November 4th, 2019:

	Time was limited this weekend, so no work was performed on my 
computer projects.  I *did* have a little time to play video games, 
though, and played a few Sega Genesis games I'd been meaning to play 
again.

The first game was Pit Fighter, a port of the arcade game.  Pit Fighter 
was a lousy game in the arcades, and all its home ports were worse.  I've 
played Pit Fighter for a dozen systems (give or take), and they all 
uniformly suck.  The Genesis port, while still a lousy game, is my 
favourite of the ports, and the only one I found remotely "fun".  It's 
controls are the least horrible, and it's not hard to get into the game.

The second game was Shadow Blasters, an action game that came out early in 
the Genesis' life.  You march one of your choice of four characters (two 
ninjas, a monk, and a mage) through each level, powering up and facing the 
end-level boss.  Same old story.  The main difference is if one of the 
characters die, they STAY dead for the duration of the game, only coming 
back to life upon continue.  It's not a particularily great game, but it 
has its moments, and it's one of my early Genesis favourites.

--

Yesterday, Mrs IPX asked if I wouldn't mind driving her to pick up a 
package, and mentioned it was just outside of town.  Not really wanting to 
at first (Hell, she can drive!), I eventually relented and asked "Where 
outside of town..?"

As it turned out, it was a small town on my cycling bucket list for next 
year!  I agreed to drive her on condition we take the route I'd scoped out 
for cycling.  Which turned out to be a good idea, as changes needed to be 
made to my planned route.

One of the roads on the route is a dead end, and another route that LOOKED 
like a gravel road ended up being railroad tracks...  Finding a detour was 
quicker by car, and I made a note of a quicker parallel route I'd 
discovered.  Finding alternate routes is easy when you're on the flat, 
open prairie!

I also scoped out the town while we were there.  "Small Town" is a 
generous description, perhaps twenty houses, an ag/farm supply store, a 
grocery store (now closed - moved a town over), and a grain elevator.  In 
other words, if I'm cycling here, bring enough supplies for the entire 
round trip, and don't expect to pick up any extra in town.

We took my planned return route back, which puts me on a provincial road 
with medium traffic.  It might be busy if I'm riding during a weekday, but 
this particular Autumn Sunday seemed devoid of traffic...

With the changes I've made to the route, this little day trip looks like 
it will be fun!  Can't wait to ride it next year.