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Today is the day I divided up the money from my Dad's house with my brother. I made sure he got more money than I because he was a great help to empty the house. The reason it took so long is because I waited until we did the taxes, and there was a loss to claim. That was good because we both ended up with refunds. I feel the weight lifted from settling my Dad's estate now. I am so glad it is now done.

Ro! That was awesome. If she came back, who else might we get? Barclay? Pulaski? I’m not serious of course but that was a really nice surprise. I really hope Shaw, the best new Star Trek character in forever, doesn’t end up being a changeling. Same with Jack or any of the original TNG characters.

In real world terms, Vadic is like an international bounty hunter with WMDs who's managed to get her hands on a attack frigate, sitting off the coast of Florida in international waters, challenging the US Navy to turn over a prisoner because he's wanted in Zimbabwe or something. It's bonkers hahaha.

Everything there is for sciency reasons. Daystrom is not like a normal vault-- so yeah, why would they have Kirk? Pretty sure Picard's body was stolen because something is up with his syndrom, that they now say Jack has too. There's something more to the visions and stuff, Picard's body being the goal seals it for me. I was really hoping we'd see more of the Ent-A in action... we still may! Also, thanks to internet nerd freeze frames, other ships at the museum include: The Excelsior, NX-01, Kronos-1, a TOS era Romulan warbird, and the Stargazer. Basically every hero ship we've ever seen in Trek save for the ones that were destroyed, and the Enterprise-E.

Meesa back!

Nice guest appearance in this weeks episode from an actor in a different role! Think I could have had many guesses and not predicted that! Good proper Mando episode - maybe some might argue a filler, but I think it was important with Mando & Bo-Katan spending the whole episode with the clan and saving the day. Very enjoyable!

Nice! That’s the dream!

Finished packing my bag so I can fly to Fuck Lauderdale for a four day education conference.

Hope you get to eat some Girl Scout cookies before you die.

I used most of my existing parts for the upgrade, so this 1440pp/144Hz desktop was running an Asus Strix RTX 3060 Ti OC. It's perfect for that resolution. I have an RTX 3090 in the 4K PC in the living room. I'm getting a 2 TB PCIe-4 x 4 NVME drive next Friday. Then the fun begins!

Regarding Riker in Picard Season 1 compared to Season 3. I think Riker and Troi were putting on a brave face when Picard came to visit at their home. Even in Season 1 Riker quickly up and leaves his family and shows up in the finale to help Picard. I think it fits with Season 3 pretty well.

Yeah, you know, I had a good run

Trigger warning!

Best episode yet. I think so far each has been better than the last

Speaking of PCs. I upgraded my PC last Saturday. I started at 3:30 and didn't have the system setup until around 8:30. And then it took about another 2 hours for Forza Horizon 5 (128GB) to download, so I didn't get to play any games on it until Sunday afternoon. I was very hesitant about doing this upgrade, but my 4 year old PC was starting to have weird software things going on. I needed to do a fresh install of windows to clear out some of the clutter, so it just made more sense to start from scratch. MicroCenter made it a very easy decision, since they were selling the i9-12900K with a Z690 Motherboard for $420. That was a very affordable upgrade.

Found out tonight that my son's den leader is moving. They asked me to be assistant den leader. I said no. I just don't have the time for all the training and all the extra adult meetings. I've finally reached my limit with the volunteering. I'm happy to attend den meetings to make sure my son is focusing, I would even be glad to teach a single den meeting, but I'm done with everyone else getting to slide by while I do it all. And all the extra stuff that isn't actually working with the kids but checking boxes or listening to adults drone on about boring stuff like budgets.

It's been ages since I played the game so I can't really rembember it to compare. Time has been condensed a lot, but as someone who can't remember the game enough to compare it to, the "baby girl" didn't come out of knowhere for me. I think Ellie nursing Joel to health sold that enough... The only bother I had was Joel sprung back to health a little quickly. I get that he had to act like he was fine when beating the shit out of those two guys, but he did seem just a little bit too capable after what he had been through. But that's a minor nitpick for me. Bella Ramsey's performance has left me very impressed though. Damn she's good.

It's def the bast space porn from Trek in a long time. I HATED the copy/paste fleet from S1. Hate the hero ship they've had in all 3 seasons. Hated how Discovery treated ships as fast moving blinky lights with no weight. DETESTED the designs of the Abrams films. The Titan feels old school and great-- but I will say this. Rewatched TWOK the other night for the 32456312th time, and the Ent-A in that movie still feels more real. CGI can rival model work, but it tends to over-do it with lighting and effects. Sometimes the Titan looks a little cartoony. But what no one seems to get is that half the reason the movie era ships looked so legit is because they were being shot with film cameras a slow speed. A flyby was achieved by having the 300 pound camera rig move past an immobile 12 foot model spaceship. That natural camera movement is programmed into me, and knowing that CG models can do any sort of movement they want is a thing my brain dislikes. Also, they MUST be holding back the Enterprise-F for the fleet day parade, right? I'm a little surprised they went with the Titan over an Enterprise for S3-- in fact. It seems so odd to me I feel more and more like we're going to get the same sort of back-door set-up we got for Strange New Worlds in Disco when the Enterprise showed up there. The graphic on Raffi's detective work showed the E-F and it had the tag "scheduled for early decommission". I know it's the ship designed for Star Trek Online, which they are trying to semi-canonize... wonder if they want to put away the video game ship to roll out a new design for a future show. Can't remember if I posted this or not, but the end credits shows a graphic of the fleet museum Picard mentioned Geordi running in the first episode. One of the ships listed in its inventory (along with the Voyager) is the Enterprise-A. If THAT ship shows up in this season I will totally fanboy out.

Best one so far, but I'm ready to be out of the nebula/whatever it is, and I'm ready for Geordi to finally show up too.

Before Mando and BOBF were ever even a thought, I had always wanted a Boba Fett series pre-ESB. Fett running around the galaxy having his own adventures catching bounties. He didn’t necessarily have to be a hero or villain. The bounties could’ve been anybody so he could’ve been crossing back and forth from each. Then the series finale could’ve been him hearing about the Empire putting a call for bounty hunters. At first he’s all, no thanks. But then he hears it’s not just the Empire, but Vader himself putting out the word. He figures this job will be something big and his curiosity (and greed) gets the best of him. He heads off to answer the call. Which leads to ESB and the bounty on the Falcon. Series over.

We are less than 10 years away from a live action Luke series. I have no doubt his appearances in Mando, BOBF, and probably Ahsoka are a test bed for it.

Yeah, Worf's introduction was badass! Sneed was pretty cool for a Ferengi. I had no clue it was Aaron Stanford, Pyro from the X-Men movies underneath all that makeup. I've always liked him as an actor. I loved the wordless scene between Picard and Beverly towards the end confirming what we all know. It was great to see a scene like that with no dialogue and all facial expressions. Amanda Plummer as Vadic is certainly having fun and I'm enjoying her performance thus far. I've heard she's not a one dimensional villain from reviewers who have seen more episodes. I'm looking forward to seeing what her deal is.

I loved how they introduced Worf! Beheading mofos and rocking that Pai Mei look!

Picard must've told everyone he buried Kirk on Viridian 3, decades after he was originally thought to have been killed, and Starfleet went back for the body in order for them to have it. Which seems... odd.

Aren't EVs terrible or at the least have poorer battery in the cold? Prolly not the best for Colorado?

Send it hahaha. Seriously, though, that looks fun and makes sense for your area and outdoor activities. I told my husband about outdoorsy after your post. I think we should check it out. Honestly, we probably should rent before we commit to buying. Thanks for the recommendation!

I really try to walk through most activities myself before I do it with my Girl Scouts, especially STEM stuff. I want to see how I can possibly screw it up, how they can screw it up, but also how long it's going to take. I just did the Jeweler badge with the girls and one of steps was kind of hard and time consuming, but it came out really cool so I thought it would be worth it. They struggled and bitched up a storm. Finally I showed them the easy version and they all liked that. Sigh. Should've picked the easy version. Q was one of the few girls who persevered and hers came out nice. For the record, it's the wire caging and necklace in the picture. Anyway, with the boys I didn't have time to do the activity beforehand so it didn't quite come out like I hoped but it wasn't well designed, either. It was layering liquids of different density but they were still too close to each other so it made more of a slight gradient than layers and eventually became homogenous. The exercise with water and oil and food coloring was a much better way to demonstrate.

It was the towing capacity. We've also been looking at getting a camper and towing even a small sized camper reduced the range to 80-100 miles.

Nice! I think I need to get some carvers but I will have to shop online. The local ski shops only want to carry all-mountain or fat powder skis. I can kind of get up on edge but it's so hard. She's off crutches and now I'm thinking we may have over-rotated on how long she stays out of lacrosse, but she will be back after spring break so really she just misses this weekend's game(s).

can’t stop cracking myself up over who’s going to come back next just to die. Mot the barber choking on his own blue blood. Nurse Ogawa gasping for her last breath in the vacuum of space. Mr. Homn gone all peaceful like in his sleep! Vash vashed away by a strong current out to sea. Keiko and Molly O’Brien in a murder suicide pact while Baby Yoshi (oh wait he’s like thirty) looks on helplessly.

You didn't miss any scenes, just the Easter Eggs in the LCARS credits.

But Bo Katan was part of these “zealots” and fought against her own sister to bring an end to the pacifist society her sister was running. (Remember, in TCW this group was blowing up civilian buildings on Mandalore, killing innocent people.) Katan didn’t leave the group because she had a change of heart or came to the conclusion that their terrorist actions were wrong. She only left the group because Maul took over and “he wasn’t Mandalorian.” That’s why when I see her now sulking about the downfall of her planet (that she likes to remind Din over and over that she once ruled), I can’t help but think you got what you wanted. The warrior culture and its entry into the war that ultimately brought the planet to ruin.

No, nothings really changed at all, which is part of why it’s so weird. My wife is convinced it’s the depression, but honestly that’s been going pretty well the last several weeks, and if that was it why didn’t the headaches happen months ago when I was at my worst? I dunno man, but I’m feeling good this morning.

Never watched TCW, something about the animation and art direction didn't jive with me. But what you said makes sense too

Halfway. short version: they made a kinda good one!!!1!

Not a doctor but Tina had HORRIBLE migraines at night and right after dialysis. They said she'd get these kind of pressure headaches from dialysis because she's limited in water intake so make sure you're drinking enough water as being underhydrated can cause migraines in some people. Not gonna lie I was worried too when you posted it. My blood pressure and stress levels cause my headaches. But also some vitamins missing in your diet can also cause the headaches to trigger. So I started taking more B vitamins and trying to eat more veggies. For Tina they couldn't give her any of the meds for migraines because it interacted wrong with the dialysis. So she had to tough it out. Sometimes going out for a late night stroll helped relieve it to up her blood pressure.

Every time I've had a migraine it's been stress induced. Any caffeine? I can't remember if you drink coffee. Early days of the pandemic that was a trigger for me. I was drinking a lot of iced tea and the stuff they use to brew that is actually pretty strong.

You were supposed to eat the Thin Mints!

Well, good news. We saw orthopedics today after a last minute cancel yesterday. He checked her x-rays, checked her growth plates and said all is good there. He didn't order a MRI but is pretty confident it's a strain based on pressing on her knee and making it flex. He wants her to wait until spring break to play lacrosse, and fitted her with a brace. Follow up when we get back from spring break, but he expects she will be fine then. Ski season is over, though. So I will return her gear next week and pack up mine. At least I have fresh wax for storing mine this summer. Did you ever get your skis?

That was an awesome episode, Jacob! More Starship porn! Ro! Mutated Changelings! A Vulcan gangster! I guess being logical doesn't always mean you are good. I am calling it right now....Jack has super borg blood from Picard, which is causing him to see bloody spiderwebs and kick ass.

Nah, it finishes its main storyline, but it does tease what would happen next.

Apparently the lady who plays Ellie's mum is also the original voice actor fo game Ellie

I haven't felt too rushed until this finale episode. It delivered perfectly on the game content-- I was SURE they'd show a bit more with the doctor and Marlene given how much it comes into play in the next story. But it was so fast it almost felt anti-climactic. I could have used another episode between Jackson and Joel getting hurt. They cut a lot of the game's action out, which makes sense narratively, but they could have done an episode just dealing with clickers somewhere along the way. I could have also used more with Ellie's mom. And as much as I love the episode with Bill, it seems like an odd outlier now. I was expecting them to do at least one other divergent tale.

What I'm worried is the bindings may not be releasing even though they are set at the appropriate level. I think I must've come out of mine sideways since they were still locked down when I found them. She never came out. I guess I'm worried those shitty rentals we got this year are unsafe. I don't want her falling out of her skis. I told her next year we are going to probably avoid moguls a bit and work on carving and getting forward in her skis. That said, I've decided we are done this year. Between soccer tryouts and still 2 months of lacrosse yet, she needs to rest that knee and not risk it or she is going to be sidelined until summer or fall.

If it's not a robot vacuum it's not getting vacuumed here lol.

Duros.

That's what BOBF should have been. Not what we got

I'd like to see an animated series in the style of Clone Wars by Dave Filoni, centered around the OT characters, set between ANH and TESB. Another animated one I'd like to see a post-ROTJ centered around Luke and his jedi order. Mark Hamill could reprise his role and voice in both.

As much as this is looking to TWOK for inspiration, it’s doing it in a much smarter way. They KNEW we’d all call Jack being Picard’s kid from the start, any of the other newer Trek’s would just double down on trying to oversell he wasn’t (see Cumberbatch as Khan in ITD). Instead, they let Riker be the fan voice early in the episode and be coy about it. It’s not about a big twist or reveal that Jack is Picard’s son, it’s about us watching Picard come to accept this and catch up with us. This season has just as much fan service as any other new Trek, but it doesn’t act like it is smarter than the fans. That gains you so much more acceptance and goodwill. It’s like Rogue One and Andor compared to Book of Boba Fett. The former were so outed by the same things that inspired Star Wars, while the latter was Star Wars inspired by Star Wars.

I finally scheduled myself a mental health appointment. It's not for another month, but hey. Today has been a pretty bad day for absolutely no reason at all, even with the last few being good ones. Shit's fucking hard man.