Many is the time I’ve gotten halfway through typing a response only to lose interest in my own opinion.

They Dorf’d him.

We went through a long phase of people being hyped about Marvel, followed by a phase of people shitting on Marvel…now I think we’re entering a phase of “people who like it can still like it, people who don’t like it can move on to something else.”

It will be interesting to see what comes next in the monoclture now that Marvel doesn’t have the same stranglehold on the box office as they used to. Most other studios seem to have already moved on from the “cinematic universe” model with a new tie-in blockbuster every 6 months forever…

Sparkling water.

I got my vasectomy done through Planned Parenthood. I had to go in for a screening first where they asked questions like, “Are you sure you want to do this?” and I said yeah and they said, “Really sure?” and I said yeah, so they said “OK cool, come back in two weeks and we’ll snip snip.”

Very easy process, highly recommend.

Just got home from an impromptu night of camping out at the lake. Did a few hours sailing in decent winds this morning. I am now sun-drenched, sweat-soaked, and exhausted, but feeling good.

Do I get to keep all my current knowledge if I go back and change things? If so, I’d go back to May 5th, 2008. That was the day I decided to stop my through-hike of the Appalachian Trail because I thought I needed to go back home and enroll in college courses for the fall.

In hindsight, college was a huge waste of time that left me depressed and in debt. Thankfully an old Army buddy turned me on to a good job that got my life back on track, but it was a rough few years.

If I had stayed and finished the hike, I could have started that job years earlier, banked a hefty salary, and be that much closer to an earlier retirement now.

I was going to counter with, “what about Real Time w/ Bill Maher,” but I’ve never actually seen that show so you’re still correct.

Trusting the home inspector that said the roof wouldn’t need to be replaced for at least another couple years.

Not trying to dox myself, but I also live in Missouri and have a sailboat on Carlyle Lake in IL (about an hour from St. Louis). If you’re anywhere in the area, our sailing club is doing our annual Try Sailing Day on June 22nd. Free rides on a variety of different small sailboats and catamarans in exchange for a gentle sales pitch to sign up as an associate member, take some lessons, and be able to rent out any of the club’s fleet boats or volunteer to crew for someone on the Sunday buoy racing circuit.

Do you live in an area where you can go sailing?

Exciting news, I guess, but what does this really mean? Not having to download a separate face/logos pack each year?

I was looking for a new job recently and found a listing for Part-time Manhole Cover Inspector. Was tempted to apply, but I was not qualified.

My younger brother had a summer job in high school as a worm farmer.

Eat enough alphabet soup to give yourself diarrhea then look at what comes out. Same effect.

Sit in a cubicle for 8 hours a day.

I will go on Football Manager binges, overhauling my favorite squads and seeing them to long-term success. Then I watch actual football matches and think, “Why isn’t Dick Johnson starting at left back?” and have to remind myself that Dick Johnson doesn’t really exist.

I enlisted in the Army on Sept 5th, 2001…that was an eventful week.

If they pull a knife, you pull a gun. That’s the Chicago way!

Don’t really know, I’ve never talked to any of them.