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Great win last night. Fried came through for them big-time. They really needed a solid start. I think Freeman stays in Atlanta, but I don’t think he’ll take too much of a hometown discount. There is already an article on The Athletic discussing 2022 World Series odds… Can we please just celebrate the 2021 season a while longer first?

I got my Sorc as far as the Catacombs in Act I Hell. Level 70 now. Starting to progress more smoothly and easily compared to when I started Act I. Got some better gear for my character and the merc. Rune words with +skills have given my spells a nice boost, and I just made an 'Insight' polearm for the merc which has been a huge help. It grants a pretty high level Meditation aura when equipped, so I basically never run out of mana anymore. That makes life so much easier. I'll see if I can handle Andy this evening. If that goes smoothly then I'll probably run her a few more times to see if I can get some interesting drops. A SoJ or two would be lovely... edit: Andy's down Went back a few more times and got nothin' good, so we've moved on to Act II. Now that I've adjusted to immunities in Hell, things are going quite smoothly again, albeit at a slower pace of progress.

Neru #15 and #16 Dr. Stone #216 The Elusive Samurai @ Unno PPPPPP #7

Chapter 55 was good I also wonder if we're approaching an ending. It would be somewhat bittersweet if the manga ends soon-ish, but at the same time I usually prefer to be left wanting more rather than to tire of something that goes on too long.

I want them to win so Alex Anthopoulos can get a World Series championship. Wish he could have done it with the Jays in 2015…

I just beat NM last night with my Sorc. I re-spec’d in Act IV NM to add a second element though. I basically got that far using nothing but Fireball, but fire immune monsters start appearing in Act IV NM, so it was time to change things up. Now Frozen Orb is the main skill, with Fireball and Meteor used as fallback options against cold immunes. Hell is gonna be a slog. I’ve already bumped into some very annoying fire and cold immune uniques. My merc has to take care of those. He dies a lot though I’m pissing away gold resurrecting this guy all the time.

Very cool news!

I’ll keep watching

I am a contrarian, so when Anelle said it's bad and not to watch it, I really had no choice but to keep watching I won't mind if you spoil the ending for me though, Anelle, if you want to tell me truly how bad it is. I'm not so invested in the story that spoilers will bother me! I hope it ends like this: Mirai is selected to become the next God, and then upon becoming God, immediately finishes the job he started in the first episode and kills himself

Platinum End #4

Aquatope #17 — Kuuya kills me

This new Chick Corea Akoustic Band live album (from a 2018 recording) is fantastic. John Patitucci and Dave Weckl on bass and drums respectively. 3 incredible players.

Hard to tell if the Braves have enough pitching depth to win this thing... The Astros' pitching isn't stellar right now either though... I guess whichever lineup produces the most timely hits will end up winning the WS.

Listening to Loveless by my bloody valentine on repeat this week on my commutes. Such a good album, start to finish A couple of choice cuts:

Yeah that was pretty wild. They won the game, so that's huge for them, but it sucks they won't have Morton available the rest of the series. Lucky for Atlanta, Houston's pitching staff is a hurting unit too.

The trials and tribulations of my Druid: - A pure Summoning Druid just ain't cutting it in Hell, so I re-spec'd to be a hybrid Werebear / Summoner (Grizzly) - The hybrid approach worked better, but I couldn't turn up a decent weapon... so I re-spec'd again to be a Wind Druid - The Wind Druid is performing *much* better and I'm starting to make some progress through Act I Hell now - Of course, not long after the re-spec, I'm clearing out the Crypt and Mausoleum and I get a unique club (Nord's Tenderizer) drop that would have been *perfect* for the Werebear... I ain't re-spec'ing again Also, my Fireball Sorc is steamrolling through NM. I'm in Act III now.

Maybe she was born with it. Maybe it’s Maybelline.

I thought the ending of Fena was pretty decent. The episode dragged for a bit there in the middle part, with all the blubbering and stuff, but the final few minutes made up for it. Especially that final scene on the deck of the ship

DB Super #77 Choujin X #11 — this series has been pretty random so far but I’m still reading. There’s a baseball choujin Didn’t read today’s new chapters of other stuff yet…

Probably another bullpen day like game 5. I’m happy to see the Red Sox gone! I’d like to see the Braves win tonight so we can move along to the World Series.

Act I Hell serves as a wake-up call for my Druid. I need to re-think this character to make it work…

Re: Platinum End: I wasn’t expecting it to be the girl’s angel… that was a bit of a twist. I wanna say that Mirai is a loser and a pushover, but the same thing would probably happen to me too Aquatope continues to be great. This week’s episode was very sweet.

Aaaaand my Druid has completed Nightmare at level 61. Not too shabby. For Baal, I switched from wolves to a grizzly because I was burning through mana pots re-casting the wolves. I have Summon Spirit Wolf, Summon Dire Wolf, and Summon Grizzly all maxed out now, so I might have to just roll with the grizzly in Hell. The thing is such a tank, hits hard too, and it gets nice synergy bonuses from points in the other two summons.

I loved playing the Assassin, but it can be rather gear-dependent. Though the Barb is too and I’ve been played one lately… I finished Normal with my Barb this morning, and then cleared out the Cow Level for good measure. Drops were mostly trash though. Baal was quite a bit easier than Diablo. I’ve now got my Barb and Sorc at Act I NM, and the Druid at Act V NM. Might as well see if I can push the Druid through to Hell before I play the Barb or Sorc more.

In all the years of playing Diablo II, I've never really spent much time playing a Paladin. My buddy in high school always played a Paladin, so I guess I didn't want to be the same. I started with the Necromancer (probably the class I've played the most over the years) and then switched to Assassin when LoD came out. I also had a pretty high level Javazon. That was a popular build online for a while there. Now I'm playing a Druid, Sorc, and Barb, which were under-used classes for me back in the day. It's just the Pally now that I've never given any attention to...