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From Minecraft to microfiche

For much of the last year, I've spent my free time playing Minecraft. I bought the game for my kids but found myself completely lost in the world. I've spent countless hours playing the game,  learning how to survive and build structures and explore a virtual world.  But now, I've grown bored with it. Which means I have free time left over. That's meant I've been going to the Jefferson Madison Regional Library 's reference section in the central branch to go back in time to update cvillepedia.  It's a good trade of time, I'd say. I'm still spending as much in front of a computer but the virtual world I'm helping to recreate tells the story of Charlottesville and Albemarle County through historic articles from the Daily Progress .  My main mission this year is to help understand the events of 1960 better. That's the year of the first major annexation of county lands by the city.  There was also an election and a referendum on p

Five weeks until the Ten-Miler

I've done it again. Completely forgot to start training for the Charlottesville Ten-Miler. I had been hoping I would have done so, but work has gotten in the way.  At least, that's the story I'm going to tell myself. The reality might be different, and the future certainly needs to be. I got an email this morning telling me that the race is 85 percent full and I should purchase my space now.  I'm beginning to wonder if I should do it. Realistically I'm not going to suddenly flip a switch and become the person who takes time to run again. At some point I lost interest.  But now it's five weeks away. And I'm going to have to make a decision.