OH NO! I’M INEXPLICABLY INFLATING AGAIN!!!!!1!!

Sure thing, Sarah! Absurd on its face. *cough*

“You know, I’m automatically attracted to beautiful — I just start kissing them. It’s like a magnet. Just kiss. I don’t even wait. And when you’re a star, they let you do it. You can do anything.”
-President Donald J. Trump

In other news, Hillsong Church is a cult, or at least on the very edge of being one. It’s basically the Christian version of Scientology. They court celebrities and project a “cool” image, take lots of donations that largely are used to directly enrich their leadership (who are now loaded), and people are discouraged…

That’s actually not saba (鯖) which is mackerel, but sanma (秋刀魚) which is Pacific saury a.k.a. mackerel pike.

These are saba:

Finally, a laptop computer and gaming peripherals that I, a woman, will be able to use! Couple this stuff with those pens from a few years ago I will be able to really embrace modern living!

(In all seriousness though, more pink stuff is good, thanks.)
 

The book Life Before Life: Children’s Memories of Previous Lives by Jim Tucker chronicles a number of cases of kids reporting things like this. It’s a very creepy and very interesting read.

To be fair, there is actually some really great storytelling in Fallout 76! The delivery mechanism (long, 3+ minute, holo-tapes) sucks, though, and at launch was bugged so it was a challenge to actually access the story content. When you’re doing stuff in game you can’t chill and listen to an audio sketch because…

Having defended this game several times since it came out, even I cannot say this is a good idea in good faith.

The basic mechanics of PVP in F76 are jank as hell. When the game was announced I was very excited for the PVP, but it just feels bad (win or lose) to fight other players because there are so many issues with…

“And not to be seen as pro-open border...”

OK, but have you ever been to the actual Mystic Pizza in Mystic, Connecticut? If you like the movie it’s worth going, but it is not the greatest pizza. It’s definitely better than Dominos or whatever, but there’s far better pizza out there, even in southeastern Connecticut.

Fuck. Now how I am supposed to link back to old articles about Ted Cruz’s soup addiction, Boston being the worst place on earth, and HamNo’s many takes about yogurt. When NüGawker launches will these gems still be available? Will I be supporting Bryan Goldberg et al. if I go there or link there?

It’s not fast food! It’s his own cooking! Steamed hams! Old family recipe! The best food! American food! Love it all!

Ahhh yes, it’s the old “Todd Test” room! Good to know that Bethesda games are still using them and still neglecting to remove them from their games before publishing!

Also... is it just me, or does Wooby bear an uncanny resemblance to Todd Howard? Can we all start calling Todd Howard “Wooby” from now on?

Considering they’ve already tried once, take your star.

I grew up in a house in Northeastern “quiet corner” of Connecticut that was built at least 10 years before the revolutionary war. Let me tell you, I am generally skeptical of paranormal things, but weird stuff happened in that house.

The upstairs layout was such that you would climb the stairs, pull a U-Turn and go…

These are the sorts of takes that keep me clicking on your articles, Hamilton. 10/10 would read again.

I think the reference to Luigi is a princess Luigi joke

What kind of Minnesotan are you? Here in Vermont there is definitely such a thing as a t-shirt friendly snowy day. I’d imagine the same is true in Minnesota.

I love this concept! This sort of community stuff is often what keeps me coming back to FFXIV after all these years. I play on Lamia, which is less of a role-playing server but does sometimes have events and people doing in-character stuff in the cities. I’ve never seen anyone doing fortune telling, though.