Wow. I swing back round here for the first time in who-knows-how-long and the first thing I see is Allison’s taking off.

It hit 87F/31C indoors at the peak of the heat on the Monday; I actually had to work in the city that day so was in an air-conditioned downtown office through the worst of it.

By the time it cooled down to the overnight low Tuesday morning, my apartment was a little warm but nothing I couldn’t manage. I live in a…

I don’t have the attention span to watch these things live (ironic in a way since it’s speedrunning, but I just can’t consume media on someone else’s schedule.)

You’re either antisemitic or “on the same side as the 9/11 terrorists” if you openly support Palestine in the US.

If Nevada can have Soy Sauce Caramel (really, Mr. Rix? I lived in the Silver State for a decade. Should’ve gone Aztec/Mexican with it), then Washington can damn sure figure a way to get teriyaki flavored chocolate (whether it actually tastes good is an open question, but I’d try it once.)

“I will assume you are either vaccinated or stupid.”

I haven’t been sick in that same stretch of time, but as someone with major sensory issues, especially when it comes to anything that is even in the most distantly tangential way similar to restraints, wearing a mask is a huge deterrent to leaving the house, even if there were no disease out there to mask up against.…

A 747 is perhaps not the best example of fuel consumption on flights these days, since airlines long ago cut back on the use of jumbo jets for all but the most heavily trafficked routes (and even those have been all but replaced by the next generation of high-capacity aircraft that are way more efficient.)

The part that starved nearly to death in 1845 and moved to Boston. It’s the least-understood part of my genealogy, but the surname and the noses are as Irish as New England gets.

The words “honor system” are so out of place in a society that has no honor.

The same Republican Party that will happily hand $1.5 trillion to their Wall Street buddies without bringing it to even a debate, never mind a vote, doesn’t get to piss and moan about spending seven percent of that on efficiency standards.

Based on the experience of people I went to college with, plus my brother, plus a few other workaholics I know, I’m probably making about 30 cents on the dollar compared to what I’d be making at my job if I were a stop-at-nothing workaholic willing to put in “a hard worker” hours. Most hours I’ve ever averaged in a…

“Remember in medieval times when a King would die and there would be no apparent heir so the land would get divvied up by a bunch of people claiming to be Next King by some dubious right?”

If you can’t win a NASCAR Cup race with a Trabant, you’re not driving it right.

“cilantro stuck in my hair”

For my Irish-American mom’s side of the family, 124 beers just sounds like Thanksgiving Day.

“Until Village, I had never played a Resident Evil game in my life because I am a gigantic baby who is ridiculously easy to scare.”

Esports are trying to be real sports, so taking their discipline model from the NFL makes perfect sense. Except the NFL has a commissioner to read the social media tea leaves and then render an arbitrary decision with no grounding in actual legal procedure and due process.

“did not cooperate with the investigation in a way expected of a professional Valorant esports player.”

Oh, believe me, I know...I’ve lived in plenty of American suburbs that think they’re going to become to their parent city what Bellevue and Redmond are to Seattle, but instead of providing good schools, safe streets, and infrastructure improvements for commuter and teleworker alike (ample parking near the commuter…