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We're all gonna get there eventually I guess, so maybe it won't hurt to get a head-start. Out in the open air, I've never bothered to wear a mask. Seems unnecessary. Maybe in a big crowd? But even pre-pandemic, I avoid crowds and large groups, so I'd never find myself in that situation anyways Indoors, I think it's probably reasonable to forgo a mask if you keep a good distance from other people. Like, at my company's warehouse, we've got about 15 staff in a very large shop. The Health & Safety rep doesn't give them a hard time if they pull their mask down when working independently. There's tons of space. But when a few guys are working close together on something, they're expected to wear a proper mask. Recently I've been seeing the odd person going around the grocery store without a mask on. Looks kinda weird at first because I haven't seen that in while, but it doesn't really bother me. I'm happy to keep wearing my mask though.

Ontario will soon be dropping proof of vaccination requirements and most capacity restrictions. I think that will be fine. The percentage of the population with two doses of the vaccine is pretty respectable. And they've said that masking isn't going anywhere just yet. That would be premature. I certainly won't mind not having to show my proof of vaccination when I want to get into places. It's kind of just a nuisance. I have no patience or tolerance left for the people protesting against vaccine and public health mandates though. Just cut it out already...

Been a while since I bumped this thread… The situation with COVID is much improved… Now the problem is the people protesting against vaccine mandates and other things Anti-mandate protest outside B.C. high school leads to confrontation, protester hurling insults at student

New series this week, Akane-banashi. I don't know jack about rakugo, but I'll give it a shot. There was enough there in the 1st chapter to pique my interest. Everything else this week was decent. Nothing really major to note, but I did get a kick out of what happened in The Elusive Samurai.

SnK #81

$51.99 in Canadian funbucks. Looks like there's also a small discount on D2R right now, as it's listed at $44.99 CAD (normally $59.99) on the eShop. So... they're basically giving away D3 if you buy the bundle Save a few bucks and just get D2R, it's a far better game than D3 (IMO of course).

Platinum End #18 Ousama Ranking #17

SnK #80

Pretty solid new chapters of Ayashimon and Doron Dororon this week. I had started losing interest a bit in both, but these chapters renewed my interest. Sakamoto Days was OK too I guess, but I’m not super into the whole entrance exam angle. It’s been done enough times… I did like last few panels though. Nice pen!

The Elusive Samurai #49 — OK, I like the uncle quite a bit more now

Chapter #59 was really good! Several moments.

Dr. Stone #228 — definitely didn’t expect that!

Happy birthday! ?

Platinum End #17 was not terrible. Interesting to see Mirai being a little more assertive and actually doing something. I’m a bit curious about the last God candidate… but that character will probably end up being a let-down.

Show-ha Shoten #5 — This was a pretty solid chapter, overall. Nice to learn a bit more about some of the other characters aside from Shijima. I especially like this dude

Spinning some of favourite Sloan albums tonight. Love the lyrics in this one. “I usually notice all the little things, I was proud of it— She says it’s annoying.” Feels like the story of my life ”I missed the point.” Yup. Join the club. I love Sloan. I’m gonna be up all night listening to them.

I'm feeling a bit disgruntled today... one of my go-to albums when I'm in a mood like this is Album - Generic Flipper. The track "Ever" is especially soothing

YAY Oh well, 16 episodes down and 8 to go… I’m not gonna stop watching it now

After a couple decent episodes, Platinum End #16 took a turn that I didn't like very much. Is this going to turn into a police procedural drama now? I'm still enjoying Ousama Ranking but I'll admit that I'm getting a bit impatient with it (even though the suspense is OK). I just want to see Bojji do something awesome already. Quit making me wait for the good stuff.