tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28638086533842588522024-03-15T22:06:41.125-05:00From the mind of Lord PubliusLord Publiushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07047366006752124497noreply@blogger.comBlogger435125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2863808653384258852.post-39593241315071687682024-02-07T02:13:00.000-06:002024-02-07T02:13:39.801-06:00 Random thoughts on society's attitudes about sex<div style="text-align: left;"><b>1.) The sexual revolution of the 1960s was a mistake. </b><br /><br />Along with whatever 'fun' or 'sexual freedom' it brought with it, it also brought increased rates for STDs, bastard children and broken homes. <b><u>With Freedom comes responsibility. You will never truly be free without being responsible. </u></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg99bZkMFUHQz-QCvPuDm9fGbyChHj9dYMNqFnr89HKXcnj-B78Peh1JwgT_coVDu2AVJz9PLc5qljPvCc5YM_yV4r26uYrZaM5YeV6Outu1AHOztSV93qTDxGnK_HnJXyL4VUxoqqs6uIMtvAdfrmwOAbErzWEkqriRMTux3MJpZs1LNssBoUY-MHbvnQ" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="602" data-original-width="720" height="535" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg99bZkMFUHQz-QCvPuDm9fGbyChHj9dYMNqFnr89HKXcnj-B78Peh1JwgT_coVDu2AVJz9PLc5qljPvCc5YM_yV4r26uYrZaM5YeV6Outu1AHOztSV93qTDxGnK_HnJXyL4VUxoqqs6uIMtvAdfrmwOAbErzWEkqriRMTux3MJpZs1LNssBoUY-MHbvnQ=w640-h535" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">And I'll bet that NONE of them stuck around to take care of their responsibility...</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>2.) Porn is disgusting and degenerate. </b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">You NEVER go ass-to-mouth. That is just not sanitary.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgzA76UEqZJHqm8H-PY9OB4aj36VH1azbESVgXZ_tm2WPi_q20hr7WMxB3YyfwvHFL6Sx_TCdBdrB2pmk120rFmhf89GWv_iVV7cdz0d_9H2aS_biNykN9Bm0T8SzOdsWaM3Z0GYPhurGiBAYwVgZLPc7YwK91n1BkNnpRrOzc0pCFooq8boHZfxOzPp-I" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="360" data-original-width="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgzA76UEqZJHqm8H-PY9OB4aj36VH1azbESVgXZ_tm2WPi_q20hr7WMxB3YyfwvHFL6Sx_TCdBdrB2pmk120rFmhf89GWv_iVV7cdz0d_9H2aS_biNykN9Bm0T8SzOdsWaM3Z0GYPhurGiBAYwVgZLPc7YwK91n1BkNnpRrOzc0pCFooq8boHZfxOzPp-I=s16000" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Such disgusting activities in these videos...</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><b>3.) Porn isn't very realistic, either. </b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">The rough sex that you frequently see in those videos is what's usually called 'Sport-Fucking': two (or more) people bumping uglies as hard as possible just to see who gets off first. I'm just gonna go out on a limb and guess that most guys couldn't win that game to save their lives. I'm sure it also hurts like hell after a while for all involved.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhScCi7zZjgPV9NLrgCC2VlE0fjg2mJQl97MPsRw10LB2rz7tr2zgly8d8Xo4xEIt-oFgFlw418guiISaC3G5KLk21sgVS7k0YTs2NK6rvem4_3ZaCnWXKzZOaE7o6wtznU0UrRRcam0m7F1JwfqUHwXaudOhEGz-XWdvBHATyJfWojXOCVfAHcTM5aeIU" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="870" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhScCi7zZjgPV9NLrgCC2VlE0fjg2mJQl97MPsRw10LB2rz7tr2zgly8d8Xo4xEIt-oFgFlw418guiISaC3G5KLk21sgVS7k0YTs2NK6rvem4_3ZaCnWXKzZOaE7o6wtznU0UrRRcam0m7F1JwfqUHwXaudOhEGz-XWdvBHATyJfWojXOCVfAHcTM5aeIU=w544-h640" width="544" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Don't watch that shit.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><b>4.) Porn being 'celebrated' <a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12074945/Adult-star-Angela-White-visits-California-school-lecture-students-taking-film-studies-course.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">by various Academics in publicly funded California universities</a> should also be a sign that Porn is definitely NOT a good thing... </b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi7PKYscGH9sCvig-ucugi08X4TO7Goo1DNuLfMD373GYnFdrbB2gxwHrs8icwY4NkD4U46jogwz89MvJ2KWqcLyt3vw3qLth23F3qkH6Wa5qLir2-dK6q5BWJXURQZ0R6HAF2IvxjLxsYSmilZJz1NWSCftbOmNUXISYqfuYrzGS9Ow5p6VvwgT6G4GVQ" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="974" data-original-width="634" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi7PKYscGH9sCvig-ucugi08X4TO7Goo1DNuLfMD373GYnFdrbB2gxwHrs8icwY4NkD4U46jogwz89MvJ2KWqcLyt3vw3qLth23F3qkH6Wa5qLir2-dK6q5BWJXURQZ0R6HAF2IvxjLxsYSmilZJz1NWSCftbOmNUXISYqfuYrzGS9Ow5p6VvwgT6G4GVQ=w416-h640" width="416" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Thank God that I don't live <br />in that SHITHOLE of a state...</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><b>5.) Speaking of some porn stars being 'celebrated', it's a shame that this <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angela_White" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Angela White</a> person decided to be a whore.</b> <br /><br />A good looking woman like that with those kind of curves could have made someone very happy by being a very well-loved, oversexed wife. I don't know who would marry her now. I sure wouldn't. And no, I am not going to post any pics of her here.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiEj9SYgqdXX8kwGPDPsljxb0t2DUYi5oFDQvUCY1dJIfvDEfqQQfZXSC0JV0B8jg089LxD53iNq_DmOJ7DZ2jMP3DpRcsSi0cTG042ehOBEV2eLA41rV0UMKPFqh19YT9Aot_XFZkRPH31ZwO6klTWTFHtuT2m27AeJtzHKcVNG-WCYP3MlV_96euDolw" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="702" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiEj9SYgqdXX8kwGPDPsljxb0t2DUYi5oFDQvUCY1dJIfvDEfqQQfZXSC0JV0B8jg089LxD53iNq_DmOJ7DZ2jMP3DpRcsSi0cTG042ehOBEV2eLA41rV0UMKPFqh19YT9Aot_XFZkRPH31ZwO6klTWTFHtuT2m27AeJtzHKcVNG-WCYP3MlV_96euDolw=w440-h640" width="440" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Just an example of why doing anything adjacent to porn <br />is also likely to be a bad idea...</td></tr></tbody></table><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>6.) Women shouldn't be so 'libertine' with their sexual practices. It might arouse sexual interest in a man, but it won't help you get a ring and a new surname.</b><br /><br />Lots of men might like using a slut for their own entertainment, but they'll never love them or marry them. Don't lie to me and say you don't want to get married one day, ladies. EVERYONE does. It's part of Human Nature. (And the nature of all <a href="https://www.britannica.com/science/K-selected-species" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">K-Selected species</a>.)</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhgU6bbs7AkPQCjaWbwN-6xm9nTES_orItkc7dd6qoG4bNjCFPQAAcCUREXQrK2rF6AtyoPciCQnwrOZITYl25S6sVVPVyIsBUs3AS5AamH5fDLmTwM5m2JAcZ79DAhNzfl-_RojKKVxkCeP7sSbFbC39tkgGxdry9-RJsim2Bmm4Zp9GjGyVp9qJd9Ozo" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="819" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhgU6bbs7AkPQCjaWbwN-6xm9nTES_orItkc7dd6qoG4bNjCFPQAAcCUREXQrK2rF6AtyoPciCQnwrOZITYl25S6sVVPVyIsBUs3AS5AamH5fDLmTwM5m2JAcZ79DAhNzfl-_RojKKVxkCeP7sSbFbC39tkgGxdry9-RJsim2Bmm4Zp9GjGyVp9qJd9Ozo=w512-h640" width="512" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Should have been more careful with your life choices, honey...</td></tr></tbody></table><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div><b>7.) Generally speaking, Single mothers should be ashamed of themselves.</b><br /><br />The only exceptions are women who didn't become a single mom by choice. That means widows and women having to divorce bad men. (Drunks, Drug addicts, unfaithful husbands, physical abusers, etc.)</div><div><br />Why should a single mom be ashamed? Because she most likely set up those kids for failure and created a myriad of social problems. <b><i><u>CHILDREN NEED FATHERS</u></i>.</b> No matter how good of a mother you are, no woman can do what a father does. Men teach discipline and life skills to the children. Women teach love and social skills.</div><div><br />Even if the single mom in question does teach discipline and life skills, it's still not enough. <b>The way a boy learns to be a man is by his father's example. <u>The way a little girl learns what kind of man she should pursue for a husband is, again, by her father's example.</u> This is why it's essential for women to get married to good men rather than going it alone.</b></div><div><br /></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjOJC_Tnxe-fmbJbCYmQr2W4NOnZOhssUUe2DruZdup9IuNkhTHvY4jEpuL9oE7DFykei_F1rDJQAUeHBi13WPKolsCvklvbz-JHmahVco3xwSFrmFENOVqOsq2jAo64ViEiDb900GJ1prTQ0frWf5I_9vgYtKHHE6ruv4cgeg9L1hOFHNlPAoCQM4uhTI" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="904" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjOJC_Tnxe-fmbJbCYmQr2W4NOnZOhssUUe2DruZdup9IuNkhTHvY4jEpuL9oE7DFykei_F1rDJQAUeHBi13WPKolsCvklvbz-JHmahVco3xwSFrmFENOVqOsq2jAo64ViEiDb900GJ1prTQ0frWf5I_9vgYtKHHE6ruv4cgeg9L1hOFHNlPAoCQM4uhTI=w565-h640" width="565" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">You might be looking for a while... Nice tits, though.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>8.) No, it's not okay for men to go around screwing whatever women they can, either.</b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew+7%3A3-5&version=NASB" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">I'm not pointing toward the speck in someone else's eye while ignoring the plank in my own.</a> I can't even remember how many women I have turned down/rejected after they made various advances towards me. I don't like it when a woman acts like a whore. <br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjeRBq831spI3zivZ_L6LMQqKIhjD1boY8RsL1KnBhRTJrM6O5Tlh2lDODOl3MHRpGIEMA4xU-QKU5aNy7_PdplkK7dQoB5eucFbutXA4EAQoSBycI4RkiB289aUyNO4_jVMTjOlt5sFvYA6kFrfsDukQpG4iw73tN8OUG4-my_oSUA1mifF3JIqBDEExw" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="919" data-original-width="937" height="627" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjeRBq831spI3zivZ_L6LMQqKIhjD1boY8RsL1KnBhRTJrM6O5Tlh2lDODOl3MHRpGIEMA4xU-QKU5aNy7_PdplkK7dQoB5eucFbutXA4EAQoSBycI4RkiB289aUyNO4_jVMTjOlt5sFvYA6kFrfsDukQpG4iw73tN8OUG4-my_oSUA1mifF3JIqBDEExw=w640-h627" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Rushing into a sexual relationship is just not a good idea.</td></tr></tbody></table><br />And no, it wouldn't matter if I found any of them attractive, either. Looking good on the outside is not as important as actually <i>being</i> good on the inside. And <a href="https://lordpublius.blogspot.com/2022/10/more-horror-stories-about-various-crazy.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">none of those girls were attractive</a> on <i>any</i> level.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>9.) We never should have become lenient towards the LGBT crowd. </b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">I won't bother going into further details on this since <a href="https://lordpublius.blogspot.com/2023/03/what-bible-actually-says-about.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">I already did so in a previous post</a>. The only thing that 'Alternative lifestyles' breed is degeneracy and they just don't work.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjoFnGOqjPH4oJr7WX3dT3PV3cGhjjMNU3Re-UHNU4hZkrjQsUSdrK-XnbZ5q3T-Z9019SZGlgCs2CafWmdlEbvLMhmbJX5RC9P8Zc3ULr5TNk39GmuMkpZk6zCZRciAOf4phcVmK5KWTjAXANRsEI6AGR8NqXY1AK-CZqY-J6y78QJnn-xzfUhtZ6jB_I" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="512" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjoFnGOqjPH4oJr7WX3dT3PV3cGhjjMNU3Re-UHNU4hZkrjQsUSdrK-XnbZ5q3T-Z9019SZGlgCs2CafWmdlEbvLMhmbJX5RC9P8Zc3ULr5TNk39GmuMkpZk6zCZRciAOf4phcVmK5KWTjAXANRsEI6AGR8NqXY1AK-CZqY-J6y78QJnn-xzfUhtZ6jB_I=w320-h640" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">How deluded by Satan do you have to be to think <br />that this kind of behavior is acceptable?</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><b>10.) Parents shouldn't be relying purely on Sex Ed in schools to teach their kids about this stuff.</b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Especially since schools these days have <a href="https://youtu.be/LdDNBL01CAM" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">degenerate perverts for teachers</a> that want to make kids some kind of LGBT person. It is always <i>your</i> responsibility to raise your own kids.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhUP1uq31hzzFi02f8woYeB_SrNVqMQTe90u5lELeL-Kp18Bc1lJ1snzJFSsW_cdYu6K4oSIQ4vUEQ6ffgPRHEryr7IxtdN-rBw94T45QNtkZA5gTA-XialNMnCkjU-lO1Y-kMd-GHq3uz5-dDNvsKEKwLiXelctNbghQPtSRqQ-8sHHN-Th-dJeGRSWcY" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="751" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhUP1uq31hzzFi02f8woYeB_SrNVqMQTe90u5lELeL-Kp18Bc1lJ1snzJFSsW_cdYu6K4oSIQ4vUEQ6ffgPRHEryr7IxtdN-rBw94T45QNtkZA5gTA-XialNMnCkjU-lO1Y-kMd-GHq3uz5-dDNvsKEKwLiXelctNbghQPtSRqQ-8sHHN-Th-dJeGRSWcY=w469-h640" width="469" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I have no words for this...</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhIOX5Jrnj0E1XRF-tQROtkuCMFe-YWk3yRSKMys7Q-md60NTA-Auc9avp3oYPEjpVXAVxjiKVNnbBBBx3oDGOBxWuKVi4IbMe18fQDVWclSqQ99YV8rZUzoKMgKJsUo5CQHYjXtM6ezhlC6jQq8k33F5xn1yw-qtUazsmTcjgvmA6_aH-egkgRAubX7hk" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1017" data-original-width="759" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhIOX5Jrnj0E1XRF-tQROtkuCMFe-YWk3yRSKMys7Q-md60NTA-Auc9avp3oYPEjpVXAVxjiKVNnbBBBx3oDGOBxWuKVi4IbMe18fQDVWclSqQ99YV8rZUzoKMgKJsUo5CQHYjXtM6ezhlC6jQq8k33F5xn1yw-qtUazsmTcjgvmA6_aH-egkgRAubX7hk=w477-h640" width="477" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This 'thicketcrawl' person must be a Democrat...</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjKFYl-g3sc6nAspM2iK--rm-fKJrwQlPqxxhRwNePv6hUrKdntp2ty_E06IHEmMvZOlxxZkojQ2-j8XnQUsdzkMUlzIx3-nMAv7Z7UhoHQo4ieYwxeNidZktqFFiXECcKP-JoAWlAHUoumHtYyojT9Bb5qMxTR5epnWKoAkaY4LIn5t9u6bqkAftzlh50" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="816" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjKFYl-g3sc6nAspM2iK--rm-fKJrwQlPqxxhRwNePv6hUrKdntp2ty_E06IHEmMvZOlxxZkojQ2-j8XnQUsdzkMUlzIx3-nMAv7Z7UhoHQo4ieYwxeNidZktqFFiXECcKP-JoAWlAHUoumHtYyojT9Bb5qMxTR5epnWKoAkaY4LIn5t9u6bqkAftzlh50=w523-h640" width="523" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Why are we letting these <i>obviously</i> disturbed people anywhere near children?<br />Was the weird, unnatural hair color not enough of a clue?</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">- Lord Publius</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>Lord Publiushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07047366006752124497noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2863808653384258852.post-84898730714783532992023-12-31T21:02:00.003-06:002023-12-31T21:02:40.413-06:00Game collecting misadventures in 2023<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>Previous years...</b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://lordpublius.blogspot.com/2018/12/my-game-collecting-adventures-in-2018.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">2018 </a><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://lordpublius.blogspot.com/2019/12/my-game-collecting-adventures-in-2019.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">2019</a><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://lordpublius.blogspot.com/2020/06/game-collecting-misadventures-in-2020.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">2020</a><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://lordpublius.blogspot.com/2021/12/game-collecting-misadventures-in-2021.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">2021</a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://lordpublius.blogspot.com/2022/12/game-collecting-misadventures-in-2022.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">2022</a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><span><a name='more'></a></span><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">This year was definitely 'quality over quantity', for the most part. It wasn't because I didn't have money. Far from it, in fact. I just decided to spend that money paying off long-term debts. I paid off <a href="https://lordpublius.blogspot.com/2018/09/whats-in-automobiles-name.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">my car</a> and greatly reduced various other debts this year. Next year will see at least 1 of my 3 other long-term debts being <i><b>exterminated with extreme prejudice</b></i>, if not 2 of them. Being employed full-time has its advantages. 😊</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />Anyway, enough of that <a href="https://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/Bravo+Sierra" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">bravo sierra</a>. On with the games!<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">7 January</span></b></div><div><br /></div><div>Checked out <a href="https://www.plus1gaming.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">a local gaming store</a> today. They deal primarily in Tabletop RPG gaming, but do have a video game section. They had a pretty good selection over all, compared to some other places. There were also a LOT of sports games for just about every system they had represented in their inventory. However, that always happens with retro game stores. Also, the games they had that I might want were all games that I already have. That's also a common problem that I have with retro game stores. 😜 </div><div><br /></div><div>I was surprised at just how many sports games they had on the SEGA Genesis. The overwhelming majority of their cartridges for that system were all EA Sports titles with the non-standard cartridge designs. I have never seen that many of those carts in the same place. Same with all the copies of <i><a href="https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/nes/587113-bases-loaded" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Bases Loaded</a></i> that they had on the NES. Did they buy in bulk? <br /><br />There were also a few random Atari titles for the 2600 and Jaguar as well. All titles that I already had or just didn't want. According to the store employee that I spoke to, NONE of the Atari stuff moves very quick. I'm not surprised. Atari games (except the arcade titles) are the video game equivalent of silent films. They have historical significance, a loyal following and are frequently studied in Academia. Unfortunately though, the general public just doesn't seem to care about them anymore. That makes me sad.</div><div><br /></div><div>However, the store seemed to be a pretty decent operation with decent prices. I will periodically check in with them to see if they do end up with something that I want.</div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">10 January</span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Since there was a sale in the Nintendo eShop, I picked up a copy of <a href="https://www.bandainamcoent.com/games/pac-man-museum-plus" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Pac-Man Museum+</a>. It was at least 8 bucks cheaper than getting a physical copy on sale from Amazon and didn't require me to spend anything out of pocket. I just used the store credit that I already had in the eShop, which is now down to 71 cents. Lolz.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1X0erFcmQ5UwCta_F5wFAqRZVKQPRHRPBaQ35KGlZ_q7727iDO2_2a3SmoPnp2BjI3XVVR7-hpgqHdP2QCvfg6ScA-xFAPXeEzM_L8vpLYrzgDsQ4jIWBGhBFCYoGWR7qkw2lRa6eNm7mypIp8K3SIZ9-o_2zRRJsw687qK2DansnGCr8S4SXmW2K/s400/PacManMuseumPlus.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="180" data-original-width="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1X0erFcmQ5UwCta_F5wFAqRZVKQPRHRPBaQ35KGlZ_q7727iDO2_2a3SmoPnp2BjI3XVVR7-hpgqHdP2QCvfg6ScA-xFAPXeEzM_L8vpLYrzgDsQ4jIWBGhBFCYoGWR7qkw2lRa6eNm7mypIp8K3SIZ9-o_2zRRJsw687qK2DansnGCr8S4SXmW2K/s16000/PacManMuseumPlus.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">14 games for $11.53 after tax is a good deal...</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">21 January</span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Today has been a VERY frustrating day. I checked out <a href="https://www.facebook.com/spawnpointgaming/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">that other retro game store</a> here in my general area. It had FAR better selection than the other place that I checked out 2 weeks prior. They even had some boxed Atari 5200 games. I haven't seen any of those on a retro game store shelf/pegboard/display for at least a decade. Quite impressive!<br /><br />Picked up an XBOX game from them called MechAssault. Unfortunately for me, <b><u><i>ALL THREE</i></u></b> of my XBOX consoles are kaput. One of them won't read discs. One of them won't read discs and stopped powering on. The other one just won't power on at all. Typical Microsoft junk. I did get one of them repaired, though. The other 2 will also be repaired someday, when my repair guy, JMAN, has the time.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjbxaKaPgRNFxjM7mQUoc2qk2OQ5TLar_AlzHnAnVgpBt4Agfu4c2_au56aztb0TG4820bTb5RbN8O9yo4lrhZaekOqo9L1B7OHoUJQAuqjbPGgBK9hz8f9zY-Hzqp330HbWJaATOtEbThmePLBagFloQUuHGr3jZCZdJVkU43JGNnqCwvCpYdZptXsHsU" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="908" data-original-width="640" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjbxaKaPgRNFxjM7mQUoc2qk2OQ5TLar_AlzHnAnVgpBt4Agfu4c2_au56aztb0TG4820bTb5RbN8O9yo4lrhZaekOqo9L1B7OHoUJQAuqjbPGgBK9hz8f9zY-Hzqp330HbWJaATOtEbThmePLBagFloQUuHGr3jZCZdJVkU43JGNnqCwvCpYdZptXsHsU=w451-h640" width="451" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Gotta love games featuring giant killer robot war machines...</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">27 February</span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Acquired a few new items this week from some of the usual sources. That is, Amazon and my buddy known only to the internet as the JMAN. The one title from Amazon is <a href="https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/switch/371844-atari-50-the-anniversary-celebration" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Atari 50: The Anniversary Collection</a>. The stuff from my buddy JMAN is listed below. I brought the first of three XBOX consoles to him for some repairs that are now complete. <br /><br />When I went to see him, he had some more old game stuff for me. There was also a Voltron puzzle that he found in his garage and gave to me for free. He says there's some more PS3 stuff somewhere in that garage that he plans to give me, after it's found. I look forward to acquiring it too. My junk pile could always use a few more spare parts. I'm not taking advantage of his generosity, either. I promised him that he could keep one of the three XBOX consoles that I have once all three of them are working again. Anyway, here's the list of the new additions and a pic of this latest score below...</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>Hardware</b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">- A currently non-functioning SNES console in dire need of the <a href="https://lordpublius.blogspot.com/2018/04/resurrecting-old-monsters-in-my-mad.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Retrobright treatment</a>...</div><div style="text-align: left;"><div><br /><b>PS1</b></div><div><br /></div><div>- <a href="https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/ps/197898-mega-man-x4" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Mega Man X4</a></div><div>- <a href="https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/ps/516512-mega-man-x6" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Mega Man X6</a></div><div><br /></div><div><div><b>PS3</b></div><div><br /></div><div>- <a href="https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/ps3/605146-battlefield-bad-company-2-ultimate-edition" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Battlefield: Bad Company 2 Ultimate Edition</a> </div></div><div><br /></div><div><b>OTHER</b></div><div><br /></div></div><div style="text-align: left;">- A 3D-printed version of the Fleur di Lis logo used by the New Orleans Saints, which I am using as a paperweight... </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">- A Voltron puzzle that might have a few pieces missing...</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj41i_G5-3AwwYlwuoSAEBvAj6ec0jimxf8cDzJdK2cZ5MXydOZMshI0rk64dsDB1GT2eQabPEIb6AoRwLUrTjYi3V_oNI85VpZFYBjnzyyvg6_ixMlf7E8AG4JEMw5Gx7aAGr5kXeU4qsKpfARiHfXqk8fuIDG2vQnzu53R-tLqgEYn0YDAkTEnRy-" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="2736" data-original-width="3648" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj41i_G5-3AwwYlwuoSAEBvAj6ec0jimxf8cDzJdK2cZ5MXydOZMshI0rk64dsDB1GT2eQabPEIb6AoRwLUrTjYi3V_oNI85VpZFYBjnzyyvg6_ixMlf7E8AG4JEMw5Gx7aAGr5kXeU4qsKpfARiHfXqk8fuIDG2vQnzu53R-tLqgEYn0YDAkTEnRy-=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Pretty nice score...</td></tr></tbody></table><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">14 April</span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Amazon finally restocked physical copies of Metroid Prime Remastered for the Switch and I got my copy. As if I didn't already have enough games on that system that I haven't even played yet... And 2 pristine copies of the <a href="https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/gamecube/447244-metroid-prime" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">original <i>Metroid Prime</i> release on the GameCube</a>... And the copy contained in the <i><a href="https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/wii/960329-metroid-prime-trilogy" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Metroid Prime Trilogy</a></i> collection for the Wii... 😜</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh9AzGZWXx6hwX86wyqBVpPH5v2ufYpTkKOBwbxwJAxcSBMR5te3k7WHA2m0fuOu3msF09YYXi7LBDz90XhHoop7NLg8f5CsomZIJfRc5KBx2sJ8O5OkwKa1BjotMJCHczWJPN79Pvyvzvlb6aT3QuqmWPrKn1YZvNCXhGxO-1UYqW4joXID6i7_Vdt" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="926" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh9AzGZWXx6hwX86wyqBVpPH5v2ufYpTkKOBwbxwJAxcSBMR5te3k7WHA2m0fuOu3msF09YYXi7LBDz90XhHoop7NLg8f5CsomZIJfRc5KBx2sJ8O5OkwKa1BjotMJCHczWJPN79Pvyvzvlb6aT3QuqmWPrKn1YZvNCXhGxO-1UYqW4joXID6i7_Vdt=w395-h640" width="395" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Still waiting on Metroid Prime 4, Nintendo...</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">15 May</span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">I have had a regular job and regular money flowing in again for several months now. So, I decided to bite the bullet and order something from Japan through Amazon's American site: The SEGA Genesis Mini version 2 & a carrying/storage case. If it's even half as good as Version 1, it will end up being treasured just as much as Version 1 and the NES & SNES Classic Editions. <br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgtr4Rzjui42lYzBRtFSNJBgB-pgs_pl3fg9pd68QAbKxwFBZjiB0WhcuCa7wbyvD3v87mEaGaUS0RpxibYQ7R16z5LTFUV9Iu7lKxWn9x0gv64oscnhKjEuzNRJdxbYQvEgh4Yf3Qzce_miNRE2NP3yMREXlZ71Osv2RPqxfxISdqyUZpPzpcu_0Rh" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="2736" data-original-width="3648" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgtr4Rzjui42lYzBRtFSNJBgB-pgs_pl3fg9pd68QAbKxwFBZjiB0WhcuCa7wbyvD3v87mEaGaUS0RpxibYQ7R16z5LTFUV9Iu7lKxWn9x0gv64oscnhKjEuzNRJdxbYQvEgh4Yf3Qzce_miNRE2NP3yMREXlZ71Osv2RPqxfxISdqyUZpPzpcu_0Rh=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Part of my childhood in miniature form factor...</td></tr></tbody></table><br />I wish more companies would release these mini consoles instead of constantly trying to get me to download things from various download services. I like having multiple mini systems waiting for me on the shelf. Same with physical copies of games. For all the money that I spend on these things over time, I deserve a physical copy instead of some digital title that depends on a console/download service working over time.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">That being said, if Atari continues making Flashback consoles, PLEASE include games from more platforms than just the 2600 and classic arcade titles. I have enough copies of those, including some actual arcade units.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">25 July</span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Went to a local Five Below looking for a cheap phone case. Got that and a few gaming-related tchotchkes that I found there. Namely, some more tin signs that aren't going to be put up any time soon (and will probably be saved for the retro game store that I hope to open someday) and some 'gaming mats' that look like very large mouse pads to me. Pics below.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5cMXd4A4RsfBW5cMzB8DWIbDoOa-A_zEMVBnScznnQEMCBalJ3vtV4OYnTrAxDmBygIKzLZ9DpCMcsU_l3MX6vrj5yGTP0p0Vr06qQD9s3sSXxdwd1eIj1DSgCTDUFDoQlCjcvzW80rkycROS4uieHCwUzGV1P0ws4cR-ZlBU48OSBJm8nOdNhXQQIPY/s3648/Signs-Mats1.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2736" data-original-width="3648" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5cMXd4A4RsfBW5cMzB8DWIbDoOa-A_zEMVBnScznnQEMCBalJ3vtV4OYnTrAxDmBygIKzLZ9DpCMcsU_l3MX6vrj5yGTP0p0Vr06qQD9s3sSXxdwd1eIj1DSgCTDUFDoQlCjcvzW80rkycROS4uieHCwUzGV1P0ws4cR-ZlBU48OSBJm8nOdNhXQQIPY/w640-h480/Signs-Mats1.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Yet more tchotchkes...</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLSdSQm3lOQiSxqQL_gYYPFFGNx_evW2lRTokvMNhLBJKkT6EjKOEngxsVO4f1X9Uw6ytbv9XsH-IjApEXd0qzpwZHTRoWwGEjrA21QlUa0icUA8LrB28cBjGc9V21gx8HfpEzH-gqueVD4lQTtujc9Wa7zkOHRLrASP-LPtSM5Imqd4Mz0NFxjcB5qyc/s3648/Signs-Mats2.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2736" data-original-width="3648" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLSdSQm3lOQiSxqQL_gYYPFFGNx_evW2lRTokvMNhLBJKkT6EjKOEngxsVO4f1X9Uw6ytbv9XsH-IjApEXd0qzpwZHTRoWwGEjrA21QlUa0icUA8LrB28cBjGc9V21gx8HfpEzH-gqueVD4lQTtujc9Wa7zkOHRLrASP-LPtSM5Imqd4Mz0NFxjcB5qyc/w640-h480/Signs-Mats2.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">What one of those gaming mats looks like unfurled.</td></tr></tbody></table><br />The 'Game Over' mat did end up being used in my office as a mousepad and anti-slip mat for my keyboard.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">1 September</span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">A few months prior, I bought a cheap TV stand from Amazon. I had an extra HDTV sitting around the house (it belonged to my grandmother at one time) and wanted a mobile TV cart for playing consoles that wouldn't be left connected to one of my entertainment centers. It worked out quite nicely and will be used for parties, mini-consoles, my emulation console, old PCs, etc. Pic below.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiY726B7E9q-y9Pv4JSZTgOtqEvvzxX3TBi8ugSvObGd3vxBDJAhdrNdHSDo6x80clumuqIA75_cHjmJYbmvUfQ6V8EClTOG8Pyigq55LUfGmq5MGEO_lMGkol6sUQl7L1GIqInTw0OrtCYus9kji4I9sKBTI7YINgQIOYX6o5B7UII7x8JtlR69HN7VI4/s3450/RollingCart.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2734" data-original-width="3450" height="508" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiY726B7E9q-y9Pv4JSZTgOtqEvvzxX3TBi8ugSvObGd3vxBDJAhdrNdHSDo6x80clumuqIA75_cHjmJYbmvUfQ6V8EClTOG8Pyigq55LUfGmq5MGEO_lMGkol6sUQl7L1GIqInTw0OrtCYus9kji4I9sKBTI7YINgQIOYX6o5B7UII7x8JtlR69HN7VI4/w640-h508/RollingCart.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The game room was being remodeled/reorganized at the time this pic was taken.<br />Please forgive any mess/disorder you might see in this picture.</td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">29 October</span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Bought <i><a href="https://www.mariowiki.com/Super_Mario_Bros._Wonder" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Super Mario Bros. Wonder</a></i> and <i><a href="https://sonic.fandom.com/wiki/Sonic_Origins_Plus" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Sonic Origins Plus</a></i> for the Switch from Amazon. They got delivered today.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjUQyofahNl__SdtC2lXy_wYpJRzvCDAnC--PTfxT9JVlHmXp2SdFR5HAPqPdiPGTJpeNJAlpxZslHjt-26_WYqZQb0TI-bwPgIFjYIiglfw2lc4TB_6RUx1x1o8DkVknRnUp4V-Axwywvr1myT6sfUhW-O629WMGNhkPiDOlZmho7YxjVMBUVVC7JBpvk" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="2736" data-original-width="3648" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjUQyofahNl__SdtC2lXy_wYpJRzvCDAnC--PTfxT9JVlHmXp2SdFR5HAPqPdiPGTJpeNJAlpxZslHjt-26_WYqZQb0TI-bwPgIFjYIiglfw2lc4TB_6RUx1x1o8DkVknRnUp4V-Axwywvr1myT6sfUhW-O629WMGNhkPiDOlZmho7YxjVMBUVVC7JBpvk=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I love the Switch. It's the perfect console for games both old and new.</td></tr></tbody></table></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">5 November</span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Bought <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radiant_Silvergun" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Radiant Silvergun</a></i> from the eShop. It was on sale for about 10 bucks. That is much better than the HUNDREDS of Dollars it would cost to get the <a href="https://www.pricecharting.com/game/jp-sega-saturn/radiant-silvergun" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">first home release on the Japanese SEGA Saturn</a>. I don't even want to know the cost of the Japanese arcade game original being fully restored and imported to the USA...</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEieNf4C7eXOHEs4r0p4UxGAoZzUWTjoHD6vABHOLrKA5n5sxxyiI0LqmMqhkRqH0FDCw-XXwjLKwcpmQrhHxEy23sAsyvzZqqRGffYo4VTrAPZkEdWt6sBFmFfoU3jpvW20ORLEIG1-UPQ4yfnMpf3QSNlto3pD_KnRhmNr3RZYVI8Z7zThxHUpGmhqdDQ" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="292" data-original-width="1200" height="156" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEieNf4C7eXOHEs4r0p4UxGAoZzUWTjoHD6vABHOLrKA5n5sxxyiI0LqmMqhkRqH0FDCw-XXwjLKwcpmQrhHxEy23sAsyvzZqqRGffYo4VTrAPZkEdWt6sBFmFfoU3jpvW20ORLEIG1-UPQ4yfnMpf3QSNlto3pD_KnRhmNr3RZYVI8Z7zThxHUpGmhqdDQ=w640-h156" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Love these PNG photos with a transparent background.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">25 November</span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Ordered some things from Amazon on Thanksgiving night. The Christmas presents for my Niece and Nephew, a new floor mat for my home office... And the new Sonic game <i><a href="https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/switch/409472-sonic-superstars" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Sonic Superstars</a></i> for about 42% off...<br /><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRyUvXRzYykRGG3ktdlWlsxyG_BIsbQ0btCjAleGiNz77hyphenhyphenAb1P88foLk9BQWgWd8vDExc-JCUm5w4yzgj27ha8S5U2dE0FtNupQJ3VxHOECzlUckko6e_CNHZ-JEOtiXa0aCZh08uPS5-ZofYFD1XITpWrSfjAO8Makxvxd0sv_zee9ofdXEkcy_Y_3U/s1009/SonicSuperstars.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1009" data-original-width="617" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRyUvXRzYykRGG3ktdlWlsxyG_BIsbQ0btCjAleGiNz77hyphenhyphenAb1P88foLk9BQWgWd8vDExc-JCUm5w4yzgj27ha8S5U2dE0FtNupQJ3VxHOECzlUckko6e_CNHZ-JEOtiXa0aCZh08uPS5-ZofYFD1XITpWrSfjAO8Makxvxd0sv_zee9ofdXEkcy_Y_3U/w392-h640/SonicSuperstars.jpg" width="392" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sonic works best in 2D...</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">1 December</span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Got a text message ad from a local pawn shop that I visit once in a while. They had a Christmas sale today. Found 2 Wii games that looked interesting: <i><a href="https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/wii/998061-nerf-n-strike-double-blast-bundle" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Nerf N-Strike Double Blast Bundle</a></i> and <i><a href="https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/wii/938773-pinball-hall-of-fame-the-williams-collection" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Pinball Hall of Fame: The Williams Collection</a></i>. Neither of them were on my want list. My suspicions at the store about having <a href="https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/ps2/938771-pinball-hall-of-fame-the-williams-collection" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">the PS2 version</a> of the pinball game were actually correct. However, the PS2 version doesn't have motion controls or the ability to have 4 player tournaments.<br /><br />Anyway, the pawn shop ended up giving me both of those games for free because of a larger purchase that I made. An item that I didn't expect to see or purchase today: an <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Arcade-1Up-Arcade1Up-NBA-Player-Countercade/dp/B09B1D6P1H" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">NBA Jam Countercade</a> from Arcade1Up. It has 3 games: <i><a href="https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/arcade/583605-nba-jam" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">NBA Jam</a></i>, <a href="https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/arcade/583606-nba-jam-tournament-edition" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><i>NBA Jam Tournament Edition</i></a> and <i><a href="https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/arcade/583604-nba-hang-time" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">NBA Hang Time</a></i>. It normally retails for $220 plus tax. The sale price on Arcade1Up's site right now is $130 plus tax. I got this virtually untouched cabinet for $109.19, including tax. I couldn't pass this one up. NBA Jam is probably the only arcade sports game that I can remember enjoying at all back in the day. I'm also pretty sure that I only played the <a href="https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/genesis/367031-nba-jam" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">home version on the SEGA Genesis</a> too. Nice to have the arcade version now.<br /><br />I'm still not 100% sure where I'll put it in the game room, but I'm sure that I can find space for it somewhere...</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgLIOM71GCF_veOkkPMxNdgKO7Qy06wXR0J0HUEIj79PGORifOx-NAM9oq3SNHWU2TF1hUV7ZDrh3Ay8BoAbCv6bAuZT2oThbSG-WQBqvpHWFfV6z4xeFLVN-z66EAKExaYFXn5Df6sbhwoM3-KfZXoV4VoFeQ15MqPCpJnOReipSMajAGZ_eU85J_bR2g" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="2736" data-original-width="3648" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgLIOM71GCF_veOkkPMxNdgKO7Qy06wXR0J0HUEIj79PGORifOx-NAM9oq3SNHWU2TF1hUV7ZDrh3Ay8BoAbCv6bAuZT2oThbSG-WQBqvpHWFfV6z4xeFLVN-z66EAKExaYFXn5Df6sbhwoM3-KfZXoV4VoFeQ15MqPCpJnOReipSMajAGZ_eU85J_bR2g=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Where am I going to put that little tabletop cabinet...</td></tr></tbody></table><br />Immediately after writing the last few sentences, I started investigating in the game room. I found a way to set the Countercade in a 'permanent' spot while also not taking up any new real estate. I noticed that the 3 shelf cart that I use for tools, batteries and cleaning supplies just might fit this Countercade. So, I put the batteries on an empty spot of a shelf and put the Countercade on the top rack of the little cart. It fit perfectly and now has a new home. Even better, I can move it around to different parts of the room/house whenever I need to, just like with that cart that has the TV attached. Awesome.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjW9g8qm77poPut4VmTmPJBa4d-CAX_NKDRlF6YR5yXA8aLEsAkhyds_t7Ky1mJ8Xlux04V1vBNQTu_AVcyKpsiAUf42u9Refo47SyP1SJ5CQyVALBsHXLBI92vpPIvzMZzav-Qvi1eICPmQk4UfHjafkklGTepQoeqCij9KaSYPieZ01S6Yl9zD1xzMQ8" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="3648" data-original-width="2736" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjW9g8qm77poPut4VmTmPJBa4d-CAX_NKDRlF6YR5yXA8aLEsAkhyds_t7Ky1mJ8Xlux04V1vBNQTu_AVcyKpsiAUf42u9Refo47SyP1SJ5CQyVALBsHXLBI92vpPIvzMZzav-Qvi1eICPmQk4UfHjafkklGTepQoeqCij9KaSYPieZ01S6Yl9zD1xzMQ8=w480-h640" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Problem solved. Problem <i>staying</i> solved. Rangers lead the way!</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">16 December</span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Stopped at 2 different pawn shops during my lunch breaks over the last week. Managed to get 7 different titles for SNES, SEGA Genesis and PS3, all for a total of just under $50. Sweet.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">What's not so sweet is that one of those pawn shops put their price label right on the label for the Genesis cartridge. I did my best to remove it without causing damage, but that was impossible. No big deal, though. If nothing else, that cart is liable to become a test cartridge for Genesis consoles in my collection. It was only 2 bucks anyway. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">For me, the real score is the Super Punch-Out!! cartridge. I've had that game on the WiiU virtual console and the SNES Classic Edition for a while now. However, the original cartridge is still highly collectable. It would make a fine re-sell item when I finally do get around to setting up an eBay store. Same with the SNES copy of NBA Jam that I obviously don't need since I have the arcade original in that Arcade1Up Countercade that I got on the 1st of this month. Same for that SEGA Genesis copy of NBA Jam that I have had for years now. Both console versions are now superfluous to me since I have the arcade original. However, there is some collector out there that would love to have them.<br /><br />I know I've been talking about an eBay store for years now, but I swear it will <i>eventually</i> happen. If all goes according to plan, 2024 just might be the year for it, too. I have to do <i>something</i> to get rid of all the extra copies of things I have acquired over the years through estate sales, garage sales, clearance sales at pawn shops, thrift stores, Goodwill, etc. etc. etc. It might be nice to have an extra copy of an old favorite or two, but I do NOT need the excess amounts that are in my game room right now. Excess amounts like 9 copies of <i><a href="https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/atari2600/563236-asteroids" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Asteroids</a></i> and <i><a href="https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/atari2600/585116-space-invaders" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Space Invaders</a></i> on the Atari 2600 or 4 copies of <i><a href="https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/nes/579629-galaga-demons-of-death" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Galaga</a></i> on the NES. And those are just a few small samples. I could go on at great length here for just about every console that I have from the Atari 2600 all the way up through PS3 and WiiU. Some of those items are still factory-sealed too.<br /><br /><b><u>COMPLETE LIST OF RECENT ACQUISITIONS</u></b><br /><br /><div><b>SNES</b></div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/snes/588511-nba-jam" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">NBA Jam</a></div><div><a href="https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/snes/588747-super-punch-out" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Super Punch-Out!!</a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div><b>SEGA Genesis</b></div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/genesis/563345-super-battleship" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Super Battleship</a></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div><b>Sony PS3</b></div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/ps3/941630-robert-ludlums-the-bourne-conspiracy" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Bourne Conspiracy</a></div><div><a href="https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/ps3/943497-hitman-absolution" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Hitman Absolution</a></div><div><a href="https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/ps3/934385-the-orange-box" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Orange Box</a></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/ps3/942656-rage" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Rage</a></div><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiNjv2N8cCIlPsOcDon3fIgxO-V0e5stl6FB_15rLq4_cYSG92cCdTDRmZOi7rBw942pC1Wt-ABOxU0SPtZ8cQgMsltlMRN99I-Cf6-figuyf0fGNTSoytaQP4Gki8ExkjmA80YRenZ4Fnnw2gQomEDhP1Vj4s2dwIKtJg_39PwOa0Em1G0jvoBIjWFNj8" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="2736" data-original-width="3648" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiNjv2N8cCIlPsOcDon3fIgxO-V0e5stl6FB_15rLq4_cYSG92cCdTDRmZOi7rBw942pC1Wt-ABOxU0SPtZ8cQgMsltlMRN99I-Cf6-figuyf0fGNTSoytaQP4Gki8ExkjmA80YRenZ4Fnnw2gQomEDhP1Vj4s2dwIKtJg_39PwOa0Em1G0jvoBIjWFNj8=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">2 SNES titles and 1 lone SEGA Genesis cartridge.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjRwKSblTyvW1_8tNwdjaG-jsIQy2KZg6pa7Gi4WVH_tJf3fG2uMPUBmds388uCo92s6tTLxKY3H9lO_dG2ufQBy9sHXMXQ3g2ANWvPVDKfKNyzYPTQhJ82DUt21gGolyhVUftvp_ansltqTsGo1rG4q0nkXazJZ6F1_2VSTkxAbhzX8OTxzomZz3Q2jgM" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="2736" data-original-width="3648" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjRwKSblTyvW1_8tNwdjaG-jsIQy2KZg6pa7Gi4WVH_tJf3fG2uMPUBmds388uCo92s6tTLxKY3H9lO_dG2ufQBy9sHXMXQ3g2ANWvPVDKfKNyzYPTQhJ82DUt21gGolyhVUftvp_ansltqTsGo1rG4q0nkXazJZ6F1_2VSTkxAbhzX8OTxzomZz3Q2jgM=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">All of these PS3 titles were highly rated by players and critics alike. <br />I didn't have quite that high of an expectation for the Hitman and Bourne games.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">21 December</span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div>More retro game finds from one of my local pawn shops. Cost for both was $5.46, including tax.</div><div><br /></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjK1cZiW1mNVGsw38Y3r8GA-EZYI1m-baTVpVNb_fpjLm_GPiwrIhtnIPZhh0fOGZ2kchILXX4P9Ca5bDOyX3i3JxKnA27fwkdL64vkTTZvLAJqWovccmre2k28e3LrxKzBQEGZQ-bJVIasdpkHq7p70cjWkzBfhE98NvS4LAkUUC0c5-AvG9IB0uQ3Hn8" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="2736" data-original-width="3648" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjK1cZiW1mNVGsw38Y3r8GA-EZYI1m-baTVpVNb_fpjLm_GPiwrIhtnIPZhh0fOGZ2kchILXX4P9Ca5bDOyX3i3JxKnA27fwkdL64vkTTZvLAJqWovccmre2k28e3LrxKzBQEGZQ-bJVIasdpkHq7p70cjWkzBfhE98NvS4LAkUUC0c5-AvG9IB0uQ3Hn8=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I know Burnout is good. Not sure about the Star Wars game yet...</td></tr></tbody></table><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">28 December</span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Went trolling through the Nintendo eShop on my Switch today, looking to see what kind of sales they had. Downloaded <i><a href="https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/switch/426398-f-zero-99" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">F-Zero 99</a></i> since I love that franchise and it was free. You do have to have a subscription to Nintendo Switch Online to play this game, though.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh30BjG5ku3Eul28qFytYav_JrtPm7-sOwRFXJcEj6pjO6fuID-KhYF5F-NC--TOZO-QtfEPInytMamHnb8oFnQAmcbwwYXA-G0cpJ2Zc5Ay0fbhejxVituqB58UqDFhWTNAoaxk16d7nk3FoI6peanwTBizjCL2zUkNae92j_4bnoHnXnKttvniYGfx6g" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh30BjG5ku3Eul28qFytYav_JrtPm7-sOwRFXJcEj6pjO6fuID-KhYF5F-NC--TOZO-QtfEPInytMamHnb8oFnQAmcbwwYXA-G0cpJ2Zc5Ay0fbhejxVituqB58UqDFhWTNAoaxk16d7nk3FoI6peanwTBizjCL2zUkNae92j_4bnoHnXnKttvniYGfx6g=w640-h360" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This looks like it's gonna be interesting... Still waiting on a proper sequel to <i><a href="https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/gamecube/560617-f-zero-gx" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">F-Zero GX</a></i>, though...</td></tr></tbody></table><br />Also added quite a few nice games to my want list that are going to be really cheap with the current sale. Hope that I don't need to get a larger MicroSD Card for my system because of them. 😜</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">30 December</span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">At the risk of sounding like a broken record, I went to those 2 pawn shops near my work again today during my lunch break. One of them was a bust. The other had some interesting items. I picked up two titles for the PS2: <i><a href="https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/ps2/932720-star-trek-encounters" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Star Trek: Encounters</a></i> (which I already had in my collection) and <a href="https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/ps2/919172-the-warriors" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><i>The Warriors</i></a>. With my Veterans discount, both of these were acquired for $4.36 with tax. Pretty sweet little score, even if the Star Trek game ends up being resold on eBay someday. I really do need to get that eBay store started...</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEghMI-N5bwza2MLulvbFmHi9oOg4qYWnOfrFyz3bRo3Fhfac6tqWX6XM5nCbebQy7fH_S9Ul5PxaSl1dekrdK1A4MKDEeLM40Icv3B46COCSCFLBeeav_GM5RJz_yJnFeffa_9tQxvetsLcbvJpPQvzLLrOTWmKQnY2uOJqU_vnWS4a8sS9E5b0RynqQcE" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="684" data-original-width="912" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEghMI-N5bwza2MLulvbFmHi9oOg4qYWnOfrFyz3bRo3Fhfac6tqWX6XM5nCbebQy7fH_S9Ul5PxaSl1dekrdK1A4MKDEeLM40Icv3B46COCSCFLBeeav_GM5RJz_yJnFeffa_9tQxvetsLcbvJpPQvzLLrOTWmKQnY2uOJqU_vnWS4a8sS9E5b0RynqQcE=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I am looking forward to playing that Warriors game...</td></tr></tbody></table><br />Also, I bought $100 worth of eShop cards to take advantage of Nintendo's annual Christmas/New Year's/Winter sales. Turns out that I will have plenty of space on that SD card for the new purchases. Sale price for all of them was about $80. Regular price would have been at least double that amount. Still have about $30 left in my eShop funds, including cash and gold coins. Will I use them tomorrow or wait for January 2024? Only time will tell...</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>TITLES ACQUIRED IN THE eSHOP SALE</b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div><a href="https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/switch/389195-akka-arrh" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Akka Arrh</a></div><div><a href="https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/switch/430304-berzerk-recharged" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Berzerk: Recharged</a></div><div><a href="https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/switch/394284-caverns-of-mars-recharged" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Caverns of Mars: Recharged</a></div><div><a href="https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/switch/245502-doom-eternal" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">DOOM Eternal</a></div><div><a href="https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/switch/241238-dusk" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Dusk</a></div><div><a href="https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/switch/378934-horizon-chase-2" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Horizon Chase 2</a></div><div><a href="https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/switch/419440-quake-ii-enhanced-edition" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Quake II - Enhanced Edition</a></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh0JYXW9NmdYEO6QPcfMDXm8QG-uhPq9dGq6PvcUwZQitfa2SPMBXmuaq2yIpwJ7qVpWgaTTB-lnmo1L9FMqHJj-0--H1lKJyqDEKGDwYgFDpbyXcN8UP_q7yuMC_wneYBtqyyGHkSJAkA4vGLwPi1u8FjHB8Kjy4Q-yBy7PizVlzZqBYbVOkEStf8CSdM" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="736" data-original-width="785" height="600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh0JYXW9NmdYEO6QPcfMDXm8QG-uhPq9dGq6PvcUwZQitfa2SPMBXmuaq2yIpwJ7qVpWgaTTB-lnmo1L9FMqHJj-0--H1lKJyqDEKGDwYgFDpbyXcN8UP_q7yuMC_wneYBtqyyGHkSJAkA4vGLwPi1u8FjHB8Kjy4Q-yBy7PizVlzZqBYbVOkEStf8CSdM=w640-h600" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">It's easier for me to put the title screens/posters in this one image.</td></tr></tbody></table><br />It took nearly 2 hours to download the 3 Atari games and Horizon Chase. The others continued downloading into the night. As of tonight, December 31st, I am still downloading Quake II. (I had to stop the downloads and go to work today.) I don't expect Doom Eternal to finish downloading until sometime January 2nd or 3rd. Fortunately, I have both of those days off from work.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><span><!--more--></span><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">And that's all for 2023. What a year. I'm gainfully employed. The car is paid off. Debts are considerably smaller. Star Trek is getting MUCH better now thanks to Picard Season 3 and Strange New Worlds. Life, in many ways, is MUCH better. Much to the chagrin of both my many vanquished personal enemies and the Democratic party in general, I have made it through with flying colors. Not only have I survived, I have <i><b>thrived</b></i>. Life, for the moment, is pretty good. <br /><br />See you all in 2024, folks. Until then, pray for Liberty and Peace in our time and for our beloved Republic to remain just that: a Republic.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">- Lord Publius</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>Lord Publiushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07047366006752124497noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2863808653384258852.post-47228354513145032202023-05-20T18:45:00.002-05:002023-08-23T01:59:15.266-05:0011 random Autism questions that I found on social media<div style="text-align: left;">Found these online just now. Thought it would make a good, random post for this blog since it was originally started to discuss Autism issues.<br /><br />========<br /><br /><div><b>1.) When you tell people you have autism, do many not believe you because they think autism is the disorder where people don’t know how to do anything and have to be supervised at all times?</b></div><div><br /></div><div>Usually, the reaction I get is somewhere between 'Well that explains X about you' or 'I knew it! It had to be something like Asperger's. Nothing else fits!"</div><div><br /></div><div><b>2.) Why is autism more prevalent today than it was in previous decades?</b></div><div><br /></div><div>Better testing methods that are merely making it more visible. I don't know if there are any other factors. I am sure that the actual rate hasn't actually increased. Society has always had the 'weird kids' and 'lonesome stranger' in each generation. To me, it's a foregone conclusion that many (if not most) of them are all autistic on some level.</div><div><br /></div><div><b>3.) Why do people make fun of Autism?</b></div><div><br /></div><div>Because some people are assholes.</div><div><br /></div><div><b>4.) What causes autism in adults?</b></div><div><br /></div><div>The same thing that causes it in kids: genetics. The specific genetic triggers that cause 'Autism Spectrum Disorder' (or whatever it's called next week) are still not known or well-understood on any level.</div><div><br /></div><div><b>5.) Is it OK to date someone with autism?</b></div><div><br /></div><div>Yes.</div><div><br /></div><div><b>6.) What do humans with autism/Asperger’s dislike?</b></div><div><br /></div><div>All the same things that you dislike most of the time. We also especially hate being 'Othered' by you Neuro-typicals. It's like all of you are the angry villagers with torches and pitchforks and we're (in your eyes at least) Frankenstein's Monster. </div><div><br /></div><div>Truth be told, some of us are more likely to be the Mad Scientist that created that monster. You Neuro-typicals benefit greatly from our 'monsters' too. Did you actually believe that it was Neuro-typicals that created the science, technology, engineering, mathematical principles and machinery that make modern civilization possible? I am inclined to doubt it...</div><div><br /></div><div><b>7.) What is it like to fail the ‘Sally-Anne’ test? What is it about the test that leads (many) people with autism to answer 'Anne's box'? Why can people with autism not see that the answer is 'Sally's basket'?</b></div><div><br /></div><div>Never heard of this test before. Don't particularly care, either.</div><div><br /></div><div><b>8.) How can I help my daughter with autism to give up her stuffed toys? She is too old for them.</b></div><div><br /></div><div>As I understand it, many Neuro-typical women keep their childhood toys well into adulthood as well. This may well be one of the more normal things that your autistic child does with her life. Focus on making her more sociable instead. That issue is much more important.</div><div><br /></div><div><b>9.) What is love like for those with high-functioning autism?</b></div><div><br /></div><div>Oftentimes very lonely, depressing and sad.</div><div><br /></div><div><b>10.) Which essential oils are best for autism?</b></div><div><br /></div><div>The only oils that I really consider essential are...</div><div><br /></div><div>A.) The oil that I routinely sell in my auto parts store everyday. </div><div>B.) The oils that I use for cooking meals. (Canola, Olive, etc.)</div><div><br /></div><div>Beyond that, I don't even know what you mean by 'essential' oils. Do you mean those oils that a masseuse uses on their clients?</div><div><br /></div><div><b>11.) What is the life expectancy of autistic people?</b></div><div><br /></div><div>The same as Neuro-typicals. Autism is a different operating system for the brain, not something akin to brain cancer or a stroke. Quit treating us like we're sick. Start acting as mentors for us so we can learn to more successfully deal with this world that was clearly made for you NTs.</div><div><br /></div><div>- Lord Publius</div><div><br /></div></div>Lord Publiushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07047366006752124497noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2863808653384258852.post-77313669803952416112023-03-16T00:37:00.001-05:002023-03-16T00:37:29.304-05:00What the Bible actually says about Homosexual Behavior<p></p><div>It's not a secret that we Christians don't like anything LGBT-Related. However, despite popular opinion being informed by Leftist Media (and morons calling themselves 'pastors'), we don't hate Homosexual people. It's the behavior that is detestable, not the people.</div><div><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6MLbvh_Vibu2Smo7FUZ7WNW4ZE481XGHWhKj0LImVxQqBTtCbVgHSisfx-MJj9wRyvV_AuMe8OdaWnZwK4rTePIPu7bgl5ZnDm7P9mBvhL-eU7peSptZRHOKB4q1hROpZ7NxaR6Vv1DRLygRYZab0ZyGSxDZnTG8qNXh4B9cS4CwCHuNF6H5gXrIN/s529/Never%20Hate.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6MLbvh_Vibu2Smo7FUZ7WNW4ZE481XGHWhKj0LImVxQqBTtCbVgHSisfx-MJj9wRyvV_AuMe8OdaWnZwK4rTePIPu7bgl5ZnDm7P9mBvhL-eU7peSptZRHOKB4q1hROpZ7NxaR6Vv1DRLygRYZab0ZyGSxDZnTG8qNXh4B9cS4CwCHuNF6H5gXrIN/w580-h640/Never%20Hate.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">Man is incurably religious...</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /></div><div>Also, keep in mind that this blog post is strictly for information purposes. I am not looking to wag the finger at anyone and tell them they're going to Hell. Jesus said that was a no-go. (See <a href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew+7%3A1-5&version=NASB" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Matthew 7:1-5</a>) ALL of us are prone to one sin or another and ALL sins are detestable in God's eyes. It's not a competition. All of them are equally bad.</div><div><span style="color: white;"><span style="white-space: pre-line;"><br /></span></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhH4dJUaKhiYfioL8zUNvpeMaq6VnpisvZhb8sSxoc-ypEa9og4Kx9VmNjaHQ9aGBQeHeJrxE_jL6Agcz-aXToaui8MOpZ-sC87InOw7XlW_zD6R1-wP26CRVoe8D0PmlEx580OQg1pRW9THqlOcMUW7eMyTwmNbNHXn_XLYCcHQIV88IQz54nPy2G5/s1024/Sheep-Help.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhH4dJUaKhiYfioL8zUNvpeMaq6VnpisvZhb8sSxoc-ypEa9og4Kx9VmNjaHQ9aGBQeHeJrxE_jL6Agcz-aXToaui8MOpZ-sC87InOw7XlW_zD6R1-wP26CRVoe8D0PmlEx580OQg1pRW9THqlOcMUW7eMyTwmNbNHXn_XLYCcHQIV88IQz54nPy2G5/w636-h640/Sheep-Help.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">And they will make even more sense as this post goes on...</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br />That being said, the behavior being put on public display with these Homosexuals is rather disgusting and inappropriate. You wouldn't want to see me breeding with a woman in public. I don't want to see you cornholing your boyfriend at some parade, either. If you're going to live an 'alternate lifestyle', at least keep the seedier parts of it at home. Some things are best kept private.</div><span><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="color: white; font-family: inherit;"><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgMk7R_4e3ap7JDA_Js1R5nHjOK0FhdEfAWiw2eqQqPmzocGPRI9hBgqcgt2aTnQl45BE6XOoRK9Dg5ANjyxEPBb1EMv9et7JDJZTpZ-JQZsoFhjCd7QaoWQvKBZdW01j8EMPlf0CiwzXWNnw3SsHt_qTHvH1EFaOqaYXsmyG-DN_NHn1kOWkFWscF/s1024/06.jpg"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgMk7R_4e3ap7JDA_Js1R5nHjOK0FhdEfAWiw2eqQqPmzocGPRI9hBgqcgt2aTnQl45BE6XOoRK9Dg5ANjyxEPBb1EMv9et7JDJZTpZ-JQZsoFhjCd7QaoWQvKBZdW01j8EMPlf0CiwzXWNnw3SsHt_qTHvH1EFaOqaYXsmyG-DN_NHn1kOWkFWscF/w640-h460/06.jpg" /></a></div>
</span></span><div style="text-align: center;">We'll be discussing what this kind of degeneracy usually signifies as the post goes on,</div><div style="text-align: center;">especially when we start discussing a certain passage from the Letter to the Romans.</div><span style="color: white;"><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></span><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;">Anyway, now that we have the unofficial disclaimer out of the way, let's go over all the different passages from Scripture that informs the Judeo-Christian opinion about Homosexuals. All of these will be from the New American Standard Bible (NASB) because that is the English translation that is easiest to understand for modern audiences. The King James version may sound poetic and beautiful, but its word choices are often too archaic for a 21st century audience. What a shame...</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhD3LmSqUWZyGPa6DBr8TQdr83etnmbjMGFUhto_0F4o6txkIkOuqUkXX4kv_ESEH5-51fTFm46zc-twZrGxkZvNdnK5GA2XFlNMuqGaGp2xWMRC3C8t5RSsRuqPg7gGARS_JYBBLdfJ4ppyNHMCJYaZOwtpHudC7EublBeeml0f8wTrd8-fAKJtUdj/s637/NASB%20Bible.jpg"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhD3LmSqUWZyGPa6DBr8TQdr83etnmbjMGFUhto_0F4o6txkIkOuqUkXX4kv_ESEH5-51fTFm46zc-twZrGxkZvNdnK5GA2XFlNMuqGaGp2xWMRC3C8t5RSsRuqPg7gGARS_JYBBLdfJ4ppyNHMCJYaZOwtpHudC7EublBeeml0f8wTrd8-fAKJtUdj/s16000/NASB%20Bible.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">North American Standard Bible</div><span style="color: white;"><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></span><div>First, we'll look at 3 verses from the Mosaic Law in the Old Testament on this subject. These 3 are direct and very harsh. We'll discover why as this post goes on...<br /><br /><i> "You shall not sleep with a male as one sleeps with a female; it is an abomination." <br />- <a href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Leviticus+18%3A22&version=NASB">Leviticus 18:22</a> </i></div><div><br /></div><div><i>"If there is a man who sleeps with a male as those who sleep with a woman, both of them have committed a detestable act; they must be put to death. They have brought their own deaths upon themselves." - <a href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Leviticus+20%3A13&version=NASB">Leviticus 20:13</a></i> <br /><br /><i>"A woman shall not wear a man’s clothing, nor shall a man put on a woman’s clothing; for whoever does these things is an abomination to the Lord your God." - <a href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Deuteronomy+22%3A5&version=NASB">Deuteronomy 22:5</a></i></div><div> <br /> Before anyone freaks out, just keep in mind that Death usually was the punishment for any kind of infraction against the Mosaic Law. Ancient societies saw people who refused to contribute to the gene pool as a mortal threat to their civilization. They killed them to make sure their ideas, attitudes & behaviors couldn't spread. Not sure how well that actually worked. You can't remove sin from Human nature just be executing a lawbreaker.<br /><br />Fortunately, we Christians have a new, different covenant with God through Jesus where souls are saved by grace rather than strict adherence to the Law. Besides, no mortal human being could adhere to all 613 commandments in the Mosaic Law. God specifically set it up that way just to show us Humans that we do actually need him in our lives. </div><div><br /></div><div></div><span><a name='more'></a></span><div><br /></div><div>And now, we move to the New Testament where the reasons why the Mosaic Law banned Homosexuality is explained in great detail. </div><div><br /></div><div><i>"For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of people who suppress the truth in unrighteousness, because that which is known about God is evident within them; for God made it evident to them. For since the creation of the world His invisible attributes, that is, His eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly perceived, being understood by what has been made, so that they are without excuse. For even though they knew God, they did not honor Him as God or give thanks, but they became futile in their reasonings, and their senseless hearts were darkened. Claiming to be wise, they became fools, and they exchanged the glory of the incorruptible God for an image in the form of corruptible mankind, of birds, four-footed animals, and crawling creatures. Therefore God gave them up to vile impurity in the lusts of their hearts, so that their bodies would be dishonored among them. For they exchanged the truth of God for falsehood, and worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator, who is blessed forever. Amen. For this reason God gave them over to degrading passions; for their women exchanged natural relations for that which is contrary to nature, and likewise the men, too, abandoned natural relations with women and burned in their desire toward one another, males with males committing shameful acts and receiving in their own persons the due penalty of their error. And just as they did not see fit to acknowledge God, God gave them up to a depraved mind, to do those things that are not proper, people having been filled with all unrighteousness, wickedness, greed, and evil; full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, and malice; they are gossips, slanderers, haters of God, insolent, arrogant, boastful, inventors of evil, disobedient to parents, without understanding, untrustworthy, unfeeling, and unmerciful; and although they know the ordinance of God, that those who practice such things are worthy of death, they not only do the same, but also approve of those who practice them." - <a href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Romans+1%3A18-32&version=NASB">Romans 1:18-32</a> </i></div><div><br /></div><div>St. Paul, History's greatest evangelist, used the entire second half of Chapter 1 in his Letter to the Roman church to make this point: <b><u>When you turn your back on God and his laws, he also turns his back on you.</u></b> He'll also allow all kinds of wickedness to take root and destroy your culture from within. <br /><br />This happened to the Romans only 400 years or so after the letter to the Romans was written. It's happening to California right now, albeit for somewhat different reasons. Democrats are also trying to force that degeneracy on everyone else too, even going so far as to try to teach elementary school children about gay sex. </div><div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhddpngqQr8wjNZXOl3bG_P5nujhKkT_XYtfaqF5ZiIPUOtFbbgcjV_HZU58f_9hKKa5qqGxkBpkkzJ32arAvMEs2sacSC0Ls0kH38MOUV8rhtXwrbWVBp-VKFpqQnBEnTssWeyV4syAesh_b47ngCoR0-gHJMJym6R-_MgywBqJPrDhwLQi1Hdtm3W/s1024/03.jpg"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhddpngqQr8wjNZXOl3bG_P5nujhKkT_XYtfaqF5ZiIPUOtFbbgcjV_HZU58f_9hKKa5qqGxkBpkkzJ32arAvMEs2sacSC0Ls0kH38MOUV8rhtXwrbWVBp-VKFpqQnBEnTssWeyV4syAesh_b47ngCoR0-gHJMJym6R-_MgywBqJPrDhwLQi1Hdtm3W/w640-h432/03.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">How did we ever get to the point where a mentally deranged freak like this could be seen</div><div style="text-align: center;">anywhere outside of the circus or a mental institution?</div><div><br /></div>To most people, I wouldn't need to explain why that is so detestable. To the LGBT crowd and their Democrat supporters, no explanation is likely to be possible. However, I'll try anyway.<br /><br />First of all, Children are <i>innocent.</i> No one should be in a rush to change that fact. They also lack the mental capacity to understand 'adult situations' like romantic relationships and sex. Why do you think we tell them stories involving storks when they ask about where babies come from? This is why a lot of people these days, Christian or not, think of gays as being groomers and pedophiles. Regardless of the intentions, telling pre-pubescent kids about any kind of sex is wrong. Who would want to do that other than some child molester looking for a victim?</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEdrYWXAlCeF6SJ2PdpvOm5i41vbrDq6pAQGwEdT5Q541qnqYl8VyEDChp4_wxb51Nay1BEUtRHdAvK2MLLsVpqPFG92yVJBQh3_rdIsjrHRLjgK6pkipsaX6OWFHihJvv_-v4HU0pZLUC_M5nrjxC4t8RVYdThpovtePTXzq_Re9t9VhTN5K2Zbbr/s987/08.jpg"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEdrYWXAlCeF6SJ2PdpvOm5i41vbrDq6pAQGwEdT5Q541qnqYl8VyEDChp4_wxb51Nay1BEUtRHdAvK2MLLsVpqPFG92yVJBQh3_rdIsjrHRLjgK6pkipsaX6OWFHihJvv_-v4HU0pZLUC_M5nrjxC4t8RVYdThpovtePTXzq_Re9t9VhTN5K2Zbbr/w608-h637/08.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">That is still no excuse, child molester.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>Second, the other reason why gay <i>anything</i> is detestable is not just because God wanted people to be fruitful and multiply, which (obviously) homosexual couples can't do. It's because that kind of degeneracy makes people weak and invites attack from your civilization's enemies. Just look at what happened to Rome. They became so self-absorbed & degenerate that they didn't even care about defending their empire from barbarians anymore. As a result, that empire fell and plunged Europe into a dark age for centuries. All of this because some people refuse to do the right things...<div><br /><span><!--more--></span><div><br /></div><div><i>"Or do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived; neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor homosexuals, nor thieves, nor the greedy, nor those habitually drunk, nor verbal abusers, nor swindlers, will inherit the kingdom of God. Such were some of you; but you were washed, but you were sanctified, but you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and in the Spirit of our God." - <a href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1+Corinthians+6%3A9-11&version=NASB">1 Corinthians 6:9-11</a></i> <div><span><span face="Roboto, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: inherit; white-space: pre-line;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div>Once again, St. Paul tells it like it is: <b><u>Unrepentant sinners aren't getting into Heaven.</u></b> Notice how he mentioned lots of other sins that didn't involve sex? That's because ALL sins are detestable in God's eyes. <br /><br /></div><div><span><span face="Roboto, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span><span style="background-color: black;">
<div style="text-align: left;">There are many more verses in Scripture banning Slavery, Thievery and all the other sins more than Homosexual behavior. Yet, Homosexuals still get the ire of the Faithful. Why? Because they insist on trying to force us to validate/accept their sinful lifestyles. That's never going to happen.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div></span></span></span></span><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFpn5zFRY8Xn4L01On17V2YNcp3PbNlOKG_IkqXg_4T7ibVNvK1pcUEy5qY41N8_m58uCprW8OiKjOLhcoXN5lDSiV87gxLfgSgAi1jaOhuANBhBIo0cRaaIq89rS1Am18p6MyLrbZUQGgB6E0bYOetDt7bvMS_QB5HBvKO5I50mc3addWjkg6h-GV/s1024/13.jpg"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFpn5zFRY8Xn4L01On17V2YNcp3PbNlOKG_IkqXg_4T7ibVNvK1pcUEy5qY41N8_m58uCprW8OiKjOLhcoXN5lDSiV87gxLfgSgAi1jaOhuANBhBIo0cRaaIq89rS1Am18p6MyLrbZUQGgB6E0bYOetDt7bvMS_QB5HBvKO5I50mc3addWjkg6h-GV/w494-h640/13.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">There's also *quite* a few prohibitions on</div><div style="text-align: center;">making/bowing down to a false idol. Just sayin'...</div><div><br /></div>To us, that's just as unacceptable as asking us to accept Murderers, Rapists and Thieves in our community. With all the 'Defund the Police' non-sense that Democrats are pushing nowadays, it looks like some folks actually are trying to force that on us too. That's also never going to happen. <b><u>Remember what Thomas Jefferson said: Resistance to Tyranny is Obedience to God.</u></b></div><div><span><span face="Roboto, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: inherit; white-space: pre-line;">
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzjAdaGcoYtW1qTsGzeADFC1KmlLwjkbUVyUx80nbIzwYuuA1i9CuuQ3tXrCP8W8GvhVcpfsq5-AILHuHp3EAKwaIuyU0pJMp2dLzI_qeEgFHTI71imxWjz3kklILFr7uMz4tYcrdezGQMG5YvfUfXVvIKGIAsLdBtsaGxQcga9rXw8IvR6CnF1V30/s500/Kill%20a%20Commie.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="425" data-original-width="500" height="544" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzjAdaGcoYtW1qTsGzeADFC1KmlLwjkbUVyUx80nbIzwYuuA1i9CuuQ3tXrCP8W8GvhVcpfsq5-AILHuHp3EAKwaIuyU0pJMp2dLzI_qeEgFHTI71imxWjz3kklILFr7uMz4tYcrdezGQMG5YvfUfXVvIKGIAsLdBtsaGxQcga9rXw8IvR6CnF1V30/w640-h544/Kill%20a%20Commie.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I doubt Jesus would want us to kill anyone, but even he recognized <br />the need to be armed for your own defense. See <a href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Luke+22%3A36-38&version=NASB" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Luke 22:36-38</a>.</td></tr></tbody></table></span></span></span></div><i><div></div><div><i><br /></i></div>"realizing the fact that law is not made for a righteous person but for those who are lawless and rebellious, for the ungodly and sinners, for the unholy and worldly, for those who kill their fathers or mothers, for murderers, for the sexually immoral, homosexuals, slave traders, liars, perjurers, and whatever else is contrary to sound teaching," - <a href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1+Timothy+1%3A9-10&version=NASB">1 Timothy 1:9-10</a></i><br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;">In this passage from his 1st letter to Timothy, St. Paul again makes it clear that Lawbreakers who aren't saved will not get into Heaven. Homosexuals are mentioned, but so are many other sinners. It's true that no Human being could possibly follow all 613 commandments in the Mosaic Law. However, you should still be trying to follow it as much as possible. The New Covenant with God through Jesus existing doesn't mean that the Old Covenant went away. Besides, those rules were put in place for a reason...</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhax8q34nZ2LltE53EZ9rMkPl7Ut8_vkVPIHAPTptfS5tEMI79BHNt0e-KqLN-AxN84eHc5br9_sraRdo-GQL2h-Dub6RECBpmQpavwdacf6LvzjgHkxsiXncziCC6FrwPy5NcqQsrSmKQvmWB4Y8cfmh9txOGPIy_3NXSey_2bBjj-7PWSg9YLo5-d/s564/Guardrail.jpg"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhax8q34nZ2LltE53EZ9rMkPl7Ut8_vkVPIHAPTptfS5tEMI79BHNt0e-KqLN-AxN84eHc5br9_sraRdo-GQL2h-Dub6RECBpmQpavwdacf6LvzjgHkxsiXncziCC6FrwPy5NcqQsrSmKQvmWB4Y8cfmh9txOGPIy_3NXSey_2bBjj-7PWSg9YLo5-d/s16000/Guardrail.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">This meme perfectly illustrates what Believers have been trying to explain over the years.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><span><!--more--></span><div><br /></div><div>And finally...<br /><br /><i>"And angels who did not keep their own domain but abandoned their proper dwelling place, these He has kept in eternal restraints under darkness for the judgment of the great day, just as Sodom and Gomorrah and the cities around them, since they in the same way as these angels indulged in sexual perversion and went after strange flesh, are exhibited as an example in undergoing the punishment of eternal fire." - <a href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Jude+1%3A6-7&version=NASB">Jude 1:6-7</a></i><br /><br />Here, the writer of the Letter to Jude is comparing the Homosexuals that doomed Sodom and Gomorrah to the rebellious angels that were cast out with Satan and became Demons. He also states that these people are going to suffer along with those demons for all eternity. Since so many of them tend to be unrepentant sinners, I am forced to conclude that this will be their fate.</div><div><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigwFtrJ7LWI4cgBODFDl7ZNfM7NWe6GvxgKLv6VxMw5e4god2g12cOxw9FCkeZ5SrqLUM7ur49e2PvVJK4BKBUK0yGz2wGnP8m75aAHRaoivryBW_1cODDklx90LeHbj0yE48NIkqFwd0YZJyyV3cqKx8SST7tujk-3Avv6IrXYi12Pea4aTE1gqVy/s609/03.jpg"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigwFtrJ7LWI4cgBODFDl7ZNfM7NWe6GvxgKLv6VxMw5e4god2g12cOxw9FCkeZ5SrqLUM7ur49e2PvVJK4BKBUK0yGz2wGnP8m75aAHRaoivryBW_1cODDklx90LeHbj0yE48NIkqFwd0YZJyyV3cqKx8SST7tujk-3Avv6IrXYi12Pea4aTE1gqVy/w394-h400/03.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Amazing how people can read a text that is</div><div style="text-align: center;">very plain spoken and still try to twist its meaning...</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>Since I'm not God, I won't pass any judgment here. It's not my place. It's also not necessary since He's already made it quite clear that he'll be doing that when the time comes. (See <a href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Revelation+21%3A5-8&version=NASB">Revelation 21:5-8</a>) <br /><br />However, the residents of Sodom and Gomorrah did try to rape those two angels disguised as men that God sent to get Lot and his family out of town. Considering that wickedness, I can't say that I blame God for raining fire and brimstone down on those cities. (<a href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Genesis+19%3A1-28&version=NASB">Genesis 19:1-28</a>)</div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6sXccPpAUck1byx0UA87IGcnpC6dDnP0S5ZU7Kl5cMxyhG5lvOEDDyh81Z1Da4ASdD_YWwbQNirpzIfLzhikomVxsPR9HFd1Wc1abPnarXvkIDKU5s9d3TwPPFc-VYiZaMDHY0Gu_bbC8sJv_VDBvcLwSfjyIhK1SNXFVupmCaP71otjiFxXA4tXq/s900/06.jpg"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6sXccPpAUck1byx0UA87IGcnpC6dDnP0S5ZU7Kl5cMxyhG5lvOEDDyh81Z1Da4ASdD_YWwbQNirpzIfLzhikomVxsPR9HFd1Wc1abPnarXvkIDKU5s9d3TwPPFc-VYiZaMDHY0Gu_bbC8sJv_VDBvcLwSfjyIhK1SNXFVupmCaP71otjiFxXA4tXq/w640-h320/06.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">A city full of gay rapists deserves to suffer such a horrible fate.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">They deserved to be destroyed, as does any other civilization that embraces this wicked degeneracy. Hopefully, the United States won't share Sodom, Gomorrah or Imperial Rome's fate.</div></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9oeT-BYNXt3vr3Xxqw2RgLVU_ck2iql1vp06wHc9ChdyVyZbSg_onCpSqMUJVhPciau5wmeONK9y7G9lKuN69R-16_VT-nkhhpBmned2-JwzrFu8j3i5HTaMWC8a8IbbZLqCdJ_NLrHUIPOHlhDCkSaQ92EdLMRC5xBy0z7InM2ZHoG4WOA1DsHxz/s888/01.jpg"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9oeT-BYNXt3vr3Xxqw2RgLVU_ck2iql1vp06wHc9ChdyVyZbSg_onCpSqMUJVhPciau5wmeONK9y7G9lKuN69R-16_VT-nkhhpBmned2-JwzrFu8j3i5HTaMWC8a8IbbZLqCdJ_NLrHUIPOHlhDCkSaQ92EdLMRC5xBy0z7InM2ZHoG4WOA1DsHxz/w640-h360/01.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">I really do miss the Gipper...</div><div><span><span face="Roboto, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: inherit; white-space: pre-line;"><br /></span></span></span></div>- Lord Publius<div><br /></div></div></div>Lord Publiushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07047366006752124497noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2863808653384258852.post-43650259870058469682023-02-06T18:34:00.008-06:002023-02-06T21:01:42.696-06:00About this Andrew Tate idiot and his sad attempts at trolling...<div style="text-align: left;">By now, I'm sure we've all become aware of this <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Tate" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Andrew Tate</a> person and his foolishness involving the law and trolling Greta Thunberg on Twitter. I won't go into any of the legal matters because it's still a case pending trial. We don't have a lot of facts available yet. However, there's still more than enough to dissect here.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">If you've never heard of him before, you're not alone. Until recently, I hadn't either. There's no reason to think that I missed much. He's another of those 'Manosphere' people. You know the type: the folks that constantly complain about life and divorce laws being quite unfair to men, but never do anything to change the situation. These are also the same guys who say they can teach you how to be more masculine and deal with women. <a href="https://youtu.be/ZBAijg5Betw" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">That does not compute</a>. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">I have been seeing these Manosphere/'Red Pilled' types for years. I'll admit that they do have some legitimate points. Divorce and Child Custody laws are often extremely unfair to men. I could tell a few stories about at least two old acquaintances with some horror stories related to Family court. That includes one of them only managing to get custody of his two sons after his ex-wife became a severe drug addict. And even then, it took years of navigating through the court's bureaucratic non-sense. Those kids were in <b>*<i>actual danger</i>*</b>, but the court dragged their feet anyway. And this happens routinely enough for it to become a cliché. <a href="https://www.dictionary.com/e/slang/whiskey-tango-foxtrot/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Whisky Tango Foxtrot</a>? </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">All that being said, both of those old acquaintances will also admit something that the Manosphere types do not: <i style="font-weight: bold;">They both freely admit that they picked the wrong woman.</i> And that is one of the most important things that separates the men from the boys: A willingness to admit their mistakes and, where possible, try to correct them. How often do you see that out of these 'Alpha' types?</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Anyway, let's go over the reasons why Andrew Tate as an individual is quite suspect in my mind...</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>1.) He's a pretty obvious grifter. To be completely honest, so are all the others like him.</b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">For a monthly fee, you can take his online classes and he'll teach you how to act like a man. Or, so he claims on his website and social media channels. No thanks, Mr. Tate. My father (and quite crazy life experiences) did that quite well. I don't need some random stranger to give me that advice. <br /><br />And yes, I know the people that fall sucker for this grift are often guys who grew up without fathers. Despite that, he's still NOT the guy to advise those men. They need a mentor who knows them personally in real life, a Non-Catholic* clergyman and/or possibly some assistance from a mental health professional. </div><p style="text-align: left;"></p><div style="text-align: left;">* = I say 'Non-Catholic' because Catholic Priests are required to be celibate. They typically won't have any idea how men and women interact with each other in romantic relationships.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgueAlboLgXvz2AyZT0Liz0b0Hi3e6Ir6MBo6PKM4LImoY5sPys41XX1BjBuFhaq6SXz_kEQnPhtN4A4F-lMt_3FedMdpO2dDY-qSRKWjcSUFEJ_WiatIBMRdYjM5rJr5uLziL2Dzs7s77zcs-0-v22QhGHu4YUNSgcFvV56GGExa2aD4gwpLJ7JXVs/s1024/ChooseMentor.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="512" data-original-width="1024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgueAlboLgXvz2AyZT0Liz0b0Hi3e6Ir6MBo6PKM4LImoY5sPys41XX1BjBuFhaq6SXz_kEQnPhtN4A4F-lMt_3FedMdpO2dDY-qSRKWjcSUFEJ_WiatIBMRdYjM5rJr5uLziL2Dzs7s77zcs-0-v22QhGHu4YUNSgcFvV56GGExa2aD4gwpLJ7JXVs/w640-h320/ChooseMentor.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Compared to Tate and his ilk, your drinking buddy might be a MUCH better choice for a mentor.<br />I don't have any strong opinions on Jordan Peterson.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><b>2.) His 'dating advice' is beyond ludicrous and contradictory.</b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Lots of cognitive dissonance going on here. He (rightfully) bemoans the fact that a lot of young women these days bought Feminism's lies and believe they can slut around without any consequences and still find husbands. I'm afraid not, ladies. However, in the same breath, Tate is telling guys to go out and bang as many broads as possible. It's not good for men to slut around either, dumbass. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Also, how exactly does Tate and his ilk think that men are going to put (proverbial) notches in their belt if they <i>aren't</i> banging a few of those sluts? Did he not think this one through? Besides, the best sex is always with someone that you love and respect in a long-term relationship like a marriage. Why? Because that person is going to learn what you like over time and make sure you get it on a regular basis, assuming they care about you at all. That's even more of a good reason why it is essential to pick the right woman. There's few things in life that are worse than being married to an inconsiderate, ungrateful spouse.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />Simply put, Men who are respectable and mature do NOT act like this Tate person. They're a lot more responsible. They don't typically act like snobbish, disrespectful assholes. They don't go after the kind of women that would put up with someone that behaves that way, either. Those broads are damaged goods. And that leads us to...</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>3.) He keeps pushing that 'Alpha male' stuff...</b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">This whole Alpha/Beta/Sigma male stuff has to stop. They aren't real designations in ANY kind of real science or even a social science. You either <a href="https://www.wikihow.com/Act-Like-a-Man" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">act like a man</a> or you don't. These people described as 'Alphas' are what in the real world we call 'Assholes' or 'Office Sociopaths'. They are NOT the people you want to be. No, it doesn't matter if they seem to have money, status or access to good looking women. I'll tell you why right now.<br /><br />Money and status both tend to come and go. Chasing them is often useless and won't necessarily make you happy or feel fulfilled. While they can both solve some problems in life, they can also bring about many others. Just look up what happens to <a href="https://www.therichest.com/poorest-list/the-10-worst-lottery-winner-horror-stories-in-history/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">lottery winners that don't know how to handle the money</a>. Or <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Gotti" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">gangsters that assassinate the boss of their crime family and take over</a>, only to find out why their former boss was always so cranky and difficult. Pursue various life goals, if you wish. However, don't waste your life chasing a Dollar. You'll just end up being the most miserable piece of shit in the world.<br /><br /><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoIH-9PjwrGdzwsdpt1L8s0xm9zxfXweodWmGowpu214rj1hWUTLlAwnFa5sm3PM2c_peLTen9v9Bd-ruo7J2ueg5mipE3O2wN6FpcFcYtfcTreBzboGE0Wd-yJcLWHd-TnwePFaokchICkMUBYsQBP4C_F9NGKpUp2ZxuE0E0Fau0dl5xC4kBGCZe/s480/Nobility.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="472" data-original-width="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoIH-9PjwrGdzwsdpt1L8s0xm9zxfXweodWmGowpu214rj1hWUTLlAwnFa5sm3PM2c_peLTen9v9Bd-ruo7J2ueg5mipE3O2wN6FpcFcYtfcTreBzboGE0Wd-yJcLWHd-TnwePFaokchICkMUBYsQBP4C_F9NGKpUp2ZxuE0E0Fau0dl5xC4kBGCZe/s16000/Nobility.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">As for the women that seem to flock to these guys... Well, they probably <a href="https://lordpublius.blogspot.com/2022/08/how-to-spot-badlow-value-women.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">aren't the ones you want</a> to bring home to meet the folks for Sunday Dinner. They're either a gold-digger, psychologically damaged, emotionally needy or all of the above. No matter how good they look or how good they are in bed, they will still turn you off with their flawed personalities. Remember, they chased after the guy who acts like a douchebag. People, whether they realize it or not, almost always chase after people who are like them. Or, maybe just folks who they <i>think</i> are like them. That would explain <a href="https://lordpublius.blogspot.com/2022/10/more-horror-stories-about-various-crazy.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">all the crazy chicks that have chased after me</a> over the years. 😜 <br /><br />Stay away from those girls, gentlemen. <b>They are all damaged goods.</b> If they weren't dating this 'Alpha male' asshole, they'd probably be working as some kind of hooker. (Stripper, Porn Star, OnlyFans model, Call Girl, etc.) Hell, they might still end up in that line of work with the 'Alpha' asshole acting as their pimp. It wouldn't surprise me. Didn't this Tate character run a camgirl site at one time? I could swear that I heard that somewhere...</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJa2m9c7gB0JLeDGUhDZEXtV2Cj09GeBL4i2cQQr5mi-upAI9CeOuedTufIhh5iKLJEG39Wm34H2KEuwmtchcMoVlejBihOqrDa6RhV204DkhP6xTa2LSwdHCzQ465_ECUHflEF_0T_gbtlGqlG-ao2O8Xxto4g-W5ioxdpJ6yySqUOMpF86RgsMMn/s640/Success.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="517" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJa2m9c7gB0JLeDGUhDZEXtV2Cj09GeBL4i2cQQr5mi-upAI9CeOuedTufIhh5iKLJEG39Wm34H2KEuwmtchcMoVlejBihOqrDa6RhV204DkhP6xTa2LSwdHCzQ465_ECUHflEF_0T_gbtlGqlG-ao2O8Xxto4g-W5ioxdpJ6yySqUOMpF86RgsMMn/s16000/Success.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>4.) For such a 'Man's man', he certainly does a lot of childish things...</b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Trolling Greta Thunberg on Twitter by bragging about all the expensive cars that you own? What a poor troll... Not to mention VERY stupid to advertise one's wealth like that... Advertising your wealth is a great way to attract gold-diggers and all manner of thieves. Tate was just asking for trouble. A better troll would be something much more insulting and personal to the intended victim, like calling them out for being full of shit...<br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUaXzCFESzRFVO1dukFu0yzZldkbZ1uuw7su2zRMRe3QTMDXuRXIuQI0W-7kgmgfkUMTnyU07MnwCL5zWGBcdNIultJIR1mPhCzschFbaBMJdOhWNzvJfVkH6m9JTSQgD0mR3-MpmVfINjTuYm_UGv7AFWl8vqlPA-nlrQZe1qMjK-4vwLCOIJNFiN/s1024/01.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="796" data-original-width="1024" height="498" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUaXzCFESzRFVO1dukFu0yzZldkbZ1uuw7su2zRMRe3QTMDXuRXIuQI0W-7kgmgfkUMTnyU07MnwCL5zWGBcdNIultJIR1mPhCzschFbaBMJdOhWNzvJfVkH6m9JTSQgD0mR3-MpmVfINjTuYm_UGv7AFWl8vqlPA-nlrQZe1qMjK-4vwLCOIJNFiN/w640-h498/01.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Mining tends to cause MUCH more ecological destruction/Human misery than drilling does.<br />Greta and her Malthusian Communist handlers don't seem to give a shit about that, though...</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div style="text-align: left;">Or, you can be much more direct with your refutation of her non-sensical ideas...</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgyRZCH1GMHCvo4XT6UqBL5NNtYoRpLWJ1-qEd9S1NuNavOSnJDOMawSJXSsSiqVd7byJikqn0AHzDWfqP_nC0ZESrmFMAs9Ia_qssNijxA3injwhrlVDb32Me1iL-x0dQm33vNkkW3YIsPVUMimqZLldwICi39GrkI-Ccnj7v3WZ5A7iNee2r6WTBA" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="805" data-original-width="537" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgyRZCH1GMHCvo4XT6UqBL5NNtYoRpLWJ1-qEd9S1NuNavOSnJDOMawSJXSsSiqVd7byJikqn0AHzDWfqP_nC0ZESrmFMAs9Ia_qssNijxA3injwhrlVDb32Me1iL-x0dQm33vNkkW3YIsPVUMimqZLldwICi39GrkI-Ccnj7v3WZ5A7iNee2r6WTBA=w427-h640" width="427" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">AMERICA, Fuck Yeah!!!</td></tr></tbody></table><br />Or, you can forget all of those half-hearted attempts to destroy her ideas through something resembling debate and just be an insulting prick...</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh3H3AnnGyTSCKr_uMthQPi1Z962iFOpsdCo2XYsbEwWdRqoKv9xLP5RcV2zLcHUY5HbkhvKZoSD9-UUi-g3GZpiD8ypFGNDzjtshuLclSzRnN88z_bYfnMxeAglD00DwMlgTufEyDbm-qFhyrTeTEM1B9E6pOoByVZyFoqhERj4ZaS2ZDRigd-PRc9" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="587" data-original-width="1024" height="366" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh3H3AnnGyTSCKr_uMthQPi1Z962iFOpsdCo2XYsbEwWdRqoKv9xLP5RcV2zLcHUY5HbkhvKZoSD9-UUi-g3GZpiD8ypFGNDzjtshuLclSzRnN88z_bYfnMxeAglD00DwMlgTufEyDbm-qFhyrTeTEM1B9E6pOoByVZyFoqhERj4ZaS2ZDRigd-PRc9=w640-h366" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Mr. Potato Head can do better...</td></tr></tbody></table><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Hell, you can even get somewhat pornographic about it, just for shock value...</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiHuMmuquOPHNdaSkvOYKHqWunLKFxN9QJ9nwGjYhWUnpizt9L5AYUM4K-_T0TtyQRpuaGDTKKJ8Sd5bDKCHLGMEoTBllhbg-43gXhSyPFjyA-HUg2jd1cR_5Ymq3RpjLCtSriKU-wIbOBv642qleFz1a_8LUZt4isU7yo6nTuFiPmsBsM16D91txyS" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="557" data-original-width="1009" height="353" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiHuMmuquOPHNdaSkvOYKHqWunLKFxN9QJ9nwGjYhWUnpizt9L5AYUM4K-_T0TtyQRpuaGDTKKJ8Sd5bDKCHLGMEoTBllhbg-43gXhSyPFjyA-HUg2jd1cR_5Ymq3RpjLCtSriKU-wIbOBv642qleFz1a_8LUZt4isU7yo6nTuFiPmsBsM16D91txyS=w640-h353" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Okay, who took one for the team and molested the potato?</td></tr></tbody></table><br />Or, simply point out that someone out there already has gotten all pornographic with her in a way... *shudders*</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgMikzL448C_MUWAHD6X5FRYq7jAmbHOQkCLDf57zhbcCJQLn4oF4qrYRZO18HFi_Og9o3Vxtjli2a_OwTHKHoKQa9xV_9QGQepqpKAnzsAKSd_2cOqx985EY1GF1sJgaSorTR72bbXJ2V0i_ypai33F4-wtkRGvmu7Ctm0moBGYv0dfx1L-wi29dCl" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="731" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgMikzL448C_MUWAHD6X5FRYq7jAmbHOQkCLDf57zhbcCJQLn4oF4qrYRZO18HFi_Og9o3Vxtjli2a_OwTHKHoKQa9xV_9QGQepqpKAnzsAKSd_2cOqx985EY1GF1sJgaSorTR72bbXJ2V0i_ypai33F4-wtkRGvmu7Ctm0moBGYv0dfx1L-wi29dCl=w456-h640" width="456" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">What a waste of money, no matter what the doll looks/sounds like...</td></tr></tbody></table><br />And no, I don't believe that Tate got arrested by the Romanian authorities because he talked smack to some autistic girl from Sweden. That is just plain stupid. Greta has no real power. She's just a puppet for <a href="https://www.weforum.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">varying different Globalists</a> that are trying to use environmental hysteria to scare us into accepting Authoritarian regimes. If anything, she should probably be pitied. However, that won't stop me from posting memes about her. ALL public figures get the business. <b><i><u>NO EXCEPTIONS</u>.</i></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEm6YTywWX4wIXnAEm9168O9Oq0NCH53sROrgkv0fTa076By_4QajmVtOT6_NUcl83pg_-sUeQulQFGI8P7xoOc9W7-m-aIrshDCtz0KGMSn4ytbEjmZKFMSEBUDf7SBWWcEKtQXqCXkEIAjZ8hoPERigDI2tpb_MNoTIpXHN8c8M6Z-Z9_DzZZvA0/s1024/03.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="988" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEm6YTywWX4wIXnAEm9168O9Oq0NCH53sROrgkv0fTa076By_4QajmVtOT6_NUcl83pg_-sUeQulQFGI8P7xoOc9W7-m-aIrshDCtz0KGMSn4ytbEjmZKFMSEBUDf7SBWWcEKtQXqCXkEIAjZ8hoPERigDI2tpb_MNoTIpXHN8c8M6Z-Z9_DzZZvA0/w618-h640/03.jpg" width="618" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">In the exchange between Thunberg and Tate, the phrase 'small dick energy' was used. <br />As one might expect, the internet used that to make fun of the situation.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div style="text-align: left;">Guessing that Tate was in Romania because of a pizza box in his video is also a bit ridiculous. That kind of <a href="https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/weaponized-autism" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Weaponized Autism</a> is something only wielded by 4Chan. That 'den of internet faggotry' is more likely to use their awesome powers on Greta. Why? Because she's annoying and because they think it would be funny. Tate, however, probably wouldn't merit 4Chan's attention under ordinary circumstances. He's not quite enough of a douchebag to anger that particular '<a href="https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/final-boss-of-the-internet" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Final Boss of the Internet</a>'. How do I know? Because 4Chan already have done something like this with a MUCH bigger douchebag in 2017 when they were messing with Shia LeBouf. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Shia tried to hide his stupid 'He Will Not Divide Us' flag in rural Tennessee and live stream it 24/7 on the internet. 4Chan had been messing with the previous iterations of the HWNDU 'art project' and he foolishly thought he could prevent that... Despite Shia's considerable efforts, <a href="https://youtu.be/vw9zyxm860Q" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">4Chan's users found the flag in 38 hours and 14 minutes</a>, stole it and replaced it with a MAGA T-Shirt and Hat. Do any of you think that the winners of the best game of 'Capture the Flag' EVER are going to waste time on <a href="https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Economic_parlance#%22Penny-ante_operator%22" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">penny ante operators</a>? Penny ante operators like Manosphere bloggers, Alpha morons and the Climate Goblin? <br /><br />I sincerely doubt it... </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Might be funny if they did, though.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">- Lord Publius</div><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://lordpublius.blogspot.com/2015/07/how-to-be-living-bullshit-detector.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Living Bullshit Detector</a> Extraordinaire</div><p></p>Lord Publiushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07047366006752124497noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2863808653384258852.post-45669249366415572682023-01-11T15:08:00.002-06:002023-01-12T02:01:15.969-06:00What to do and NOT to do in New Orleans, especially during Carnival season<div><b> RANDOM ITEMS OF INTEREST</b></div><div><br />- NOLA IS NOT JUST THE FRENCH QUARTER. The whole city is interesting... and some parts are VERY dangerous, especially the Lower 9th Ward and New Orleans East. Don't go there at night or if you're white. Trust me.</div><div><br /></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhHZHv06qjda1h-_e0jps1QIXE7_zp_8czrM2mDbnFiM8Ru_6c-LktThbIzzGi4dEhO_nhtQYBQ8Vm7UyTFyBuhKooU-tuLiCumYOUYU2I5vPPeC6yeSrbYw22f7Vxbwm13xSxKTGSbQzuHgp1PvdEraJlsrQjDrHaSGY8B7z1eiItXsjRb7NocN-sO" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="512" data-original-width="600" height="547" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhHZHv06qjda1h-_e0jps1QIXE7_zp_8czrM2mDbnFiM8Ru_6c-LktThbIzzGi4dEhO_nhtQYBQ8Vm7UyTFyBuhKooU-tuLiCumYOUYU2I5vPPeC6yeSrbYw22f7Vxbwm13xSxKTGSbQzuHgp1PvdEraJlsrQjDrHaSGY8B7z1eiItXsjRb7NocN-sO=w640-h547" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">See how small the French Quarter is compared to the rest of the city?</td></tr></tbody></table><br />- If someone says that they can bet where 'you got them shoes', the appropriate answer is 'on my feet.'</div><div><br /></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhgd-RGjyrWlaJFHfbQgoBKjI8BCQJbM3_o5DJlbYbiriOs16FtpENJUam02bdL-UvblhK33ixKTkdUOteMUqXQaQovLWu8eN9PTNnq6nI8xnQGOvOncDky6yiBtcC2QqkFKddUX0Ldt67a69n5YPSY9l4sQ4SFaLD1QrlLSg0WwiUcE2S2sJZmXpci" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="947" data-original-width="536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhgd-RGjyrWlaJFHfbQgoBKjI8BCQJbM3_o5DJlbYbiriOs16FtpENJUam02bdL-UvblhK33ixKTkdUOteMUqXQaQovLWu8eN9PTNnq6nI8xnQGOvOncDky6yiBtcC2QqkFKddUX0Ldt67a69n5YPSY9l4sQ4SFaLD1QrlLSg0WwiUcE2S2sJZmXpci=w363-h640" width="363" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Even worse, the impersonator here <br />is most likely a Yankee...</td></tr></tbody></table></div><div><br />- July and August are unusually hot and muggy here in NOLA. Probably NOT the best time to visit if you don't like heat and chronic swamp ass.</div><div><br /></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj6BuQfArAfiyOYBnet2mNcF4fpoR5isTYpfLQQrXYJZ9cErQLySb0o478tucDRwCS0_Nqd4nKiw-mUu6VrHjBMNyGeLLPAa0UMRejijibofCbiAw9Zeh8KvVCj-aUqvbj-xjM8oGWVHAzeRQlgdSQfwaDqENKX4Z8LrlIAETVwu5r8O7d8zf8lnkLy" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="512" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj6BuQfArAfiyOYBnet2mNcF4fpoR5isTYpfLQQrXYJZ9cErQLySb0o478tucDRwCS0_Nqd4nKiw-mUu6VrHjBMNyGeLLPAa0UMRejijibofCbiAw9Zeh8KvVCj-aUqvbj-xjM8oGWVHAzeRQlgdSQfwaDqENKX4Z8LrlIAETVwu5r8O7d8zf8lnkLy=w512-h640" width="512" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Hurricane season runs from June 1st through November 30th.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><b>DO</b></div><div><br />- DO learn to pronounce the city's name right. It's New-Or-Lens. Not New Orleens or N'Awlins'. That shit was invented by Yankees that can't talk right and various tourism businesses looking to play up the whole Lazy Southern speech angle in their marketing campaigns. It's cringy as Hell and will definitely out you as an tourist/sucker.</div><div><br /></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgasSLX8dWKgpuLZfpFIj0hi5HnSjde6oDXCKk_l8BeZjfZHINpmAR4YyVo8rQtTiGIoMRbirDa0Z0gjZ4Ya1dE95wyHYa8Kkid7Nl9vG3jgirrgMS6vn6X9A6h9a751Rxiw0jc1eGDrS_UsBMj8oud9e2t0o0RMsDxBAEuvh8mGrePn7m8j1jWB1GR" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="489" data-original-width="934" height="336" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgasSLX8dWKgpuLZfpFIj0hi5HnSjde6oDXCKk_l8BeZjfZHINpmAR4YyVo8rQtTiGIoMRbirDa0Z0gjZ4Ya1dE95wyHYa8Kkid7Nl9vG3jgirrgMS6vn6X9A6h9a751Rxiw0jc1eGDrS_UsBMj8oud9e2t0o0RMsDxBAEuvh8mGrePn7m8j1jWB1GR=w640-h336" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">And we definitely do NOT need them...</td></tr></tbody></table><br />- DO be sure to make reservations at famous restaurants that you want to go to, ESPECIALLY if it's during carnival season. Those restaurants got famous for a reason.</div><div><br /></div><div>- DO be sure to go to local restaurants that aren't famous. In this city, even the small, sketchy-lookin' hole-in-the-wall places are still usually Zagat-rated.</div><div><br /></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhXABtDx3Kyk0vzs99wkFVcmNDRyLwkSo2QS1cWVkEcCxq_CcgxAueFYJbLZjd0gxB4Ierx2W4E5YwszxfbtL3X2xUGethwsJet0tzntBMimDbxMUyxqcF2zHz9Kv4fv2EmPanv1e9fjQ9mdl2Xet7vsmoEJxMYHR8kKJMfW5veYSYtqqHh6eXS8A9Z" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="524" data-original-width="960" height="350" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhXABtDx3Kyk0vzs99wkFVcmNDRyLwkSo2QS1cWVkEcCxq_CcgxAueFYJbLZjd0gxB4Ierx2W4E5YwszxfbtL3X2xUGethwsJet0tzntBMimDbxMUyxqcF2zHz9Kv4fv2EmPanv1e9fjQ9mdl2Xet7vsmoEJxMYHR8kKJMfW5veYSYtqqHh6eXS8A9Z=w640-h350" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Both of those eateries are pretty famous here in town, but not around the world. <br />The crowd shouldn't be too large... UNLESS it's a holiday...</td></tr></tbody></table><br />- DO bring cash and your picture ID. Keep your wallet in your front pocket too. </div><div><br /></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgmZokuaAhjovRCK1AleEfbCT04KSN9OIGNMPwINNnIyU_WwQ5d5pEIbzZj6LtjL65sTrQTLRKPabJuZ3Mwr3EJ_aY77_GpVPHg1is38mAJj_8W2i8-m2WEKaGRn-X1XfZKIRiU4dU_E9E5JBF8hFKwKXiPyv2s2fusJEi-tGyYQRc9cKqb32IIG7gg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="530" data-original-width="530" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgmZokuaAhjovRCK1AleEfbCT04KSN9OIGNMPwINNnIyU_WwQ5d5pEIbzZj6LtjL65sTrQTLRKPabJuZ3Mwr3EJ_aY77_GpVPHg1is38mAJj_8W2i8-m2WEKaGRn-X1XfZKIRiU4dU_E9E5JBF8hFKwKXiPyv2s2fusJEi-tGyYQRc9cKqb32IIG7gg=w640-h640" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">To be honest, the loose women are probably a LOT more dangerous... And common...</td></tr></tbody></table><br />- DO be sure to stay off the side streets, ESPECIALLY at night. There's safety in numbers. Also, be EXTREMELY careful on Frenchmen and Decatur streets. Lots of criminals and homeless folks looking to rob you there...</div><div><br />- DO be sure to periodically wipe off/sanitize the bottom of your shoes. You'll see why after walking around in the French Quarter for a while.</div><div><br /><b>DON'T</b></div><div><br />- DON'T walk around with alcohol in glassware or glass bottles. Use the plastic go-cups instead. Also, different parts of town have different rules about public alcohol consumption. General rule is that it's a no-go outside the French Quarter.</div><div><br /></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEijxmWb0mmw9nG2r4w-pCsQ2oH7vdmKeCCCLzYmD_k38luM1axBUetGT9jAjkaYZTcdRCR-OSDsTJ0gNpLTkhF2JCGGDwGoeiYQ6pzWmW8OyaJ_3U0NvY3Hd4FwyktIRFt5z5rVVW530dQZKAW7_G3SgBXaoE3OBhqKa3OuTDUL8nEJBAVFsTOw25iT" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="626" data-original-width="416" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEijxmWb0mmw9nG2r4w-pCsQ2oH7vdmKeCCCLzYmD_k38luM1axBUetGT9jAjkaYZTcdRCR-OSDsTJ0gNpLTkhF2JCGGDwGoeiYQ6pzWmW8OyaJ_3U0NvY3Hd4FwyktIRFt5z5rVVW530dQZKAW7_G3SgBXaoE3OBhqKa3OuTDUL8nEJBAVFsTOw25iT=w424-h640" width="424" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Other places are very wasteful with their alcohol.</td></tr></tbody></table><br />- DON'T piss in a public place. You'll be arrested for that...</div><div><br />- DON'T show off the tits for beads... outside the French Quarter. Even if you do flash for beads in the Quarter, understand that you're taking a risk of getting arrested.</div><div><br /></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEij13QVPhhjSB43mJgtR7_9tDCV9Nm5XokVU3dz1b61cULfwLzkNFlIx3NRiKRmSW1rd-TQmmhW1nSq-u1tJqxjH7CAfAahqeeArszT0fT63LNpsKb2RCxeRp-JAEt-1Tk_ZWCRN5DBkrDR-7cnPZdBBAcbxrsu73X6z2O6TNTExsKQpj6HFCUridvd" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="510" data-original-width="600" height="545" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEij13QVPhhjSB43mJgtR7_9tDCV9Nm5XokVU3dz1b61cULfwLzkNFlIx3NRiKRmSW1rd-TQmmhW1nSq-u1tJqxjH7CAfAahqeeArszT0fT63LNpsKb2RCxeRp-JAEt-1Tk_ZWCRN5DBkrDR-7cnPZdBBAcbxrsu73X6z2O6TNTExsKQpj6HFCUridvd=w640-h545" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">And He is <i>very</i> disappointed in you...</td></tr></tbody></table><br />- DON'T feel like you're supposed to stay in the French Quarter. There's a LOT to see and do outside of our world-famous tourist trap of a neighborhood...<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEibjijFHB0uRIG4dd61j8l01V5Or4oA0PgBTDkY5VYKJK19WP2gS5KrRrVQbWZix0p5Oa0Nvw11s2PgyNUg6VhzSPiu8vcoeliDc514arA1CTYLzlMt4uTlhrDW2MHH6esKqi3KwAhXA0oSXSTSzDKis8SLeIHE9NQ_E68REux-VJRAIqgZllQCAwFz" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="519" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEibjijFHB0uRIG4dd61j8l01V5Or4oA0PgBTDkY5VYKJK19WP2gS5KrRrVQbWZix0p5Oa0Nvw11s2PgyNUg6VhzSPiu8vcoeliDc514arA1CTYLzlMt4uTlhrDW2MHH6esKqi3KwAhXA0oSXSTSzDKis8SLeIHE9NQ_E68REux-VJRAIqgZllQCAwFz=w520-h640" width="520" /></a></div><br /><br /></div><div>- DON'T drive in NOLA, if it can be avoided. Parking is virtually non-existent. The terrible roads are also likely to shake your car's suspension to pieces.</div><div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgetSJU5uobPrcxuBBd2DmlBnzT80nFScp0ppQjftBfKS_Qtshsl0WMMUHLtfHTGhQwCG2CGkjb7relBjrfBu2V9jzbhqAy_eZSKDTEAtZgc6YhO4h60DiTDtCp5xpER0BW3k8zGuwJdUa3EoIuONnD6vJmkIFhNSqhccAKHoL81_eeLTkvjq9FTh4V" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="525" data-original-width="526" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgetSJU5uobPrcxuBBd2DmlBnzT80nFScp0ppQjftBfKS_Qtshsl0WMMUHLtfHTGhQwCG2CGkjb7relBjrfBu2V9jzbhqAy_eZSKDTEAtZgc6YhO4h60DiTDtCp5xpER0BW3k8zGuwJdUa3EoIuONnD6vJmkIFhNSqhccAKHoL81_eeLTkvjq9FTh4V=w640-h640" width="640" /></a></div><br /><br /></div><div>- DON'T leave valuables in a visible spot in your car.</div><div><br />- DON'T be complacent about your safety. There's lots of criminals looking to prey on tourists. LOTS of loose women too...<br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgctkmGGxIlulvrdMunLRPm-bHKcQT3mCSXmHUUT1tW-abDAT6RS5en7b1y_is3ZhqZLY8JmGf4SLKJ0ljxXeoY7ka6I3SOWuyfOgfBysDBVvkFuMWE5HZJKhJli6JwuSHw_BUDeil-zUGXGyPkczVXdCqU-TkYkn0Er3oA__WC-1woOHndwuZtMbra" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="513" data-original-width="552" height="595" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgctkmGGxIlulvrdMunLRPm-bHKcQT3mCSXmHUUT1tW-abDAT6RS5en7b1y_is3ZhqZLY8JmGf4SLKJ0ljxXeoY7ka6I3SOWuyfOgfBysDBVvkFuMWE5HZJKhJli6JwuSHw_BUDeil-zUGXGyPkczVXdCqU-TkYkn0Er3oA__WC-1woOHndwuZtMbra=w640-h595" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Facts.</td></tr></tbody></table><br />- DON'T worry about being a tourist. The whole city is geared to entertain you. Just don't make yourself look like one. Speaking of which...</div><div><br /></div><div><div>- DON'T attract unwanted attention by making yourself look like a tourist. For example, NO ONE but naïve tourists wear Mardi Gras beads when it's not carnival season. DON'T be that guy.</div></div><div><br /></div><div>- DON'T screw over the tour guide. Also, stay on the sidewalk when taking a walking tour.</div><div><br /></div><div>- DON'T spend a lot in those tourist shops in the French Quarter. Most of that crap was made cheaply in China and just had New Orleans branding applied at the factory. If you really want something made by local craftspeople and artists, visit the art galleries or the artists selling their work in Jackson Square. The Jackson Square artists are required by local law to be artists selling their own work.</div><div><br /></div><div>- DON'T be freaked out by the people taking tours of cemeteries. In NOLA, even the graveyard is a tourist destination with lots of interesting architecture.</div><div><br /></div><div><div>- DON'T be too concerned with dragging the kids along. Although, you won't want to bring them into the French Quarter at night. Too many people getting drunk in public and just plain too many people in general.</div><div><br /></div><div>- DON'T block the sidewalk so you can take pictures. They tend to be quite narrow and people need to get to places.</div></div><div><br /></div><div>- DON'T screw with the cops or their horses. They WILL kick your ass.</div><div><br /></div><div>- DON'T bother trying to get started at the ass-crack of dawn. Getting an 'early start' to the day in NOLA is largely impossible. Many businesses won't even open their doors until 11AM. Restaurants serving breakfast and brunch being obvious exceptions.</div><div><br />- DON'T be in a hurry. We're all laid back here. Why do you think NOLA is called 'The Big Easy'? Besides, moving too quick in the heat is a great way to get Heatstroke. Yes, it is hot enough here for that to be a risk. No, it doesn't matter if you came here during Carnival season in January or February. It will still most likely be hot.</div><div><br /></div><div>- DON'T be surprised if locals start telling you their whole life story and family history without even learning your name first. Don't be concerned if they immediately start using terms of endearment too. NOLA people are unusually friendly to everyone, even total strangers. Yes, I know. That is weird.</div><div><br /></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi8_4Y2CGO2AyfSQzC7Se2PAkEGKc9VzcYfKQvM6NK6JTvgb8jKKmiiyBVoYRY3cRL5WXb--Dj1JLDS8hqYQAT7al5CLos5sxswLn8R3ug-ozIZfwi-rXgKnEUEra3lI3qP1xAmzy1MPqxqtiUqkaj_3VxlpGpRlboGcHKEgRqD82VYgSAODcgHj_9W" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="656" data-original-width="453" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi8_4Y2CGO2AyfSQzC7Se2PAkEGKc9VzcYfKQvM6NK6JTvgb8jKKmiiyBVoYRY3cRL5WXb--Dj1JLDS8hqYQAT7al5CLos5sxswLn8R3ug-ozIZfwi-rXgKnEUEra3lI3qP1xAmzy1MPqxqtiUqkaj_3VxlpGpRlboGcHKEgRqD82VYgSAODcgHj_9W=w443-h640" width="443" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Yep...</td></tr></tbody></table><br />- DON'T even think about trying to stick to a diet around here. It won't happen.</div><div><div><br /></div><div>- DON'T overdo things on the first night. You don't want to waste a day of your vacation being too hungover to get out of bed, do you?</div><div><br /></div><div>- DON'T let the drunks puke on you. Yes, this is a problem for those who are careless.</div></div><div><br /></div><div>- DON'T underestimate the strength of the alcoholic beverages. They taste like candy so you can lazily sip them while wandering through the city. However, they will have MUCH more booze than drinks anywhere else.</div><div><br /></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiYsDTq1nmVcvIEFMM5Tav7dm7esPNRyfq3hO30hMVRGlfMIAVBMegtgxRtolDvSITGf6AbHLQt5dfIW_Cf0uXPFK6RN8Yt3Q6aX8PQuKeg-pFXcgY2fGbmnphb0YUMWzHU_w2C_ExCpPc95vR1UHx9WZZf_y0bDVTMBTGaDLadnyMdRixRWp7uU4eT" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="504" data-original-width="526" height="614" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiYsDTq1nmVcvIEFMM5Tav7dm7esPNRyfq3hO30hMVRGlfMIAVBMegtgxRtolDvSITGf6AbHLQt5dfIW_Cf0uXPFK6RN8Yt3Q6aX8PQuKeg-pFXcgY2fGbmnphb0YUMWzHU_w2C_ExCpPc95vR1UHx9WZZf_y0bDVTMBTGaDLadnyMdRixRWp7uU4eT=w640-h614" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">There are French Quarter bars that are dedicated to the end of Prohibition. <br />They tend to be VERY popular with locals and tourists alike.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><b>And finally, for the love of ALL that is holy, DO NOT mention any hurricanes... Unless you're talking about the alcoholic beverage, which your bartender at <a href="https://patobriens.com/new-orleans/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Pat O'Brien's</a> will be happy to serve you.</b></div><div><br /></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhEYfOyQ3hnQIU6G698wrclIDoKvsikoayOzLDDynLXf2cDWK8EAY3uwSBEBYbfVYGIZ-0b4tz_51W76tlt28qO4aVdQj4rQejO57BB1-G1BkGXE0CDCOgSdhNRK2murb-5DfrculyHnU2lDyyPBQ0sHLC7VhPb1MYfdeDwUi5_V5UiqcXTFudZTOed" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="540" data-original-width="785" height="440" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhEYfOyQ3hnQIU6G698wrclIDoKvsikoayOzLDDynLXf2cDWK8EAY3uwSBEBYbfVYGIZ-0b4tz_51W76tlt28qO4aVdQj4rQejO57BB1-G1BkGXE0CDCOgSdhNRK2murb-5DfrculyHnU2lDyyPBQ0sHLC7VhPb1MYfdeDwUi5_V5UiqcXTFudZTOed=w640-h440" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This meme is NOT a joke. </td></tr></tbody></table><br />- Lord Publius</div><div><br /></div>Lord Publiushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07047366006752124497noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2863808653384258852.post-36966440102421600642022-12-30T14:42:00.003-06:002023-01-07T18:29:08.112-06:00Game collecting misadventures in 2022Another year, another of these blog posts where I gloat about my prowess in collecting video games... However, some of it was just fortunate happenstance. The rest was waiting for sales or receiving holiday gifts. This year is <i>considerably</i> lighter than some of the previous ones. I've been busy living life, finishing my 2nd college degree and had less discretionary income than before. Damned inflation! <a href="https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/lets-go-brandon" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Let's Go Brandon!</a> 😜<br /><br />Anyway, economic conditions forced me to buy games at the same rate as a normal person (Damn you, Brandon!), but there were still a few interesting surprises. It's not all just games for Switch or Steam. There's a lot of old Sony hardware that I managed to get this year for free from an old friend. Not to mention new shelves/décor for the game room, arcade parts, old PC RAM sticks and more.<br /><br /><b><u><span style="font-size: x-large;">Previous Years </span></u></b><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://lordpublius.blogspot.com/2018/12/my-game-collecting-adventures-in-2018.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">2018</a> </div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://lordpublius.blogspot.com/2019/12/my-game-collecting-adventures-in-2019.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">2019</a></div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://lordpublius.blogspot.com/2020/06/game-collecting-misadventures-in-2020.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">2020</a></div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://lordpublius.blogspot.com/2021/12/game-collecting-misadventures-in-2021.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">2021</a></div><div><br /></div><span><a name='more'></a></span><div><br /></div><div><b><u><span style="font-size: x-large;">2 Jan 2022</span></u></b></div><div><br /></div><div>We're not starting off this year with gift cards of any kind. We're starting off with the first of four different games that I bought with gift cards, et al. between Christmas and New Year. Even though I have said in 2019 that I was done with the 3DS, that didn't stop me from getting one more title for curiosity's sake. The title in question is the much maligned <i><a href="https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/3ds/168673-metroid-prime-federation-force" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Metroid Prime: Federation Force</a></i>.<br /><br /></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWmGFy4d_QXmrApl6ooUVYt1dBImxNWpGSG41v8TlEaDOAapZSgRuYhdGHpnLapZBF7yJradKdMhisr3b1EQ8EkD-zm5HZA9X1n6-EderyHhh4Q84VjibVo6zZDKqFQFpji5-enH6xH6s/" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1704" data-original-width="1863" height="366" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWmGFy4d_QXmrApl6ooUVYt1dBImxNWpGSG41v8TlEaDOAapZSgRuYhdGHpnLapZBF7yJradKdMhisr3b1EQ8EkD-zm5HZA9X1n6-EderyHhh4Q84VjibVo6zZDKqFQFpji5-enH6xH6s/w400-h366/Metroid-Prime-Federation-Force.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This game would get better reviews if <br />it didn't have the <i>Metroid</i> name on it...</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><b><u><span style="font-size: x-large;">3 Jan 2022</span></u></b></div><div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Another day, another of my Amazon orders showing up in the mailbox. This time, it's the Switch port of a recent arcade racing game, <i><a href="https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/switch/323657-cruisn-blast" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Cruis'n Blast</a></i>.<br /><br /><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg8qhOA5joyr3P3UMPoGemjp6wLIjit_EZY_21E1FtFeSULY51mzIYkOXV5lZKgGibZoC2hCKWgp3o1wTHHqQ02MYa_3_XsQNTRSwQbXL_NrXp4Sx9FzOa2Ka28SzCoNf6IZahbzX25KXrdDWfeNTXjMcahfVG1_EYeoEZOR4tIubP43N8jBC63DNTR=s1240" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1240" data-original-width="759" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg8qhOA5joyr3P3UMPoGemjp6wLIjit_EZY_21E1FtFeSULY51mzIYkOXV5lZKgGibZoC2hCKWgp3o1wTHHqQ02MYa_3_XsQNTRSwQbXL_NrXp4Sx9FzOa2Ka28SzCoNf6IZahbzX25KXrdDWfeNTXjMcahfVG1_EYeoEZOR4tIubP43N8jBC63DNTR=w392-h640" width="392" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Will this game be as awesome as the <br />old <i>Cruis'n</i> games from the 1990s?</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div>Later that same afternoon, Amazon dropped off another of the games that I bought before New Year's Eve...</div></div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgLZusDqGefj269Ibsr45D3biZ2EPg3MsiRHxNmidViUy1h18P5ZS0frqbefvYuGfmmQ32_34ZM4bScD4AVfGluTt_p_dSV1EZrrNS_BLUXlzUxxBzbOWm1VM9pbhZ7xht1A_n7lCi3YB07NQvLvMuY8bKtiFt7cFpA1Kk48H0xyEbjZNQ1HtzyRmUg=s1410" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1410" data-original-width="873" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgLZusDqGefj269Ibsr45D3biZ2EPg3MsiRHxNmidViUy1h18P5ZS0frqbefvYuGfmmQ32_34ZM4bScD4AVfGluTt_p_dSV1EZrrNS_BLUXlzUxxBzbOWm1VM9pbhZ7xht1A_n7lCi3YB07NQvLvMuY8bKtiFt7cFpA1Kk48H0xyEbjZNQ1HtzyRmUg=w396-h640" width="396" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I hear lots of good things about this game...</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div><b><u><span style="font-size: x-large;">11 Jan 2022</span></u></b></div><div><br /></div><div>The last of those 4 orders from Amazon arrived today...</div><div><br /></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYdHHOFaq3_fhVT0W2YJyVCvuDvTDZTUtHOKSaBGU_aoNaT28B94bvO3bOSfZMvZk1dqmqPkVx1V0_VjtfNIq8WfuoLTkk2v4Bz9Uqkq3Wu_RvHh0mc9SpQ5aQEgVtMqCrwdaJhgXvDNw/" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="566" data-original-width="346" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYdHHOFaq3_fhVT0W2YJyVCvuDvTDZTUtHOKSaBGU_aoNaT28B94bvO3bOSfZMvZk1dqmqPkVx1V0_VjtfNIq8WfuoLTkk2v4Bz9Uqkq3Wu_RvHh0mc9SpQ5aQEgVtMqCrwdaJhgXvDNw/s16000/MK8DX.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">No caption needed. <br />We've all played Mario Kart before...</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br />I do already have the original WiiU version of this game. However, that one doesn't have all the DLC built in, nor is it portable. Therefore, this was still a decent buy at just $49.94 before tax.<br /><br /></div><div><b><u><span style="font-size: x-large;">10 Feb 2022</span></u></b></div><div><br /></div><div>Bought some wall-mounted shelves for the game room and mounted them today. Moved all the old games in Cardboard boxes to those shelves. The spot where they are located now will keep them from getting faded by the sun. They also helped make a LOT of room.<br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh-MA1BDRVEAevr6LLW0KjTzFc2Lwrh4_GoPHWZNBAYA-Fq3_m4DljL-eWXQ_c0uNLiQdyfcvCObg36vZzvW-VFlTpNy4su_LqZiDqsSa8KdZdD8_tn5d3XKBjePur4xLKouUC56hqf1l14ruSVBThIycxNcFUS1GKY-LQircZt9TMqIbnsh7849W3U" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="884" data-original-width="684" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh-MA1BDRVEAevr6LLW0KjTzFc2Lwrh4_GoPHWZNBAYA-Fq3_m4DljL-eWXQ_c0uNLiQdyfcvCObg36vZzvW-VFlTpNy4su_LqZiDqsSa8KdZdD8_tn5d3XKBjePur4xLKouUC56hqf1l14ruSVBThIycxNcFUS1GKY-LQircZt9TMqIbnsh7849W3U=w495-h640" width="495" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This corner couldn't get much more retro...</td></tr></tbody></table><br />For those wondering, the games on the shelves are for Atari 2600, 5200, 7800, Jaguar, Mattel Intellivision, NES, Super NES & N64.<br /><br /><b><u><span style="font-size: x-large;">22 Feb 2022</span></u></b><br /><br /></div><div>Met up with an old friend on this evening to get an old tape deck from him. Turned out to be an old mini-shelf system with a working tape deck and speakers that are a bit wonky. Good thing I have a few spare ones in my inventory of electronic junk. 😜</div><div><br /></div><div>Anyway, I got a LOT of other old junk from him too, including old PlayStation stuff. Here's what I got from this score...</div><div style="text-align: left;"><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>2 games for PS3</li><li>1 badly scratched loose disc for PS1 that, to my surprise, actually worked...</li><li>4 PS3 consoles in the original form factor </li><li>A spare motherboard for a PS3 console</li><li>An extra console body shell for a PS3 </li><li>2 PS1 consoles</li><li>A PS1 Memory Card</li><li>8GB of DDR3 RAM for a Desktop PC</li></ul>Of all those consoles, only 1 of the PS3s are functional. I'm pretty sure I can fix (at least) one of the PS1 consoles by getting it a new laser. That's just $20-30 and a few minutes worth of work at most. I don't have a clue what's even wrong with the rest of them. Either way, the retro game store I plan to open someday will have quite a few machines that we can raid for spare parts or repair and resell. This is also (to me at least) the most surprising and interesting acquisition for this year. Pics below.</div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhhYmb14_CjjAG-F-lQbBAtgjIAHLSZ6mvk3-a2yo_aBbA4ANZ2fvZaw8eS_zwdLXLCN8qHR4QIxRIPduy5W6zD_kvhN3s6zjZvGhupHsQpjTBeiy_c_koO6TSCubHlnAwo1EwardvXbKg8ZqraUAYIVwWmatODXOes-o38FgmkfdpbW1Zd0L0Dfqhx=s3648" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2736" data-original-width="3648" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhhYmb14_CjjAG-F-lQbBAtgjIAHLSZ6mvk3-a2yo_aBbA4ANZ2fvZaw8eS_zwdLXLCN8qHR4QIxRIPduy5W6zD_kvhN3s6zjZvGhupHsQpjTBeiy_c_koO6TSCubHlnAwo1EwardvXbKg8ZqraUAYIVwWmatODXOes-o38FgmkfdpbW1Zd0L0Dfqhx=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The games and memory card...</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEggdRVoXU6aGY8VA4wlF3Mc-micjPvScdtLoe4Iy7I5iowVXkslZY6KAJoY7ejKduFHHuYc4nAfwtghZnwK3-eWIUyIJPI3G-2B_36Fv2PFcZgS89G3mncYczAp5vtbFbPydcgWSfHkCHDiVssbPvH0rZU7YCHWRV8tuj0Ol0EpIZx2BginVTtqjbIJ=s3648" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2736" data-original-width="3648" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEggdRVoXU6aGY8VA4wlF3Mc-micjPvScdtLoe4Iy7I5iowVXkslZY6KAJoY7ejKduFHHuYc4nAfwtghZnwK3-eWIUyIJPI3G-2B_36Fv2PFcZgS89G3mncYczAp5vtbFbPydcgWSfHkCHDiVssbPvH0rZU7YCHWRV8tuj0Ol0EpIZx2BginVTtqjbIJ=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The PS3 that worked, the PS1 memory card and 8GB of DDR3 RAM...</td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgXk3EaJfRwicKsBF6nm9JMibgtS4YQK3iPUr0xkuj6_hcAQYdTdC1PKqOiwKwLV-aIb9VPeuPHDh012xcv9huoTvVpgmat5iY0uYLygkUS3lrq0wW-A6l-pqMbhVQcesQLwqlCCh-rUxFcM1Yjtks6myE3Pqoig325xlZrhlTMEyUdf8a6wiBQNkT1=s3648" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2736" data-original-width="3648" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgXk3EaJfRwicKsBF6nm9JMibgtS4YQK3iPUr0xkuj6_hcAQYdTdC1PKqOiwKwLV-aIb9VPeuPHDh012xcv9huoTvVpgmat5iY0uYLygkUS3lrq0wW-A6l-pqMbhVQcesQLwqlCCh-rUxFcM1Yjtks6myE3Pqoig325xlZrhlTMEyUdf8a6wiBQNkT1=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">All of the (quite filthy) junk consoles laid out on a table in my garage...</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgpvCLMGeM1xLT0k5odaJmN0JweFExYujzZbB5bofc0JCPOrBHQG3vDrXj-lQlGxEXZIg2vGREq7Zb8YCtIgPYE7n3rUXqtKDEE727zxuKn2corLULkQpNr5P2RGjfQfnkCb8Drg3erwPB37Oz76XOhJY9xPUwwDMaVuXRW-d1cFFWsT-YYVl87u_Nc=s3648" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2736" data-original-width="3648" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgpvCLMGeM1xLT0k5odaJmN0JweFExYujzZbB5bofc0JCPOrBHQG3vDrXj-lQlGxEXZIg2vGREq7Zb8YCtIgPYE7n3rUXqtKDEE727zxuKn2corLULkQpNr5P2RGjfQfnkCb8Drg3erwPB37Oz76XOhJY9xPUwwDMaVuXRW-d1cFFWsT-YYVl87u_Nc=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The old stereo system, just for good measure...</td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><div><b><u><span style="font-size: x-large;">25 Mar 2022</span></u></b></div><div><br /></div><div>While out running errands today, I stopped by a thrift store and a pawn shop to see what kind of games and movies I could find. The thrift store was a bust, but I hit pay dirt at the pawn shop. I'm not going to list the movies here since this is a blog post about games. The 3 games included 1 title for XBOX and 2 for PS3. Fortunately, It wasn't difficult to remove those price stickers.</div><div><br /></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEje0M6lNEmI1f1cd5p9j3XH7UbsuPpGT8E2ulVVs7bbpMPivZQi3og6T6iTlKWej5zKsstLP5HF4U47EF9C6xCD9NvigDic5BW9JVQbEtgu6FLuZOcwkHuMZVhC9C9ipaynpwXkWuJnH2IuQsZPrjpAzENEPzJYRdgnc_JtaNwEUFHgW-e4YN2rLSNh" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="2736" data-original-width="3648" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEje0M6lNEmI1f1cd5p9j3XH7UbsuPpGT8E2ulVVs7bbpMPivZQi3og6T6iTlKWej5zKsstLP5HF4U47EF9C6xCD9NvigDic5BW9JVQbEtgu6FLuZOcwkHuMZVhC9C9ipaynpwXkWuJnH2IuQsZPrjpAzENEPzJYRdgnc_JtaNwEUFHgW-e4YN2rLSNh=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;">And to think that I removed MotorStorm from my want list because </div><div style="text-align: center;">I thought it was worth too much on the collector's market and/or non-essential. </div><div style="text-align: center;">Looks like I was fated to end up with that excellent racing game anyway. 😜</div></td></tr></tbody></table><br /></div><div><b><u><span style="font-size: x-large;">3 Apr 2022</span></u></b></div><div><br /></div><div>Amazon delivered on a Sunday, which is still really weird to me. This time, they delivered an aftermarket spinner knob for Arcade1Up's <i>Tron</i> cabinet. I don't have that cabinet. However, I do have the same Aftermarket spinner that GRS Tech made for <i>Tron</i> and a few other cabinets in my Atari 12-in-1. I bought it because I thought the design on it looked cool. It's also slightly smaller than the other knobs that I have for that spinner. Pics below.</div><div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEharSeyE8W1SGvyDQqXrApFWgs0ZuWTcdTwtw1rDf1UfUDx2lZ13NPoN9ppmp017W4tr1K0dHxNLZfg4J7JGdgWpYGT1Lu04Z8Vv_gLTvPFbYDh69TSLVJH9xMckSbS40dX-0YH_U6i1fdmgHysKoJMu1Ki38eQKT3_boF7Xxv1L1g3t6CCkVPmb1_1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="613" data-original-width="782" height="502" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEharSeyE8W1SGvyDQqXrApFWgs0ZuWTcdTwtw1rDf1UfUDx2lZ13NPoN9ppmp017W4tr1K0dHxNLZfg4J7JGdgWpYGT1Lu04Z8Vv_gLTvPFbYDh69TSLVJH9xMckSbS40dX-0YH_U6i1fdmgHysKoJMu1Ki38eQKT3_boF7Xxv1L1g3t6CCkVPmb1_1=w640-h502" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The knob by itself.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhNkSoL4KkiQ_NDZe7D87nWgGz3v5eRZhCW0SVXZDgIeni792OmjelL8QRZtRdMjqZ-cX-SwEM_8PW803ykkkmpkj2pVTy784me4ZMYaVHePjR0QoDpFvPBIQYSlslFF0VFS35vrS2Vd4N1SYF3eR3dVp4CYNqikrTCVdp0BgMGnkpA1CZe4DUY2kko" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="450" data-original-width="600" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhNkSoL4KkiQ_NDZe7D87nWgGz3v5eRZhCW0SVXZDgIeni792OmjelL8QRZtRdMjqZ-cX-SwEM_8PW803ykkkmpkj2pVTy784me4ZMYaVHePjR0QoDpFvPBIQYSlslFF0VFS35vrS2Vd4N1SYF3eR3dVp4CYNqikrTCVdp0BgMGnkpA1CZe4DUY2kko=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">All 3 of the knobs sitting on the control deck of my Atari 12-in-1. The black one is installed. <br />The new <i>Tron</i> knob would look pretty cool on his cabinet. </td></tr></tbody></table><br /><b><u><span style="font-size: x-large;">23 Apr 2022</span></u></b><br /><br />Bought some digital games on the Switch today, the <a href="https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/switch/365281-arcade-archives-gaplus" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Arcade Archives version of <i>Gaplus</i></a> and <a href="https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/switch/291203-super-toy-cars-2" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Super Toy Cars 2</a>. Both are going to be great time-wasting fun. <i>Super Toy Cars 2</i> was acquired for $2.61 after taxes, because of a sale. If I used my gold points for that transaction, I would have only had to pay out a single penny. However, I decided to save those for a much more expensive game sometime in the future. Pics below.<br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgFyVzDbHSiAjS4mYU9bycAV6_4Zb7NJU_9h4TG4HBIc9bMJcOJMl9flOStz1IQCZTYGeGAcfLQVuXoDawKxa8JAHPIh0gTYEM4h1A5DvF6Q5dlgQ0o5LLsiP-KjFLxvYrSQ-mun_tFQVfGTUuSo8vrTblD7OnUc0ZB0mrPIDfBla2WjxSxiLwArNTM" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgFyVzDbHSiAjS4mYU9bycAV6_4Zb7NJU_9h4TG4HBIc9bMJcOJMl9flOStz1IQCZTYGeGAcfLQVuXoDawKxa8JAHPIh0gTYEM4h1A5DvF6Q5dlgQ0o5LLsiP-KjFLxvYrSQ-mun_tFQVfGTUuSo8vrTblD7OnUc0ZB0mrPIDfBla2WjxSxiLwArNTM=s16000" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The often forgotten <i>Galaxian</i> sequel that <br />constantly gets overshadowed by <i>Galaga</i>...<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgMTkfPUbUCoz-V8AtC5c6SpvCS8dbK9Hl7u3nJZhllJODVk8yPa_R0oDOg4ESliv_7hvZGRUm6llFfqOVXqyxFEDxlzqvn1Di1-XqUY4Gt9_jF2s52_UxgXdWxcl-tpWi8NcDGOBbYCQk4wR9WdI1HfdD5Rv9M9CHFmj_mxEWJ-lZdrfgDtyioT4OC" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgMTkfPUbUCoz-V8AtC5c6SpvCS8dbK9Hl7u3nJZhllJODVk8yPa_R0oDOg4ESliv_7hvZGRUm6llFfqOVXqyxFEDxlzqvn1Di1-XqUY4Gt9_jF2s52_UxgXdWxcl-tpWi8NcDGOBbYCQk4wR9WdI1HfdD5Rv9M9CHFmj_mxEWJ-lZdrfgDtyioT4OC=w640-h360" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">It's like a modern version of all the old <i>Micro Machines</i> games...</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><b><u><span style="font-size: x-large;">6 May 2022</span></u></b><br /><br />While shopping for a few cleaning supplies at Dollar Tree, I happen to wander down their $5 aisle. On that aisle, I saw two throw pillows with a HALO theme for $5 each. I grabbed them both and now they are sitting on the couch in my game room. Awesome.<br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjnjJ_kubilT3APyHDdcm1qCdW2mnHHrzrXGDOcPYq5cD-6ZDLRThQQfTRopzEKawuI4hc00EpcxX5qlIxBhLbr3MbAC9shblw0_LLpLh0vrz2QtP-E_PnLPHY4Y8Vie4_-tWb1Vyw14i7itI5zukmV4K-inarQUNqAyts87_9ivuhQDhTDl9c71jT9" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="2736" data-original-width="3648" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjnjJ_kubilT3APyHDdcm1qCdW2mnHHrzrXGDOcPYq5cD-6ZDLRThQQfTRopzEKawuI4hc00EpcxX5qlIxBhLbr3MbAC9shblw0_LLpLh0vrz2QtP-E_PnLPHY4Y8Vie4_-tWb1Vyw14i7itI5zukmV4K-inarQUNqAyts87_9ivuhQDhTDl9c71jT9=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">They're both the same. <span style="text-align: left;">I just put the opposite sides up to show off the two designs.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><b><u><span style="font-size: x-large;">12 May 2022</span></u></b><br /><br />Bought two DLC packs for <i>The Pinball Arcade</i> on Steam earlier tonight: Stern Packs <a href="https://store.steampowered.com/app/1093040/Pinball_Arcade_Stern_Pack_1/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">1</a> & <a href="https://store.steampowered.com/app/908225/Pinball_Arcade_Stern_Pack_2/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">2</a>. Still have just over $66 in my Steam wallet. It's just waiting for a few other titles to <i>finally</i> release later this year. Pics below.<br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjTn5-daG8mQAMAgOttk68cB_52vZih_dVdT2awpqa1USowMpfeXhI9onrkJiDgG5elNJcSmDjKIPzz695_B_CJ4CkaWeyjBdMWlYT5LQoFGWxfNLhgpkXJZ1Vb3lCXNCtJY34Jz9bVgruwkcmxN_1F4r5baOcmRCPbzp-FzHgYD0u2AURspA6FRNbX" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjTn5-daG8mQAMAgOttk68cB_52vZih_dVdT2awpqa1USowMpfeXhI9onrkJiDgG5elNJcSmDjKIPzz695_B_CJ4CkaWeyjBdMWlYT5LQoFGWxfNLhgpkXJZ1Vb3lCXNCtJY34Jz9bVgruwkcmxN_1F4r5baOcmRCPbzp-FzHgYD0u2AURspA6FRNbX=w640-h360" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Mustang</i> from Stern Pinball Pack 2</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgIIe-tDh8nhq0pukbpgI9wWH0Hg9uByDaWxRPnIVUULdgAJIOLKAii-4VhQqMF4Us2uDybURDR3p4GCaG3KleeBTaENLdVhwBSfDjhETVEZs56Cx48PhgGYh5NaZQaMJ-Np95_rF5KXon5rI4ekvzTL3O5Gp52Ci-BVqhYLPyLOWyC8f3eHqv9i0Kx" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1017" data-original-width="1920" height="340" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgIIe-tDh8nhq0pukbpgI9wWH0Hg9uByDaWxRPnIVUULdgAJIOLKAii-4VhQqMF4Us2uDybURDR3p4GCaG3KleeBTaENLdVhwBSfDjhETVEZs56Cx48PhgGYh5NaZQaMJ-Np95_rF5KXon5rI4ekvzTL3O5Gp52Ci-BVqhYLPyLOWyC8f3eHqv9i0Kx=w640-h340" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Star Trek</i> from Stern Pinball Pack 1</td></tr></tbody></table><br /></div><div><b><u><span style="font-size: x-large;">3 July 2022</span></u></b></div><div><br /></div><div>Steam had a summer sale going on, and I took advantage of it to pick up a bunch of cheap games. It was $38.41 for them all, including $3.24 for tax. The games were mostly titles that I already had on the Switch, but they were too cheap to pass up and it's nice having them on PC as well.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/pc/340953-asteroids-recharged" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Asteroids: Recharged</a></div><div><a href="https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/pc/237309-battlezone-gold-edition" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Battlezone Gold Edition</a></div><div><a href="https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/pc/332621-black-widow-recharged" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Black Widow: Recharged</a></div><div><a href="https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/pc/354158-breakout-recharged" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Breakout: Recharged</a></div><div><a href="https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/pc/260119-castlevania-anniversary-collection" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Castlevania Anniversary Collection</a></div><div><a href="https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/pc/329982-centipede-recharged" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Centipede: Recharged</a></div><div><a href="https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/pc/290832-missile-command-recharged" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Missile Command: Recharged</a></div><div><a href="https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/pc/160274-vektor-wars" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Vektor Wars</a></div><br /></div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiG-8cYrDwkF4-oL3wYgThkv8-WRxYlnmuQ7ko_1uu8SwS3jbPw2PURDzQyQw_tULUjYUu2iT_sTPx-Ic80-Wj4d8XTJgDKDk2SR7glrYmzUeRH8Qd1T1C23k3h0XCzfPf9CPQtsdU1k-7woWE8tzMMVum3F5-qXtx4GxvR4qRkxA_1GIB2oyWF_kg1/s1560/SteamPurchases-3July.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="730" data-original-width="1560" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiG-8cYrDwkF4-oL3wYgThkv8-WRxYlnmuQ7ko_1uu8SwS3jbPw2PURDzQyQw_tULUjYUu2iT_sTPx-Ic80-Wj4d8XTJgDKDk2SR7glrYmzUeRH8Qd1T1C23k3h0XCzfPf9CPQtsdU1k-7woWE8tzMMVum3F5-qXtx4GxvR4qRkxA_1GIB2oyWF_kg1/w640-h300/SteamPurchases-3July.png" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I put the graphics for all these games together in one wallpaper image, <br />just to make it easier to get them in this blog post.</td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><div><b><u><span style="font-size: x-large;">8 November 2022</span></u></b></div><div><br /></div><div>Took advantage of a Buy 2 Get 1 Free sale at Target and picked up some Switch games. Since the Pac-Man title was cheapest, that's the one that ended up being free.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjprv4HakQFeASed0XgwFESK_otVL_TtHFQ_UzmjGWSd02Nodh9feEtTEfEEwBiZ0zPIkbPXkMKseOrog368T-iOJZGHBH1W68U8J8WVU4iyO0yCCrx2jgWQ84IRr3LlQohWG4Y_uMcE8LNEqWjoV9P0PFyGzmqnhIb9ttWvoLHBuez_WytVLjyR4qE" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="490" data-original-width="800" height="392" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjprv4HakQFeASed0XgwFESK_otVL_TtHFQ_UzmjGWSd02Nodh9feEtTEfEEwBiZ0zPIkbPXkMKseOrog368T-iOJZGHBH1W68U8J8WVU4iyO0yCCrx2jgWQ84IRr3LlQohWG4Y_uMcE8LNEqWjoV9P0PFyGzmqnhIb9ttWvoLHBuez_WytVLjyR4qE=w640-h392" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I wonder how that <i>Star Trek</i> game is going to work out...</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /></div><div><b><u><span style="font-size: x-large;">25 December 2022</span></u></b></div><div><br /></div><div>One of my younger brothers got me in the family's (supposedly) Secret Santa pool this year. I sent him an Amazon Wishlist with a bunch of random things, including a few Switch games. He picked the new Kirby game, even though I'm sure there were other titles in that list that were cheaper. Don't ask me how or why. The only other gift I got this year was a card from my mother with some cash inside. That will be helpful in the next few weeks.</div><div><br /></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi2eUKZJTtEMes0i_MllMS5UsOTFeCT7Sj9EB_9f6SD92HLH0z9z4wrojmrtrpXKxmulmUHzdccoqQkwBnj2Ys1ajR4a7ZcitVQ8TfHtm-TC3l3SfhfWtsZ2JJUbKCu6IfQejmx9jGYPtocWwWKitILpmtH0eA7gSJGqeTiulIaSeVSi2c-k2dENgVA" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1415" data-original-width="866" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi2eUKZJTtEMes0i_MllMS5UsOTFeCT7Sj9EB_9f6SD92HLH0z9z4wrojmrtrpXKxmulmUHzdccoqQkwBnj2Ys1ajR4a7ZcitVQ8TfHtm-TC3l3SfhfWtsZ2JJUbKCu6IfQejmx9jGYPtocWwWKitILpmtH0eA7gSJGqeTiulIaSeVSi2c-k2dENgVA=w392-h640" width="392" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Kirby's first adventure in full 3D...</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /></div><div><div><b><u><span style="font-size: x-large;">26 December 2022</span></u></b></div><div><br /></div></div><div>Logged into Steam to update things. Discovered that the Winter sale already started back on the 22nd and continues through January 5th. Got 2 freeware titles: The PC version of <i><a href="https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/pc/233838-friday-the-13th-killer-puzzle" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Friday the 13th: Killer Puzzle</a></i> (which I previously got on the Nintendo Switch in 2018) and <i><a href="https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/pc/561632-return-to-castle-wolfenstein-enemy-territory" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Return to Castle Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory</a></i>. I don't even remember downloading the Wolfenstein game, but it doesn't matter. They are both free games. 🙂</div><div><br /></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhvpCGle2h7tos8UwPEeZE8IoC6cbcQNzTGyy5caXsSDy8Z2LHtUM5VoVDG-YQdt0BtyJRuk3ADNwhMISFSOaDqGbyP-HGryTR28PZVd1K9f3WMr7f8OvnMPGb9WEW-g9hGdCM-ymiWjdchYeyfIyfDFueLheCs-fgIXwvuVdbmDl8yqcBgEBSZ1sSb" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="364" data-original-width="650" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhvpCGle2h7tos8UwPEeZE8IoC6cbcQNzTGyy5caXsSDy8Z2LHtUM5VoVDG-YQdt0BtyJRuk3ADNwhMISFSOaDqGbyP-HGryTR28PZVd1K9f3WMr7f8OvnMPGb9WEW-g9hGdCM-ymiWjdchYeyfIyfDFueLheCs-fgIXwvuVdbmDl8yqcBgEBSZ1sSb=s16000" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">It'll be fun to play this game again on PC...</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEghVBePrqML080_SKGSo-X30WGLWwv7CFMr7atU9s4aRKr4GnY3JtOaGCa0hcahtslbozSORTrOLesslXkzRzAbMkfE3kt2wCGu-hDIxOHnNu_eLRaUwSYA3xKvW3l15ax0byi7riUep3VxVqVZBMReFBi7WIArC_vvTOnhcOBUnv9_zh9vGQ86zR8b" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="215" data-original-width="460" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEghVBePrqML080_SKGSo-X30WGLWwv7CFMr7atU9s4aRKr4GnY3JtOaGCa0hcahtslbozSORTrOLesslXkzRzAbMkfE3kt2wCGu-hDIxOHnNu_eLRaUwSYA3xKvW3l15ax0byi7riUep3VxVqVZBMReFBi7WIArC_vvTOnhcOBUnv9_zh9vGQ86zR8b=s16000" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Did I get this game the last time I logged into Steam<br />and simply forget to install it on my machine?</td></tr></tbody></table><br /></div><div>Also cleaned out the Wishlist a good bit, especially with those Quake remakes that I had considered. I can still install the original versions of those games from my physical copy if I want to play them that bad. Also, the remakes had some rather crazy system requirements. Some that my computer couldn't handle without getting a VERY expensive graphics card. Seems kinda pointless for a graphical update to games that are now nearly 3 decades old.</div><div><br /></div><div><b><u><span style="font-size: x-large;">29 December 2022</span></u></b></div><div><br /></div><div>Used some of my cash in my eShop wallet to get <i><a href="https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/switch/313716-blizzard-arcade-collection" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Blizzard Arcade Collection</a></i> for the Nintendo Switch when I saw that it was on sale for 50% off. <br /><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZLvmWE5R8Z3AyO8-BsWuYzl_EANlFGo045_GCTI1aR2ZcwrWfeiC4T_K-gIBYVzI7XFYTi9W0kezGmgE2wTGilgCW7VfgLxIYlsU8MJktMvklnmtZnL6GsLAVumY0safGhoRsjvPyX66WYMoZ5m3wxGLlP67d38QtbMAVVguYJA9yt5h6n2A6riQv/s600/BAC.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZLvmWE5R8Z3AyO8-BsWuYzl_EANlFGo045_GCTI1aR2ZcwrWfeiC4T_K-gIBYVzI7XFYTi9W0kezGmgE2wTGilgCW7VfgLxIYlsU8MJktMvklnmtZnL6GsLAVumY0safGhoRsjvPyX66WYMoZ5m3wxGLlP67d38QtbMAVVguYJA9yt5h6n2A6riQv/s16000/BAC.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This ought to be interesting...</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div>Never mind that this collection has CONSOLE games in it instead of Arcade titles or the fact that I just wanted it for <i><a href="https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/SNES/588623-rock-n-roll-racing" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Rock'N'Roll Racing</a></i>. $10 for this collection is a steal. Trying to get that one racing game for one of the consoles it was originally released for is prohibitively expensive. As of this writing, <a href="https://www.pricecharting.com/game/super-nintendo/rock-%27n-roll-racing" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">the Super NES version</a> is $43.72 and <a href="https://www.pricecharting.com/game/sega-genesis/rock-%27n-roll-racing" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">the SEGA Genesis version</a> is $54.15. Those prices are way too high for loose cartridges of a nearly 30 year old game. The <a href="https://www.pricecharting.com/game/gameboy-advance/rock-%27n-roll-racing" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">port released for the Game Boy Advance</a> is also a bit expensive at $27.98 for a loose cartridge. <br /><br />Ridiculous prices like those are why classics compilations are so important. Without them, gamers would be forced to engage in software piracy and run the ROMs in some emulator. Not all gamers are tech-savvy enough to do that, regardless of whether or not they have any moral qualms about software piracy...</div><div><br /></div><span><!--more--></span><div><br /></div><div>And there we have it, folks. 2022 game collecting in a nutshell. It's nowhere near as impressive as some previous years, but there was still some interesting acquisitions. I leave it up to you to decide if the bad economy screwed me up or if it was 'quality over quantity' instead. <br /><br />Whatever happens, I hope 2023 is better for me in general, not just with my collecting hobby. I can't afford to have a 4th <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annus_horribilis" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">annus horribilis</a> in a row. Best of luck to you all in the future. God willing, we'll have another of these game collecting misadventures posts for 2023 <i>and</i> a country that is still free... Even though Democrats are all <i>practically begging</i> for <a href="https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/dark-brandon" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">a Dictator</a>... </div><div><br /></div><div>- Lord Publius</div><div><br /></div>Lord Publiushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07047366006752124497noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2863808653384258852.post-45420496552429628482022-12-27T04:23:00.040-06:002023-01-16T23:02:01.875-06:0022 Things that BPC needs to know...<div style="text-align: left;"><div>Once in a while, I check on a certain individual who has been an (unwitting?) annoyance in the past. He has been mentioned various times over the years in this blog by the initials BPC. I won't say if those are his actual initials or reveal his name. Don't ask.</div><div><br /></div><div>He occasionally complains about me and how he thinks that I mistreated him. Based on the complaints made, I think he doesn't understand the slightest thing about internet culture. He also makes a lot of assumptions about me and my motives that don't conform to objective reality. However, that is due to his limited information... or, perhaps, him being a complete narcissist. I can't tell since I'm not a shrink. So, I'll give him the benefit of the doubt this time. <br /><br />He might have spent a few months living with me in Basic Training at Fort Knox, but that doesn't mean even half as much as one may think. I was even more reserved than usual at that time, deliberately keeping people at arm's length. I wasn't sure who I could trust. That would continue throughout the rest of my career. Also, I am assuming that this dude isn't a nut job of some kind, including everything from a psychopath to a simple narcissist or something else. Whatever the case may be, tossing him out of my life was still the correct decision for ALL the reasons listed below and more that I can't publicly discuss.</div><div><br /></div><div>Anyway, there was one post of his from 3 Mar 2020 that mentioned me and this guy he knew, referred to by the initials DJO. And now, I am going to correct his assertions in the most gentle way possible. No shitposting, no memes, no insults and very few vulgarities. In fact, this may be one of the most family-friendly posts I have ever written. That being said, it will still hold your interest, BPC. Might want to get the bottle right now before you even start. When you realize how badly you really screwed up here, you will want something to calm your nerves.</div><div><br /></div><div>----</div><br /><b>1.) Nice to see that your grammar has improved. </b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Looks like <a href="https://www.grammarly.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">that Grammarly thing</a> that I saw advertised online is something legit and useful. I'm surprised. Most everything you see online these days tends to be a let-down or a scam. You're formatting still needs some work, but the posts no longer look like word salad anymore. That is an enormous improvement. I am seriously happy for you.<br /><br /><b>2.) I never got recycled. I retook the PT test, passed and left Knox maybe a week after the rest of you. </b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">I never looked back. Can't even remember much of my time there anymore. That's fine by me. Some things aren't worth remembering...<br /><br /><b>3.) I wouldn't say my time in the Army was a complete waste. Probably more like 90%. </b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Maybe 87% if I want to be charitable. With enough time passing, we all tend to be more forgiving of things/people that have wronged us. That would include my proverbial 'ex-wife' in the form of the Army. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Remember how I frequently referred to my career as a 'bad marriage in desperate need of a divorce'? That wasn't a joke. It was my way of summing up a very long and complicated thought process every time someone in my last unit invariably asked '<i>Why do you want to get out of the Army so bad, LP?</i>'<br /><br /><b>4.) I was more than just 'pissed off' with you, BPC. Your lame stunt trying to 'praise' my time in service actually could have attracted LOTS of unwanted attention from only God knows who. </b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">All that time in uniform and you somehow don't understand that <a href="https://www.army.mil/article/249435/be_opsec_aware_before_you_share" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">OPSEC is forever</a>? You wouldn't like it if I took the pics I have of you and used them to make stupid memes that aren't even funny. OPSEC is why to this very day I still refuse to take pictures of myself at all, let alone post any of them anywhere. <br /><br />I'm still pissed at the Army for letting those civilian jackasses that wanted to sell us yearbooks of our time in BCT to take those photos without our permission. That is one Hell of a security risk for what's ultimately a useless product. And to think, the Army also wanted those dumbass kids to STOP thinking/acting like they were still in high school... And yet they also try to sell them yearbooks. <a href="https://www.dictionary.com/e/slang/whiskey-tango-foxtrot/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Whisky Tango Foxtrot</a>?</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /><b>5.) I didn't 'blow you off' and ignore you when you tried to apologize. </b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">I didn't see any message from you trying to apologize until several months after the fact. It went into the 'Other' folder rather than the Inbox. I forgot that Other folder even existed in the FB private message system. It made no difference. You made yourself entirely too much of a security risk without even being aware of it, dude. Removing you from my life was the only thing that I could do.<br /><br /><b>6.) I don't hack anyone's accounts. So, you're right to guess that wasn't me. </b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">I'm also assuming that you're telling the truth on that claim since I have no way to prove otherwise or any reason to suspect deceit. If you're lying, make sure that I never find out otherwise.<br /><br /><b>7.) Why did I threaten to call the FBI? Because you were already out of the Army by that point. </b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">The Army CID would have referred me to the Bureau instead. Why did that even surprise you? Do you have any idea how many instances of (potential) stalker cases crossing state lines that they routinely handle? You're damned lucky that I didn't call them. <b><u>That shit is not cool</u></b>.<br /><br /><b>8.) Sorry to hear about the TBI and other issues. </b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">That TBI just might explain some of your strange behavior. Still doesn't excuse things, though. It can't in this case. You went too far to blame it all on grey matter that resembled a scrambled egg.<br /><br /><b>9.) The 'mutual friend' that suggested I leave NOLA did more than that, BPC. He tried to advertise what he thought was my personal business. Looked like he was trying to shame me into taking his suggestions too. Screw that narcissistic bullshit... </b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">He also assumed that I was broke and about to lose my house. That was never the case. I guess you could say that he inadvertently violated OPSEC too. All because he took it literally and to illogical extremes when I would lament having to live paycheck-to-paycheck like everyone else. That guy had to be on the Spectrum someplace...<br /><br />Also, why do any of you think it's okay to publicly discuss someone else's private lives? Or, for that matter, think that you actually know what is going on here? I don't share very much, beyond crazy opinions and insane shitposting designed specifically to throw people off my proverbial scent. I thought that was pretty obvious. Everyone else knew. <a href="https://thedailydraft.substack.com/p/the-internet-is-not-real-life" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The internet is NOT real life</a>.<br /><br /><b>10.) I never got rid of anyone over a minor dispute or them still being in uniform. Who told you that bravo sierra?</b> </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Funny you should mention UFOs as one of the topics, though. There was a guy I knew that was a bit of a UFO nut. He often took part in podcasts on the subject and I think he wanted me to get involved. I declined because I didn't want to attract undue attention to myself. Again, <a href="https://www.army.mil/article/249435/be_opsec_aware_before_you_share" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">OPSEC is forever</a>. <br /><br />Before I could explain anything to him though, he got pissed off and blocked me. I considered that a blessing in disguise and moved on with life. And no, the Feds didn't tell me anything about any UFOs. I have no idea if they actually have any more knowledge on that subject than the general public.<br /><br /><b>11.) Did I mock you for considering self-deletion? Or did I do what the Internet always does by joking about inappropriate things?</b><br /><br />The internet is filled with a lot of <i>exceptionally </i>dark humor. So dark, I'm surprised the cops aren't trying to shoot at it everyday. Think of it as a coping mechanism for dealing with life's horrors.<br /><br />Most of it comes from a site known as 'the Final Boss of the Internet', AKA 4chan. I assume you've never heard of that site. If so, that might be a good thing for you, BPC. I don't think you'd like that online cesspool that just so happens to make the DANKEST memes anyone has ever seen.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />That site is much like the way that Q described the galaxy to Captain Picard after he introduced/saved the Enterprise from the Borg: "<a href="https://youtu.be/MD05IVpnwFU" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">It's not safe out here. It's wonderous, with treasures to satiate desires both subtle and gross. But it's <i style="font-weight: bold;">NOT</i> for the timid.</a>"<br /><br /><b>12.) Based on your comments, it's pretty obvious that you do not understand the Christian Faith at all or any of my spiritual beliefs/practices.</b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />Can't say that I'm surprised. Atheists always act like you. I have forgiven you for your shenanigans already. However, <u>Forgiveness doesn't mean Forgetfulness</u>. That would just be a way to repeat past mistakes. Also, I don't ignore parts of the Bible that I find inconvenient. I'm not Catholic. <br /><br /><b>13.) I remove people from my life all the time and not just for being toxic. Sometimes, they're just foolish people who will end up causing trouble for everyone around them. </b><br /><br />I can cite numerous examples. I don't have to go looking for a reason, either. They often, quite unwittingly, present it themselves. Some of them even leave on their own and I just let them go, like the UFO guy. Some interpersonal relationships are not meant to last forever.<br /><br /><b>14.) Opportunist with friendships, religion and business? What gives you this idea? </b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />I don't have any idea what you're even talking about here. Seems like some kind of delusional thinking on your part. Like some fantasy that I'm some kind of Bond Villain or an <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Klaus_Schwab" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">evil mastermind</a>. Hate to burst your bubble, but I am not evil. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mad_scientist" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Slightly mad</a> perhaps, but not evil.<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Also, being opportunistic in business is how you differentiate yourself from the competition with innovative products/services, develop a market niche and build marketshare. Why would you think this is wrong? You're an accountant. I know you've had a few business and economics classes over the years. All of this should be common knowledge to folks in your profession.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /><b>15.) This obsession you have with Marijuana and the fact that I don't want anything to do with it...<br /></b><br />You're right when you say I have no issue with weed being used for legitimate medical purposes. It's also true that I don't want it around me. Just like I don't want excessive alcohol consumption or tobacco smoking around me, either. Why is that a problem for you? People who don't drink or smoke find those substances to be extremely unpleasant to be around. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />Also, remember how you kept posting weed bullshit on my music page where you were an admin for awhile, despite me telling you NOT to post that tripe? I was still in the Army at that time, BPC. If anyone from my unit saw that, they would probably think that I was using illegal substances. I did not need that grief, especially after how 4 of my 5 junior-enlisted co-workers in my shop all got busted for smoking <a href="https://drugabuse.com/drugs/spice/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Spice</a> shortly before. Starting to understand why I am so hard on you for doing things that you should already know qualify as '<a href="https://taskandpurpose.com/culture/asked-expert-privates-dumb/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Stupid Private Shit</a>'? Those people were actually watching me online at the time and knew about that music page on FB.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /><b>16.) My life actually is in pretty good order...</b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Far better than many expected. It improves little by little every day. I appreciate your well-wishes in this area.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /><b>17.) My FB profile was never deleted. Only abandoned for a long while...</b><br /><br />Since my oldest friends BEGGED me to go back, I do still check in on them once every few months. I consider that decision to be highly questionable for many reasons. I tend to use those times as an opportunity to shitpost too. On the most recent check-in, I called the Zuckbot an Autistic Nerd that proverbially fellates various three-letter agencies while also posting an Ozzy video. Good times! 😜🤘</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /><b>18.) 'Using' me and my blog just for info on games? You don't 'use' people, BPC. </b><br /><br />That treats them as a tool instead of a person, <a href="https://knowledgeburrow.com/what-does-it-mean-to-treat-someone-as-an-end-not-as-a-means/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">which is morally wrong</a>. A means to an end instead of an End unto themselves. You sound like you could use an Ethics class or two. That, or choose better wording... And here you are talking about me being opportunistic and manipulative with people. Way to have the pot call the kettle the N-Word, dude. Also, there will be a video game-related post on New Year's Eve or New Year's Day. Stay tuned.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /><b>19.) You think the Feds are watching me and put me on a few lists? I can guarantee you that I am already on a few of them. </b><br /><br />For example, the list of people they will be paying for life via VA disability checks, retirement checks, etc. As for them thinking I'm a threat... Well, probably not. They have no reason to make that inference and never will. Hell, the State Department recently tried to recruit me a few months ago! You think they'd want to hire me if they thought that I was planning a seditious act or some other horrible things?</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /><b>20.) You say that I had some things in common with this DJO person that you wrote about. Based on your limited description of him, I think any similarities there are surface-level and inconsequential.</b><br /><br />However, now your virulent anger at me joking about you POSSIBLY being a Homosexual makes more sense. I didn't even make that one up. Some friends of mine saw what you were doing on FB and thought you might have some kind of man-crush on me. They insinuated that you might be gay. I just ran with the joke because it made me laugh. <br /><br />Considering the trouble you caused me (without even realizing it in some areas), being called a faggot in some kind of roundabout way should have been the least of your concerns. Again, this is the internet. <a href="https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=don%27t%20be%20a%20fag" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">People get called a faggot all the time</a>. It's one of the internet's oldest running jokes. Just like <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Game_(mind_game)" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">THE GAME</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rule_34" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Rule 34</a>, <a href="https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/pepe-the-frog" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Pepe the Frog</a>, <a href="https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/pools-closed" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Pool's Closed</a>, etc.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />All that being said, I don't blame you for being disgusted by this DJO person becoming both a Bleeding Heart Leftist and a Tranny. Someone I used to know also decided to become that second* most loathsome form of deviant Homosexual. Glad that I haven't seen or spoken to that freak since 2014. The only reason that I even know about <u>him</u> pretending to be a her is because <u>he</u> liked a post made by a mutual friend on FB. Yes, that is one of the reasons why I consider any use of that site to be questionable. LOTS of weirdos there and not my kind, either. Glad that I blocked that <u>guy</u>'s profile quick. <u>He</u> always lacked self-confidence and had some mental health struggles, but I did not expect <u>him</u> to go this route. And I did try to help <u>him</u> with some of those self-confidence issues in years past, as a good friend should. It just didn't work.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />(* = The most loathsome form of deviant homosexual is a child molester. They are completely beyond redemption by any means available to Humans and society in general.)</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />EDIT: Just discovered that, about 9 months ago, that former friend turned degenerate commented on one of the music videos that I uploaded to YouTube 6 years ago. Small world... I guess that was bound to happen since I decided to upload some <i>seriously</i> hardcore early 2000s era Louisiana Death Metal for posterity. And since I've had ZERO interaction with him in over 8 years, <u>he</u> doesn't know who's behind the Lord Publius moniker/pen name/alter-ego/whatever. And some say that anonymity on the internet is impossible now. Don't be so sure... 😜<br /><br /><b>21.) I really wanted to insert some memes in this post. It could have been hilarious. </b><br /><br />However, it would have changed the tone of this post to something much more negative than I would have preferred. So, I spared you from that pain this time.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">AND FINALLY...</span></b><br /><br /><b>22.) Friendly advice: Don't advertise what city you're in now. </b><br /><br />Someone (not me) will misuse that info. I moved at least 5 times since leaving the Army, just to make myself hard to find. That, and my job at the time involved a lot of travel. I was never anywhere for more than a few months at a time. <br /><br />I've also considered moving again in the last year or two for economic reasons. I still might. No one on the internet has any idea where the person behind the Lord Publius moniker actually lives. The most they might know is what state I'm in <i>and that might be a lie on my part</i>. No one ever really knows for sure. It would be difficult for the enemy to find you if they are always looking in the wrong place.<br /><br />Either way, I will still keep an eye on you BPC, just to keep you out of trouble. And if you're VERY lucky, you might even hear from me from time to time. <a href="https://youtu.be/ARyUGi0gReA" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">See you out there</a>...<br /><br />- Lord Publius</div>Lord Publiushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07047366006752124497noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2863808653384258852.post-73223298990207131932022-10-30T22:34:00.003-05:002022-12-12T20:59:34.395-06:00More horror stories about various crazy chicks... <p>Remember when I made a post about a few crazy single mothers that life forced me to deal with at various times? No? Well, you can <a href="https://lordpublius.blogspot.com/2021/08/single-mom-horror-stories.html" target="_blank">read that one here</a>. This post is going to be a sequel of sorts, even if it doesn't necessarily involve a single mother this time. This story is going to be about 2 more female whackjobs that I once knew, during my High School years. However, I don't think the first one had a crush on me. Or, maybe she did on some subconscious level? I have no idea. As I think back to those times, I have come to the conclusion that she was pretty mixed up about a lot of things.<br /><br /><b>The story of Lizzy the Lezzy</b></p><p>So, let's dive into the story of our first psychotic female. We'll call her Lizzy the Lezzy. Her initials were LD. I can't use that because those were also the initials of another whackjob that I described in the previous entry involving 2 different single moms. Lizzy was not her real name or any kind of variation of her name. However, she was actually a Lezzy. That just adds to the layers of truly messed up behavior you're about to read in this story. I'll try to incorporate a few memes wherever possible.</p><p>========<br /><br /><b>Timeframe: March or April of 2000.</b><br /><br />Lizzy here was someone that I had an English class with in my Junior year of high school. She was one of the various Anti-Establishment types like me. I'm also certain that we had similar musical tastes. (i.e. Hard Rock & Heavy Metal.) She was also one of the few people in that class that I would actually want to talk to for any reason. The other kids were either boring, annoying or sometimes both. That's about as far as this association went for me. However, it was probably more for Lizzy.</p><p>One night, she called my house. I don't remember how she even got the number. That right there is probably a bad sign. <br /><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiU9fpTzl51SPzH-lt_n3mITVxBDExGbO9tBuIerrs2-SZF_EAATcWUXXAn4FKrrNOxLJIfv5qOx5WvDLRMe7Hp8d-4YwuhdBWndDgNMZg1S5cDO2UzxLRtMAcZEnF33bNcdBUW6tTAXy4oGDUOY_Sd0VbHu_e71bdvylPU1Rrnd7LSyqvmGXMD5dnx" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="112" data-original-width="478" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiU9fpTzl51SPzH-lt_n3mITVxBDExGbO9tBuIerrs2-SZF_EAATcWUXXAn4FKrrNOxLJIfv5qOx5WvDLRMe7Hp8d-4YwuhdBWndDgNMZg1S5cDO2UzxLRtMAcZEnF33bNcdBUW6tTAXy4oGDUOY_Sd0VbHu_e71bdvylPU1Rrnd7LSyqvmGXMD5dnx=s16000" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">How I feel when I get random, unexpected phone calls from some people...</td></tr></tbody></table><br />Anyway, she called me because she wanted to know if I had decided who I was taking with me to a KISS concert happening in a few months. I told her I was probably going to take my sister since she didn't get to go last time. That's when she tells me something I never thought I'd hear.<p></p><p>Lizzy proceeded to offer me sex in exchange for my extra ticket to the KISS show in 2000. Why? Because the opening act was Skid Row, her Lesbian girlfriend's favorite band. She wanted the ticket to make her girlfriend jealous and was willing to sleep with me for that item. Lovely person, heh?</p><p>Naturally, I said no to the 'offer' being presented and took my sister to the show instead. I was also quite disgusted at this behavior since it was <b><i><u>literal prostitution</u></i></b>. And all of this happening while I'm standing in my kitchen talking on my home phone (Remember, this was the year 2000) and with my father standing there cooking something for dinner. If my life wasn't already so damned weird, I probably would have been much more creeped out by the whole incident.<br /><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiiD_hEkB-C0Gke0cTFRF4hiFWT0BIvAA6Yqz04rc-8LzIFhADpI_PaTSSL15Sd60PmeQPFwXSD5JMeRvGh-cYs7NVSpBVM0sNqYLh3jjRfwPsCxCOFu65tlqQdyCmwBoxaJyfgJkEK1Tbcbew5ufjmHu0fy6tDlEXstT9yBKIOFw4rYJlWt_p7PSi1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="375" data-original-width="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiiD_hEkB-C0Gke0cTFRF4hiFWT0BIvAA6Yqz04rc-8LzIFhADpI_PaTSSL15Sd60PmeQPFwXSD5JMeRvGh-cYs7NVSpBVM0sNqYLh3jjRfwPsCxCOFu65tlqQdyCmwBoxaJyfgJkEK1Tbcbew5ufjmHu0fy6tDlEXstT9yBKIOFw4rYJlWt_p7PSi1=s16000" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Rather appropriate to use a meme from a cartoon airing during that era...</td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p>As far as I can remember, Lizzy never mentioned it again for the rest of the school year. She also disappeared after that year. I had no idea where she went and didn't think about it because I had a lot going on in my own life. (Senior year, graduation, my first vehicle, etc.)</p><div style="text-align: left;"><b>Timeframe: Sometime in 2003...</b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><br /></b>I ran into Lizzy years later in <a href="https://welcometo.metairie.com/landmarks/fat-city/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Fat City</a> while checking out some local Underground Metal concerts. She was drunk and/or stoned, looked like a slob and was barely coherent. She was still excited to see me, even if I didn't recognize her at first. She told me all about how she got in trouble with the law over writing bad checks for pizza delivery, spending some time in jail as a result. I felt <i>really</i> awkward standing there listening to the story. This person also (somehow) came up in conversation with my mother here in 2022. She was pretty disgusted with the behavior too. Thank God my mother doesn't know about too many of the other crazy females I've (unfortunately) encountered over the years.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />In conclusion, I have no idea what Lizzy is doing these days. All I do know is that this individual's Facebook profile says that she lives in Colorado now. I hope she found her way, but something tells me that she didn't. I don't want to know either way.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />========</div><p><b>The story of MW</b></p><p>I'm gonna keep this one short, not-so-sweet and without any of the timeframes. There's just too much crazy bullshit here to tell. <br /><br />There's this chick that I used to talk to in my World History class when I was a senior in High School, who we'll refer to by her initials: MW. I was just being semi-social and enjoying myself <i>utterly destroying</i> her bullshit assertions in our almost daily philosophical debates. Apparently, it was more for her, though. She had a crush on me and didn't tell me about it until 10 years later via Facebook. (She was a Freshman or Sophomore at the time we had that class together.) I never said anything about it a second time or expressed any interest. It wasn't mentioned again for years. I thought she was mentioning it as a matter-of-fact kinda thing and had long moved on with her life. Oh, if only I could be so lucky...</p><p>Fast forward to late 2017, sometime shortly before New Years Eve. She was in town for the holidays to see her family and decided to go to this karaoke bar about 2 blocks from my house. I went there to hang out and converse with the collection of old friends that were there. She got so damned wasted that she couldn't even remember the address of the friend's house where she was staying on that particular vacation. So, I dragged her to my house so she could sleep it off on my living room couch. Even in the suburbs, being drunk in New Orleans isn't necessarily a safe thing to do.<br /> <br />Unfortunately for me, she didn't want to go to sleep right away. She insisted on socializing in that strange way that drunk people always do. Specifically, she wanted to enjoy my rather immense album collection by having me put something on the stereo. It was eventually decided to play a greatest hits CD from Electric Light Orchestra. For some reason, I also let her have the only alcohol that was in my house at the time, a bottle of Amaretto. My father got it sometime earlier to pour some into his ice cream. After he passed away in October of that year, his girlfriend gave the bottle to me since she didn't drink. Since I don't drink either, it just sat in the cabinet for a few months. MW took what was left of this bottle and polished it all off by herself in less than an hour. That broad is Irish to the damned core.🍀🥃<br /><br />Later on that same night, she tried making a pass at me while drunk. It was an extremely awkward situation and an EPIC FAIL. I was sitting on the couch with her, waiting for her to FINALLY pass out so I could go to sleep. It was 4AM, after all. Anyway, she tried to guide my hand to her chest. I pulled back and flat out refused. She got mad and there was an exchange of words.</p><p>MW: '<i>It's not like I was trying to f*** you!</i>' </p><p>ME, in my usual deadpan delivery method: '<i>Yes, that's right. You're not. You're too drunk, I'm too tired and I'm not interested. Besides, I really do need to get to sleep. I have been up for about 22 hours now.</i>' </p><p>Shortly after that, she finally fell asleep. I put a throw blanket over her, went in my bedroom and locked the door behind me. Good thing she passed out when she did. I was getting so tired that it would have been difficult for me to keep up that proverbial mask/public persona that I use when dealing with the general public. If she stayed awake much longer, she might have seen what an <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mad_scientist" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">unrestrained Aspie</a> is like and it would have freaked her out.</p><p>Anyway, we were both awake about 6 hours later. I took her to that donut shop that was near her friend's house to feed her something and then dropped her off at the friend's house. I felt quite relieved at that strange episode being over and quickly put it out of my mind. It certainly wasn't the first time that something weird happened in my life and I still had a few holidays to celebrate. Not to mention getting ready to start college again a few weeks later.</p><p>Fast forward a few months to March of 2018. I'm in the middle of my first semester at UNO. Things are going pretty smoothly at that point. I'm spending the whole day on campus, often doing homework or research in between classes. And while waiting to go into English class one day, I get a random phone call from her. The call didn't make much sense. A lot of words were being slurred and I really wondered if she was drunk. This kept up for months afterward. She kept trying to explain herself, offer a <a href="https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mea%20culpa" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">mea culpa</a>, etc. I kept trying to tell her that I didn't care because I knew she was wasted that night. And suddenly, the calls stopped. I'd find out over 3 years later in 2021 that she had to switch phones and some of the numbers got lost. She also couldn't get in touch with me via Facebook because I had stopped using it in August of 2018, not returning until November of 2020. I still consider that decision to be more than a bit questionable, but my friends BEGGED me to go back for at least a year before I finally did. Personally, I wish they would all just follow me over to <a href="https://www.minds.com/login" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Minds</a> instead.</p><p></p><div style="text-align: left;">Fast forward again to the summer of 2021. I'm awake at 5AM one morning because I didn't go to sleep the previous night. MW sees me online checking things on Facebook (always a mistake using that shit excuse for a site) and asks to call me on the phone. I agreed out of curiosity, because I genuinely wondered what was so important. Well, it was just more of the same <a href="https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=I%20call%20bravo%20sierra" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">bravo sierra</a>, just ratcheted up a few orders of magnitude.</div><p></p><div style="text-align: left;">Once again, she was begging for my uh, 'physical attention'. And once again, I declined as politely as possible. Although I have to admit that I was pretty disgusted at her behavior here. It wasn't at all classy. She also kept offering to pay for a train ticket to get to her house in Alabama and back. Then, there was some remarks that I didn't care for like '<i>Well, you don't drink. So I guess that I don't need to worry about you getting the whisky dick</i>.' Really classy individual, heh? Does she have Tourette's or something similar? Gee, I wonder why she's single? [/Sarcasm]</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />Not only did I keep politely saying no, I'd even go as far as to read various Bible passages to her explaining why. Yes, that happened. Specifically, it was the passages that explain the barebones basics of Christian marriage: <a href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1+Corinthians+7&version=NASB" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">1 Corinthians 7</a>. I chose that because I don't date just to get laid, but rather to find a spouse. I figured this would have turned off/discouraged this little heathen sinner, but I was wrong. She actually warmed up to the idea. Man, what the Hell was I going to have to do to get this chick to accept the objective reality of the situation? </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Thankfully, the Scriptures contained something that would be useful in that endeavor. So, I said to her '<i>Since we have the Scriptures handy, how about I share with you the verses that I think perfectly describe you Democrats.</i>' And then, I read this passage...<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">"But realize this, that in the last days difficult times will come. For people will be lovers of self, lovers of money, boastful, arrogant, slanderers, disobedient to parents, ungrateful, unholy, unloving, irreconcilable, malicious gossips, without self-control, brutal, [a]haters of good, treacherous, reckless, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God, holding to a form of [b]godliness although they have denied its power; avoid <i>such people</i> as these." - <a href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=2+Timothy+3%3A1-5&version=NASB" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">2 Timothy 3:1-5 (NASB)</a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Footnotes:<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">A.) 2 Timothy 3:3 Lit not loving good<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">B.) 2 Timothy 3:5 Or religion</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />Needless to say, this freaked her out. However, even that wasn't quite enough to make this THOT <a href="https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Begone%20Thot" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">be gone</a>. Imagine that, if you will. Calling someone at 5AM for a booty call when you should already know the guy isn't interested and also <b>living two states away from you</b>. I'm pretty sure most folks would call this behavior <i>extremely </i>pathetic. Not to mention creepy and sad... She must have been extremely lonely... And probably nuts.<br /><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgAHnzH96Nwl3SWzNTm9eDjD4EUjq8a0OPz9XVrAEVIGZqVH_Htqfe4ETh0OLPcN-9d4BVTKJpOVhqC4JIGtY_OwLzOcocKtlrWvzKs7FELeaIJByspHUtnt_aze9C1vOxoOhKcQI57Fb4x1FF6gSUudWzdVzmzn66KCiHaR82NOBWXy3upfVuwMV_R" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="680" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgAHnzH96Nwl3SWzNTm9eDjD4EUjq8a0OPz9XVrAEVIGZqVH_Htqfe4ETh0OLPcN-9d4BVTKJpOVhqC4JIGtY_OwLzOcocKtlrWvzKs7FELeaIJByspHUtnt_aze9C1vOxoOhKcQI57Fb4x1FF6gSUudWzdVzmzn66KCiHaR82NOBWXy3upfVuwMV_R=w425-h640" width="425" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A random meme that I found online that was <br />actually quite appropriate for this story.<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br />Unfortunately, she took this one phone call as an excuse to keep calling at very odd hours in the middle of the night. She kept calling my phone fairly regularly in the middle of the night, wanting me to at least talk to her, if not go to her house 2 STATES AWAY to screw her. I would even tell her to NOT call in the middle of the night, but she wouldn't listen. Lousy bitch was disturbing my already disturbed sleep patterns! Even worse, the conversations were often monotonous and trite. If you're going to waste my time, at least have something interesting to say.<div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjtE4d3ga-DhanijhSB1K6o4kTy5Ll5rHEWNr3Ji0-cvWMLpHRy5APFfQhLH9W7d5Qhy7wi7gapZvxQeACBxoYj_D5ny3-O2zX3iuDM9XGTwsZmaX3Xn0JnMRDtoo74ZkeTR_ll_-Zh9cZjT7nCLMKJm7D8bjF7INhjp5zw-FXrGWba64LHcLnM8tCk" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="288" data-original-width="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjtE4d3ga-DhanijhSB1K6o4kTy5Ll5rHEWNr3Ji0-cvWMLpHRy5APFfQhLH9W7d5Qhy7wi7gapZvxQeACBxoYj_D5ny3-O2zX3iuDM9XGTwsZmaX3Xn0JnMRDtoo74ZkeTR_ll_-Zh9cZjT7nCLMKJm7D8bjF7INhjp5zw-FXrGWba64LHcLnM8tCk=s16000" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I could easily imagine MW saying something like this...</td></tr></tbody></table><br />She even begged me to send her memes, knowing full well that I could psychologically destroy her with those image macros. WTF?! Anyway, if this chick wants memes, then I've got plenty for her... Including this one I made specifically to lampoon this situation...</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhhNgzVcK7UulHWAe92062GjFozCG3_jOglcqmdq1CULdpfFZM_bytGCQSUSSiQgG0o5QkQdy1ifRR1DHzdLF49-fbrWT49gMGQxn3I7s7_rMCqD65sHYPu5LgFhcfZkZN2sBE1toZDdC1fDKeXFLvnM-d5r3q6j1iCvp4-6ho1NJqwcU1xa7CurlOk" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="499" data-original-width="675" height="474" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhhNgzVcK7UulHWAe92062GjFozCG3_jOglcqmdq1CULdpfFZM_bytGCQSUSSiQgG0o5QkQdy1ifRR1DHzdLF49-fbrWT49gMGQxn3I7s7_rMCqD65sHYPu5LgFhcfZkZN2sBE1toZDdC1fDKeXFLvnM-d5r3q6j1iCvp4-6ho1NJqwcU1xa7CurlOk=w640-h474" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Poor Riley Reid... As if being a Porno THOT wasn't bad enough, she also became a meme template. <br />Even when the cameras aren't rolling, this poor hooker is <i>still</i> getting f***ed...</td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">And now, every guy reading this is saying to themselves '<i>Why didn't you just f*** her?</i>' </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Well, she's a Bleeding-Heart Liberal with green hair, badly placed tattoos and virtually nothing resembling tits. She's also delusional, has an over-inflated sense of self-worth/importance and (to my knowledge) has no plan for her life. She also engages in a lot of behaviors that I consider to be trashy, apparently engages in frivolous sex and probably has a high body count by now. A body count filled with all sorts of losers that I do <i>NOT</i> want to follow behind. I can confidently say that since I have met one of her previous boyfriends. That dude was a whiny bitch that came off as a beta-male. No way in Hell I'm gonna put my dick into the kind of delusional/psychotic/unappealing mess that would screw a loser like that...</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Simply put, she's the personification of everything that I <a href="https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/do-want-do-not-want" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">DO NOT WANT</a> in a female companion. She just doesn't do it for me AT ALL. Just plain <a href="https://youtu.be/JTDismMBKdQ" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">low class and low value</a> all around.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhmHfKV2YvvuELDNXDforgTQorY7Jp2jtlu2YFIxT1k9lKcJuAVFbgfJyOCIMR65PeZAfDimaFTNFcuSMPOgxbeTlWPIftaZRY7mL7dEQJvEB0Q43wMCbBO7zDCIygjh61r3d2NBWh2Rh_sL6xa65ugF-9OmW8p7yPwdj2pzW68GJVM9VeK1mfFlURm" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="622" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhmHfKV2YvvuELDNXDforgTQorY7Jp2jtlu2YFIxT1k9lKcJuAVFbgfJyOCIMR65PeZAfDimaFTNFcuSMPOgxbeTlWPIftaZRY7mL7dEQJvEB0Q43wMCbBO7zDCIygjh61r3d2NBWh2Rh_sL6xa65ugF-9OmW8p7yPwdj2pzW68GJVM9VeK1mfFlURm=s16000" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Funny how I have a meme for just about anything... Didn't expect any of the shitpost memes in this blog entry to involve <i>Doctor Who</i>, though...</td></tr></tbody></table><br />It got to the point where I had to program my phone to send her calls straight to voicemail, since the phone wouldn't let me block her number outright. I blocked her on FB as well. Despite that, she kept trying to worm her way deeper into my life. The most recent attempt being a phone call on the evening of July 6th. Fortunately, the phone's new programming worked and my sleep was NOT disturbed.<br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj9FiRqIGXhWyN-_hok92AW3-UWedXYOQ7TjVo7ahD_gbnKKC1932Ugsa_LGQaoA2kOpTu1pBwtef1ynkGbcW1Jd09YynZlmVx3S3VUT9NREAkjHAGIKtCQ82cCji8If0dgiDw0NhMTgN3c7LOmaFw3HRdnRaAj4DwBcdnh6VY5zYtsOs_QOst0v1Rj" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="179" data-original-width="522" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj9FiRqIGXhWyN-_hok92AW3-UWedXYOQ7TjVo7ahD_gbnKKC1932Ugsa_LGQaoA2kOpTu1pBwtef1ynkGbcW1Jd09YynZlmVx3S3VUT9NREAkjHAGIKtCQ82cCji8If0dgiDw0NhMTgN3c7LOmaFw3HRdnRaAj4DwBcdnh6VY5zYtsOs_QOst0v1Rj=s16000" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">God seems to be on my side with this one issue... 😜</td></tr></tbody></table><br />I'm not responding to any text messages she might send in the future either, unless I feel like messing with her via <a href="https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/meme-magic" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Dark Arts of Meme Warfare</a>... Including this meme below...<br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgdCgj1nQ6KQXNTsRswbLhRmbrAqr_enuJIxo-AqJ3vzxUEe-zP1wVRX0lLQ7hz8Q_CojweSzapvD05HXC8Im-lfmENWB7D3ho-XCpWdxbJkkDROLT3WZw7YuXHaIjGaRUiPQYXeHWlIgF7LyhTJ6gsrjYZlTaG73lvfwfS1J5OIU8_eV6FIr4_6srp" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="967" data-original-width="929" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgdCgj1nQ6KQXNTsRswbLhRmbrAqr_enuJIxo-AqJ3vzxUEe-zP1wVRX0lLQ7hz8Q_CojweSzapvD05HXC8Im-lfmENWB7D3ho-XCpWdxbJkkDROLT3WZw7YuXHaIjGaRUiPQYXeHWlIgF7LyhTJ6gsrjYZlTaG73lvfwfS1J5OIU8_eV6FIr4_6srp=w615-h640" width="615" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">These 2 cartoon dumbasses will never stop being funny...</td></tr></tbody></table><br />I'm not going to talk to her again. I know what her agenda is here. Any kind of interaction with her is likely to be an attempt on her part to get in bed with me. I'm not sure if I should laugh or be very concerned. When women act like that, they tend to get obsessive, delusional, psychotic and/or violent. That violence could be directed at me, someone that I care about or both. I won't go into details, but I do have reason to believe that is possible. It makes me glad that she was too wasted/hung over to remember where I live.<p></p><p>Anyway, I am keeping screenshots of these weird texts she sent my way. It may prove useful as evidence someday. In the meantime, I'm ghosting that psycho.</p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjHINFk2gHFOiEcioDCRCkZSMTaSO_d1osPTGZr6xm2zwK7Yt4mZPv_vzTk4mHvERENnSB9V5SbjDs3TiTny7e5xU2VjrC04T1nejTB-V6kXvAUs5IoLj4LFHH-heXaOG6o0e30QOPdXXp-tv9ND0x8PeLu6tBnQfkfZETOAPhjWrUGazc2kffTO2fy" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="138" data-original-width="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjHINFk2gHFOiEcioDCRCkZSMTaSO_d1osPTGZr6xm2zwK7Yt4mZPv_vzTk4mHvERENnSB9V5SbjDs3TiTny7e5xU2VjrC04T1nejTB-V6kXvAUs5IoLj4LFHH-heXaOG6o0e30QOPdXXp-tv9ND0x8PeLu6tBnQfkfZETOAPhjWrUGazc2kffTO2fy=s16000" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I get so much mileage out of <br />these warp entry memes...</td></tr></tbody></table><br />- Lord Publius<p></p>Lord Publiushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07047366006752124497noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2863808653384258852.post-45788793493951927452022-08-30T11:02:00.000-05:002022-08-30T11:02:20.078-05:00Why I have no value for Crypto...<div style="text-align: left;">I'll put this in the Listicle format so it can be absorbed quickly by all of my readers. I will not be getting into any kind of technical details.<br /><br />- As of this writing, most crypto currencies are virtually worthless and will probably remain so for the foreseeable future. The value has also plummeted during calendar year 2022. The Minds token (which is linked to Ethereum) was valued at about $3.36 per token in December 2021. As of 30 Aug 2022, the value has plummeted to about 15 cents. I mention the Minds token specifically because it's the only crypto I have. I get some of it everyday for my contributions to the website <a href="https://www.minds.com/">Minds.com</a>, a Facebook alternative that values and protects free speech.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjSdmEAXah7vgC-dZzpGfObwdhBak0Rc6x1gTD8rK6J7a6MLadax6EmeWF-aGPlftrh19VtU915dT3rfxSqWoXn8ydvjVi3z0XsKiOyyebipT5NwzrOKUvY2VBKOiOIrpo0l8L-lapkV0JOX0lhaVr1HsiIJMmqXJltTlrYFHABu8YKFe9M2WX_g3v1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="979" data-original-width="621" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjSdmEAXah7vgC-dZzpGfObwdhBak0Rc6x1gTD8rK6J7a6MLadax6EmeWF-aGPlftrh19VtU915dT3rfxSqWoXn8ydvjVi3z0XsKiOyyebipT5NwzrOKUvY2VBKOiOIrpo0l8L-lapkV0JOX0lhaVr1HsiIJMmqXJltTlrYFHABu8YKFe9M2WX_g3v1=w406-h640" width="406" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">And I'm always disappointed...</td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div></div></div><div style="text-align: left;">- <b>You can't use it to buy life's necessities like groceries or gasoline. It's also extremely unlikely to ever become legal tender here in the United States.</b> That makes it worthless to regular people. The nerds can sing its praises until they go hoarse, it's still just high-tech virtual barter with a form of goods that has no physical form. Your Average Joe is never going to accept that as money or any other store of value.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjlYjQA_zL0jF_3ZIhJ1P0YbBLB9M22z5X50H78OXpHoWgMqw9JTnRlqzrv3CMTVxR4tchA1h47omZds9Ub10FU5t4riG_agluL8i0aBo_WvvGSz5LSlI0uNqIY7agpWk4GGXsc56JNMmiNwEeMlk34JroEoPNuUkzsU-AhIJq5i27unRHtPbIebcwf" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="940" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjlYjQA_zL0jF_3ZIhJ1P0YbBLB9M22z5X50H78OXpHoWgMqw9JTnRlqzrv3CMTVxR4tchA1h47omZds9Ub10FU5t4riG_agluL8i0aBo_WvvGSz5LSlI0uNqIY7agpWk4GGXsc56JNMmiNwEeMlk34JroEoPNuUkzsU-AhIJq5i27unRHtPbIebcwf=w588-h640" width="588" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Yes, crypto proponents really are this creepy and weird.</td></tr></tbody></table></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">- Despite my years of IT experience and Bachelor's degree in video game design, I still don't understand how I am supposed to put my tokens on the Ethereum blockchain. Not that it's worth dong right now anyway... <b>If you want people to use crypto as an alternative form of currency, it needs to become <i>painfully easy</i> to use.</b> Otherwise, it is worthless to the general public.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgVZyJxUHdM1SNVBYTQbacuyPCYR2u-9fBK4RD04YG4_9MRJ3yCcjNbev9PPS-PLLuLT82evLtYfz8PkWtl9_haQJvxNszZVUL4AUBpq8L4FIcsiG9-D-kuLIfU0XQhrHDkrnfYeQdecMN1h5r4U3XlV5QDYKZdepHRc79pMxjiY4OtiqyiqaX9PGZd" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="833" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgVZyJxUHdM1SNVBYTQbacuyPCYR2u-9fBK4RD04YG4_9MRJ3yCcjNbev9PPS-PLLuLT82evLtYfz8PkWtl9_haQJvxNszZVUL4AUBpq8L4FIcsiG9-D-kuLIfU0XQhrHDkrnfYeQdecMN1h5r4U3XlV5QDYKZdepHRc79pMxjiY4OtiqyiqaX9PGZd=w520-h640" width="520" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">That guy is not going to get a 2nd date...</td></tr></tbody></table></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">- Speaking of the Blockchain, I don't like how everyone in the world knows that I own this particular currency. <b>One of the best things about cash is that it's totally anonymous.</b> That's how I prefer my currency to stay. <b>No one else needs to know how I'm spending my money or how much I have.</b> There does not need to be a record of me using some money to buy lunch on some random day. That is exceptionally bureaucratic, Orwellian and weird.<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg63ke7J8PDlWwKXiMqKkkNm0uxePh7YSpsb4tuZkUBLjk9O53uEQBpiB23qy3Yk3RigVx96jSiSK1w2ktzv6H-RXr9s7rFYvUnojO6-HjlbOh3f3Zcjb--qz5L8tbdlbQp0gYeo4HcLtHIT7wb4jH9pIQBDh75PDoDJWIchot7GHsamZRfl4ReFLoN" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="950" data-original-width="1024" height="594" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg63ke7J8PDlWwKXiMqKkkNm0uxePh7YSpsb4tuZkUBLjk9O53uEQBpiB23qy3Yk3RigVx96jSiSK1w2ktzv6H-RXr9s7rFYvUnojO6-HjlbOh3f3Zcjb--qz5L8tbdlbQp0gYeo4HcLtHIT7wb4jH9pIQBDh75PDoDJWIchot7GHsamZRfl4ReFLoN=w640-h594" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">For people who always complain about the Feds spying on their social media, <br />they don't seem to mind their name being all over this 'digital currency'. Weird...</td></tr></tbody></table><br />- <b>The value of Crypto may have been artificially deflated.</b> The investment firm BlackRock told everyone for years to NOT invest in Crypto. Now, BlackRock is buying as much Bitcoin as they can. Rather suspicious when examined only on surface level. Whatever the case may be, that really doesn't look good. It doesn't make me want to do business with BlackRock, either. The more I learn about that company, the more they look like the financiers of every Evil-doer and Super Villain in the world today.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg4cV3_fySjGzKJ7YfAfaX3q0wtu23tR2rgVlT2dGgahVEik0YFchNo9ffVfotc-ZY8VgiXLBuVv867LPe3jNt3xAxsV3LMPlVkuEeiL7VwvKke4MY-T6Cc3d49TMqUFrnj_j23IHFPlMNzKT9CLB2Gi8EBvLi_Ja-oTCES0FyEBiPJTcT2nP_kihdz" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1011" data-original-width="1024" height="632" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg4cV3_fySjGzKJ7YfAfaX3q0wtu23tR2rgVlT2dGgahVEik0YFchNo9ffVfotc-ZY8VgiXLBuVv867LPe3jNt3xAxsV3LMPlVkuEeiL7VwvKke4MY-T6Cc3d49TMqUFrnj_j23IHFPlMNzKT9CLB2Gi8EBvLi_Ja-oTCES0FyEBiPJTcT2nP_kihdz=w640-h632" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">True freakin' story...</td></tr></tbody></table><br />- Anyone who is talented at both Math and Computer Programming can create their own crypto-currency. So, there's likely to be new one cropping up all the time. The market will get flooded with new product, consumers will get confused about which to buy/use and the market will crash even harder.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhefcnMQMcduKbJJ5Yio2LLuampuai7ItZUjUI2WjiYEg5hliARNtLMch5aI245d7YsqIkghhLtx74ZBFeWQ-QnNUla9uw2d-T0TUz_x8mWlT5t1VqoUqn02YHe930prR-v4bFe_Xyvzfls7a8xcQuYCuJ7c5Vome3XUE9cNvu9zUDu_X5QioUvAKHD" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="823" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhefcnMQMcduKbJJ5Yio2LLuampuai7ItZUjUI2WjiYEg5hliARNtLMch5aI245d7YsqIkghhLtx74ZBFeWQ-QnNUla9uw2d-T0TUz_x8mWlT5t1VqoUqn02YHe930prR-v4bFe_Xyvzfls7a8xcQuYCuJ7c5Vome3XUE9cNvu9zUDu_X5QioUvAKHD=w515-h640" width="515" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Like I said, ANYONE with Math & computer programming skills can make their own crypto...</td></tr></tbody></table><br />- Lord Publius</div>Lord Publiushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07047366006752124497noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2863808653384258852.post-62869829029941065052022-08-22T12:07:00.000-05:002022-08-22T12:07:30.278-05:00How to spot bad/low-value women...<p>To explain the title, 'low value' in this context means women with little or no value in the sexual marketplace. This doesn't necessarily refer to looks or body shape. That sort of thing is subjective and different people will be attracted to different things.<br /><br />This will be split into 3 sections: <br /></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>NOT a good woman in General</li><li>Not a good woman for you in particular</li><li>MAJOR red flags that should make you run for the hills RIGHT NOW</li></ul>If a woman has 1 or 2 of these traits, you may not have much to worry about. However, it depends on which of those 1 or 2 traits are being exhibited. If the woman has at least 5 of them, you need to remove that person from your life ASAP. No relationship with them, romantic or otherwise, will ever work.<br /><br />As for the females in the audience, this isn't a personal attack against you. If you think it is, you may be exhibiting some of these traits. Get help to deal with them now before they end up ruining your life.<br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh9oe8SgB-qOcQgR-J3BXn3HqcDAwOwhTsXcSNWpSJgnr85ofVUzRS77POi3fOLraDpnKxnsyN3d70y0MlyWi8uLNLSwQYp2nP9opxiTC4P8OTWOrOrHRks6RROb-xU9PW68TemuvrYUCzkyg6mNhNTlvnTkTMcGeraCN72ZtR1lm94B6yaWKUJ83SX" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="680" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh9oe8SgB-qOcQgR-J3BXn3HqcDAwOwhTsXcSNWpSJgnr85ofVUzRS77POi3fOLraDpnKxnsyN3d70y0MlyWi8uLNLSwQYp2nP9opxiTC4P8OTWOrOrHRks6RROb-xU9PW68TemuvrYUCzkyg6mNhNTlvnTkTMcGeraCN72ZtR1lm94B6yaWKUJ83SX=w425-h640" width="425" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I take no pleasure in this task.</td></tr></tbody></table><br />Also, I'm afraid I'm going to have to deflate the ego of some females out there. Some of you want to act like you're some highly desirable woman like a Supermodel or Hollywood Actress. You're not. You're a regular person like the rest of us. When you come back down to Earth, you'll have less trouble finding a good guy. Not all guys really care about models and actresses anyway...<br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgwWaYTL0NzWgaUerJvKf9Mzl5UYr00-2guvhDO2a4v81xVQQiPwtieYVAkuUi-DMKXwqhfvar-XKTALHCV6u6l4xgGrnUMQDj9a8uAEcO9dOcmgkbgM1TsihWiVP8Q1CSSvoW_QlxZQy54HqRzqqippGdYpTTYaXbkQk8pGfJ-kIcoEYCI-EbOZebr" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="345" data-original-width="346" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgwWaYTL0NzWgaUerJvKf9Mzl5UYr00-2guvhDO2a4v81xVQQiPwtieYVAkuUi-DMKXwqhfvar-XKTALHCV6u6l4xgGrnUMQDj9a8uAEcO9dOcmgkbgM1TsihWiVP8Q1CSSvoW_QlxZQy54HqRzqqippGdYpTTYaXbkQk8pGfJ-kIcoEYCI-EbOZebr=s16000" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">RIP Kevin Samuels...</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><b>NOT a good woman in General.</b><p></p><div>1.) Lies to you to 'protect your feelings'. (Or any other reason.)<br /><br /></div><div>2.) She's a fake. (Fake public persona.)<br /><br /></div><div>3.) Very selfish.<br /><br /></div><div>4.) Insecure, displayed through entitlement or arrogance.<br /><br /></div><div>5.) No back bone. (Can lead to betrayal.)<br /><br /></div><div>6.) Relies on you for fulfillment and entertainment. (Will go looking elsewhere when she gets bored with you.)<br /><br /></div><div>7.) She's lazy about her health.<br /><br /></div><div>8.) Addicted to drama and conflict.<br /><br /></div><div>9.) Tries to win you over, even if she's not into you. (Leads to <a href="https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Hypergamy" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Hypergamy</a>.)<br /><br /></div><div>10.) Try to limit your time with other people out of jealousy.<br /><br /></div><div>11.) Uses confrontations to keep things interesting, loves to fight.<br /><br /></div><div>12.) Chaotic and unpredictable in bad ways.<br /><br /></div><div>13.) Can't/won't control temper.<br /><br /></div><div>14.) Asks questions to use the info against you.<br /><br /></div><div>15.) Has no standards, but will use random standards to criticize you for perceived shortcomings.<br /><br /></div><div>16.) Never/Rarely initiates contact.<br /><br /></div><div>17.) Princess mentality.<br /><br /></div><div>18.) Discourages you from pursuing passions/hobbies.<br /><br /></div><div>19.) Tears you down.<br /><br /></div><div>20.) Bad relationship with family members.<br /><br /></div><div>21.) Only interested in sex if it gets her something she wants. (Digging for Gold and other forms of whoring.)</div><div><br />22.) Damsel in distress/emotionally damaged. She's not the Princess. You're not Super Mario. Quit trying to play <a href="https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Captain%20Save%20a%20Ho" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Captain Save-A-Ho</a>.</div><div><br /></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgy9piybvO0SU1aSISLep58TJRaQva-ZIIl0rt8re1B4Qw_rTguOHCUyKDLrSjGjhGeZyVT7WB8NH4LVe6b0f6D3eFQJXBet8QaRBdbxrcJ8F2L2DiO_yBlUKkjPbYhk7YiHZIXCwNLmfnWimV-lYpZTjeL-ktWdiCc4eGeN8rEKzKRFohGJXOaD-mH" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1011" data-original-width="901" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgy9piybvO0SU1aSISLep58TJRaQva-ZIIl0rt8re1B4Qw_rTguOHCUyKDLrSjGjhGeZyVT7WB8NH4LVe6b0f6D3eFQJXBet8QaRBdbxrcJ8F2L2DiO_yBlUKkjPbYhk7YiHZIXCwNLmfnWimV-lYpZTjeL-ktWdiCc4eGeN8rEKzKRFohGJXOaD-mH=w571-h640" width="571" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ooofff...</td></tr></tbody></table><br /></div><div><b>Not a good woman for you in particular.</b><br /><br /></div><div>1.) Values don't align. (Politics, Religion, Social values, etc.)<br /><br /></div><div>2.) Long-term goals don't align. (You want kids and she doesn't, et al.)<br /><br /></div><div>3.) She doesn't prioritize the relationship.<br /><br /></div><div>4.) Compares you to exes and/or her father when you make mistakes.<br /><br /></div><div>5.) Uses jealousy to keep you attracted to her.<br /><br /></div><div>6.) Never gives you credit for anything good.<br /><br /></div><div>7.) Her only good trait/value is looks and/or sex.<br /><br /></div><div>8.) Fighting with her more than anything else.<br /><br /></div><div>9.) Feeling awkward around her when you aren't having sex.<br /><br /></div><div>10.) Irritated by your flaws.<br /><br /></div><div>11.) Talking about the future and you're not in it...<br /><br /></div><div>12.) More afraid of being alone than feeling in love with her.<br /><br /></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhFRIcn2q86AnjXFIP7olgJu_eQKLPHq7bnwTwy2BkWIhE1GMgZC1yL-71V2KlXLyCVQf_l8dxgVjXB2AuBbfkEOMoRh2rE9Iiykmwq5ZO1UM3lVt2ChGRt3xh9kupwcunnWYQQqKGY9IAe10q03rm5lHW1lEnHnI_Rj-IG2qXWUl_pRa6MjSBz51hp" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="852" data-original-width="1024" height="533" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhFRIcn2q86AnjXFIP7olgJu_eQKLPHq7bnwTwy2BkWIhE1GMgZC1yL-71V2KlXLyCVQf_l8dxgVjXB2AuBbfkEOMoRh2rE9Iiykmwq5ZO1UM3lVt2ChGRt3xh9kupwcunnWYQQqKGY9IAe10q03rm5lHW1lEnHnI_Rj-IG2qXWUl_pRa6MjSBz51hp=w640-h533" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">If this is how she makes you feel, it's time to leave.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /></div><div><b>MAJOR red flags that should make you run for the hills RIGHT NOW.</b><br /><br /></div><div>1.) You don't want to introduce her to your friends/family.<br /><br /></div><div>2.) Can't imagine her in your future/look forward to the breakup.<br /><br /></div><div>3.) Don't want to spend time with her unless there's sex involved.<br /><br /></div><div>4.) Keeping the door open for other women to come into your life.<br /><br /></div><div>5.) She brings out the worst in you.<br /><br /></div><div>6.) Feel depleted after being with her.<br /><br /></div><div>7.) You know you settled for less.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhxh3rhYZzrRFNmnCw0gWkN0vl0M1E28D7eirbYB7DjqsqHQMBHQsKd7X182HJAO9B2QWVfODHNqbe8EmzrX9uOJm9fn515fmBnYrrEMqDRTcYIuXGehGTTv4O3ZI4eS4aQ9a5pzN7b3RIRcccyHIDDWXpoPYW5IRbQRjDL13M2rUWzAFD9bEb13y4d" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1022" data-original-width="1024" height="639" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhxh3rhYZzrRFNmnCw0gWkN0vl0M1E28D7eirbYB7DjqsqHQMBHQsKd7X182HJAO9B2QWVfODHNqbe8EmzrX9uOJm9fn515fmBnYrrEMqDRTcYIuXGehGTTv4O3ZI4eS4aQ9a5pzN7b3RIRcccyHIDDWXpoPYW5IRbQRjDL13M2rUWzAFD9bEb13y4d=w640-h639" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Some guys really need to work on their self-esteem. <br />No matter who they are, they deserve better than this...</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">- Lord Publius</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>Lord Publiushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07047366006752124497noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2863808653384258852.post-68119121556224626962022-05-23T00:37:00.036-05:002022-06-22T00:40:28.440-05:00Shaving Blog 6: Open-comb razors and other random products<div style="text-align: left;">Previous entries in this continuing series that I never would have expected to exist...<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://lordpublius.blogspot.com/2021/01/random-blog-post-on-shaving.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Part 1</a><br /><br /><a href="https://lordpublius.blogspot.com/2021/02/shaving-blog-2-electric-boogaloo.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Part 2</a><br /><br /><a href="https://lordpublius.blogspot.com/2021/06/shaving-blog-3-revenge.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Part 3</a><br /><br /><a href="https://lordpublius.blogspot.com/2021/11/shaving-blog-4-final-chapter.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Part 4</a><br /><br /><a href="https://lordpublius.blogspot.com/2021/12/shaving-blog-5-new-beginning.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Part 5 </a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><span><a name='more'></a></span><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b style="font-size: xx-large;">3 May 2022</b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Got a new open-comb DE Razor called a <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Muehle-Safety-Razor-Handle-Material/dp/B0047A6WLA" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Mühle R41</a>. It was said to have a much more aggressive shave. I thought it might help with the 'trouble spots' on my neck. It was much more effective than the much more mild-shaving <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Merkur-Long-Handled-Safety-Razor/dp/B00374F5CY/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Merkur 23C</a> that I have been using for over a year.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhS8A_oz-QvSepK4OtA6FLGVtgxsl3RZfgKPSl8cahLGeJ_64W4JuLqUyac1dHboM_k55w8V0uwbnHFdIoJtOXLBwXt2ktaS0eeY2p7iirRbaK7XbCAq3QenOZc_s4gMzeO8mqThXJ9FE5Zu5BhMx_kauP9Qd3iakJl5gddFus5NxHyRJwyOVfHWfH_" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="1000" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhS8A_oz-QvSepK4OtA6FLGVtgxsl3RZfgKPSl8cahLGeJ_64W4JuLqUyac1dHboM_k55w8V0uwbnHFdIoJtOXLBwXt2ktaS0eeY2p7iirRbaK7XbCAq3QenOZc_s4gMzeO8mqThXJ9FE5Zu5BhMx_kauP9Qd3iakJl5gddFus5NxHyRJwyOVfHWfH_=w400-h400" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Pictured: Mühle R41</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br />The razor certainly is very aggressive. I loaded it with a new Feather blade, rather than using the single Mühle branded blade that came with the razor. I used <a href="https://proraso-usa.com/collections/refreshing/products/shaving-soap-in-a-bowl-refresh" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Proraso in the green tub</a> for the shaving product. This razor requires a slightly more gentle approach than the Merkur that I normally use. However, it did remove the whiskers with stunning ease. It also made the trouble spots noticeably smaller. However, I went back to the Merkur to finish them off. The <span style="text-align: center;">Mühle caused more than enough weepers on the underside of my neck that day. The internet was not kidding when they said this razor was much more aggressive.</span><br /><br />The next shave that I try with this razor will be exactly the same as before, except using some version of Barbasol instead. I am not expecting much of a difference, but I am curious how it turns out.<br /><br /><b style="font-size: xx-large;">12 May 2022</b><br /><br />By now, I have shaved twice more with the new razor, using Barbasol Original and the Barbasol 1919 cream. I must have adapted to this new razor quickly since I had virtually no nicks, cuts or weepers on repeat uses. I can use it quite effectively in sensitive areas like the mustache and goatee region now. I still prefer using the Merkur 23C to finish off the mustache area. The new Mühle is making very short work of the trouble areas, though. We have a winner, even if it does feel about as rough as a lot of the cartridge razors did.<br /><br /><b style="font-size: xx-large;">22 May 2022</b><br /><br />I stopped by the Dollar Tree on this day looking to get a few snack food items. I happened to see a display near the front of the store with some Barbasol merchandise, including <a href="https://www.walgreens.com/store/c/barbasol-shaving-cream-fragrance-free/ID=300414632-product" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">10.5oz cans of the Fragrance Free version</a>, which is not listed on Barbasol's website at all. That makes me wonder if it was discontinued. It is still using the current designs for their cans. Anyway, I normally only see a Barbasol can this large at my local grocery store. It's the Original or Soothing Aloe version and it costs more than 2 bucks. So, I never got one. However, I am willing to try a new version in that size for $1.25. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi6VLkDj5Uauo8Ie_GqBxvpd-QlBo6YNLHsaDxJBWmHOEzkAVN-uCyZBDDNsjXXIgn7THuqy6aFFmeAlVnKcpVl9ijabKghlhwkTNRkoC_GhE1L_k7depFJhbSb-ckmhqypFQuOOgRq8-WqGS43APEgalKfkfA_Y7N9nSWdDyi7uE_DCU9chvAsq5Ps" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="300" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi6VLkDj5Uauo8Ie_GqBxvpd-QlBo6YNLHsaDxJBWmHOEzkAVN-uCyZBDDNsjXXIgn7THuqy6aFFmeAlVnKcpVl9ijabKghlhwkTNRkoC_GhE1L_k7depFJhbSb-ckmhqypFQuOOgRq8-WqGS43APEgalKfkfA_Y7N9nSWdDyi7uE_DCU9chvAsq5Ps=w300-h400" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Pictured: Stock photo of Fragrance Free Barbasol.</td></tr></tbody></table><br />It shaves just as well as any other version of Barbasol foam that I've tried. However, it's NOT fragrance free. They just didn't add a fragrance like they do with most of the other versions. The smell that it does have registers as being like orange juice (of all things) to my nose. Not quite the smell I would have expected, but not bad at all. I can't call it a winner because of the false advertising, but it's no loser, either. It's just as effective as any other version of the foam. So, make of that what you will.<br /><br />I am curious as to how Dollar Tree got this product when it doesn't seem to be in production anymore. Was it New Old Stock that they purchased from <a href="http://www.perio-inc.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Perio Inc.</a>, a wholesaler or some other retailer? It's <a href="https://www.dollartree.com/searchresults?Ntt=barbasol" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">not even listed on their website</a>. Weird... Hopefully, I will get to acquire a can of the <a href="https://barbasol.com/collections/shaving-cream/products/barbasol-invigorating-formula-pacific-rush-with-caffeine-and-menthol-thick-rich-shaving-cream-7-oz" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Pacific Rush version</a> of the foam this way someday. That is the one version that I haven't been able to acquire yet. Also noticed that the <a href="https://www.dollartree.com/barbasol-classic-2-razors-4ct-packs/333499" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">classic 2 blade disposable Barbasol-branded razors that Dollar Tree sells</a> are not on the manufacturer website anymore. Are they discontinued now too? Good thing that I grabbed some a while back. Those go in the hygiene kit for my <a href="https://lordpublius.blogspot.com/2020/12/the-prepping-phenomenon-and-why-its.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">bug-out bag</a>.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b style="font-size: xx-large;">22 June 2022</b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Got a cheap shaving brush from Dollar Tree a few days ago. It was as awful as you'd expect. The bristles were too damned stiff to make effective use of that brush. I'm not surprised. The brush can still be used for non-shaving applications like getting dirt out of the grooves of my car's dashboard/center console. Therefore, I don't feel like I just wasted $1.25 + tax.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">========</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">That's all for now. For those following the series, you may remember that <a href="https://www.youtube.com/c/LoveSofiaASMR" target="_blank">an ASMR creator named Sofia</a> got me started in this misadventure with safety razor shaving in a roundabout kind of way. (One of her videos reminded me that I wanted to try this new-to-me method of shaving my face.) You'll also remember that I mentioned that she was being treated for Cancer. I'm happy to report that she's completed treatment and (so far) is in complete remission. That bit of good news really brightened my day when I heard. I hope it does for all of you too. We could use some good news these days...</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">- Lord Publius</div>Lord Publiushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07047366006752124497noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2863808653384258852.post-11159493950352153362022-03-26T20:27:00.006-05:002022-03-26T20:32:42.474-05:00Joysticks & Interchangeable Parts from the most surprising sources...<p> A few years back, I was sitting in my game room and had a strange epiphany. '<i>Hey, the ball tops on several of my joysticks for old consoles look pretty similar to the ones on my Arcade1Up Galaga machine. Are they interchangeable?</i>'</p><p>Short answer to that question is Yes. Long answer is that they are interchangeable with each other and the bat tops from other Arcade1Up machines, specifically my <i>Mortal Kombat</i> cabinet. Pics below.</p><p>First up, the control deck of the <i>Galaga</i> machine with the joystick ball it came with...</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiHkmQWqD2w2aVhiiKdqxxXujKdhkpl0kBXWnnjWN0WQz5oPrNKuUFpRcOwMx7CbrUzNIq7J6ZBGtlbozjSL6nwQvTSyMqSD22mlR52ccF_XtIk7vHRSQANoyMaz2z-zChA-BcqmlinvD_B9SjQEbc-o0Ru0GlpvR0OOnVwfGE3ajeE_NpAOhGrh7hF" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="2736" data-original-width="3648" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiHkmQWqD2w2aVhiiKdqxxXujKdhkpl0kBXWnnjWN0WQz5oPrNKuUFpRcOwMx7CbrUzNIq7J6ZBGtlbozjSL6nwQvTSyMqSD22mlR52ccF_XtIk7vHRSQANoyMaz2z-zChA-BcqmlinvD_B9SjQEbc-o0Ru0GlpvR0OOnVwfGE3ajeE_NpAOhGrh7hF=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></div><br />Next, the control deck of the <i>Galaga</i> machine with the joystick ball from a Super NES Super Advantage...<p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiadlvM6P7l3iSGUU8NpNpwHWpHwy6jCk07GtiA2PgvalTepzKYLyqZHV6RppRzvY2GH-2NsvT-Tm-CckjZbywBEikzHLSqDWl28VvEGTtGLKOvg8Mh5bDplEwII2WlB-UDmPLuaQnZi3Kyf4X10uVPDxcplvcsyrW4iJiv0haWUJGDMor4OWg99tTa" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="2736" data-original-width="3648" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiadlvM6P7l3iSGUU8NpNpwHWpHwy6jCk07GtiA2PgvalTepzKYLyqZHV6RppRzvY2GH-2NsvT-Tm-CckjZbywBEikzHLSqDWl28VvEGTtGLKOvg8Mh5bDplEwII2WlB-UDmPLuaQnZi3Kyf4X10uVPDxcplvcsyrW4iJiv0haWUJGDMor4OWg99tTa=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></div><br />Third, the control deck of the <i>Galaga</i> machine with the joystick ball from the NES Advantage...<p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiPeGwS0L1s6pEfh271hjyzMFG5TuzfBubnFkivoJFOz--7qJqpeJx3Wo54_ejivi7oaWvyOZuUDyQw2aSWilqcYZx9vfHnpu8MqEuvwfNWJNV9wv2gd9b97vxWZ0GAywvSE7MwIdeJUvocN9KWBJ6s8hLUpvI54nQ4_aAN-318jPzVT6ZxufVEoGOv" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="2736" data-original-width="3648" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiPeGwS0L1s6pEfh271hjyzMFG5TuzfBubnFkivoJFOz--7qJqpeJx3Wo54_ejivi7oaWvyOZuUDyQw2aSWilqcYZx9vfHnpu8MqEuvwfNWJNV9wv2gd9b97vxWZ0GAywvSE7MwIdeJUvocN9KWBJ6s8hLUpvI54nQ4_aAN-318jPzVT6ZxufVEoGOv=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></div><br />Fourth, the control deck of the <i>Galaga</i> machine with the joystick ball from the 3-button joystick that Asciiware made for the SEGA Genesis. You can tell them apart because the screw in the ball from that joystick is recessed much further inward than the NES Advantage, resulting in a joystick that seems shorter by comparison.<p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgfj8b_IafSIH5XrGrye6djX5KHtrHIcAcxT45W9Ej8rGCJf5v4cYS-KchKGvzA6_o-FcPRrupTvw02yT8JpPyDB1HBUTwYdX12Y4dIfVfryE8U8tYv6PylRzQ125UtLydy6s-ssHCQYZkOCiAnqQqthmroNLCc5b9fD03o1RFeH5tsmQIz7PZhkmxf" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="2736" data-original-width="3648" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgfj8b_IafSIH5XrGrye6djX5KHtrHIcAcxT45W9Ej8rGCJf5v4cYS-KchKGvzA6_o-FcPRrupTvw02yT8JpPyDB1HBUTwYdX12Y4dIfVfryE8U8tYv6PylRzQ125UtLydy6s-ssHCQYZkOCiAnqQqthmroNLCc5b9fD03o1RFeH5tsmQIz7PZhkmxf=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></div><br />Last, the the control deck of the <i>Galaga</i> machine with the 'bat top' style of joystick that I temporarily pilfered from my <i>Mortal Kombat</i> machine...<p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhjogXurehMGX9v1XvBk-D_qUxJQ5NVy7hHXkBEFh4g1fxk03iYScqjZZEglXkbqA7nis44y7ReBHDnylJzzlaVYALVK0Dq8Woj_-9p6VYwMKMtvxlc5xO86FgV2kY-fz8L72FyAjklJwKg6qfZUaDeETF7qTXtO2vxrYDUW53xuCmGkmc85yU-j-ki" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="2736" data-original-width="3648" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhjogXurehMGX9v1XvBk-D_qUxJQ5NVy7hHXkBEFh4g1fxk03iYScqjZZEglXkbqA7nis44y7ReBHDnylJzzlaVYALVK0Dq8Woj_-9p6VYwMKMtvxlc5xO86FgV2kY-fz8L72FyAjklJwKg6qfZUaDeETF7qTXtO2vxrYDUW53xuCmGkmc85yU-j-ki=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></div><br /><br /><p></p><p>Interesting, huh? No? Wondering why it matters? Well, because every machine will eventually need replacement parts. While writing this, I checked to see if these ball tops were still available from Arcade1Up's website. They aren't... Unless you <a href="https://arcade1up.com/collections/parts-accessories/products/galaga-joystick-kit" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">buy the entire joystick assembly for the <i>Galaga</i> cabinet</a>... which is also currently unavailable. The bat tops are listed on the site in both <a href="https://arcade1up.com/collections/parts-accessories/products/bat-top-red-joystick" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">red</a> and <a href="https://arcade1up.com/collections/parts-accessories/products/bat-top-black-joystick">black</a>, but they are also not available. Good thing there are 3rd party companies making a few replacement/upgrade parts for these machines. <br /><br />In fact, I am looking to get into 3D printing as a hobby/alternate revenue stream/mad science experiment. Maybe creating a few replacement joystick toppers for these machines and the console joysticks could become a profitable enterprise? As long as it covers the cost of the printers and material used, it ought to be worthwhile. All kinds of crazy designs could be created in the 3D Modeling software for these printers and then printed out.</p><p>Anyway, enough of my ranting on that tangent. I did mention earlier that the joystick ball from the <i>Galaga</i> cabinet was interchangeable with 3 old console joysticks from my childhood. And I have pictures of what that bright red joystick ball would look like on all of them...<br /><br />First, the NES Advantage...</p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgV8X2z2e5OJl0msGHlnFJzAex_Uiblw6VNpvWHG2Yr5wKh2FonOHOg1UMxwqtIhlS1yzIj2wpq6fSc8mvNS_iBE1_F1qC_CPq9n8PxVsSYFZ0ggAGKjOrJ5sWDp_1uxD6ltLmq9-6keWJ1jWmNW9Poxc77zMDWr6OfxdcBmKNs28o3XFEZrWHDOjNc" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="2736" data-original-width="3648" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgV8X2z2e5OJl0msGHlnFJzAex_Uiblw6VNpvWHG2Yr5wKh2FonOHOg1UMxwqtIhlS1yzIj2wpq6fSc8mvNS_iBE1_F1qC_CPq9n8PxVsSYFZ0ggAGKjOrJ5sWDp_1uxD6ltLmq9-6keWJ1jWmNW9Poxc77zMDWr6OfxdcBmKNs28o3XFEZrWHDOjNc=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Not a half bad look...</td></tr></tbody></table><br />Next, the SNES Super Advantage...<p></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhSGejd_i_qUJll6H9CxJTDV0ParSCHfGVGJG95FgaGIDe4ewoRUmxDASDulYjOn-7vseXx1LJmyUq1LSrxuDvIyjpSpt7BY2-TCgNuURVEICQwSaQEFv9GD4lRpMR_W7UEy55j36einfyvbWWUEcjic47tIyGnf1wjKdMi7zVrNFqqxmeuvqe2xA10" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="2736" data-original-width="3648" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhSGejd_i_qUJll6H9CxJTDV0ParSCHfGVGJG95FgaGIDe4ewoRUmxDASDulYjOn-7vseXx1LJmyUq1LSrxuDvIyjpSpt7BY2-TCgNuURVEICQwSaQEFv9GD4lRpMR_W7UEy55j36einfyvbWWUEcjic47tIyGnf1wjKdMi7zVrNFqqxmeuvqe2xA10=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Not terrible, but it is a bit bright... And too close in color to the X button...</td></tr></tbody></table><br />And finally, the joystick for the SEGA Genesis...<p></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjdJxuBJiDbUDi9-fnlwtMi8g7mx0ja7t1yiKxnHJ84IbRYQYtXc4zfKVUT5e-WSs1HrTy5zM3ra7VcUJWxK2htGsilFbIVyGtOU3h_-iiwrJchec1pYFOEdRgb1P_dwS5jVASbhvjvRoLcu23AGF1_BN6XmfRtgSrTZgh5H99JKjZj_EIbKQd2G_A7" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="2736" data-original-width="3648" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjdJxuBJiDbUDi9-fnlwtMi8g7mx0ja7t1yiKxnHJ84IbRYQYtXc4zfKVUT5e-WSs1HrTy5zM3ra7VcUJWxK2htGsilFbIVyGtOU3h_-iiwrJchec1pYFOEdRgb1P_dwS5jVASbhvjvRoLcu23AGF1_BN6XmfRtgSrTZgh5H99JKjZj_EIbKQd2G_A7=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Now this one just looks ridiculous to me...</td></tr></tbody></table><br />And since this is going to be posted in <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/1450378475106130" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">the official Arcade1Up fan group</a> on a certain social media site whose name I refuse to type or say aloud, here's 2 pics of my 3 cabinets...<p></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh-39_ONDjamEneWc52c4xw1WSHCN70T4pRPAe0LdTTiqpGdjv-Chh-B8C1KOO6GdkJsvA6lWxlLDlnFvGQ3iDXrIkZWCtZqjF7crbyWt9MJU8nLd_WtrwupejDpPCa_MCpO7UXbQ3LO2gdlq3cRIEB0ODHiMeHYB0kUsbC6xJr4Q0G2vWBF6NuJhbo" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="2736" data-original-width="3648" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh-39_ONDjamEneWc52c4xw1WSHCN70T4pRPAe0LdTTiqpGdjv-Chh-B8C1KOO6GdkJsvA6lWxlLDlnFvGQ3iDXrIkZWCtZqjF7crbyWt9MJU8nLd_WtrwupejDpPCa_MCpO7UXbQ3LO2gdlq3cRIEB0ODHiMeHYB0kUsbC6xJr4Q0G2vWBF6NuJhbo=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sometimes, these machines look a little crowded to me in that particular spot. <br />Unfortunately, I don't have any other options. Space is limited...</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj2AuBpMDzj598j29sFdt3bJi5EQA_LVzitgyl1C8HlE0yUrKXCnFLPK4nI-P-zofXAVmavcv7WDlyMtvgXV7quiG6VYlfSE-j7ox0qHqn9opwXn51-lPJVWIVXXEFsMw_t1ndMcl-c2qVHZSKIGe-NNnLQCDxLw5t5d8kDbJFTqFz763wEoOasc1uw" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="3648" data-original-width="2736" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj2AuBpMDzj598j29sFdt3bJi5EQA_LVzitgyl1C8HlE0yUrKXCnFLPK4nI-P-zofXAVmavcv7WDlyMtvgXV7quiG6VYlfSE-j7ox0qHqn9opwXn51-lPJVWIVXXEFsMw_t1ndMcl-c2qVHZSKIGe-NNnLQCDxLw5t5d8kDbJFTqFz763wEoOasc1uw=w480-h640" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This Atari 12-in-1 was modified with the upgraded spinner from GRS Tech. <br />It made <i>Major Havoc</i> and <i>Tempest</i> actually playable. 🙂</td></tr></tbody></table><p>- Lord Publius</p>Lord Publiushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07047366006752124497noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2863808653384258852.post-64048123235392123462022-01-30T15:01:00.000-06:002022-01-30T15:01:04.164-06:00Why I don't care about Streaming Services anymore...<div style="text-align: left;"><b>1.) Netflix (and various others) seem to be more interested in pushing an agenda than they are in providing entertainment.</b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEha56iRGv0lhRV0s3VNbt59MktmFx4J21N5KAfdj-plmCFQaruOX88BjPmTFiU7P4zUSP_cm0gIa7qz6WU_t2zwCATTgy0QEHjTWBOieeOq2ZIOxmFQOa1aSAgH42HytajIX8vTCDLg7s9-oqWtkoWBawMuDVeUvzDr5B00xlMl9894oGgmm-pP6Po_=s1024" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="614" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEha56iRGv0lhRV0s3VNbt59MktmFx4J21N5KAfdj-plmCFQaruOX88BjPmTFiU7P4zUSP_cm0gIa7qz6WU_t2zwCATTgy0QEHjTWBOieeOq2ZIOxmFQOa1aSAgH42HytajIX8vTCDLg7s9-oqWtkoWBawMuDVeUvzDr5B00xlMl9894oGgmm-pP6Po_=w384-h640" width="384" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Getting really sick of Hollyweird's bullshit...</td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>2.) I wasn't overly crazy about Netflix streaming some movie like <i><a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9196192/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Cuties</a></i> either, a film that could have easily doubled as softcore child porn.</b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjmEjo_lThKuAWfl78J_CsMPyly8NBo2Ax5jNS9WGYOLXrW9QYnM08noEME2qB1-gjP9i5Sv5cKvVX4uqx1G1IMyf-fve_yC6yXU8C2jk2KgXCy43oTxjBJT0eRGOtlBCIV5ZO8gSRJXrxxFhQyT7UxVp2C0QJJoWyPeGFwnr7KCFqAB-wtyPwyJneV=s1024" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="564" data-original-width="1024" height="352" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjmEjo_lThKuAWfl78J_CsMPyly8NBo2Ax5jNS9WGYOLXrW9QYnM08noEME2qB1-gjP9i5Sv5cKvVX4uqx1G1IMyf-fve_yC6yXU8C2jk2KgXCy43oTxjBJT0eRGOtlBCIV5ZO8gSRJXrxxFhQyT7UxVp2C0QJJoWyPeGFwnr7KCFqAB-wtyPwyJneV=w640-h352" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">It's like they wanted to give Epstein some wank material down in Hell...</td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>3.) Why waste 10-20 bucks a month per streaming service when I don't normally have much time to watch them anyway?</b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>4.) Speaking of 10-20 bucks a month per streaming service, getting all of these streaming services to watch all the shows I might want to see will quickly make the streaming services just as expensive as cable. For me, that defeats the point of streaming services altogether.</b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>5.) I do have a LOT of TV Shows & film series in various DVD & Blu-Ray box sets...</b><br /><br /><div><u>TV Show Box Sets in my collection</u> (* = Blu-Ray)</div><div><br /></div><div>Battlestar Galactica: The Complete Epic Series (1978 Version.)</div><div>Battlestar Galactica (2003 version & the TV movie Blood & Chrome)*</div><div>The Beatles Anthology</div><div>Bones</div><div>Chappelle's Show</div><div>Clerks - The Animated Series</div><div>Crusade</div><div>Daria</div><div>Friday the 13th: The Series</div><div>Fringe*</div><div>From The Earth to the Moon</div><div>I Dream of Jeannie - The Complete Series</div><div>John Adams</div><div>Knight Rider*</div><div>Married with Children: The Complete Series</div><div>The Munsters: The Complete Series</div><div>Night Gallery: The Complete Series</div><div>Star Trek: The Original Series*</div><div>Star Trek: The Animated Series</div><div><br /></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div><u>Complete Film Series in my collection</u> (* = Blu-Ray)</div><div><br /></div><div>A Nightmare on Elm Street Collection*</div><div>Alien* (includes Anthology box set, Prometheus and Alien Covenant)</div><div>Austin Powers 3-Film Collection</div><div>Back to the Future: 25th Anniversary Trilogy</div><div>4 Film Favorites - Dirty Harry Collection*</div><div>The Bourne Franchise (includes the Trilogy box set on Blu-Ray and Legacy)</div><div>The Godfather Trilogy</div><div>Halloween (Complete Collection BD set, Halloween 2018 and the Part 6 Producer's Cut.)</div><div>Indiana Jones: The Complete Adventures* (Complete until Part 5 is released.)</div><div>The Sergio Leone Anthology (includes Dollars Trilogy)</div><div>The Man with No Name Trilogy*</div><div>Psycho* (and its sequels on DVD...)</div><div>Rocky Heavyweight Collection*</div><div>Star Trek* (All 13 films)</div><div>Wayne's World & Wayne's World 2 (Box Set)</div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>6.) Then there's everything else that I have on either DVD, Blu-Ray or even VHS...</b><br /><br />I'm not going to list them. I'll just post 2 pictures that I took on the afternoon of 20 Jan 2022...</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEir1ciqcYZcYM5ecExhbrg5Zu-qYSe5QRCPUZ4eurh4Yy7DggMOW4NWCxQw_66d-ZULIEGA8D_4PwNIM-nUXLBWkvVoUq3CAQao6WmGf0K2KRgUAZByDlYq1oH4xZJqWuVSk3nGoHwPx-gMPifvQRhDSfmR28DW9ZC6gLpJVU27bkWmP1eBEJWkjbkM=s3648" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2736" data-original-width="3648" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEir1ciqcYZcYM5ecExhbrg5Zu-qYSe5QRCPUZ4eurh4Yy7DggMOW4NWCxQw_66d-ZULIEGA8D_4PwNIM-nUXLBWkvVoUq3CAQao6WmGf0K2KRgUAZByDlYq1oH4xZJqWuVSk3nGoHwPx-gMPifvQRhDSfmR28DW9ZC6gLpJVU27bkWmP1eBEJWkjbkM=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Primary DVD & Blu-Ray shelf</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjczpSnrXKnUuSRVJJozfKmyxvUQPRy-2TLoF4YFFOfnqkjp-fcE5SdkoipRNQH7stc50ddIsb46vlFwvfR3aEI4sCYnIW17x23vRnFOPiiUYWNKzTFiajoAZQIH8glOreyWHlAMz-3PtNfLOnDhamy0LbMfuTtxvN9UaEVhD31gVUMMdtQSfuCDYvS=s3648" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2736" data-original-width="3648" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjczpSnrXKnUuSRVJJozfKmyxvUQPRy-2TLoF4YFFOfnqkjp-fcE5SdkoipRNQH7stc50ddIsb46vlFwvfR3aEI4sCYnIW17x23vRnFOPiiUYWNKzTFiajoAZQIH8glOreyWHlAMz-3PtNfLOnDhamy0LbMfuTtxvN9UaEVhD31gVUMMdtQSfuCDYvS=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Shelves for VHS Tapes & the Sci-Fi franchises that I wanted to separate from everything else.<br />(Star Trek, Star Wars, Doctor Who & BattleStar Galactica) </td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">So, as you can see, I don't have any need for streaming services, Cable TV or Satellite Dishes. There's so much of a back catalog here, I could probably start my own TV channel or streaming service. Wouldn't that be awesome?</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />- Lord Publius</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>Lord Publiushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07047366006752124497noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2863808653384258852.post-69208972664916500962022-01-17T23:18:00.002-06:002022-04-23T20:47:09.564-05:0041 reasons to walk away from a woman, in no particular order...<div style="text-align: left;">1.) She lies to you.<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">2.) Pretends to be something she's not just to win you over.<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">3.) Her self-care is really just her being selfish.<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">4.) Insecure, expresses it through entitlement and/or arrogance.<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">5.) Has no spine, refuses to stand up for her own values.<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">6.) Relies on you to give her life meaning & provide entertainment...<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">7.) Lazy about maintaining her health, both mental and physical.<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">8.) Addicted to drama.<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">9.) Tries to win over a guy, just to prove she can get him, even if she's not into him. Then, she trades up the moment the opportunity presents itself. (AKA <a href="https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hypergamy" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Hypergamy</a>.)<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">10.) Tries to get you to leave your friends behind or limit time with them.<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">11.) Uses fights to keep things interesting...<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">12.) Chaotic in a bad way.<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">13.) Can't control her temper.<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">14.) Asks questions just to use that info against you later.<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">15.) Has no real clear standards.<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">16.) Never initiates communication, preferring you to always be chasing her.<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">17.) Princess mentality.<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">18.) Discourages you from pursuing hobbies/passions.<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">19.) Constantly tearing you down/insulting you.<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">20.) Bad relationship with parent/siblings.<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">21.) Only interested in sex if there's something in exchange for doing the deed. (Whore...)<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">22.) Emotionally damaged.<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">23.) Values/Beliefs don't align.<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">24.) Long-term goals don't align.<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">25.) Relationship is not important enough to be a priority.<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">26.) Compares you to her exes or father when you make a mistake.<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">27.) Constantly trying to make you jealous so she can get your attention.<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">28.) Never gives you credit for doing anything good.<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">29.) Her only value is her looks/sexual performance. (Why would you want to date this <a href="https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Thot" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">THOT</a>?)<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">30.) Fighting with her more often than not.<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">31.) Feeling awkward with her during those times when you aren't sleeping with her.<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">32.) Constantly nagging at you for ANY reason, especially complaining about what she considers your flaws.<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">33.) Doesn't talk about you being in her future.<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">34.) You're only keeping her around because you don't want to be alone.<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">35.) You don't want to introduce her to your friends or family...<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">36.) Wondering when you two will break up since you can't picture her as being in your future.<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">37.) You only want to spend time with her when you know there'll be sex involved.<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">38.) You're keeping the proverbial door open for other women and vice versa.<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">39.) She brings out the worst in you.<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">40.) Feeling emotionally depleted after being with her.<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">41.) Knowing deep down that you're settling for less than what you really need/want and don't really love her anyway. (And shame on you for perpetuating that lie.)</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">- Lord Publius</div>Lord Publiushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07047366006752124497noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2863808653384258852.post-37840430545249302072021-12-31T14:58:00.010-06:002023-01-07T18:08:23.843-06:00Game collecting misadventures in 2021<p>Well, here we are again...</p><p><b><u><span style="font-size: x-large;">Previous Years</span></u></b><br /><br /><a href="https://lordpublius.blogspot.com/2018/12/my-game-collecting-adventures-in-2018.html" target="_blank">2018</a></p><p><a href="https://lordpublius.blogspot.com/2019/12/my-game-collecting-adventures-in-2019.html" target="_blank">2019</a></p><p><a href="https://lordpublius.blogspot.com/2020/06/game-collecting-misadventures-in-2020.html" target="_blank">2020</a></p><p><b><u><span style="font-size: x-large;">2 Jan 2021</span></u></b></p><p>Bought myself some gift cards for both the Switch and Steam today. I think getting gift cards for myself on January 2nd is now officially a personal tradition. I haven't bought any games with them yet. Although, I will be using the money for the Steam account soon. Their winter sale ends on the 5th.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1tzAd0_pA2xFVNVoiAzbzrgSMLBRQbbKfne6-encVl8YYCvUYmU85cEnG0a5I3814MEm6Nsf874QCcSWUNWOCjTwKb9x0cn99zjALOUJBiUV5HOvNcCKQ38V3esQHqC5PvLW6EwXrVvQ/s800/DSCN1965.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="371" data-original-width="800" height="186" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1tzAd0_pA2xFVNVoiAzbzrgSMLBRQbbKfne6-encVl8YYCvUYmU85cEnG0a5I3814MEm6Nsf874QCcSWUNWOCjTwKb9x0cn99zjALOUJBiUV5HOvNcCKQ38V3esQHqC5PvLW6EwXrVvQ/w400-h186/DSCN1965.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I wonder what these cards will end up buying...</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div>I decided to get the card for the Switch Online service on a lark. There are some NES & SNES games on there that I don't already have, but do want to play. The service as it is right now is worth $20/year for all the things it does. However, I do wish there was more of the legendary Nintendo back catalog available. A little over 100 games split between the NES & SNES is small potatoes for Nintendo. It should be pretty easy for them to put Game Boy, Game Boy Color & Game Boy Advance titles on the service too. Those games were small enough to not cause too many bandwidth issues. More advanced consoles like the N64 & GameCube would, though. </div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifQRXaJaJPUIuvY7IfGyhOf8r9M9rQLLQI21uKxBAf_MmNr8IQYCnCniJjOZnWR2OLejpKp45Seig21gyOZ-xG2rPjnABae7JkokBrZPT6RHRc_SlKg5aMAR_Zo_FPu69sq7IckhXJ9SA/s500/SMB35.png" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="184" data-original-width="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifQRXaJaJPUIuvY7IfGyhOf8r9M9rQLLQI21uKxBAf_MmNr8IQYCnCniJjOZnWR2OLejpKp45Seig21gyOZ-xG2rPjnABae7JkokBrZPT6RHRc_SlKg5aMAR_Zo_FPu69sq7IckhXJ9SA/s320/SMB35.png" width="320" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhsxAW2PwxIC8sfMW6zsfoFXPVIzW30MjIUJMSc5pgFav21AWtCzVOvvnwWTXrwJ4h23BIr0E888oC6sGC_x-KHcxfGZT8aE4swKU-ZVcnKcMTVN5UG3cL2jEsg4cG_OYBGDTAX3eN1Fo/s284/Tetris99.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="211" data-original-width="284" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhsxAW2PwxIC8sfMW6zsfoFXPVIzW30MjIUJMSc5pgFav21AWtCzVOvvnwWTXrwJ4h23BIr0E888oC6sGC_x-KHcxfGZT8aE4swKU-ZVcnKcMTVN5UG3cL2jEsg4cG_OYBGDTAX3eN1Fo/s0/Tetris99.png" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>It's also nice to be able to access certain games that you can't play unless you have an Online membership, like <a href="https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/switch/299723-super-mario-bros-35" target="_blank"><i>Super Mario Bros. 35</i></a> and <i><a href="https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/switch/258615-tetris-99" target="_blank">Tetris 99</a></i>, both of which I downloaded this afternoon.</div><div><br /></div><div><b><u><span style="font-size: x-large;">3 Jan 2021</span></u></b></div><p>The game I was expecting from Wal-mart on the 7th got shipped earlier than expected. It's <i><a href="https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/switch/248068-new-super-mario-bros-u-deluxe" target="_blank">New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe</a></i>, complete with all the DLC and add-ons that were made for the Wii U version.</p><p><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJ_Qw3rKoxZji6rw428vosD5Me8exFxDeVEakTQWWkDp-eEJGWYYil_UqgEdgp4AtMIuMuWTKXTd8KZmtwU0tp0pfJ9M-5CqXi_A68oyZ4PZK1pxa6V18u3Aa_WnYEPx0PqiFQpf-Ug3M/s751/DSCN1967.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="751" data-original-width="573" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJ_Qw3rKoxZji6rw428vosD5Me8exFxDeVEakTQWWkDp-eEJGWYYil_UqgEdgp4AtMIuMuWTKXTd8KZmtwU0tp0pfJ9M-5CqXi_A68oyZ4PZK1pxa6V18u3Aa_WnYEPx0PqiFQpf-Ug3M/s320/DSCN1967.JPG" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This makes 18 titles for the Switch<br />on physical media.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p>How did the game get here 4 days ahead of schedule? Probably because one of the local Wal-Mart locations had it in stock. I checked Amazon for this title too. They had it for the exact same price, but wanted to ship it sometime between January 25th and January 27th. That was with Prime shipping too. Unacceptable.</p><p><b><u><span style="font-size: x-large;">4 Jan 2021</span></u></b></p><p>Went through my wishlist on Steam for the Winter sale that ends tomorrow. Got rid of a few things that I didn't really want and bought three games that I did: <i><a href="https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/pc/196182-dusk" target="_blank">Dusk</a></i>, <i><a href="https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/pc/251699-polybius" target="_blank">Polybius</a></i> & <i><a href="https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/pc/259864-wrath-aeon-of-ruin" target="_blank">Wrath: Aeon of Ruin</a></i>. I really do need to spend more time playing Steam games. I have so many of them now and they get routinely neglected. That is such a gaming sin.</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdWNa-t02XUNzNsm3Tgfwj3lZmdm7L2MdU7oJnQPDxCU2SeSw1HLqanzpe6jN83wLrwVk1kF-XYwltoGPXcR3soXYfwymGXz9iidvnpx-RcYT4_quqNgVAlvpg8d_oqKODQ7A7n8XVJuA/s460/Dusk.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="215" data-original-width="460" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdWNa-t02XUNzNsm3Tgfwj3lZmdm7L2MdU7oJnQPDxCU2SeSw1HLqanzpe6jN83wLrwVk1kF-XYwltoGPXcR3soXYfwymGXz9iidvnpx-RcYT4_quqNgVAlvpg8d_oqKODQ7A7n8XVJuA/s320/Dusk.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEip1_-thTaT7BpYJcykAIwvV6o_yhl4jWUcGJXE65E5Zv4n5MJljKAv7b-wT7eHcql28rELO-jhUJ5l5fXjD7FJu-CtNWR73Q3KA1xVMu-6FrZTDJ3LtZXqkepIFKbaQdc1B4ztINmsD30/s460/Polybius.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="215" data-original-width="460" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEip1_-thTaT7BpYJcykAIwvV6o_yhl4jWUcGJXE65E5Zv4n5MJljKAv7b-wT7eHcql28rELO-jhUJ5l5fXjD7FJu-CtNWR73Q3KA1xVMu-6FrZTDJ3LtZXqkepIFKbaQdc1B4ztINmsD30/s320/Polybius.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4euIxnIR5sF9WmH-fkjH3bZ076METDQyfXt5MiscofsXmRmUNOeqMw_RD9W1Lfpl6QgiJhijVgB-j4IrhjrtS0mEIcNHnqRd-v8hj1oGvz7JsusEHk1XNcpJxWvxPx0q75t50gup4I1A/s640/WrathAeonOfRuin.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="182" data-original-width="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4euIxnIR5sF9WmH-fkjH3bZ076METDQyfXt5MiscofsXmRmUNOeqMw_RD9W1Lfpl6QgiJhijVgB-j4IrhjrtS0mEIcNHnqRd-v8hj1oGvz7JsusEHk1XNcpJxWvxPx0q75t50gup4I1A/s320/WrathAeonOfRuin.png" width="320" /></a></div><p><b><u><span style="font-size: x-large;">20 Jan 2021</span></u></b></p><p>Went shopping at Wally World today for various supplies. Saw this new version of Monopoly that has a local theme. It's all about the largest suburb of my hometown, New Orleans. I look forward to playing it on a family game night.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVm0MEKTa42t6gfAwBucJZm1oyeIZDEhH-NALO_MHRSAOJ8_s_Zl_oILnKbBDVZJP4OsoxAyHNrr-Tspienpqo-0hVt0sWQytVKrqVHMrMfBZ4J9OaK-3WndKcDViVOuN1_MJUzTfwOpI/s2048/DSCN1968.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVm0MEKTa42t6gfAwBucJZm1oyeIZDEhH-NALO_MHRSAOJ8_s_Zl_oILnKbBDVZJP4OsoxAyHNrr-Tspienpqo-0hVt0sWQytVKrqVHMrMfBZ4J9OaK-3WndKcDViVOuN1_MJUzTfwOpI/w640-h480/DSCN1968.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Monopoly just got a lot more interesting...</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p>I have not been able to find a link for this game on the manufacturer's website or anywhere else online. I don't know why. I was able to find the New Orleans version on Wal-Mart's website with relative ease.</p><p><b><u><span style="font-size: x-large;">6 Feb 2021</span></u></b></p><p>Bought 2 cheap digital games for the Switch that were on sale. Both combined cost me about 6 bucks at most. They are <i><a href="https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/switch/310541-chess-royal" target="_blank">Chess Royal</a></i> and <i><a href="https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/switch/275144-it-came-from-space-and-ate-our-brains" target="_blank">It came from space and ate our brains</a></i>.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2e_yWKlgryqiWV8PmppeQ_BlfEUw43LCbCrHHxRm6MfpQ9JYn_6L4-F9vM6rwHlSu4zp4mmq8QGze7EkggK2wQnavn5_XgZ-Zv33X4ykpgaMG5U5fK7uzxPCni5m_H1dnbz4pPsv5wDU/s300/ChessRoyal.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="287" data-original-width="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2e_yWKlgryqiWV8PmppeQ_BlfEUw43LCbCrHHxRm6MfpQ9JYn_6L4-F9vM6rwHlSu4zp4mmq8QGze7EkggK2wQnavn5_XgZ-Zv33X4ykpgaMG5U5fK7uzxPCni5m_H1dnbz4pPsv5wDU/s0/ChessRoyal.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi57G54rqQZM5Ahsnr4IQ6yz8DsBIvW5cndQxyzoZRC4n35xyLfhg5gC69o0PW-ab6ZeaB4nsXtDvGDrHHyJ9Bhb4s2izdMhFYuEmth5D9rsunNuKaYrTQ7j1TX4iE7339METVgrgb8yKg/s300/ICFSAAOB.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="287" data-original-width="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi57G54rqQZM5Ahsnr4IQ6yz8DsBIvW5cndQxyzoZRC4n35xyLfhg5gC69o0PW-ab6ZeaB4nsXtDvGDrHHyJ9Bhb4s2izdMhFYuEmth5D9rsunNuKaYrTQ7j1TX4iE7339METVgrgb8yKg/s0/ICFSAAOB.jpg" /></a></div><br /><p><b><u><span style="font-size: x-large;">24 Feb 2021</span></u></b></p><p>My old PC has finally had a critical HDD failure after 6 years. (All important data is on external HDDs and flash drives.) And since the machine was aging rapidly, I decided to upgrade to a new machine. The new machine has more USB ports (including 4 that are the new USB 3.0 standard), 32 GB DDR4 RAM & a Quad-Core CPU w/ 4.3 GHz clock speed for each core. The old machine was 16GB of DDR3 & a Quad-Core CPU w/ 3.7 GHz clock speed for each core. The new machine didn't come with any kind of optical drive since that's almost totally unnecessary these days with the cloud storage that I usually refuse to trust. It doesn't have a gaming graphics card, either. However, it will have both of those things within the next few weeks, courtesy of a few 'creative solutions' on my part. More on that later.<br /><br />I've already loaded the programs that it needs for work/school and all of my Steam games. The Steam games took at least 6 or 7 hours spread over 2 days to re-install. The rest of my old games will be installed later after the new video card comes in a few weeks. Anyway, here's the new machine, a Dell Inspiron.</p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbOtql0hZSO-NJLDphzrDRCAuVaC-DLS_YOsv1LnP1nAgxzf3_1SQpP7vXTZW6LDDVTX7NZAss-zzavVgFlG7VRlfQLP1jmsBnIP3j30HeE9h0Am0qB2Bh-MCd5CrdPjtnLYzM4vU5cv4/" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="978" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbOtql0hZSO-NJLDphzrDRCAuVaC-DLS_YOsv1LnP1nAgxzf3_1SQpP7vXTZW6LDDVTX7NZAss-zzavVgFlG7VRlfQLP1jmsBnIP3j30HeE9h0Am0qB2Bh-MCd5CrdPjtnLYzM4vU5cv4/w260-h400/Majel7.jpg" width="260" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">New PC for school, gaming and general use.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div></td></tr></tbody></table>As for the old machine... It's still repairable. It was just a HDD crash due to becoming physically worn out. All it needs is a new HDD & a fresh install of an OS. I'll go with the same OS it had before since I have an install disc for it and that will be quite adequate for this old machine's new role. I am going to connect it to my TV & Stereo in my living room to create a makeshift media center PC. It'll have an external HDD (or some other kind of removable media) storing all of my digital music and video files and be controlled with a wireless keyboard and mouse.<p></p><p>Here's a photo of the old machine that I purchased in 2015 and have upgraded several times: an ASUS M32 Series.</p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwu-jAhO1RA8m2YlY2S7ovTevjCw0CunpetW_7TZeR-twGynUNmhLU3pHHDYn4BKBnrO-w6Hn4MyTsvzCzMbc7vbtiwvui6U5l12tCRjEL97tVIaAIdAIfxESd37ZnVnxZMuonRc7XG00/" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="969" data-original-width="720" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwu-jAhO1RA8m2YlY2S7ovTevjCw0CunpetW_7TZeR-twGynUNmhLU3pHHDYn4BKBnrO-w6Hn4MyTsvzCzMbc7vbtiwvui6U5l12tCRjEL97tVIaAIdAIfxESd37ZnVnxZMuonRc7XG00/w297-h400/Majel5.jpg" width="297" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I will make this machine great again...</td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p>Since the machine has HDMI output via its graphics card, hooking it up to the TV is all-too-easy. Same with the stereo. All I need is a cable with a 3.5mm audio jack on both sides to plug into the computer's sound port and the stereo's auxiliary port. I should have both of those cables laying around in the large amalgamation of electronic junk that takes up most of my utility room. Therefore, all I need to do is acquire/set up those 2 hard drives and get the wireless input devices. Then, after the files are loaded, I will have hundreds more movies and thousands more songs to play in my living room. Total parts investment for that project should be under $200 since I have so many of the parts already.<br /><br />Or, I could turn this rig into a Bitcoin miner, once I've figured out how that works... Or an exclusive gaming rig since it's still quite capable in that area... More to come...</p><div style="text-align: left;"><b><u><span style="font-size: x-large;">4 </span><span style="font-size: xx-large;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Mar 2021</span></span></u></b></div><p>The very first item that I have ever ordered from eBay has finally arrived. It's an old Pinball title for the PC made back in 1993. And here I thought my days of buying MS-DOS games were long over... :P<br /><br />Anyway, this was HIGHLY recommended by Clint from <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCLx053rWZxCiYWsBETgdKrQ" target="_blank">Lazy Game Reviews</a> on YouTube... in <a href="https://youtu.be/ythTarz4DyQ" target="_blank">one of his early videos</a> from 4 Mar 2010. And it only took me 11 years to get around to buying it... Lolz.</p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjo43k0WFo3cgaPoDw_Swi3bcNxzjYbOGX-kFI2wNWXhd-lCagil8nTAEju4B4Bbx4e8q5GjlYXdZKad8uPwPb7GBZ4UcdBKAEPB3c95_tQDgvGPr3X0VOoLdzy2h2v8J3nT7Z3Hgy_Mds/" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="706" data-original-width="800" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjo43k0WFo3cgaPoDw_Swi3bcNxzjYbOGX-kFI2wNWXhd-lCagil8nTAEju4B4Bbx4e8q5GjlYXdZKad8uPwPb7GBZ4UcdBKAEPB3c95_tQDgvGPr3X0VOoLdzy2h2v8J3nT7Z3Hgy_Mds/" width="272" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">HIGHLY recommended by<br />Lazy Game Reviews on YouTube</td></tr></tbody></table><br />Also, my equally nerdy cousin was kind enough to buy me a new graphics card for the new desktop since I was short on cash. I will have paid him back by the time you read this post, if he even cares. He's a lot wealthier than me. I add to/edit these game collecting misadventure posts over the course of the whole year. Otherwise, I would not be able to keep track of all gaming-related additions to this collection. <p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOglauWE6bgavXGgojWZ_c-QSkBFdKSb9MrblVPe7u48rnJwQL3Q2jW2jVzuCI6v2HO_xatLlpjEqEKyIUkCFTvCXgVBdzH7Dz8YSeqivUZgm0HLMeF7Xiwa6FvwcQ5FKvCJ0RiH461No/s2048/DSCN1972.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOglauWE6bgavXGgojWZ_c-QSkBFdKSb9MrblVPe7u48rnJwQL3Q2jW2jVzuCI6v2HO_xatLlpjEqEKyIUkCFTvCXgVBdzH7Dz8YSeqivUZgm0HLMeF7Xiwa6FvwcQ5FKvCJ0RiH461No/w640-h480/DSCN1972.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This ought to be <i>VERY</i> useful... :P</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p>This card ought to be at least equal, if not superior, to what is in the old desktop. That means it will have no problem running <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doom_Eternal" target="_blank">Doom Eternal</a></i>, which is the whole reason why I cared about getting a graphics card for a PC. Most of my gaming is on consoles and portables. My PC gaming, most of the time, is old titles from my youth in the 1990's. You don't need fancy graphics cards for the classic Doom & Quake titles. So yes, most of the time, I could be called a dirty console peasant. However, when it comes to Doom titles, I am most definitely a member of the PC Master Race. FPS games just work so much better with a keyboard and mouse. And since all the consoles these days have USB ports, I am really wondering why game developers don't include an option to use keyboards and mice with the console versions of these games. Would it really be all that complex and costly to do?</p><p>Anyway, I have started playing around with eBay more, now that the first item purchase/delivery has been a success. I bought one used GameCube game and put in bids on 3 others, including one that is still factory sealed. If I get them all, I will be out around $60 (including shipping) and have completely wiped out everything on my want list for that system. Let's hope that I succeed in this endeavor.<br /><br />I'm also watching a number of auctions/listings for various old Atari 2600 and Jaguar titles/accessories. Not sure if or when I'll pull the trigger on any of them, but we'll see. I'm just happy that there's a way I may be able to get those titles without having to resort to emulation for all of them. Although, for those 2600 titles that cost more than $20, I probably still will. In fact, I probably have already with my Raspberry Pi emulation console. I really need to update that device...</p><p><u><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">14 </span></b><b style="font-size: xx-large;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Mar 2021</span></b></u></p><p>My misadventures with eBay continue, this time tracking down the few titles for the Nintendo GameCube that I still had on my want list. As of this writing, I have acquired all but one of them from eBay. I really should have got into using this site sooner.<br /></p><p>So far, 2 of them have arrived. The other two should be here within the next 48 hours at most. However, the post office can be VERY inconsistent with delivery times on packages. That's why I prefer to use UPS wherever possible.</p><p>The 2 titles that have arrived are a copy of <i><a href="https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/gamecube/480037-xgiii-extreme-g-racing" target="_blank">XGIII: Extreme G Racing</a></i> that once belonged to a rental store and <a href="https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/gamecube/927716-ssx-on-tour" target="_blank"><i>SSX On Tour</i></a>. I got the one-time rental copy of XGIII because it was the best deal available. I am not going to re-sell this one, so it doesn't need to look pretty. I am going to put it in an actual GameCube case, though. I have several extra ones in storage for just these kinds of occasions.<br /><br />I got that extreme sports title because of the Mario characters guest starring in its roster. That and snowboarding games can be a lot of fun. It's essentially another type of racing game to me, even if it is classified as a sports title. The price for both of them with shipping & taxes was $32.75. Pic below.</p><p><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiblx7KxjFTxMQW59Yly_XTcQAnHwkx3v6rM3DzJkhJGD8cCiQ2964_zg6ZjGJtuuX9bguHUaj-vMa6o5eqTnr5Q_OmDAGptvupfyt4YFBkajLja0evHxzTo7m-I3pibd8q7db4i81B34A/" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="553" data-original-width="1000" height="354" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiblx7KxjFTxMQW59Yly_XTcQAnHwkx3v6rM3DzJkhJGD8cCiQ2964_zg6ZjGJtuuX9bguHUaj-vMa6o5eqTnr5Q_OmDAGptvupfyt4YFBkajLja0evHxzTo7m-I3pibd8q7db4i81B34A/w640-h354/DSCN1976.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">2 down, 2 more to go...</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><u><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">15 </span></b><b style="font-size: xx-large;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Mar 2021</span></b></u><br /><br />The Post Office delivered a copy of <i><a href="https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/gamecube/561254-namco-museum" target="_blank">Namco Museum</a></i> for GameCube today. They're supposed to be delivering one more item today, but I doubt they will. The Postman does not come through the neighborhood twice in one day. The game works as it should, but the spine on the card insert of the case is slightly sun-faded. That's a common problem with these old games and one of the reasons why I was looking to get a 3rd copy of this title. The other 2 have fading on the spine as well. However, this latest one is better than the others. You can see it in the pics below. The one I got in the mail today is the Player's Choice version that I put at the top of the stack.<br /><p></p></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjILSMvINbTx2vj9_JXhQ5Acj8FBitqS_vrwRisBxigOQiBh0o6xSIss3rU3Zf05KopTBLe16iNyo-3sATgBAbxPgzORJkR_u9BqyfgoRqeN0cFKj3Qilvm1_HAWLJ9vqiu92lVgs0qDlU/s733/DSCN1978.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="733" data-original-width="700" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjILSMvINbTx2vj9_JXhQ5Acj8FBitqS_vrwRisBxigOQiBh0o6xSIss3rU3Zf05KopTBLe16iNyo-3sATgBAbxPgzORJkR_u9BqyfgoRqeN0cFKj3Qilvm1_HAWLJ9vqiu92lVgs0qDlU/w382-h400/DSCN1978.JPG" width="382" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A collection so great that I now have<br />3 copies of it in my inventory. Lolz...</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoH5D7e60T9-R_AEgqLvrF407mPOQd_wMDNnnZcxAPA6-ylF3brFbQWUAJt4HyqwHB4Uv7HxH8IFK0lujJi3d2iT-IGlrkVfY6e5SlcqaTR8Y5BUsfpbVnzB98JIdGs-hhU0dp-HfaqFk/s700/DSCN1983.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="525" data-original-width="700" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoH5D7e60T9-R_AEgqLvrF407mPOQd_wMDNnnZcxAPA6-ylF3brFbQWUAJt4HyqwHB4Uv7HxH8IFK0lujJi3d2iT-IGlrkVfY6e5SlcqaTR8Y5BUsfpbVnzB98JIdGs-hhU0dp-HfaqFk/w400-h300/DSCN1983.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The copy from Ebay is on the top.<br />Good thing all of the discs are in good shape.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br />Anyway, I have 3 more GameCube titles on the way, including the one that probably won't arrive today as scheduled. All of them should be here no later than the 22nd. Yes, I know that I said there were only 2 left before. That was before I found a copy of <i><a href="https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/gamecube/533008-soulcalibur-ii" target="_blank">Soul Calibur II</a></i> for a decent price. Once they are all here, that will wipe out ALL of the titles I had on my want list for this particular console. Awesome. <div><br />What's potentially not awesome is the fact that I'm running out of room on the shelf AGAIN. (I keep having that problem!!!) I took a picture of what my GameCube & Wii shelf currently looks like, just to illustrate this problem. However, I am sure that a solution will become readily apparent in the near future. It always does...<br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_Xc6qsekh9T8nORnk2x9sZqJG5cBsnEpReysudgYUovncu9KmJ9wFMfpiPJr9fbRYMxc51c-V7L7EmLRKor-ROmTAb5QsnED5WUGhNsEPblWpINM40KojK8yop6v3kZR-zI2jwZE_DMg/s1328/DSCN1984.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1328" data-original-width="739" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_Xc6qsekh9T8nORnk2x9sZqJG5cBsnEpReysudgYUovncu9KmJ9wFMfpiPJr9fbRYMxc51c-V7L7EmLRKor-ROmTAb5QsnED5WUGhNsEPblWpINM40KojK8yop6v3kZR-zI2jwZE_DMg/w356-h640/DSCN1984.JPG" width="356" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This configuration will be changing a lot after I start<br /> selling on Ebay in the near future. There are plenty<br />of GCN & Wii titles that need to be re-sold.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div><br /></div><div>Also, I did put that copy of <i><a href="https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/gamecube/480037-xgiii-extreme-g-racing" target="_blank">XGIII: Extreme G Racing</a></i> in a genuine GameCube case. The clear DVD case it came to me in will be re-used for something else.</div><div><br /></div><div><u><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">17 </span></b><b style="font-size: xx-large;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Mar 2021</span></b></u></div><div><br /></div><div>The mail man finally delivered that package that should have been here Monday, the 15th. However, all good things come to those who wait. That includes this game here. This copy of <i><a href="https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/gamecube/589516-xgra-extreme-g-racing-association" target="_blank">XGRA: Extreme-G Racing Association</a></i> is the first factory-sealed GameCube game that I have purchased since (I think) 2005. However, it isn't going to stay sealed. I buy my games to play them, not have them sit on a shelf like some kind of trophy. Screw the NRFB crowd! It's price was $25.05, including tax & free shipping. That's about right for current market conditions. Pic below.</div><div><br /></div></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxPtgV5aA9GLU7NkJz-tUb1L0ZV3hBWZUCX_WIKD1m3b8GUwesbBdhuqmu1Q48DN8uChN0db_P_nHQj0p64kWOdqX3pTSZ87mg6gXp26cGkFDqicZAPaGSc0XRKgMGVWJyBfQ-xC80c8I/s949/DSCN1985.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="949" data-original-width="893" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxPtgV5aA9GLU7NkJz-tUb1L0ZV3hBWZUCX_WIKD1m3b8GUwesbBdhuqmu1Q48DN8uChN0db_P_nHQj0p64kWOdqX3pTSZ87mg6gXp26cGkFDqicZAPaGSc0XRKgMGVWJyBfQ-xC80c8I/w602-h640/DSCN1985.JPG" width="602" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Only 2 more titles to go now before my want list for GameCube games is fulfilled.<br />Both are on the way and should be here soon.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div><u><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">18 </span></b><b style="font-size: xx-large;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Mar 2021</span></b></u></div><div><br /></div><div>Another day, another delivery from the Postman. This time, it was that loose disc of <i><a href="https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/gamecube/561200-super-monkey-ball-2" target="_blank">Super Monkey Ball 2</a></i> that I managed to get. You wouldn't believe how much trouble I have had trying to bid on auctions of this game. Apparently, I'm not the only one who missed having this game in their collection. Anyway, it came with a GameCube case that was otherwise empty, save for one of those generic epilepsy warnings that come with all GCN games. I put the disc in one of those mini-disc cases that I bought at the end of last year for all my other loose GCN discs. Pic below.</div><div> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-a2_4QW7UGHlzRQbEDEkTPTaiQFVo0lf5Rns9XaVs3_6WZEEqLFc8LebT3CiQCmpuZg7t2b4jKANCC3tIuEyRMxBoDD6ND1EAExC1XIKnLkjIYim4qrE8xgYECORLYPxTAVaPOPcxrsw/" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="745" data-original-width="600" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-a2_4QW7UGHlzRQbEDEkTPTaiQFVo0lf5Rns9XaVs3_6WZEEqLFc8LebT3CiQCmpuZg7t2b4jKANCC3tIuEyRMxBoDD6ND1EAExC1XIKnLkjIYim4qrE8xgYECORLYPxTAVaPOPcxrsw/w515-h640/DSCN1987.JPG" width="515" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I have been waiting for this game for a long time...</td></tr></tbody></table><br /></div><div>Now all that's needed to close the books on the GameCube portion of the want list is that copy of <i><a href="https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/gamecube/533008-soulcalibur-ii" target="_blank">Soul Calibur II</a></i> that is still on its way from a seller in Minnesota. So far, I am enjoying Ebay. I should have done this years ago. I look forward to all the money I am going to make from selling things on that platform. There will be a separate blog post for that, if I decide to discuss it at all. </div><div><br /></div><div><u><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">20 </span></b><b style="font-size: xx-large;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Mar 2021</span></b></u></div><div><br /></div><div>That copy of <i><a href="https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/gamecube/533008-soulcalibur-ii" target="_blank">Soul Calibur II</a></i> finally arrived this morning, and it is flawless. I'm amazed I managed to get this game for only $30. Pic below.</div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2mAFPacucwRJLq60hYUUiw0JkrbUv4QOU-Z5XHwGPRE9v0P0TTc_uCPDkTty9plyLYEHc_9l_FScXCY6W0kBXB-janEDJvfEG9HvEhHrtT4WBbGxCxK7QE2EP_HT5M8Bcg8CTpIy9WTw/s547/DSCN1990.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="547" data-original-width="438" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2mAFPacucwRJLq60hYUUiw0JkrbUv4QOU-Z5XHwGPRE9v0P0TTc_uCPDkTty9plyLYEHc_9l_FScXCY6W0kBXB-janEDJvfEG9HvEhHrtT4WBbGxCxK7QE2EP_HT5M8Bcg8CTpIy9WTw/s16000/DSCN1990.JPG" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Definitely one of the better fighting game franchises out there.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div>While playing this game today, I noticed that the Ivy character is wearing a LOT more clothes than usual. I wonder if that was Nintendo censoring the game or if Namco did it themselves. Either way, they didn't need to do that to protect kids from seeing a scantily-clad female game character. This is a Teen-rated game, remember? Surely there aren't any parents or game store employees that would sell a Teen-rated game to a child, right? 😜 [/Obvious Sarcasm] That being said, I will not be selling off the copy of <i>Soul Calibur II</i> that I have for the XBOX. There's a special guest character in all the console versions of this game. For GameCube, it's Link from <i>The Legend of Zelda</i> series. On the XBOX, it's the comic book character Spawn. Spawn is a pretty damned dominant player in that game too. I've had quite a lot of fun with that character and version of the game.</div><div><br />I know I said this was the last GameCube title that I had on my list. However, that's because I forgot one: the GameCube version of <i><a href="https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/gamecube/551908-mortal-kombat-deadly-alliance">Mortal Kombat: Deadly Alliance</a></i>. I rented that title once many years ago (either 2002 or 2003) and thought it was hilarious. I do have the PS2 version of the game, but I still prefer the GameCube version. Of the 4 consoles in the 6th generation, GameCube was my favorite. (The others were SEGA Dreamcast, Sony PS2 & the original Microsoft XBOX.) I can't believe I forgot to put that one on my list until today.<br /><br />I'm not in a hurry to get that game though, even if <a href="https://www.pricecharting.com/game/gamecube/mortal-kombat-deadly-alliance" target="_blank">Price Charting is telling me that it's less than $20</a> for a complete-in-box copy. (As of 20 Mar 2021.) I have bought enough from Ebay for now. I need to start selling things instead. I have an entire banker's file box full of stuff that needs to be sold. (Mostly DVD & Blu-Ray movies that I no longer need since I've upgraded those films to Blu-Ray box sets.) Everything is already priced. I just need to start listing things and make some sales.<br /><br /></div><div><u><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">28 </span></b><b style="font-size: xx-large;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Mar 2021</span></b></u></div><div><br /></div><div>Picked up a copy of <a href="https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/pc/236389-horizon-chase-turbo" target="_blank"><i>Horizon Chase Turbo</i> on Steam</a> today, because it was on sale for 66% off. That means I got a $20 game for $7.41, including tax. And since I've had<a href="https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/switch/236388-horizon-chase-turbo" target="_blank"> this game on the Switch</a> for a long while, I already know that it's going to be AWESOME to play on my PC. 🙂</div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhh6OZBa-bFOabSTkYGvW_vA3hsD8CHpxM_IfPgy_WzcSDJvnpIDyKbqqIVwltIK4VMo1LD5aCr1JzPm1gVTaKlgcd3QtOfiIZKAewnzTK3YMlzTViMV8m2kPXEEk3wW5yWnGcV8B1cwk/s640/HCT.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="360" data-original-width="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhh6OZBa-bFOabSTkYGvW_vA3hsD8CHpxM_IfPgy_WzcSDJvnpIDyKbqqIVwltIK4VMo1LD5aCr1JzPm1gVTaKlgcd3QtOfiIZKAewnzTK3YMlzTViMV8m2kPXEEk3wW5yWnGcV8B1cwk/s16000/HCT.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This game should have been released in arcades.<br />It definitely takes me back to the great racing games of yore...</td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><div>Also, I decided to get that one last GameCube title that I was looking for from Ebay tonight. I had a LOT more money in my accounts than I thought.</div><div><br /></div><div><u><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">31 </span><span style="font-size: xx-large;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Mar 2021</span></span></b></u></div><div><br /></div><div>Since the PlayStation Store for PS3 & PS Vita were supposedly going away in summer of 2021, I decided to use whatever I still had in store credit. I say 'supposedly' because that was Sony's original plan. However, the massive outcry from gamers changed their minds.<br /><br />I downloaded <i><a href="https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/psp/633275-cohort-chess" target="_blank">Cohort Chess</a></i> and the PS1 version of <a href="https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/ps/196894-centipede" target="_blank">the 1990's <i>Centipede</i> remake</a>. They both had Crossplay functionality with the PS3, so I put them on that console as well. Same with another PS Vita game that I bought years ago named <i><a href="https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/ps3/895982-resogun" target="_blank">Resogun</a></i>. I knew it had Cross play with the PS4 but didn't know about the PS3 option. There's still 26 cents attached to my account with the PlayStation store. However, I don't own a PS4 or PS5, nor do I plan to acquire either of them. So, what happens to that penny and quarter is still a mystery.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJaBkVZ0Tc1d00FvzqgdTJ4Ts64KGbdmN-IUHsfC68PXLADOXO-6LLFKoqwzFhJS1KAgF8huzuLquZJtfutFIiGSrLk8D7mTcnTtexNH533qbu-0Yziff3BVOtSd7mgSTU0cW8yNqUcYI/s240/Centipede.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="240" data-original-width="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJaBkVZ0Tc1d00FvzqgdTJ4Ts64KGbdmN-IUHsfC68PXLADOXO-6LLFKoqwzFhJS1KAgF8huzuLquZJtfutFIiGSrLk8D7mTcnTtexNH533qbu-0Yziff3BVOtSd7mgSTU0cW8yNqUcYI/s0/Centipede.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgDZhVC2AhBuq0Dn7nK50F_JNG21ukbYLEwsl_4DpP0_qIGZt3SZCzQsTOM5WmSmD2H6wWbUCH2CNg3C6XG0vXGztGfnX8JnIQZkPKBxFRPHGwzdL1WHIeq6276rMJB2mA3t43g0YOtg8/s240/CohortChess.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="240" data-original-width="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgDZhVC2AhBuq0Dn7nK50F_JNG21ukbYLEwsl_4DpP0_qIGZt3SZCzQsTOM5WmSmD2H6wWbUCH2CNg3C6XG0vXGztGfnX8JnIQZkPKBxFRPHGwzdL1WHIeq6276rMJB2mA3t43g0YOtg8/s0/CohortChess.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWEL-PnNthQkh-2XBeJT8fN4xK_OnZ8fExsGct1GsXvchbBkwnZK0zg-HYNKXwUmOr4YC4-ltWytB2x3IbFCpTj9Y72OP49SdtAZCl9MS26A704Ft6EEcFjWs5jv8X43fCepLhKTppl-I/s640/Resogun.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="640" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWEL-PnNthQkh-2XBeJT8fN4xK_OnZ8fExsGct1GsXvchbBkwnZK0zg-HYNKXwUmOr4YC4-ltWytB2x3IbFCpTj9Y72OP49SdtAZCl9MS26A704Ft6EEcFjWs5jv8X43fCepLhKTppl-I/w200-h200/Resogun.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><div><b style="font-size: xx-large; text-decoration-line: underline;"><u><span style="font-size: x-large;">9 Apr 2021</span></u></b></div><div><br /></div><div>Just downloaded Pac-Man 99 to my Switch. Coincidentally, it's the 99th title that I have acquired for this platform. And since many of my Switch titles are Greatest Hits collections, the actual number of games that I have for the platform is 319. Amazing...</div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKBkozyewLumwmuoKIUUogcacnjeAGXznOnjleLp7_Odb0bO3oxuJgDrQPSm4gH1NrT_9nDvk648ZDpL6afncMkgIDiJFwxHAYpamZIFfRkthJnec6GV5pA1pkGskx27mg5RX5LTW8fSE/s500/PacMan99.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="500" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKBkozyewLumwmuoKIUUogcacnjeAGXznOnjleLp7_Odb0bO3oxuJgDrQPSm4gH1NrT_9nDvk648ZDpL6afncMkgIDiJFwxHAYpamZIFfRkthJnec6GV5pA1pkGskx27mg5RX5LTW8fSE/s320/PacMan99.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Pac-Man never gets old.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div><b style="font-size: xx-large; text-decoration-line: underline;"><u><span style="font-size: x-large;">10 Apr 2021</span></u></b></div><div><br /></div><div>Discovered that HALO: The Master Chief Collection was on sale for 50% off on Steam. Made that purchase after some deliberation. Ultimately, I think 6 great games in a legendary franchise for $21.83 including tax was a damned good deal.</div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1cdcm-Y9HuzdrfDAQkxL1wVfvmxNa2JIfdpuMQ6eDw221wQ9y_8P2IEOfBAWacS5a58LPSF9hEQW7rYa_OavSy3Tzw5l9IJkCqyPIATKepFwhGcPQTtuoyWwxqBySIKiNGHDJwrUdb_E/s460/HMCC.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="215" data-original-width="460" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1cdcm-Y9HuzdrfDAQkxL1wVfvmxNa2JIfdpuMQ6eDw221wQ9y_8P2IEOfBAWacS5a58LPSF9hEQW7rYa_OavSy3Tzw5l9IJkCqyPIATKepFwhGcPQTtuoyWwxqBySIKiNGHDJwrUdb_E/s16000/HMCC.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Time to slay the Covenant...</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div><br /></div><div><b style="font-size: xx-large; text-decoration-line: underline;"><u><span style="font-size: x-large;">17 Apr 2021</span></u></b></div><div><br /></div><div>Got that last GameCube title that I was looking for, <a href="https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/gamecube/551908-mortal-kombat-deadly-alliance" style="font-style: italic;">Mortal Kombat: Deadly Alliance</a>, from Ebay on the 15th. It got here a day earlier than expected and worked as it should.<br /><br /><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_zI68vmkOpgYy1rhkvdcbVV28KkNg2Pc3FyJcRf8Oqe_SeMCTRxQiFc7U1qzz_ZbRGJaZzbFZPdd_eiR_NBJEHD3vnNwEH3SZCRFJK8Ju-VPIGdOt7d04l9bxWou3SsXhLMxXbFwfsr4/s2555/0416212219.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1230" data-original-width="2555" height="309" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_zI68vmkOpgYy1rhkvdcbVV28KkNg2Pc3FyJcRf8Oqe_SeMCTRxQiFc7U1qzz_ZbRGJaZzbFZPdd_eiR_NBJEHD3vnNwEH3SZCRFJK8Ju-VPIGdOt7d04l9bxWou3SsXhLMxXbFwfsr4/w640-h309/0416212219.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">It came in that full-size jewel case with the purple tray.<br />I put it in that mini-disc case, just like my other loose GCN discs.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">And here's what the GameCube & Wii shelf looks like today...<br /><br /><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgtBWpo6Wlteqkn4TGjGWJVFU4DB7zL1AbhBquN3PgvNc7t6rmxPLJQRvtzHlP7NXq9Hvv1li2yH0J6bGfNsGSxr8VCFQp68u7JxUeCHGBQljsLqWY8KFVO9PxW4XM1vCEtNjw6Q2-3Sw/s2048/0417210146.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgtBWpo6Wlteqkn4TGjGWJVFU4DB7zL1AbhBquN3PgvNc7t6rmxPLJQRvtzHlP7NXq9Hvv1li2yH0J6bGfNsGSxr8VCFQp68u7JxUeCHGBQljsLqWY8KFVO9PxW4XM1vCEtNjw6Q2-3Sw/w480-h640/0417210146.jpg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">GCN & Wii shelf on 17 Apr 2021.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="text-align: center;">I am out of room on that shelf now. Good thing that I don't plan on any more GCN or Wii </span><span style="text-align: center;">games in the foreseeable future. (Just watch, I said that and now we're gonna get more </span><span style="text-align: center;">sometime this year...)</span><br /><div><br /></div><div>I am now wondering which system on my want list that I should target next. PS1 has only 7 titles. NES only has 5. The original Game Boy and Game Boy Advance only have 4 each. The original Game Boy would probably be cheaper since all but one of them are fairly obscure early releases that most people wouldn't remember now. The other one is a Kirby game. I might delete that Kirby title from the want list altogether. I recently did that with the 4 titles I was looking for on the SEGA Master System, which 'completes' that system too. 😜</div><div><br /></div><div>Also, I could try to get that one Zelda game for the Game Boy Color that I have had on my list for ages, but I just might say screw <i><a href="https://zelda.fandom.com/wiki/The_Legend_of_Zelda:_Oracle_of_Ages" target="_blank">Oracle of Ages</a></i> and sell my copy of <i><a href="https://zelda.fandom.com/wiki/The_Legend_of_Zelda:_Oracle_of_Seasons" target="_blank">Oracle of Seasons</a></i> instead. That game is mint condition and complete in box. It would generate a significant amount of revenue.</div><div><br /></div><div>Also, I recently got another new high score of 90,000 on my <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galaga" target="_blank">Galaga</a></i> machine from Aracde1Up. That still doesn't come close to my all-time high score for <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galaga" target="_blank">Galaga</a></i> of over 114,000 on a machine in a Maryland movie theater circa 2013. However, it's still #1 here in this house. That is what matters. 🙂</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhj9qKwqKLWxk0fOWaKmV1AGVQ0yZZh6DS-xtYk2etmiS9OspetDYsQh-JYCpNvH4JThXStB0jjauoU0pPCHSYKQwoMKcUrtlJOoLdt9LAlwZqKzfIzAjOwTAO0_yWVdYdRKlm_ngyQJys/s2048/0411212241.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhj9qKwqKLWxk0fOWaKmV1AGVQ0yZZh6DS-xtYk2etmiS9OspetDYsQh-JYCpNvH4JThXStB0jjauoU0pPCHSYKQwoMKcUrtlJOoLdt9LAlwZqKzfIzAjOwTAO0_yWVdYdRKlm_ngyQJys/w480-h640/0411212241.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><div><b style="font-size: xx-large; text-decoration-line: underline;"><u><span style="font-size: x-large;">22 Apr 2021</span></u></b></div><div><br /></div><div>Got a loose cartridge for the NES today from Ebay, in the form of <i><a href="https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/nes/587703-tiger-heli" target="_blank">Tiger-Heli</a></i>. This was the last game on my NES list that was either essential or just plain cheap. The others on the list were all too expensive for what they were and not a must-have for me. So, this game is now the last NES game that I am going out of my way to collect. First GameCube and now the NES have been removed from the want list. GameBoy will be next. Stay tuned. </div><div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIWlaee0wDxc4_RPu54EQsMDY2AbuU-kMRKrFGTxxycIHnsw7FaFiC_QRSEwj0TEBxjH9R68QnC8mxqcPQMhFqWt6ExpauLwP0OtoT_S00e93texyB_0Ez0tJLMfa0CN0lTYKbaVjbW00/" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIWlaee0wDxc4_RPu54EQsMDY2AbuU-kMRKrFGTxxycIHnsw7FaFiC_QRSEwj0TEBxjH9R68QnC8mxqcPQMhFqWt6ExpauLwP0OtoT_S00e93texyB_0Ez0tJLMfa0CN0lTYKbaVjbW00/w400-h300/Z+%25287%2529.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Tiger-Heli for NES</td></tr></tbody></table><br /></div><div><b style="font-size: xx-large; text-decoration-line: underline;"><u><span style="font-size: x-large;">30 Apr 2021</span></u></b></div><div><br /></div><div>Steam was having a sale and I picked up Sonic the Hedgehog 4, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonic_the_Hedgehog_4:_Episode_I" target="_blank">Episode 1</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonic_the_Hedgehog_4:_Episode_II" target="_blank">Episode 2</a>. Both costed me $5.44, including tax.</div><div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0cVOU2gP8uLpqgJ3LmMTUpXsgONtvs4XRtYpLOIXsT85gUhyphenhyphenUWADIbW8Ufcpsm5jhZ1OoRN8ki5MsdIgFMyNSwmThKhrqvAR9iFCX55mS_2WETta-iQ5ycsqYaJDnhoOmh1VE1edMr-E/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="345" data-original-width="288" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0cVOU2gP8uLpqgJ3LmMTUpXsgONtvs4XRtYpLOIXsT85gUhyphenhyphenUWADIbW8Ufcpsm5jhZ1OoRN8ki5MsdIgFMyNSwmThKhrqvAR9iFCX55mS_2WETta-iQ5ycsqYaJDnhoOmh1VE1edMr-E/" width="200" /></a></div><br /><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0ZU4OHig_S4Dg8rvPH-xS_ONZckh4LD-StMqb3fDVEOhyphenhyphenOBP_dTzLZihvSiVZrTUCxUjuRwY_DhaFRx3CM-q0a3pUrhNx7jHdlTpN0GOTAATbfAbp4ljqoTfpylUqPu-xiETc3IDbTAA/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="300" data-original-width="250" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0ZU4OHig_S4Dg8rvPH-xS_ONZckh4LD-StMqb3fDVEOhyphenhyphenOBP_dTzLZihvSiVZrTUCxUjuRwY_DhaFRx3CM-q0a3pUrhNx7jHdlTpN0GOTAATbfAbp4ljqoTfpylUqPu-xiETc3IDbTAA/" width="200" /></a></div><br /><br /></div><div>Both eBay and Amazon delivered today. From eBay, I got 2 old GameBoy games, <a href="https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/gameboy/563271-f-1-race" target="_blank"><i>F-1 Race</i></a> and <a href="https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/gameboy/585868-quarth" target="_blank"><i>Quarth</i></a>. Combined cost for both, including shipping/taxes was $21.81. These two games were the last on my want list for that system. That makes 3 that were completed via eBay purchases. The Amazon item was a replacement AC adapter for the Atari Jaguar. That costed me a little over $6, thanks to the cashback rewards on my credit card. One of the eBay sellers also included a business card with the copy of Quarth. I am wondering if I should do that for my own eBay store once it goes live. (Yes, I am going to start selling things on eBay. About time, heh?) Pic below.</div><div><br /></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDc4SZ27klffLkz8YUUO2QyPEf5UvJ-D28ifKxQUklpSmZBj85OykDhRiBO0T2IaDCoKhusxd7XLG0d26G2sUrNvJsAmPvR0El7kxTgE7-WK94BzaFOfK2DdHEw8yxTsUnGJ3TISIQSZs/" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDc4SZ27klffLkz8YUUO2QyPEf5UvJ-D28ifKxQUklpSmZBj85OykDhRiBO0T2IaDCoKhusxd7XLG0d26G2sUrNvJsAmPvR0El7kxTgE7-WK94BzaFOfK2DdHEw8yxTsUnGJ3TISIQSZs/w640-h480/Z+%25288%2529.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Glad that I have so many extra plastic cases for these loose GameBoy games...</td></tr></tbody></table><br />There were also several other systems that I just removed from the want list altogether, because they were non-essential to me: Microsoft Xbox One, SEGA Master System, SEGA Genesis 32X and Sony PlayStation 4. I don't have the 32X, XB1 or PS4, nor any desire to buy them strictly for the 2 or 3 games I wanted for those platforms. The costs associated with them all were also quite outrageous. SEGA CD might also share this fate for the same reasons, in addition to the fact that the platform is notorious for being unreliable. I've already emulated the 32X games that I wanted (and more) on my Raspberry Pi console. Same with the SEGA CD. There's no need to keep those systems on the list. I might also do the same with the Atari 2600 since the 9 carts on my list for that system are expensive or just not cheap. I've also emulated 8 of those 9 titles on my Raspberry Pi. I can (and once did) get the entire officially released library of 2600 titles in a ZIP folder from <a href="https://duckduckgo.com/?q=Atari+2600+ROMs&ia=web" target="_blank">numerous websites</a>. So, I can emulate any Atari 2600 game that I want at any time. Awesome. <br /><br />The 4 Master System titles on my want list got removed after I watched some long play videos of them and decided they weren't all that necessary to have. So, that means Master System is complete and the PS4 & XB1 are no longer up for consideration. I've also been using product reviews and long play videos to decide whether or not to keep certain games on my list for multiple systems. This has made my want list look pretty damned sparse these days... and that is good. 🙂</div><div><br />Anyway, I've already got a SEGA Genesis game on the way from Ebay right now and only 1 title to acquire on the SEGA Game Gear. Therefore, Game Gear is going to be the next system to get completed/finished/removed from the list. After that, it's likely to be the PS1, since there's only 4 inexpensive titles for that system on my list. Looks like 2021 is going to be one of the best years for game collecting that I've ever had. Glad to see that there's at least ONE thing going right these days.<br /><br /><b style="font-size: xx-large; text-decoration-line: underline;"><u><span style="font-size: x-large;">3 May 2021</span></u></b><br /><br />I <i>finally</i> won an eBay auction and got a complete in box copy of <i><a href="https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/genesis/586058-beavis-and-butt-head" target="_blank">Beavis and Butt-Head</a></i> for the SEGA Genesis. So, 1 down and 9 more to go with that system. There's also a SEGA GameGear game on the way right now. That will be the last game that I look to buy for that system. Pic of the Genesis game featuring everyone's favorite cartoon dumbasses below.<br /><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeu2hj8Fy6nt0-uUsbGyAtr99rIvRqHWAXz5e_gXmDmI-sm0rqoQw3oiM5Mp2_17wuKBvrYT9PJXYThqOSSrFWCfUBckm5FnLVHT4aIWScN2olxq17DNCqi6xyIv8S3IKtaoFsxiu1SlI/s2048/DSCN2001.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeu2hj8Fy6nt0-uUsbGyAtr99rIvRqHWAXz5e_gXmDmI-sm0rqoQw3oiM5Mp2_17wuKBvrYT9PJXYThqOSSrFWCfUBckm5FnLVHT4aIWScN2olxq17DNCqi6xyIv8S3IKtaoFsxiu1SlI/w640-h480/DSCN2001.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Not the best game in the world, but still quite satisfying when you finish it and get the secret ending...</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div><b style="font-size: xx-large; text-decoration-line: underline;"><u><span style="font-size: x-large;">10 May 2021</span></u></b></div><div><br /></div><div>Another week, another addition to the collection. This time, it was the last title on my want list for the GameGear: <a href="https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/gamegear/586822-star-trek-the-next-generation-advanced-holodeck-tutorial" target="_blank">Star Trek: The Next Generation: Advanced Holodeck Tutorial</a>. I'd still like to get the <i>Game Gear PowerBack</i> (an external battery pack) and a device called the <i>Master Gear Converter</i>, which plays Master System games on the Game Gear. However, they aren't essential. Pic below:</div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-pRNOMcsyjN5wu27B3Fly0cypcyHFC-6IUKYEKYk_3qyfR4UGQ8oTp6kMYccZCZhpEh9XAgvaNXQmfB4Eh0DThYLFH0Brhp2kAVfIpa5JPh8AyOPNk6ehlBFzd_555YYeUmFeZyV87WM/s600/12.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="450" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-pRNOMcsyjN5wu27B3Fly0cypcyHFC-6IUKYEKYk_3qyfR4UGQ8oTp6kMYccZCZhpEh9XAgvaNXQmfB4Eh0DThYLFH0Brhp2kAVfIpa5JPh8AyOPNk6ehlBFzd_555YYeUmFeZyV87WM/s16000/12.JPG" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Rather nice of the seller to include the plastic case<br />that originally came with GameGear games. :)</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div><b style="font-size: xx-large; text-decoration-line: underline;"><u><span style="font-size: x-large;">7 Jul 2021</span></u></b></div><div><br /></div><div>Took advantage of a Steam sale to get 4 great games, including digital copies of 2 legendary PC puzzle games for only 99 cents each. The titles in question are as follows:</div><div><br /><div><a href="https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/pc/925204-bejeweled-2-deluxe" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Bejeweled 2</a></div><div><a href="https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/pc/954864-bejeweled-twist" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Bejeweled Twist</a></div><div><a href="https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/pc/141503-geometry-wars-3-dimensions-evolved" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Geometry Wars 3: Dimensions Evolved</a></div><div><a href="https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/pc/233936-ion-fury" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Ion Fury</a></div><br /><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDdYKQMPAagkrYRRtsZloPeWBS5iWoxY3LebUhACxAY-Hwbmwbp1GZjLyXTviX_m3dusrCV_Hfqbdx_9yANfFuKP-pDSHkNO7hyhaeIDEkFz08meo7gIqWNXM0UPKo9S_gQeKU4G8HRRs/s460/Bejeweled2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="215" data-original-width="460" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDdYKQMPAagkrYRRtsZloPeWBS5iWoxY3LebUhACxAY-Hwbmwbp1GZjLyXTviX_m3dusrCV_Hfqbdx_9yANfFuKP-pDSHkNO7hyhaeIDEkFz08meo7gIqWNXM0UPKo9S_gQeKU4G8HRRs/s320/Bejeweled2.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqrFykLf4ePnarkUSh5nKmvCCV6s444_4AVeirXKo_fyRrlghHAJsmkC1MDxa-JcS1DiMejJtTI_VYtvBXldb1FTL2cdFWmdvg1gFrWG-_-cuvCZxiC8eWwrzY7Op4ha7sfxjKwhCQfJE/s460/BejeweledTwist.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="215" data-original-width="460" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqrFykLf4ePnarkUSh5nKmvCCV6s444_4AVeirXKo_fyRrlghHAJsmkC1MDxa-JcS1DiMejJtTI_VYtvBXldb1FTL2cdFWmdvg1gFrWG-_-cuvCZxiC8eWwrzY7Op4ha7sfxjKwhCQfJE/s320/BejeweledTwist.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4x9bFN0lByfX-0ICa7GS_vQFNy6TjHIGZRSYrPwLAwCH04nKs0tYHDYtZIO_rw5REcr3bWlNu9PMtq3_iuWJk98rjIiPsquIaV8EzkSkAJEfenJo-9pQ89LhxXed-vCcAZ9jjnC1-TsI/s460/GW3.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="215" data-original-width="460" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4x9bFN0lByfX-0ICa7GS_vQFNy6TjHIGZRSYrPwLAwCH04nKs0tYHDYtZIO_rw5REcr3bWlNu9PMtq3_iuWJk98rjIiPsquIaV8EzkSkAJEfenJo-9pQ89LhxXed-vCcAZ9jjnC1-TsI/s320/GW3.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEic4QipuXHhdhC4C86mecuMmU-sxOgfjnP_1rwL2bN0wHPO6_WVpCzAphTNNxKg2mr83rlOGgr2SmzLe9nQqTI85yg1HeYjLyfcJs5Y0TGFj3tO_CSCUH-zBMOTZAarNppIIzNCqRztfQY/s460/IonFury.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="215" data-original-width="460" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEic4QipuXHhdhC4C86mecuMmU-sxOgfjnP_1rwL2bN0wHPO6_WVpCzAphTNNxKg2mr83rlOGgr2SmzLe9nQqTI85yg1HeYjLyfcJs5Y0TGFj3tO_CSCUH-zBMOTZAarNppIIzNCqRztfQY/s320/IonFury.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><b style="font-size: xx-large; text-decoration-line: underline;"><u><span style="font-size: x-large;">3 Aug 2021</span></u></b></div><div><br /></div><div>Took advantage of a sale on the Nintendo eShop to get Dimension Drive and the Williams Pinball Vol. 3 DLC for PinballFX3. They both cost less than $7, thanks to the steep discounts. 🙂</div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFDBbEAyRJx2QcsBbKT1WI-PY8hlRiRU1gHIGnJoBJqB1f2XPMEB9t5icleesqLNmEGudmDrdHOvr-BVBDnZEQV9engzf2c3CRa77JMEhzvxRlxFBbBp6ElJ7vo13m0FAkDbytDYyYXDY/s1041/DimensionDrive.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1041" data-original-width="640" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFDBbEAyRJx2QcsBbKT1WI-PY8hlRiRU1gHIGnJoBJqB1f2XPMEB9t5icleesqLNmEGudmDrdHOvr-BVBDnZEQV9engzf2c3CRa77JMEhzvxRlxFBbBp6ElJ7vo13m0FAkDbytDYyYXDY/w394-h640/DimensionDrive.jpg" width="394" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The box cover for the physical release, I'm guessing...</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFDkUWGLmWzX05-YV8pvCE6H3Oqt2Wi509Jxdj6yUtScpnd0Iz-_nxzBOx8M0TS5bRElsZHG7gf_WrQ6pKaRbxhUkljbuOWGrOlk1agjcdgAu-JaXmgGvvMLz2KsoZGDHOfS1xLuvrahE/s450/PinballFX3WilliamsVol3.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="210" data-original-width="450" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFDkUWGLmWzX05-YV8pvCE6H3Oqt2Wi509Jxdj6yUtScpnd0Iz-_nxzBOx8M0TS5bRElsZHG7gf_WrQ6pKaRbxhUkljbuOWGrOlk1agjcdgAu-JaXmgGvvMLz2KsoZGDHOfS1xLuvrahE/s16000/PinballFX3WilliamsVol3.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I bought this solely for Theatre of Magic. I love that table.</td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><div><b style="font-size: xx-large; text-decoration-line: underline;"><u><span style="font-size: x-large;">25 Aug 2021</span></u></b></div><div><br /></div><div>Recently purchased and installed some risers for the 2 Arcade1Up machines of mine that didn't have them. Now my game room is starting to look more like an arcade. 🙂</div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlQwo3odFcDxV5YbWdAsNARl3pOHaD37qIXGiyAIxxL5iuUKKVQi0JjxXfnVllJY5cyH2KqASzbajbhkc2Zbkz5hZ_hEEiAv6rjtKNaFKEJHOooFqQWkrd68H9FHa5MwLxoPXyBih3ZKE/s2048/DSCN2025.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlQwo3odFcDxV5YbWdAsNARl3pOHaD37qIXGiyAIxxL5iuUKKVQi0JjxXfnVllJY5cyH2KqASzbajbhkc2Zbkz5hZ_hEEiAv6rjtKNaFKEJHOooFqQWkrd68H9FHa5MwLxoPXyBih3ZKE/w480-h640/DSCN2025.JPG" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Awesome...</td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><div><b style="font-size: xx-large; text-decoration-line: underline;"><u><span style="font-size: x-large;">10 Oct 2021</span></u></b></div><div><br /></div><div>Just got <a href="https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/switch/323656-metroid-dread" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Metroid Dread</a> delivered from Amazon earlier this afternoon. Playing it will have to wait because of homework, et al. but the reviews are fantastic.</div><div><br /><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgneeJgfHkc9qB664e6KHlO_svxlbbPyYGYgAJ_DtYeuuemLVIJloJGiQvcXviJb6m_J_Q-Cn7-5I-NNCyIJYoT0BotGUw77G4QiHyMtQfeJpoiv0B946jq2JYRrvI6jki7lr2Dfo9aryM/s601/Metroid+Dread.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="601" data-original-width="341" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgneeJgfHkc9qB664e6KHlO_svxlbbPyYGYgAJ_DtYeuuemLVIJloJGiQvcXviJb6m_J_Q-Cn7-5I-NNCyIJYoT0BotGUw77G4QiHyMtQfeJpoiv0B946jq2JYRrvI6jki7lr2Dfo9aryM/s16000/Metroid+Dread.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>STILL</i> waiting on Metroid Prime 4, Nintendo. 😜</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div><div><b style="font-size: xx-large; text-decoration-line: underline;"><u><span style="font-size: x-large;">13 & 15 Nov 2021</span></u></b></div><div><br /></div></div><div>On the 13th, I got the new Zelda themed Game & Watch from my local Best Buy. They had 15 of them in stock, along with a few of the Super Mario Bros. Game & Watch from last year. I consider myself lucky to have acquired one since Amazon & Target were both sold out. Wal-Mart wouldn't even list them on their website.</div><div><br /></div><div>On the 15th, I visited a local pawn shop called <a href="https://www.pawndepot.net/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Pawn Depot</a> looking for various things. I didn't find all the things I wanted, but I did get some new media. The media included a DVD movie, the Beatles Anthology DVD Box Set (that was quite a good score), a vinyl record and two PS3 games: <i><a href="https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/ps3/948958-the-godfather-ii" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Godfather II</a></i> and <i><a href="https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/ps3/952494-castlevania-lords-of-shadow" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Castlevania: Lords of Shadow</a></i>. Both of the PS3 games were $10 each. All the purchases were $46 combined. The store knocked off the sales tax as a Veterans discount for me. That was very nice of them. Pic below.</div><div><br /></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguHoEO57nhG-GXw_cFsEdsurNOujqbAoCDgsz4LQr88w_iSKdmgn-xgmDs_TvEsgVGVLvvovcdI_aFBlfWDb9Wv9tetEfnjKfmCWDJmePALFniD14nlWo5QJCQ21myFjVX-k3KFCaPfe0/" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguHoEO57nhG-GXw_cFsEdsurNOujqbAoCDgsz4LQr88w_iSKdmgn-xgmDs_TvEsgVGVLvvovcdI_aFBlfWDb9Wv9tetEfnjKfmCWDJmePALFniD14nlWo5QJCQ21myFjVX-k3KFCaPfe0/w640-h480/DSCN2113.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">And the Christmas shopping has only just begun... 😈</td></tr></tbody></table><br /></div><div><b style="font-size: xx-large; text-decoration-line: underline;"><u><span style="font-size: x-large;">27 Nov 2021</span></u></b></div><div><br /></div><div><div>Just took advantage of the various Black Friday sales in the Nintendo eShop & Steam. Got 3 titles for the Switch and 5 for Steam. Grand Total for all of them was $49.03. All of it came out of the digital wallet/cash/gold points/whatever that I already had in those respective stores.</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Switch Digital</b></div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/switch/332269-castlevania-advance-collection" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Castlevania Advance Collection </a></div><div><a href="https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/switch/250983-halloween-forever" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Halloween Forever </a></div><div><a href="https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/switch/329028-quake-remastered" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Quake Remastered</a></div><div><br /></div><div><b>Steam Downloads</b></div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/pc/283025-formula-retro-racing" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Formula Retro Racing</a></div><div><a href="https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/pc/297087-moose-life" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Moose Life</a></div><div><a href="https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/pc/210511-raiden-v-directors-cut" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Raiden V: Director's Cut</a></div><div><a href="https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/pc/284210-retrowave">Retrowave</a></div><div><a href="https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/pc/310451-retrowave-drive" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Retrowave Drive</a></div></div><div><br /></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-xAv3pGb8u1udmyog_agu1W_-ObEvT_8SzVcMbPF45jMKXZ-n3uj_eO-vaFqi552RF8pYVLALTOJb1A2iymK7IW22npXkNw6z-l4OkViy7ATbKB8dTLLYlR5l3n4RptyM6-jBGEW002Y/" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="645" data-original-width="460" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-xAv3pGb8u1udmyog_agu1W_-ObEvT_8SzVcMbPF45jMKXZ-n3uj_eO-vaFqi552RF8pYVLALTOJb1A2iymK7IW22npXkNw6z-l4OkViy7ATbKB8dTLLYlR5l3n4RptyM6-jBGEW002Y/s16000/Black-Friday-eShop-Items.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Switch items</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLKzNwHZQWmqWF7hb8r81jWnnUkB-6rncyfbeTFfIRXhvsbh5m87n78rPc-kmSPmrNIW_djhIyCgMGWuSSWUs0T_vjrAOMD38nEeSoVXu2ADYAwzbETCEtD5hNqaLHzK9TMRopAxNvfig/" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="502" data-original-width="1435" height="224" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLKzNwHZQWmqWF7hb8r81jWnnUkB-6rncyfbeTFfIRXhvsbh5m87n78rPc-kmSPmrNIW_djhIyCgMGWuSSWUs0T_vjrAOMD38nEeSoVXu2ADYAwzbETCEtD5hNqaLHzK9TMRopAxNvfig/w640-h224/Black-Friday-Steam-Items.png" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Steam items, complete with VERY 1980s neon background. I love Photoshop.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><b style="font-size: xx-large; text-decoration-line: underline;"><u><span style="font-size: x-large;">24 Dec 2021</span></u></b></div><div><br /></div><div>Bought myself a few gift cards for the Nintendo eShop and Steam in the last few days. The Amazon card supposedly came from my niece and nephew. It really came from their father, my younger brother. Since my niece and nephew are 6 months and 2 years old respectively, I doubt they even understand the concept of gift cards or sending anything in the mail.</div><div><br /></div><div>Haven't spent any of the money from any of these cards yet. Not sure what exactly I want to get. Lots of fine choices on my various wish lists. I'll deal with all of that after Christmas. I'm busy right now celebrating, cooking, eating and thoroughly enjoying my long winter vacation. After this recently finished Fall 2021 semester, I could really use a break.</div><div><br /></div><div>I'm not expecting any games from other people this Christmas. We did a Secret Santa thing in the family this year. Mine got me a DVD box set with the complete series of <i><a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0092400/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Married with Children</a></i>. That was a great choice on his part. All that being said though, I wasn't expecting a gift card from my niece and nephew...</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXKYOFrteAChkde5PKa90Yzr7HLy932DU-n9t8DDV3a-cx970YsobZTFmu9lPld-SPi-3fGUeqmunfQKNtWr50UHeqj76SNSH3ubuvCfu1QW74GLr90YGHprx2kje1Z3QjMBckQQoh2iI/" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1837" data-original-width="2145" height="548" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXKYOFrteAChkde5PKa90Yzr7HLy932DU-n9t8DDV3a-cx970YsobZTFmu9lPld-SPi-3fGUeqmunfQKNtWr50UHeqj76SNSH3ubuvCfu1QW74GLr90YGHprx2kje1Z3QjMBckQQoh2iI/w640-h548/DSCN2117.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">What will all of these cards end up buying for me?</td></tr></tbody></table><br /></div><div><b style="font-size: xx-large; text-decoration-line: underline;"><u><span style="font-size: x-large;">30 Dec 2021</span></u></b></div><div><br /></div><div><div>Just picked up the following titles in the Nintendo eShop on my Switch for a grand total of $42.43. Gotta love holiday sales...</div><div><br /></div><div><b><u>New Digital Games</u></b></div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/switch/332615-asteroids-recharged" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Asteroids: Recharged</a> (NOTE: This was the only title that wasn't on sale.)</div><div><a href="https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/switch/332614-black-widow-recharged" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Black Widow: Recharged</a></div><div><a href="https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/switch/329979-centipede-recharged" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Centipede: Recharged</a></div><div><a href="https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/switch/320418-zombies-ate-my-neighbors-and-ghoul-patrol" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Zombies Ate My Neighbors & Ghoul Patrol</a></div><div><br /></div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglIR1o5c9GkYUhc9-fDKvopVakl3llh22kKRSNghGHOznQjY37gZl_L3kAOl6VXzu-YqC5VeFPaPk9-gk7JtI4dwTEyz9Tyjrq_ha71APUcGkpMBw0607uZhfuHe9sIgTnuYlo4XhIMHk/" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicbdIlD-LXY-AoZZfBd2xDXjs3-_BxAYHQG_InqDJVhpQHpx1wpft1h5HYYrxEfYjCpi-FgHbs92Ul3-d_tKx8AuQdEiUJtEGEZHM9WbICVjjN8C2WbZM9cBIYir-7UvBXg3U8-OD7zAw/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicbdIlD-LXY-AoZZfBd2xDXjs3-_BxAYHQG_InqDJVhpQHpx1wpft1h5HYYrxEfYjCpi-FgHbs92Ul3-d_tKx8AuQdEiUJtEGEZHM9WbICVjjN8C2WbZM9cBIYir-7UvBXg3U8-OD7zAw/" width="320" /></a></div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpPdHB139vvgzs3P8xOXWpix1bllFAj43CSpQn_iauekoRPLPSvfUSM9qanpPhdkVUMwXA1wVcxcmfVGyBHUnjWca2IUCncj35uYO_nRB5oFSWxoRJ2mBE7RpAwr2zJXA4V1e3GkNt3Xk/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpPdHB139vvgzs3P8xOXWpix1bllFAj43CSpQn_iauekoRPLPSvfUSM9qanpPhdkVUMwXA1wVcxcmfVGyBHUnjWca2IUCncj35uYO_nRB5oFSWxoRJ2mBE7RpAwr2zJXA4V1e3GkNt3Xk/" width="320" /></a></div></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Besides these digital Switch titles, I also used the gift card my niece and nephew gave me for Christmas (along with cash rewards on my credit card and a gift receipt from a Coinstar machine) to pick up physical copies of 2 Switch games. However, they won't be arriving until sometime in January. Therefore, they go in the collecting misadventures blog post for 2022.<br /><br />Also, I removed everything but 2 free-to-play titles from my Steam wishlist. Looks like the $88.43 that I have in my Steam wallet is likely to stay there for quite a while...</div><div><br /></div><div><b style="font-size: xx-large; text-decoration-line: underline;"><u><span style="font-size: x-large;">31 Dec 2021</span></u></b></div><div><br /></div><div>Renewed my Nintendo Switch Online subscription with one of the NSO points cards available at retail and got another $20 for the eShop too.</div><div><br /></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJeOSEieJKiKTG6XO3iTRgPkKkht9ZEGbld2h5EoOf45OVa7s0D954RYMv58PDBA0xknOLBEeQIA4zAtS8Xuz-Se6lL_OZdhmiT3mIN8YY665daWrMcQozcSqi_IygXWo9wLLwXrS_q8E/" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="2736" data-original-width="3648" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJeOSEieJKiKTG6XO3iTRgPkKkht9ZEGbld2h5EoOf45OVa7s0D954RYMv58PDBA0xknOLBEeQIA4zAtS8Xuz-Se6lL_OZdhmiT3mIN8YY665daWrMcQozcSqi_IygXWo9wLLwXrS_q8E/w400-h300/DSCN2118.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">One of my last retail purchases for 2021...</td></tr></tbody></table><br />Downloaded the <a href="https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/switch/278629-pinball-fx3-williams-pinball-volume-5" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Williams Vol.5 pack for Pinball FX3</a> because it has one of my favorite tables: <i>Tales of the Arabian Nights</i>. The other two tables in the pack look interesting too. It was also on sale. It cost me $5.45, including tax.<br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJVXubGSnkICVBPz493RaalRT96oGnU3kKS28YdZZp9Nqv2bsH0FzlRB9JONLt8Ewfw7nINoUw64rjy941da_AB8nZywHX7n73FC6mmai7lsFrHX3s117dXismFNTtNbuE3Z4q9ppNnao/" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1576" data-original-width="2560" height="394" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJVXubGSnkICVBPz493RaalRT96oGnU3kKS28YdZZp9Nqv2bsH0FzlRB9JONLt8Ewfw7nINoUw64rjy941da_AB8nZywHX7n73FC6mmai7lsFrHX3s117dXismFNTtNbuE3Z4q9ppNnao/w640-h394/Williams-Pinball-Volume-5-1-scaled.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Too bad I don't have the money and space in my home for a real pinball table...</td></tr></tbody></table><br /></div><div><span><a name='more'></a></span><div><br /></div><div>And there it is, folks. The end of yet another <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annus_horribilis" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">annus horribilis</a> for all Mankind. I won't bother hoping that 2022 is better. With the absolutely incompetent crooks running things in Washington D.C. these days, our only real hope is that the GOP takes control of Congress again in the Mid-Term elections next year. Then, they can remove Beijing Biden and his crew of flunkies via recalls, <i>legitimate</i> impeachments (for once), the <a href="https://www.law.cornell.edu/constitution/amendmentxxv" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">25th Amendment</a> or any other means necessary... <a href="https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=The%20Boogaloo" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">or possible</a>. Sorry to mention anything political in a gaming post, but it pains me to see my country suffer this way. I want that <a href="https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=shitbag" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">shitbag</a> and his crew to be GONE.</div><div><br />Thankfully, school and the game collecting have both gone well this year...</div><div><br /></div><div>- Getting those 2 risers for the 2 <a href="https://arcade1up.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Arcade1Up</a> machines that needed them is making my game room look that much more complete. 🙂</div><div><br /></div><div>- Thanks to eBay, I acquired the remaining items on my want list for the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nintendo_Entertainment_System" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">NES</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GameCube" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">GameCube</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Game_Boy" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">GameBoy</a> </div><div>& <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Game_Boy_Color" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">GameBoy Color</a> and 2 random titles for the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sega_Genesis" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">SEGA Genesis</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MS-DOS" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">MS-DOS</a> era PC. 😲</div><div><br /></div><div>- I had everything wiped out for the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nintendo_3DS" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">3DS</a> as well, but one item got put onto that list in November. It's already on order from Amazon and will be here in January of 2022. I expect this title to cause some controversy. 😈</div><div><br /></div><div>- The only items left for <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Game_Gear" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">SEGA GameGear</a> would be a battery pack and the converter/adapter for <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Master_System" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Master System</a> cartridges. I'm in no rush to get either one. <br /><br />- I've all but completely eliminated everything from my <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steam_(service)" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Steam</a> Wishlist. There's just 2 free-to-play games that I haven't downloaded. I'll eventually get around to that... 🎮🕹💻<br /><br />Come what may, we can all still take solace in two important facts:</div><div><br /></div><div>1.) The Lord is Sovereign.</div><div><br /></div><div>2.) I am very well trained.</div><div><br /></div><div>Best of luck to you all in the future. I hope that we have another of these game collecting misadventures posts for 2022... And a country that is still free...</div><div><br /></div><div>- Lord Publius</div></div><div><br /></div>Lord Publiushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07047366006752124497noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2863808653384258852.post-58761720686945838602021-12-08T01:26:00.005-06:002023-01-11T02:47:56.200-06:00Shaving Blog 5: A New Beginning...<div>Previous entries in this continuing series that I never would have expected to exist...</div><div><br /><a href="https://lordpublius.blogspot.com/2021/01/random-blog-post-on-shaving.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Part 1</a></div><div><br /><a href="https://lordpublius.blogspot.com/2021/02/shaving-blog-2-electric-boogaloo.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Part 2</a></div><div><br /><a href="https://lordpublius.blogspot.com/2021/06/shaving-blog-3-revenge.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Part 3</a></div><div><br /><a href="https://lordpublius.blogspot.com/2021/11/shaving-blog-4-final-chapter.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Part 4</a></div><div><br />========</div><div><br /><div style="text-align: left;">Yes, I am still getting the weird titles for these shaving blogs from various movie naming conventions/tropes. Parts 4 & 5 here correspond to the 4th and 5th entries in the <i><a href="https://fridaythe13th.fandom.com/wiki/Friday_the_13th_Wiki" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Friday the 13th</a></i> series. And like the 5th entry in the <i>Friday the 13th</i> series, this entry will be slightly different. I won't be putting any dates on here because I didn't bother to record them as part of any experiment. The best I could have done is tell you which day I bought the stuff online. That seems a bit pointless to me.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /><div style="text-align: left;">Anyway, this seemingly never-ending series keeps marching on. Why? Because I noticed that the Proraso shave soap in the green tub and my usual aftershave (SkinBracer) were both leaving my skin dried out. It's not because of the products themselves, it's the changing weather.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />Now that we're getting into the (thankfully) brief and mild New Orleans winter, the climate is getting colder and drier than usual. That's causing my skin to dry out. Thankfully though, it's not as bad as when I lived up north during my Army days. My skin got so dry during those northern Yankee winters that I'd often end up with chapped lips and painful irritation. Having to shave everyday (per <a href="https://armypubs.army.mil/epubs/DR_pubs/DR_a/ARN30302-AR_670-1-000-WEB-1.pdf" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">AR 670-1</a>) and only having a cartridge razor didn't help matters. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">So, I asked a few friends if they knew of an aftershave that didn't have alcohol in it and might actually moisturize my skin. One of the NCOs from my last Army unit told me about an American company called Duke Cannon. I got some of their Aftershave balm from Amazon because 2 bottles for $20 was better than 1 for $15 on the manufacturer website. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Anyway, here's the results:</div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>PROs</b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">- This aftershave balm leaves my skin feeling as soft and smooth as the proverbial baby's bottom.<br /><br />- American-owned company.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">- Made in USA.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">- Portion of proceeds goes to helping U.S. Veterans, like myself.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>(Possible) CON</b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">The slight smell to it reminds me of Vick's Vapor Rub for some reason. That doesn't bother me, but I can easily see that bothering someone else. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Either way, I consider this product to be a real winner. From now on, Duke Cannon is my aftershave of choice during the winter months. SkinBracer and Aqua Velva will be summer products.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6CzV7Qt8GUB9Q8zSsh9ipqUiruvCim2LoPgdwNKWk78b_LLAczyKLzvUKEhzSQfH_7FGg4cMqK0lZzwtMI2zCjSSbqGjAU7-_bOhH_AN-iLzSzCVnpB5-h-Mn5SH1RrTJBG9rJ1KSyBM/" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="1500" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6CzV7Qt8GUB9Q8zSsh9ipqUiruvCim2LoPgdwNKWk78b_LLAczyKLzvUKEhzSQfH_7FGg4cMqK0lZzwtMI2zCjSSbqGjAU7-_bOhH_AN-iLzSzCVnpB5-h-Mn5SH1RrTJBG9rJ1KSyBM/w400-h400/DukeCannonAfterShaveBalm.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Great stuff.👍</td></tr></tbody></table><br />========</div></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;"><br />As for the red tub of Proraso... <br /><br />I have the green tub of Proraso and love it, but found out it was leaving my skin too dry after the weather started turning cold. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">So, I bought the red version of Proraso because the manufacturer says it helps to nourish skin. This is supposed to be achieved by the soap containing Shea Butter and Sandalwood Oil. That has proven to be 100% accurate. Combined with the Duke Cannon after shave balm, my skin is feeling softer than it has in many years. The smell of the red Proraso tub is pleasant, but not as strong as the green tub. Either way though, it still gets my face absolutely baby bottom smooth. I can confidently recommend this product to people looking for a fine quality shave soap.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOjhkZBMUSoyk-vNLNWwExm3DqfG3gn6732Zc6iS1c5AxDK4OwkSKrf7joMf07L4LEavNIA97TzGnNtpUo85MnPAoeBWRIRSvmTtFYkGZkIq-qehwnoZ1WN9sANJcDLqVgj7dxLLnCuqQ/" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1001" data-original-width="1500" height="267" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOjhkZBMUSoyk-vNLNWwExm3DqfG3gn6732Zc6iS1c5AxDK4OwkSKrf7joMf07L4LEavNIA97TzGnNtpUo85MnPAoeBWRIRSvmTtFYkGZkIq-qehwnoZ1WN9sANJcDLqVgj7dxLLnCuqQ/w400-h267/ProrasoRedTub%2528Sandalwood%2529.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Proraso is downright heavenly to use. 👍</td></tr></tbody></table><br />So, does this mean that Proraso has taken Barbasol's place in my heart? ABSOLUTELY NOT. Believe it or not, the Proraso makes more of a mess to clean up than squirting some Barbasol into my shaving mug. However, I can say that it's nice to mix things up now and again. <br /><br />Also, Proraso (I think) doesn't need to be stored at a certain temperature range like the cans of Barbasol foam. So, I could much more easily put one of these tubs in a <a href="https://lordpublius.blogspot.com/2020/12/the-prepping-phenomenon-and-why-its.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">bug-out bag</a> or travel with them worry-free on airplanes, assuming that the TSA doesn't have a problem with shave soap being in a carry-on bag. I already know they'd insist on the safety razor being in the checked luggage because of the removable blades. That fact is one of only two reasons why I keep any cartridge razors around. Fortunately, I will not be traveling on any planes anytime soon.<br /><br />========<br /><br />Also, for those following this series, you may recall that I was reminded about wanting to get new shaving supplies/routines back in January by <a href="https://youtu.be/R6sNUWWZI8s" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">an ASMR video</a> on YouTube. Well, <a href="https://youtu.be/kTCr-b5ylas" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">the creator of that video recently revealed that she's battling a form of cancer</a> that started in her leg. She's already had that tumor surgically removed and things look good so far. I hope it stays that way. Get well soon, Sofia.<br /><br />- Lord Publius<br /><br /></div></div><p></p>Lord Publiushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07047366006752124497noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2863808653384258852.post-74902000106396535232021-11-14T22:52:00.001-06:002021-11-14T22:53:38.525-06:00Observations on dating in the form of a 4chan-style Green Text Story...<div>EDITOR'S NOTE: This was written after I had a few moments to think about this phenomenon earlier this afternoon. We will not go into why the subject crossed my mind because that is too long a story. <br /><br /><span style="color: #04ff00;">>Be Me.</span><br /><span style="color: #04ff00;">>Be 2013.</span><br /><span style="color: #04ff00;">>Decide to look at a few online dating sites.</span><br /><span style="color: #04ff00;">>Military life does get pretty lonely sometimes...</span><br /><span style="color: #04ff00;">>Look around on the sites.</span><br /><span style="color: #04ff00;">>Talk to a few random people just to say that I did. Never went anywhere.</span><br /><span style="color: #04ff00;">>Not feeling overly enthused about what I'm seeing there.</span><br /><span style="color: #04ff00;">>Lots of women that I'm sure my mother told me to avoid.</span><br /><span style="color: #04ff00;">>Lots of single mothers too. </span><br /><span style="color: #04ff00;">>I'm supposed to be attracted to this kind of mess?</span><br /><span style="color: #04ff00;">>Stop using dating sites after a few months. </span><br /><span style="color: #04ff00;">>Life is kinda complicated since I'm slowly transitioning out of the Service anyway.</span><br /><span style="color: #04ff00;">>Get out of Army in 2014. Struggle for next few years while desperately trying to get the VA to do their damned job and HELP ME </span><a href="https://www.va.gov/opa/publications/celebrate/vamotto.pdf" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">like President Lincoln promised they would</a><span style="color: #04ff00;">.</span><br /><span style="color: #04ff00;">>Don't have time to worry about women since just trying to keep the bills paid is difficult enough.</span></div><div><span style="color: #04ff00;">>Life at this point, just plain sucks.</span></div><div><span style="color: #04ff00;"><br />>Fast forward to 2017. VA is finally doing their job now that Trump has taken office... and authorized the VA to fire incompetent employees with an executive order on Day 1 of his administration. </span></div><div><span style="color: #04ff00;">>What an interesting coincidence. 😜<br />>Take a look at what's going on with the singles in my area now that I'm finally stable in life.<br />>Things still don't look good on the dating front.</span></div><div><span style="color: #04ff00;">>Church isn't going to be a fertile hunting ground either since most of the congregation are all geriatric.<br />>I am going back to college on the G.I. Bill in 2018, though. Let's see how things work out there...<br /><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #04ff00;">>Fast forward to 2021.<br />>Despite the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/COVID-19" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Commie Cough</a>, multiple Hurricanes and INSANE levels of political/social corruption, my life circumstances are both stable and steadily improving...<br />>Unfortunately though, the situation with the fairer sex is not.<br />>Finding a woman in college turned out to be a bust for lots of reasons, including my own cluelessness.<br />>Damned <a href="https://www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/all-disorders/asperger-syndrome-information-page" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Asperger's</a>...<br />>Even if I did find a few to date, it's doubtful that any of them would work out.<br />>3rd wave Feminism poisoned the minds of these young women, often times without them even being aware of how they were influenced. Not good.</span></div><div><span style="color: #04ff00;"><br />>Speaking of 'influence', since when did young women think it was a good idea to emulate <a href="https://linktr.ee/Amouranth" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">some 'Insta-famous' model with an OnlyFans account</a>?<br />>Parents are doing a terrible job of teaching their children NOT to act like/tolerate THOTs.<br />>Well, assuming that these kids have parents in their lives at all...<br />>Genuinely start to wonder if I have ANY hope at all of finding a good Christian woman for a spouse.<br />>Several VERY Christian friends of mine suddenly getting divorced over the last few years certainly isn't making things look promising...</span></div><div><span style="color: #04ff00;"><br />>Also see a LOT of fellas that I know get absolutely DESTROYED by their ex-wives in Divorce/Family court. <br />>They're often losing their homes, cars, money, businesses and, sometimes, even the right to see their own kids.<br />>While some of those guys didn't choose good wives to begin with, they still shouldn't be made to suffer that way.<br />>That phenomenon is why so many guys have just <a href="https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=MGTOW&page=3" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">given up on the idea of marriage</a> and family altogether.<br />>Now I feel depressed just thinking about that <a href="https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Bravo%20Sierra" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">bravo sierra</a>.<br />>However, I do feel *quite* relieved at NOT having to deal with those issues myself...</span></div><div><span style="color: #04ff00;"><br />>Good thing my younger brother and his wife have kids. <br />>It's likely going to be up to my nephew (and whatever brothers/male cousins he might have someday) to carry on the family name.<br />>Of course, I'm assuming that there will be a world that lasts long enough for my nephew to grow up and have a family of his own.<br />>This fallen world is getting worse and worse all the time. <br />>The Rapture and Apocalypse just *feel* closer and closer almost every day.<br />>Only God <a href="https://bible.knowing-jesus.com/topics/End-Times" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">knows for sure</a> about that matter, but things definitely don't look good right now... 😢<br /><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #04ff00;">>Kinda wondering if I should bother having kids now, even though I would still like to be married someday.<br />>Companionship is important and essential for a high quality of life.<br />>It would also be VERY nice to have someone to help out with chores around the house.<br />>How sad that women forgot how valuable of a service that could be... and how much men would love them for it too.<br />>We were, after all, made to be a complimentary pair and help each other.<br />>And no, I am not expecting the missus to be a housewife. <a href="https://www.thebalance.com/u-s-inflation-rate-history-by-year-and-forecast-3306093" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Economic reality</a> may not allow for that idea.<br />>When I said 'help out', I was being literal. I'll still do various chores.<br />>What on Earth can be done to fix this mess?<br />>Can it even be fixed?<br />>What can I do?</span></div><div><br />- Lord Publius</div><div><br /></div>Lord Publiushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07047366006752124497noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2863808653384258852.post-58377032951104791012021-11-01T01:45:00.005-05:002021-12-15T05:19:30.977-06:00Shaving Blog 4: The Final Chapter?<p>Previous entries in this continuing series that I never would have expected to exist...</p><p><a href="https://lordpublius.blogspot.com/2021/01/random-blog-post-on-shaving.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Part 1</a></p><p><a href="https://lordpublius.blogspot.com/2021/02/shaving-blog-2-electric-boogaloo.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Part 2</a></p><p><a href="https://lordpublius.blogspot.com/2021/06/shaving-blog-3-revenge.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Part 3</a></p><p>========</p><p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>5 Oct 2021</b></span><br /><br />Just tried <a href="https://proraso-usa.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Proraso</a> shave soap in a bowl (the <a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00837YY18" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">green tub</a>) and DE blades from <a href="https://www.feather.co.jp/en/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Feather</a> for the first time. The internet shaving community as a whole kept recommending them as the absolute best products. The blades that I have used from Parker and Personna are both quite good (Personna is the better of the two) and, as we know, I love my Barbasol. Can Proraso take its place as my preferred shave product?<br /><br />Well, not quite yet. I can't make a judgment call on the Proraso at this time. I need a few more shaves to see if my skin will respond to that product as well as my <a href="https://barbasol.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Barbasol</a>. However, I can say that the Proraso did feel really cool on my face because of the Menthol. That was actually nice. It should feel great on those hot summer days.<br /><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhb8Wdc0CRUZZsVLV4Z7Q4tlVhP3juKCZiuIdYv8_IPF0BbawE63NrLlUY6HLnXxkqdrANAHBGV_5SYBYTLLw9hBO37sXkMYxxKevaBERucT-FoJ0qd8ia9E_2iXCuitB2eXm4jqFuPLgw/" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhb8Wdc0CRUZZsVLV4Z7Q4tlVhP3juKCZiuIdYv8_IPF0BbawE63NrLlUY6HLnXxkqdrANAHBGV_5SYBYTLLw9hBO37sXkMYxxKevaBERucT-FoJ0qd8ia9E_2iXCuitB2eXm4jqFuPLgw/s16000/Proraso%2528Eucalyptus%2529.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Proraso shave cream with Eucalyptus & Menthol</td></tr></tbody></table><br />The <a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/B004RWTQTS" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Feather blade</a> though, was pretty good. It felt about the same as dragging a <a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0077LAJT2/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Personna DE blade</a> across my face. However, I really felt the difference when putting on my after shave. <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Skin-Bracer-After-Shave-Original/dp/B000052Y68">SkinBracer</a> has NEVER burned me quite that much. However, the burn might have been because of the Proraso. Therefore, I'll just stick to Barbasol like usual for the next shave to find out for sure.<p></p><p><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHB2wq1RdWWR7GMk4dUikFN7W4LTqlCXgo8vycqI2eSmfQc4dsEV1uvPjENEiHGzjqTukICFJTXZ2u90xCailsWwxe-0Ekptf5eVLFOqIZAqD2hexMfztoKwwVYGc1Pzvtld_EiQ9UtaU/" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHB2wq1RdWWR7GMk4dUikFN7W4LTqlCXgo8vycqI2eSmfQc4dsEV1uvPjENEiHGzjqTukICFJTXZ2u90xCailsWwxe-0Ekptf5eVLFOqIZAqD2hexMfztoKwwVYGc1Pzvtld_EiQ9UtaU/s16000/FeatherBlades.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Feather DE blades (100ct.)</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><p></p><p><b style="font-size: xx-large;">7 Oct 2021</b></p><p>Shaved again today with the Feather blade and Barbasol's <a href="https://barbasol.com/collections/shaving-cream/products/barbasol-soothing-aloe-thick-rich-shaving-cream-7-oz" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">soothing aloe formula in the green can</a>. This shave went much like any other with the Personna blades. I couldn't tell a difference, except that it seems to do the best work on the second pass when I'm going from side-to side. There was also a lot more audible feedback than the other DE blades I've tried so far. The shave sure was smooth, though. Virtually no nicks and the trouble spots were much easier to deal with this time. I guess I can now declare the Feather blades to be a winner. <br /><br />That being said, the sleeve of 100 blades ('sleeve' is the term for a 100 count box with DE blades) that I bought cost me just under $34 on Amazon. A 100 count box of the Personna blades cost just under $15 on Amazon. So, Personna would still come out on top just because of the lower price. However, your mileage may vary. The blades that work for me may not work as well for you. Maybe for you Feather will actually be the sharpest blades on the market by far, like the internet swore to me.<br /><br />Also went looking online to see if I could get some of the <a href="https://barbasol.com/collections/shaving-cream/products/barbasol-invigorating-formula-pacific-rush-with-caffeine-and-menthol-thick-rich-shaving-cream-7-oz" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Pacific Rush</a>, <a href="https://barbasol.com/collections/shaving-cream/products/barbasol-sensitive-skin-thick-rich-shaving-cream-7-oz" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Sensitive Skin</a> and <a href="https://barbasol.com/collections/shaving-cream/products/barbasol-extra-moisturizing-with-vitamin-e-thick-rich-shaving-cream-7-oz" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Extra Moisturizing</a> versions of Barbasol. None of the local retailers had the Extra Moisturizing or Pacific Rush versions. The only local store that had the Sensitive Skin version listed on their website was Family Dollar, charging $1.65 for a 10 oz. can. Not too bad. Their website didn't say if the local locations actually had it in stock, though. <br /><br />So, I checked Wal-Mart's website to see if they had them available at all. Last time I checked, they only had the Original and Soothing Aloe versions in varying sizes. I happily discovered that they had the Soothing Aloe, Sensitive Skin <i>and</i> the Extra Moisturizing versions in the 10 oz. can for the usual $1.47 price that the Original formula costs in that size. I ordered a can of the Sensitive Skin and Extra Moisturizing versions via Wal-Mart+ and had them shipped to my house with free shipping, just because I don't want to go get them in person. The website said they should arrive by the 14th. They actually showed up the next day, being delivered by a Wal-Mart employee from the local store in his personal vehicle. Didn't expect that... </p><p>Either way, I look forward to trying them out. 🙂 </p><p><b style="font-size: xx-large;">9 Oct 2021</b></p><p>Just shaved with the Extra Moisturizing version of Barbasol. That's the version with the added Vitamin E. Overall, I like it a lot. It kept nicks and cuts to a minimum, had amazing audible feedback with the razor removing the whiskers and it smelled nice. The Original version has a soap-like smell which just smells like the personification of clean to me, which is a good. The Soothing Aloe version doesn't have any smell that I've noticed. I did notice that the Extra Moisturizing version didn't lather up quite as well as the Original and Soothing Aloe versions this first time, but it didn't need to, either. I had more than enough for the 3-pass method and going back over the trouble spots. There was also ZERO irritation in going over the trouble spots again too. Overall, I like this version. It is safe to say that we have another winner. I look forward to trying the Sensitive Skin version in a few days when I need to shave again. 😊</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLNEnBxI_NCAaiDGrSN6xtxR23X1KP-2Uqsrp8RDwrveHPjC6Vlu0vXi6vw_m8uEAfQJY1BJ4dD8WJLCu4McGXa6V4Yl_Wdes2Qq06DvBZxpg9W4pp6T_5rXxRd45DTi6mZNPG6Wns7Bk/s750/7ozVitaminE-Winner.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="750" data-original-width="683" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLNEnBxI_NCAaiDGrSN6xtxR23X1KP-2Uqsrp8RDwrveHPjC6Vlu0vXi6vw_m8uEAfQJY1BJ4dD8WJLCu4McGXa6V4Yl_Wdes2Qq06DvBZxpg9W4pp6T_5rXxRd45DTi6mZNPG6Wns7Bk/w583-h640/7ozVitaminE-Winner.png" width="583" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The 'Winner' schtick was bound to return sooner or later... 😜</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p><b style="font-size: xx-large;">1 Nov 2021</b></p>Okay, by this time I have tried the Sensitive Skin version and the Extra Moisturizing version again. This time, the Extra Moisturizing version lathered up far better than any shaving cream I have ever seen. I had enough product in the mug to do the 3-pass shave on my face at least twice! I felt bad about having to wash much of that shaving cream out of the mug and down the drain.<div><br /></div><div>I've also had the skin burning sensation again, after using a new Feather blade for that first shave. The shaving cream used was one of the Barbasol flavors. So, it wasn't the Proraso that burned me. It was the new Feather blade shaving a little too close. Thankfully, I have found an easy way to prevent this burning sensation: pat down the shaved areas with a damp towel before applying the Aftershave. Therefore, Proraso is also a winner. I'll save that one for extra special occasions.</div><div><br /></div><div>The Sensitive Skin version also has a fragrance to it like the Extra Moisturizing version, but different. The Sensitive Skin version's smell reminds me of a citrus fruit, probably because it includes papaya as an ingredient. The Extra Moisturizing version smells like some kind of freshly cut floral arrangement.<div><br /><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiR2m7-sd1q8wBfp9eNjelsTQ4W_9kyRRD8NSCTjLV8RyS02WQYNCb3_dql7jA72T2X5sM-jsGRIr5pz0Q4RgVcaxkTxcwubzfTch_YYIkx8z3-iwS5qIaGcwRKo6c-GiUZX9Dj3M8teBE/s1500/7ozSensitiveSkin.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="1366" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiR2m7-sd1q8wBfp9eNjelsTQ4W_9kyRRD8NSCTjLV8RyS02WQYNCb3_dql7jA72T2X5sM-jsGRIr5pz0Q4RgVcaxkTxcwubzfTch_YYIkx8z3-iwS5qIaGcwRKo6c-GiUZX9Dj3M8teBE/s320/7ozSensitiveSkin.jpg" width="291" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Good stuff that smells real nice.</td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><div>They're both winners. However, I think I'll save the Sensitive Skin version for shaving body hair. That skin tends to be more sensitive than my face since the other parts of my body don't get shaved every few days like my face does. </div><div><br /></div><div>So, after all my rather informal experiments, my regimen/decision tree for choosing among these shaving products looks like this: </div><div><br /></div><div>Ordinary shave? Original version.<br /><br />Skin feeling sunburnt (particularly in summer)? Soothing Aloe version.</div><div><br />Skin feeling dry (particularly in winter)? Extra Moisturizing version.<br /><br />Shaving something other than your face? Sensitive Skin version.<br /><br />Trouble spots on neck still refuse to become smooth even after multiple passes? Use the Barbasol 1919 cream in a tube.</div><div><br /></div>Want to use something fancy just for a change? Use the Proraso.<br /><br />As for the blades, I think I'll be switching back between the Personna and Feather blades. They both work about the same for me. I will say that the Feather blade provides <b><i>EXCELLENT</i></b> auditory feedback, though. I could probably use one of those to to create a shaving-themed ASMR video. <br /><br />- Lord Publius</div></div></div>Lord Publiushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07047366006752124497noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2863808653384258852.post-41169145483970873532021-09-16T17:50:00.006-05:002021-11-01T01:55:36.192-05:00Secret plans and the importance of OPSEC<p> So, I was trolling through Fascistbook (when I really should be doing something more productive) and I suddenly came across this meme right here...<br /><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXkqxZBUol3Pox9NBjk8H4JnAUr-UsZX6k7fHn3V5PaR-IyGPWtbbe7QW5PGbLhxcWQguU4Y5kNTH-RvWoKU3JGp8HsmuIo_YsiiRdphxs8HUmx-cMGJED5J8dVg6AxX828FSywknTY5Y/s692/38223842_2064001776957271_1068924056104861696_n.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="692" data-original-width="526" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXkqxZBUol3Pox9NBjk8H4JnAUr-UsZX6k7fHn3V5PaR-IyGPWtbbe7QW5PGbLhxcWQguU4Y5kNTH-RvWoKU3JGp8HsmuIo_YsiiRdphxs8HUmx-cMGJED5J8dVg6AxX828FSywknTY5Y/s16000/38223842_2064001776957271_1068924056104861696_n.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Good advice...</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><div>And none of you will ever see me discuss any of these things ANYWHERE online, not even those sites/forums where I can use a pen name instead of my real one. There have been many too. Lord Publius is merely the most infamous. This has been standard operating procedure for many years.</div><div><br /></div><div>This also got me thinking about some of the secret plans I have executed in the past. For example, when I left the Army in 2014. Some of my friends, associates, enemies, et al. thought it was pretty sudden when I announced my receipt of a DD-214 <i>after</i> I had already left my last post and returned home to NOLA. In actual fact, it was a plan that I put into motion during the summer of 2012. </div><div><br /></div><div>Why did that happen at that moment? Well, I requested a meeting with my then 1SG, a dumbass named Alvin Hamilton. I don't give a shit about protecting the privacy of terrible leaders, especially when he's long retired and the incident happened almost a decade ago. Anyway, my intention was to inform him about the fact that I had <a href="https://www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/all-disorders/asperger-syndrome-information-page" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Asperger's Syndrome</a>. After a few negative experiences with him, I thought he was getting the wrong idea about me. That whole unit was <i>beyond</i> fucked up and it wasn't uncommon for dickhead NCOs to leave a soldier holding the proverbial bag so they could escape blame for their incompetence. What unfortunately happened in that meeting is that he used it as an opportunity to chew me out for 30 minutes. When he finished it all by saying '<i>I wish I had the paperwork to put you out of the Army in 30 days</i>', I not only lost any hope for that job, I lost respect for the whole institution. It was clear that NO ONE in that unit above the rank of Staff Sergeant (an E-6) would be on my side or have my best interests at heart. And I didn't trust most of the E-5s and E-6s, either.</div><div><br /></div><div>And no, this incident is not secret. It was mentioned in the (now infamous) '<a href="https://lordpublius.blogspot.com/2014/08/17-reasons-why-i-left-army.html" target="_blank">17 reasons why I left the Army</a>' blog that my alter-ego published about 6 weeks after I became a civilian again. My then platoon sergeant SSG Keith Mortan (a <i>good</i> leader) was there with me and was just as flabbergasted. He also explained to the 1SG how badly he just messed up later that day. That shitbag excuse for a 1SG tried to do damage control the next day, trying to explain himself as some sort of half-assed apology. Unfortunately for him and the Army, it was too late. After that shitshow the previous day, I was done with the Army. No matter what, that 'career' that so closely resembled a bad marriage was going to end in a divorce <i>and on my terms</i>. I will NOT be disrespected. <br /><br />Also, I won't stand for any kind of hypocrisy. Especially not the kind that involves some fat-ass 1SG complaining about my run times when I never saw that shitbag do even so much as ONE push-up. EVER. In all the time that I knew him. All this guy ever did (from what I could see) was make speeches in front of formations and then disappear into an office to shine a seat with his ass. Not exactly what you'd call '<a href="https://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/lead+from+the+front" target="_blank">leading from the front</a>', is it folks?<br /><br />And no, I don't give a shit if he had a knee surgery that put him on convalescent leave for a few months. He can still do some form of cardio and sit-ups, at least. That asshole was nothing but a damned politician in a uniform. Exactly the kind of <b><u>CANCER</u></b> that ruined the military and put it into its current sorry state. <br /><br />So, for nearly 2 years afterward, I slowly but surely made the plans for my exit and future success. The results were generally positive. I had another career as an insurance adjuster lined up and waiting for me when I got out. That career was a shitshow too, but it did (barely) keep the bills paid while I fought with the VA for 3 years to FINALLY get my benefits. After that, I went back to college on the G.I. Bill. I hope that decision doesn't end up being a shitshow as well. <br /><br />While waiting to get out of the Army, I bought a house back home in NOLA in 2013 as a rental property. NO ONE in the Army knew anything about it until I was going through my out-process and mentioned to some NCOs that I already had a house and other sources of income. I deliberately kept that from them and the unit because it wasn't their business. They also would have tried to make it their business, telling me that I shouldn't make big purchases when the Army might chapter me at any minute. Screw them all. The down-payment was made with the money I had saved from 3 years worth of Army paychecks and bonuses. The renters (who moved in about a week after the act of sale went through) paid the note on the house with their rent checks for the next 2 years afterward. Buying that house may have been the best financial decision that I had ever made.<br /><br />When my renters moved out in December of 2014, I moved in the following month. That is what I had planned from the start. I wasn't all that interested in being a landlord. I was making sure that I would have a home somewhere at a future date. Thanks to the VA disability check that I now receive, I will never have to worry about how I'm going to pay for that house and my utilities, either. The American taxpayer has that covered for me, for which I am eternally grateful. Without them, I might not still have a home today. <br /><br />And did anyone outside of my family know about these 'secret plans' of mine? Nope. Not a single one. And all I had to do to keep that secret from the world was simply to keep my mouth shut.</div><div><br />Despite it all though, there are some folks out there, friend and foe alike, that still think my leaving the Army was a mistake. They're all so damned wrong they might as well get in the <a href="http://www.armyprt.com/execution_of_training/front-leaning-rest-position.shtml" target="_blank">Front-Leaning Rest</a> right now. Unlike Beijing Biden's withdrawal from Afghanistan, <i>my</i> exit was perfectly planned and executed. <b><u>My only regret about leaving the Army in 2014 is that it didn't happen sooner.</u></b> Good riddance to bad rubbish.</div><div><br /></div>- Lord Publius<br /><br />Lord Publiushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07047366006752124497noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2863808653384258852.post-57607283408694074022021-08-28T16:52:00.000-05:002021-08-28T16:52:01.098-05:00Single Mom Horror Stories<p> I don't date single mothers. I've had some women harshly criticize me for this personal life choice. Almost every one of them were also single mothers themselves. Interesting correlation, heh?</p><p>Anyway, I have <a href="https://lordpublius.blogspot.com/2020/07/9-reasons-not-to-date-single-moms.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">written on this topic before</a>. If you've read those posts in the past, you already know that I'm not exactly fond of the concept of women deliberately choosing to raise kids alone. It's just NOT good for the kids at all. There are a lot of government statistics on this fact of life. However, I do have some personal experience with these kinds of people too. Some of them were quite negative... and sometimes VERY awkward. We will discuss two of them today. </p><p>No names will be revealed. No one will be bad-mouthed. Some of the players in these stories are either no longer alive or have disappeared from civilization. All stories will involve literal descriptions of what happened and my own sarcastic commentary on some things. That way, you can all make up your own minds while also having a good laugh.</p><p><b>Story #1 - The saga of LD</b></p><p><b>Timeframe: 1999 through 2008.</b></p><p>This one happened to be someone who was part of a friend group that I had in high school. My association with this group tended to ebb and flow for various reasons, usually not because of anything that any of them did. Life just takes you in random directions sometimes.</p><p>LD at this time in 1999 was (I think) either 16 or 17 years old. She was dating a friend of mine that we will refer to as H. Despite the dating relationship with H, LD was still unusually interested in trying to include me in various things and trying to learn about me. She also tried to invite me to her birthday party, but I had refused. I don't remember why. That wasn't unusual for me. I had refused to attend birthday parties for other people in other friend groups at that time too. I found most forms of socialization to be mind-numbingly boring and quite unnecessary in those days. That's what happens when you're an undiagnosed Aspie with ZERO concern about anyone else's feelings most of the time.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_sQVyq3kdv1U9jkCQ8FyJ2oA6bnyYl4Wz5213WpKqbzhW-4-i_AH7SOSkLSxUJyT3ntwsMiAtEN6O4RSn0Bz26HpePsOpVtuEsO-wSRaYzxI7KuMxV0hWV0XdHPJitXNWUVfL7nBugS0/s360/TooBusy.gif" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="270" data-original-width="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_sQVyq3kdv1U9jkCQ8FyJ2oA6bnyYl4Wz5213WpKqbzhW-4-i_AH7SOSkLSxUJyT3ntwsMiAtEN6O4RSn0Bz26HpePsOpVtuEsO-wSRaYzxI7KuMxV0hWV0XdHPJitXNWUVfL7nBugS0/s16000/TooBusy.gif" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">PICTURED: My adolescent self whenever <br />he was asked to do something social...</td></tr></tbody></table><p>At that time, I thought LD was just trying to be sociable with her boyfriend's male friends. Perfectly logical, right? Well, unlike my then undiagnosed <a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Aspergian" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Aspergian</a> self, this person was not at all logical. The relationship between LD and H fizzled out, as teenage relationships often do. H called me on the phone that summer and told me that LD had a crush on me. I made it quite clear that I had no interest in her. I had nothing in common with her and she looked a LOT younger than she really was too. Despite being a teenager at that time, I swear that she looked more like an 11 or 12 year old instead. Not quite 5ft. tall, skinny to the point of looking emaciated and I strongly suspected that she had mental problems. Not good...</p><p>How did I deal with this issue? Well, I didn't. I drifted away from that friend group in the spring of 1999, just wandering through life as I did at the time. When school was back in session that fall, I was already in a completely different area of the school yard during lunch, before school started, etc. I don't remember seeing her again after that for the rest of my high school experience.</p><p>Now, we fast forward to 2008. By this point, I'm almost through with my first college degree. I started hanging out with some of those old high school friends again on Friday and/or Saturday nights in various karaoke bars, watching them sing. By this point, I was also getting tired of that activity and started slowly withdrawing from them again. Yes, this is the same group that I wrote about in a <a href="https://lordpublius.blogspot.com/2021/07/when-i-realized-that-i-outgrew.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">previous post about outgrowing friend groups</a>.</p><p>Anyway, LD somehow wound up in this group on a regular basis. I have no idea how or why. It didn't take long for her to try to socialize with me on an individual level. I decided to be my usual, standoffish self. While that usually keeps most people away, this one didn't get the message. So much for me getting this person to leave without having to be purposely rude or hurt anyone's feelings...</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqwXYhXRfZ8msCYthxmuuPSl4QkN_c4Ky0qzPU5ko6pm1mnTNsQDkaBPCmqy3A_jGb12WdJHVc5Y4R_D3G9MUjiamxcsoRYzZBieehdRVnbQ049WDq6Vv-ziCCZSiyfylpMqRoEVMNArQ/s250/Damn.gif" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="185" data-original-width="250" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqwXYhXRfZ8msCYthxmuuPSl4QkN_c4Ky0qzPU5ko6pm1mnTNsQDkaBPCmqy3A_jGb12WdJHVc5Y4R_D3G9MUjiamxcsoRYzZBieehdRVnbQ049WDq6Vv-ziCCZSiyfylpMqRoEVMNArQ/s16000/Damn.gif" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">PICTURED: Me when my usual tactics <br />don't make annoying people go away...</td></tr></tbody></table><p>Back in High School, I thought of this person as just being slightly annoying with her failed attempts at trying to get into my life. Now, it was much worse. She had recently had a baby with some dope who was also hanging out in that bar every weekend. I didn't have much interaction with him. However, I can say that I was definitely NOT interested in following behind him, if y'all know what I mean. </p><p>All the stories that LD insisted on telling me about her personal life at that point didn't help, either. I won't repeat the stories here, but I can say that all of them provided me with enough red flags to have a Chi-com parade through Tiananmen Square. This girl was <b><i>DEEPLY</i></b> troubled, most likely an unfit parent (and that kid's father certainly was, if the stories I was told were true) and I now had no doubts that she was mentally ill. I would later discover that she was on a lot of medications, which is why she always seemed a bit out of sorts. I don't know if this was why she seemed to be mentally ill to me, but it was likely to be a contributing factor. </p><p>Anyway, she also still looked much the same as she did in High School: short and emaciated. Did this girl ever eat? Looking back on it now, I sincerely wish my younger self bought her a meal or two. I will say this much, though. The wardrobe changed a lot. In High School, she wore a lot of flannel shirts. At this time in 2008, I remember her wearing a <b>LOT</b> of black. Not sure if that's relevant, but it is something that I noticed.</p><p>This story gets even more twisted. During these evening excursions, I would often step outside of the bar for fresh air. I don't smoke and bars in Jefferson Parish to this day are still friendly to smokers. LD followed me outside for whatever reason and decided to start up a conversation with me. As usual, I remained standoffish, non-committal to anything and quite <a href="https://www.dictionary.com/browse/laconic" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">laconic</a>. Whereas most people would find this mysteriousness very uncomfortable and drift away, this one didn't. Rather annoying, if you ask me. I don't remember most of the conversation. I wasn't paying close attention and most of it was just idle chit-chat. Eventually, the conversation shifted to how everything went to shit with her baby's father. Sad to hear about, but there was nothing I could have done about that situation. </p><p>She also went out of her way to bring up music with me, talking about how she left Country behind in favor of my preferred genre: Heavy Metal. My reaction to this development? I don't remember the exact words that I used. It was something along the lines of "<i>Well, congratulations on embracing the one true musical faith, my dear. Why is this relevant to me?</i>" Ever the smart ass, my then 26 year-old self was...</p><p>She probably assumed that I didn't understand that she was trying to use that common interest to get closer to me. Despite being an undiagnosed <a href="https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=aspie" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Aspie</a> at the time, I did, in fact, know <b><i>EXACTLY</i></b> what she was trying to do. I just didn't want to give her any in-roads into my life. It was obvious that her life was a <a href="https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=train%20wreck" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">trainwreck</a> at this point. Having her in my life would have been a disaster waiting to happen. I know that sounds harsh, but it's true. <a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/fallen-world.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">This world is never going to be kind to any of us</a>. You have to be <b><i>VERY</i></b> careful about who you let into your inner circle. If you don't, your life will only be that much more complicated.</p><p>And now, the story gets <i>even more</i> twisted. In this conversation, she brings up how she used to date H back in High School. H had also found his way into this particular group activity at karaoke bars on occasion, which is probably why she brought him up. He was married at that time, dragged his wife around with him and acted like a real ass. However, that's beyond the scope of this story. She mentioned something about how when she was dating him back in the day, she really wished she was dating me instead. I don't remember even if I responded to this, let alone how I might have reacted. All that I do remember is thinking "<i>I know, LD. H told me about that in 1999.</i>" The conversation shifted again, back to the same inane topics that I don't even remember now. We both went back inside a few minutes later. Neither of us ever brought up how she told me she had feelings for me ever again. I think it was pretty awkward for both of us.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhP7QZ49Ul6TTkFsekbS_ZZSTWVWEPqVlUlJi4rZpqe408LhIp7Fq2W4ZjwyY7ZPMz9p-LLUEqksoTqQKuDGRWl2ssydKbkABGdR4J7JfyKNQFtIazFuVKG_v0al-KzpjuuAC_PNyGIr10/s498/Awkward.gif" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="200" data-original-width="498" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhP7QZ49Ul6TTkFsekbS_ZZSTWVWEPqVlUlJi4rZpqe408LhIp7Fq2W4ZjwyY7ZPMz9p-LLUEqksoTqQKuDGRWl2ssydKbkABGdR4J7JfyKNQFtIazFuVKG_v0al-KzpjuuAC_PNyGIr10/s16000/Awkward.gif" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">PICTURED: How I felt when I was in that particular point in space & time...</td></tr></tbody></table><p>Over the next few weeks, LD still kept doing her best to try to get through to me. She tried being friendly and offering to buy me a drink one time. I flat out refused because I don't like alcohol and was going to be driving myself home later. Drinking booze wouldn't have been a good idea, even if I do have a very high tolerance. She didn't quite understand my reluctance, but still accepted the objective reality of the situation. I really don't like alcohol.</p><p>Sometime later on a different night, she once again tried initiating conversation with me while we were sitting amongst the group in the bar. Just going on and on about whatever it was... After a while, I just decided to be purposely rude for once because I wanted this non-sense to stop. I blurted out "<i>LD, I just don't care!</i>" Her response to this was to laugh and say "<i>Only you, Publius. Only you...</i>" And some say that we Aspies are bad at picking up hints...</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgY18z3vPAxDaqQCg757uYNl1GyEgn4Jf_U0w9plawUcqj6Q5NofP4uWxkXwTTJRzvqBpU4HHGmBThkSTUBkezLqdv-Yp0TWucn2jRW363vhiSq8St8ykgkr2ZyPbeWwxrq1qryVnEu218/s500/Facepalm.gif" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="391" data-original-width="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgY18z3vPAxDaqQCg757uYNl1GyEgn4Jf_U0w9plawUcqj6Q5NofP4uWxkXwTTJRzvqBpU4HHGmBThkSTUBkezLqdv-Yp0TWucn2jRW363vhiSq8St8ykgkr2ZyPbeWwxrq1qryVnEu218/s16000/Facepalm.gif" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">PICTURED: How I feel when people just don't take the freakin' hint...<br />I chose Dr. Crusher because the Picard facepalm is overused these days.</td></tr></tbody></table><p>So, how did I eventually deal with this wannabe <a href="https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Stage%205%20Clinger" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Stage-5 clinger</a>? The same way I did in 1999: I didn't deal with it at all. Shortly after the incident that I just described, I decided to leave that friend group for unrelated reasons. After that, she had no way of contacting me anymore... Except through Facebook, which was starting to get popular at this time. She sent THREE friend requests over time, all of which I denied. Then, I discovered the block button and made judicious use of it in this case. (And many times since then...)<br /><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpS2k4JlJ3oiSug3J-DPpxW9-btbHO_5Fg0OihB0qrEL5yxzo7Bp1MoRFEsVYLNzwo65ICktWtTmHlsB_FrlHh2vzzIeASux5cRFlwuL9iYNLKKA4knh4bctCXRLZ1ax1twS_aXtv4L_8/s320/SlideOut.gif" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="138" data-original-width="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpS2k4JlJ3oiSug3J-DPpxW9-btbHO_5Fg0OihB0qrEL5yxzo7Bp1MoRFEsVYLNzwo65ICktWtTmHlsB_FrlHh2vzzIeASux5cRFlwuL9iYNLKKA4knh4bctCXRLZ1ax1twS_aXtv4L_8/s16000/SlideOut.gif" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">PICTURED: How I dealt with uncomfortable <br />social situations back in the day...</td></tr></tbody></table><p><br />I never had any contact or interaction with this person ever again. I don't know what happened to her or the child she had. I tried finding this person via web search before writing this blog post. No results were found. There were plenty other women with similar names, but not her. I have no idea if she's dead or alive. I hope she found her way and that the child is doing well. <br /><br />All that being said, I learned a few things from this person. This experience here made me aware of the fact that I had a very serious social deficiency when it came to gently rejecting unwanted advances and/or turning people down. After much work (and, sadly, some more practice with others), I have corrected this issue. Looking back on it now though, I wish I had handled the LD situation in another way. I would have never gotten involved with her on any level. However, I wish I knew how to be more friendly towards her back then. It's now pretty obvious to my older self that this lost soul was looking for some kind of Human connection that was lacking in her life. By trying so hard to make her voluntarily go away, I probably contributed to her varying forms of pain. I won't do that again.</p><p><b>Story #2 - The MANY misadventures caused by BD</b></p><p><b>Timeframe: Early-to-mid 2000s</b></p><p>This one is about a particular ex-girlfriend of one of my younger brothers. We'll call her BD. She was especially horrible for many reasons. I am thankful to the Lord that she did NOT end up being a sister-in-law to me. She caused an unbelievable amount of drama in my family's lives. My brother's tendency to be overly emotional at times when dealing with women (especially in that time period) didn't help matters. I won't go into all the details, because that would make her story too long for our purposes here. </p><p>However, before telling this story, I want to make one thing <b>VERY</b> clear. BD, as '<a href="https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Mentally%20Hilarious" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">mentally hilarious</a>' as she was, still went out of her way to be very nice to me. I don't know if this was because she wanted good relations with her boyfriend's family or if my brother warned her about my 'eccentricities' that often made people nervous. I tried my best to be civil with her, but there were a few times she tested my patience. More on that later.</p><p>I don't remember how these two met or when they started dating each other. I just thought it was weird that my brother was dating a woman slightly older than him with a son that was (I think) 3 to 4 years old at the time. To me, that was a pretty big red flag. It didn't matter that she came from a wealthy family and had no financial issues from being a single mom. That little boy's existence was proof positive that this girl could make some <i>stunningly</i> bad decisions.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2CutmMMxNR90UOVyOMWKCas_kn3PhVdgycu8559bWqxG7D2Qojme5mvZMbewwy-RIqta9sv7bkn7qDg7Hp2kzd_oXqhc16VoNTIf9hywH-Ea3nsPDvZwZBt4V8YZDX_jOXEgIcFG7h_k/s300/SiskoPalm.gif" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="300" data-original-width="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2CutmMMxNR90UOVyOMWKCas_kn3PhVdgycu8559bWqxG7D2Qojme5mvZMbewwy-RIqta9sv7bkn7qDg7Hp2kzd_oXqhc16VoNTIf9hywH-Ea3nsPDvZwZBt4V8YZDX_jOXEgIcFG7h_k/s16000/SiskoPalm.gif" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">PICTURED: The way I feel whenever I see <br />a guy setting themselves up for being legally <br />responsible for other people's kids.</td></tr></tbody></table><p>Knowing my brother though, the only thing he was probably focused on was this girl's enormous rack and getting laid with her on a regular basis. (And boy did he ever...) I'll admit that she had nice curves. However, the child, her obviously contrived <a href="https://www.englishbaby.com/vocab/word/7875/public-persona" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">public persona</a> (Or, 'fake personality' for those who prefer layman's terms) and her manipulative tendencies would have made me run the other way.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7KUSybSgrOvfCnLcP8ZjcsD8_55Ldm3GieKJUeqwJbwkH2OxVrgOFJXfBhyphenhyphenjj2IOniwydMlJIjUpr2EoFEZwnpd_7CR1yYao4Nj74Xlosc-SToCjCygvJm6fKwxix487xFBKn3p6Tlb4/s600/WarpFromThisBS.gif" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="253" data-original-width="600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7KUSybSgrOvfCnLcP8ZjcsD8_55Ldm3GieKJUeqwJbwkH2OxVrgOFJXfBhyphenhyphenjj2IOniwydMlJIjUpr2EoFEZwnpd_7CR1yYao4Nj74Xlosc-SToCjCygvJm6fKwxix487xFBKn3p6Tlb4/s16000/WarpFromThisBS.gif" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">PICTURED: How I react whenever I discover that I'm dealing with fake people...</td></tr></tbody></table><p>Of course, she ended up being a bit psycho (no surprise) and a real drama queen. She and my brother had fights that could peel paint off the walls. It adversely affected the whole family in various ways. It also caused my brother and father to have quite a few nasty arguments. Damned near ruined a few holidays that way, too. I'll never forgive BD for that shit and lots of other things that I'm purposely leaving out for privacy concerns. Simply put, this one disrupted virtually <i>every</i> sense of order that I had in life. And as we all know, Aspies don't like disruptions in their daily routines.</p><p>Anyway, these fights sometimes interfered with the family construction business too. Specifically, she'd call my brother while we were working and start arguments with him. That led to arguments between him and my father, because he was trying to get a job done. Those useless phone calls were adversely affecting our productivity on the job. And we normally did 2 or 3 jobs per day at this time, often on completely different ends of town. Combine this stress, Dad being a real taskmaster, the summer heat and BD playing her games, and it obviously became a <a href="https://www.dictionary.com/e/slang/shitshow/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">shitshow</a> really quick. There was even one time that this chick came out to the job and picked up my brother after he had a nasty argument with Dad about her.</p><p>As much as I disliked working in construction, I still found that to be both unprofessional and unacceptable. It made more work for the rest of us on the job site: Me, Dad, my other younger brother and Dad's employees. (I remember at least one of his long-term workers being there that day.) I sincerely doubt that this was something my brother would have done without that miserable little piece of ass playing games with him. I swear, the things that pussy drives a man to do...</p><p>Despite having many stories about this person, I am only going to go over two more: an engagement and how that ended.</p><p>First, the engagement. I was asleep in my room one night when this chick and my brother just walked right in and woke me up with news. For whatever reason, my brother asked this chick to marry him. In my still half-asleep and confused state, I just looked right at my brother and said '<i>What the Hell were you thinking, *insert younger brother's name here*?</i>' or something along those lines. He and BD both laughed at this, assuming that I was just being my socially inept self. I wasn't. I was genuinely wondering why he would do something so foolish. I found it rather difficult to get back to sleep that night.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0CKZ_YNwUXjMwWzMgDkwg25WRVBKnLk7MHJ_35nPwY_0nJRd0cMz7Ex4zF50cpH5VyuIPiJoygenHQAqquof1-95qENw1_Ar_PzrQuV32YQ93E-E8F4Yn5IdmUvmuZeOJM4G8y4VJU_c/s244/NoHumor.gif" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="192" data-original-width="244" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0CKZ_YNwUXjMwWzMgDkwg25WRVBKnLk7MHJ_35nPwY_0nJRd0cMz7Ex4zF50cpH5VyuIPiJoygenHQAqquof1-95qENw1_Ar_PzrQuV32YQ93E-E8F4Yn5IdmUvmuZeOJM4G8y4VJU_c/s16000/NoHumor.gif" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">PICTURED: How I feel when NT's <br />think I'm being funny when I'm not.</td></tr></tbody></table><p>Second, how that engagement ended. The details on this aren't clear to me. I wasn't involved in all the conversations or privy to the details. I remember hearing some talk about BD cheating on my brother with some other guy <i>while her 5 year old son was asleep in the same room.</i> Naturally, this pissed off my brother. Knowing him, he probably tracked down that other guy and kicked the ever-lovin' shit out of him while still in rage mode too. If not, he still should have, just on general principle.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiS7xGpltgSc7EBzx8HFZ8YlkapC2LGkOAKh9D8jO5k2l5R5kH_ej9qunCitZ_NUqf_O8cIM-QDSRAX_UVIvyJN8KBwFazBaF5qWdt6NVcYILFUt6AbfDZ8bYLQABIaDtFPZw1UUwcbaLM/s573/NoGoodHo.gif" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="175" data-original-width="573" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiS7xGpltgSc7EBzx8HFZ8YlkapC2LGkOAKh9D8jO5k2l5R5kH_ej9qunCitZ_NUqf_O8cIM-QDSRAX_UVIvyJN8KBwFazBaF5qWdt6NVcYILFUt6AbfDZ8bYLQABIaDtFPZw1UUwcbaLM/s16000/NoGoodHo.gif" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">PICTURED: The perfect GIF to describe this THOT...</td></tr></tbody></table><p>Anyway, things quickly devolved between these two (A fact that brought me a great deal of glee at the time) and everything turned into an all-out war between them. The family went to dinner at one of our favorite Italian restaurants one night. These two got into it <i>again</i> and she left the restaurant. She also took the engagement ring and threw it in the grass outside the restaurant's front door, just to be spiteful. I don't remember how everyone reacted to this, but I do remember that I just went about eating my dinner while ignoring the drama. I felt bad for my poor brother here, but I have to admit that I was also feeling quite pleased with the thought of this chick going her own way. That made the meal all the more tasty. </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDkBPXZ5bzYhhhHMDQ6KMhUNpPdfuuRd7bcOBUjmfTT6vt155lMKhlmrNkJA68MKpDyjZ3Chiv-0tEajNmTT5J2ZOUf8ovkOpegiBzJ0AF6JLYsUmXECIpgbG_ULJDi67NL48DZS2db7k/s256/01.gif" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="192" data-original-width="256" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDkBPXZ5bzYhhhHMDQ6KMhUNpPdfuuRd7bcOBUjmfTT6vt155lMKhlmrNkJA68MKpDyjZ3Chiv-0tEajNmTT5J2ZOUf8ovkOpegiBzJ0AF6JLYsUmXECIpgbG_ULJDi67NL48DZS2db7k/s16000/01.gif" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">PICTURED: Me enjoying the Schadenfreude...</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div>Sadly though, this wasn't quite the end. There were more misadventures with this crazy <a href="https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Twatwaffle" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">twatwaffle</a>. I won't go into details, but I will say it involved me hanging up the phone on her multiple times when she called my house. (We still had a landline back then.) This probably caused a lot of hurt feelings, but I didn't care. I did NOT want that broad to patch things up with my brother and would not do anything to help facilitate such a horrid mistake.</div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9gCAvxAwTfIkn_DrnzRjO-KEpCChme7akBC3w-U3dN1J1dHKgfWxLcToy0Av0ScTCu6WrmnDiRCHxYaDW6aEPxgBymVEIar1STdJT0hxYz0HVXB1PwuUQnvGtszhBCV7lhCx-FA9vIHQ/s600/SopranoWipeAss.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="394" data-original-width="600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9gCAvxAwTfIkn_DrnzRjO-KEpCChme7akBC3w-U3dN1J1dHKgfWxLcToy0Av0ScTCu6WrmnDiRCHxYaDW6aEPxgBymVEIar1STdJT0hxYz0HVXB1PwuUQnvGtszhBCV7lhCx-FA9vIHQ/s16000/SopranoWipeAss.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">PICTURED: My reaction to that cheating THOT trying to get back into <br />my brother's life by using tears and over-emotionalism. <br />Might have worked on him to some extent, but not me, chicka...</td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><div>It also involved her coming to the house and me running her off. The less said about that, the better. It involved me embracing my Sicilian heritage and acting like a bit of a gangster. No threats were made, but the intentions were still pretty obvious. She wisely decided to leave of her own free will. </div><div><br /></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiE8jo5YysKS7ta3eksh9gIMuqLpkjC-RMuFE8d-5NiKxqg90I2QITrs7FPVqYcqt2ys2xYpVxbeRf9EKx4I8xt7TPP2WDbJADZUXA4EWbLMKLJEBxN8CpMk6wK08-LbyduojYsSGXIj8w/s286/02.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="242" data-original-width="286" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiE8jo5YysKS7ta3eksh9gIMuqLpkjC-RMuFE8d-5NiKxqg90I2QITrs7FPVqYcqt2ys2xYpVxbeRf9EKx4I8xt7TPP2WDbJADZUXA4EWbLMKLJEBxN8CpMk6wK08-LbyduojYsSGXIj8w/s16000/02.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">PICTURED: A phrase that I am certain <br />was a part of that conversation...</td></tr></tbody></table><p>She also filed a few police reports against my brother claiming various forms of bullshit. The cops didn't have to do much detective work to figure out that she was a lying <a href="https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=cuntrag" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">cuntrag</a>. The list just goes on and on with this one. I'm damned glad she's gone.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0UWd3zcbPCvgwthfZ18dwjbCm0LMXWbA-sCX-lyVkcen1GT7Bh8gZwHWaaNlAKbharvgatCZsjjKdS0Zw0UbLZ0Rse0f0n-TQ8jahDAB_7_P1tBlPoAGi_ASjjGtUHwSlB-JdBjAwthk/s1024/BeGoneDemon.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="852" data-original-width="1024" height="533" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0UWd3zcbPCvgwthfZ18dwjbCm0LMXWbA-sCX-lyVkcen1GT7Bh8gZwHWaaNlAKbharvgatCZsjjKdS0Zw0UbLZ0Rse0f0n-TQ8jahDAB_7_P1tBlPoAGi_ASjjGtUHwSlB-JdBjAwthk/w640-h533/BeGoneDemon.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Truthfully, calling that one a THOT just isn't enough...</td></tr></tbody></table><p>So, what happened to her? Well, my brother moved away for college and eventually moved on from her too. She eventually married some other fool that was loaded with cash. She's now a mother to at least 4 more kids and lives a life of luxury in <a href="https://www.myneworleans.com/old-metairie/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Old Metairie</a>. She also still called my brother occasionally for years afterward, but that went nowhere. To this day, my brother is very happy that he got away from her. To this day, I still spit on the ground and curse that <a href="https://www.dictionary.com/browse/thot" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">THOT</a>'s name whenever it's spoken around me. Jesus may be eternally forgiving, but I have my limits. She regularly exceeded them all.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTZsCNy9OpYiCeUG9lFOtkmdEHWQylhI3ii64n00KeIELvY944S04yko8oFYCYrj9ywAUJhSAkYWR2YLYt6CMug0nZQEe32qgEFp-6AUjdzWpyKfWiDby3hnGd9zD87YwXeG_4uL6OS0o/s960/Conan-BeGone.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="540" data-original-width="960" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTZsCNy9OpYiCeUG9lFOtkmdEHWQylhI3ii64n00KeIELvY944S04yko8oFYCYrj9ywAUJhSAkYWR2YLYt6CMug0nZQEe32qgEFp-6AUjdzWpyKfWiDby3hnGd9zD87YwXeG_4uL6OS0o/w640-h360/Conan-BeGone.png" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Conan the Barbarian is NOT having any of this bravo sierra...</td></tr></tbody></table><p>========</p><p>And there we have it, folks. Two reasons why I don't get involved with single mothers. There are others that I could tell. However, I think these are messed up enough. These experiences provided some extremely valuable life lessons for all involved, with the possible exception of the single moms themselves. I got the impression that neither of them even realized how often they made mistakes, let alone learned from them.</p><p>Not every single mom that I've met was a psycho, but too many of them were. Even if I didn't have misgivings about raising children that I didn't sire, the mothers themselves would still cause me to bow out and <a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/pop_smoke" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">pop smoke</a>. Some of them were just plain CRAZY...</p><p>So, if any of you find yourself in a situation where you have a single mother pursuing you, keep these stories in mind. Exercise EXTREME caution and be prepared to disappear. </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqe2btbQceHsqgUxJ0WkGue89vYWwcjTmdhpRIFnfOHofrRn5HlclxqZGLhbKg1ekEVvBbROQ5rMu9T9kR7KGdaf11czXOWLvD8kdwNNq6fNhFmiAF97gg5S-s4lnBSebCoH2LCwTqqmk/s500/SeeYa.gif" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="350" data-original-width="500" height="448" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqe2btbQceHsqgUxJ0WkGue89vYWwcjTmdhpRIFnfOHofrRn5HlclxqZGLhbKg1ekEVvBbROQ5rMu9T9kR7KGdaf11czXOWLvD8kdwNNq6fNhFmiAF97gg5S-s4lnBSebCoH2LCwTqqmk/w640-h448/SeeYa.gif" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">PICTURED: What your response should be when a single mom chases after you...</td></tr></tbody></table><p>- Lord Publius</p></div>Lord Publiushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07047366006752124497noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2863808653384258852.post-36672579737626994642021-07-29T13:19:00.001-05:002021-07-29T13:19:50.146-05:00The different tiers of memes<p> Some people's meme game is UTTER TRASH. As a Doctor of Memeology and Shitposting, I just can't stand back and continue to witness this travesty. I must educate the masses!</p><p>Therefore, I am going to give you all a brief-yet-valuable education on the subject. There are several different tiers of memes, ranging from boring Normie shit to the kind of stuff that will get the villagers to chase after you with torches and pitchforks. Descriptions and examples below.</p><p><b>Tier Zero - Normie Bullshit</b></p><p>Most LOLcat memes, dad jokes & bad puns. Nothing more. Can be funny in the right context, but it won't help you get gigs in the Catskills with a Vaudeville troupe. Often used by geek fandoms who think they are being clever. This is rarely the case. </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmbK9fsHjoOD0qDXyLrPe7Ore0Elpct1S9O3UwuJTEYroGSJNBdkpkHSJVNM7MTkAxlALIssy78jcpfs8eIRtbKr6E3HQOsx-s-pYZxZGFkUEkEG_YlHew0oepnGklAqu7HKMHcpfzY-Y/s581/NotUnusual.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="581" data-original-width="526" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmbK9fsHjoOD0qDXyLrPe7Ore0Elpct1S9O3UwuJTEYroGSJNBdkpkHSJVNM7MTkAxlALIssy78jcpfs8eIRtbKr6E3HQOsx-s-pYZxZGFkUEkEG_YlHew0oepnGklAqu7HKMHcpfzY-Y/s16000/NotUnusual.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Good for a slight chuckle, I guess... <br />I find myself liking this one. It's clean humor at its best.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p>And no, the LOLcat can NOT have a damned cheeseburger. What kind of irresponsible pet owner feeds an innocent animal some form of food that isn't even good for Humans?</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg56_EMGiFJd4t-p3zSu9hd1mv5GJv02IvbWEKu0ZHplU5375I4Qrc3mj87a8avnm_SKXLIf43_BHXToZe1tmuCiF2Jg_GZ2wYMyZYOSDasShILKXe9k0VTn4-pOAioGvjadQxAcKXRj04/s1024/AllTrue.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="1024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg56_EMGiFJd4t-p3zSu9hd1mv5GJv02IvbWEKu0ZHplU5375I4Qrc3mj87a8avnm_SKXLIf43_BHXToZe1tmuCiF2Jg_GZ2wYMyZYOSDasShILKXe9k0VTn4-pOAioGvjadQxAcKXRj04/w640-h640/AllTrue.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">In the context of certain conversations, this can be a laugh riot. <br />By itself though, not really all that funny.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p><b>Tier 1 - Edgyboi material</b></p><p>Pretty much the same as Tier Zero, except slightly more in-your-face. May involve naughty language. Still totally acceptable on censorious Sillycon Valley social media platforms like Fascistbook, but may not get the approval of your pastor or great aunt Ida in Des Moines. These are the kinds of memes that Democrats think are hilarious. Something tells me their sense of humor stopped developing at about age 12. Maybe younger...</p><p><br /></p><p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHsBG6yXzvvmDaNOvJMRbVdHXONywMpnYHkLzTQtB1sAQ_UYKjaMn9q9cNLACwSFcsDi01j7Ve06VdQ4GeP_tP4M1Ct4aVBN4mYV0dqY3KXOSbVW70SreJhyphenhyphenZT1JfOXkRNZGm7RswGKHs/s636/CloneWars.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="636" data-original-width="526" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHsBG6yXzvvmDaNOvJMRbVdHXONywMpnYHkLzTQtB1sAQ_UYKjaMn9q9cNLACwSFcsDi01j7Ve06VdQ4GeP_tP4M1Ct4aVBN4mYV0dqY3KXOSbVW70SreJhyphenhyphenZT1JfOXkRNZGm7RswGKHs/s16000/CloneWars.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ohhhh... So edgy...</td></tr></tbody></table><br />Also can be used to annoy people in certain fandoms. For example...</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjD4DP05VCk447nnEdYFoEONMmT9vaYTJQDnaNexZoZg1LPtocnmGryIaRYplBsLwmHhyphenhyphenRAWDKtPmPaqdC6eP0E1nGb8FNcIV07FKVNPSodyJ0rZ6rLQmF8Lx7gMId6008e5O0qiy47ssE/s583/RealMegadethFan.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="583" data-original-width="526" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjD4DP05VCk447nnEdYFoEONMmT9vaYTJQDnaNexZoZg1LPtocnmGryIaRYplBsLwmHhyphenhyphenRAWDKtPmPaqdC6eP0E1nGb8FNcIV07FKVNPSodyJ0rZ6rLQmF8Lx7gMId6008e5O0qiy47ssE/w578-h640/RealMegadethFan.jpg" width="578" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">'Enter Sandman' is a MetallicA song and the photo features PanterA.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p><b>Tier 2 - Starts to get annoyingly/hilariously political...</b></p><p>Includes everything from Tier 0 & 1. Also starts to include politics. Might get you sent to FB jail or censored in some other way. Usually much funnier than Tiers 0 and 1. This is also where you would find most of your fake news parodies.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKA4Gqk9tW6PHlLO9deNLD3ufrk2H6US902Lo_iIy86mmFeVrJnJrcdzZXz_8_2jF7MEGibp89dGBWBoMIn0YDztUTVhP0Ofw3aL8xMAGFrP8DGGMJuKSIqZT4x8tDyzxN_7uE0krBgOI/s1024/AlienDisguise.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="656" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKA4Gqk9tW6PHlLO9deNLD3ufrk2H6US902Lo_iIy86mmFeVrJnJrcdzZXz_8_2jF7MEGibp89dGBWBoMIn0YDztUTVhP0Ofw3aL8xMAGFrP8DGGMJuKSIqZT4x8tDyzxN_7uE0krBgOI/w410-h640/AlienDisguise.jpg" width="410" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The gaffs that come out of Beijing Biden's mouth, I swear...</td></tr></tbody></table><p><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPduJrRkaRH-0hb537vgn6No4maPrQ2LpxslMXpX3l097eRDyfzT1D4LVe-0S6yxlY9RnkJ9bfJFGIibqgdDHUDSK4BChxaKNemHk-COgklPROgkv8qjHZjCGje1uJzXyMEv_2kolsmQU/s1024/MediaSchoolShooting.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="705" data-original-width="1024" height="440" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPduJrRkaRH-0hb537vgn6No4maPrQ2LpxslMXpX3l097eRDyfzT1D4LVe-0S6yxlY9RnkJ9bfJFGIibqgdDHUDSK4BChxaKNemHk-COgklPROgkv8qjHZjCGje1uJzXyMEv_2kolsmQU/w640-h440/MediaSchoolShooting.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">It's disturbing and sad to see how much these talking heads get off on other people's pain...</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p><b>Tier 3 - Now things start getting interesting... and sexy?</b></p><p>Includes everything from Tier 0-2. Now starts including things like drugs, violence and sexuality in its many varied forms. Definitely NOT safe for work. Most likely too much for Normie prudes on shit sites like Facebook. Exercise extreme caution. Or don't. It depends on how much you care about that particular account. If it's troll account, then post away, my dude. </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNBhIIAVvUXqRu2criik7MbsvxFz2DgLsj3bh4iEmLziNNux9jXbg8BotlAEqA-KG3i56hSwKXSTCYFGxkfbuhryA1eFjCafPTZAsiH2I8-R-8rRMy4cu4-TR3VvfhMIANR6Q4EIa5vCw/s640/BongBarbie.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="620" data-original-width="640" height="620" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNBhIIAVvUXqRu2criik7MbsvxFz2DgLsj3bh4iEmLziNNux9jXbg8BotlAEqA-KG3i56hSwKXSTCYFGxkfbuhryA1eFjCafPTZAsiH2I8-R-8rRMy4cu4-TR3VvfhMIANR6Q4EIa5vCw/w640-h620/BongBarbie.png" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Freakin' hilarious, even to those of us who do NOT partake...</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p>Also, the meme doesn't actually have to feature actual depictions of sex, drugs or violence to be horrifying to the intended victim. The best ones are the ones that merely suggest something dreadful involving sex, drugs and/or violence and creates horrible images in their minds. For example...</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpgiBwyEctd3fgixD2OxnyqLeQozdARfaKY4D3gzAU_Es1KHBgMWwqmiacXocl7cuQTKjKn96CX6-0Ss-4yLQVZrOp6DvEt9prAt4wvzBtHUeXDzY9bCX3sPDFZODuStvZyPLKZWZICGY/s540/MethAddict.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="404" data-original-width="540" height="478" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpgiBwyEctd3fgixD2OxnyqLeQozdARfaKY4D3gzAU_Es1KHBgMWwqmiacXocl7cuQTKjKn96CX6-0Ss-4yLQVZrOp6DvEt9prAt4wvzBtHUeXDzY9bCX3sPDFZODuStvZyPLKZWZICGY/w640-h478/MethAddict.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I've used this one before across social media and previous posts of this blog. <br />It's always a big hit. (No pun intended.)</td></tr></tbody></table><p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmyt_t7QCcvSG6udMB9uG3frK723KqAKwm53Up2AQc4te1nltPBP0unHktXYGsey_j2Ekqgv0cgivkB4NZAA2Q2W59OgN8c3KzjILGFbLJX295SZwI3BItuxXGT5LlsEJqI20bdh5nCKQ/s505/30mmRound.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="505" data-original-width="377" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmyt_t7QCcvSG6udMB9uG3frK723KqAKwm53Up2AQc4te1nltPBP0unHktXYGsey_j2Ekqgv0cgivkB4NZAA2Q2W59OgN8c3KzjILGFbLJX295SZwI3BItuxXGT5LlsEJqI20bdh5nCKQ/s16000/30mmRound.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Flying an A-10 is probably the only thing that <br />could get me to go back to the military...</td></tr></tbody></table></p><p>Of course, you can still use Tier 3 for social commentary purposes. This one here uses the ol' reversal of expectations trick for its comedic effect. As someone who wants a more traditional family situation, I find this one to be quite appealing...</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh889_g_YL1dPJttxMDAsfFQ5ni0gqpefCyveURh2uI5j25kONUGdv7gMhlgCxBi30XRxW8J2LutNUf3wRycTg5jQAtjp7x9T3Q4TS1MjXpgpAkj7H7AoVGKv2q-2Bbmimjxz6saKoKI7Q/s1024/Unconventional.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="711" data-original-width="1024" height="444" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh889_g_YL1dPJttxMDAsfFQ5ni0gqpefCyveURh2uI5j25kONUGdv7gMhlgCxBi30XRxW8J2LutNUf3wRycTg5jQAtjp7x9T3Q4TS1MjXpgpAkj7H7AoVGKv2q-2Bbmimjxz6saKoKI7Q/w640-h444/Unconventional.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">You know society is FUCKED when a traditional nuclear family is somehow considered unusual...</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p><b>Tier 4 - Starting to get truly horrific...</b></p><p>Includes everything from Tier 0-3. Starts to include imagery and ideological concepts from horror movies and/or religion. Can be VERY dangerous to use on Fascistbook, but also damned hilarious for when you want to piss people off for your own amusement. </p><p>The one below was great fun to use after the 2016 election...</p><p><br /></p><p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhanYOvTvFMPm6g0p4JVuJl-KUR2D1wxOjQraEwJOCI03A3YtfPehdpxJmm9SmmyrPQ9ROM4N0SDhvLh3KIPu68Md6d91whyJK1yUxvboDx_lk2K6y8Znd8OYFcyMQo3zScDzvvE6Qtp-k/s720/Sights.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhanYOvTvFMPm6g0p4JVuJl-KUR2D1wxOjQraEwJOCI03A3YtfPehdpxJmm9SmmyrPQ9ROM4N0SDhvLh3KIPu68Md6d91whyJK1yUxvboDx_lk2K6y8Znd8OYFcyMQo3zScDzvvE6Qtp-k/s16000/Sights.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I must have scared the shit out of a LOT of Democrats with this one. <br />After 8 years of Obummer, they should consider this to be getting off light.<br />The suffering they deserve would be LEGENDARY, even in Hell.</td></tr></tbody></table><br />And since we're referencing the Hell Priest here...</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiF4X6L8q98DJh4-8tni-deYiZmK6qO91V7SccdLkxwnwVEdE1YITsEqWehWq9lEdDlGI4Tm_EQ52oh8KQcCNq0fPdhncXej52BI5dlUrntYFU6SI0Z3KweYE0MxPhTxGGM3nxuICn6e3c/s712/EnjoysPain.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="712" height="450" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiF4X6L8q98DJh4-8tni-deYiZmK6qO91V7SccdLkxwnwVEdE1YITsEqWehWq9lEdDlGI4Tm_EQ52oh8KQcCNq0fPdhncXej52BI5dlUrntYFU6SI0Z3KweYE0MxPhTxGGM3nxuICn6e3c/w640-h450/EnjoysPain.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Pinhead memes are some of the most hilariously twisted memes you'll ever find.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p>Also, I tend to use Tier 4 for intimidation purposes. Sometimes, some people just like to get uppity and you have to put them in their place. What better way to instill fear than to use monsters from horror movies?</p><p><br /></p><p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-OIqCqevHSYyYrtyy-mmh9gXxM4uhYDL5eMQ6UVXcIhp2ASB8HAVAI9s4uMEcnlwyLfOWN9g-EaKM_qpjkM_ANfAaF5ZZegdbUTBuZ_0FPUsIAJzC00MCpAvslZs-O5Rfk3upRRRAC_A/s1024/End.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="578" data-original-width="1024" height="362" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-OIqCqevHSYyYrtyy-mmh9gXxM4uhYDL5eMQ6UVXcIhp2ASB8HAVAI9s4uMEcnlwyLfOWN9g-EaKM_qpjkM_ANfAaF5ZZegdbUTBuZ_0FPUsIAJzC00MCpAvslZs-O5Rfk3upRRRAC_A/w640-h362/End.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Amazing how much mileage I've gotten out of this simple shitpost meme that I made in 2008...</td></tr></tbody></table><br /></p><p><b>Tier 5 - UNLEASH THE HITLER!!!</b></p><p>The only reason these memes should be used is when you want to get permabanned from a site. Or, you just want to troll the shit out of leftist morons who accuse everyone of being a Nazi while they themselves act like a Nazi...</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1vgH5Hk4YCkX2kqlwvLYgv5rWP_alvuwmcICyB3PTCAYp0T8EO8Kk_MKfxkmSSg12ALxemv8ZNZtL-cQPLBJ5iH14zK0UeAQUO788jVynY-DHzP9hPY1f9hxqfSNwM1mBXb4rZJ0zPCU/s774/Everyone.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="774" data-original-width="640" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1vgH5Hk4YCkX2kqlwvLYgv5rWP_alvuwmcICyB3PTCAYp0T8EO8Kk_MKfxkmSSg12ALxemv8ZNZtL-cQPLBJ5iH14zK0UeAQUO788jVynY-DHzP9hPY1f9hxqfSNwM1mBXb4rZJ0zPCU/w530-h640/Everyone.jpg" width="530" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Democrats must have been reading this to their kids for at least 20+ years now...</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p>You can also use Uncle Adolph and his crew to screw with some of the Left's non-sensical beliefs that defy all logic and any semblance of objective reality...</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrVAyce7mILqL6hDmoFlhyZmNfrkjS7Xlmfy7gUj7CnK7hS6FANHKK9ZJbG_fe6DjeBelr_SOM0Mu5TxopOLRRS5QMnjdXDF0kiRcwYjXD21PRhEsnpOawFtUkruLz3f0DTf5nPClKQMM/s500/BlackFemaleHitler.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="280" data-original-width="500" height="358" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrVAyce7mILqL6hDmoFlhyZmNfrkjS7Xlmfy7gUj7CnK7hS6FANHKK9ZJbG_fe6DjeBelr_SOM0Mu5TxopOLRRS5QMnjdXDF0kiRcwYjXD21PRhEsnpOawFtUkruLz3f0DTf5nPClKQMM/w640-h358/BlackFemaleHitler.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Dammit Hollyweird, why are you always changing the immutable characteristics of characters in previously established franchises? :P</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p>Of course, this tier can still be good for some good old fashioned shitposting with the right meme...</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihWw5c9gJprqzi_VumL62sjfdOFblSHBXe5YDfGkfGjsMOoq03gE62uudjDf8MOlWKABhvv4SeovNnw2nxSZ7J7NIzvvEEkBes2o9CDpsicXXcqU5YnJzV-xSJLTe0QN8huP3giGMlz6o/s500/Folder.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="473" data-original-width="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihWw5c9gJprqzi_VumL62sjfdOFblSHBXe5YDfGkfGjsMOoq03gE62uudjDf8MOlWKABhvv4SeovNnw2nxSZ7J7NIzvvEEkBes2o9CDpsicXXcqU5YnJzV-xSJLTe0QN8huP3giGMlz6o/s16000/Folder.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">British comedy is so underrated...</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p><b>Tier 6 - The Nuclear Option</b></p><p>Includes everything from Tier 0-5. The gloves have now come completely off. There are no rules. There are no good audiences for these memes. These are the memes you post when you want to...</p><p>- Burn bridges</p><p>- Leave no stone on top another</p><p>- Murder the men</p><p>- Sell the women/children into slavery</p><p>- Poison the wells</p><p>- Sow salt into the Earth</p><p>- Completely forego any further contact with Human Civilization</p><p>- Get yourself Perma-banned from whatever website/discussion forum you've decided to alienate.</p><p>It can be something EXTREMELY racist... And funny to those who have a sense of humor so dark that the cops will want to shoot at it... Otherwise, be prepared to lose friends. They can also still be used for social/political commentary, if desired.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhT1PRswydScihCVXIBaIOUyDUlqbvndWwgPP83Iav7cWmgu1m7UwxPVPgGFeOQtFknpl4bNNJWxqulybA5heDisQnbn1HsffBZ5tMiuoQbZKR7MuTRKm_IulGbEcDSHkmDk3q15XcH6Bo/s480/JohnDeere.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="349" data-original-width="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhT1PRswydScihCVXIBaIOUyDUlqbvndWwgPP83Iav7cWmgu1m7UwxPVPgGFeOQtFknpl4bNNJWxqulybA5heDisQnbn1HsffBZ5tMiuoQbZKR7MuTRKm_IulGbEcDSHkmDk3q15XcH6Bo/s16000/JohnDeere.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">No caption needed for this one, other than to say Fuck BLM.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p>Or, it can be something symbolic that displays your utter disdain for the way some groups decide to behave themselves. For example, the LGBT Mafia calling everyone else a Nazi when they are using the same tactics of violence and propaganda that a Nazi Brownshirt would use...</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgry-y__ZIP_q08ZuR8z-Qx3ftWcyX1UbwKqPzJDHxXjzhCvkc3r_Jem1o8wmngCBEUvrKv8zGKU9tAfnlSANCCOhvI3Z_qlOCcMMC0yiisS_MLifA3WheJQRCtwPpGiE_0CvIEXXEeJlQ/s258/RainbowSwastika.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="257" data-original-width="258" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgry-y__ZIP_q08ZuR8z-Qx3ftWcyX1UbwKqPzJDHxXjzhCvkc3r_Jem1o8wmngCBEUvrKv8zGKU9tAfnlSANCCOhvI3Z_qlOCcMMC0yiisS_MLifA3WheJQRCtwPpGiE_0CvIEXXEeJlQ/s0/RainbowSwastika.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This ought to trigger a few people <br />that I genuinely wish would slit their wrists...</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p>Or, you can just use the memes to tell the intended victims the God's honest truth...</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnlS14N_wdD0rDhyphenhyphenC6aG2yxgMGbzG8Hi2vDhdMS1zyT_-HJAg-m5dCh3-siNDwY9EmOpCwxT7X1yULTzgMZdbBh-nXgMyIsny2loXw_UL3aPZgC08KTdXU_tiA3dRPPje1Y80rVvljUNA/s1024/03.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="1006" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnlS14N_wdD0rDhyphenhyphenC6aG2yxgMGbzG8Hi2vDhdMS1zyT_-HJAg-m5dCh3-siNDwY9EmOpCwxT7X1yULTzgMZdbBh-nXgMyIsny2loXw_UL3aPZgC08KTdXU_tiA3dRPPje1Y80rVvljUNA/s320/03.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The public education system is a failure.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhC1gx912NRnSTuWWCYc10dSgVzTCW8CpJbgc1zbJNGqU-eoAc6ZvkurbPyom5yqZ1ibaDUwyphuoKGKvGdTI-N6YJZOLq8uXZim2tlJHZgckz80uOWZBtQQ-QvY0G9I8FxYjgJ2_gg0rA/s1244/VERY-Wrong.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1244" data-original-width="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhC1gx912NRnSTuWWCYc10dSgVzTCW8CpJbgc1zbJNGqU-eoAc6ZvkurbPyom5yqZ1ibaDUwyphuoKGKvGdTI-N6YJZOLq8uXZim2tlJHZgckz80uOWZBtQQ-QvY0G9I8FxYjgJ2_gg0rA/s16000/VERY-Wrong.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The God Emperor has spoken.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p>And finally, you can just use it to laugh at the intended victims whenever they start getting massively butt-hurt too. The choice is yours...</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5ZHeqT3AAgIWQlEKfZTzZESggf_-MseQEHmR0EA7k5U2C95p5myMHWcdBJVbOlA7nEBvl8F_EEC64hcREa-fH5iSjljnO9q90K4btaq09Vb5FuUomPcfBQeagvdwxjzIPUIrfQAoqlbc/s221/LOLsticka.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="221" data-original-width="221" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5ZHeqT3AAgIWQlEKfZTzZESggf_-MseQEHmR0EA7k5U2C95p5myMHWcdBJVbOlA7nEBvl8F_EEC64hcREa-fH5iSjljnO9q90K4btaq09Vb5FuUomPcfBQeagvdwxjzIPUIrfQAoqlbc/w400-h400/LOLsticka.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">How can anyone NOT laugh at this one?<br />Just the ridiculousness alone should make you laugh.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p>And there you have it, folks. How to uses memes to troll and shitpost like a pro. Now go forth and do that VooDoo that you should now be able to do oh so well.</p><p>- Lord Publius</p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;">U.S. Army Veteran</span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;">Self-described Doctor of Shitposting and Memeology</span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;">Destroyer of Worlds</span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;">Leader of the imaginary NOLA THOT Patrol</span></p><div><br /></div>Lord Publiushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07047366006752124497noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2863808653384258852.post-44537907956773484722021-07-08T02:31:00.008-05:002021-07-20T04:26:14.111-05:00When I realized that I outgrew a particular friend group...<iframe frameborder="0" height="270" src="https://youtube.com/embed/flxhQ1h_9IQ" width="480"></iframe><div><br /></div><div><div>I have a pretty good story to add to this video's content.</div><div><br /></div><div>It was 2008. One of my friend groups (the one outside of work or college) largely consisted of people that I knew in High School. We all graduated High School in 2000 through 2002. I was about to graduate from college and start my professional life. Most of the folks in that group were working low-tier jobs for minimum wage, if they were employed at all. Their entire lives revolved around karaoke on Friday and Saturday nights and the vain hope of getting on American Idol. Truth be told, some of them were quite good at singing in multiple genres. (Pop, Metal, Classic Rock, etc.) However, <a href="https://youtu.be/_1hgVcNzvzY" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">'singing for your supper' is a privileged career</a> that few will ever have. To my knowledge, they had no backup plan.</div><div><br /></div><div>Even worse, they were also quite arrogant about a lot of things. Somehow, they decided that I needed a girlfriend and started trying to interfere in that part of my life. Not only did I not appreciate that, they were also trying to stick me with some of the worst examples of female that you can possibly imagine. We're talking <i><b><u>massively</u></b></i> obese women who... </div><div><br /></div><div>- Drank to excess</div><div>- Smoked</div><div>- Probably smoked weed or did some other form of illegal narcotics</div><div>- Had little in the way of intelligence</div><div>- Had at least 1 lovechild from a previous relationship</div><div>- Didn't have much of a job, if they were employed at all</div><div>- Were just as arrogant (and possibly just as narcissistic) as the rest</div><div>- And, worst of all, still expected the Princess treatment <i>without</i> doing anything to deserve said treatment.</div><div><br /></div><div>It started with me nicely asking this group to not stick their nose in my business and that I did not like 'the big gals'. They would get butt-hurt, accuse me of 'wanting some Hollywood actress' or some other non-sense and (while wagging the finger at me) insist that I needed to lower my standards. Kinda sounds ridiculous since that was coming from people who had ZERO standards, but whatever. <br /><br />So, I explained it to them again in a rather nasty way (I'm not repeating anything that was said) and also pointed to their own relationship failures as examples of why I didn't even want their advice. They got even more upset. Pointing towards their own failures might have been going too far, but it was too late for me to really care. I had enough of their non-sense. I just said 'f*** it' and gave all but 2 of them the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pontius_Pilate" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Pontius Pilate</a> treatment. (i.e. I washed my hands of them and never looked back.) </div><div><br /></div><div>The 2 that I didn't drop like a bad habit are still friends of mine and did actually make something of themselves. The rest, to my knowledge, never amounted to anything at all. One of them also died in a car crash, taking her daughter with her. That was pretty sad.</div><div><br /></div><div>As for me... Well, I've had a few careers (5 years in the Army, another 3 working as an INS adjuster, etc.), bought a house and a few vehicles, etc. I'm also about a year away from finishing a 2nd college degree (TYVM G.I. Bill) and am constantly moving upward in life. Dropping those losers was a very good decision on my part. <a href="https://motivationgrid.com/why-successful-people-leave-their-loser-friends-behind/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">People like that will never do anything but get jealous of your success and try to drag you down with them.</a> I wasn't about to let that happen.<br /><br /><b>"<i>Associate with men of good quality if you esteem your own reputation; for it is better to be alone than in bad company.</i>" </b></div><div><b>- George Washington</b><br /><br />- Lord Publius<br /><br /></div></div>Lord Publiushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07047366006752124497noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2863808653384258852.post-45114289255025753422021-06-28T13:44:00.001-05:002021-10-06T22:45:12.291-05:00Shaving Blog 3: The Revenge<p>Humorous titles aside, I am wondering how I got to the point where I'd be writing a <i>third</i> blog on shaving-related topics. However, this one will be shorter than parts 1 & 2, which can be seen <a href="https://lordpublius.blogspot.com/2021/01/random-blog-post-on-shaving.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">here</a> and <a href="https://lordpublius.blogspot.com/2021/02/shaving-blog-2-electric-boogaloo.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">here</a>. Also, the titles all come from internet jokes or naming tropes for sequels to Hollywood movies. There's nothing crazy or sinister involved.<br /><br />So, what's getting reviewed this time? More Barbasol products. It's amazing that this company has been around for so long, MUCH cheaper than their competitors and 100% American made. I feel like an idiot for sticking with Gillette as long as I did. It really does pay to do some market research more often. Lesson learned.<br /><br />Anyway, today we review 2 more of Barbasol's shave products: the <a href="https://barbasol.com/collections/shaving-cream/products/barbasol-soothing-aloe-thick-rich-shaving-cream-7-oz" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Soothing Aloe version</a> of their classic 'beard buster foam' in the aerosol can and the new <a href="https://barbasol.com/products/barbasol-1919-classic-shaving-cream-6-ounces" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Barbasol 1919</a> cream. Both of them are good, but neither of them are going to replace the original formula foam as my regular shaving product. The rest of this blog will explain why.<br /><br />First, the Soothing Aloe foam. I bought a 5oz. can of this product because my local Dollar Tree was out of stock on the Original formula. I used up the whole can. I think the original lathers up in my shaving mug with the brush <i>slightly</i> better. And when I say 'slightly', I mean the Soothing Aloe version lathers up about 95% as well as the Original. Most guys probably wouldn't even know the difference. Beyond that, it acts/works exactly the same as the Original formula.<br /><br /><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWGr-DaF1BGaFMR1zcH0KyrA50MHED22bMu8BreYjU31MAsspiGHyHG-yLnmL3FbRishZ42l1db1PG_aNfe7JFWaoPnQMKfXkWReb6whUQKujK1Xr9vV_2Ofx6mH6_VLmFVH4PpEhrYsE/s500/10ozSoothingAloe.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="216" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWGr-DaF1BGaFMR1zcH0KyrA50MHED22bMu8BreYjU31MAsspiGHyHG-yLnmL3FbRishZ42l1db1PG_aNfe7JFWaoPnQMKfXkWReb6whUQKujK1Xr9vV_2Ofx6mH6_VLmFVH4PpEhrYsE/s16000/10ozSoothingAloe.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Pictured: The 10oz. can of the <br />Soothing Aloe version.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div>Next up, we have the new Barbasol 1919 cream. I ordered this from Amazon out of curiosity. From what I've read, this product is also only available through Barbasol's own website and various online retailers. Don't know why it isn't on shelves in Brick and Mortar stores yet. Anyway, I will make this quick by listing its pros and cons.</div><div><br /><b><span style="font-size: large;">PRO</span></b><br /><br />- Made in the USA.<br /><br />- Tube is recyclable and product is cruelty-free. This should appeal to the environmental types.<br /><br />- I needed only 2 passes over my face to achieve the baby-butt smooth shave, as opposed to the usual 3 pass method. (With the grain, from the sides and then against the grain.) That surprised me.<br /><br /></div><div>- I needed only a nickel-sized amount to cover my face for each pass. The directions didn't lie about that one.</div><div><br /></div><div>- ZERO irritation. And I mean ZERO. It's almost as if I didn't just drag a sharp razor blade across my face removing the whiskers and at least <i>some</i> of my outermost epidermal layer. This was actually quite impressive.</div><div><br />- I didn't need to go over the 'trouble spots' on my neck like I normally do with all other shaving products I've used in life. Wow!<br /><br />- Pleasing scent that reminds me of Lemon or some other citrus fruit.<br /><br />- Would be a MUCH better product to take with you on long airplane flights or camping trips than an aerosol can. The pressure inside of an airplane isn't going to affect a plastic tube that you squeeze to extract the product.<br /><br /><b><span style="font-size: large;">CON</span></b></div><div><br /></div><div>- Using a shaving brush didn't work well FOR ME. Best to use your fingers to work it into your skin.<br /><br />- Tends to gunk up my safety razor to a point where simply rinsing it under the faucet in the sink doesn't work 100%. I needed to take the razor apart and rinse off each individual piece, including the blade, when I was finished. That may not be such a good idea for guys with butterfingers to be handling a DE blade while they have wet hands. (Mine were dry while doing this, BTW.) This won't be an issue if you use a straight razor. I don't even want to know how guys still using Cartridge Razors would clean up after they're done.</div><div><br /></div><div>- Costs considerably more than the foam in a can does. $6.99, to be exact. The foam cans cost me $1.47 for the 10 oz. variety at Wal-Mart and $1.00 for the 5oz. at Dollar Tree. However, the price for this cream is competitive with similar products from other manufacturers.</div><div><br /></div><div>- No 'audio feedback' when shaving the whiskers off of my face. Not hearing them get shaved off was a little strange. I got used to the ASMR-like sound the razor made when cleaving/removing the whiskers with the foam. That's how I knew I was getting results after that initial pass removed most of them that were clearly visible in the mirror. Not sure if this is really bad, but it does require some adjustment on my part.</div><div><br /></div><div><b><span style="font-size: large;">FINAL JUDGMENT</span></b></div><div><br />Barbasol has a real winner here. I think I'll use this for those trouble spots on my neck while using the foam for everything else, including the (almost) everyday shaves. I do feel like I can confidently recommend this product to other men. <br /><br /><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjez3go0QXdpAYiVTRlhO68nFKqpoqwUtpOXLYPLtWzpq-Q-b6_g3AS7-soUV3DLvAGWVZ1wf9ZsuZAS7fBV9KCubgAXhyuqyUaf9cd2MRevuQwvV9yhhyCTbDnGUSXOTEObxUucmoWXY/s626/Barbasol1919Winner.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="626" data-original-width="570" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjez3go0QXdpAYiVTRlhO68nFKqpoqwUtpOXLYPLtWzpq-Q-b6_g3AS7-soUV3DLvAGWVZ1wf9ZsuZAS7fBV9KCubgAXhyuqyUaf9cd2MRevuQwvV9yhhyCTbDnGUSXOTEObxUucmoWXY/s16000/Barbasol1919Winner.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This stuff worked surprisingly well. I'm impressed.</td></tr></tbody></table><br />- Lord PubliusLord Publiushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07047366006752124497noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2863808653384258852.post-10892646053259488892021-05-23T13:30:00.060-05:002021-07-21T05:42:36.622-05:00A list of companies that I am boycotting and the reasons why<p> In this age of woke BULLSHIT, there's a lot of companies that decided to cow-tow to these <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_justice_warrior" target="_blank">Communist agitators</a> and give in to their demands. Being sane and rational, I decided that these people were either cowardly, foolish or both. Therefore, I cut them off and decided to boycott them all until further notice. (And possibly forever...)</p><p><br /><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhejSPE6-4d6C4dU-7Y3ax6Ont1NKKGZHWf6c89qD083nJ0eXo3XjRqoYwN4LWcjA8DUkzunnlWjVzDihS9lUFUP2yUktmqI-0XIbmCtJ_4mvSK5f8qAQO4VYWm4xboxrJzu109boSkmeI/s1024/04.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="682" data-original-width="1024" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhejSPE6-4d6C4dU-7Y3ax6Ont1NKKGZHWf6c89qD083nJ0eXo3XjRqoYwN4LWcjA8DUkzunnlWjVzDihS9lUFUP2yUktmqI-0XIbmCtJ_4mvSK5f8qAQO4VYWm4xboxrJzu109boSkmeI/w400-h266/04.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">And unlike the 2020 election, this ballot<br />can't be 'lost' by the post office... :P</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p>Here's the list of companies that got Das Boot and the reasons why:</p><p><b>The Sonic Drive-In by my house...</b><br /><br />Why would I boycott a local burger joint? Because I specifically tell them NO mayo and then they slather the sandwich with mayo. When the burger looks like Ron Jeremy splooged all over your lunch, then that is a company that clearly doesn't give a fuck about what the customer wants or is simply incompetent. Either way, they do NOT deserve my business.<br /><br /><b>McDonald's </b></p><p>Not only are their burgers greasy enough to lube my car's suspension, the service also tends to suck near 100% of the time. Also, their shake machine is <i>always</i> broken. And this is by design. McDonald's has had a decades-long partnership with the company that makes their ice cream machines. Franchise owners are required to use only these machines and only the company's repair techs. It's really expensive for them.<br /><br />This same ice cream machine manufacturer sells their same product to numerous other fast food franchises like Chick-Fil-A and Wendy's. Yet, those restaurant chains are NOT known for always having a broken shake machine. Coincidence? Not at all. This was by design. <a href="https://youtu.be/SrDEtSlqJC4" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">McDonald's and their corporate partners are doing this to squeeze money out of their franchise-owners</a>. Simply put, McDonald's is one of the most crooked corporations on Earth, screwing over even their own employees, to say nothing of customers. That is not a company that deserves my business.</p><p><b>Gillette </b></p><p>Remember that bullshit woke ad from January 2020 that accused all men of having toxic masculinity and trying to lecture us all into stopping that (supposed) toxic behavior? If not, you can view it <a href="https://youtu.be/koPmuEyP3a0" target="_blank">here</a>.</p><p>I hate when companies get involved in politics. I just want them to sell me things, not start some annoying (and probably VERY uninformed) discussion on public policy decisions or social issues.</p><p>Also, I decided that I was really sick of paying a damned King's ransom for those cartridge razors that they sell under the Gillette Fusion brand. Since then, I have completely changed the way that I shave. I have blogged about this twice. You can read those posts <a href="https://lordpublius.blogspot.com/2021/01/random-blog-post-on-shaving.html" target="_blank">here</a> and <a href="https://lordpublius.blogspot.com/2021/02/shaving-blog-2-electric-boogaloo.html" target="_blank">here</a>.</p><p>Also, that stunt caused Gillette's parent company to lose EIGHT BILLION DOLLARS in the month of January 2020 alone. This is also where the mainstream first heard the phrase '<a href="https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Get%20Woke%2C%20Go%20Broke" target="_blank">Get Woke, Go Broke</a>' for the first time. I am not sure when I first heard the phrase, but it was years earlier before that incident.</p><p><b>Netflix</b></p><p>There are many things I could complain about with this company. However, all of them pale in comparison to the fact that they started streaming a movie called 'Cuties', which features 11 year-old girls <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twerking" target="_blank">twerking</a> like strippers. No, I am not exaggerating in any way. Yes, that is quite disgusting and more than enough reason to cancel that subscription. Besides, I don't always have time for watching TV. No need to pay $14 a month for something I won't use.<br /><br />Also, I wasn't all that crazy about them pushing various Leftist agendas, either. What's the point of putting homosexual characters in damned near every original show of theirs, regardless of whether or not it was thematically relevant to the plot? They also decided to join the corporations supporting the BLM bandwagon, which was also a no-go. That's why I didn't go with Dollar Shave Club when I decided to eject Gillette from my life.</p><p><b>Nike</b> <br /><br />Their shoes cost too much, don't really last very long anymore and I hate their little shit-stirring 'spokesman' <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colin_Kaepernick" target="_blank">Colin Kaepernick</a>. Therefore, I have no further use for Nike as a company. Screw them. They will never get another damned dime out of me. If I actually watched sports, I'd probably start boycotting the NFL too, just because of that worthless/racist asshole. Let this be a VERY important lesson in the necessity of intense background checks/research about a celebrity/social media influencer before hiring them to do endorsements/promotion campaigns.<br /><br />Seriously Nike, what made you think that hiring some America-hating racist piece of shit with a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mohammedan" target="_blank">Mohammedan</a> girlfriend whispering into his ear like <a href="https://www.britannica.com/biography/Jezebel-queen-of-Israel" target="_blank">Jezebel</a> was a <i>good</i> idea?</p><p><b>Pepsi </b></p><p>Not only do I prefer Coke products, Dr. Pepper, 7-Up and RC Cola, I am also not happy with them getting rid of Aunt Jemima. Some considered that brand to be <a href="https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/11891408/aunt-jemima-uncle-bens-racist-stereotypes-removed/" target="_blank">based on a racist stereotype</a>, but that is not the image that I had of the brand.<br /><br />When I thought of Aunt Jemima, I thought about childhood Saturday mornings filled with pancakes for breakfast, cartoons and Nintendo games in the living room. The syrup brands used were often different. It could have been Aunt Jemima, Mrs. Butterworth or Log Cabin. However, Aunt Jemima being gone now means that yet another happy part of my childhood has gone by the wayside. Thanks a lot, Woke Mafia. Bastards...<br /><br />Also, did anyone else notice that NO ONE seemed to have a problem with Aunt Jemima until 2020? She had been around for <i><u>over a century</u></i> by that point. Yet, no one makes any complaints until Corporate America decides to bend over for that domestic terror group called BLM. WTF, Pepsi? Where are your balls?</p><p><b>Sony's PlayStation division</b></p><p>I don't like how they are <a href="https://www.engadget.com/ps5-voice-chat-recording-moderation-213415981.html" target="_blank">recording people over the voice chat for online games</a> with the PS4 & PS5, even if I don't typically play online games. Either way, my conversations with other players are my business, not theirs. Why the Hell would they care if I talk smack to my friends and call them a faggot/loser/shitbag/noob/whatever after I owned their ass in a first-person shooter game? That's part of the fun, Jackasses.</p><p>Also, their EULA for the PS5 specifically bans talking smack against the Chinese Communist Party <i>anywhere</i> in the world. That violates my freedom of speech as an American. It's also an example of a multi-national corporation helping an EVIL government to subvert Human Liberty. Fuck PlayStation. I will NOT be giving them my business ever again. From this point forward, I'm sticking with Nintendo, PC games and <i>maybe</i> Microsoft if their consoles become more affordable. (And they don't do something that gets them put on this not-so-illustrious list...)</p><p>==========</p><p>I fully expect this list to get longer over time. However, I think this is enough for a single blog post.<br /><br />- Lord Publius<br /><br />==========<br /><br />EDIT 22 Jun 2021: <br /><br />We have one more addition to this awful list...</p><p><b>Victoria's Secret</b></p><p>Truth be told, I have never actually bought anything from this brand for any female acquaintance of mine. However, I won't be changing that in the future, either. <a href="https://youtu.be/oggdd6K7-ro" target="_blank">Replacing the VS Angels with an ugly and mean-spirited lesbian like Megan Rapinoe</a> turns off <i>every</i> male customer that brand ever had. (And probably quite a few female ones too.) <br /><br />I know that VS's parent company had to reverse their dwindling sales, but what made them think that this was a good idea? I can just hear the lamentations of adolescent boys across America right now... </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh18aiguGRtamcjT4Z0aFllvG18Jg5yQYr6bL_htDukSTWw4QmRCVYUKX7CD_dVIQcpl7qeoPNNOSEfyG8OPV-E0v17X8k-1ORgjZEfMkt-EoZLkVkf2TKLX6_xZpEoI5c2gJTHT_fTbRE/s400/Can%2527t+FAP.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="291" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh18aiguGRtamcjT4Z0aFllvG18Jg5yQYr6bL_htDukSTWw4QmRCVYUKX7CD_dVIQcpl7qeoPNNOSEfyG8OPV-E0v17X8k-1ORgjZEfMkt-EoZLkVkf2TKLX6_xZpEoI5c2gJTHT_fTbRE/s16000/Can%2527t+FAP.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">EVERY teenaged boy across America right now...</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p>EDIT 20 July 2021:</p><p>2 more additions to the list...<br /><br /><b>Subway Sandwiches</b></p><p>They are getting the boot for the same reason as Victoria's Secret: they hired Megan Rapinoe. Their product quality has also gone down hill in recent years. Their customer service was never really that good at most locations. They also have so many locations that it's hard for franchise owners to make money. Also, they did once have an even worse spokesman with that child molester <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jared_Fogle" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Jared Fogle</a>. Kinda hard to forget about that, even if the company had no idea that he was the worst kind of degenerate homosexual...</p><p><b>Black Rifle Coffee Company</b><br /><br />These people pass themselves off as being patriots. Then they decide to support that domestic terror group Black Lives Matter and disavow Kyle Rittenhouse. I wasn't there when Kyle ended up shooting someone and I will reserve my opinion on that matter until all the facts are revealed. I do like the fact that the guy he shot was <a href="https://nationalfile.com/kenosha-protester-allegedly-shot-in-head-by-kyle-rittenhouse-was-convicted-pedophile/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">a convicted pedophile</a>, though. Thank you for your service to Civilization, Mr. Rittenhouse.<br /><br />However, supporting BLM is unacceptable. <a href="https://www.newsmax.com/us/blackriflecoffee-marxism-veterans/2021/07/18/id/1029035/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Insulting their customer base</a> doesn't help, either. Looks like I will stick with my favorite local New Orleans brand <a href="https://www.communitycoffee.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Community Coffee</a> instead. I love that brand so much that I had friends and relatives at home send it to me while I was stationed overseas in Korea years ago. Black Rifle could have convinced me to try their product eventually, but not now. The owners of that company, like that shitbag <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Kerry" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">John Kerry</a>, are living proof that not all Veterans are good people.</p>Lord Publiushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07047366006752124497noreply@blogger.com0