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Wow...it's actually 8 months later. I began something back in March 2023, but alas love eluded me in that relationship. In November 2023, I'm making a go of it again. We'll see where this ends up! My middle son, 18, has a girlfriend and it's cool to watch him progress. Getting ever closer to...

It's 2023, and the court of TNP is still as dysfunctional as ever. We have a justice make a mistake and we end with the prosecution withdrawing the case, a case that moved as slow as molasses. In my opinion, this case really undermines one's faith in the judicial system and instead makes it...

So far 2023 has been pretty good. I won a DEI award at my company, got to speak at a panel during a conference in Salt Lake City, and narrowly escaped hitting a moose while driving in Wyoming. 2022 was challenging as I went through a number of personal issues, most notably the death of my...

Yeah, it was the golden age back then. I've been out the game too long to know what kind of game it is today. When I started back in 2004, we were fighting over IC (in character) and OOC (Out of Character) and how to play the game. Lots of political intrigue and intellectualism. But we peaked in...

Don't forget about me, McM! I was close....Damn you Flem!! LOL!!

Hey Durk and Flem! Vivanco you gotta go back before 2008. 2008 was an interesting year in the TNP'verse but lots of things happened in yesteryears that were equally or more interesting.

Got through my battle with Covid. I head into 2023 with more hope than any year in a very long time. You never know what life will bring and there are always twists and turns but I am looking forward to tackling things at work and in life. To the young ones on this forum...youth is fleeting...

How has it been more than a year since my last post in this thing? Nuts. Lots of life changes for me from this year to last. But right now battling covid for the very first time. Not fun at all. I'm more at peace than I've been in a long time and hoping to be more of my authentic self, period...

love the title of this blog! :)

So two friends of mine recently became Lt. Governors of states here in the US. Really happy for them and also interesting for me. I pride myself on forecasting. I like to be right, but also love being wrong because it helps me become more right in the future. In one situation, I was oh so right...

I'm going to say Stars of Sky. My memory is really fuzzy but I think she took the delegacy from Pixiedance and led us out of that era as we formed a new government. Fun Fact: I'd love to say me, but as GBM rightly points out Flem pulled us from darkness in an election that I lost to him. But...

Almost 2 years since my last post. Unreal! In my last post I wrote about being able to be myself in my new role. Since them, I was promoted twice. I now serve as the Vice President of Understanding What Matters for a fortune 100 company. It's essentially, the Employee Sentiment Guru. For...

Back to the future with our delegate. Congrats McM!

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Seems like no one took you up on this. I know it's late, but figured I'd weigh in on this because...it's interesting. I tend to agree with CoE's recommendation on this one and I may have actually argued for an even longer sentence for the fraud conspiracy charge. I think CoE is making a...

First week on the new job was awesome. It's actually weird. It's the first time in 10 years where I feel I can be 100% my authentic self AND do some significant good for my organization. I had to pinch myself a couple times this week because I get to do many fun things in the role and I'm...

Court Justice (select up to 3): < Abstain > Would you like to reopen nominations? < No >

Ah, I remember a couple of review cases around the question as to whether SC members were government officials or not. The good ol' days!I think the intent of allowing people who were not active as RA members was to value in-game activity. I've always been a player more active offsite than on...

So it's been awhile since I updated this so here goes. In 2017 I noted the passing of my dad and shortly thereafter some tough work news (read: I was laid off). Not the first time I'd been laid off, but the first time in 15 years and it wasn't like it was the last round of layoffs and finally I...

Certainly in the example I used, I was intentionally trying to have the ultimate winner not be the plurality winner. What I'm saying is this, there are many times I want candidate A and really do not want B, C, or D. My argument is that why not just take the plurality winner when rank-choice...

What about simply allowing the plurality winner to claim victory versus having runoffs at all? Yes, would take some significant change to our laws, but why not? Runoffs have always seemed quite semantic to me. Forcing a majority winner when the "winner" of said runoffs is still not the 1st...

I am the champion, my friends. I'll keep on fighting till the end!

[Don't call it a comeback, I've been here for years!] --------- Nation: TheSpy (https://www.nationstates.net/nation=thespy) I pledge loyalty to The North Pacific, obedience to her laws, and responsible action as a member of her society. I pledge to only register one nation to vote in The North...

I'm 10 days late and 1,000 dollars short, but I want to weigh in on this because it's a little personal to me. [redacted] The short version is I'm very sad to see this happened. I hope LR can learn from this and do better.

I like the round robin, but i'd favor having a final 4 playing best of 5 matches. The higher seed gets to select the color they wish to have 3 times in the series and which colors are used in the first game.

i'd love to play. i'm not good, but i love playing!

I'm not a regressive but figured i'd throw this out there: Regressives Ensure Go-getting Raiders Eradicate Stupid So-called Intelligent Opressed Natives EDIT: Also - Mall, man I thought this was good!

I like this alot. I've always supported cultural imperialist goals. *sits up in rocking chair* I remember the old days of The Meritocracy and we introduced ideas of cultural imperialism and well, let's just say it's not easy to make reality. But good luck.

And so, February 4th marked an interesting confluence of events. By the way, aren’t the words “confluence of events” just lovely to say? Anyhow, February 4th 2018 marked the 25th anniversary of my mother passing away. An incredibly tough time. I’m such a dates and time person thinking of my...