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Sometimes it is scary how things haven't changed.

Ok, I sat down and gave WoT a bit more of my time. Episode 2 was a lot better. I like what they did with Nynaeve's story. The empty city was beautiful. The Aiel was interesting and Thom is well played so far. It still has a long way to go, but it is watchable.

Bought a nice 18 pound turkey. It comes with a barcode so I can find out where it used to live. We live in strange times.

Stoneshard is on sale: https://store.steampowered.com/app/625960/Stoneshard/ Buy it and review it. It is great. There is a demo you can try if you aren't sure. Review it because people are stupid. The bad reviews are that it is taking too long to develop. That is crazy, it is a small independent game and the price reflects that. People need to get with it.

The Arbery case is the one I'm really watching. That was straight up murder. That poor guy ran 2-miles trying to get away from those people. I don't think people really understand what that means. They terrorized him before killing him. If they are cleared, I will understand why some people want to burn it all down.

It isn't so much about him repeating his actions, but this basically means it is open season on protesters. Every yahoo with an AR-15 is going to head on down to the next BLM march.

Trump breaking off could do it, I suppose. Which is what he will likely do if he doesn't get the nomination in 2024. Of course, har dot predict anything about him or what the GOP is willing to do to keep him in the fold. Actually I guess it isn't too hard to predict. The GOP seems willing to do anything to keep his base in the fold.

Egwene's father is a skinny innkeeper. You are correct, there is a fairly interesting moment in the book later on that is no longer possible in the show. Also Matt is a thief in a small town. Where, like, everyone knows him. So...no idea what they are doing with that character, but I guess it doesn't matter since they will replace him. I don't know. I'm at a loss. The whole show could have used a lot more foreshadowing and a lot less showing. I read an article about how sometimes these shows are helped by a limited budget. They need to rely on your imagination instead of special effects. I get that now.

I suppose karma has reared its ugly head my way after my Star Trek comments. I sat down with the whole flippin' family to watch Wheel of Time. I just re-read the first book. I was hoping for a Lord of the Rings feel. Instead I got a teenage soap opera with some silly looking Trollocs. They reminded me of the Kilrathi in the Wind Commander movie. I'm so upset. 25 years of waiting and this is what we get. My family is out and I don't know if I will watch another episode.

I think you guys are watching Star Trek wrong. Star Trek was best for me when I had the family TV to myself as a teenager. I'd turn it on around 7 PM, heat up a quesadilla in the microwave, and watch it on a decent sized screen. I might do my homework while I watched. It didn't matter what season it was or anything like that. It was just easy entertainment.

Almost done re-reading Eye of the World in preparation for the TV show. It is amazing how little I remember from when I read it 25 years ago. Is the first season somewhat in-line with the first book, or do I need to read the 2nd book as well? It is also amazing how much harder it is to read these massive books now that I'm older. I am lucky if I can get 15 minutes to read without an interruption or falling asleep.

I was going to watch Shang-Chi, but my daughter informed me that our Disney+ subscription had expired. Clearly we were not missing it very much. So we watched The Bourne Identity instead. Greatest love story ever told.

I don't think there is a connection. PoE3 is not in the works for a couple of reasons, but as long as the studio is doing well, there is a chance they revisit it down the road with a small team.

I like how this clearly came out before the pandemic. Congrats, the 20's will definitely have a unique identity.

You don't know what you are missing.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-59212355

I hope I don't get strangled by any skirts when I attend my next pants protest.

Short skirts and AR-15 rifles are not the same thing.

Vice City had an amazing soundtrack, so if they are missing any of the synthesizer goodness, it would be a shame.

Is that the 3rd one? I enjoyed the first two King's Bounty games, but heard mixed thing about the recent one. Let me know how it goes.

Yesterday I had a 10k race for Veteran's Day. Running has been very hard over the last couple months. I was dealing with a hip impingement and recently started physical therapy for it. I've actually only been back to regular run training for about 2 weeks, so I had low expectations going into the race. I had not run more than a 5k in about 6 weeks. But thankfully the race went amazing! I went out fast at a 6:30 pace, and was side by side with one of my run buddies the whole time. He's a strong runner and had won the even in 2019, so I figured I'd just see how long I could ride his tail. It got a bit harder after the 3-mile mark, but I was able to stick around and beat my buddy in the final sprint. I ended up with a 6:45 average pace and finished in just under 42 minutes. I got 4th place. It felt so good to be back out in a race that I signed my wife and I up for an Ironman 70.3 even in April. We will be racing in Oceanside around Camp Pendleton.

Super excited for Willow. Also Warwick Davis living his Life's Too Short life in that trailer is fantastic. 😝

That floating rock sounds like a totally reasonable expense.

https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/mayor-pete-pete-buttigieg-jesse-moss-chasten-buttigieg-193015615.html Here is something positive for this thread. I admit I didn't pay too much attention to Buttigieg during the primaries, but it is a pretty amazing story that an openly gay candidate was able to gain so much traction. We are barely removed from marriage and military service being denied to gay people. It is a big win for civil rights in this country.

MSNBC is very liberal, so I'm not sure they represent the entirety of the media. Terrorist is a stupid term to use, but I don't get the hero worship he gets on the other side of the aisle. That seems even more dangerous. He was a dumb kid who crossed state lines with a gun to take part in a counter protest and then got into an altercation, and people died. It's a sad story nd it should be a cautionary tale.