KrunchyLex

screenshot from the TV show Columbo. the titular character Columbo is shown standing at the edge of a driveway, looking down at golden retriever who is happily basking on the pavement in front of him. the subtitles read: "You're a real friendly boy, aren't you? Oh, you're a girl."

thinking about this screenshot from Columbo that makes it look like a 90s point-and-click adventure game

The in-car thermometer showing 101 degrees because Phoenix is too hot to exist even in the autumn.

I sure am back…

A view down a country road with trees on either side just beginning to turn to autumn colors.

Never thought I’d get misty eyed at an autumn drive, but dammit I’ve missed this place. I’ll be back in the desert in a few hours, but I’m spite of all the jokes, this place is still home.

I was 100% not ready for the end of the run.

HI STILL FUCKING AWAKE THO, I'M DAD

I’ve seen ramen noodles associated with hot sauce brands, but those Totino’s ones seem extra cursed and I 100% want to try them.

CDs of Magical by Junko Ohashi, a sterling example of city pop and Junko Ohashi’s tremendous voice, and Week End Lol by Weki Meki, a weirdly hard to find rereleased single album by the kpop group that added an additional banger of a song to an already great release.

The hunt for CD albums I want on my ongoing quest to break away from streaming audio scored two major wins recently.

Who are you again?

1000% hate how I cannot get my hands on 80s JPop and JJazz CDs for less than a kidney right now because of these asinine tariffs, and the few US retailers who have them lying around have all raised their prices accordingly because they know we have no other choice than to pay inflated prices.

I'm holding out for Mexican BashPrime that's made with cane sugar

If you had told 2015 me that in 2025 I would have gone to streaming audio and then gone BACK to ripping CDs using an old optical drive in an enclosure, I would have been very confused, but here we are.

Watching Fuwamoco play Fatal Frame 2 and all these years later that game and its main antagonist still haunt me. Seeing that one cutscene again still made my blood run ice cold. I don't think I've ever played another game that so thoroughly petrified me and gave me actual nightmares.

Just had an absolutely cursed idea. The Lorax but in the realm of edm.

“I speak for the beats, as the beats have no tongue”

Villain of the piece called the UNTZ-ler

Officially and legally instrument rated as of today. I can fly airplanes in clouds and without being able to see the ground. It was a tough couple of months, but I feel extremely accomplished.

Incidentally, if anyone ever tells you autopilot makes pilots lazy, they have never had to program one.

Is it bad I know exactly which Popeye cartoon this is?

Big and strong Urara! (+30 energy) #umamusume #art

SASUGA BARBIE

hey friends if you put scrolling text in your game, and it does this

Happy birt

Happy
birthday!

then you have fucked up. You have fucked up real bad and i am going to notice every time it happens and i will be so very sad about it

I saw a couple mistakes in the sketch then overcompensated haaah #zzz

I was so busy picking my jaw up off the floor I actually forgot to take a picture, but my *very first* run with El Condor Pasa after this to start farming sparks anew yielded me a 3-star speed spark. I'm shook.

The post-career sparks screen from Umamusume showing the long time coming blessed three-star Power spark above a respectable two-star Front Runner spark

I have witnessed a miracle this day. I'm not even mad that I got shorted on white sparks. I will happily take a 3-star power spark.

Today Umamusume gave me the 100 careers completed achievement. I still have not managed to get a single 3-star spark.

Not sure if this is common or particularly unlucky and honestly I couldn’t say which of those two would be worse.

BashPrime New York store place

Update. Tried and failed to sleep. Looks like I get to tackle today's bullshit on fumes. Probably going to have to rock the boat too. Not thrilled about that, but I have only grown even more upset since the thing I read last night. Genuinely recommend not interacting with me today.

You ever read something before bed that upsets you on such a deep level that it makes you feel like your stomach is on fire and makes it impossible for you to sleep?

I see you have also fallen down the horse girls rabbit hole! I did the exact same thing keeping a subpar start but I'm doing alright, and now I'm just holding onto my carats for the new cards coming out this week~

Looks like a damn good meal! I miss y'all!

A bit? I remember we were using an ancient container of Kraft Parmesan that I swear expired over five years ago and it hadn’t actually gone bad. That stuff is eternal.

To all my friends out at SGDQ: have a wonderful week! I’m with you in spirit and will hopefully see you all again next year!

Make sure to enjoy Minneapolis coffee shops and the Nicollet Diner on my behalf~

[mario paint hype intensifies]