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The Black Knight Would Know How To Act In A Pandemic

Comfortable Memories In Troubled Times

My sister and I in bed with my Teddy Bear. Grudgingly, I gave it up when I went to College. More information than that, I will take to my grave.

Bored? Try Spring Cleaning Your Home.

National Spring Cleaning Day. As I read all of the complaints of people locked up in their homes during the pandemic, I think about the Stoic principles I have been learning and writing about. If you are bored, that is your fault. I can think of a hundred things that a calm, productive, homebody can do. Spring Cleaning the house is at the top of the list. There is great satisfaction in taking those rooms and areas in your home that have been neglected, some for years, and really cleaning and recreating them. My home office is a mess of gadgets, long forgotten cables and computer stuff, and old photographic developing equipment that hasn't been touched for a long time. I could spend a year in here alone, just moving stuff around. What needs to be cleaned and organized in your house? Don't complain to me that you have nothing to do. Get going.

Pro Putt VR - Location, Location, Location

Here are some shots of the great places you will be able to go when you play Pro Putt VR. It's like going on vacation in your head. Keep in mind that, in VR, you are actually standing in these places and walking around, with a 360 degree view. It's really like being there. And your mind suspends your disbelief and it feels like you are in a cartoon.

Golf In The Middle Of A Pandemic

ProPuttVR. After I got home from work today, I needed to zone out from news coverage and law practice. I have signed up for the beta version of a new VR game, Pro Putt, by TopGolf. Before that, however, I watched a VR version of a Chernobyl documentary, in which you are guided by a tour guide who was 9 years old when the 1986 accident happened. It is eerie to be in the middle of the town where it happened. In VR you really get a feel for the place, 35 years later. But, that is as depressing as watching news coverage of the Pandemic. So, VR golf is a flight into a fantasy world, in which you stand over a golf ball with a putter (the Right controller), and strike it while you are standing in the middle of a VR landscape. Very cool. Robert Holzhauer, the Director of Operations, is very proud of the progress they have made. The game beta, Version 5, is feature filled:

Overview of Beta V5:

- 3 Courses, with 2 Difficulty Modes per Course

- 4 Gameplay Modes per Course (Campaign, Stroke Play, Play a Bot, and Multiplayer)

- Topgolf Putting Lounge

- Practice Green

- Leaderboards

 

I can't wait for a VR version of a full golf course. I may never have to fight the Florida heat again. (I'm kidding). But, for now, this is as close as I am going to get to a golf course, since, as a high risk old person, it isn't smart for me to be outside a lot. Thanks, Robert. Keep up the good work. The rest of you, if you haven't sprung for an Oculus Quest headset yet, you are missing out on the next computer revolution. Now, where is my putter?

Happy St. Patrick's Day - Stay Home And Drink Jameson

Jameson_Irish_Whiskey. I am an Italian-American by birth, and an Irishman by choice. We may not be celebrating the most famous Saint of them all in bars and night-clubs tonight; but, we can do a good job of it at home. I will be drinking my whisky of choice, Jameson Black Barrel, on the rocks, or with water. Jameson is smooth, and the company was founded in the 18th century by John Jameson, who happened to be a lawyer before he got a real job. Cheers, Slainte, or whatever you need to say to get happy. Enjoy the evening.

ProPutt - How To Spend Your Time In A World Gone Mad

ProPutt. Locked up in your house? Avoiding traffic and people? Trapped with your family, most of whom you have had no contact with for years? Well, now is the perfect time to dust off your VR headset, and and head to the virtual links for a round of virtual golf. What, you don't have a VR headset? Sorry, but I have been preparing for this moment for several years. With the Oculus VR headset out for a year now, and collecting virtual games and entertainment for a lot of that time, I am ready to lose myself in a virtual world where nobody dies; at least, not permanently. Enjoy your life. You only get one in the real. And, it will end. Today, I go home early, and VR golf.

Working From Home Today? Take A Break.

#ParrotSunday - My Two Favorite Topics - Parrots And Love

Trapped in your house for a couple of weeks? Why not use the time and the Internet to spread love and understanding? For this Parrot Sunday, I give you two Rainbow Lorikeets who are very fond of each other. The world should learn from them.

#WhyIAmASolo - I Have Always Been A Geek

NerdNirvana. I have never liked the term "Nerd", even though I could have been so described in High School and College. I like to think I became socially active in law school; but, I have always been very comfortable working alone, in front of a computer. Now, this satirical post from Babylon Bee posits that we are in Nerd Heaven, where everyone stays inside, sports are cancelled, and social interaction is forbidden. Oh well. Dark humor, yes. But, we need to laugh at the human condition. The Stoics tell us to love our fate. Our job is to find joy in the events that are transpiring. Look around and ask yourself what are the positives in your life right now.