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The Giants won 107 games last year but have an over/under of 85.5 this season. I'm not a betting man, but I still see that as a head scratcher. Honestly though, I do have tempered expectations. They really only lost 2 players of note, but one is Buster Posey, so that is a huge hole. But I'm just excited to have baseball back.

Equity should be the goal. Equality ignores individual strengths. The idea that someone can't serve in the military because they struggle to meet an arbitrary number of push-ups is short-sighted. Only 10% of military forces even see combat. Do quartermasters need to be yolked? Probably not. Do they need to be good with numbers? Absolutely. Establishing a baseline for both fitness and intelligence and saying "You have to hit this target" is a lazy way to assess individuals. I'd think a modern military would strive to be better than that.

That was written by former swimmer Kelsey Vaughn. It sums up my thoughts much better than I could possibly do. I second her comment on the 500. It is an insane event. Of course, I have a 1.2 mile ocean swim next weekend, so insanity has its appeal.

Well, not all Republicans are tilting at windmills: https://www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-news/utah-governor-becomes-latest-republican-veto-transgender-sports-ban-rcna21116 Sanity prevails!

I don't understand why it doesn't cover childless women. I mean, if it is an all hands on deck emergency, why is it just the men? My wife is a better shot than I am. If it is about families, why aren't single dads exempt?

What an American Patriot. This seems like a win for the US. Oh no, some loon fled the country instead of serving his 30 days in jail and community service. What a blow to the US justice system.

I mean, that's fine if all you want to do is date. At some point you need to realize that step 3 goes both ways, and if you want a relationship, you need to work at it and accept the flaws. Honestly it's the flaws that tend to keep it interesting.

That is firmly lodged in my time. My dad actually took me to Sierra in the late 80's and we did a tour of the game studio. I remember seeing artists work on Quest for Glory III.

Andrew Garfield is good. I just watched the two with my kids this weekend. It takes itself a bit too seriously, but there are some good performances. The Rhino cameo might be the best part of the whole series though.

I'm hooked on Elex II, of course, but I also put some time into a new mercenary band in Battle Brothers. The new Oath system is interesting.

Dex is a good kid. He clearly gets his looks from his dad.

Nixon is a complicated President. He could have really dragged out the 1960 election considering how close it is, but he didn't want to come across as a sore loser. Can you imagine a modern politician making that decision? I crashed my bike Tuesday night on a group ride. I was taking a corner pretty tight and trying to catch the back of the group, but a car was coming the other direction, so I ended up going wide on a bad line. I hit a rock and tumbled a few times. Physically I'm doing good. I jammed my thumb and it is purple, and I got some superficial scrapes. But I busted the back wheel on my bike. I also need to replace the front brake, which was giving me issues and probably contributed to the crash. Luckily I still have my triathlon bike, and I managed a good ride on it last night. I have two weeks until my Half Ironman, so I'm just keeping it interesting.

I bought it, so I'll give it a go this weekend.

I enjoyed the whole season. Eagly is the best sidekick ever.

Even if it is just an algorithm?

I threw out the ledger book a long time ago. I actually spent all day Saturday watching my daughter play field hockey at Cal Berkeley. She was taking part in a club tournament. It was a fantastic day out. I did get in a nice little hour run before the games started. That is one hilly campus.

Not a bad idea. My kids get me out of all sorts of uncomfortable social situations.

Elex II has some really engaging quest threads to pull on. Rather than just having stationary NPC's stand there and hand out assignments, they have a bunch that will travel with you and have full conversations during the missions. These aren't just the recruitable NPC's, either. I'm impressed by the depth of it all.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07ZGD53JF/ref=cm_sw_r_apan_glt_i_SZE2Y0Q88J9ZMG5ZAV6S Controllers are pretty cheap for the pc, too. I have a couple of these on hand and they work perfectly.

It seems to really push the Berserker faction on you early. I'm also concerned that I've committed to them too much early on, but hopefully I haven't passed the point of no return.

Too much Elden Ring in this thread right now, so I want to remind everyone that I am playing Elex II and it is fantastic. I've improved my relationship with my son and my baby mama. I haven't had much luck with my infected arm though. Hopefully I get to cut it off and attach a chainsaw. Battle Brothers also released a free DLC with new starting scenarios, so I might need to get into that again.

Huh. I actually think the LCD screens look like an upgrade from the green screen tech, but it is still a poor replacement for traditional set design.

In essence, there is a pretty clear delineation between pitching and position players, much like with football and their offense and defensive lineups.

Uh...8 is early? Man, that is like 2nd breakfast time for me.

Hah, gotta love that the owners gave two hard deadlines that would lead to cancelled games, and the players waited out both and we still will get a full season. I'm interested in seeing how the pitch clock works. I'm comfortable with the DH now. I'm ok with banning the shift, although I would have rather seen hitters figure it out and adjust their games to exploit it.