We went through a long phase of people being hyped about Marvel, followed by a phase of people shitting on Marvel…now I think we’re entering a phase of “people who like it can still like it, people who don’t like it can move on to something else.”

It will be interesting to see what comes next in the monoclture now that Marvel doesn’t have the same stranglehold on the box office as they used to. Most other studios seem to have already moved on from the “cinematic universe” model with a new tie-in blockbuster every 6 months forever…

Sparkling water.

Just got home from an impromptu night of camping out at the lake. Did a few hours sailing in decent winds this morning. I am now sun-drenched, sweat-soaked, and exhausted, but feeling good.

As long as you’re convicted of a crime.

Being that prepared makes you even more suspicious. What are you hiding? Please step out of the vehicle.

Football Manager 2016 was the first version I tried. I put 1,500+ hours into it and only stopped because I decided to upgrade to Football Manager 2018. I’m on 2024 now at ~400 hours.

Do I get to keep all my current knowledge if I go back and change things? If so, I’d go back to May 5th, 2008. That was the day I decided to stop my through-hike of the Appalachian Trail because I thought I needed to go back home and enroll in college courses for the fall.

In hindsight, college was a huge waste of time that left me depressed and in debt. Thankfully an old Army buddy turned me on to a good job that got my life back on track, but it was a rough few years.

If I had stayed and finished the hike, I could have started that job years earlier, banked a hefty salary, and be that much closer to an earlier retirement now.

The amount of time it took to write this article is longer then the amount of time anyone will spend playing this character.

TNG, “The Wounded.” First appearance of the Cardassians. I don’t remember if that weird headgear ever made a second appearance.

Trusting the home inspector that said the roof wouldn’t need to be replaced for at least another couple years.

Not trying to dox myself, but I also live in Missouri and have a sailboat on Carlyle Lake in IL (about an hour from St. Louis). If you’re anywhere in the area, our sailing club is doing our annual Try Sailing Day on June 22nd. Free rides on a variety of different small sailboats and catamarans in exchange for a gentle sales pitch to sign up as an associate member, take some lessons, and be able to rent out any of the club’s fleet boats or volunteer to crew for someone on the Sunday buoy racing circuit.

Do you live in an area where you can go sailing?

I have an important professional certification that I need to get renewed before the end of this week, but I also really need to get my fake soccer team on Football Manager 2024 through the 4th Qualifying Round of the FA Cup.

Exciting news, I guess, but what does this really mean? Not having to download a separate face/logos pack each year?