: 51. APOD: sunspots. Jigsawdoku 2:39. Web crawl completed at 1:55. Lunch: BBQ @BF is good again. Read FYEO for 6-7-8-9-10 July. Exercise: walked Wolf at dog park, then later around the block. Target shooting: 5/5. Industry mailing lists: magazine. Email: Overnight spam 97 plus 50 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 810. SPP work: CL49 stuff. JES work: Marketing, customer service. Sent home early because she was sick. SVC work: Primary: CL49 fiction editing. 2500: Mold making issues.

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Wednesday, July 16, 2014 - 03:35 pm: Edit

MY DAY: 12 July (Saturday, Prochorovka Day) 2014 Got to the office at 11:14. Weather: 77F, mostly clear. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: Itemirus. BBS: 21. Forum: 1. Out box: 48. APOD: supernova remnant. Jigsawdoku 2:14. Web crawl completed at 11:34. Lunch: turkey and lots of veggies @Furrs. Exercise: took Wolf to the big dog park and had women hitting on me. Target shooting: 5/5. Email: Overnight spam 78 plus 22 during the day. SPP work: CL49 stuff. JES work: Stayed home sick. Did some proofreading. SVC work: Primary: CL49. Other: This week blog.

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Wednesday, July 16, 2014 - 03:35 pm: Edit

MY DAY: 13 July (Sunday) 2014 Got to the office at 3:30. Weather: 91F, partly cloudy. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: Gobiconodon. BBS: 12. Forum: 0. Out box: 49. APOD: nebula 2818. Web crawl completed at 4:30. Lunch: Leanna cooked corn and steak. Exercise: took Ramses hunting. Target shooting: 5/5. Email: Overnight spam 56. SVC work: Came in for an hour to clean up my desk.

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Wednesday, July 16, 2014 - 03:36 pm: Edit

MY DAY: 14 July (Monday) 2014 Got to the office at 9:48. Weather: 79F, cloudy. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: stegosaurus. BBS: 17. Forum: 1. Out box: 49. APOD: auroras. Jigsawdoku 2:51. Web crawl completed at 1:02. Lunch: beef tips and noodles @BF. Exercise: took Wolf to dogpark. Target shooting: 5/5. Industry mailing lists: Diana Jones Award. Starlist: requests done 49503. Email: Overnight spam 68 plus 112 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 835. Events: First shipment of new 2500s left Ohio. Water was cut off several hours for watermain repair. SPP work: CL49 stuff. JES work: Blog schedule. CL49 proofreading and change checking. Forum help. SVC work: Primary: CL49 (input guide, knife fighting). Other: blogs. 2500: reviewed Neo-Tholian. SmapRo: helped someone with a question on old TFG game rights.

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Sunday, July 20, 2014 - 06:44 pm: Edit

MY DAY: 15 July (Tuesday) 2014 Got to the office at noon after appointments. Weather: 76F, some clouds, rained last night. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: . BBS: 20. Forum: 2. Out box: 51. APOD: distant galaxies. Jigsawdoku 2:15. Web crawl completed at 1:38. Lunch: chicken sandwich @CFA. Exercise: took wolf to dog park. Target shooting: 5/5. Industry mailing lists: Kickstarter. Starlist: requests done 60532. Email: Overnight spam 89 plus 56 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 808. SPP work: Proofreading CL49. JES work: Proofreading CL49. SVC work: Primary: CL49: the first pages reached total completion. 2500: posted status report.

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Sunday, July 20, 2014 - 06:44 pm: Edit

MY DAY: 16 July (Wednesday) 2014 Got to the office at noon after Jammie-Morning. Weather: 74F, cloudy, cool, very nice. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: Scansoriopteryx. BBS: 19. Forum: 2. Out box: 51. APOD: moon and Saturn. Jigsawdoku 2:18. Web crawl completed at 2:44. Lunch: steak @GCW. Read Target shooting: 4/5. Starlist: requests done 83605. Email: Overnight spam 98 plus 30 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 807. SPP work: CL49 monsters and battlegroups and proofing. JES work: CL49, Starlist, Rangers. SVC work: Primary: CL49 (background Qs). Other: customer requests.

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Sunday, July 20, 2014 - 06:44 pm: Edit

MY DAY: 17 July (Thursday) 2014 Got to the office at 9:55. Weather: 59F, cloudy and wet. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: psittacosaur. BBS: 28. Forum: 1. Out box: 54. APOD: nice nebula. Jigsawdoku 2:49. Web crawl completed at 11:02. Lunch: haddock @CB. Exercise: wolf, dog park. Target shooting: 5/5. Industry mailing lists: GPA looking for a reason to exist. Email: Overnight spam 88 plus 100 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 814. SPP work: CL49 stuff. JES work: CL49 stuff. Uploading CL36 PDF. SVC work: Primary: CL49, did the battle groups article and the scenario to go with it, 13 pages.

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Sunday, July 20, 2014 - 06:45 pm: Edit

MY DAY: 18 July (Friday) 2014 Got to the office at 10am. Weather: 64F, cloudy. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: Titanosaurs. BBS: 23. Forum: 3. Out box: 54. APOD: giant squid nebula. Jigsawdoku 2:20. Web crawl completed at 5:53. Lunch: BBQ @BF. Read FYEO for 11-12-13-14-15 July. Exercise: wolf to dog park. Target shooting: 5/5. Industry mailing lists: GPA tries to find a mission. Starlist: requests done Ontario. Email: Overnight spam 111 plus 150 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 819. SPP work: CL49 ship descriptions. JES work: CL49, getting CL36 uploaded, 2500 photos. SVC work: Primary: CL49 (Fed update 18.5 pages, proposals board 0.5 pages, monster 4.5 pages). QCed the shipment of new 2500s which were the Orion BR and DW and Tholian DD.

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Sunday, July 20, 2014 - 06:45 pm: Edit

MY DAY: 19 July (Saturday) 2014 Got to the office at 11am. Weather: 80F, clearing quickly. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: Heterodontosaurus. BBS: 23. Forum: 2. Out box: 51. APOD: romantic but not astronomy. Jigsawdoku 2:19. Web crawl completed at 4pm. Lunch: seafood alfredo @OG, devine! Exercise: wolf, dog park. Target shooting: 5/5. Industry mailing lists: GPA. Email: Overnight spam 57 plus 82 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 80. Events: Got word that the wife of my cousin died suddenly. She was a nice person ten years younger than me. SPP work: CL49 stuff. JES work: CL49 stuff (she hates battle groups). SVC work: Primary: CL49. Other: A customer wanted a modified SSD so I made one and will put it into a future product.

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Sunday, July 20, 2014 - 06:46 pm: Edit MY DAY: 20 July (Sunday) 2014 Got to the office at 3pm. Weather: 93F. clear skies. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: Cathetosaurus. BBS: 23. Forum: 3. Out box: 54. APOD: solar filament. Jigsawdoku 2:47. Web crawl completed at 4pm. Lunch: Leanna cooked turkey and corn. Read FYEO for 15-20 July. Exercise: took Ramses hunting. Target shooting: 10/10. Industry mailing lists: GPA. Starlist: requests done 30519. Email: Overnight spam 59 plus 8 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 810. SPP work: Took the company jet to Ukraine. JES work: She stayed home and [BAD, BAD SVC. YOU OWE ME MORE THAN CHOCOLATE-COVERED RAISINS -- JES] SVC work: This week blog. CL49 (finished some pages and printed them for Jean).

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Saturday, July 26, 2014 - 09:10 pm: Edit

MY DAY: 21 July (Monday) 2014 Got to the office at 10:20. Weather: 84F, a few puffy clouds. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: teeth. BBS: 19. Forum: 3. Out box: 49. APOD: comet. Jigsawdoku 2:37. Web crawl completed at 3:45. Lunch: beef and noodles @BF. Exercise: Wolf @EDP. Target shooting: 10/10. Industry mailing lists: GPA. Email: Overnight spam 70 plus 107 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 000. Events: The first new 2500s in over a year appeared on the shopping cart. We had a visit from a new player. SPP work: Went home, not feeling well. JES work: blogs, advertised 2500s, proofread CL49. SVC work: CL49: sent Jean the Marine page, the ACTASF Juggernaut page, a page of F&E proposals, and a two-page SFB scenario. 2500: provided text and photos to Simone for the cart.

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Saturday, July 26, 2014 - 09:10 pm: Edit

MY DAY: 22 July (Tuesday) 2014 Got to the office at 9:32. Weather: 85F, clouds, reached 98F. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: eggs in Spain. BBS: 25. Forum: 4. Out box: 49. APOD: aurora. Jigsawdoku 2:18. Web crawl completed at 3:49. Lunch: sandwich at Red Robin. Email: Overnight spam 102 plus 83 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 809. SPP work: CL49, hounding late authors. JES work: CL49 SVC work: CL49: did tribbles, F&E intro, and the second snapshot, and the two Frank Brooks articles. Then I had to go see the dentist and decided after that to just go home and rest.

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Saturday, July 26, 2014 - 09:10 pm: Edit

MY DAY: 23 July (Wednesday) 2014 Got to the office at 9:55. Weather: 85F, clear. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: Siberia. BBS: 23. Forum: 1. Out box: 49. APOD: nebula 4603 Ophiuchi. Web crawl completed at 3pm. Lunch: BBQ @RubShack. Email: Overnight spam 137 plus 135 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 814. SPP work: CL49 JES work: CL49 SVC work: CL49:

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Saturday, July 26, 2014 - 09:11 pm: Edit

MY DAY: 24 July (Thursday) 2014 Got to the office at 8:45. Weather: 80F, clear. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: Kulindadromeus. BBS: 33. Forum: 4. Out box: 51. APOD: worthless skyline. Lunch: BBQ @Dyers. Email: Overnight spam 47 plus 72 during the day. SPP work: CL49; when I left early to take Leanna to the doctor he updated 17 pages on my computer. JES work: CL49 SVC work: CL49: did the ACTASF pages. Did a bunch of changes and rechecks.

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Saturday, July 26, 2014 - 09:11 pm: Edit

MY DAY: 25 July (Friday) 2014 Got to the office at 10:45. Weather: 87F, clear skies. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: Simbirskiasaurus. BBS: 14. Forum: 1. Out box: 49. APOD: Crab nebula. Jigsawdoku 2:34. Web crawl completed at 1:48. Lunch: BBQ @BF. Exercise: Wolf @JS Dog Park. Target shooting: 5/5. Industry mailing lists: CPSIA. Email: Overnight spam 72 plus 111 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 818. Miniatures Status Check Day: The only progress this week is that the three new Orions got done. SPP work: CL49 JES work: CL49 SVC work: CL49: Got the warlord article which finished that page. SPP told me that FCBG would be 5.5 pages not the 4.0 he said earlier, which eliminates an SFB scenario and an FC scenario.

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Sunday, July 27, 2014 - 12:03 pm: Edit

MY DAY: 26 July (Saturday) 2014 Got to the office at 9:20. Weather: , clear skies. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: Simbirskiasaurus. BBS: 19. Forum: 1. Out box: 59. APOD: Silver Dollar Galaxy. Web crawl completed at 8:07. Lunch: pizza, not impressed. Email: Overnight spam 48 plus 6 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 802. SPP work: CL49, including admiral vanaxilth and btl grps. JES work: CL49 proofreading and change checking. SVC work: Most of the day I spent on the four Fed Comm ship cards for CL49.

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Tuesday, July 29, 2014 - 10:44 am: Edit

MY DAY: 27 July (Sunday) 2014 Got to the office at 10:57. Weather: 87F and clear. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: teeth. BBS: 17. Forum: 1. Out box: 60. APOD: Rho ophiuchi star-forming region. Web crawl completed at 2:15. Lunch: turkey @ Furr’s. Industry mailing lists: People looking for paying jobs. Email: Overnight spam 61 plus 8 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 821. SVC work: Got in this morning to find a note from Petrick that he had made Jean’s fixes (and his own) to the Fed Generics (18.5 pages) and Fed Comm Battle Groups 6 pages. That great work by him pushed us to almost 85% finished. I did the missing FC page (with Gary C’s input on the new ships and Paul’s article) and the third FC Scenario. Did the Vanaxilth pages. Did a bunch of fixes to finished pages. I did have to stop for a moment and do the THIS WEEK blog.

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Tuesday, July 29, 2014 - 10:44 am: Edit

MY DAY: 28 July (Monday) 2014 Got to the office at 10:45. Weather: 71F, cloudy, rain. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: Pterosaurians. BBS: 16. Forum: 0. Out box: 59. APOD: horsehead nebula. Web crawl completed at 2pm. Lunch: ham & eggs @BF. Exercise: walked Wolf @EDP. Target shooting: 10/10. Industry mailing lists: Origins awards. Email: Overnight spam 128 plus 87 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 829. SPP work: CL49 stuff. JES work: CL49 proofreading, blogs. SVC work: Printed out changed SSDs that never got reprinted. Got the Starmada rules and did that page, then the ships and did those pages, send them to Terry. Added art to the Fed Generics section and reprinted that page. Simone and I took the cover to press. Jean read the FCBG part so I made the changes and added the art. I did the F&E Q&A pages. I ordered everyone home at 7pm (to avoid burning out) and when I got home I took Ramses hunting for rabbits.

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Monday, August 04, 2014 - 11:18 am: Edit

MY DAY: 29 July (Tuesday) 2014 Got to the office at 9:30. Weather: 69F, cloudy. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: ornithopods. BBS: 19. Forum: 1. Out box: 60. APOD: silly. Web crawl completed at 10:19. Lunch: Roast beef A+@YB. Exercise: long walk in the park with wolf. Target shooting: 10/10. Email: Overnight spam 104 plus 142 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 819. Marketing Monday: Leanna emailed wholesalers. Miniatures Status Check Day: Nothing much happening, still waiting for more prototypes. Matthew says "soon". SPP work: CL49 final checks and fixes. JES work: CL49 final checks and fixes. Picking up her new Toyota "Arctic Wolf" car quickly dubbed "Artie." SVC work: CL49: I did the missing SFB and FC scenarios and finished the last venue page. All of the page numbers are complete, so I was able to do the table of contents and the awards list. Then Jean and I started attacking pages in what we assumed was some logical order.

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Monday, August 04, 2014 - 11:19 am: Edit

MY DAY: 30 July (Wednesday) 2014 Got to the office at 10:50. Weather: 75F, cloudy. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: tracks. BBS: 21. Forum: 0. APOD: M31 Andromeda (how fitting!). Lunch: Jean and I went to a Chinese buffet; I had salmon and pork ribs. Email: Overnight spam 164 plus 98 during the day. Events: Jean got her new car. SPP work: CL49 JES work: CL49 SVC work: CL49, we started with a complete book and finished the last rounds of proofreading and change checking. At the end of the day, we were down to the final graphics I have to create and any "art movement" Jean wants to do.

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Monday, August 04, 2014 - 11:19 am: Edit

MY DAY: 31 July (Thursday) 2014 Got to the office at 10:20. Weather: 68F, a few high thin clouds. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: origins of birds. BBS: 16. Forum: 0. Out box: 64. APOD: not astronomy. Ann Coulter: child immigration. Web crawl completed at 4pm. Lunch: Prime rib at Salt Grass. Email: Overnight spam 120 plus 155 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 838. SPP work: CL49. Reconstitution. JES work: CL49. SVC work: CL49, final fixes and moving art around.

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Monday, August 04, 2014 - 11:19 am: Edit

MY DAY: 31 July (Thursday) 2014 Got to the office at 10:20. Weather: 68F, a few high thin clouds. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: origins of birds. BBS: 16. Forum: 0. Out box: 64. APOD: not astronomy. Ann Coulter: child immigration. Web crawl completed at 4pm. Lunch: Prime rib at Salt Grass. Email: Overnight spam 120 plus 155 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 838. SPP work: CL49. Reconstitution. JES work: CL49. SVC work: CL49, final fixes and moving art around.

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Monday, August 04, 2014 - 11:20 am: Edit

MY DAY: 1 Aug (Friday) 2014 Got to the office at 8:40. Weather: 70F, some clouds. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: pelvis evolution. BBS: 18. Forum: 0. Out box: 55. APOD: not astronomy. Web crawl completed at 9:45. Lunch: BBQ at BF, but not any good. Exercise: Wolf, dog park. Target shooting: 10/10. Email: Overnight spam 93 plus 140 during the day. SPP work: Reconstitution. JES work: finishing CL49, blogs, marketing. SVC work: finishing CL49, reconstitution. Event: We started printing and binding issues. We set aside the very first issue from the binder to send to Gary Carney.

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Monday, August 04, 2014 - 11:21 am: Edit

MY DAY: 2 Aug (Saturday) 2014 Got to the office at 10:50. Weather: 85F, clear. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: pterosaur. BBS: 22. Forum: 2. Out box: 66. APOD: Iris nebula. Web crawl completed at 7:31. Lunch: pasta and chicken @cheddars. Read FYEO for 21-25 July. Target shooting: 5/5. Email: Overnight spam 41 plus 39 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 815. SPP work: Reconstitution, CL49 Supplemental file. JES work: Blogs. Reconstitution, CL49 Supplemental file. SVC work: I did most of the CL49 Supplemental File and gave it to Jean to proofread. I sent Simone the bulk of the stuff for Hailing Frequencies. Sent Jean two blogs. Also did the THIS WEEK blog.

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Monday, August 04, 2014 - 11:22 am: Edit

MY DAY: 3 Aug (Sunday) 2014 Got to the office at 3:10. Weather: 90F and clear. Daily Routine: BBS: 21. Forum: 1. Out box: 62. APOD: Shuttle. Lunch: Leanna cooked stew, probably my favorite meal. Email: Overnight spam 66 plus 10 during the day SVC work: I came in, cleaned off my desk, and went home.

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Thursday, August 07, 2014 - 02:11 pm: Edit

MY DAY: 4 Aug (Monday) 2014 Got to the office at 9:50. Weather: 85F, clear skies. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: Pterosaur. BBS: 15. Forum: 1. Out box: 60. APOD: Enceladus. Jigsawdoku 2:59. Web crawl completed at 10:16. Lunch: seafood pasta @OG. Exercise: long dog walk in park, got overheated. Email: Overnight spam 74 plus 65 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 822. Events: Sam and Terri Prey from Final Sword stopped by for Wolf’s six- month adoption celebration with Mexican cheesecake. SPP work: Fed MSSB. Launched CL50 battlegroups. JES work: Proofread CL49SF. SVC work: Primary: CL49 flap list (table of contents, input guide, schedule, recent releases, SFBF, four medal pages, Gazetteer, F&E Q&A).

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Thursday, August 07, 2014 - 02:11 pm: Edit

MY DAY: 5 Aug (Tuesday) 2014 Got to the office at 9:20. Weather: 73F, cloudy, cool. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: evolution. BBS: 21. Forum: 10. Out box: 59. APOD: Earth 4 billion years ago. Jigsawdoku 2:04. Web crawl completed at 10:55. Lunch: pizza @575. Exercise: walked around the block with Wolf. Read FYEO for 26-31 July. Target shooting: 5/5. Starlist: requests done 22801, 20148. Email: Overnight spam 152 plus 161 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 824. Marketing Monday: Event: Got CL49, Fed MSSB, FC Omega Playtest Pack, FC Magellanic Playtest pack, put on shopping cart. SPP work: Fed MSSB. Supply warehouse run. JES work: Proofread Communique 104 with ships. SVC work: Primary: did Communique #104. Other: did four more wall of honor pages. 2500 progress report posted. Did shopping cart blurbs for new products.

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Thursday, August 07, 2014 - 02:11 pm: Edit

MY DAY: 6 Aug (Wednesday) 2014 Got to the office at 12:40 after Jammie Morning. Weather: 92F, sunny and hot. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: Laquintasaura. BBS: 25. Forum: 6. Out box: 57. APOD: Saturn’s clouds. Jigsawdoku 2:33. Web crawl completed at 5:10. Lunch: pork chops @OB. Read FYEO for 1-5 August. Target shooting: 5/5. Industry mailing lists: Gencon. Email: Overnight spam 152 plus 95 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 826. 3PM Staff Meeting: Wolf’s birthday party. SPP work: FedMSSB updates & fighter diagrams. Orders. JES work: Proofreading FMSSB, working on HF. SVC work: Primary: 14 ship pictures for Fed MSSB. Other: did four wall of honor pages. I set up the CL50 format chapters and started putting stuff into them.

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Monday, August 11, 2014 - 10:01 pm: Edit MY DAY: 7 Aug (Thursday) 2014 Got to the office at 10:20. Weather: 90F, clear skies. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: Diplodocus. BBS: 27. Forum: 5. Out box: 56. APOD: comet nucleus. Jigsawdoku 2:47. Ann Coulter: ebola. Web crawl completed at 4pm. Lunch: cfs @PCS. Target shooting: 5/5. Email: Overnight spam 108 plus 197 during the day. SPP work: Fed MSSB. JES work: Proofreading FMSSB & HF, pirate hunting. SVC work: Primary: 16 new ship graphics, 13 new pod graphics for Fed MSSB. Other: did four more Wall of Honor pages (total 16).

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Monday, August 11, 2014 - 10:01 pm: Edit

MY DAY: 8 Aug (Friday) 2014 Got to the office at 10:30. Weather: 77F, clear. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: vegetation. BBS: 19. Forum: 3. Out box: 55. APOD: spiral galaxy 6744. Jigsawdoku 2:43. Web crawl completed at 2:21. Lunch: BBQ @BF. Exercise: walked Wolf to dog park. Starlist: requests done Essex UK, Manchester UK, 32726, 36870, 92404, 98027, 98117. Email: Overnight spam 103 plus 50 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 834. Events: This would have been my father’s 89th birthday. SPP work: FMSSB JES work: Proofreading FMSSB SVC work: Primary: 18 ships for FMSSB. Other: finishing communique 104. 2500: Checked in a new shipment of CRs and some 2400s.

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Monday, August 11, 2014 - 10:01 pm: Edit

MY DAY: 9 Aug (Saturday) 2014 Got to the office at 10:25. Weather: 77F, a few clouds. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: teeth. BBS: 22. Forum: 2. Out box: 54. APOD: not astronomy. Web crawl completed at 3pm. Lunch: pork @TRH. Exercise: took Wolf to Bivins park. Target shooting: 5/5. Email: Overnight spam 100 plus 102 during the day. SPP work: Fed MSSB. JES work: Fed MSSB. Publicizing HF/Comm. Bounced emails from Hailing Frequencies (which is double-opt-in). Proofread CL49SF. SVC work: Primary: fighters and gunboats for Fed MSSB.

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Monday, August 11, 2014 - 10:02 pm: Edit MY DAY: 10 Aug (Sunday) 2014 Got to the office at 1:40. Weather: cloudy. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: Brazil. BBS: 18. Forum: 8. Out box: 55. APOD: meteor from above. Lunch: Leanna cooked ham. Email: Overnight spam 24 plus 26 during the day. JES work: Worked more than a full day proofreading MSSB. SVC work: I came in and worked a full day, finishing the CL49 Sup File, getting 33 fighter and 15 gunboat pictures sent to Petrick, and starting on the early years pictures. I did the THIS WEEK file because if I did not doing it Jean would cry. I finished CL49 SF and sent it to Leanna.

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Monday, August 11, 2014 - 10:03 pm: Edit

MY DAY: 11 Aug (Monday) 2014 Got to the office at 10:20. Weather: 70F, cloudy, cool. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: fauna. BBS: 20. Forum: 4. Out box: 55. APOD: comet. Web crawl completed at 5:58. Lunch: roast beef @BF. Exercise: took Wolf to Bivens park and later a second walk. Target shooting: 5/5. Industry mailing lists: GPA store. Email: Overnight spam 85 plus 140 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 846. Events: Mail orders for CL49 and CL49SF started going out. Those who ordered FMSSB or CL49LPE will be another day or two. Simone started updating the Wall of Honor. SPP work: Making fixes and inserting art Fed MSSB. JES work: Proofreading Fed MSSB. SVC work: Fixed art Petrick wanted fixed. Did the art insertion and layout for R1-GW, R1-X, and R1-Y. A wonderful three-page Gorn story showed up and went quickly into CL50.

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Tuesday, August 19, 2014 - 11:54 am: Edit

MY DAY: 12 Aug (Tuesday) 2014 Got to the office at 10:14. Weather: 79F, clear skies. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: tracks. BBS: 21. Forum: 3. Out box: 48. APOD: rockslide on Mars. Jigsawdoku 2:08. Web crawl completed at 10:37. Lunch: enchiladas @LF. Exercise: walked Wolf around the block. Email: Overnight spam 72 plus 153 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 830. SPP work: Fed MSSB. JES work: Fed MSSB. Uploaded CL49SF to DT and W23. Blogs. Deleted 9 fake BBS people and blocked 4 ISPs in Russia. SVC work: Fed MSSB. CL49LPE. By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Tuesday, August 19, 2014 - 11:54 am: Edit

MY DAY: 13 Aug (Wednesday) 2014 Got to the office at 9:54. Weather: 79F, clear blue skies. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: Titanosaurs. BBS: 16. Forum: 2. Out box: 46. APOD: Gorgeous nebula. Lunch: fish @CB. Email: Overnight spam 87 plus 154 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 844. SPP work: Final fixes for Fed MSSB. JES work: Final fixes for Fed MSSB. CL49 publicity. FMSSB publicity (managing the narrative). SVC work: Final fixes for Fed MSSB. I worked more on the CL49 LPE. I did the last of the individual pages on the wall of honor (Simone uploaded them) and the first four multi-persons.

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Tuesday, August 19, 2014 - 11:54 am: Edit

MY DAY: 14 Aug (Thursday) 2014 Got to the office at 10:15. Weather: 79F, high thin clouds. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: Chuanqilong. BBS: 18. Forum: 1. Out box: 46. APOD: waste of time. Jigsawdoku 2:32. Ann Coulter: wasted the column ranting about her critics. Web crawl completed at 10:50. Lunch: Chinese buffet. Exercise: walked Wolf around the block. Starlist: requests done 95670, 33596, 45373, 78253, 33603. Email: Overnight spam 120 plus 161 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 837. Miniatures Status Check Day: Posted; CRs back in stock but no prototypes from UK. Events: We started printing the CL49LPE. SPP work: Helping ship orders, CL49 FLAP list stuff (clearing out files), managing CL50 battlegroups. JES work: Managing the narrative of new product releases on social media to avoid confusion and rumors. SVC work: Finished CL49LPE. Then I more or less collapsed, my body having held on by force of will, not the first time this has happened after an intense period of finishing new products. I need a day or two off. I really do. Starting having a lot of coughing, a lot more than the usual.

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Tuesday, August 19, 2014 - 11:55 am: Edit

MY DAY: 15 Aug (Friday) 2014 Got to the office at 10am. Weather: 83F, mostly clear. Customer Request Wednesday: Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: Caiuajara. BBS: 16. Forum: 3. Out box: 50. APOD: worthless. Jigsawdoku 2:11. Web crawl completed at 5pm. Lunch: BBQ @BF. Exercise: walked Wolf @Bivins. Target shooting: 5/5. Starlist: requests done 72903. Email: Overnight spam 127 plus 140 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 850. Business Friday: Nice chat with Metal Express about their minis that we use for Early Years. The new owners didn’t even know about that deal but seem quite pleased. SPP work: CL50 JES work: Index to FMSSB (why?), support for Platinum Hat tournament. SVC work: FLAP list, reconstitution, sales blurb for JgP8. Coughing a lot, I complained my throat was full of dirt.

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Tuesday, August 19, 2014 - 11:55 am: Edit

MY DAY: 16 August (Saturday) 2014 Got to the office at 10:15. Weather: 82F, clear. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: . BBS: 17. Forum: 4. Out box: 51. APOD: supernova without x-rays, a mystery. Web crawl completed at 11:30. Lunch: they brought me a sandwich. Email: Overnight spam 82 plus 60 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 837. SPP work: CL50 battlegroups. JES work: Platinum hat, deleted 7 fake BBS people, dealt with a copyright violator, Uploaded CL#6 to DT/WV, promoted it. SVC work: I had the Hideous Rotting Plague [tm] but came to work anyway, locking the door to my office and telling everyone to stay away. I did not get enough done to have bothered showing up, but I did show up.

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Tuesday, August 19, 2014 - 11:55 am: Edit

MY DAY: 17 Aug (Sunday) 2014 Got to the office at noon. Weather: 79F, some clouds. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: teeth. BBS: 20. Forum: 4. Out box: 51. APOD: silly skyline. Web crawl completed at 1pm. Lunch: KFC. Target shooting: 5/5. Starlist: requests done 29730. Email: Overnight spam 39 plus 10 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 840. JES work: Customer service from home. SVC work: Still very sick, I came in only because Leanna did (she had to work on orders). By taking double the cold medicine (using a bayonet to open the packages) I can actually work for a whole hour before going to lay down on the sofa. I did the THIS WEEK blog and reset the office management system. I answered some email that had waited too long.

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Tuesday, August 19, 2014 - 11:55 am: Edit

MY DAY: 18 Aug (Monday) 2014 Got to the office at 11:55. Weather: 85F, clear skies. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: Azhdarchidae. BBS: 22. Forum: 4. Out box: 51. APOD: waste of time. Web crawl completed at 1pm. Lunch: burger at Calico. Starlist: requests done 19067. Email: Overnight spam 120 plus 13 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 843. SPP work: stuff for CL50 and other future products. JES work: Platinum hat, Ebay pirate, BBS administration, uploaded JagdPanther 8, SVC work: Still sick, I came in, did my email and some or the routine stuff, and went back home to lay down and binge watch eight episodes of THE BRIDGE. Simone updated a lot of Wall of Honor files.

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Friday, August 22, 2014 - 04:09 pm: Edit

MY DAY: 19 Aug (Tuesday) 2014 Got to the office at 9:30. Weather: 68F, mostly clear. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: edmontosaurus. BBS: 23. Forum: 3. Out box: 45. APOD: comet nucleus. Jigsawdoku 2:39. Web crawl completed at 10:48. Lunch: roast beef @YB. Read FYEO for 6-7-8-9-10-11-12 August. Starlist: requests done Greece. Email: Overnight spam 171 plus 188 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 846. SPP work: Survey of future products. JES work: blogs, FMSSB advertising, 15 starlist welcome letters, BBS monitoring. SVC work: This cold I have continues to kick my @#$ so I spent several hours napping on the sofa with Wolf; managed to post a non-progress report on 2500s, and read some FYEOs.

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Friday, August 22, 2014 - 04:10 pm: Edit

MY DAY: 20 Aug (Wednesday) 2014 Got to the office at 9:38. Weather: 73F, mostly clear. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: tracks. BBS: 23. Forum: 1. Out box: 52. APOD: Lagoon nebula. Web crawl completed at 10:30. Lunch: porkchops @OB. Industry mailing lists: GenCon crowds and guests. Email: Overnight spam 89 plus 57 before I left for the day. Email left in in- box at end of the day: 831. SPP work: Survey of future products. JES work: customer support, BBS administration. SVC work: Still too sick to be effective, I went home.

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Friday, August 22, 2014 - 04:10 pm: Edit

MY DAY: 21 Aug (Thursday) 2014 Got to the office at 9:55. Weather: 70F, a few clouds. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: lepidosaurs. BBS: 30. Forum: 0. Out box: 52. APOD: worthless skyline. Web crawl completed at 11am. Lunch: pasta @CH. Read FYEO for 13-14-15-16-17. Industry mailing lists: Gencon. Email: Overnight spam 193 plus 191 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 829. SPP work: CL50 stuff. JES work: Fed MSSB on e23 and drive thru, publicized, notified customers of a previous product that they had not gotten notices for, cleared up the mess in her office. SVC work: Feeling better but not well, I cleaned up my desk and answered email and read FYEO and dealt with clutter.

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Monday, August 25, 2014 - 06:20 pm: Edit

MY DAY: 22 Aug (Friday) 2014 Got to the office at 10:46. Weather: 83F, a few clouds. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: tailfeathers. BBS: 27. Forum: 4. Out box: 44. APOD: comet Jacques. Web crawl completed at 5:47. Lunch: BBQ @BF (as good as it ever was!). Read FYEO for 18-19-20-21. Exercise: I took Wolf to the dog park in 90F which turned out to be a less than stellar idea. Email: Overnight spam 119 plus 155 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 830. Events: Insurance company inspection. SPP work: CL50, future projects. JES work: Marketing FMSSB PDF. SVC work: Over the cold but not back to full speed, I caught up on FYEO, cleaned up my desk, and did the FC scenario Index and Captain’s Log Index.

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Monday, August 25, 2014 - 06:20 pm: Edit

MY DAY: 23 Aug (Saturday) 2014 Got to the office at 12:55. Weather: 89F, clear skies. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: teeth. BBS: 31. Forum: 4. Out box: 45. APOD: not astronomy. Jigsawdoku 2:30. Web crawl completed at 1:29. Lunch: BBQ @DY. Read FYEO for 22+23. Target shooting: 10/10. Starlist: requests done 19010 . Email: Overnight spam 69 plus 41 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 830. SPP work: Special project. JES work: Internet pirates. Proofreading. Uploaded Hydran ship card pack to wargame vault and drive thru, publicized it. SVC work: Still not back to full speed, I slept late to get rest and spent the afternoon on the FLAP list, wall of honor, the THIS WEEK blog, finished FC Scenario index and sent it to Simone to upload Monday.

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Monday, August 25, 2014 - 06:20 pm: Edit

MY DAY: 24 Aug (Sunday) 2014 Got to the office at 1:45. Weather: 90F, mostly clear. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: dryosaurus. BBS: 22. Forum: 2. Out box: 47. APOD: Mercury transit of the sun. Jigsawdoku 2:27. Web crawl completed at 2:40. Lunch: Leanna cooked roast. Email: Overnight spam 53 plus 15 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 836. SVC work: With the office quiet, I was able to update the FC Reference Ship Chart, making a list of corrections and some format changes and adding the two non-alpha playtest packs.

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Monday, August 25, 2014 - 06:22 pm: Edit

MY DAY: 25 Aug (Monday) 2014 Got to the office at 10:25. Weather: 81F, some clouds. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: fish. BBS: 15. Forum: 5. Out box: 47. APOD: Tadpole Galaxy. Jigsawdoku 2:38. Web crawl completed at 4:53. Lunch: roast beef @BF. Read FYEO for 24-25. Target shooting: 5/5. Industry mailing lists: Dragoncon. Starlist: requests done 17331. Email: Overnight spam 115 plus 130 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 838. Events: Wolf had an obstinant baby tooth extracted. SPP work: Special project. JES work: Did the blogs and went home. SVC work: Began primary work on ACTASF1.2. Did more WoH pages, which Simone uploaded. Jean-fixes to CapLog index page 1. Nice chat with the guy who bought Pomroy (decal) Productions. By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Sunday, August 31, 2014 - 05:46 pm: Edit

MY DAY: 26 Aug (Tuesday) 2014 Got to the office at 11am. Weather: 75F, some clouds. It rained last night and everything is damp and cool. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: reptiles. BBS: 21. Forum: 1. Out box: 50. APOD: flying past Triton. Jigsawdoku 2:19. Web crawl completed at 1:40. Lunch: roast beef @YB. Read FYEO for today. Exercise: Wolf to dog park. Target shooting: 10/10. Starlist: requests done 64030. Email: Overnight spam 151 plus 060 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 845. SPP work: special project. JES work: shopping cart link crisis, proofreading. SVC work: Primary: ACTASF, finalized test format and gave it to Jean for final approval. Other: Made Jean’s fixes to Wall of Honor pages 24-26 and sent them to Simone for upload; sent Jean pages 27-29 for checking. Checked a new book of Petrick’s and formulated a plan to complete it. 2500: status report no progress. SmapRo: Reported 161 pirates to SJG.

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Sunday, August 31, 2014 - 05:46 pm: Edit

MY DAY: 27 Aug (Wednesday) 2014 Got to the office at 10:45. Weather: 78F, cloudy, cool. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: mammals. BBS: 22. Forum: 1. Out box: 46. APOD: worthless skyline. Jigsawdoku 2:30. Web crawl completed at 1:09. Lunch: pork chops @OB. Exercise: Wolf, Bivins park. Target shooting: 10/10. Industry mailing lists: pirates. Email: Overnight spam 161 plus 92 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 847. SPP work: Hydran MSSB. JES work: Marketing, Customer Service SVC work: Primary: ACTASF preparations. Other: most of the day, I did ships for the Hydran MSSB. SmapRo: customer request. Did Jean fixes to Wall of Honor 27-29 and did 30-32 for Jean to check.

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Sunday, August 31, 2014 - 05:46 pm: Edit

MY DAY: 28 Aug (Thursday) 2014 Got to the office at 8:38. Weather: 72F, 50% clouds. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: tracks in China. BBS: 17. Forum: 2. Out box: 45. APOD: M20+21. Jigsawdoku 2:21. Ann Coulter: Ferguson. Web crawl completed at 12:42. Lunch: BBQ at Dyer’s with Chaplain Denton. Read FYEO for 27. Exercise: walked Wolf several times. Target shooting: 10/10. Email: Overnight spam 91 plus 233 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 847. Events: Leanna, Petrick, and Jean went to see Phantom of the Opera four hours east of here in OKC. SVC work: Primary: Mostly I took a day off, read a book, napped, and walked the dog. Other: Capitalization of the CapLog Index reached page 2.

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Sunday, August 31, 2014 - 05:47 pm: Edit

MY DAY: 29 Aug (Friday) 2014 Got to the office at 10:45. Weather: 86F, mostly clear. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: Dystrophaeus. BBS: 17. Forum: 3. Out box: 46. APOD: Wizard Nebula. Jigsawdoku 2:18. Web crawl completed at 2:30. Lunch: BBQ @BF (B+). Read FYEO for 28. Email: Overnight spam 124 plus 120 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 846. SPP work: CL50 and Hydran MSSB. JES work: Uploaded SFB DEX#2 to DT/WV, marketed. Proofread various things. SVC work: Primary: ships for Hydran MSSB. Finalized the format for ACTASF1.2 and sent it to the staff. Other: CapLog Index editing reaches page 4. SmapRo: Sent 3 more WOH pages to Simone and 3 more to Jean. Sent some trek pirates to Paramount.

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Sunday, August 31, 2014 - 05:47 pm: Edit

MY DAY: 30 Aug (Saturday) 2014 Got to the office at 9:30. Weather: 74F, mostly clear. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: bones. BBS: 14. Forum: 4. Out box: 45. APOD: stupid skyline. Jigsawdoku 2:22. Web crawl completed at 1:30. Lunch: turkey @Furr’s. Read FYEO for today. Exercise: Took Wolf and the ladies to the dog park. Target shooting: 10/10. Starlist: requests done Australia. Email: Overnight spam 73 plus 44 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 826. Staff meeting: Decided to move ahead with Hydran MSSB but without a specific schedule; other projects have priority. Jean says she needs "three uninterrupted weeks" to finish Traveller, but we need to define what is and is not an interruption. Decided to delay for 90 days consideration of a deal to print replacement sheets for all F&E products. Decided to research POD card deck printers for Battlecards and Battle Damage Code Red. SPP work: CL50, Hydran MSSB, questions. JES work: Proofreading, marketing, customer service. SVC work: Primary: Sent 20 Hydran MSSB ships and 3 bombers to SPP. Other: Six wall of honor pages to Simone, seven to Jean. SmapRo: did the THIS WEEK report. Wrote the new universal contract for decal vendors.

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Tuesday, September 02, 2014 - 04:35 pm: Edit

MY DAY: 31 Aug (Sunday) 2014 Got to the office at 3:45pm. Weather: 95F, a few clouds. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: tyrannosaur. BBS: 16. Forum: 4. Out box: 50. APOD: Nasaganda. Jigsawdoku 2:08. Web crawl completed at 5:11. Lunch: Leanna cooked steak and of corn. Email: Overnight spam 96 plus 014 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 825. SVC work: I finished the requested edits to the MIT article and put it on Jean’s desk.

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Tuesday, September 02, 2014 - 04:36 pm: Edit

MY DAY: 1 Sept (Monday, Labor Day) 2014 Got to the office at 12:30. Weather: 85F and mostly clear. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: Paleoart. BBS: 18. Forum: 4. Out box: 51. APOD: stupid, not astronomy. Jigsawdoku 2:34. Web crawl completed at 4:51. Lunch: steak at Big Texan. Read FYEO for today. Target shooting: 5/5. Starlist: requests done 28787; updates received 65613. Email: Overnight spam 82 plus 59 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 822. Events: Played the old "wait until Jean walks the dog then lock the door" gag. It never gets old! Jean so enjoys pretending to get upset about it. I hollered "We’re closed!" through the door but she didn’t believe me and kept pounding on the door, screaming and threatening. Great fun for all! SPP work: Battlegroups. JES work: Blogs, proofreading, PDF uploads. SVC work: Finished and turned in the article about SFB for the MIT book: Zones of Control. Wrote some blogs for Jean who needed them in her stockpile. Got the decal vendor contract and marketing plan finished. Pushed Captain’s Log Index capitalization project to page six. Did 15 Stinger and 6 Harrier pictures for Hydran MSSB.

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Wednesday, September 03, 2014 - 05:55 pm: Edit

MY DAY: 2 Sept (Tuesday) 2014 Got to the office at 10:30. Weather: 84F, clear skies, wall of clouds to the north. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: Permian . BBS: 19. Forum: 1. Out box: 47. APOD: boring. Web crawl completed at 4pm. Lunch: turkey @Furr’s. Exercise: took Ramses hunting first thing in the morning but it was already hot. Target shooting: 5/5. Starlist: requests done 90042; updates received 21209. Email: Overnight spam 113 plus 184 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 827. Events: Took Isis and Ramses to vet for hunting license renewal. SPP work: Hydran MSSB. Stuff for CL50. JES work: Sick much of the day. Did some blogs and proofreading. SVC work: Made a little progress on ACTASF. Did 17 X-ships for Hydran MSSB. Wasted a bunch of time on a project that should have been over. No change to 2500 status; no prototypes have appeared. They’re about 75 days overdue.

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Thursday, September 04, 2014 - 10:18 am: Edit

MY DAY: 3 Sept (Wednesday) 2014 Got to the office at 10:15. Weather: 80F, mostly clear. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: Nocturnality. BBS: 27. Forum: 6. Out box: 50. APOD: M6 butterfly cluster. Jigsawdoku 2:29. Web crawl completed at 4:07. Lunch: pathetic factory produced frozen junk at Cracker Barrel. Read FYEO for 1-2-3 Sept. Target shooting: 5/5. Starlist: requests done Ottawa. Email: Overnight spam 173 plus 207 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 828. SPP work: sick, went home early. JES work: sick, could not focus, but continued to insist that she really doesn’t like the "lock the door prank". Later she must have felt better because she became the biggest pirate killer of all time, finding over 100 pirates of ADB stuff and over 2,000 of Paramount stuff, plus 460 of GURPS stuff. SVC work: Chest pains at lunch I laid down for two hours. ACTA. Customer request. Encyclopedia. Hailing Frequencies. CapLog Index. Sent Petrick the last six PFs and the first six Early Years ships for Hydran MSSB. Sent Jean page 7 of caplog index. Sent Jean four more Wall of Honor pages, only three left to do.

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Saturday, September 06, 2014 - 07:16 pm: Edit

MY DAY: 4 Sept (Thursday) 2014 Got to the office at 9am. Weather: 68F, mostly clear. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: dreadnoughtus. BBS: 21. Forum: 4. Out box: 49. APOD: comet. Jigsawdoku 2:41. Ann Coulter: driving while black. Web crawl completed at 10:19. Lunch: seafood fettuchini alfredo. Read FYEO for today. Target shooting: 5/5. Starlist: 19805. Email: Overnight spam 119 plus 184 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 824. SPP work: Hydran MSSB. Packed orders. JES work: Proofread wall pages, encyclopedia, index. SVC work: Encyclopedia page 2+3 to Jean; CapLog Index page 8 to Jean. Sent Petrick 13 Hydran early years ship graphics for the MSSB. Sent Petrick 16 X-ship graphics. ACTA. While at lunch with Jean, I came up with the idea for microwave fettuchini Alfredo. Jean said this was barbaric and heathen.

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Saturday, September 06, 2014 - 07:16 pm: Edit

MY DAY: 5 Sept (Friday) 2014 Got to the office at 10:30. Weather: 79F, cloudy. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: Dimetropus. BBS: 17. Forum: 4. Out box: 48. APOD: Sagitarius dust clouds. Jigsawdoku 2:22. Web crawl completed at 4:16. Lunch: BBQ @BF. Read FYEO for today. Exercise: walked Wolf at Julian Triangle Park, new territory was marked by Wolf. Target shooting: 10/10. Starlist: requests done Calgary, 44134, 32726. Email: Overnight spam 162 plus 140 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 833. Events: It rained much of the afternoon, which reminded Jean of home in North Carolina where it rains every day. SPP work: Hydran MSSB reports. Rules questions. JES work: Proofread stuff. SVC work: ACTA. Encyclopedia page 4 to Jean, index page 9 to Jean. Last three Wall of Honor multi-person pages done and sent to Jean (the four before that sent to Simone). Sent a boatload of graphics to Jupiter IV and Tennishington for decals. Did 12 generic ship pictures for Hydran MSSB.

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Saturday, September 06, 2014 - 07:16 pm: Edit

MY DAY: 6 Sept (Saturday) 2014 Got to the office at 10:30. Weather: 54F, raining this morning, rained all night. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: dreadnoughtus weight. BBS: 22. Forum: 4. Out box: 49. APOD: wasted time. Jigsawdoku 2:21. Web crawl completed at 11:09. Lunch: pizza @PP. Read FYEO for today. Target shooting: 5/5. Starlist: requests done 17046, 80220. Sent back a Canadian request for not including the post code. Email: Overnight spam 121 plus 59 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 829. SPP work: Hydran MSSB, CL50 Battlegroups. JES work: customer service, proofreading, PDF uploads. SVC work: I made Jean’s fixes to the last three Wall of Honor pages. I did the R1(9) ship pictures for the Hydran MSSB. Reset the office management system. Did the This Week blog. Helped Jean get her car fixed.

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Tuesday, September 09, 2014 - 08:08 pm: Edit

MY DAY: 7 Sept (Sunday) 2014 Got to the office at 3:11. Weather: 79F, cloudy. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: spinosaurus week. BBS: 11. Forum: 5. Out box: 50. APOD: full moon video. Jigsawdoku 2:55. Web crawl completed at 4pm. Lunch: Leanna cooked pinto beans with ham, an unusual combination that turned out well. Read FYEO for today. Exercise: took Ramses hunting. Starlist: requests done Toronto; updates received 07950. Email: Overnight spam 79 plus 20 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 836. JES work: Customer service from home. SVC work: Came in for a few hours to clean up my desk and knock out some small projects. Caplog index; Jean fixes to 8 and 9; sent Jean 10. Encyclopedia: jean fixes to page 3, sent her page 4, added 20 more entries (17% complete).

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Tuesday, September 09, 2014 - 08:08 pm: Edit

MY DAY: 8 Sept (Monday) 2014 Got to the office at 10:50. Weather: 77F, cloudy. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: sauropod diversity. BBS: 18. Forum: 1. Out box: 50. APOD: moon. Jigsawdoku 2:35. Web crawl completed at 1:56. Lunch: Olive Garden. Exercise: Wolf, dog park. Email: Overnight spam 143 plus 183 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 846. Events: Steve Cole posted the Frallizoid monster and Jean beat him over the head with a rolled up newspaper. SPP work: Stayed home waiting for a repairman who could not get anything repaired. JES work: Wrote BIG NEWS and did such a good job she can take over that task from now on. Finished her work on HF and Communique. Posted blogs. SVC work: Communique (including Seltorian commando DD) and Hailing Frequencies, Frallizoid.

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Tuesday, September 09, 2014 - 08:10 pm: Edit MY DAY: 9 Sept (Tuesday) 2014 Got to the office at 10:10. Weather: 79F, mostly clear. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: Coloradisaurus. BBS: 25. Forum: 1. Out box: 46. APOD: pretty skyline but not astronomy. Jigsawdoku 2:39. Web crawl completed at 12:45. Lunch: roast beef @YB. Read FYEO for 8th and 9th. Target shooting: 5/5. Starlist: requests done 48340. Email: Overnight spam 133 plus 220 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 852. Events: Dog trainer day. Miniatures Status Check Day: Posted Jumbo freighter. SPP work: Hailing Frequencies, Communique. Reports on Hydran MSSB. JES work: Proofreading. Blocking spammers. Got FCTM uploaded and publicized. Blogs. SVC work: ACTA chapter 2 complete. Chat with Jay Waschak about Federation Admiral.

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Thursday, September 11, 2014 - 02:07 pm: Edit

MY DAY: 10 Sept (Wednesday) 2014 Got to the office at 10:15. Weather: 77F, mostly clear. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: Icthyosaurs. BBS: 29. Forum: 6. Out box: 47. APOD: local supercluster. Jigsawdoku 2:19. Web crawl completed at 2:50. Lunch: China Star buffet. Read FYEO for today. Exercize: Wolf to Bivins park. Starlist: requests done 22033; updates received 63026. Email: Overnight spam 123 plus 137 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 812. SPP work: Line items for HMSSB. Scenarios for CL50. Reviewed options to do the update article in CL50. JES work: Blocked spammer IPs and eliminated fake people from the BBS. Getting FCTM uploaded. Getting R2 uploaded and publicized. Publicizing Comm/HF. SVC work: Fixed Communique 105. Proofread Hailing Frequencies. Did customer requests. I got chapters 3 and 4 of ACTASF finished and sent to Tony for review; these pages will go to Jean and other staffers later.

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Thursday, September 18, 2014 - 11:10 am: Edit

MY DAY: 11 Sept (Thursday) 2014 Terrorism Remembrance Day: This will never be forgotten. Got to the office at 10:05. Weather: 61F, cloudy. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: Ikrandraco. BBS: 25. Forum: 5. Out box: 47. APOD: boring and not astronomy. Jigsawdoku 2:27. Ann Coulter: immigration reform. Web crawl completed at 1:30. Lunch: turkey @Furrs. Read FYEO for today. Exercise: Wolf, walked all the way across Elwood Park. Target shooting: 6/6. = Starlist: requests done Ireland. Email: Overnight spam 95 plus 224 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 804. SPP work: Hydran MSSB. CL50. JES work: Blocked spammer and deleted fake people from BBS. Got R2 SSD book uploaded, publicized. Started reading ACTASF1.2. SVC work: Primary: Made Tony’s fixes to ACTASF chapter 2 and sent it to Jean. Got Chapter 5 sent to Tony. Did one page of Tony’s notes on chapter 3. SmapRo: Called to set up appointment for my annual physical.

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Thursday, September 18, 2014 - 11:10 am: Edit

MY DAY: 12 Sept (Friday) 2014 Got to the office at 11am. Weather: 45F, raining. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: spinosaurus. BBS: 19. Forum: 2. Out box: 45. APOD: supernova remnant. Web crawl completed at 4pm. Lunch: BBQ @BF. Read FYEO for today. Email: Overnight spam 131 plus 141 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 800. SPP work: Battle groups, scenarios, strategic transport carrying booms rule. JES work: Proofread. Unleashed alligators. SVC work: Primary: ACTASF, finished table of contents and publisher info and sent that to Tony. Other: Got and posted hard counts of I+J sheets for F&E.

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Thursday, September 18, 2014 - 11:10 am: Edit

MY DAY: 13 Sept (Saturday) 2014 Got to the office at 9am. Weather: 48F, cloudy, wet. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: Spinosaurus. BBS: 21. Forum: 5. Out box: 46. APOD: mashup, nonsense. Web crawl completed at 3pm. Lunch: turkey @ Furrs. Email: Overnight spam 52 plus 58 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 794. Events: Jean and Leanna went to dog show. SPP work: Sent SVC a list of art he wants. Reviewed Gary C’s campaign and told him why it isn’t publishable. Scenarios for CL50. JES work: Proofread. Moved topics around so spammers won’t find them. SVC work: Made Jean’s fixes to ACTASF-2; did ACTASF-7 and sent that to Tony. I did the THIS WEEK blog.

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Thursday, September 18, 2014 - 11:11 am: Edit MY DAY: 14 Sept (Sunday) 2014 I stayed home all day (rare as that is) to rest after Leanna expressed concerns over my health. It rained in the afternoon, but I still managed to take Ramses for a hunt. Dinosaur list: Spinosaurus. APOD: M27 dumbbell nebula. I watched the BBS from home and Jean dealt with some spammers.

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Thursday, September 18, 2014 - 11:11 am: Edit

MY DAY: 15 Sept (Monday) 2014 Got to the office at 10:30. Weather: 67F, cloudy. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: Spinosaurus. BBS: 15. Forum: 13. Out box: 46. APOD: comet Churyumov. Jigsawdoku 2:06. Web crawl completed at 4:49. Lunch: riblettes @APB. Exercise: Wolf, Elwood dog park. Target shooting: 5.5. Industry mailing lists: GGIC. Starlist: requests done 97410. Email: Overnight spam 172 plus 070 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 816. SPP work: Battlegroups articles. Checked orders and assembly line. No Hydran MSSB reports over the weekend. JES work: Blogs, researching the spam attack, got Captain’s Log #7 uploaded to DT/WV. SVC work: Primary(ACTASF): Made Tony’s fixes to chapters 3-4 and gave those pages to Jean. Other: Sent Whitney two FC cards that needed reprinting. SmapRo: did the sales copy for JagdPanther #9.

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Thursday, September 18, 2014 - 02:52 pm: Edit

MY DAY: 16 Sept (Tuesday) 2014 Got to the office at 11. Weather: 50F and cloudy. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: Mosasaurids. BBS: 24. Forum: 6. Out box: 47. APOD: stupid skyline. Jigsawdoku 2:38. Web crawl completed at 1:58. Lunch: roast beef @YB. Target shooting: 10/10. Starlist: no requests. Email: Overnight spam 151 plus 161 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 810. SPP work: Battlegroups, checking orders and game assembly, CL50 scenarios. JES work: Proofread ACTA, Spammers. SVC work: Primary (ACTA): Got the Tony report I accidentally deleted yesterday and finished chapters 0 and 1 for Jean to read. Did Tony’s comments on chapter 3 movement and rewrote the drone marker rules (again) to allow single drones from a marker. Other: Processed some BBS questions in CL50; discussed Traveller with Matthew. 2500 update: still no prototypes. By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Thursday, September 18, 2014 - 02:53 pm: Edit

MY DAY: 17 Sept (Wednesday) 2014 Got to the office at 12:20. Weather: 65F, cloudy and rain. Leanna and I took the day off for our wedding anniversary. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: Rhinorex. BBS: 24. Forum: 5. Out box: 46. APOD: skylline, wasted time. Web crawl completed at 1pm. Lunch: romantic dinner for two. Email: Overnight spam 209 plus 38 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 803. SPP work: Processed reports on Hydran MSSB, checked game and order packing. JES work: Proofread ACTA, Spammers.

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Tuesday, September 23, 2014 - 05:38 pm: Edit

MY DAY: 18 Sept (Thursday) 2014 Got to the office at 9:14. Weather: 64F, cloudy and wet. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: Thescelosaurus. BBS: 18. Forum: 5. Out box: 46. APOD: cocoon nebula. Jigsawdoku 2:15. Ann Coulter: immigration. Web crawl completed at 10:04. Lunch: pizza. Read FYEO for 13-14-15. Exercise: walked Wolf. Industry mailing lists: French translation. Starlist: no requests. Email: Overnight spam 207 plus 217 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 814. SPP work: CL50, Hydran MSSB. JES work: Proofreading, marketing. SVC work: Primary (ACTASF): fixed Jean’s gripes on chapters 0, 1, 2, 5. Ran into a movement question that Tony must answer before I can finish chapter 3.

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Tuesday, September 23, 2014 - 05:38 pm: Edit

MY DAY: 19 Sept (Friday) 2014 Got to the office at 9am. Weather: 65F, cloudy, wet. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: spinosaurus. BBS: 26. Forum: 4. Out box: 46. APOD: habitable moons. Jigsawdoku 2:14. Web crawl completed at 4:00. Lunch: BBQ @BF, stringy. Exercise: took Wolf to dog park. Target shooting: 5/5. Starlist: requests done 17111, 03909. Email: Overnight spam 112 plus 226 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 807. SPP work: CL50 scenarios, checked orders. JES work: BBS reduction, getting Jagdpanther #9 uploaded, Proofreading ACTA and Hydran MSSB. SVC work: ACTA: Did Jean’s fixes to the combat chapter. 2500: uploaded heavy freighter CGIs.

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Tuesday, September 23, 2014 - 05:38 pm: Edit

MY DAY: 20 Sept (Saturday) 2014 Got to the office at 10am. Weather: 73F, clouds breaking up. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: bone beds. BBS: 29. Forum: 0. Out box: 46. APOD: worthless skyline. Jigsawdoku 2:37. Web crawl completed at 3:43. Lunch: Salt Grass, they drove me crazy snatching silverware out of my hand only to then give me clean silverware. Read FYEO for 16-17-19-19-20. Starlist: requests done 43406. Email: Overnight spam 80 plus 120 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 802. SPP work: CL50, Hydran MSSB, player questions. JES work: Proofreading ACTSF and HMSSB. SVC work: ACTASF: finished chapter 6 and gave that to Jean. Finished her fixes on chapter 5. Had a note from Tony on 7. Other: did this THIS WEEK blog and updated the office management system for next week. 2400: Did quality checks on hundreds of newly arrived ships, drones, and plasma torpedoes.

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Tuesday, September 23, 2014 - 05:38 pm: Edit

MY DAY: 21 Sept (Sunday) 2014 I stayed home for enforced rest and did not even check the BBS from the iPad. Dinosaur list: Spinosaurus. APOD: Saturn. Jean worked on BBS reductions.

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Tuesday, September 23, 2014 - 05:39 pm: Edit

MY DAY: 22 Sept (Monday) 2014 Got to the office at 10am. Weather: 65F, cloudy, wet. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: Spinosaurus. BBS: 18. Forum: 3. Out box: 47. APOD: video of Earth. Jigsawdoku 2:22. Web crawl completed at 1:36. Lunch: steak & eggs @PCS. Exercise: Wolf @ dog park. Email: Two days of spam 278 plus 173 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 808. SPP work: CL50 scenarios & battlegroups, fixes to HMSSB. JES work: Blogs, BBS pruning, proofreading ACTASF. SVC work: Made Jean’s fixes to ACTASF chapter 6 and 7.

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Monday, September 29, 2014 - 11:18 am: Edit MY DAY: 23 Sept (Tuesday) 2014 Got to the office at 10am. Weather: a few clouds. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: . BBS: 19. Forum: 2. Out box: 47. APOD: aurora. Jigsawdoku 2:33. Web crawl completed at 10:44. Lunch: roast beef @YBs. Read FYEO for 21-22-23. Target shooting: 5/5. Starlist: request 29204; updates received 31008. Email: Overnight spam 145 plus 210 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 806. Miniatures Status Check Day: Conferred with Matthew on a new source for prototypes but if they can do it we won’t have the prototypes for four weeks or ships for eight. Got a new set of finished CGIs for the heavy freighter. SPP work: Read the 30-page core rules pack for ACTASF 1.2 and we had a meeting to make a list of questions for Tony to answer before we can get a draft ready for staff review. JES work: Checked changes on ACTASF. Blogs. Uploaded JagdPanther #9. SVC work: ACTASF: Made the last round of Jean’s change-check fixes and handed the complete "rules" part of the game to Petrick for him to start the cold reading review. Dentist for teeth cleaning.

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Monday, September 29, 2014 - 11:18 am: Edit

MY DAY: 24 Sept (Wednesday) 2014 Got to the office at 10:26. Weather: 66F, cloudy, trying to rain. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: Dryosaurus. BBS: 34. Forum: 2. Out box: 52. APOD: Lagoon Nebula. Jigsawdoku 2:33. Web crawl completed at 3:30. Lunch: fettuchini @OG. Exercise: Wolf, Bivens Park. Target shooting: 5/5. Industry mailing lists: Ongoing theft of game IP. Email: Overnight spam 145 plus 199 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 807. Events: threats of storms proved overblown. SPP work: Hydrans vs Borak campaign. JES work: BBS security, ACTASF, customer service. SVC work: ACTASF: Made all of the fixes from Petrick, Jean, & the first complete read-through. Other: customer requests. 2500: discussions with Bruce about molds and prototypes.

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Monday, September 29, 2014 - 11:19 am: Edit

MY DAY: 25 Sept (Thursday) 2014 Got to the office at 11am. Weather: 73F, mostly clear. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: ichthyosaurs. BBS: 40. Forum: 1. Out box: 50. APOD: star clouds of Andromeda. Jigsawdoku 2:23. Ann Coulter: election strategy. Web crawl completed at 3:23. Lunch: BBQ @Dyers. Read FYEO for 24-25. Target shooting: 5/5. Starlist: requests done 20874. Email: Overnight spam 144 plus 100 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 809. Events: Heard a rumor that our landlord might have sold our warehouse (which would mean a tme-consuming and expensive move in the very near future) but it turned out to be an adjacent piece of property that had been sold. SPP work: ACTASF staff draft. JES work: ACTASF staff draft. SVC work: Primary: ACTASF staff draft. Other: deleted a few hundred BBS posts. 2500: posted the Aux version of the heavy freighter.

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Monday, September 29, 2014 - 11:19 am: Edit

MY DAY: 26 Sept (Friday) 2014 Got to the office at 10:55am. Weather: 78F, mostly clear. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: teeth. BBS: 29. Forum: 3. Out box: 50. APOD: Mars probe. Jigsawdoku 2:36. Web crawl completed at 2:05. Lunch: BBQ @BF. Exercise: Wolf, Elwood dog park. Email: Overnight spam 179 plus 151 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 809. Events: SFB expansion #3 added to DT/WV. SPP work: Hydran MSSB, player questions, CL50. JES work: Uploading PDFs, marketing. SVC work: Primary: ACTASF fixes. 2500: further discussions of Will’s big freighters.

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Monday, September 29, 2014 - 11:19 am: Edit

MY DAY: 27 Sept (Saturday) 2014 Got to the office at 1pm. Weather: 74F, mostly clear. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: Dimetrodon. BBS: 20. Forum: 4. Out box: 52. APOD: NASA propaganda. Web crawl completed at 3:40. Lunch: steak @GCW. Exercise: took Ramses hunting. Starlist: no requests on file. Email: Overnight spam 104 plus 27 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 816. Events: My aunt’s birthday party. SPP work: Hydran MSSB. JES work: ACTASF draft. PDF uploads. Customer service. Proofreading Hydran MSSB. SVC work: Got all 264 fixes to the 24 Sept ACTASF1.2 draft made, followed by 52 fixes to the 25 Sept draft. Sent the 26 Sept ACTASF1.2 draft to the project staff. Reset the office management system. I wrote the ad copy for JagdPanther #10.

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Monday, September 29, 2014 - 11:19 am: Edit

MY DAY: 28 Sept (Sunday) 2014 Got to the office at 2pm. Weather: 77F, some clouds. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: bones. BBS: 17. Forum: 1. Out box: 52. APOD: dancing black holes. Jigsawdoku 2:34. Web crawl completed at 3pm. Lunch: Leanna cooked roast and corn. Target shooting: 10/10. Email: Overnight spam 99 plus 36 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 798. Events: Cleaning crew did the office. JES work: BBS maintenance. Customer service. SVC work: Got and answered first report on ACTASF1.2.

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Thursday, October 02, 2014 - 03:15 pm: Edit

MY DAY: 29 Sept (Monday) 2014 Got to the office at 10am. Weather: 63F, cloudy, rained later that night. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: scottish pterosaur. BBS: 18. Forum: 4. Out box: 51. APOD: Martian rocks. Jigsawdoku 2:25. Web crawl completed at 1:15. Lunch: Foodie and Grumpy take Leanna to a Chinese Buffet; it does not end well. Exercise: took Wolf to Elwood dog park. Starlist requests done: Quebec. Email: Overnight spam 92 plus 190 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 800. SPP work: Hydran MSSB (found things the proofreaders missed, executed proofreaders, hired more volunteers), battle groups CL50, checked orders and product assembly. JES work: Blogs, prepping for PDF uploads, Starlist welcome, spammers, deleted four fake people. SVC work: Primary: roughed out an outline of the ACTASF annex chapter. Other: blogs. 2500: asked Bruce some questions about production. Worked on medal criteria for the ship construction campaign.

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Thursday, October 02, 2014 - 03:15 pm: Edit

MY DAY: 30 Sept (Tuesday) 2014 Got to the office at 10:35. Weather: 66F, a few clouds. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: spinosaurs. BBS: 26. Forum: 6. Out box: 51. APOD: not astronomy, waste of time. Jigsawdoku 2:24. Web crawl completed at 1:30. Lunch: roast beef @YB. Read FYEO for 26-27-28-29-30. Exercise: took Wolf on an unusually long walk. Starlist: requests done 80504. Email: Overnight spam 166 plus 150 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 803. SPP work: Battle groups, checking orders and production. JES work: BBS reduction, customer support, deleting fake BBS people. SVC work: Primary: ACTA index sent. 2500: status update, no changes but jumbo/heavy freighter is ready to print. Other: Hydran fighter technology article. SmapRo: work on SFBOL 3rd generation program.

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Thursday, October 02, 2014 - 03:15 pm: Edit

MY DAY: 1 Oct (Wednesday) 2014 Got to the office at 10:15. Weather: 67F, clear blue skies. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: Maaradactylus. BBS: 25. Forum: 3. Out box: 52. APOD: Butterfly nebula. Jigsawdoku 2:33. Web crawl completed at 3pm. Lunch: BBQ @VRS. Exercise: long walk with Wolf. Email: Overnight spam 177 plus 206 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 798. SPP work: Battle groups for CL50. JES work: Hydran MSSB proofreading. BBS spammers. SVC work: Primary: CL50 article. Customer requests.

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Monday, October 06, 2014 - 02:17 pm: Edit

MY DAY: 2 Oct (Thursday) 2014 Got to the office at 10:41. Weather: 57F, 40% clouds. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: Tyrannoneustes. BBS: 21. Forum: 1. Out box: 52. APOD: bubble Nebula. Ann Coulter: myths. Web crawl completed at 3:04. Lunch: Turkey @Furrs (B-). Exercise: took Ramses hunting. Email: Overnight spam 143 plus 110 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 797. SPP work: Battlegroups, Hydran MSSB. JES work: Hydran MSSB. Getting R3 uploaded to PDFs. SVC work: Primary: ACTASF Chapter 8.

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Monday, October 06, 2014 - 02:17 pm: Edit

MY DAY: 3 Oct (Friday) 2014 Got to the office at 10:30. Weather: 56F, a few clouds. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: Elasmosaurid. BBS: 19. Forum: 2. Out box: 52. APOD: wasted. Jigsawdoku 3:02. Web crawl completed at 3pm. Lunch: BBQ @BF (A-). Exercise: long walk with Wolf at Elwood. Email: Overnight spam 178 plus 146 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 813. Events: Weekly design department dinner. Jean explained to me that the ACTASF staff already did their playtesting and I may not get or need many reports. SPP work: Met with Jean and SVC to explain to Jean the lineage of Hydran base hulls and variants. Hydran MSSB. CL50 battle groups. JES work: BBS defense, fake people deleted. Hydran MSSB. Promoted PDF of R2SSD. SVC work: Hydran MSSB. ACTASF chapter 8. Move art around in the R1 section of the Fed MSSB. Images for SFBOL.

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Monday, October 06, 2014 - 02:17 pm: Edit

MY DAY: 4 Oct (Saturday) 2014 Got to the office at 10:50. Weather: 59F, clear skies. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: Trackways. BBS: 22. Forum: 2. Out box: 50. APOD: waste of time. Web crawl completed at 3pm. Lunch: enchiladas @LF. Exercise: wolf, dog park. Target shooting: 5/5. Email: Overnight spam 80 plus 55 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 800. SPP work: Reviewed Platinum Victory article. Worked on CL50 battle groups. JES work: Uploaded R3SSDpdf and publicized. Spammer blocked and deleted. Proofreading HMSSB. SVC work: Sent ACTASF scenario chapter to Tony for first review. Images for SFBOL.

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Monday, October 06, 2014 - 02:17 pm: Edit

MY DAY: 5 Oct (Sunday) 2014 Got to the office at 4:45. Weather: 80F, mostly clear. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: crocogator. BBS: 15. Forum: 1. Out box: 50. APOD: eclipse video. Jigsawdoku 2:34. Web crawl completed at 6pm. Lunch: Leanna’s steak plate (A+). Exercise: Took Ramses to patrol his kingdom. Email: Overnight spam 78 plus 4 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 806. JES work: Customer service and BBS defense. SVC work: Did the THIS WEEK blog, caught up some email, and cleaned off my desk. Reset the office management sysem.

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Tuesday, October 07, 2014 - 11:48 am: Edit MY DAY: 6 Oct (Monday) 2014 Got to the office at 10:30. Weather: 64F, mostly clear. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: Ornithischian. BBS: 22. Forum: 1. Out box: 50. APOD: unexplained positrons. Jigsawdoku 2:33. Web crawl completed at 3pm. Lunch: riblets @Appleby’s. Read FYEO for 1-2-3-4-5 October. Exercise: walk to dog park with Wolf (every time, I park farther from the gate). Target shooting: 5/5. Starlist: requests done 44221. Email: Overnight spam 113 plus 150 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 812. SPP work: Dentist. CL50, Hydran MSSB. JES work: Hydran MSSB. Customer support. Spam blocking. Wrote ad copy for CL37 upload to PDF stores. SVC work: Primary: ACTSF reports. Other: Sent Simone everything for Hailing Frequencies. 2500: extensive discussion of prototypes and production methods. Did two blogs for Jean. Fixed SFBOL medal graphic. Did three Kzintis for SFBOL3G.

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Saturday, October 11, 2014 - 07:25 pm: Edit

MY DAY: 7 Oct (Tuesday) 2014 Got to the office at 9:50. Weather: 65F, some clouds. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: spinosaurus. BBS: 29. Forum: 1. Out box: 51. APOD: skyline. Jigsawdoku 2:19. Industry mailing lists: conventions. Starlist: requests done 97526; updates received 53532. Email: Overnight spam 153 plus 189 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 801. Events: Plumber replaced hot water heater. Miniatures Status Check Day: Waiting for prototypes. SPP work: Battlegroups for SFB and FC for CL50. JES work: Hailing Frequencies, spammers, Hydran MSSB. SVC work: Primary: ACTA reports. Other: SSD for Comm 106, updated the update list. 2500: waiting for prototypes. SmapRo: Found out that my doctor retired suddenly the day before my annual checkup (surely just a coincidence).

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Saturday, October 11, 2014 - 07:26 pm: Edit

MY DAY: 8 Oct (Wednesday) 2014 Got to the office at 8:25. Weather: 61F, cloudy. It rained late Wednesday night. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: turtle. BBS: 18. Forum: 0. Out box: 55. APOD: gorgeous dust clouds. Jigsawdoku 2:32. Web crawl completed at 11:01. Lunch: Foodie and I went to another Chinese place; she fell in love with the sweet & sour chicken while I loved the BBQ ribs and brisket. Exercise: took Wolf to Bivins Park. Starlist: requests done 94134. Email: Overnight spam 141 plus 161 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 809. SPP work: Prototype checking and 2500 quality control, CL50. JES work: Hydran MSSB, photos of prototypes. SVC work: Primary: ACTA reports caught up. Other: scenario and ship for Communique #106, quality control on a shipment of 2500s. 2500: reviewed prototypes. SmapRo: customer requests.

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Saturday, October 11, 2014 - 07:26 pm: Edit

MY DAY: 9 Oct (Thursday) 2014 Got to the office at 10:15. Weather: 64F, cloudy. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: turtles. BBS: 12. Forum: 1. Out box: 53. APOD: eclipse. Jigsawdoku 2:36. Ann Coulter: election strategy. Web crawl completed at 11am. Lunch: turkey @F. Exercise: took Ramses hunting. Leanna took Isis for a walk.. Email: Overnight spam 128 plus 184 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 809. SPP work: Hydran MSSB. Battlegroups. Checked orders. JES work: Hydran MSSB. SVC work: Primary: ACTASF reports, ship layout. Other: Hailing frequencies. 2500: established plans for Master Mold B.

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Saturday, October 11, 2014 - 07:26 pm: Edit

MY DAY: 10 Oct (Friday) 2014 Got to the office at 10:20. Weather: 53F, fog, mist, wet. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: Mapusaurus. BBS: 25. Forum: 1. Out box: 53. APOD: moon, Uranus, moons of Uranus. Jigsawdoku 2:26. Web crawl completed at 1:40. Lunch: BBQ @BF (A+). Exercise: took Wolf to dog park. Email: Overnight spam 155 plus 150 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 807. SPP work: Proofread HF. Proofread communique. Platinum hat. JES work: Proofread HF. Proofread communique. Did big news for communique. Got CL37 up on DT/WV. Proofread HMSSB. BBS defense and spam deletion/blocking. SVC work: Primary: ACTASF reports. Other: getting Comm 106 finished. 2500: reviewing some production options. Proofread HF.

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Monday, October 13, 2014 - 02:59 pm: Edit MY DAY: 11 Oct (Saturday) 2014 Got to the office at 1:15. Weather: 57F, cloudy. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: Microsuchus. BBS: 17. Forum: 0. Out box: 51. APOD: eclipse. Web crawl completed at 8pm. Lunch: steak @GCW (A). Exercise: took Wolf to Dog park. Target shooting: 5/5. Starlist: requests done 98059. Email: Overnight spam 152 plus 40 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 817. Events: a family dinner party with most of my living relatives. SPP work: Proofread ACTASF weapons tables. Hydran MSSB. Checking orders. JES work: Proofread ACTASF weapons tables. Proofread Hailing Frequencies. Proofread HMSSB. Posted blog and did publicity about communique and Hailing Frequencies. SVC work: Primary: Got the ACTASF ship chapter half done. Well, every ship has weapons, only 2 have the other stuff. Other: finished Comm 106 and Simone uploaded it. 2500: discussion with an interesting vendor. SmapRo: Paravian art for Matthew Potter SFBOL 3G. Reset office management system. Did the THIS WEEK blog.

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Monday, October 13, 2014 - 02:59 pm: Edit

MY DAY: 12 Oct (Sunday) 2014 Got to the office at 4:30pm. Weather: 82F, cloudy. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: bones. BBS: 19. Forum: 3. Out box: 49. APOD: Helix Nebula. Web crawl completed at 7:33. Lunch: Leanna cooked her famous pork chops. Starlist: requests done Nova Scotia. Email: Overnight spam 99 plus 8 during the day. JES work: Customer Service. SVC work: I just came in for an hour to clean up my desk so I can get a good start Monday. Posted a sketch of the FC Fighter rule (swarms, flights).

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Wednesday, October 15, 2014 - 11:31 am: Edit

MY DAY: 13 Oct (Monday) 2014 Got to the office at 11am. Weather: 64F, windy, cloudy. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: swimming gators. BBS: 18. Forum: 2. Out box: 50. APOD: not astronomy. Jigsawdoku 2:58. Web crawl completed at 1:56. Lunch: American food at a Chinese buffet with Leanna and Jean. Read FYEO for 6-7-8-9-10th. Exercise: half-mile Wolf walk at park. Target shooting: 5/5. Starlist: requests done France. Email: Overnight spam 152 plus 122 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 813. SPP work: CL50, HMSSB. JES work: blogs, spammers, proofread HMSSB. SVC work: Primary: ACTA, Randy Blair (doing a cold read for us) discovered a missing rule that nobody else noticed was missing. Other: Posted longer version of FC fighter rule. 2500: Reviewed some things. SmapRo: Sent six pictures (one new one) to SFBOL-3G.

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Wednesday, October 15, 2014 - 11:32 am: Edit

MY DAY: 14 Oct (Tuesday) 2014 Got to the office at 9:50. Weather: 54F, mostly clear. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: Brasilitherium. BBS: 28. Forum: 0. Out box: 52. APOD: aurora. Web crawl completed at 3:39. Lunch: roast beef @YB (A). Exercise: took Wolf to Triangle Park. Starlist: requests done 33837. Email: Overnight spam 120 plus 160 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 822. SPP work: CL50, HMSSB. JES work: proofread HMSSB. Spambot defense. SVC work: Primary: ship stat blocks for ACTASF. Checked 300 map panels for quality control. Ordered the meat for the wolf trip.

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Saturday, October 18, 2014 - 02:54 pm: Edit

MY DAY: 15 Oct (Wednesday) 2014 Got to the office at 10am. Weather: 63F clear skies. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: Crosbysaurus. BBS: 21. Forum: 0. Out box: 49. APOD: mysterious island on Titan. Web crawl completed at 5:53. Lunch: Fettuchini Alfredo at Eddie’s, an Italian restaurant Jean found on internet (A+). Read FYEO for 11-12-13-14-15 October. Exercise: Leanna and I took Wolf to the dog park. Target shooting: 5/5. Starlist: requests done 37343. Email: Overnight spam 131 plus 201 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 823. SPP work: Orders, quality control, HMSSB, CL50, rules questions, customer service. JES work: Hydran MSSB. ACTAS ship rosters. Dealing with bounced HF email. Dealing with PDF sales report. SVC work: Primary: ACTA ship roster; Feds sent to staff. Other: HMSSB. 2500: status check. SmapRo: got a haircut. Customer requests: 3 color ships for SFBOL 3G.

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Saturday, October 18, 2014 - 02:55 pm: Edit MY DAY: 16 Oct (Thursday) 2014 Got to the office at 9:30. Weather: 62F, cloudy. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: Panguraptor. BBS: 29. Forum: 1. Out box: 49. APOD: comet nucleus. Jigsawdoku 2:12. Ann Coulter: ebola. Web crawl completed at 10:52. Lunch: turkey @Furr’s (A). Exercise: took Wolf to Rockwell dog park; took Ramses hunting. Target shooting: 5/5. Starlist: requests done 75056. Email: Overnight spam 119 plus 180 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 820. Events: Windows updated overnight crashed all of the PCs as it doesn’t work with Firefox without a bunch of fixing. Thanks, Micridiots! Worse, Jean crashed both Steves’ Macs by simply walking into the room and laying down a few pages of proofreading! SPP work: Checked orders, blogs, HMSSB. JES work: Proofreading ACTASF, computer crashes. SVC work: Primary: ACTASF Klingon and Romulan ship rosters. Other: fiction. 2500: discussing mold issues with Bruce Graw.

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Saturday, October 18, 2014 - 02:55 pm: Edit

MY DAY: 17 Oct (Friday) 2014 Got to the office at 10:30. Weather: 58F, some clouds. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: dino in Hungary. BBS: 19. Forum: 1. Out box: 49. APOD: comet. Jigsawdoku 2:29. Web crawl completed at 5:27. Lunch: BBQ @BF (A). Exercise: longest Wolf walk ever, full length of Elwood Park. Target shooting: 5/5 without the laser. Starlist: no requests on file. Email: Overnight spam 139 plus 149 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 813. Events: Leanna, Jean, and SVC went to see the finals of Cowboy Mounted Shooting. Petrick said he wanted to see the finals of Biker Mounted Shooting and we promised to let him know when that happens. SPP work: HMSSB, CL50, customer service. JES work: ACTASF, PDF uploads, customer service, BBS defense. SVC work: Primary: ACTASF, I sent the Kzinti and Gorn shps to the staff; got the edited text from Jean and sent the final Tholian and Orion pages to her. Other: Sent more ships to SFBOL 3G. 2500: discussed production with Mike.

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Monday, October 20, 2014 - 02:07 pm: Edit

MY DAY: 18 Oct (Saturday) 2014 Got to the office at 11:30. Weather: 65F, cloudy. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: lots of it. BBS: 25. Forum: 5. Out box: 50. APOD: pretty nubula. Jigsawdoku 2:33. Web crawl completed at 6pm. Lunch: BBQ @Dyers. Exercise: brief walk with Wolf. Email: Overnight spam 104 plus 29 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 813. Events: The ladies took the afternoon off to see the Drew play at the Amarillo Little Theater. SPP work: Hydran MSSB Graphics. JES work: Got JagdPanther #10 uploaded. Customer Service. HMSSB. SVC work: Primary: ACTA reports processed. Other: SFBOL3G graphics sent. Reset office management system.

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Monday, October 20, 2014 - 02:07 pm: Edit

MY DAY: 19 Oct (Sunday) 2014 Got to the office at 2:45. Weather: 65, cloudy. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: Hungarian dinos. BBS: 23. Forum: 5. Out box: 49. APOD: skyline. Lunch: Leanna cooked turkey. Exercise: Walked Wolf twice, Isis once, Ramses twice. Email: Overnight spam 98. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 805. JES work: customer service. SVC work: Came in for an hour to putter around while Leanna and Jean were at the Jack Hannah show. Did the THIS WEEK blog.

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Wednesday, October 22, 2014 - 01:56 pm: Edit

MY DAY: 20 Oct (Monday) 2014 Got to the office at 11:16. Weather: 65F, clouds. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: Mosasaur habitat. BBS: 23. Forum: 2. Out box: 49. APOD: comet. Jigsawdoku 2:35. Web crawl completed at 4pm. Lunch: pizza @ Eddie’s. Exercise: very short walk with Wolf. Starlist: no requests on file. Email: Overnight spam 167 plus 104 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 812. SPP work: CL50, HMSSB. JES work: Blogs for the week, getting FC Briefing #1 uploaded to W23 and DT, helping a customer get back on the BBS. SVC work: Primary: ACTA, finished the ship section, doing the civilian ships.

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Wednesday, October 22, 2014 - 01:56 pm: Edit

MY DAY: 21 Oct (Tuesday) 2014 Got to the office at 11:45. Weather: 72F, a few clouds. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: Proterosuchus. BBS: 20. Forum: 3. Out box: 50. APOD: Mimas, moon of Saturn. Jigsawdoku 2:21. Web crawl completed at 2:25. Lunch: chicken @ CFA (F). Industry mailing lists: free RPG Day. No Starlist requests on file Email: Overnight spam 263 plus 100 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 808. Events: After months of trying to get GM to fix the recall thing on my car, the ignition system totally failed. SPP work: Proofreading ACTASF. Spammers. HMSSB. JES work: Spammer, proofreading ACTASF, proofreading HMSSB. SVC work: Primary: ACTASF freighter list. SL2500 update. QCed hundreds of FC map panels.

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Thursday, October 23, 2014 - 07:01 pm: Edit

MY DAY: 21 Oct (Tuesday) 2014 Got to the office at 11:45. Weather: 72F, a few clouds. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: Proterosuchus. BBS: 20. Forum: 3. Out box: 50. APOD: Mimas, moon of Saturn. Jigsawdoku 2:21. Web crawl completed at 2:25. Lunch: chicken @ CFA (F). Industry mailing lists: free RPG Day. No Starlist requests on file Email: Overnight spam 263 plus 100 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 808. Events: After months of trying to get GM to fix the recall thing on my car, the ignition system totally failed. SPP work: CL50, HMSSB. JES work: Spammer, proofreading ACTASF, proofreading HMSSB. SVC work: Primary: ACTASF freighter list. SL2500 update. QCed hundreds of FC map panels.

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Thursday, October 23, 2014 - 07:01 pm: Edit

22 October Got to work at 10:30. Weather: 55F, cloudy, raining. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: Deinocheirus. BBS: 16. Forum: 3. Out box: 49. APOD: sunspots. Jigsawdoku 2:32. Web crawl completed at 4:24. Lunch: salmon @CS(A). Target shooting: 5/5. Starlist: requests done 92886. Email: Overnight spam 209 plus 148 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 814. New on DT/W23: JagdPanther #10, FC Briefing #1. Events: Talked to GM about getting all of the recalls fixed on my car (plus other things that broke). SPP work: CL50, HMSSB, FMSSB. JES work: Uplloading PDF of FCB1, marketing it, Proofreading of HMSSB. SVC work: Primary: ACTASF, I put all of the CONotes into the FAQ chapter and started marking which ones are obsolete under 1.2 rules; Klingon ship reports; added a staffer. 2500: Discussed producton with WMcC. SmapRo: customer requests.

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Thursday, October 23, 2014 - 07:01 pm: Edit

MY DAY: 23 Oct (Thursday) 2014 Got to the office at 10:35. Weather: 70F, some clouds. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: Deinocheirus. BBS: 18. Forum: 2. Out box: 49. APOD: galaxies of Pegasus. Jigsawdoku 2:31. Ann Coulter: senate. Web crawl completed at 2pm. Lunch: salad @CB (B). Exercise: trip prep. Starlist: requests done 07055. Email: Overnight spam 151 plus 160 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 820. SPP work: CL50, HMSSB, FMSSB. JES work: Proofreading HMSSB and other things. SVC work: Primary: Fed MSSB (replace 3 pictures, check the new layout); Hydran MSSB (replace a mis-scaled graphic, proofread page 2). Other: did a bunch of ship art for SFBOL3G. SmapRo: Got ready for trip; the GM people finished fixing my car.

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Monday, October 27, 2014 - 01:58 pm: Edit

MY DAY: 24 Oct (Friday) 2014 I packed up and left for the annual wolf trip, going by myself this time. The trip went well and I got the hotel in Grants before supper. Unfortuntely, internet didn’t work at the hotel so I could not check in. APOD: giant sunspot. SPP work: CL50, Hydran MSSB, Fed MSSBr1. JES work: Worked all day on new GC edition.

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Monday, October 27, 2014 - 01:58 pm: Edit

MY DAY: 25 Oct (Saturday) 2014 I got up early and drove to the sanctuary, getting there at 9:30. I finished cutting up the meat at noon, grabbed a cheese burger, and did my Chef Steve speech at 2pm. After the pumpkin toss tour, I went back to the hotel, took a nap in the hot tub, and went to bed. APOD: sunspots during eclipse. SPP work: CL50, Hydran MSSB, Fed MSSBr1. JES work: Worked all day on new GC edition.

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Monday, October 27, 2014 - 01:58 pm: Edit MY DAY: 26 Oct (Sunday) 2014 I got up early (a time zone thing) and drove back to Amarillo, getting to the office about 3, checking email, and going home to go to bed. APOD: black hole. JES work: Worked all day on new GC edition.

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Saturday, November 01, 2014 - 07:57 pm: Edit

MY DAY: 27 Oct (Monday) 2014 Got to the office at 11am. Weather: 64F, cloudy. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: color of feathers. BBS: 17. Forum: only 4 after 3 days? Out box: 49. APOD: not really astronomy. Web crawl completed at 4pm. Lunch: vegetable plate @Calico (C+). Exercise: 3/4 mile walk with Wolf; rabbit hunt with Ramses. Starlist: requests done 48108, updated 75056. Email: Overnight spam 163 plus 154 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 831. SPP work: CL50, HMSSB, FMSSB. JES work: Bogs, spammers, customer service, GC edition. SVC work: Primary: ACTASF Scenario section. Other: Sent Jean a blog and did the THIS WEEK blog. SmapRo: unpacked and stored trip stuff.

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Saturday, November 01, 2014 - 07:57 pm: Edit

MY DAY: 28 Oct (Tuesday) 2014 Got to the office at 10:15. Weather: 55F, cloudy. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: Brazil. BBS: 19. Forum: 3. Out box: 48. APOD: Mars loop. Jigsawdoku 2:40. Web crawl completed at 11:57. Lunch: roast beef @YB (A). Starlist: requests done 60639, 39110. Email: Overnight spam 153 plus 249 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 834. SPP work: CL50, HMSSB, FMSSB. JES work: Proofreading, editing, fixing GC2, customer service. SVC work: Primary: ACTASF reports. Other: Borders of Madness fighter test. 2500: Status report is we’re waiting for master mold two.

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Saturday, November 01, 2014 - 07:57 pm: Edit

MY DAY: 29 Oct (Wednesday) 2014 Got to the office at 10:30. Weather: 65F, cloudy. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: Alaskan tracks. BBS: 19. Forum: 3. Out box: 53. APOD: not astronomy. Jigsawdoku 2:36. Web crawl completed at 6:40. Lunch: fettuchini Alfredo @ Pescaris. Exercise: took Wolf to dog park. Email: Overnight spam 186 plus 296 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 839. SPP work: QCed half of huge 2400 shipment. SFB scenario. JES work: Galactic Conquest edits and updates. SVC work: Primary: ACTA reports. 2400: QCed half of a huge shipment. SmapRo: customer requests.

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Saturday, November 01, 2014 - 07:57 pm: Edit

MY DAY: 30 Oct (Thursday) 2014 Got to the office at 10:45. Weather: 51F, cloudy. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: robots. BBS: 19. Forum: 3. Out box: 48. APOD: eastern veil nebula. Jigsawdoku 2:44. Ann Coulter: ebola panic. Web crawl completed at 2pm. Lunch: BBQ @Dyers (A). Starlist: requests done 08002. Email: Overnight spam 167 plus 251 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 825. Events: Jean and Leanna went to see Doctor Jeckyl and Mister Hyde. SPP work: off map drone bombardment article. JES work: GC2 (editing, uploading, promoting), uploaded the new FedMSSB. SVC work: Primary: ACTASF, got the Gorn and Kzinti chapters updated; finished Jean’s fixes to the scenario chapter and sent that to the staff.

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Saturday, November 01, 2014 - 07:58 pm: Edit

MY DAY: 31 Oct (Friday) 2014 Got to the office at 10:40 after a wreck blocked the highway. Weather: 65F, some clouds. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: pterosaur. BBS: 14. Forum: 2. Out box: 48. APOD: skyline. Web crawl completed at 2:30. Lunch: BBA @BF(A-). Exercise: walk with Wolf to dog park, later around the block. Industry mailing lists: Cryptozoic. Email: Overnight spam 86 plus 050 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 824. Events: Jean and Leanna left the building unlocked when they went to lunch. The post office lady came in and set off the alarm, resulting in the police rolling two units to the building. Petrick and I returned from lunch just before they got here and were arrested, handcuffed, and strip searched. SPP work: off map drone bombardment article. JES work: Fixing the mess with W23 uploading GC5. SVC work: Primary: ACTA Romulans. Other: Phone call from old friend David. 2400: QCed Fed engines and Klingon D7s.

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Saturday, November 01, 2014 - 07:58 pm: Edit MY DAY: 1 Nov (Saturday) 2014 Got to the office at noon. Weather: 50F, high thin clouds. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: teeth. BBS: 16. Forum: 0. Out box: 51. APOD: comet misses Mars. Jigsawdoku 2:15. Web crawl completed at 3pm. Lunch: grilled chicken @M (A). Target shooting: 5/5. Starlist: requests done 01226, 97402. Email: Overnight spam 143 plus 40 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 812. SPP work: Final fixes to HMSSB. Book was finished and given to Leanna to add the cover for upload. JES work: Proofreading HMSSB. Proofreading ACTASF scenarios. Marketing and support for Galactic Conquest Five. SVC work: Primary: ACTASF (rebuilding the four-page Tholian-Orion file that was destroyed in a crash). Other: Sent Simone the stuff for Haling Frequencies November. Reset the office management system.. SmapRo: Did a graphic (and fixed another) for Hydran MSSB, something I should have done a week ago but the email got forgotten. Awards for Galactic Conquest 5th Edition. I did the THIS WEEK report.

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Thursday, November 06, 2014 - 02:57 pm: Edit

MY DAY: 2 Nov (Sunday) 2014 Got to the office at 4:18. Weather: 68, a few stringy clouds. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: Pterosaur Clarence. BBS: 12. Forum: 0. Out box: 60. APOD: Titan. Jigsawdoku 2:13. Web crawl completed at 5pm. Lunch: Leanna cooked (A). Read FYEO for 16-20 October. Exercise: took Ramses hunting. Email: Overnight spam 98 plus 36 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 810. JES work: Customer service from home. Dealt with a French Troll who just wanted to see if she could make us blink. SVC work: Came in to clean up the desk and some Email.

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Thursday, November 06, 2014 - 02:58 pm: Edit

MY DAY: 3 Nov (Monday) 2014 Got to the office at 11:15. Weather: 58F, cloudy. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: tracks. BBS: 13. Forum: 2. Out box: 58. APOD: aurora. Jigsawdoku 2:22. Web crawl completed at 1:47. Lunch: Philly cheese steak sandwich @ Charley’s (A+). Read FYEO for 21-31 October. Exercise: walked in the mall since it was raining outside. Starlist: requests done 32301. Email: Overnight spam 78 plus 50 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 812. Events: Isis was very ill and we took her to the doctor, who said that it was time. (She has had cancer for 18 months, and it finally got so bad she could not digest food and it was a matter of days.) She retired to Kitty Heaven in our arms. SPP work: HMSSB fixes; Checked and packed orders. JES work: Ukrainian spammers, fake people on BBS, blogs, planned PDF uploads for the month. SVC work: I did not really feel like doing anything so I just caught up on FYEO while Leanna got the orders ready for Mike; then we went home to be with Ramses.

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Thursday, November 06, 2014 - 02:59 pm: Edit

MY DAY: 4 Nov (Tuesday, Election Day) 2014 Got to the office at 1pm. Weather: 45F, gray clouds, cold. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: . BBS: 16. Forum: 1. Out box: 54. APOD: moon and Earth from Chinese spacecraft. Web crawl completed at 3pm. Lunch: roast beef @YB(A). Industry mailing lists: box manufacturers. Email: Overnight spam 324 plus 78 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 820. Events: took my car to have a bad tire replaced. SPP work: Helping ship orders; CL50. JES work: Blogs, proofread HMSSB, promo text for CL8 PDF upload, Starlist letters. SVC work: Primary: ACTASF advanced rules decision memo. 2500: waiting on master mold. SmapRo: Made some FC RSC Fixes. Deleted a British spammer from the forum.

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Thursday, November 06, 2014 - 02:59 pm: Edit

MY DAY: 5 Nov (Wednesday) 2014 Got to the office at 12:45. Weather: 70F, mostly clear. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: . BBS: 16. Forum: 2. Out box: 55. APOD: galaxy 4762. Jigsawdoku 2:66. Web crawl completed at 3pm. Lunch: Chinese buffet; after I had a plate of American food Jean encouraged me to try a place of sweet & sour chicken over steamed rice (actual Chinese food) and it was wonderful. Read FYEO for 1-5 Nov. Starlist: no requests pending. Exercise: tool Wolf to dog park but only for a short visit. Events: Everything and nothing changed. Email: Overnight spam 200 plus 61 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 808. SPP work: Finished Hydran MSSB and gave it to Leanna for upload. JES work: Worked on advertising for back page of Hydran MSSB. Add copy for CL8. Draft for the ACTASF1.2 BASIC promo next week. Helping a customer get onto the forum. SVC work: Primary: ACTASF1.2BASIC reports (added base rotation rule, deleted probie rule, various small fixes). SmapRo: customer requests.

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Tuesday, November 11, 2014 - 10:32 am: Edit

MY DAY: 6 Nov (Thursday) 2014 Got to the office at 10:15. Weather: 57F, cloudy. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: tracks. BBS: 10. Forum: 2. Out box: 50. APOD: Cave Nebula. Jigsawdoku 2:36. Ann Coulter: election results. Web crawl completed at 1:42. Lunch: chicken fettuccini Alfredo @ Eddie’s (A). Starlist: requests done 74136. Email: Overnight spam 104 plus 218 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 799. SFBOL: 514 third Gens, 3049 remaining 2nd Gens, 14%. SPP work: CL50 SSDs, checking Communique, checking orders and production. JES work: Hailing Frequencies, communique, updating GC web page, planning ACTASF cover. SVC work: Primary: ACTASF1.2BASIC (fixed the mistake I made on Battlestation probes, processed a lot of reports, and edited the example article). Other: Did the ship and text (except scenario) for Comm 107.

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Tuesday, November 11, 2014 - 10:32 am: Edit

MY DAY: 7 Nov (Friday) 2014 Got to the office at 10am. Weather: 62F, clear skies. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: Alcheringa. BBS: 16. Forum: 1. Out box: 51. APOD: Dione, moon of Saturn. Jigsawdoku 2:03. Web crawl completed at 12:30. Lunch: BBQ @BF(A). Read Exercise: Wolf to dog park; Leanna went along. Email: Overnight spam 188 plus 172 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 799. SPP work: JES work: Uploaded CL#8 to drivethru, publicized it. Got Hydran MSSB ready for upload. Wrote press release for next week’s ACTASF-1.2-Basic release. SVC work: ACTA: special orders (didn’t upset us), example (Jean’s fixes, put into layout, Fed report, Klingon report). Other: I did the scenario for Comm 107, using an author out of the rotation order because his scenario was particularly clever. 2500: the prototypes were delivered to the master mold company after real world events in Ohio delayed things.

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Tuesday, November 11, 2014 - 10:32 am: Edit

MY DAY: 8 Nov (Saturday) 2014 Got to the office at 11am. Weather: 64F, mostly clear. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: Mongolia. BBS: 12. Forum: 1. Out box: 53. APOD: polar ring galaxy 660. Jigsawdoku 2:44. Web crawl completed at 1:37. Lunch: chicken bits @MAL(B+). Email: Overnight spam 106 plus 62 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 790. SPP work: Communique, campaign update, vudar ships for CL50. JES work: Hailing Frequencies, pirates on facebook, ACTASF cover, HMSSB uploads. SVC work: Primary: Worked more or less exclusively on ACTASF and got the final draft out to the staff.

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Tuesday, November 11, 2014 - 10:33 am: Edit

MY DAY: 9 Nov (Sunday) 2014 Got to the office at 2:45. Weather: 72F, a few clouds. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: ornithomimids. BBS: 13. Forum: 3. Out box: 52. APOD: Cat’s Eye Nebula. Jigsawdoku 2:25. Web crawl completed at 5:55. Lunch: Leanna cooked roast (A). Exercise: took Ramses hunting. Email: Overnight spam 129 plus 36 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 797. Events: We were going to see the Cher concert 120 miles away but Cher is sick in bed and cancelled the show. Pity. JES work: Campaign update, checking hailing frequencies. SVC work: ACTASF: I did an extra page of FAQs and left that for Jean to find. I finished the four-page painted ship gallery and left that for Jean to find. I reset the office management system. Having 20 minutes to kill, I did every ACTASF report received so far.

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Wednesday, November 12, 2014 - 01:29 pm: Edit

MY DAY: 10 Nov (Monday) 2014 Got to the office at 10:45. Weather: 70F, a few clouds. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: teeth. BBS: 14. Forum: 2. Out box: 53. APOD: protoplanetary disk. Jigsawdoku 2:04. Web crawl completed at 2pm. Lunch: Chinese @L (A). Exercise: took Wolf to dog park. Email: Overnight spam 89 plus 104 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 789. SPP work: campaign update for CL50 JES work: blogs, proofreading ACTASF, got HMSSB uploaded and on cart and publicized. SVC work: Spent the day doing ACTASF reports and creating the background chapter, which I thought would take an hour of cut and paste but which actually took six hours of very intense writing and editing.

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Wednesday, November 12, 2014 - 01:29 pm: Edit

MY DAY: 11 Nov (Tuesday, Veterans Day) 2014 Got to the office at 9:10. Weather: 23F (yes, twenty-three) and cloudy. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: Rosierodon. BBS: 23. Forum: 2. Out box: 52. APOD: Orion nebula. Jigsawdoku 2:24. Web crawl completed at 9:49. Lunch: BBQ @Dyers(A). Email: Overnight spam 104 plus 182 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 807. Events: ACTASF Basic Book 1.2 Revision A completed and uploaded. Communique #107 posted. Hailing Frequencies shipped to subscribers. SPP work: FedCom battlegroup for CL50 JES work: ACTASF proofreading and checking and then uploading and publicizing. SVC work: ACTASF: went through reports, doing some and sending others to Tony. Mostly, I did "Jean marks" on the final(3) draft she had on the conference table. It was the traditional system where Jean would bring me a few pages with marks on them and I’d fix the marks and print new pages. Jean found and honest to gosh game mistake on a phaser and I checked every phaser in the game and found a bunch of others that Tony confirmed. Other: staff fixes to Comm 107.

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Friday, November 14, 2014 - 07:53 pm: Edit

MY DAY: 12 Nov (Wednesday) 2014 Got to the office at 12:15. Weather: 19F, cloudy. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: bones. BBS: 26. Forum: 5. Out box: 57. APOD: comet landing. Jigsawdoku 2:25. Web crawl completed at 2pm. Lunch: steak @GCW(A). Email: Overnight spam 152 plus 100 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 790. Events: Two window washers rescued on world tower. Spacecraft lands on comet. SPP work: stuff for CL50. Klingon master starship book. JES work: Publicity, blogs, emails, managing narrative on ACTASF1.2A launch. SVC work: Primary: ACTASF reports and errata. Other: catching up on email and finding my office. Customer request items. SmapRo: Got a haircut.

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Friday, November 14, 2014 - 07:53 pm: Edit

MY DAY: 13 Nov (Thursday) 2014 Got to the office at 9:30. Weather: 12F, blowing snow. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: Thescelosaurus. BBS: 17. Forum: 5. Out box: 56. APOD: comet landing. Jigsawdoku 2:18. Ann Coulter: election fallout. Web crawl completed at 10:36. Lunch: fettuccini Alfredo @OG(A). Email: Overnight spam 176 plus 185 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 801. Events: Jean saw a snowflake and (fearing she would be snowed in) called for rescue by the Steves. (Official weather service report was 0.001 inches of snow.) SPP work: stuff for CL50. Klingon master starship book. JES work: ACTASF re-proofing, publicizing; spammers. SVC work: Primary: ACTASF Reports and errata. 2400: QCed another shipment of ships.

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Friday, November 14, 2014 - 07:53 pm: Edit

MY DAY: 14 Nov (Friday) 2014 Got to the office at 9:40. Weather: 26F, cloudy. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: zheni. BBS: 16. Forum: 3. Out box: 57. APOD: comet. Jigsawdoku 2:01. Web crawl completed at 3pm. Lunch: BBQ @ BF(A). Exercise: Took wolf to dog park in 42F. He did his business, I bagged it and tossed it, and we came home. Email: Overnight spam 67 plus 148 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 788. SPP work: Klingon master starship book. JES work: ACTASF1.2B proofreading, uploading, publicizing. SVC work: Primary: last reports on ACTASF1.2A processed, ACTASF1.2B finished and sent to Jean (via Wolf) for upload. Other: updated storelist. 2400: Reviewed the 40 pounds of defective ships we have in "the bucket" and decided to make something happen.

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Wednesday, November 19, 2014 - 01:41 pm: Edit

MY DAY: 15 Nov (Saturday) 2014 Got to the office at 1:15. Weather: 70F, sunny, windy. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: Psittacosaurus. BBS: 19. Forum: 1. Out box: 55. APOD: Nice nebula. Jigsawdoku 2:34. Web crawl completed at 5:31. Lunch: Leanna cooked chili. Exercise: took Ramses hunting; later took Wolf to the dog park. Starlist: requests done 64030, 78504, 55418, 99208. Email: Overnight spam 118 plus 86 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 795. SPP work: Klingon master starship book. JES work: Marketing, customer support. SVC work: Primary: packing one-pound bags of minis. Other: Reset the official diary. Did the THIS WEEK blog.

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Wednesday, November 19, 2014 - 01:41 pm: Edit

MY DAY: 16 Nov (Sunday) 2014 Got to the office at 7:45. Weather: 16F, cloudy. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: feathers. BBS: 16. Forum: 1. Out box: 56. APOD: worthless skyline. Jigsawdoku 2:23. Web crawl completed at 12:30. Lunch: turkey at Furr’s. Email: Overnight spam 50 plus 25 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 802. Events: Leanna, Jean, and Petrick went to Oklahoma to see Manheim Steamroller, leaving SVC in the office dog sitting. (I have to potty-walk Wolf every two hours and did I mention it is 16 degrees F outside?) I went to lunch at 11 and by the time I got back to the office at 12 it was a howling snowstorm, so I decided to take the dog and go home. SPP work: driving. JES work: Customer support, Marketing. SVC work: After getting done what had to get done I went home and tried to keep Ramses from killing Wolf. When that was clearly a non-sustainable project (i.e., when they accidentally discovered each other), I brought Wolf back to the office. Fortunately, the snow had stopped. The girls and Petrick got home at 11pm.

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Wednesday, November 19, 2014 - 01:42 pm: Edit

MY DAY: 17 Nov (Monday) 2014 Got to the office at 11:00. Weather: 20F, clear, sunny. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: Daohugoupterus. BBS: 13. Forum: 5. Out box: 56. APOD: star system HD95086. Jigsawdoku 2:25. Web crawl completed at 2pm. Lunch: enchiladas @LFG (A+). Target shooting: 5/5. Industry mailing lists: stock art. Starlist: requests done 78233. Email: Overnight spam 166 plus 82 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 806. Events: Snow on the ground, streets messy but drive-able. JES work: Blogs, Marketing. SPP work: Klingon MSSB. Helped with orders. SVC work: Primary: reviewed ACTASF1.2B reports. 2400: Made the last of the Pound-o-Ships bags for this year. Other: teeth cleaning.

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Wednesday, November 19, 2014 - 01:42 pm: Edit

MY DAY: 18 Nov (Tuesday) 2014 Got to the office at 10:15. Weather: 26F, clear and sunny. It reached 48F by mid-afternoon. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: turtles. BBS: 16. Forum: 3. Out box: 60. APOD: Tadpole nebula. Jigsawdoku 2:28. Web crawl completed at 3pm. Lunch: BBQ @ Dyer’s. Exercise: took Wolf to dog park. Email: Overnight spam 144 plus 150 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 804. Miniatures Status Check Day: Waiting for masters. SPP work: Klingon MSSB. Helped with orders. JES work: Killed spammers, marketing, customer service. SVC work: I dabbled in ACTASF reports and sent some art to SFBOL3G but mostly I took a stress day to clean up my desk and do some personal things that have been waiting too long.

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Saturday, November 22, 2014 - 07:02 pm: Edit

MY DAY: 19 Nov (Wednesday) 2014 Got to the office at 11:15am. Weather: 45F, high choppy clouds. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: marine reptiles. BBS: 17. Forum: 3. Out box: 58. APOD: M81 Andromeda galaxy. Jigsawdoku 2:36. Web crawl completed at 1:34. Lunch: Chinese @LGB (A). Exercise: tool Wolf to dog park. Target shooting: 5/5. Industry mailing lists: Future EU VAT requirements. Starlist: requests done 08093. Email: Overnight spam 171 plus 181 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 798. SPP work: Klingon MSSB. JES work: Spambots, shipyard sacks, marketing, publicity for Talkshoe, file recovery. SVC work: Primary: some ACTASF reports. Sacked up 18 half-pound Shipyard Sacks of kitbash pieces. Other: customer requests, including the ship for Communique #109. SmapRo: very uplifting conversation with a very happy customer.

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Saturday, November 22, 2014 - 07:02 pm: Edit MY DAY: 20 Nov (Thursday) 2014 Got to the office at 10:25. Weather: 40F, mostly clear. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: Brazil. BBS: 19. Forum: 0. Out box: 58. APOD: Cygnus nebula. Jigsawdoku 2:12. Ann Coulter: Gruber tapes prove Obamacare was a lie from the start. Web crawl completed at 4:20. Lunch: fish @CB(A). Read FYEO for 6-7-8 Nov. Exercise: walked Wolf around the block. Target shooting: 5/5. Industry mailing lists: VAT. Starlist: requests done Edinburgh UK. Email: Overnight spam 148 plus 168 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 790. Events: SFBOL reports 543 third generation SSDs are live on line, total 15% done. SPP work: Klingon MSSB. JES work: Uploading FC Briefing #2, publicity for PDFs and minis, Talkshoe. SVC work: Mostly a reconstitution day, doing some stuff to get ready for Simone to come in, a few ACTA reports and working on plans for Book 2.1. Had dinner with my pastor to discuss the loss of Isis. Spent 90 minutes on Talkshoe.

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Saturday, November 22, 2014 - 07:02 pm: Edit

MY DAY: 21 Nov (Friday) 2014 Got to the office at 10:10. Weather: xxx. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: origins of feathers. BBS: 19. Forum: 5. Out box: 60. APOD: M1 Crab Nebula. Jigsawdoku 2;14. Web crawl completed at 3:37. Lunch: BBQ @BF(A). Read FYEO for 9-10 Nov. Exercise: took Wolf to the park. Target shooting: 10/10. Industry mailing lists: The EU appears to be trying to coax US manufacturers into collecting and paying EU VAT taxes. Starlist: requests done 92082. Email: Overnight spam 176 plus 130 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 808. Events: Received (from a friend) scans of the missing parts of JagdPanher #13, so Simone can now prepare the whole set for uploading during Nov- Dec-Jan-Feb-March. SPP work: Klingon MSSB. JES work: Spambot destruction, customer support, photos for shopping cart, publicity. SVC work: Primary: ACTASF reports. Starline: suggested that Jean cross- market the existing Kit Bash Packs with the new Scrapyard Sacks.

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Saturday, November 22, 2014 - 07:03 pm: Edit MY DAY: 22 Nov (Saturday) 2014 Got to the office at 11:05. Weather: 62F, clear and sunny. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: tails. BBS: 15. Forum: 3. Out box: 53. APOD: solar flare. Jigsawdoku 2:28. Web crawl completed at 4pm. Lunch: fettuccini Alfredo @OG(A). Read FYEO for 11-12-13-14-15 Nov. Exercise: took Wolf to dog park. Email: Overnight spam 122 plus 20 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 797. SPP work: Took the day off so he could work Sunday and dog-sit Wolf for Jean. JES work: Updated the shopping cart with new one-bag photos, sent notes to 10 Starlist people, ranger demo, deleted two fake people, deal with spambots, customer support. SVC work: Reconstitution, office work, reset the office management system, wrote the THIS WEEK blog.

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Monday, November 24, 2014 - 01:55 pm: Edit

MY DAY: 23 Nov (Sunday) 2014 Daily Routine: APOD: waste of time. Lunch: Big Daddy Crab Bucket. The weather was cool and cloudy. SPP reported rain and one brief snow flurry in Amarillo. Events: Leanna, Jean, Simone, and a friend of Simone’s (Caitlin) went to Lubbock to see CATS so SVC drove them on the condition that he got to go to Joe’s Crab Shack. SPP work: Klingon MSSB, Dog-sitting. JES work: Hitting SVC in the head. SVC work: Driving. Eating crab legs.

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Monday, December 01, 2014 - 06:07 pm: Edit

MY DAY: 24 Nov (Monday) 2014 Got to the office at 10:14. Weather: 45F, mostly clear. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: Tylosaurine mosasaurs. BBS: 16. Forum: 1. Out box: 50. APOD: Titan. Jigsawdoku 2:10. Web crawl completed at 2pm. Lunch: ham & eggs @BF(A). Exercise: took Wolf to dog park. Email: Overnight spam 171 plus 142 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 809. SPP work: Checked orders, checked production, reviewed MSSB reports, worked on Klingon MSSB. JES work: blogs, marketing, customer support, spambots. SVC work: exhausted (on every level) I mostly napped and played Zombie Rebuild but did a few minor things (ACTASF1.2C: RoyalHawk photo added, seeking weapon modifier section clarified).

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Monday, December 01, 2014 - 06:08 pm: Edit

MY DAY: 25 Nov (Tuesday) 2014 Got to the office at noon. Weather: 42F, a few wispy clouds. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: T-rex forelimbs. BBS: 18. Forum: 1. Out box: 47. APOD: Red Lagoon Nebula. Jigsawdoku 2:35. Web crawl completed at 2pm. Lunch: roast beef @YB(A+). Read FYEO for 16-17-18-19-20 Nov. Email: Overnight spam 148 plus 41 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 807. Events: Most of today’s work schedule was wrecked when our internet connection went down and nobody could figure out why. Miniatures Status Check Day: Waiting on masters. SPP work: Orders, packing, Klingon MSSB. JES work: Customer service, marketing, upload prep. SVC work: Unable to get to the ACTASF errata, I read FYEO and wrote sales copy for JAGDPANTHER 11 and 12.

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Monday, December 01, 2014 - 06:08 pm: Edit

MY DAY: 26 Nov (Wednesday) 2014 Got to the office at 8:48am. Weather: 36F, some clouds. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: Triassic cynodont coprolites. BBS: 21. Forum: 2. Out box: 50. APOD: Jovian moons. Web crawl completed at 6pm. Lunch: salmon & brisket @LCB(A). Exercise: walked Wolf around block twice. Email: Overnight spam 130 plus 050 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 810. SPP work: Orders, packing, Klingon MSSB. JES work: Customer service, marketing, upload prep. SVC work: Primary: ACTASF errata. Other: xxxx. SmapRo: customer requests.

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Monday, December 01, 2014 - 06:08 pm: Edit

MY DAY: 27 Nov (Thursday, Thanksgiving Day) 2014 Got to the office at 3pm. Weather: 48F, mostly clear. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: . BBS: 19. Forum: 0. Out box: 51. APOD: Europa. Ann Coulter: Ferguson. Jigasawdoku 2:13. Web crawl completed at 3:30. Lunch: Jean cooked the traditional turkey dinner. Exercise: walked Wolf around Jean’s apartment. Email: Overnight spam 246. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 810. SPP work: Carving the turkey. JES work: Cooking up a storm SVC work: Walking the dog.

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Monday, December 01, 2014 - 06:09 pm: Edit

MY DAY: 28 Nov (Friday) 2014 Got to the office at 10:25. Weather: 55F, mostly clear. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: Horner. BBS: 8. Forum: 2. Out box: 49. APOD: cloud 281. Jigsawdoku 2:48. Web crawl completed at 4:12. Lunch: BBQ @BF(A). Exercise: took Wolf to dog park. Target shooting: 5/5. Starlist: requests done 16602. Email: Overnight spam 88 plus 94 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 811. SPP work: Klingon MSSB. JES work: fought spammers, customer support. SVC work: Mostly cleaning up my desk, talking to my family about the next party, and planning the company Christmas. I did make more progress on ACTASF1.2C.

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Monday, December 01, 2014 - 06:09 pm: Edit

MY DAY: 29 Nov (Saturday) 2014 Got to the office at 9:20. Weather: 62F, some clouds. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: Casowary. BBS: 11. Forum: 1. Out box: 48. APOD: comet. Jigsawdoku 2:26. Web crawl completed at 3:34. Lunch: Pizza @(PP-C). Exercise: walked to Bivens Park with Wolf. Target shooting: 5/5. Email: Overnight spam 67 plus 75 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 810. SPP work: Klingon MSSB. Dangerous Blogs cartoon. JES work: ACTASF1.2B reports. Dangerous Blogs cartoon. SVC work: Primary: ACTASF1.2B reports. Dangerous Blogs cartoon. I did the THIS WEEK blog and reset the office management system for the next week.

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Monday, December 01, 2014 - 06:09 pm: Edit

MY DAY: 30 Nov (Sunday) 2014 I stayed home all day, rare for me, but Leanna insisted that I needed a recharge day. She cooked a nice turkey dinner so we could use up the leftover cranberry sauce. APOD: Magellanic seahorse. Dinosaur list: Dryadissector. I took Ramses hunting but we came home when a cold front dropped the temperature from 50F to 40F in one minute. By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Tuesday, December 02, 2014 - 08:22 pm: Edit

MY DAY: 1 Dec (Monday) 2014 Got to the office at 11am. Weather: 30F, a few clouds. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: Hypselospinus. BBS: 17. Forum: 1. Out box: 50. APOD: dust pillars. Jigsawdoku 2:25. Web crawl completed at 4:10. Lunch: enchiladas @LF(A). Email: A weekend of spam 225 plus 95 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 811. Events: We sold out of Pound-o-ships bags. SPP work: Klingon MSSB JES work: blogs, customer service, marketing, PDFs. SVC work: Primary: ACTASF reports and updates.

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Tuesday, December 02, 2014 - 08:22 pm: Edit

MY DAY: 2 Dec (Tuesday) 2014 Got to the office at 10:45. Weather: 45F, cloudy. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: Yingshanosaurus. BBS: 15. Forum: 1. Out box: 55. APOD: Eta Carinae nebula. Jigsawdoku 2:09. Web crawl completed at 4pm. Lunch: roast beef @YB(A). Read FYEO for 21 Nov. Exercise: took Wolf to dog park. Target shooting: 5/5. Email: Overnight spam 175 plus 100 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 806. Miniatures Status Check Day: Waiting for masters. SPP work: Klingon MSSB JES work: ACTASF, customer service, marketing, PDFs. SVC work: Primary: ACTASF reports and line items.

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Monday, December 08, 2014 - 02:11 pm: Edit

MY DAY: 3 Dec (Wednesday) 2014 Got to the office at 10:15. Weather: 41F, mostly clear. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: Archaeopteryx. BBS: 16. Forum: 1. Out box: 55. APOD: Jellyfish Nebula. Jigsawdoku 2:28. Web crawl completed at 2pm. Lunch: fettuccini Alfredo. Read FYEO for 22-23-24-25 Nov. Target shooting: 5/5. Industry mailing lists: Sales tax on out of state items. Starlist: update received 90254. Email: Overnight spam 95 plus 135 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 811. SPP work: Klingon MSSB JES work: ACTASF, customer service, marketing, PDFs, spambot wars. Jean started proofreading FOR THE GLORY OF THE EMPIRE so it can be turned into a Kindle Book. SVC work: Primary: ACTA line items. SmapRo: Customer requests.

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Tuesday, December 09, 2014 - 11:49 am: Edit

MY DAY: 4 Dec (Thursday) 2014 Got to the office at 10:45. Weather: 43F, overcast. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: stegosaurus. BBS: 19. Forum: 0. Out box: 55. APOD: Lunar surface. Jigsawdoku 2:34. Ann Coulter: exposes lies about Ferguson. Web crawl completed at 2:02. Lunch: roast beef @PCS (B-). Read FYEO for 26-27-28-29-30 Nov. Exercise: when Wolf and I tried to go to the dog park at 3:15, it had started raining, so we stayed at the office. Target shooting: 5/5. Industry mailing lists: out of state sales tax. Email: Overnight spam 134 plus 100 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 817. SPP work: Klingon MSSB JES work: Marketing, customer service, ACTA reports, glory of empire proofreading. SVC work: Primary: ACTASF reports and line items, page 24, (25 was done earlier).

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Monday, December 08, 2014 - 02:13 pm: Edit

MY DAY: 5 Dec (Friday) 2014 Got to the office at 10:30. Weather: 43F, cloudy at the office, ten miles south at the house the skies are clear. Go figure. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: teeth. BBS: 20. Forum: 0. Out box: 50. APOD: worthless skyline. Jigsawdoku 2:12. Web crawl completed at 3pm. Lunch: BBQ @BF (C+). Exercise: took Wolf to dog park. Target shooting: 4/4. Email: Overnight spam 140 plus 110 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 826. Events: SFBOL reports that 584 ship descriptions have been improved to the superior Third Generation . SPP work: Proofread Comm108. Klingon MSSB. JES work: Proofread Comm108. Marketing, glory of the empire, customer support, spambots. SVC work: Primary: did the ship and scenario for Communique #108. Other: ACTASF Rodeghero report for pages 31-40.

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Monday, December 08, 2014 - 02:14 pm: Edit

MY DAY: 6 Dec (Saturday) 2014 Leanna and I took a rare "couples weekend" away from the office to reconnect with family members and each other. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: Jurassic theropod. APOD: Orion launch. Lunch: steak @GCW(A). SPP work: Klingon MSSB. JES work: Marketing, customer service, Hailing Frequencies, Spambot defense.

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Monday, December 08, 2014 - 02:15 pm: Edit

MY DAY: 7 Dec (Sunday, Day of Infamy) 2014 Got to the office at 4pm. Weather: 63F, partly cloudy. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: Judiceratops. BBS: 17. Forum: 0. Out box: 54. APOD: meteor flash. Jigsawdoku 2:55. Web crawl completed at 4:30. Lunch: Leanna cooked pork chops (A). Read Exercise: took Ramses on 30 minute Chihuahua hunt. Industry mailing lists: consumer fulfillment. Email: Two days spam 204. SVC work: I just came by for an hour to clear up my desk.

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Wednesday, December 10, 2014 - 03:08 pm: Edit

MY DAY: 8 Dec (Monday) 2014 Got to the office at 11:02. Weather: 53F, cloudy. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: Cartiledge. BBS: 15. Forum: 0. Out box: 50. APOD: video. Jigsawdoku 2:33. Web crawl completed at 1:38. Lunch: BBQ @ Dyers. Exercise: Took Wolf to dog park. Target shooting: 5/5. Starlist: requests done 54022. Email: Overnight spam 66 plus 90 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 811. SPP work: Klingon MSSB. JES work: stuff for Hailing Frequencies. Blogs, photos of minis QC for FB, ad copy for PDF uploads. SVC work: Call to arms line items; THIS WEEK blog, did QC on a thousand 2400s that just arrived.

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Wednesday, December 10, 2014 - 03:09 pm: Edit

MY DAY: 9 Dec (Tuesday) 2014 Got to the office at 10:40. Weather: 53F, cloudy. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: . BBS: 17. Forum: 1. Out box: 51. APOD: flame nebula. Jigsawdoku 2:23. Web crawl completed at 2:06. Lunch: fish @CB(B). Exercise: took Wolf and the ladies to the dog park. Target shooting: 4/4. Starlist: requests done 60060. Email: Overnight spam 129 plus 1100 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 820. Events: Simone released Hailing Frequencies. Communique #106 was actually uploaded yesterday. Miniatures Status Check Day: STILL waiting for masters. SPP work: Klingon MSSB. SSDs for CL50. JES work: Proofreading HF. Getting FC Briefing 2 Pack B uploaded and publicized. Working on ACTASF line items, proofreading that For the Glory of Commas book. SVC work: Primary: ACTASF line items.

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Saturday, December 13, 2014 - 02:10 pm: Edit

MY DAY: 10 Dec (Wednesday) 2014 Got to the office at 10:30. Weather: 50F, cloudy. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: . BBS: 18. Forum: 2. Out box: 51. APOD: M71 red shift. Jigsawdoku 2:10. Web crawl completed at 10:51. Lunch: Salmon and brisket @LCB(A). Read FYEO for 6-7-8-9-10 Dec. Exercise: Walked Wolf at Triangle Park and up and down allies to help a lady find her lost dog. Target shooting: 5/5. Starlist: requests done 12065. Email: Overnight spam 119 plus 160 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 818. Events: Jean reported that the Swedish police had shut down Pirate Bay yesterday. SPP work: Klingon MSSB. JES work: Bounced email from HF. Publicized HF and Comm 108. Proofread For the Glory of Capitalization. SVC work: Primary: ACTASF line items. Other: Posted My Day files. SmapRo: customer requests. Got a haircut.

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Saturday, December 13, 2014 - 02:10 pm: Edit

MY DAY: 11 Dec (Thursday) 2014 Got to the office at 9:45. Weather: 48F, cloudy. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: Deccan Traps. BBS: 21. Forum: 5. Out box: 48. APOD: wasted space. Jigsawdoku 2:08. Ann Coulter: false rape reports. Web crawl completed at 1:40. Lunch: turkey @ Furr’s (B). Exercise: walked Wolf around the block. Target shooting: 5/5. Starlist: requests done Australia, 63932. Email: Overnight spam 129 plus 123 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 812. SPP work: Klingon MSSB. JES work: spammers, uploading JagdPanther 11, publicized it, line items for ACTASF, pages for GLORY OF SEMICOLONS. SVC work: Primary: ACTASF line items. I had an attack of that periodic "never twitch" in my right arm; this happens every few months and I have to track it. (Last one 24 Sept, so they seem to be coming more often now, used to be six months.)

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Saturday, December 13, 2014 - 02:12 pm: Edit

MY DAY: 12 Dec (Friday) 2014 Got to the office at 10:15. Weather: 44F, cloudy. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: duckbills. BBS: 20. Forum: 2. Out box: 48. APOD: crystals on Mars. Web crawl completed at 2pm. Lunch: BBQ @BF(B+). Exercise: took Wolf to the park. Target shooting: 5/5. Email: Overnight spam 133 plus 107 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 814. SPP work: Klingon MSSB, CL50 JES work: spammers, advertising copy for CL9 PDF, publicized it, ACTASF line items; GLORY OF DASHES book. SVC work: Primary: ACTASF line items.

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Monday, December 15, 2014 - 11:28 am: Edit

MY DAY: 13 Dec (Saturday) 2014 Got to the office at 12:30. Weather: 57F, mostly cloudy. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: bone ornamentation. BBS: 13. Forum: 5. Out box: 48. APOD: Andromeda in infrared. Jigsawdoku 2:13. Web crawl completed at 3pm. Lunch: chicken bits @M (B+). Exercise: took Wolf to Bivens park. Target shooting: 10/10. Starlist: Email: Overnight spam 69 plus 20 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 823. Events: Simone produced nice comets for the website. SPP work: Took a well-earned day off and used it binge watch five episodes of Red Eye and to council troubled female high school cheerleaders on the value of having an older male mentor. JES work: Proofreading, customer service, marketing. SVC work: Primary: ACTASF line items. I did this THIS WEEK blog.

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Monday, December 15, 2014 - 11:28 am: Edit

MY DAY: 14 Dec (Sunday) 2014 Got to the office at 2:50. Weather: 54F, cloudy. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: teeth. BBS: 10. Forum: 0. Out box: 48. APOD: Molecular cloud. Web crawl completed at 6pm. Lunch: Leanna cooked her famous stew (A+). Email: Overnight spam 54 plus 21 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 818. SVC work: I came in for an hour to clear up my desk and found the last Rodeghero report on ACTASF so stayed over and did all of that except for a few Jean items I need her to resolve.

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Wednesday, December 17, 2014 - 07:40 pm: Edit

MY DAY: 15 Dec (Monday) 2014 Got to the office at 10:20. Weather: 40F, some clouds. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: Gansus. BBS: 11. Forum: 2. Out box: 47. APOD: Potsdam Gravity Potato. Jigsawdoku 2:26. Web crawl completed at 10:47. Lunch: CFS @ Calico (C, stomach got upset). Read FYEO for 11-12- 13-14-15. Exercise: took Wolf to dog park. Starlist: requests done Florida. Email: Overnight spam 75 plus 148 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 810. SPP work: Klingon MSSB. CL50. JES work: Marketing, spam defense, customer support, PDF, blogs, proofreading ACTASF-1.2B+, proofreading Glory. SVC work: Did the last of ACTASF-1.2B line items.

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Wednesday, December 17, 2014 - 07:41 pm: Edit

MY DAY: 16 Dec (Tuesday) 2014 Got to the office at 10:45. Weather: 37F, cloudy. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: disputes. BBS: 12. Forum: 2. Out box: 51. APOD: star forming. Web crawl completed at 7pm. Lunch: BBQ @Dyer’s (B). Email: Overnight spam 102 plus 157 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 799. Events: We passed 2400 friends on Facebook. Miniatures Status Check Day: Got word that master mold two will be in Bruce’s hands by Saturday. SPP work: Klingon MSSB. CL50. JES work: ACTASF proofreading. Getting Omega eMRB ready for upload to DriveThru. SVC work: Primary: Fixing Jean things in ACTASF1.2C.

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Wednesday, December 17, 2014 - 07:42 pm: Edit

MY DAY: 17 Dec (Wednesday) 2014 Got to the office at 12:15. Weather: 38F, cloudy. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: dongusuchus. BBS: 16. Forum: 2. Out box: 44. APOD: fireball meteor. Web crawl completed at 3pm. Lunch: salmon and rice @ Linn’s (B+). Exercise: walked Wolf around block. Target shooting: 5/5. Email: Overnight spam 177 plus 90 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 806. SPP work: Klingon MSSB. CL50. JES work: ACTASF proofreading. Customer service. SVC work: Primary: ACTASF-1.2C Jean fixes. SmapRo: customer requests.

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Monday, December 22, 2014 - 01:42 pm: Edit

MY DAY: 18 Dec (Thursday) 2014 Got to the office at 12:20. Weather: 40F, cloudy. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: teeth. BBS: 19. Forum: 4. Out box: 45. APOD: spiral galaxy NGC 7331. Jigsawdoku skipped. Ann Coulter: college rape epidemic turns out to be less than 1% of women who have suffered any kind of assault or attempted assault. Web crawl completed at 1:28. Lunch: salmon and half of Leanna’s porkchop at Logan’s (A). Exercise: took Wolf around the block. Target shooting: 5/5. Email: Overnight spam 194 plus 44 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 811. SPP work: Klingon MSSB. CL50. JES work: ACTASF proofreading. Customer service. SVC work: ACTASF corrections.

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Monday, December 22, 2014 - 01:42 pm: Edit

MY DAY: 19 Dec (Friday) 2014 Got to the office at noon. Weather: 37F, cloudy. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: Edmontosaurus. BBS: 14. Forum: 5. Out box: 44. APOD: pretty dust clouds. Jigsawdoku 2:24. Web crawl completed at 12:50. Lunch: BBQ @BF(A-). Exercise: took Ramses for a walk but he didn’t like the weather. Target shooting: 5/5. Email: Overnight spam 207 plus 55 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 816. SPP work: Klingon MSSB. CL50. JES work: Proofreading ACTASF1.2C. Marketing PDFs. Wolf had an overfull tummy all evening and could not rest comfortably. SVC work: Primary: ACTASF1.2C revisions. Phone call with an old friend in the industry about how the world is developing. I accidentally overfed Wolf what should have been three day’s worth of roast beef, and he ate every bite.

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Monday, December 22, 2014 - 01:43 pm: Edit MY DAY: 20 Dec (Saturday) 2014 Got to the office at 11am. Weather: 38F, some clouds. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: T-rex in space. BBS: 14. Forum: 4. Out box: 47. APOD: Apollo 11. Web crawl completed at 3pm. Lunch: Ribletts @ Appleby’s (B+). Email: Overnight spam 49 plus 19 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 809. SPP work: Klingon MSSB. CL50. JES work: Proofreading ACTASF1.2C. Marketing and preparing PDFs. Wolf woke Jean up at 5am for an emergency potty trip to the bushes outside, repeating this every hour. This left Jean tired and grumpy all day long. SVC work: Primary: Printed and PDFed the Rest of ACTASF-1.2B+ so Jean could read it.

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Monday, December 22, 2014 - 01:48 pm: Edit

MY DAY: 21 Dec (Sunday) 2014 Got to the office at 4pm. Weather: 65F, overcast. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: teeth. BBS: 13. Forum: 1. Out box: 47. APOD: useless skyline. Web crawl completed at 5pm. Lunch: Leanna cooked steak and red potatoes. Exercise: took Ramses on an extended hunting patrol of his kingdom. Target shooting: 5/5. Email: Overnight spam 38. JES work: Worked an entire eight-hour day on ACTASF-1.2C corrections and proofreading, doing the entire book twice. SVC work: Made all of Jean’s fixes and half of her second round of fixes.

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Wednesday, December 24, 2014 - 05:31 pm: Edit

MY DAY: 22 Dec (Monday) 2014 Got to the office at 1:20. Weather: 45F, cloudy. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: . BBS: 20. Forum: 5. Out box: 44. APOD: methane on Mars. Web crawl completed at 3pm. Lunch: fish@CB(B). Exercise: tool Wolf to Ellwood dog park. Target shooting: 5/5. Industry mailing lists: Chupacabracon. Email: Overnight spam 58 plus 10 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 822. Events: Got the report on Master Mold Two; two of the ships failed catastrophically, three of them might have worked. SPP work: Klingon MSSB. CL50. JES work: ACTASF1.2C, uploaded, marketed. Customer service. Spambot defense. SVC work: Reset the office management system. Did the THIS WEEK blog. Finished second round of Jean’s fixes for ACTASF-1.2C.

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Wednesday, December 24, 2014 - 05:32 pm: Edit

MY DAY: 23 Dec (Tuesday) 2014 Got to the office at 11am. Weather: 41F, cloudy. The snow we expected for 6am arrived at 5pm. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: Chromatogenys. BBS: 23. Forum: 5. Out box: 47. APOD: comet surface. Jigsawdoku 2:20. Web crawl completed at 2pm. Lunch: turkey @Furr’s (A). Read FYEO for 16-17 Dec. Exercise: walked Wolf. Target shooting: 5/5. Industry mailing lists: best BBQ in Austin TX. Email: Overnight spam 71 plus 23 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 815. Miniatures Status Check Day: 2500 Masters arrived. SPP work: Klingon MSSB. CL50. JES work: customer service, spambot defense, proofreading, PDF uploads. SVC work: ACTASF, CL50, answering email, dealing with a 2400 miniature situation.

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Monday, December 29, 2014 - 07:39 pm: Edit

MY DAY: 24 Dec (Wednesday, Christmas Eve) 2014 Got to the office at 10:40. Weather: 35F, mostly clear, the snow had all melted. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: Merry Christmas. BBS: 19. Forum: 4. Out box: 44. APOD: Fishhead nebula. Jigsawdoku 2:18. Web crawl completed at 4:33. Lunch: pizza @ Eddie’s (B). Read FYEO for 18-19-20. Exercise: tool Wolf to dog park. Target shooting: 5/5. Industry mailing lists: Christmas greetings. Starlist: requests done 95835, 20147, 19406, 01970; updates received 12019. Email: Overnight spam 22 plus 000 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 817. 1PM Staff Meeting: we had Christmas fudge. Events: SFB Module R4 SSD book became available on all of the PDF banks. SPP work: Klingon MSSB. CL50. JES work: customer service, spambot defense, proofreading. SVC work: Primary: ACTASF. Other: reviewed Zosman document for CL50; discussed Romulan Civil War F&E scenario for CL50 with Col Strong. 2500: reviewed masters, ordered SD7 into production.

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Monday, December 29, 2014 - 07:40 pm: Edit MY DAY: 25 Dec (Thursday, Christmas) 2014 Got to the office at 4:15. Weather: 45F, cloudy. Daily Routine: BBS: 10. Forum: 3. Out box: 45. APOD: comet lovejoy. Ann Coulter: Kwanza. Web crawl completed at 5:09. Lunch: ham with my relatives. Target shooting: 5/5. Industry mailing lists: Christmas greetings. Email: Overnight spam 9. SPP work: Came by the office to check email. SVC work: Christmas dinner with the family, then came to the office for an hour.

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Monday, December 29, 2014 - 07:40 pm: Edit

MY DAY: 26 Dec (Friday, Boxing Day) 2014 Got to the office at 9am. Weather: 28F, cloudy. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: microwear on teeth. BBS: 4. Forum: 0. Out box: 44. APOD: Two spiral galaxies in Cetus. Jigsawdoku 2:22. Web crawl completed at 10am. Lunch: Leanna and Jean cooked the traditional turkey feast. Exercise: waked Wolf, who got loose on a 100-yard rabbit chase. Target shooting: 5/5. Email: Overnight spam 7. SVC work: I just came to the office to scan email and keep the dog away from the cooking area.

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Monday, December 29, 2014 - 07:40 pm: Edit

MY DAY: 27 Dec (Saturday) 2014 Got to the office at 10:10. Weather: 22F, partly cloudy. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: tooth wear. BBS: 8. Forum: 0. Out box: 44. APOD: Meteor Shower. Jigsawdoku 2:28. Web crawl completed at 10:44. Lunch: pizza @PP (A). Target shooting: 5/5. Industry mailing lists: online archives. Starlist: update done 29204. Email: Overnight spam 31 plus 24 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 821. Events: Meeting to review projects for 2015 including a discussion of Kindle Books, other RPGs, Klingon MSSB, Fed Admiral, Starline, Call to Arms 2, Call to Arms cards, Starmada, Captain’s Log, F&E (Minor Empires, Fighter Ops, reprints), SFB X2, FC BoM, Marines #3, Tribbles, SFBF expansions, other things. SPP work: Klingon MSSB, CL50. JES work: Glory of the Empire. SVC work: Blogs. Reset the office management system. Did the THIS WEEK blog. Did some various admin tasks and catching up on things not done earlier. SFBOL3G art sent on request. By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Monday, December 29, 2014 - 07:41 pm: Edit

MY DAY: 28 Dec (Sunday) 2014 Got to the office at 3pm. Weather: 28 F Cloudy. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: cretaceous. BBS: 10. Forum: 4. Out box: 44. APOD: iight pillars. Lunch: leftover turkey. Email: Overnight spam 42. SVC work: Came in for an hour to clear off my desk. Did a few fixes to ACTASF-1.2C.

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Wednesday, December 31, 2014 - 03:59 pm: Edit

MY DAY: 29 Dec (Monday) 2014 Got to the office at 10:30. Weather: 26F, mostly clear. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: tracks. BBS: 13. Forum: 3. Out box: 44. APOD: solar x-rays. Jigsawdoku 2:32. Web crawl completed at 12:43. Lunch: enchiladas @LF(A). Exercise: walked Wolf around block. Target shooting: 10/10. Industry mailing lists: is anybody hiring. Starlist: requests done France, 47283, 28054. Email: Overnight spam 43 plus 94 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 817. SPP work: Klingon MSSB. JES work: Spammers. Glory. Press releases. Customer service. Marketing. SVC work: Primary: ACTASF fixes. Other: did the four ACTA ships for CL50. Wrote the Year in Review and Year Ahead blogs for Wednesday and Thursday.

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Wednesday, December 31, 2014 - 04:00 pm: Edit

MY DAY: 30 Dec (Tuesday) 2014 Got to the office at 10am. Weather: 8F, cloudy, snowing. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: bones. BBS: 17. Forum: 2. Out box: 44. APOD: not astronomy. Web crawl completed at 12:30. Lunch: BBQ @ Dyers (A-). Target shooting: 5/5. Email: Overnight spam 36 plus 20 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 800. Events: A minor snow flurry became the perfect excuse to take the day off and go home. Miniatures Status Check Day: Waiting for SD7 production. Discussed 2500 plans with Matthew. SPP work: Klingon MSSB. JES work: Got press releases ready for 31st and 1st. Spammers. SVC work: Got press releases ready for 31st and 1st. By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Saturday, January 03, 2015 - 04:49 pm: Edit

MY DAY: 31 Dec (Wednesday, New Year’s Eve) 2014 Got to the office at 1:30. Weather: 13F, cloudy, about half an inch of snow on the ground. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: year end lists and blogs. BBS: 20. Forum: 4. Out box: 43. APOD: comet. Jigsawdoku 2:26. Web crawl completed at 3:01. Lunch: Leanna cooked her famous chili. Target shooting: 5/5. Industry mailing lists: best wishes. Read FYEO for 21-22-23-24-25 Dec. Email: Overnight spam 120 plus 12 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 801. Events: Leanna and I took the morning off. SPP work: Klingon MSSB. JES work: Spammers. BBS. Marketing. Customer Service. For the Glory of the periods. SVC work: Primary: ACTASF prep for next revision. Other: CL50. 2400: did QC on a new shipment of NCLs. SmapRo: customer requests.