Everybody else is digging a bigger hole, too. Don’t be fooled if they took the time straighten the sides of it. 

Definitely had a real “dejected Charlie Brown” feel to it. 

Thankfully my list isn’t too long right now: get through the workday, cooking dinner for the week, take the garbage out. Optional is laundry and baking a bundt cake. Then comes making progress on a jigsaw puzzle.

The potential downsides of wearing a mask are miniscule in comparison to the potential downsides of not wearing a mask. Wear a mask.

I wrote a poem of my impressions of the reviews and discourse of the last week. I call it, “Creatively Directed”

Aww, I'm a jinx to the rascals... Again!!!

You can do it! I believe in you!

Wolfenstein gameplay, but you’re on Grace’s crew taking down the KKK and their influence on local police and government, a la Brotherhood of Death? Sign me up. I’d play the fuck out of that.

I remember vendettas like that, potentially even at the same spot. I always felt up to the challenge, which kept me motivated. Such a good game. 

Going to power through my Persona 5 NG+ run and finally get that last trophy and not have that hanging over my head anymore from that last dispiriting ng+ run--everything went swimmingly until I realized I missed one little thing 30 hours ago and was then blocked from platinuming. Hopefully I can get that done by…

Oh boy, we’re asking the big questions here. Okay, bucko, sit down and strap in. Y’see, when a corn cob leaves home to seek its destiny but trips and falls into a vat of water treated with delicious treatments, and then gets brutally dunked on and then into a vat of boiling oil, well, then it beautifully transforms…

It’s what we all need right now!

I rewatch this every week or so. 

Yes, yes, fine, expected, of course... But my real question is, why can't I digitally pre-order THPS1+2 on the PSN store yet? It's up literally everywhere else and has been since it was announced. But not on the PlayStation digital store. What's up with that?

Yeah, fair point.

Yeah, I’m really split on TLOU2 as well. I’m definitely waiting for post-embargo articles to give more context on the real substance of the story, to see if it sounds worth it. I like the TLOU gameplay, but it doesn't sound like there's enough new mechanics to really win me over--I can always just replay the first…

Having graduated college during the post-9/11 recession and finishing my graduate degree in 2007, you have my most earnest sympathies. I’m here from years later to say stick with it, be flexible, and you'll get there. 

That new computer feeling is always so nice, especially if the last one was really struggling. It does take forever to get all the things arranged and defaults set, though. I really wonder what % of default settings actually stay default. 

Based on an outbreak from a large church in another part of the state, I must insist on NOT shouting when indoors near others. Same with singing in large groups. However, if outside and well away from others, DO shout, and DO shout “WEAR A MASK!” until it sticks. Then, with everyone’s mask on, go out and march for…

I was just thinking the other night on how the lack of a coherent national pandemic response and a very poor safety net for labor and actual small businesses has made landlords the gatekeepers of survival for so many residents and businesses, but especially local restaurants. And who trusts landlords as a group to…