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#MarvelCosmicInvasion is a heckuva love letter to the Avengers and X-Men arcade brawlers from back in the day, with some Marvel vs Capcom flair thrown in for good measure. It’s also got Beta Ray Bill in it—and he does not disappoint!

Me: Imma heal my inner child and buy this, this, and that! Also me: ZOMG where do I put all this junk?

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In hindsight, I should’ve picked a brighter tie to wear today.

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Managed to get back before it started raining. #winner

Nine hours into Lumines Arise and I am totally locked in. (GG, egmcary.)

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Slow today but was breaking in a new pair of shoes. (Felt it was a comfortable pace. As for the shoes…will need another go to decide.)

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Yesterday, a bunch of us got to talking about how much harder it is to keep running as you age. So naturally I went for a run this morning. (Confirmed: it’s every bit as hard as I remember!)

さよなら、大阪。またね。

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“My controls.”

“Path of ruin.” xkcd.com/3155/

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もう一度。

The hero of the story is almost always caffeine.

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Kids and I spent the afternoon assembling an Up-Scaled LEGO Minifigure. If it’s “up-scaled” does that still make it a Minifigure?

今朝もう早く行って走った。

Renewed my pilot’s license yesterday. So I guess I get to look forward to five more years of building up hours.

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It’s been a while but I swear I know how to do this.

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My daughter pointed out a very clear rainbow while I was taking her to school this morning. Not a bad start to the day!

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Take that, blood pressure!

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My son was staring at some cookies I was having with my tea. “You want some?” I asked him. He nodded. So I gave him half. When he was done eating them he said, “Daddy, you know why I shared your cookies? Because they gave you too many!” Glad we got that cleared up.

If any one needs me, I’m gonna be in Pharloom. #HollowKnight #Silksong

It felt like a good idea at the time.

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I think it’s perfectly understandable when restaurants ask for a downpayment to hold a reservation. Especially for parties of, say, six or more. But it does raise expectations about the dining experience. Fair’s fair.

Again.

Every now and then, I come back to this video. For some reason I felt like I wanted to keep it playing on repeat tonight. Whatever Chester felt while singing it, damn sure everyone felt it, too. Dude will forever be a legend. youtu.be/dHtwZ07N1ic

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Weather was cooperating, so I decided to have another go. Decided on a route with more of an incline compared to the last 5k.

Looks epic!

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What is it about rain that brings out the stupid in motorists and pedestrians alike?

It’s been a while since I ran a 5K. Decided to have a go today.

Apparently, I have read more books already this year than I did all of last year. Hope I keep the momentum going!

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I woke up and my body was telling me it didn’t want to do any exercise this morning. But I did it anyway. You know what? My body was right.