Extra Evil - Sober Hangover
Today's Fortune: Exhale.
Newsreel
Spineless Hitler is the brand.
These damn kids don't dig the poverty cycle.
Add some heart attacks to the needless dead.
Flattening that country's messing with the market.
We could run the World Cup in the Eye of Terror instead.
It's too late to get on the Artemis.
A Photo
Dayle's Charge
Next week! Chicago!
Dayle's Charge Survivors still get half off my madness, forever.
War Journal
For all the shit I give stock jokes, I get more out of the tan suit gag every time. We're two atrocities from it joining "Baby shoes, never worn" in the canon.
Is this a Romance of the Three Kingdoms blog now? At a glance, that's like taking your first hit of Star Wars. I guess I'll alienate a different section of my readership with each bullet. It's good to spread the wealth, the writing wank and political grousing factions were getting too comfy.
The translation switch remains fun–I'm spending a lot of time in the annotations. It brings back pleasant memories of my unholy binge of the History of China podcast. A series so long that after said brain-altering binge, I still hadn't finished it. Someday. Once I'm spending lest time refreshing visa pages.
Surprise stress! Some drink. Some argue. Some stare ahead, like mannequins. I've been each of those guys.
This round? I left the haze with a Steam Deck order from eBay. RAM is currently a myth. Drinking would have been more economical.
Guess I'll try Absolum.
The rats around here are getting faster. They've been training. Preparing for their big move. If I don't make it, it was an honor.
Overheard at Sober Bar. Tarot-themed event.
Reader: I'm seeing siblings? Cousins?
Seeker: I've got sisters. It's the best thing ever.
Reader: That's wonderful! That bond's important. Let's try the next card...
Seeker: My sister, who I've lived with for four years, we're not talking right now.
Reader: Oh. I hear it's like that with sisters. You're tight like this, until you hate each other.
Seeker: Yeah, she's definitely undiagnosed autistic, which is whatever, but bipolar too.
Reader: That's a tough...that's tough.
Seeker: But I really hate her boyfriend. Fucking racist piece of shit. I heard him say the n-word with a hard r.
Reader: Nervous silence.
Seeker: She also has that thing. Flipping on people. Like you're their favorite person in the world, then they hit a bad mood, and you're the devil. I'm waiting for her to switch back.
Reader: I've heard of that, turning.
Seeker: My other sister's super normal. Married, nephew, all that. Love her.
The Reader pivots to describing the Four of Cups. The word they're thinking of is "splitting."
A Screenshot
The Present
- My new book makes you hotter. [How to Dodge a Cannonball]
- This guy's still at it, by the way. [1900HOTDOG]
- There's one coming I forgot to buy a flight for. I'll sort it out. [Expensive Evil]
- I'm getting odder, aren't I? [Exclusive Evil]
- My old book improves your personality. [Everything Abridged]
The Past
The Future
A bit of fun with reality TV.
Dead Sun Theory
More Simple Machines next week. The genocide drill threw me off my game.
Not Brought to You By
Half the tonic ads we sneer at come from dead brands. Due to all the dead people. This one's still around, so maybe it's only half poison? A quarter, even?
For man or beast! How the people yearn for horse medicine. I'm learning to stop fighting fate, and let people have their hay.
Though at least the horse/speed of effect connection is a thought. Not a sharp one, or even one I'd say out loud. But a thought. Pharma advertising has only regressed since.
Creativity: D+ | Persuasion: D | Sanity: D-
One Sentence Reviews
I Love Maria: Two star buildup to a five star peak. (Why/Hell Yeah)
Three Kingdoms (Moss Roberts Edition), First Eighth: No therapist can stop Lu Bu. (5/5)
Nervosa - Slave Machine: Aims for the neck. (4/5)
Angine de Poitrine - Vol. II: All microtones needed to win me over was a sense of humor. (3.5/5)
A Question
Signing off
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