ShadySands

I'm so cold, hard, and blue.

In Estonia for a few weeks. I can never sleep on the flight from the US but I always sleep on the shorter flight from Germany/Netherlands. We typically fly into either Frankfurt, Munich, or Amsterdam since there are no direct flights.

Wife couldn't stand what they did with her favorite captain so we never finished the first season of Picard. I think Prodigy was easily the best NuTrek and closest to old Trek in heart and feeling.

Only thing is I don't think they'll ever get there. That's not really what Star Trek is traditionally good at* and you'll turn off a decent chunk of your built-in audience. Maybe if it was really, really good they could make it action-drama light sci-fi but it isn't very good which leaves it in this weird place. * I'm a firm believer in that you can tell most any story in Trek clothing but it has to be done well and doing things well is not what NuTrek does well.

Strange New Worlds - I hope we're done with the Gorn. I really don't like the new version of them. Wife thinks I nitpick the show too much but I'm trying to enjoy the show and certain things just stand out to me.

Ordered in for dinner last night. Got a Caesar salad with fried capers for my son because he's on a big salad kick. Got angel hair pasta with garlic and oil for my daughter because she loves noodles. Also got meatballs to share and beef carpaccio and burrata salad for the missus and I. Now we're chilling on the back patio eating some homemade lemon and mango popsicles.

I left a citronella candle outside last night after using it, because the container radiates heat like nobody's business. This morning, I woke to find the container contained more Japanese beetles than candle, so into the trash it went. Strangely though, the beetles aren't that bad this year, but the earwigs are a different story.

Going to be making tacos for dinner. I currently have a huge chunk of beef breaking down in the pressure cooker and it should be ready in an hour or so.

Game has been rock solid for me and I haven't noticed any bugs but this second DLC has twice now had sections where I have to play other characters/groups. That is one of the things I hate the most in games so it's really dragging down my opinion on the whole thing.

No reason to expect a smart approach from Elon. I think his work in DOGE shows he doesn't understand the government beyond the subsidies he gets.

Did a grilled veggie salsa and burgers for the 4th. I also did baked beans but my family has something against beans, especially the ones I grew up with Made a Caesar salad and spaghetti with a garlic, anchovy, and caper sauce for lunch.

Drugmakers notch a $5 billion win in Republicans’ policy bill.

I didn't think they were going to be able to do much or that they'd be able to move Porter.

Yay, I can't wait for my taxes to go up again just like they did for Trump's last tax cut