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Photo of Coby in a neon yellow T-shirt and black glasses, smiling at the camera. His beard has grown thick, with a prominent white patch on the chin and salt-and-pepper coloring throughout. His hair is parted on the viewer's left side and combed over, with a hint of white stands amongst the dark brown hair.

It's been 5-1/2 months since I shaved my head and it's finally long enough that I'm ready for a trim. This is with no product in my hair; it's kinda holding on it's own. The beard is about 4 months of growth (had to shave once) and also needs to be cleaned up. I have a hair appointment next week!

Looks like I can't edit my post, so here's an update: I can't find any definitive sources claiming Tyler is a registered Republican. That's just what people have been claiming online based on his pro-Trump Facebook posts. His family is registered Republican; he is not registered with any party.

It's NEVER a Democrat. Every violent attack on our political figures have all been conservatives. And conservatives always immediately declare war on liberals every time this happens. They always take the emotional response instead of waiting for the facts. Do better.

Exclusive | Tyler Robinson, 22-year-old from Utah, ID’d as Charlie Kirk shooting suspect after father ‘turned him in’ — Trump: ‘We have him’ President Trump announced early Friday that a suspect for Charlie Kirk’s assassination was turned in by his father — with law enforcement sources telling The Post it is a 22-year-old Utah local.…

I called it: The Charlie Kirk assassin is a 22-yr old Christian, registered Republican, living in Utah. He's the son of a Sheriff who grew up in a gun-loving family.

A sign posted in the parking lot of a police station, with the Brooklyn Park Police crest and badge displayed at the top. The sign reads: "Internet Purchase Exchange Location Parking Only - This area is under 24 hour video surveillance."

My wife and I went to pick up an eBay item from a local seller. They asked to meet in front of their local police station, which had these signs in the parking lot.

I think this is awesome! Making a safe area for people to exchange online goods. We need more of this.

Image of Ivan Drago (played by Dolph Lundgren) from the movie "Rocky IV," during his famous quote where he said, "If he dies, he dies."

a man in a red shirt is crying while standing next to a door . ALT: a man in a red shirt is crying while standing next to a door .

Everything is getting so expensive lately. Why the fuck everything cost money?

Screenshot of the order screen for a Google Pixel 10 Pro XL. There are three storage sizes listed: 256 GB, 512 GB, and 1 TB. They have original prices prices next to them, which are crossed out and replaced with a $450 discounted price. The original prices are $1,199, $1,319, and $1,549, respectively. The new sale prices are $749, $869, and $1,099, respectively.

My first ever smartphone was an iPhone 3GS in 2009 and I balked at the $400 price tag. Fortunately, I got it for $1 by signing up for a 2-yr contract.

Now, Google's offering me $450 off a $1,549 phone if I pre-order. And my current phone's battery is suddenly getting worse after an update. Hmm... 🤔

I also just realized why half of my hair update photos make me look pale as heck. My phone's been trying to auto-correct the lighting and bleaching me out. I used a color filter to match my natural skin tone, rather than the creepy pale version that keeps coming out. Stupid AI auto-filter... 😡

Picture of Coby showing off his dark hair growth since he shaved his head almost 4 months ago. It's growing in thick, along with a beard that's gone white around the chin. He's wearing narrow, rectangular black glasses, which he's peering over, and a bright orange polo shirt.

Hair update #4: It's a week shy of 2 months since my last post.

My hair is finally growing longer. But not long enough to tame yet. I'm using hair gel and it's still spiky. Another month or two and I might need a stylist to finally trim it.

I also kept the beard. It's getting long and unruly too.

Something I've learned about retirement... When you're working, you look forward to the weekends. But when you're retired, you can't wait for the weekdays.

Everything's always busy and packed on weekends. But weekdays, everyone's at work and you can have a quiet, relaxing day to yourself. ❤️

#65 - Vampire Hunters Surprise early review! I usually spend all night writing these (because I'm a night owl) and then post it first thing in the morning before ...

New review! This one's on "Vampire Hunters."

This is practically the same as my "Vampire Survivors" review, except that it's a FPS game instead of a top-down game. You need to survive infinite waves of monsters for 30 minutes to beat each level, and you can use up to 12 weapons at the same time!

USAA asked me to fill out a survey about some upcoming ads for a chance to win $5. I tore apart their new ad campaign, calling them emotionally manipulative and not giving any concrete information about their services or products.

I'll be genuinely surprised if they give me $5 for my responses. 😅

#64 - Enshrouded (Revisted) Welcome back! Today we're going to be doing an in-depth look at the first game I ever posted here : Enshrouded . Now that I do long-form blo...

Returning to the first game I posted to my video game review blog, today I'm reviewing "Enshrouded."

This is an open-world crafting game where you play as a Flameborn, exploring the ruins of civilization after it fell to The Shroud. Complete quests or build your dream fantasy home; your choice!

#63 - The Alters I overheard someone talking about this weird sci-fi cloning space game with survival/crafting/base building elements a few days ago. It soun...

New game discussion posted! Check out "The Alters."

You play as Jan Dolski, the sole survivor of a space expedition. In order to survive the harsh alien planet and escape, Jan needs to clone himself, with branching simulated memories, to create specialized skillsets to manage an entire mobile base.

#62 - PEAK Hey, it's been a minute! I took a break from gaming for a bit; partly voluntary, partly because some jerk destroyed the Internet cable in my...

It's been a while since I posted a new video game discussion!

Check out my post about "PEAK," a co-op climbing game about getting to the top of a mountain to signal for help after your plane crashed.

See how close @victormcknightmusic.com and I got to beating the game!

The worst part is that I live in the countryside, so I barely get phone service out here. Gonna have to take a laptop into the city to use the Internet properly now.

A poorly mowed ditch with dirt tire treads carved through it. Small bits of orange cable can be seen scattered throughout the torn-up grass.

A broken orange cable is thrown against the leafy overgrowth next to the ditch, spooling haphazardly around it's green plastic Internet terminal on the edge of the ditch.

A pile of the remnants of broken orange cable, some bits of black fiber cable, plus some other scattered trash from the ditch, piled into the open foot rest of an electric riding lawn mower.

I've been waiting since January to get my Internet line buried in my yard. Yesterday morning, some county mowing service hacked up the ditch in front of my house (look at those tire marks!) and shredded my fiber line. No more Internet for a few days. 😡

Disregard the hair on my left sleeve; I was playing with my dog and he shed hair all over me.

A picture of me, showing off my hair growth since shaving my head a couple months previously. My hair is maybe an inch thick and very messy looking.

Hair update #3: It's been about 5 weeks since my last photo.

My hair is getting thicker, except for the top center where I'm balding. 😢 I'll trim everything eventually, but it's gonna be messy for a while. Good thing I'm retired; I don't need to go out in public anytime soon. 😋

Thanks so much! I'm always looking for higher quality cover images. I need to update my site. I'm falling behind again. ^_^;;

Instagram post for the LA Scanner account (@LAScanner). It reads: "If you are National Guard or Active Duty military and you are being ordered to violate the Constitutional rights of US citizens then this is the number to the GI Rights Hotline. There is support, you don't have to go through with it. tel: 877-447-4487"

As a retired veteran who served 20 yrs, I know this better than anyone: you are NOT required to obey unlawful orders. Our military are supposed to protect our citizens, not turn on them at the whim of a dictator-wannabe.

Remember: "I was just obeying orders" wasn't good enough to save the Nazis.

For the record, the friend I paid was the one who liked my payment, and it was his way of acknowledging the transaction. I don't have any problem with that.

I just find it weird that Venmo lets people like payments through their app. I don't really use Venmo so maybe I'm just old and out of touch.

A phone notification from Venmo saying "New Like. [Name redacted] liked your payment."

I don't know why, but this feels insulting somehow. I paid a friend for something I bought, and people can just "like" my payments on Venmo?!

I get that they're trying to lean more toward being a social media site, but seriously.

#61 - The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog Sheesh, Amy, don't look so happy that Sonic's dead... Hey all! It was my birthday last week, so to celebrate, I wanted to play a game theme...

New game review! Check out my post on "The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog."

Amy Rose arranges a murder mystery party for her birthday and Sonic ends up murdered! But is this just a game... or is there an actual murderer afoot...?

It's free to play on Steam, so go check it out!

I've also gotten a bit of sun since my bald photo 2 weeks ago, so I'm not deathly pale in this photo. 😆

A selfie of Coby, showing off his hair growth since he shaved his head two weeks prior. He has thin, short, black hair on his head with a receding hairline. He also has a short salt and pepper beard. He is wearing a blue and white striped polo shirt and narrow, rectangular blue and black framed glasses.

Hair update! It's slowly returning since I shaved my head. The sides are back to normal, but it'll be another month or two before the top has grown back to where I kept it.

I'm planning to grow it all out though, so hopefully I'll figure out a new hairstyle along the way.

Also: the beard is back!

The poster for AD Police, showing a fit, brown-haired woman in a blue one-piece bathing suit. She has a broken robotic right arm, which she is shielding her eyes with. Multiple electrical wires are coming off her robot arm and stretching up above the image. She is holding an orb in her robot hand with wires attached to it, which appears to be an eye staring at the viewer. The background is a yellow wall with "AD Police" spray-painted in red across it. Printed vertically on the left of the poster is the tile: " AD Police Files 1-3." Across the bottom are the words, "Prequel to the cyberpunk anime classic, Bubblegum Crisis!"

I was just watching "AD Police Files," a prequel to the classic '80s anime series Bubblegum Crisis.

It opens in a dark, dystopian cyberpunk world set in the far distant future of... 2027. 💀

#60 - inKonbini: One Store. Many Stories (demo) Today I'm going to be looking at the demo for an upcoming narrative-driven simulation game that looks like a lot of fun! It's called inKonbi...

New video game post! Check out my review of "inKonbini," a relaxed narrative-driven simulation of managing a Japanese convenience store in 1993.

Coby with a freshly shaved head.

I did a thing today.

I've been struggling to grow a "civilian haircut" ever since leaving the military, so I decided to just shave it all off and start over! I'll figure out a hairstyle as it grows back in.