Apparently there is A LOT wrong with my vehicle. So, you know, that's fun....

Good news everyone! My partner and I celebrated Christmas last night, as I will be out of town the day of, and she loved her gift!! This is big, as I am typically a terrible gift giver.

Wondered why I was having such a hard time dealing with customers last night, and then realized two things: 1. I haven't had a real break from work (especially the store) in a long time 2. I haven't been taking my brain-meds-to-make-me-function lately

I'm headed back to visit my folks next week. It'll be the first time I've been back to my home area in over a year. Last night I couldn't sleep, so I went ahead and packed for my trip. Now we wait...

Y'all, I know I haven't posted much, but I just wanted to log in and shout out my girlfriend who is absolutely amazing. She isn't on bsky, but I want to let my friends know that she's absolutely great.

@arealjonah.bsky.social i can't remember, but are you and @brittanygregory.bsky.social located near Seattle?

I am in a situation that is, quite literally, damned if I do, damned if I don't. Awesome.

Went to the tattoo shop next to the gamestore for a consultation on a couple of tattoo ideas.

Started watching HunterxHunter and season 14 of King of the Hill today. Both are very good so far.

Y'all. I really like my girlfriend. That is all.

The store absorbed the product of a store 3x our size this week. To say the least two weeks have been stressful would be an understatement.

I just heard the most absurd lyrics in a song: "if everything heals with time, then why is our friend still dying"

Put in a reservation for a cigar bar for tonight in Monday and never heard back. I mean, I'm going to smoke and drink regardless, but I thought maybe they wanted my money for it. I guess not.

Went mini golfing last night. Front nine, I kicked her ass. Back nine, she annihilated mine.

In case people are interested in the Magic B&R announcement today, but can't read the article, here's a tl;dr.

Jund lands in commander is surprisingly good, in my experience!

It’s every parent’s nightmare, isn’t it? you check your child’s bulletproof backpack and find a picture book about gay penguins

Trying out a new deck idea for commander. We'll see how it does.

I have apparently reached the age where every assumes I'm a father

To all the fathers and father figures who follow me, happy father's day.

Bought new tires and almost immediately one of them is completely flat. That about sums up my whole day.

Woke up with damn near a panic attack. So, today is going to be a fun one.

Hey @twatts-up.bsky.social! I hear it's your birthday!! Happy birthday!!!

My phone (i.e. My dumb fat fingers) kept wanting to get the band's name wrong. Here are some of the iterations: Blank Blonk Blink-192 Blink-183

In the words of grand philosophers Blink-182: "Work sucks"

Had a second date tonight which went really well!!

I had two absolutely pointless meetings today. In one, the organizer led most of us through 30 minutes of dynamic movement exercises. Then the meeting went over by 30 minutes....

I have found that the older I get, the more I kind of care about my hometown college teams in sports.

I don't know if it's good or bad that the "cigar enthusiast" app doesn't include most of the stuff I smoke in their database....

How do journal?

Bringing back the pipe smoking

I've officially transitioned to "Island-Time Eli"

You know what is a way to celebrate being productive? A nice cigar and a raspberry beer.

The plumber got here an hour and a half early to install the new water heater. I might actually get to shower this evening!

Finally tested the Pioneer deck yesterday, and realized it needs some help. Not as fast as I would like.

Had to turn off the water to the house at the street today because my water heater was leaking and flooding the garage. The plumbing company has 48 hrs to get back to us, per the homeowner's warranty contract info. So, now, we wait.

Finally decided on a Modern and Pioneer deck today. Woo.

Went into Barnes and Noble for the first time in years yesterday

I opened the blister in my sunburnt arm, and immediately regretted the decision. Tried to clean it with alcohol and covered it with a bandage. Fingers crossed.

Enjoying a cigar at the cigar shop before having to go get ready to attend a wedding. Happy Sunday!

Writing monthly business reports is not always fun. Especially when you have to acknowledge your own shortcomings.

Tennessee te getting straight outplayed my Houston right now. It's absolutely ridiculous.

My dad sent me some hand sanitizer that was branded with my favorite sandwich shop from back home. The only disappointing thing is that it doesn't smell like the sandwiches.

I have become the "bald head, big beard" guy. And during winter, I also become "hockey jersey" guy. On a scale of one to ten, how stereotypical of "fat, white guy" would you rank me?

Changing 10% of my commander deck all at one couldn't possibly be a bad move. Right? Right?

Gotta love when no one listens to you when you give play by play how the rest of the game is going to go if they don't respond to a thing. Only to have it go down exactly as you outlined. Down to the same jokes being made.

To play combo in modern, or to play control in modern. That is the question

Went 50% win rate with the new deck today. Went really well. The games I won, I handedly won, and the games I lost I could have not lost if I made better choices that will come as I learn the deck better.

My next d&d character is going to be a changeling impersonating my current d&d character after believing to have witnessed the former character's death and taking all his stuff.