So you spend all morning chasing down the problem and finally have to reboot the ONE THING you NEVER have to reboot for things to fix themselves.

Series to look forward to in 2026 (Hopefully)

3 Body Problem Season 2 (Later half)

Monarch: Legacy of Monsters Season 2 (in just a couple months)

Star Trek: Starfleet Academy (even sooner, just weeks away)

Star Trek Strange New Worlds Season 4 (Later Half)

Meanwhile, Eastbound I-90 at Exit 27 remains closed due to a mudslide across the freeway. If your travel plans involved this part of I-90, I suggest making new ones.

Be safe out there everyone. Travel if you must, stay home if you can.

Mt. Si Market, the Chevron station at the end of 202 at the Exit 31 I-90 junction where I work, closed as of 4pm tonight so that evening crew will not have to contend with road conditions overnight. Fueling pumps remain available with Debit/Credit transaction at the pump.

I screwed up and missed my booster. As I understand it, that means I gotta start over 😓

1st time wasn't fun, but I needed this reminder.

Wow . . . Gary Oldman's scene with the aeroplane . . .

Thank you, Tom.

Outside Tour: David Bowie w/ Nine Inch Nails - Tacoma October 1995*
Rhythm Nation Tour - Tacoma June 1990

*I fell asleep at this show from staying up too long the night before. Was asleep the moment my butt hit the seat and missed most of NIN. Woke up the second Bowie hit the stage.

Well, 3rd playthrough is now completed.

I maxed out my Dispatcher ability and unlocked the final decision point. I will say I was surprised by the result, which ultimately convinces me that Dispatch will have a Season 2, if it makes its budget for one.

Something tells me it will.

I should slow down and proofread before hitting post. And also, it keeps people honest about the subject matter they post.

But, dammit, I love me an edit feature.

I get it. That's really on me. And maybe the compute needed to run post-version control and data table injection isn't worth the trade-off in feature robustness.