A personal blog post update for this week, talking a bit about stuff I've been reading and more than I plan to. https://musingsoverpintsandcoffee.wordpress.com/2026/09/15/a-twelve-year-reading-plan-with-room-for-dragons/
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Joar
@Joar@gamepad.club
mastodon 4.7.3I'm a father of three boys (only one of whom is still at home) and an avid gamer, playing mostly FFXIV, World of Warcraft, Guild Wars 2 and Elder Scrolls online. I love craft beer, red wine, good books and coffee. I do the finance thing in real life.
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Joined April 12, 2023
Gaming Blog:
wowaltaddiction.blogspot.com
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@Gazimoff@gamepad.club @jaym@den.jaym.uk Dublin, Ohio, population 50,000. * Buffalo Wild Wings
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Seventeen years of blogging. Blaugust Day 3. #blaugust2026 http://wowaltaddiction.blogspot.com/2026/08/seventeen-years-of-blogging.html
For the morning’s post, I talk a little bit about the expansion during which I started playing WoW: The Burning Crusade. #blaugust2026 http://wowaltaddiction.blogspot.com/2026/08/the-burning-crusade.html
Got the youngest Joarling graduated from high school tonight. Not sure what the weird guy in back is doing with our heads.
The middle Joarling graduated from Carnegie Mellon this past weekend, and also got an award for having the top undergraduate research project with two of us swimming teammates. Jensen Huang was the commencement speaker, and I thought he was pretty good. The Joarling seemed less convinced.
At least getting in a personal blog post this week: https://musingsoverpintsandcoffee.wordpress.com/2026/07/30/whats-worth-building-now/
Well, I don’t want to jinx it, but it appears our house made it through the inspection for our backup buyers with no issues, so we look good for a May 15th close!
Next up, graduation party on Sunday and moving out of our house on Tuesday.
Once we get out of the house, we get a short break before we pick up a UHaul on the 7th to load to take the middle Joarling to Boston. I think there’s not going to be much of a break until mid-July at this point.
Hey look! I'm actually posting stuff on my gaming blog again!
https://wowaltaddiction.blogspot.com/2026/05/april-month-in-review.html
My personal blog post for this week - can we think about the children? My children I mean. https://musingsoverpintsandcoffee.wordpress.com/2026/07/21/the-questions-your-kids-dont-ask/
The middle Joarling graduates from Carnegie Mellon in a week - the first in quite a series of significant personal events. Double major in Electrical and Computer Engineering and Computer Science. Moving to Boston after graduation with his significant other, Abie.
Squeezing out a gaming blog post for the week, even though I haven't been doing any gaming, and that's the basic gist of my May month in review! https://wowaltaddiction.blogspot.com/2026/06/may-month-in-review.html
I had no idea that I had not actually finished the main Midnight campaign. Oops. #WorldOfWarcraft
We passed the last hurdle for the sale of our house (buyer’s appraisal came in fine). So on track to close on May 15th and move out by May 31, followed by a move to Arizona in mid-June (because summer is obviously the best time to move to Arizona!). It’s all a bit overwhelming right now.
I have been a bit absent lately because of our move. The movers ended up taking a day longer than expected and aren’t finishing until today, and we still have not fully emptied our house, although getting close. We technically have until Sunday, but I was really hoping to be done by now. Graduation party went fine, although it rained the entire time. We fortunately had enough cover for all 200 people there, but still wasn’t ideal. Ugh. Have literally had zero gaming time for a week.
Not having really done much gaming for the past week, I don't have much to talk about on the gaming blog, but there continues to be lots to process on the personal blog! https://musingsoverpintsandcoffee.wordpress.com/2026/04/23/quiet-competence-vs-visible-productivity/
I've decided to simplify things a bit: https://wowaltaddiction.blogspot.com/2026/05/simplifying-warlock.html
We closed on the sale of our house yesterday. We still have occupancy until the 31st, but it is nice to have that behind us. The next big milestone is the youngest Joarling’s graduation this Friday the 22nd, followed by his party on the 24th and our move into temporary housing on the 26th.
Just a reminder to everyone that you can do the Darkmoon Faire profession quests and xp / rep boosts this week!
Also, they seem happy, so one point for me as a parent.
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@kevinbrill@gamepad.club @stargrace@gamepad.club @pixelone@gamepad.club Have they said anything about the grind for Skyscales yet? 🤣
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@kevinbrill@gamepad.club @stargrace@gamepad.club @pixelone@gamepad.club I meant for GW3! Would be cool if the achievements transfer though.
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@nimgimli@gamepad.club Yeah, almost all of my doctors seem to be younger than my kids now. I’m sure it’s fine. They seem fully capable of doing whatever the computer tells them to do!
Well, we are successfully moved out of our house and into our short-term housing / apartment. The series of moves of the Joarling’s and eventually us begin in a week. In the meantime, there is a ton of crap that we basically just transported to the apartment that needs to be gone through.
Let’s be honest, humanity has always been a bit shit.
And my personal blog for the week. A little bit more of a work reflection post this week. https://musingsoverpintsandcoffee.wordpress.com/2026/05/06/what-credentials-actually-signal/
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@kevinbrill@gamepad.club Oh, I didn’t even try. It’s honestly just easier for me to screenshot the e-mail.
I’ve finally realized that the weekly dungeon quest is not worth the amount of renown it gives relative to other activities. #WorldOfWarcraft
Is it just me or are the Midnight dungeons a lot longer than War Within? #WorldOfWarcraft
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@stargrace@gamepad.club Thanks! It was hard to put into words how someone you had never actually met, could mean quite a lot to you.
After a week off, a brief gaming blog update! https://wowaltaddiction.blogspot.com/2026/04/hunter-hits-90-and-thinking-about-ffxiv.html
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@kevinbrill@gamepad.club Is healing dungeons fun? I always have visions of trying to keep up with a tank that is running way ahead and pulling way too much.
Today's personal blog post is a little bit more personal and less retirement transition angst than normal. #blaugust2026 https://musingsoverpintsandcoffee.wordpress.com/2026/08/11/a-grandfather-again/
How do you know when enough is enough? A blog post about money, and how I'm thinking differently about it, approaching retirement. https://musingsoverpintsandcoffee.wordpress.com/2026/04/29/the-stories-we-tell-ourselves-about-money/
The official milestones, versus the ones not on the calendar: https://musingsoverpintsandcoffee.wordpress.com/2026/05/20/the-milestones-nobody-mentions/
And a gaming blog post for the week: https://wowaltaddiction.blogspot.com/2026/07/back-to-playing-little.html
And a personal blog post for this week: https://musingsoverpintsandcoffee.wordpress.com/2026/07/14/what-im-not-optimizing-for-anymore/
I have been using Claude Cowork to help with project management stuff on my move. Figured out this morning that Opus is noticeably better at it than Sonnet.
My June month in review is both sad and late: https://wowaltaddiction.blogspot.com/2026/07/june-month-in-review-way-late.html
Hey! It’s Senior Sunday! I don’t do that shit, but just posting to indicate awareness.
Still getting almost no gaming time, so no gaming blog post this week, but still in with the personal blog! https://musingsoverpintsandcoffee.wordpress.com/2026/05/14/learning-to-be-invisible/