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That was good. Too bad they can't get that pacing down when they made the movie.

Huh, Druidstone seems to check a lot of boxes for me.

I assume you are talking about the writer of the article, because he seems to be finding 'political correctness' everywhere. As is pointed out with the historical references, this isn't a new trend. Every generation tends to be aghast at certain aspects of the previous. Sometimes it's justified, sometimes it isn't. Thankfully people tend to jump to the defense of those who deserve it, as we see with Mark Twain. But sometimes we lose an entire civilization worth of work, like when Diego de Landa burned the works of the Mayans. I just have a hard time getting worked up over the idea that The Cosby Show is harder to find now. It's a small thing. I think it's a rather big step from outrage to elimination, actually.

I don't know about that, I've bought a few new games recently for $60. The enhanced editions just usually offer a bunch of extra online stuff that I don't care about. The thing is I know I will typically play a game for a month and then move on, so I don't want or care about new content that will come out months down the line, and I don't usually care about online modes. Unfortunately it seems a bunch of people do care about dumb booster packs, because it must be selling. It would be great if we got content instead of simple assets, but consumers are not driving the market that way. I do miss the actual physical collectors editions that used to come out for an extra $10. I got some neat swag that way.

I remember people used to whine sooooo much about the subscription model for MMO's, but I was always feeling like I got a good value out of them. Now the new microtransaction world is soooo much murkier.

The MMO is Kotor 3-7 or something like that, so just play that. Heck, it is free. Just ignore the other people. You can even get rid of companions now, I believe.

Thank you for the suggestion, we will begin work on it immediately. Query: If we went with Starjammer instead, would you still buy it?

Like some sort of season pass?

I keed, I keed.

I finished Ironman Santa Rosa. Bib #1570 if you want to see the results. It took 15 hours and 7 minutes. I started this whole triathlon thing because I wanted to see what my physical limits were, and I found them. It was humbling. The swim was fine. I got cold at one point, but I only had mild thoughts of quitting. The bike was hard after around mile 50. I just kept trying to get to the next 5-mile segment. It took me an hour longer than I hoped, and I was really uncomfortable by mile 112. I never want to sit on my bike again. I also burned badly, so that was bad planning. The run was pure misery. I walked a lot of the miles. Every once in awhile I'd find someone to jog and talk to, which helped. It was a 3 lap loop, and when I saw my wife after lap 2 I totally broke down crying. I walked for awhile with a blanket (since it was now nightime), ate some chicken broth, vomitted up the chicken broth, then just tried to stumble forward. Oddly enough, with 2 miles to go, I was able to start running and ditched the blanket. I finished on a nice jog, but it was still about a 6 hour marathon. That was so hard. At least I finished. It was not a sure thing.

Stock up on sleep and social time. You will be a tired hermit for awhile afterwards.

I've been pretty dang anxious the last couple days. I also have been super hungry and a bit lightheaded, which made me worry I was getting sick, but I think it just means I need to eat more.

I'd say it was obviously flippant. He's in a Magic School Bus parody where the teacher turns bad kids into lizards. Again, I haven't watched enough of his stuff to comment more than that on it.

We went with a nanny, who was recommended by a family friend. Now she's basically family. It was cheaper than daycare, but still cost $200 a week, and that was 12 years ago.

I just watched it, but it seems more like a comedy bit than any hard hitting history. Of course, all that modern lens looking at history is rubbish.

25 years for something that happened in a war zone seems pretty serious. I believe in accountability, but that is a pretty complicated situation.

Classic Gfted. I'm completely wrong on something so lets deflect!

People love to make light of something that almost killed this lady. https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2016/12/16/13971482/mcdonalds-coffee-lawsuit-stella-liebeck But we are lucky we have Gfted around to defend these poor global corporations that generously offered to cover 1/10th of the medical costs involved.

The Giants have allowed 37 runs and counting during a 4 game series against the Reds. Criminy! Somehow they will end up with a series split, despite that.

Baby Shady!

So apparently the President also blames the Kentucky derby outcome on political correctness.

Yesterday I jumped on the bike and did my last long ride before the Ironman. It was 71.64 miles and it took me 4 hours and 24 minutes. That's an average of 16.3 mph. At that rate it will take me a little less than 7 hours to complete the bike leg. I did do quite a bit of climbing, with 3800 feet total and a couple very steep sections. The Ironman is 112 miles, but it will be 3900 feet climbing total, which means it is more spread out, so hopefully I can keep a faster pace. It's crazy how much time can be gained or lost by 1 or 2 mph difference. I started getting a headache around mile 60. I was on my second bottle of water, so I probably just need to be better about drinking, but I was also struggling with my nutrition. I brought a peanut butter and honey sandwich and that was great. I ate chunks of it and was done by mile 50, so I need to pack a second. I also brought a Clif bar and Clif energy bloks. The energy blocks seemed to make the headache worse. The clif bar was alright, but I always have trouble eating the entire bar. I think I might bring a caffeine version of one of those to give me a bit of a kick, but I'm still worried about digestive issues. I have a pretty sensitive stomach. I also might swap a water bottle out for a vitamin water or gatorade. Right now I am using alkaline water with electrolytes, but it doesn't have the same kick as a sports drink. My butt was sore, but I don't think there is any way around that. I was still getting out of the saddle and feeling good in the legs, so that's nice, but it's crazy to think I need another 40 miles next weekend. I threw on my running gear and ran 20 minutes, or 2.5 miles, after the bike. Crazy, but the headache went away and I felt great. Well, I felt good. It was hard but I was holding a good pace and felt physically better than your would expect after the long ride. So I've got that to look forward to. So yeah, I think this is going to be hard. But I'm excited, and I'm going to try and just enjoy it.

The article is pretty dismissive of crowdfunding as a whole, which seems silly. Everyone should understand that crowdfunding is a decent risk. If it wasn't a risk, bigger fish would be throwing money at these projects instead of all these small fish. I've actually been surprised at how many of these crowdfunding projects have paid off.

Tapering seems to be working. After a pretty mellow week of training, I had a super swim session this morning. Everything just felt good. I'm not a fast swimmer, but every once in awhile I get into a rhythm where you feel like you are almost flying through the water. It's a nice change from the typical feeling of trying not to sink to the bottom. Hopefully that means I'm ready for the swim. Hey, new emojis!

Ok, the Sonic thing is weird, and what is Jim Carrey doing? I mean, the guy is strange, but all of his movie choices (even though they are few and far between) have been pretty solid. Sure, he isn't for everyone, but he hasn't had a lot of just terrible stuff. There is usually a clear audience, which I fail to see here. Edit: looking closer, it does seem like he has had a couple whiffs lately. Still, hard to imagine this is the guy that became Andy Kaufman.