Lawnmower Boy

In other words, Plank's constant. 

Doctors quickly realized the gravity of his situation. A concrete treatment plan brought the progression of the disease to a sudden stop. They expect some significant short term health impacts but long term his condition is not expected to drop by more than six additional feet. 

Russian Oil Chief Dies In Fall From 6th Floor Window; Company Blames Death On 'Illness'

That's strange--I had heard Gorbachev was given a fleet of ships after he retired.  They even named it in his honor.
 
They called it--Mikhail's Navy.
 

You can't drink all day if you don't start in the morning.

Visited my sister and her family last weekend.
 
When did my kid sister get old?

I don't call Gorbachev a failure.  He was head of a government when, through its own internal structural problems that he inherited, it fell apart.  Many others in his position would have tried to sustain his own power by force, and with resulting civil disorder and grabs for power by multiple factions.  The transition from Soviet Union to CIS was far smoother and far less disorderly than anyone would have predicted, I think.  Yes, the economic problems in the former USSR were horrendous for at least a decade, and probably not yet fully recovered even now; but civil war did not happen and only under its current dictator has Russia resumed conquest of its neighbors by force.  I think it will be decades before a full analysis will appear, but I think a case can be made that Gorbachev was the greatest world statesman of the last quarter of the 20th Century.

Back to school! 
 

Shrug.  Nothing we can do about that except to be out running exciting, amazing games using a far better system at game shops, colleges, and conventions.  Hero doesn't have millions of dollars to pay for publicity or to get celebrities to play it.  Hero doesn't have the pull to get news agencies to report on their latest product.  That's just how it is.

Sounds like an origin story to me...
 

PLAY!