Doc Townsend

My advice would be to look into it and determine if it is actual vandalism or messy maintenance. At the cemetery my parents are buried in, cemetery workers have to drive over the graves every so often. It’s not really possible to get machinery in to every area to fill in fresh graves or mow and expect them to drive around every single headstone. I’d prefer if there weren’t tire tracks across the marker when we get there, but that’s happened a few times. I’ve talked to the cemetery about it and feel like they’re being as careful as they can. They normally go back and clean up if they drive on a marker. As long as they don’t damage the marker, I can live with it. Occasionally, I do a little cleanup but it’s not an issue for me. Things happen.

Xbox One X Cyberpunk 2077 console was delivered today. Been wanting this one for quite awhile, but kept putting it off for various reasons. Not my favorite limited edition console or even my favorite XOne limited edition, but it’s a really attractive design, Honestly, I like all the Xbox One S & X designs, even the vanilla black and white models. X One is easily my favorite looking console of the past ten years. Was a little late to the party on it, but the combo of appealing console designs, good third-party games and backwards compatibility have made it one of my favorites ever. Too bad I think the Series X is unappealing and generally dislike the direction Microsoft seems to be heading (all-digital, Gamepass, etc.). If Microsoft really does move to an all-digital console later this decade, I’ll probsbly just stop buying Xboxes. i’ll shove an internal SSD into the Cyberpunk console if I ever play it, but that may never happen. Currently playing the Project Scorpio model with an internal SSD and an external SSD added. Not quite up to Series X and still inferior in some ways to Series S, but the gap is small enough to suit me. If the Scorpio wears out, I’ve got a NBA 2k20/Hyperspace model ready to go (another great looking console design).

Sound bites from Harden’s self-serving press conference today did nothing to convince me he’s going to be happy being the third option for the Clippers. Apparently, Harden is not a system player, he is a system. Anyway, Clips are going to at least be interesting this year. That’s really all I want out of the NBA. Dysfunctional teams are at least as much fun to follow as good ones.

I’m fairly annoyed that the trees on our yard lost relatively few leaves in October and instead decided to lose everything all at once when wet, cool weather set in. Amount of leaves this morning in yard looks like more than I cleaned up during the first 29 days of the month. Truthfully, this looks like a job for whatever lawn service I decide to call during lunch.

Edit: never mind. Better not to engage.

I wonder what Harden’s Plan B was if the Sixers had said “Sure, get on the bus”.

Yesterdayi

The games may be good, but I think it’s going to be hard to interest fans in the Series. Personally, I feel like this is one of the blander matchups you could get for the Series. I’m closer to a hardcore fan than I am a casual, but i don’t feel like this is going to be must-see tv. I’ll probably catch at least a few of the games, but if I have something else to do or watch… I’m looking forward more to the offseason, which always stirs up a little drama with free agent moves. lol, maybe MLB should take a page from Vince’s book and do a phantom title switch. Don’t play the games, just head straight into the off-season and whip up a Wikipedia page saying Rangers won in six or whatever. Supposedly, most casual fans have trouble remembering who won the previous year even when the games were memorable,

Is it just me or is Booker kinda terrible? I don’t feel like he adds much or puts anyone over and he’s often more distracting than anything.

I’m not a hardcore fan, but Morty’s new voice is close enough to the original that I’ll probably never give it any thought. If I didn’t know they hired a new voice actor, I’d pay no attention to the differences. Split Rick and Split Jerry switching hairstyles was my favorite gag in this week’s episode.

Hit of the weekend.

This is probably going to dash a lot of people’s hopes and dreams.

Alcohol-related accident?

Going to play Metal Wolf Chaos this weekend. I’ve owned a couple copies of this game over the years, as well as a couple Japanese Xbox’s, but this is the first time in a long while I’ve owned a working copy of the game and a working Japanese Xbox at the same time.

Colorado’s more hype than substance at this point, but I will be surprised if Deion doesn’t keep recruiting “dawgs” (his word) and build a world beater a few years from now. He’s tapping into something and kids are going to keep showing up to play from him. Assuming he stays in Colorado, of course. I’m less certain about that.