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I was able to preload in the US, but I have the Gaming Pass.

The bathroom situation First off, I don't want anybody ogling in the bathroom. Would it be more acceptable for the bearded lady to go ogle little boys? As a parent, sending a kid into a public bathroom is always a little scary. That is a reality regardless of what bathroom a trans person is using. Secondly, the complexities of the human psyche is not a simple math problem. As a social science teacher, I give critical thinking questions regularly. They don't have a right or wrong answers. The goal is to think critically and to support your answer with evidence. History is rarely a binary situation, and I'm not sure why we would expect everyone to identify themselves in a binary fashion.

This was Hillary's response: Which sounds pretty reasonable to me. I thought you were all about individual rights, GD? Why would you care how someone wants to identify themselves?

I've been contemplating the idea of running a marathon, and if I did that, then I'd probably want to try and qualify for Boston. My regular running group has a bunch of people that qualified for Boston this year, and it has definitely been fun to watch them on that journey. But it is a pretty ambitious time for my age group. At 41, you need a 3:10 time to qualify, which is about a 7:15 mile pace. I can do that pace for a long time. I mean, with good conditions and a fairly flat road, I can hold that for a half marathon. But I've never actually run more than 15 miles, and I know it gets super hard to keep the pace going. Most people seem to hit a wall around mile 17-18, an again around mile 23. So yeah, just bouncing it around right now. I'd probably train for a year to get ready.

I mean, I enjoyed Shazam, but it was basically like a solid episode of Chuck.

I do wish I had stocked up on Preparation H. I figure we are always somewhat prepared for Doomsday with the RV.

Maybe it was just me, but that whole thing read as super condescending. Anyone else get that?

I'm sure I've said this before, but there is a heck of a lot of wiggle room between: Free Healthcare --------------------------------------------$25,000 for an ambulance Our current system is broken.

It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia has always been a guilty pleasure of mine. But I just finished watching the season 13 finale and it was a complete surprise. Kind of amazing that a show that has been in that long can amaze like that. https://www.vulture.com/2018/11/its-always-sunny-mac-dance-season-13-finale.html#comments

Ouch, but I feel like that Cold War hat is fake. Plus the USSR collapsed, so not a loss.

My daughter made dinner the other night, so it is finally starting to pay off, guys.

PG&E has taken down our power grid because of light winds and lawsuits, and I am dealing with an uncomfortable hemorhoid. Ugh.

I know you don't get it, that is why it is remarkable. On a similar pregnancy note, my wife went out on maternity leave with our second child with about 5 weeks to go in the school year. Since there isn't really a maternity leave in education, it is just sick days and then disability (in which the disabled teacher is paid minus the sub pay.) she decided to go back for the last week of school. When she returned, the principal had told her department, the district, and the office staff that she was not coming back. Her email had been shut down and stuff was boxed up. It was super weird. Thankfully she had tenure in the district, and was able to reverse everything, and filed a grievance against the principal. Long story short, he isn't in the state anymore and she continued teaching there for many years.

I know Gfted is just playing his free stuff schtick, but talking about a bum ticker in the same sentence is pretty remarkable.

The internal protest is fascinating. Between this and the NBA thing, we are seeing a pretty strong reaction to corporate censorship.

Must be preparing for a career in politics.

Hey whatever motivates the defense, I suppose. Some guys need that chip on the shoulder to bring out the best, real or imagined. I've always thought it was pretty brilliant how Sherman plays up the heel role. I mean, a good CB is often judged by how afraid a QB is to throw in their direction. They can basically disappear during the game as long as they are also making the top receiver disappear. So Sherman always finds a way to insert himself into the game narrative, and that has kept him relevant longer than most.

I've been trying to play Ark, but it just feels like Conan Exiles without the cool story elements. I mean, dinosaurs are neat, but I also am getting killed a lot, and exploring seems more punishing than rewarding. I don't know, maybe I just need to get a better balance on the settings. I'd love it if I didn't drop all my stuff, and then march back to my corpse, only to be killed by the same thing because it is camping on my body.

This weekend my wife did her 2nd triathlon. It was part of a mermaid series that is mostly all women and is very friendly and less competitive, so it was a neat change of pace from some of the events I did this summer. She is still getting comfortable with the swim, and this one was around a pier in the ocean. I was able to walk along the pier as she swam, and it was pretty funny hearing her voice carry across the water as she talked to people while side stroking. I mean, conversational pace is a good goal to have when doing endurance sports, but typically the swim is pretty quiet. But she got it done and kicked butt on the rest of the race.

The controls were difficult for me in RDR2. Trying to wave to someone typically turned into me shooting at them. I'm not sure if the mouse and keyboard will he though.

I actually was able to pre-load the game with my Microsoft Gamepass.

I think those consequences might be better suited in a civil case than a criminal one, though. Drunk driving is a heck of a lot different than shooting someone on your property.

Florida is a different place, man.

Queue the whining about it taking an exta month to arrive on Steam.