I also miss the little time out stops from the routine. Just did another big grocery store stock up run this weekend, and I still feel the need to limit the number of stores I go to, and don’t do side trips to anywhere, where I used to grab a bite somewhere before I shopped, and might go to smaller shops for specific…

Yup, I still have denture cleaning tablets from the last time I had one, and a splash of mouth wash in the morning helps, too. They do get disgusting.

I was sold on cold brew when a coworker at a previous job made some with the terrible office delivery service coffee, and the cold brew version was actually good. I got my wife hooked on it for everyday maintenance coffee. We generally get a 12-14 oz bag of coffee, grind it coarse, then use a toddy system (essentially…

I wrapped up Yakuza 6 on Monday, which was a blast. I get the criticisms I read of the combat, the story, and the missing mini games, but I didn’t really share them. The combat was much more fluid and often ridiculous, the story was good not great and the ending was a bit too convoluted but in an actually satisfying…

Happy birthday!

happy birthday fifa

Baka Mitai with the picture of the orphanage dog was my favorite. 

Oh, yeah, that will definitely happen. I remember seeing a lot of initial grumbling and hyperbolic reddit comments when that first got announced about the Japanese version, but that went away in time. They won’t make everyone happy. Having just finally finished Yakuza 6, though, I reflected how we already have 7 full…

Re-used songs... but new fun videos to go with them? Either way, I’m always happy with the karaoke mini-game. It was probably the thing that sold me fully on these games the first time I played one (Yakuza 3)--Haruka wants to go Karaoke-ing? Okay, cool, yeah... HOLY COW THIS IS AWESOME!

As long as there's still karaoke mini games, I'm in. 

I’m definitely curious about the reception it will get! I always kind of think of the Yakuza series as a quirky underdog anyway, despite the fandom growing recently. It’ll be interesting!

My wallet is ready. Bring on the turn based Yakuza goofiness. 

I had a work thing throw me for a loop yesterday that I still haven’t recovered from, and there’s nothing on the schedule today that’s very motivating. My brain isn’t sure where it wants to land; there’s just nothing in the work I’m doing that feels important whatsoever.

I was, for once, glad to check out those twitter accounts before bed. It was really encouraging. 

A couple thousand people—moms (favorite nickname: MOMTIFA), dads, kids, elderly, BIPOC, LGBTQA+—came out to surround the federal courthouse in downtown Portland last night, and sang and chanted and spoke and helped each other and just showed up in force to tell this federal goon squad that they are not scared of them.

Victory!

This is a great point. 

We are, too! Please note that these tacos are not made from Tacomans. It’s just chicken, I swear.

🎶Taco, taco man. Is a man from Tacoma, not a taco-o-o-oman. I want to eat some tacos, man.🎶

This is a good point, and to a certain extent, I do need to read all of that. But is it really what I want to read? That I'm not always sure of.