Jarlsburg

Shout out to Cassette Beasts. Just and overall wonderful game for anyone who enjoys the monster battler genre. Great music, novel setting, solid story, and plenty of room for emergent gameplay stemming from the ability to hotswap abilities and the chance for "bootleg" monsters with different types than normal.

For what it is worth, I took a constitutional law course in the latter part of Obama's second term.

The professor spent a lot of time talking about the accretion of power to the executive branch and very clearly posited that it was a certainty that we would have an issue with authoritarianism in the near future. I remember sitting in class (naively) thinking he was overstating the problem.

Good news though, that same professor has made a lot of headway in eliminating qualified immunity in a few states.

It's a deep cut but I used to play a ton of The Incredible Machine as a kid and the Zydeco song has always been a banger.

Higher quality remixed version from the 3DO version

I was at a bar with a friend years ago and he kept talking about how much he loves limes. He went on and on about it. Finally, I told him I would bet him $50 if he could eat a whole lime, rind and all. He couldn't refuse after spending 10 minutes talking about his love for them. The bartender was happy to offer a large one for the challenge.

This kid tried for 45 minutes to consume the lime. The juicy interior was quickly consumed and all that was left was the bitter, leathery peel which had the surface area of a dessert plate. He was chewing on it like he was trying to get someone to guess "chewing" in charades. He, very begrudgingly admitted defeat while me and the bartender were breathlessly laughing.

I only offer this as an alternative, minority viewpoint because I struggled with selecting earbuds for bed - try bone conduction ear buds.

Caveats being, side sleeping can be uncomfortable depending on head shape and pillow stiffness. Also the audio quality is not as good as traditional buds, but not an issue for most audiobooks or podcasts. For me though, it eliminated the uncomfortable pressure against my eardrum and didn't trap moisture if I chose to take a shower before bed. I also could hear in case there was something I had to respond to.

Just a heads up, this website is loud. So turn may want to turn down your volume before you click on anything. Very cool though!

The soundtrack to Lisa the Painful is really well done. The music is reminiscent of the 16-bit era but is haunting, weird, intense, and sometimes wistful. I would liken it to Hotline: Miami meets Requiem for a Dream having a chiptune collab.

The game itself was just a little too bleak though for a re-listen though.

The short story of the same name is worth the read after seeing how red a Scarlet Ibis is.

NOFX - The Idiots Have Taken Over

Saul Willaims - List of Demands

Earthbound.

The game itself is a quirky but endearing turn based RPG with enduring graphics and score. The game came with a full strategy guide that was set up like a tour guide to the various locations in the game. It was intended to be a companion piece to the story and fleshed out characters and towns. I was so excited to get it as a kid that I measured the box a video rental place with a tape measure and compared it my Christmas presents to make sure one of the wrapped ones was actually it. I replay it once every 10 years or so.

The game was one of the strong inspirations for Undertale.

I encountered him a long time ago and started watching him in earnest a few years ago. Really sad to see how he was affected by the Asheville floods but happy that he has been so resilient.

As annoyed as I was I laughed when he deployed that one.