Author: Jaybird
From The Council on Criminal Justice: Did Violent Crime Go Up or Down Last Year? Yes, It Did.
The divergence between the nation’s two crime measures makes it uncertain whether violent crime actually went up or down in 2022.
From Brandon Sanderson: Regarding Audible
Brandon Sanderson has come to terms with Audible.com for a new royalty structure for independent writers and smaller publishers.
A Serious Discussion about Comedy
From The Comedy Cellar’s podcast “Live from the Table”, a discussion about booking offensive comedians in neighborhoods that don’t want to be offended.
Saturday Morning Gaming: Helldivers 2
If you’re looking for a silly and goofy game where you run around and kill bugs and yell stuff about democracy, you need to get Helldivers 2.
Weekend Plans Post: One of Two Things You Can Be Sure Of
There’s a game night on Saturday and that will be nice. But mostly, it’ll be nice to not have that Sword of Damocles hanging over our heads.
Saturday Morning Gaming: Marvel’s Midnight Suns
They said Marvel’s Midnight Suns was like XCom mixed with Slay the Spire. They also said it was $100.
Weekend Plans Post: The Week From Heck (and Rhubarb Sauce)
Good on ice cream, good in a bowl of plain yogurt in the morning, good in a bowl of otherwise plain oatmeal…an excellent dessert sauce.
Saturday Morning Gaming: Returning to New Vegas
After watching a zoomer play Fallout New Vegas, I went back to it. It’s still awesome.
Weekend Plans Post: A Sneaky Three-Day Weekend
Three co-workers have asked “wait, it’s a three day weekend?” and I was pleased each time to say it was.
Open Mic for the week of 2/12/2024
Congratulations to the Kansas City Chiefs! Back-to-back World Champions!
Saturday Morning Gaming: Watching a Zoomer play Fallout New Vegas
I got a friend’s kid a single-player game for his birthday. Watching a Zoomer play Fallout New Vegas. I am shook.
Saturday Morning Gaming: Taking Biogun-Clinical Trial for a spin
It’s like a video game version of Osmosis Jones for a dog, I guess.
