31) Candy Flurry. (Don't make a 'short but sweet' joke, don't make a 'short but sweet' joke.) Short but swe- DAMMIT! Yeah, I really dug this series even if it only lasted for 19 chapters. It may have been too cozy with the shonen formula for its own good - I was taken out in particular by...

Seven days at work down, one more to go and then I have a weekend. The amount of stuff I want to get through in those two, short days is so tremendous that I'm already disappointed in myself. Right now I'd be happy if I could just pick one thing to devote Saturday to, one thing for Sunday.

Mar-A-Lago face.

Woke up early so I started reinstalling Windows now. USB boot wasn’t working for several tries, which was making me worried. Finally worked just as I was about to panic…

Internet was back up today, got to watch some stuff after work. But then when I wanted to do some gaming my computer went back into the ‘Critical Process Died’ shit. Got reinstall Windows, maybe before work tomorrow or I guess Wednesday after work. What fun.

Just realized there’s almost no way these sick billionaire fucks haven’t eaten human meat, likely on more than one occasion.

ten years ago today no one clapped

Backed up all my files again. Let's see if I can't do a little gaming this evening without my computer crashing.

21 titles leaving the Criterion Channel at the end of the month. I completely whiffed in January, only got through 1 title (and almost a second, if the internet had stayed consistent). I'd say there's no way I can do worse in February, but there's always less than 1.

Culinary Students Given Live Baby To Learn How To Care For Bag Of Flour https://theonion.com/culinary-students-given-live-baby-to-learn-how-to-care-for-bag-of-flour/

Typing 'does cold make internet go slower' and trying to not feel stupid for entertaining the possibility even if it is legit.

Day off ain't off to the best so far. Trying to write and hitting problems of things running too long. And the internet seems to be running incredibly slowly, so even when I finish my writing I won't be able to do the things I was hoping/planning to...

Look, not to actually take any of this as a serious claim (I question how many people who float(ed) election denial genuinely bought what they peddled) but a very simple question that Trump should be hammered with is if there was a giant conspiracy to rig the 2020 election, where was it in 24?

@owillis.bsky.social Here, this will ruin your day.

So… Yoshi, Bowser Jr., Rosalina, and now Baby Mario and Luigi? Am I the only one worried the plot’s gonna be overstuffed?

I just wanted to do a little gaming before lunch. Instead my computer starts cycling the BSoD and I spend hours fixing it and getting it back the way I want. I just wanted to watch a movie to end the day. Instead I keep getting the buffering screen and finally give up. Stupid day for technology.

Okay... Got my browsers and Steam and Discord reinstalled on my computer, have logged into most of the websites I use regularly. Lost a couple files since I couldn't, for whatever reason, open command box and save them. That'll learn me not to be as thorough when backing up stuff regularly.

What joy, PC went into the old Critical Process Failure BSoD shenanigans again. Fortunately I back up my files pretty regularly, so there isn’t much I’ll be losing as I reinstall Windows from scratch. But this is putting a serious damper on what is supposed to be my day off. My designated…

Writing a few reviews (micro-sized, but reviews all the same) within the span of a couple days, I can see how I terrible I am at articulating my thoughts without going to the same phrases or just shrugging and saying 'It's nice, but not great.' I worry so much about just being a passive consumer...

Good news to start the week.

Took me 25 days into the year but I finally made some time for gaming. I might actually finish more than one video game this year.

As I go to bed it’s not snowing yet.

21) The Mighty Ducks cartoon. Woof. Between this and Time Paradox Ghostwriter (and Primate, if I'm being honest) this year has started out with some genuinely bad works for me. My hopes were that this would turn out to be an overlooked gem, my expectations were that it would be a serviceable...

It's The Muppet Show with our very special guest stars The Gremlins!

How many of these will be mentioned during all the America 250 celebrations this year? He has erected a multitude of New Offices, and sent hither swarms of Officers to harass our people and eat out their substance.

Do they think there is a magical number of victims they can create so that a nation of 330 million a) turns around and loves them universally or b) is sufficiently terrified of them more than they are outraged?

One minute earlier… If I’d left the house literally 60 seconds, maybe even 45 or 30 earlier…

Fact-Checking Trump On Greenland https://theonion.com/fact-checking-trump-on-greenland/

Veronika, our queen 👑 🐮

I’m a little surprised. I thought some conservative PAC was going to bulk-buy tickets to give the illusion of success.

Wish I could call out of work, but I was legitimately sick last week and had to take time off. And I would like to go the day without buying anything, but I need groceries and with the snow storm coming this weekend I don't want to push my shopping to after work Saturday. Point is I can't judge...

Wishing all the worst.

I hope whatever's happening to him is really demoralizing, frightening and painful.

If an asshole says he’s going to break into your house and claim your stuff and his neighbor says he’s just joking, you’re dealing with two assholes.

So there's my helpful tip if you get stuck on a customer service call with an "AI": threaten to record the call. Or actually record the call. You'll immediately be transfered to a human being. Who also will refuse to admit they're using "AI."

Looking like 70-80% for my neck of the woods. And I'm working both days this weekend.

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As opposed to all those other booms that never went bust?

Are you sure this isn't a joke at the expense of the 'religious but don't read the Bible' crowd? Because 'Job went bankrupt' and 'Samson had long hair' immediately stand out as 'You didn't read the text, did you?' bits.

Not surprising, but at the same time dang it. Just let the mangaka cook.

Second full week of the year and my plans to devote one day a week off to doing 'nothing' have already flopped. Tuesday I lost much of the day to going to the movies (for just one movie, which I didn't even like) and today I wasted the morning and early afternoon puttering around when I should...

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It’s The Thursday

How do you ask someone to turn down the temperature while also saying they want to fan the flames of chaos?

This is a joke, right?