ShadySands

My typing on my phone is an order of magnitude worse than my typing on a keyboard. Apologies.

I thought it was funny too but likely not in the same way you did, more in a pot calling a kettle black way.

Finished Umbrella Academy. I almost gave up on it but I enjoyed the final few minutes.

Xenonauts 2 Steam beta key, hit me on the hip.

I think I may have seen part of an episode once upon a time

Making jerk chicken and rice and beans. Simple recipe I picked up in Jamaica from our butler but it's idiot proof which is exactly what I need.

Our oven is convection but I don't know what I'm doing so I use the regular setting most of the time. I guess I could just google it since I'm already on the internet but willful ignorance wins again, sad. I cut down a tree that fell on the fence from the neighbor's yard. I thought I gave them plenty of time to take care of it themselves because it is on their side of the fence but I couldn't take it any longer. Note to self, get a better saw. PS I looked up the differences of a convection oven right after posting. I couldn't live like that.

Don't know Cowboy Bebop but I'm interested in seeing whatever Shakir is in after his role in Luke Cage

Since I'll take whatever excuse I can to talk about Trek and Vic was mentioned earlier https://observationdeck.kinja.com/midweek-trivia-1772078033

I think the first game for me was a PowerHits set of BattleTech games on I believe 5.25" disks. Crescent Hawks Inception, Crescent Hawks Revenge, and the original MechWarrior. Inception was the first game I ever modded too because they included nearly the full arsenal of weapons on the disk even though none were actually playable in the game. Just remembered I got it from the clearance rack at Target. Vital info.

I'm not sure that Epic is really that much competition for GOG. By that I mean I don't think any of the exclusives that I've heard of were likely to be released on GOG day 1. I could definitely be wrong but 100% of the complaints I've seen are from Steam users.

My condo was gas and my new house is all electric (boogie woogie woogie) and I'd be lying if I said I haven't over/undercooked some things. I much prefer gas for cooking but I'm not willing to get a gas line run and new appliances right now. My dryers have always been electric though and that I don't mind at all.

https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2019/04/02/bioware-respond-to-reports-of-anthem-development-hell/ Another article, this time on Bio's response

BioWare went rogue on EA with its Dragon Age 4 announcement, maybe for reference

My favorite Ferengi episodes are the Magnificent Ferengi* and Little Green Men. I didn't really care for Ezri and my wife downright hated her but then Jadzia was her girl crush. Terry Farrell just wanted a reduced role so she could also do other projects and they decided to kill her off instead. My biggest Dax complaint was the evolution of Joran Dax. He went from having anger issues to being a manipulative psycho killer... qu'est-ce que c'est *Iggy Pop as a Vorta was also nice

I'm sure it'll become an Epic exclusive closer to launch

MechWarrior 5 and Bloodlines 2. Both pre-orders. A fool and his money and all that.

Really? The Rock as John Henry... hmm, was Tilda Swinton busy? I've only just passed through Germany. Always wanted to go make a proper trip of it but so many places I'd like to go and I only have an American amount of vacation days

Gronk retired though, right? I'm not a Pats fan but he went to Arizona so I try to occasionally root for him

I have been deciding if I should start watching The Order, I do like supernatural series but only if the intended audience is suppose to be adult I am on episode 3 of season 2 of OA and I recommend it, dont you want to see where Prairie ended up after the school incident finale ..there are some interesting plot twists that make season 2 worthwhile so far It's rated TV-MA but seems targeted to a younger crowd. There's no sex or nudity but there is a lot of cursing and a little violence and gore. I liked it more than The Magicians and it's less angsty and a little more humorous than that. I'll probably be fine just reading about what happens in the OA

Regarding the Borg I've been thinking about the show a lot and at first I thought the shorter seasons were one of the main reasons I thought it didn't feel like Trek. My reasoning was that they didn't have the time to explore the rest of the crew and the broader universe but then I realized that The Orville is also shorter than traditional Trek and they still do a decent job. Probably just need to accept that STD is never going to be what I want it to be. Instead it's going to be one of the weaker Netflix Marvel shows in space.

I'm pretty sure he is from one of the Balkan countries unless my stalker.txt is out of date

Ended up finishing The Order because my wife was hooked. I liked it overall though it for pretty angsty a bit towards the end along with the common problem of smart people doing stupid things to move the plot forward at times. It's easier for me to forgive in these types of shows than it is in Star Trek where I expect a certain level of common sense. Speaking of which we did end up watching the last episode of Discovery. I found myself reaching for my phone quite a bit. Not as bad overall as the previous episode but still full of dumb as Zor already pointed out.

I'll end up pan searing then broiling the meat either way I go it's more what the sides are going to be. I'm leaning towards some mac and cheese with the pork chops and some veggie pasta if it's chicken. Maybe go pasta with both and do a mushroom marsala sauce. Wife has some dietary restrictions that I have to work around :/

We watched the first 3 episodes of the Order on Netflix. It's a college-age supernatural dramedy. It's really weird in its plot, pacing, and tone but my wife couldn't stop watching. It's got some familiar faces in the background like Matt Frewer and Sam Trammel as well as a lot of people that pop up in Canadian shows that you may recognize but not know the names of. I can't really recommend it unless this kind of thing is your jam. I also saw that the OA season 2 is out but I'm not sure if I want to jump back into that yet. I liked it okay but thought it was a bit pretentious.