The Twelfth Annual Mindless Diversions Unsolicited Shopping Guide

Jaybird

Jaybird is Birdmojo on Xbox Live and Jaybirdmojo on Playstation's network. He's been playing consoles since the Atari 2600 and it was Zork that taught him how to touch-type. If you've got a song for Wednesday, a commercial for Saturday, a recommendation for Tuesday, an essay for Monday, or, heck, just a handful a questions, fire off an email to AskJaybird-at-gmail.com

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4 Responses

  1. Philip H says:

    I can second the recommendation for Ticket to Ride – we have monthly or so epic games of this, and even the now 8 year old makes a great railroad mogul.

    If you want fabulous fables and quests, Cataan and all its expansion packs will keep the gift giving going for years. Its the only board game we play almost weekly, and it even has a quick dice version the boys will play after supper when they are bored.Report

  2. Jaybird says:

    Walmart.com has the PS5 available for MSRP.

    I prefer the disk version because it allows me to play my PS4 games.

    But if you don’t care about that sort of thing, the Digital Edition is now available out there.

    Edit: Link removed. I didn’t look at the shipping cost and it’s over $100. Jerks.Report

  3. Slade the Leveller says:

    I will add a hearty thumbs up to Jaybird’s recommendation of Comfort Colors t-shirts. I bought a bunch after his recommendation in a prior year list. They’re the perfect cool weather shirt for biking when all you need is your arms covered up.

    If you’re looking for a book to give someone this season, I can’t recommend too highly Emily St. John Mandel’s Sea of Tranquility. Station Eleven put her on the map, but I’ve yet to spend more than a few days finishing any of her books. I hear The Glass Hotel is next up for a TV treatment and I can’t wait.Report

  4. Slade the Leveller says:

    Bike Lane Uprising is one of my favorite advocacy groups. Occasionally, they’ll stake out a street corner at night and look for cyclists without lights and give them some. Help BLU help those unlit cyclists! (and get someone you know a set)

    https://www.bikelaneuprising.com/product-page/buy-1-sponsor-1-bike-lightsReport