Is the new year off to a great start so far?
E. Writer
Alex Morton And a happy new year to you and the rest of the folks in the Neighbahood.
E. Writer Happy New Year! Blessings to you and your family
My second video game launch that I have created and released is based on a feature-length animated movie I made back in 2011. The game is called, Kimeria 2020 AD (Challenge Edition) is the one I'm posting. I have another easier version as well. The Challenge edition is more like a 16 bit Nintendo game while the earlier edition is 8 bit like an old Atari game. You might like the older version because it's easier to play while the version that is 16 bit is very difficult. Here are the game pages:
https://neighbahood.com/games/kimeriachallenge.html
and for the 8 bit version https://neighbahood.com/games/kimeria.html
I just launched a retro-styled video game similar to early 1980s Atari games. It has a very simple interface. It is called Coin Drop https://neighbahood.com/games/coindrop.html . I am designing new games as well so those will be coming soon. Coin Drop has been added to Neighbahood but you can also find it on https://coolretrosoftware.com but it's easier just to click the arrow at the top of your screen and click COIN DROP. Game rules? Catch the falling coins using your bag. Do not catch the cannonballs or your round ends. Simple, easy, old school.
I'm always really nervous before an interview or an event. Today I was particularly nervous since my last public speaking event was August 30th, and it's been a couple of months since I've engaged the public. Plus, a new book with a highly complex topic. I have also been awake since three in the morning on barely a couple hours sleep, and by the time this interview rolled around at 8:30 am, I didn't know whether I was coming or going. When nervous, I can't sleep. Too much nervous energy. The interviewer / host was great, and asked fun/ great questions about philosophy and the book. I just wish my mental acuity was sharper today. I would start answering a question and forget the question in the middle of giving my answer (what was answering?). Or I would use the word "reality" instead simulation or arbitrarily while trying to keep my train of thought. At one point I was asked about my background as he was curious about my writing, philosophical, and artistic background and what inspired it. I started telling him about my educational background in Liberal Arts and how it is a multidisciplinary degree which gave me the foundation for being involved in multiple areas and disciplines and how my primary focus was literature and philosophy. I am also an artist (paintings, etc.). It's an education of many disciplines and that's the sphere that I evolved in academically but then, I lost my train of thought mid-answer. It wasn't until I listened to the interview again that I thought, ah okay, that's what I was answering. I think the way to reconcile getting rusty after months off from public events or interviews I should do more of them during the winter and spring. My active window is in the summer.
https://www.wortfm.org/the-absence-of-reality/
Roy Scarbrough I also have a multi disciplinary Humanities degree, and am grateful for it in that way too.
E. Writer Agreed. So many people say that Liberal Arts is a useless degree because it's not focused on a specific vocation but instead it makes you well-rounded. I can go into any space and talk about any subject even if not at a level of mastery in some areas, I can thrive and not feel out of my depth because I've touched on it at some point academically. I remember a good friend once being amused asking what can I do with that degree and I was like, almost everything (social work, teaching, writing/editing, art, mathematics, philosophy). I used to resent this advisor who strongly advised me not to major in English but now I'm grateful I was pushed me into liberal arts.
Next Monday, tune in to WORT FM 89.9 Madison on December 22, 2025 at 8:30 a.m. CST where I will be appearing to talk about my book The Absence of Reality: Aphorisms and Observations on the Nature of Reality and Existence.
https://soundcloud.com/wort-fm
Earlier this year I rescued about 6 or 7 feral kittens. Two of them we had been watching and leaving food outside in my backyard since December when they were about two months old. We bought warm cat houses and put fut in them daily. One of those kittens had kittens of her own this summer We managed to finally trap her and the kittens this fall. The kittens were adopted and we adopted her and her brother, the two we originally watched. We named them Ramen and Noodles (she's Ramen). They were completely feral and violent or afraid of humans. It took us about three months to socialize them and now they're just like my other cats. Their mother came back with 4 more kittens plus one more (one of them I believe is Ramen's that may have been left behind as it was older than the other four and looked like Ramen's kittens).
E. Writer Oh wow, the kitty was not having it.
Alex Morton We had hopes of it returning because sometimes cats are like Australians and get it in their heads to go walkabout for a while and then head back home. But humiliation is a pretty strong emotion in a cat.
E. Writer Hopefully it did not meet with an accident on its journey and that's why it didn't return. Cats get into all kinds of sc*^&%!s.
M. C. Ryder Ferals take time to warm up to humans. All they know is there mother's love and if she's cautious around humans they will adopt the same behavior. I actually have a situation going on now with outside ferals. My neighbors took in the mama and the new litter. There were 2 that stayed on our property but now the one went missing and the other one seems lonely and is craving attention. Fingers crossed I can find someone to home him because he would do well in a home. He's very curious and is quick to learn some tricks. I have a bond with him and it's hard. I want to take him in but my own cats will not tolerate a new addition.
E. Writer Yes,I have 5 in house now. Two are formerly ferals. I want to rescue these new kittens so they can be adopted but it takes a while to build their trust. It took a year to get the current ferals to fully trust us. 3 months to get them in the house from outdoors.
A.J. Hughes Not really, no.
SJ Blues
E. Writer I'm gonna take that as a "no" lol