I listen to too much NPR (national public radio) and they had a story about it a couple weeks ago, but it hasn't broken through to the public discourse.

"They're doing it for political points, I did it for love of the game."
-Dave Chappelle

By the end of the night 60% of the batters in the #Redsox lineup tonight are batting .195 or less, with 30% batting sub .150.

And now 6 of 10 with Narvaez dropping to .195 after going 0-4 tonight.

5 of 10 with Monasterio coming in off the bench. Durbin sitting at .127 with 55 at bats already this year, which is 10% of his career at bats so not an insignificant sample size.

Absolutely love Roadside Picnic! Glad it made the list with so many other greats.

I cannot let a Pete Holmes mention go by without shouting out his show Crashing(not to be confused with the Pheobe Waller Bridge show of the same name). Its so good if you haven't seen it! He is a gem.

Don't remember who said it but I think about this all the time:

Republicans are afraid of upsetting conservative voters while Democrats are afraid of upsetting conservative voters.

Radio commentary was blasting him for not appealing to the baseline ump on that call. Said it was the standard to check with the other ump there and he was acting like a drama king after having his ego checked by Roman/ABS system.

I'm reading Cloud Atlas now and this is hilarious.

Re: economy- after a successful run I stock up on shield and armor kits and I'm already broke, and thats if I dont invest in upgrades.

Re: motivation- I enjoy the basic lore but the missions are bland and there isn't much else to be chasing other than upgrades, which are also meh.

To caveat, I generally play solo, in a group its definitely better. As a solo its overly punishing. The AI is still designed for a trio so going anywhere near them is deadlier than encountering another player. Also have some issues with the economy and lack of motivation to do a run. 1/2

I love the genre and this isn't doing it for me. A real shame because the art style and mechanics are solid.

Campbell might as well roll out the red carpet for them at this point.

They're the only games I still buy physically. Love me a Rockstar map I can oogle on launch day and then never look at again lol I'm a sucker for the nostalgia of it.

Lara: The Professional

Is that because it was so long ago or because it was so generic?

The scariest part is the recruits that will be hitting the streets soon who signed up with murder in their hearts

Humble Gary out here asking for a star when he deserves all 5. Can't wait to listen!

I've struggled with several Cormac McCarthy books, need to give The Road another chance.

Gatsby is one of my favs, enjoy it! Lots of themes and motifs that make it not only great to discuss and analyze but also great to reread at different stages in life.

My rec: Kafka on the Shore by Murakami

Oh man these are good! Just watched the Edgar Wright and Denis episodes, so many more I cant wait to check out later. They had some really unexpected picks but its so interesting to hear why some shots resonated so much with them.

An EMERGENCY appeal at that.

Would be interesting to see how it works on a different network/router or even a mobile wifi Hotspot from your phone. Could tell you if its a defective portal or incompatibility w your router. That said, a device like this shouldn't have these issues and they need a hardware revision w new wifi chip

I used it to connect to my ps5 from GA to CT and could play Astro Bot, and even used a mobile hot spot to play Hunt Showdown in the car on the ride home (worked, but no way you would win a shootout in online pvp). So its amazing when it works but 1% of users have wifi issues and thats WAY too much.

Not so much a lie, just that the wifi chip seems to be problematic. Doesn't seem to love mesh systems and has had issues with specific routers in the past. My portal works really well in my bedroom (its how I played most of Clair Obscur, which lag sensitive) but disconnects 2 rooms over. 1/2

I don't see how this plays out positively for them. They made Halo to get people into their ecosystem and get a 30% cut of all their purchases. Now they're essentially giving up that entire marketplace and hoping they make up for that with sales and MTX from PS and Steam users??

Always where is baby keem, never how is baby keem.

When I heard him say he was reporting in from Louisville I was wondering how that worked! I wondered if it was a makeshift studio in his hotel or if the local station had a spare studio that wasn't being used or if the main studio wasn't being used because they're airing Morning Edition 🤣

The IL is nearly half a lineup and a full rotation and bullpen 🤣 going to be interesting to see how Cora manages pitching in a 5 or 7 game series with 2 starters (assuming they make it out of this series).

Featuring the dirty brick(black spot on the left)! One of my favorite things to show visitors. That and the echo corners.