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		<title>Journeybound Idle Speed Hack Guide</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Turk]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2026 15:31:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Idle RPG's]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[This post is copy pasted from my now banned Steam Guide for the game Journeybound Idle. So here it is now on my old blog. This guide is to show how to use Cheat Engine&#8216;s Speed Hack feature to speed up this very slow game. First start Cheat Engine. It will look like this: Next [&#8230;]<img src="https://www.hotelblues.com/matomo/piwik.php?idsite=1&amp;rec=1&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.hotelblues.com%2F2026%2F09%2F21%2Fjourneybound-idle-speed-hack-guide%2F%3Fpk_campaign%3Dfeed%26pk_kwd%3Djourneybound-idle-speed-hack-guide&amp;action_name=Journeybound%20Idle%20Speed%20Hack%20Guide&amp;urlref=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.hotelblues.com%2Ffeed%2F" style="border:0;width:0;height:0" width="0" height="0" alt="" />]]></description>
										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This post is copy pasted from my now banned Steam Guide for the game <a href="https://store.steampowered.com/app/4946460/Journeybound_Idle/" target="_blank">Journeybound Idle</a>. So here it is now on my old blog.</p>
<p>This guide is to show how to use <a href="https://www.cheatengine.org/" target="_blank">Cheat Engine</a>&#8216;s Speed Hack feature to speed up this very slow game.</p>
<p>First start Cheat Engine. It will look like this:</p>
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<a href='https://www.hotelblues.com/?attachment_id=8683'><img fetchpriority="high" decoding="async" width="642" height="600" src="https://www.hotelblues.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/Cheat-Engine-000-642x600.jpg" class="attachment-medium size-medium" alt="" srcset="https://www.hotelblues.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/Cheat-Engine-000-642x600.jpg 642w, https://www.hotelblues.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/Cheat-Engine-000-1024x957.jpg 1024w, https://www.hotelblues.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/Cheat-Engine-000-150x140.jpg 150w, https://www.hotelblues.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/Cheat-Engine-000-768x718.jpg 768w, https://www.hotelblues.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/Cheat-Engine-000.jpg 1043w" sizes="(max-width: 642px) 100vw, 642px" /></a>
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<p>Next select the game process:</p>
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<a href='https://www.hotelblues.com/?attachment_id=8685'><img decoding="async" width="642" height="600" src="https://www.hotelblues.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/Cheat-Engine-002-642x600.jpg" class="attachment-medium size-medium" alt="" srcset="https://www.hotelblues.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/Cheat-Engine-002-642x600.jpg 642w, https://www.hotelblues.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/Cheat-Engine-002-1024x957.jpg 1024w, https://www.hotelblues.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/Cheat-Engine-002-150x140.jpg 150w, https://www.hotelblues.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/Cheat-Engine-002-768x718.jpg 768w, https://www.hotelblues.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/Cheat-Engine-002.jpg 1043w" sizes="(max-width: 642px) 100vw, 642px" /></a>
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<p>It will usually be the second to last process for these Electron powered games. You may need to experiment to find the right one.</p>
<p>Enable the Speed Hack feature in Cheat Engine:</p>
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<a href='https://www.hotelblues.com/?attachment_id=8686'><img decoding="async" width="642" height="600" src="https://www.hotelblues.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/Cheat-Engine-003-642x600.jpg" class="attachment-medium size-medium" alt="" srcset="https://www.hotelblues.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/Cheat-Engine-003-642x600.jpg 642w, https://www.hotelblues.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/Cheat-Engine-003-1024x957.jpg 1024w, https://www.hotelblues.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/Cheat-Engine-003-150x140.jpg 150w, https://www.hotelblues.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/Cheat-Engine-003-768x718.jpg 768w, https://www.hotelblues.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/Cheat-Engine-003.jpg 1043w" sizes="(max-width: 642px) 100vw, 642px" /></a>
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<p>Set it to 200:</p>
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<a href='https://www.hotelblues.com/?attachment_id=8684'><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="642" height="600" src="https://www.hotelblues.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/Cheat-Engine-001-642x600.jpg" class="attachment-medium size-medium" alt="" srcset="https://www.hotelblues.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/Cheat-Engine-001-642x600.jpg 642w, https://www.hotelblues.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/Cheat-Engine-001-1024x957.jpg 1024w, https://www.hotelblues.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/Cheat-Engine-001-150x140.jpg 150w, https://www.hotelblues.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/Cheat-Engine-001-768x718.jpg 768w, https://www.hotelblues.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/Cheat-Engine-001.jpg 1043w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 642px) 100vw, 642px" /></a>
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<p>1 to 200 is safe. Anything past 200 may crash the game. 500 is the max Cheat Engine will let you go.</p>
<p>Once that is done you can gather or craft super fast.</p>
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<img loading="lazy" decoding="async" src="https://www.hotelblues.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/Journey_Cheat_Engine.gif" alt="" width="601" height="400" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-8689" />
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<p><strong>More Real Time GIF&#8217;s</strong></p>
<p>Stonecraft</p>
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<img loading="lazy" decoding="async" src="https://www.hotelblues.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/Journey_Cheat_Engine_2.gif" alt="" width="601" height="400" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-8690" />
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<p>Blackmithing</p>
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<img loading="lazy" decoding="async" src="https://www.hotelblues.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/Journey_Cheat_Engine_3.gif" alt="" width="601" height="400" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-8691" />
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		<title>All Good Things</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Turk]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Sep 2024 18:01:44 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Bad Hotel]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[It finally seems to be happening. The old hotel I worked at is getting torn down. It seems weird to see it go. I wouldn&#8217;t have had this website without that hotel. Here is a link to the Beloit Daily News article about the place getting torn down.<img src="https://www.hotelblues.com/matomo/piwik.php?idsite=1&amp;rec=1&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.hotelblues.com%2F2024%2F09%2F27%2Fall-good-things%2F%3Fpk_campaign%3Dfeed%26pk_kwd%3Dall-good-things&amp;action_name=All%20Good%20Things&amp;urlref=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.hotelblues.com%2Ffeed%2F" style="border:0;width:0;height:0" width="0" height="0" alt="" />]]></description>
										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It finally seems to be happening. The old hotel I worked at is getting torn down. It seems weird to see it go. I wouldn&#8217;t have had this website without that hotel. Here is a link to the Beloit Daily News <a href="https://www.beloitdailynews.com/news/local-news/demolition-work-advances-at-south-beloit-hotel-property/article_938c1306-7c13-11ef-bbf6-a7683b52ebbb.html" rel="noopener" target="_blank">article</a> about the place getting torn down.</p>
<img loading="lazy" decoding="async" src="https://www.hotelblues.com/matomo/piwik.php?idsite=1&amp;rec=1&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.hotelblues.com%2F2024%2F09%2F27%2Fall-good-things%2F%3Fpk_campaign%3Dfeed%26pk_kwd%3Dall-good-things&amp;action_name=All%20Good%20Things&amp;urlref=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.hotelblues.com%2Ffeed%2F" style="border:0;width:0;height:0" width="0" height="0" alt="" />]]></content:encoded>
					
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		<title>Work Pooping</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Turk]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2024 20:19:15 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Bad Hotel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fucks]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[It is a well know fact I was a huge fan of pooping at work. There is something about getting paid to take a shit and wipe your ass on the company dime. Now that I don&#8217;t work pooping just isn&#8217;t the same.<img src="https://www.hotelblues.com/matomo/piwik.php?idsite=1&amp;rec=1&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.hotelblues.com%2F2024%2F05%2F20%2Fwork-pooping%2F%3Fpk_campaign%3Dfeed%26pk_kwd%3Dwork-pooping&amp;action_name=Work%20Pooping&amp;urlref=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.hotelblues.com%2Ffeed%2F" style="border:0;width:0;height:0" width="0" height="0" alt="" />]]></description>
										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It is a well know fact I was a huge fan of pooping at work. There is something about getting paid to take a shit and wipe your ass on the company dime.</p>
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<iframe loading="lazy" title="Rodney Munch - It&#039;s Time To Take a Sh*t on the Company?’?s Dime (FULL SONG)" width="500" height="375" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/7zTei5RMhQ8?feature=oembed" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" referrerpolicy="strict-origin-when-cross-origin" allowfullscreen></iframe>
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<p>Now that I don&#8217;t work pooping just isn&#8217;t the same.</p>
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		<title>Helldivers 2</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Turk]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Feb 2024 22:40:22 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Games]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Misc Shots]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Helldivers 2]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Helldivers 2 is a fun game. That is when it works. It has a bad habit of crashing when you don&#8217;t want it to. Matchmaking is also a little borked as it is right now. The games Quickplay will often fail. Makes it hard to play an online only game like this. Despite those issues [&#8230;]<img src="https://www.hotelblues.com/matomo/piwik.php?idsite=1&amp;rec=1&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.hotelblues.com%2F2024%2F02%2F16%2Fhelldivers-2%2F%3Fpk_campaign%3Dfeed%26pk_kwd%3Dhelldivers-2&amp;action_name=Helldivers%202&amp;urlref=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.hotelblues.com%2Ffeed%2F" style="border:0;width:0;height:0" width="0" height="0" alt="" />]]></description>
										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="https://store.steampowered.com/app/553850/HELLDIVERS_2/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Helldivers 2</a> is a fun game. That is when it works. It has a bad habit of crashing when you don&#8217;t want it to. Matchmaking is also a little borked as it is right now. The games Quickplay will often fail. Makes it hard to play an online only game like this.</p>
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<a href='https://www.hotelblues.com/?attachment_id=7371'><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="800" height="450" src="https://www.hotelblues.com/wp-content/uploads/screens/helldivers2/helldivers2_yeL4Gc9SFq-800x450.jpg" class="attachment-medium size-medium" alt="" srcset="https://www.hotelblues.com/wp-content/uploads/screens/helldivers2/helldivers2_yeL4Gc9SFq-800x450.jpg 800w, https://www.hotelblues.com/wp-content/uploads/screens/helldivers2/helldivers2_yeL4Gc9SFq-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https://www.hotelblues.com/wp-content/uploads/screens/helldivers2/helldivers2_yeL4Gc9SFq-150x84.jpg 150w, https://www.hotelblues.com/wp-content/uploads/screens/helldivers2/helldivers2_yeL4Gc9SFq-768x432.jpg 768w, https://www.hotelblues.com/wp-content/uploads/screens/helldivers2/helldivers2_yeL4Gc9SFq-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https://www.hotelblues.com/wp-content/uploads/screens/helldivers2/helldivers2_yeL4Gc9SFq.jpg 1921w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" /></a>
<a href='https://www.hotelblues.com/?attachment_id=7370'><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="800" height="450" src="https://www.hotelblues.com/wp-content/uploads/screens/helldivers2/helldivers2_hd5A2XiMgg-800x450.jpg" class="attachment-medium size-medium" alt="" srcset="https://www.hotelblues.com/wp-content/uploads/screens/helldivers2/helldivers2_hd5A2XiMgg-800x450.jpg 800w, https://www.hotelblues.com/wp-content/uploads/screens/helldivers2/helldivers2_hd5A2XiMgg-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https://www.hotelblues.com/wp-content/uploads/screens/helldivers2/helldivers2_hd5A2XiMgg-150x84.jpg 150w, https://www.hotelblues.com/wp-content/uploads/screens/helldivers2/helldivers2_hd5A2XiMgg-768x432.jpg 768w, https://www.hotelblues.com/wp-content/uploads/screens/helldivers2/helldivers2_hd5A2XiMgg-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https://www.hotelblues.com/wp-content/uploads/screens/helldivers2/helldivers2_hd5A2XiMgg.jpg 1921w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" /></a>
<a href='https://www.hotelblues.com/?attachment_id=7369'><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="800" height="450" src="https://www.hotelblues.com/wp-content/uploads/screens/helldivers2/helldivers2_S07Rrwodob-800x450.jpg" class="attachment-medium size-medium" alt="" srcset="https://www.hotelblues.com/wp-content/uploads/screens/helldivers2/helldivers2_S07Rrwodob-800x450.jpg 800w, https://www.hotelblues.com/wp-content/uploads/screens/helldivers2/helldivers2_S07Rrwodob-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https://www.hotelblues.com/wp-content/uploads/screens/helldivers2/helldivers2_S07Rrwodob-150x84.jpg 150w, https://www.hotelblues.com/wp-content/uploads/screens/helldivers2/helldivers2_S07Rrwodob-768x432.jpg 768w, https://www.hotelblues.com/wp-content/uploads/screens/helldivers2/helldivers2_S07Rrwodob-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https://www.hotelblues.com/wp-content/uploads/screens/helldivers2/helldivers2_S07Rrwodob.jpg 1921w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" /></a>
<a href='https://www.hotelblues.com/?attachment_id=7368'><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="800" height="450" src="https://www.hotelblues.com/wp-content/uploads/screens/helldivers2/helldivers2_LmFYdbo0Ag-800x450.jpg" class="attachment-medium size-medium" alt="" srcset="https://www.hotelblues.com/wp-content/uploads/screens/helldivers2/helldivers2_LmFYdbo0Ag-800x450.jpg 800w, https://www.hotelblues.com/wp-content/uploads/screens/helldivers2/helldivers2_LmFYdbo0Ag-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https://www.hotelblues.com/wp-content/uploads/screens/helldivers2/helldivers2_LmFYdbo0Ag-150x84.jpg 150w, https://www.hotelblues.com/wp-content/uploads/screens/helldivers2/helldivers2_LmFYdbo0Ag-768x432.jpg 768w, https://www.hotelblues.com/wp-content/uploads/screens/helldivers2/helldivers2_LmFYdbo0Ag-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https://www.hotelblues.com/wp-content/uploads/screens/helldivers2/helldivers2_LmFYdbo0Ag.jpg 1920w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" /></a>
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<p>Despite those issues the game looks great and I&#8217;ve been trying to get some nice screenshots of this game. The combat is intense. This is the Starship Troopers game I never knew I wanted to play.</p>
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		<title>Photo of the Day</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Dec 2022 22:26:40 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[My dad and I joined the YMCA. I was sick of walking in the cold. Three miles inside isn&#8217;t so bad. It helps of course I&#8217;m listening to music/podcasts/audiobooks. The Hitchhiker&#8217;s Guide to the Galaxy radio play is what I&#8217;m currently listening to.<img src="https://www.hotelblues.com/matomo/piwik.php?idsite=1&amp;rec=1&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.hotelblues.com%2F2022%2F12%2F20%2Fphoto-of-the-day%2F%3Fpk_campaign%3Dfeed%26pk_kwd%3Dphoto-of-the-day&amp;action_name=Photo%20of%20the%20Day&amp;urlref=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.hotelblues.com%2Ffeed%2F" style="border:0;width:0;height:0" width="0" height="0" alt="" />]]></description>
										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>My dad and I joined the <a href="https://www.statelineymca.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">YMCA</a>. I was sick of walking in the cold. Three miles inside isn&#8217;t so bad.</p>
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<p>It helps of course I&#8217;m listening to music/podcasts/audiobooks. The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hitchhiker%27s_Guide_to_the_Galaxy" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Hitchhiker&#8217;s Guide to the Galaxy</a> <a href="http://www.radionouspace.net/programs/hitchhikers-guide/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">radio play</a> is what I&#8217;m currently listening to.</p>
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		<title>This And That</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Turk]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Dec 2022 22:20:24 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve been messing around with adding Google Ads back to the site. I used to have them decades ago. I can&#8217;t seem to get them to work in Firefox. The ads appear in Google Chrome, of course. I&#8217;ve even tried turning off Ublock and Firefox&#8217;s privacy settings. Still no ads. It just as well, I [&#8230;]<img src="https://www.hotelblues.com/matomo/piwik.php?idsite=1&amp;rec=1&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.hotelblues.com%2F2022%2F12%2F04%2Fthis-and-that-68%2F%3Fpk_campaign%3Dfeed%26pk_kwd%3Dthis-and-that-68&amp;action_name=This%20And%20That&amp;urlref=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.hotelblues.com%2Ffeed%2F" style="border:0;width:0;height:0" width="0" height="0" alt="" />]]></description>
										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I&#8217;ve been messing around with adding Google Ads back to the site. I used to have them <a href="https://www.hotelblues.com/2005/12/07/dumb-google-ads/">decades ago</a>. I can&#8217;t seem to get them to work in Firefox. The ads appear in Google Chrome, of course.</p>
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<p>I&#8217;ve even tried turning off Ublock and Firefox&#8217;s privacy settings. Still no ads. It just as well, I kind of hate the new design of Google Ads. I miss the old look.</p>
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		<title>The Year in Review 2022</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Turk]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Nov 2022 06:00:50 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[It has been a long time since I&#8217;ve done one of these. It used to be a look back on the past year. This time it is a look back on the last six years. A little history first, I guess. These posts all started when I got fired for the first time because of [&#8230;]<img src="https://www.hotelblues.com/matomo/piwik.php?idsite=1&amp;rec=1&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.hotelblues.com%2F2022%2F11%2F28%2Fthe-year-in-review-2022%2F%3Fpk_campaign%3Dfeed%26pk_kwd%3Dthe-year-in-review-2022&amp;action_name=The%20Year%20in%20Review%202022&amp;urlref=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.hotelblues.com%2Ffeed%2F" style="border:0;width:0;height:0" width="0" height="0" alt="" />]]></description>
										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It has been a long time since I&#8217;ve done one of <a href="/2008/11/28/the-year-in-review-2008/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">these</a>. It used to be a look back on the past year. This time it is a look back on the last six years. A little history first, I guess.</p>
<p>These posts all started when I got fired for the <a href="/1998/11/28/im-not-happy/">first time</a> because of this website. That was twenty-four years ago. It&#8217;s hard to imagine just how much time has gone by since that first time. So I started doing these Year in Review posts on this date to look back on how the year went. I also probably did it just to be a smart ass and celebrate the fact I had been fired. Fired so many times because of this little website (I still hate the term blog).</p>
<p>I took this website offline back in 2016 while I was working once again in the hotel business. It lasted for a few years till the pandemic hit. I was lucky and the hotel didn&#8217;t fire me this time, they laid me off. Which meant I was able to receive that wonderful gravy train that was pandemic era unemployment. It really was wonderful for the short time I had it. Lots of people had a terrible time during the pandemic. I&#8217;ve got to say that my time during the pandemic getting that huge ass unemployment payment was the best time I&#8217;ve had in a long time.</p>
<p>But like they say all good things have to come to an end. When the unemployment ran out I really wished I had saved more of it. I wasted a lot of money. I built a new computer, I bought a Nintendo Switch, and just bunch of miscellaneous dumb things. I honestly enjoyed the pandemic. I&#8217;m pretty much a loner as it is. So the idea of being stuck at home wasn&#8217;t really that big of an issue for me. I also liked not having to socialize with people to be honest. I&#8217;m not a huge fan of people in general. So the whole thing was a wonderful holiday for me.</p>
<p>Which I guess brings us to the present. After getting laid off from the last hotel I worked at, I decided that I was done with that kind of thing. This website was the only creative thing I had done in decades, and out of the blue I decided I was going to get it back online one day. It only took a few days to get most of it working. A number of things are still broken due to how the web has changed since 2016. I&#8217;ve pretty much worked on it nonstop these last few weeks. I&#8217;m pretty happy it all works again, with only minor things still missing.</p>
<p>Hopefully the next year won&#8217;t turn out to be another six years.</p>
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