Archive: 2026

29 entries. 45,843 words.

December, 2025

• Games and Stuff - December 2025 Part 2. 2025-12-31 7:20 PM.
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  Dabbling with Ashes of Creation, ARC Raiders, Final Fantasy XIV. Some movies and television. Getting two teeth pulled, and Christmas chemotherapy. 2,945 words.

January, 2026

• Resuming Final Fantasy XIV Endwalker After Four Years. 2026-01-05 3:56 PM.
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  Notes from starting a brand new character in Final Fantasy XIV, then abandoning it and going back to my main for Endwalker. 2,785 words.
• Final Fantasy XIV Endwalker Update. 2026-01-12 5:00 PM.
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  About 1/3 done with the first part of Endwalker, and continuing to level a Machinist new character. 1,521 words.
• The Recluse Report - January 2026 Part 1. 2026-01-16 11:41 AM.
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  A quick scrawl about Final Fantasy XIV, in-ear monitors, and the day job. 1,047 words.
• MMORPGs and a Polar Vortex - January 2026 Part 2. 2026-01-31 5:01 PM.
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  The Final Fantasy XIV Endwalker trial The Dark Inside, World of Warcraft Catch-up Experience and Shadowlands, a new brain MRI, and a sudden burst of political commentary you surely won’t want to miss. 4,204 words.

February, 2026

• The Recluse Report - February 2026 Part 1. 2026-02-17 4:51 PM.
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  Continuing on an MMORPG kick, the Superbowl, cold snap finally letting up, and a mysterious stray dog. 2,364 words.

March, 2026

• The Recluse Report - February 2025 Part 2. 2026-03-01 6:38 PM.
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  World of Warcraft, Final Fantasy XIV, video subtitles, sketchy hip MRI results, SOTU. 1,669 words.
• The Recluse Report - March 2026 Part 1. 2026-03-15 9:22 PM.
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  Midnight, Endwalker, Nioh 3, X-Plane 12, videos, Pilot Debrief, etc. 2,364 words.
• Crimson Desert Hype. 2026-03-16 5:18 PM.
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  Why is everyone so hyped about Crimson Desert? 524 words.
• A Day at the PET Scan. 2026-03-19 7:23 PM.
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  What a PET scan to check on cancer progress is like. 1,649 words.
• The Recluse Report - March 2026 Part 2. 2026-03-31 6:59 PM.
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  Resident Evil 4, Nioh 3, WoW Midnight, Firefly Season 2, Mentour Pilot, the Suffering of Dave, UFL, Artemis II, old man rambling about the government. 3,059 words.

April, 2026

• Artemis II. 2026-04-05 8:23 AM.
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  I’ve been completely captivated by the Artemis II mission to fly around the moon. 2,424 words.
• The Recluse Report - April 2026 Part 1. 2026-04-16 3:29 PM.
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  A tiny bit more Pathfinder: Kingmaker, and a crazy unexpected chemo reaction. 1,087 words.

May, 2026

• The Recluse Report - April 2026 Part 2. 2026-05-01 11:22 AM.
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  A long one about trying some tactical RPGs, Pathfinder: Kingmaker continued, NotebookLM for video transcripts, some shows, and other random news. 5,846 words.
• The Recluse Report - May 2026 Part 1. 2026-05-16 6:39 AM.
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  Evercold announced, Battle Brothers rabbit hole, and AI at work. 1,175 words.
• The Recluse Report - May 2026 Part 2. 2026-05-31 9:36 PM.
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  Little gaming, starting an archival digitization of World War 1 diaries, Marbles is back, and a lousy 10-pound-losing chemo cycle. 2,386 words.

June, 2026

• The Recluse Report - June 2026 Part 1. 2026-06-20 7:48 AM.
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  summary 1,320 words.

July, 2026

• The Recluse Report - June 2026 Part 2. 2026-07-02 4:26 PM.
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  New MacBook, a couple blog posts I’ve seen, Genealogy stuff. 2,372 words.
• Belghast's Passing. 2026-07-04 8:22 PM.
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  A short acknowledgment of Belghast’s passing. 59 words.
• Feeling Human Again. 2026-07-07 8:18 AM.
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  An experiment in daily morning writing to prep for Blaugust. Reflecting on my chemo recovery cycle, returning to work, Under An Iron Sky, re-watching Band of Brothers. 536 words.
• Automating Blog Metadata with Custom AI Skills. 2026-07-07 10:55 AM.
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  Creating a custom AI helper skill to automate the process of creating titles, summaries, and blog post header images. 305 words.
• Fighting Markdown Autocomplete and A Whopper. 2026-07-07 1:16 PM.
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  Eating my first real meal in days while dealing with the frustrations of AI autocomplete during blog writing. 245 words.
• Turning Off Editor Suggestions in Antigravity IDE. 2026-07-07 2:31 PM.
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  Disabling Antigravity IDE’s auto-writing feature makes it a viable editor for drafting blog posts. 270 words.
• Starting to Update the Blog Theme. 2026-07-07 6:45 PM.
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  I’m using Gemini and Antigravity to modernize my Hugo blog theme. 175 words.
• Demonstrating the Blog Post-Processor. 2026-07-07 7:16 PM.
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  A look behind the scenes at my new AI-assisted post-processing workflow for static blog posts. 661 words.
• AI in Blaugust. 2026-07-08 6:17 AM.
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  Reflecting on the distinctions between AI assistance and AI-generated content before Blaugust. 1,269 words.
• Single Template and Shortcode Smoke Tests. 2026-07-08 10:49 AM.
  NOTE: I prompted Gemini to create this page to use for quickly testing all the various visual features used throughout the blog, to make sure they render properly. This was very useful when developing an updated blog theme. Everything below here is AI-generated. Markdown Styling Test Use this section to visually verify the typography, spacing, and styling of standard Markdown elements. Heading 2 (Section Title) Paragraph. Heading 3 (Sub-section Title) Paragraph. 785 words.
• My Cancer Story. 2026-07-08 10:58 AM.
  Year One In June 2025, I was diagnosed with Stage IV non-smoker lung cancer (adenocarcinoma). Treatment is ongoing … most likely indefinitely. At the time of diagnosis, the cancer, which began with a tumor in my right lung, had spread to other spots in my lungs, to my brain, and to some vertebrae and my left hip. The only symptoms I experienced at that time were some coughing (which I thought was from acid reflux), some shortness of breath, and some headaches. None of which prepared me for the severity of the diagnosis, which, it turns out, is common for lung cancer. It’s usually a surprise diagnosis for non-smokers. 741 words.
• Contact Page. 2026-07-09 11:34 AM.
  This is an experiment in leveraging my DIY comment system to make a contact form. At the bottom of this page you should be able to type in a comment, which will turn into a private message that is sent to me. (It’s not private enough that you should put any sensitive information in it, though.) 56 words.