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That game always puts me in a good mood.

Religious nutjobs. Why would psionics use a bomb when they can control minds?

Yep. Seemed like a good idea at the time. I mean, we are looking at a dirty bomb situation, and they are running weapons. The Psionics would seem to have other means and Religious groups usually claim credit. But maybe I overthought it.

I just had a fantastic battle in Xcom Chimera Squad. Last night I made it to the last breach point of one of the factions, and I couldn't keep them from pushing the launch button. Sure, I could kill a good chunk of them by being conservative, or I could be aggressive and die, but I was having trouble stopping them from getting to the end mission console thingee. So I woke up this morning and re-thought my breach strategy, then figure out how to win. It was very rewarding. I love these games! Also I like that they are slowly getting closer to a Jagged Alliance like roster of personalities.

Hero U. Is actually a good one too.

Dune looked great. Stop complaining you negative nellies. 😝

Water is poison. Drink life.

Soda is poison. You are better off with a stiff drink.

I got a fun little fighter in X4 and rescued some scientist, but I think I'm going to set the game aside for a bit. I would like to go back to it later, but I was getting burnt out. Now I've finally embarked on a playthrough of Xcom: Chimera Squad. I don't know why I held off so long, I bought it back in April. Probably because I knew it would consume me completely and wanted to wait for the right time. It's great so far.

I do my exercising as early as possible at this point. Saturday I also finished with the swim portion, so that was nice. I whine during the winter a lot, so I try not to let the heat stop me.

Sure. Of course, these protests are all happening because a bunch of minorities were given death sentences for very little cause, while this kid can stroll into said protests with a big gun.

Yesterday I was out on a ride, and at the start of my big descent of the day, a wasp hit my ring finger. It just hung on, stinger deeply lodged into the skin. I was descending, so I kept trying to shake it loose but I couldn't risk taking my hands off the bar for long. Finally after a couple attempts, I shook him loose, but the stinger, his lower body, and a bit of guts were left behind. It was burning something fierce, but knew it was safest to just finish the descent and then clean it off. I get to the bottom and carefully remove the stinger, and start the 15 mile ride home. When I got in, I showed my wife. It had started to swell, so she told me to get the ring off fast. I used some petroleum jelly to get that done. Now my whole hand is a bit itchy and swollen up. So add that to my tally of exercise session gone wrong.

I am really pretty lost in X4. Like, I can go repair satellites and catch some low level criminals, but a tiny cog in a big machime in this game. 😝

My kids can pick him out in any role, but that just might be because I raised them on Army of Darkness. Bruce Campbell is just a very memorable guy. I also have his autobiography, If Chins Could Kill, sitting in a place of prominence on our main bookshelf.

I asked for the address, claiming I get lost easily. It was my dentist! The pic was his wife with a different hair color. He has 2 numbers apparently, because I already had him in my phone. Weird. Probably a bit anticlimactic, sorry. 😄

So a month ago I got a text asking how my wife and I were doing and if we were ready for the school year. I didn't recognize the number, so I just kind of ignored it. Then yesterday I got a picture from that number of a bike and a woman ready to ride the bike. I don't recognize the person. I'm totally at a loss, but I must know them, since they knew my profession, they knew my wife's name, and clearly I have some cycling connection with them. So I decide to play it safe and text "The bike looks great, I will send the pic to *my wife*" Then today I got a text saying we should come over and ride this weekend. We know where they live... I don't even know who the person is! But I'm in too deep at this point, so I can't just text "Who are you?" If I've learned anything from sitcoms, it is when you are in a bad spot, you should just keep digging. Maybe I'll just suggest we meet at a neutral site and see who shows up.

We aren't in Iraq anymore? That's news to me. Killing that Iranian general didn't exactly seem like a peace in the middle east strategy. I'd say these wars are naturally petering out in a excruciatingly slow manner, and I'm not sure any President deserves credit for that. He certainly isn't cutting military spending either, quite the opposite.

Contract employees are guaranteed the contract outside of the sports world. As long as they are upholding the terms of the contract, an employer cannot break it easily. So...what are you talking about?

That's why he won.

You can also pretty much create a new account easy as pie.

The baker sells cakes. He can't pick and choose who he sells cakes to because of race or religion. He can say "I don't bake chocolate cakes." If someone comes into his shop and starts screaming obscenities, he can refuse to do business with them. If Facebook starts banning people based on race or religion, or even political party, then there is a lawsuit potential. But that isn't what is happening.

Entertainment is a double edged sword. You get the exposure to reach the masses, but you are also exposed to the masses. Personally I'm not all that invested in what actors are doing. I tend to wrote the lot of them off as narcissistic. Of course, there will be exceptions to that rule. Brandon Lee is an interesting character. I'd say it is pretty clear his father's early death adds to the dramatic factor. It all played out on a very public stage. It played out like a tragedy. Athletes and musicians do something very difficult on the biggest stages. Some of them even sacrifice their health to do so. It inspires, but I also wouldn't want to change places with most of these people.