Greetings from a recovering River of Boiling Water where I am recovering from some weekend travel and thinking that Monday has come FAR TOO EARLY this week.

On the Internets:

New York started offering free wifi hotspots in old pay phone booths, which instantly turned into another type of hotspot altogether. Stephen Hawking said the only way humanity will survive is if we get the fuck out of here. The Manosphere was revealed, and it’s as digusting as it sounds. Facebook started supporting Tor based connections, allowing people to securely post neverending gripes about snowstorms. Darth Vader onesies are force-choking babies. A politician in Hawaii thought using Tinder as a campaign tool would be a good idea, “I thought the one-on-one interaction would be great, but it just leads to other things.”  The Doctor is genderfluid.

Even IKEA thinks you have too much shit.

Locally:

All my boardgaming nerd friends are gearing up to go to Whose Turn Is It Anyway? I’ve just returned from a trip to Indianapolis which is a bit of an odd bird of a city. Their downtown is connected by a skywalk system that they’ve converted into a shopping mall. If this sounds terrifying, that’s because it is. In attempting to find a shortcut to a cocktail lounge we stumbled into it and tried to scamper out like drunken rats only to end up in what I can only assume are the bowels of the city, having to navigate around through a puddle of automobile drippings and rendered human fat. It was unappealing. We were able to find a delightful place for brunch called Milktooth where the cocktails and food were so delicious we contemplated just staying there for the whole day. Instead we walked around the city a bit and along an old canal. A CANAL OF FAILURE, as it turns out. We also had some delightful drinks at LIbertine and a very enjoyable Sunday afternoon in Broad Ripple. On the way home, we stopped in at Niles, Michigan to see the remnants of the Niles Ice Sculpture Festival:

I’ve Been Reading:

The new SCAA Coffee Taster’s Flavor Wheel:

Sandman got put on hold for a bit.  I picked up the ruleset to Fiasco and have been looking over that. Looks interesting, though it might be hard to find people to play with, it seems very dependent on the personalities of the players. The Devil You Know reread has progressed as well. .

In the Earhole:

Eye Pollution:

All but the last episode of Jessica Jones. Definitely getting a little stretchy in episodes 10 and 11, but not the worst. Also watched A Million Ways to Die in the West because I was tired and wanted something mindless to watch. Check. Also watched a bit of Great British Bake Off, only to learn that they will be showing the 4th season (which I am watching now) as the second season here in the states. This makes no sense.

Boring, Boring Arsenal:

Arsenal lost to Chelsea 0-1 after playing with only 10 men for most of the match. I take personal responsibility, as I wore neither my Arsenal top nor supporter scarf while watching the match. (I was unsure I would be able to follow it at all, but then we stumbled into a nice little pub in Broad Ripple and one thing led to another.) So Gunners fans, I apologize. I’ll make it up to you somehow.