Finally!

Decades late, but I’ll take it. Do Monsanto next.

Ed Zitron is amazing. That dude just says it like it is.

They all gasped and freaked out because they thought I was hurt, but then I popped right back up and they all laughed, for what it’s worth.

I used to live in a brick rowhouse, and the arched transom started to crack. I thought I’d diy repoint it myself, only to find out that a previous contractor had “fixed” it by jamming cardboard in the cracks and filled it in with caulk. Totally legit.

It was probably only 5 or 6 feet to the ground. I was very, very lucky to walk away unscathed.

I once went to a friend’s party in college, who’s house I had never been to before. Everyone was just chilling in the hot tub and asked me to get in. It was pitch black at night, and there was only one open spot in the tub. I went to walk around the deck, but apparently the hot tub was on the edge of the deck. I took a confident stride towards the open spot, where the deck apparently ended, did a complete front flip into the lawn and landed on my feet. Completely unscathed.

I could have landed on my neck and been paralyzed, but but some sheer luck, it all worked out.

Can everyone please stop linking to Linus? He’s a YouTube huckster.

There are services like Rover that can come check on your pet and take them for a walk. It’s fairly affordable in my experience. And as for when to say goodbye? If your pup is in pain or isn’t enjoying life, look into a service like Peaceful Passage. They come to you and although it’s great wrenching to say goodbye, they do a great job.

We went through this with our elderly pup during the height of COVID. Best of luck in whatever choice you make.

The technical term is AI slop.

Shitty billionaire has a shitty take. Shocker.

I love hard sci-fi/fantasy and Pacific Drive checks so many boxes for me, but between the tedious controls, and the only reward for advancing in the game is more tedium, I just couldn’t go on. Why can’t you save in the zone?? The further you get on the map, the longer each run gets. I have kids and can’t spend 3 hours at a time without being able to save in a game. It bugged me so much that I submitted a constructively worded support ticket.

It looks like they just released a big update to address some of these quality of life issues, so I’ll give it another chance, but I’m not getting my hopes up.

Pacific drive. Great game for the first ten hours, torture every minute after that.

I watched The Shining at a friend’s house when I was like 10. First and last time I ever watched that nightmare fuel.

I owned computers before this, but I remember buying my first PC, a 286, at a flea market for $20 with a coffee can full of pennies, nickels, dimes, and quarters.

Same.

Ginni Thomas.

Two weeks ago I stubbed my pinky toe so hard that I was sure it was broken, whilst talking my dog out in the middle of the night. It made my entire foot swell up for days. It’s still sore today.

It’s worse than when I broke my wrist as a teenager.

Steam deck.