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Picked up Project DIVA Mega Mix today. It's on sale for a few more days. SO MANY good songs And way more in the DLC packages (gonna save that money for now... but I'm gonna have to get it eventually )

We got a full schedule of postseason baseball today - 8 games! If any of the ALWC series end today in 2-0 victories, then today will the only day with 8 games. Baseball all day and into the night starting at 1 pm Eastern. Enjoy it! I wish the Jays' start time was a bit later. 4:07 pm first pitch isn't a good time for me. Just gonna have to follow on my phone.

At this point, I feel like it all comes down to individual behaviour. No amount of rules, threats of fines, etc. is going to solve the problem. People need to get more serious about wearing masks, physical distancing, and limiting non-essential activities. I'm just not sure if there's a way to educate/convince the anti-mask, COVID-is-a-hoax people to change their behaviour. The people who aren't taking this seriously are dragging us all down

Tough game 1 for the Jays. Making the first game of a playoff series a bullpen day was a pretty big gamble, but pitching wasn't the issue. They held the Rays to 3 runs. (That 2-run HR late really hurt though) They just couldn't get anything going at the plate and didn't capitalize on the few run scoring chances that they had According to the stats, the Jays are not a good fastball hitting team. Once the league figured that out in September, they've seen a steady diet of heaters and still haven't quite figured it out. The Rays have quite a few hard throwers. The Jays' hitters need to figure something out tonight - do or die! Here's hoping Ryu can pitch a gem. He was fantastic in his last outing.

I finished BNA last night (watched the first 6 episodes earlier in the summer and then forgot about it for a while ) It was an interesting watch. The middle was a bit slow, but it had an exciting finish. Sometimes I really liked the style, sometimes I didn't. The "us vs. them" story of humans and beastmen not being able to understand each is interesting given the world we live in now. And then the whole Nirvasyl Syndrome outbreak and vaccine stuff seemed rather fitting during the COVID-19 pandemic. I'm sure an anti-vaxxer would love that angle

This morning in the elevator I bumped into a neighbour who works at the Tim Hortons next to our building. She said they're prepping for another shutdown and everybody has had their hours cut in half. If the local Tims is preparing for the worst, that doesn't bode well

Yeah I don't think she'd see getting started with the iPad as a "hand me down". None of us even remembered that we had the Apple Pencil Her birthday isn't until December, so we can try out the iPad solution for a while and see how it goes. There's still time to decide if something different might be better and then get that as a birthday or Christmas present. (If schools get shutdown again during the second wave of COVID-19 then she'll have lots of time for drawing )

Thanks for the tips, you two. I did do a quick Google search for alternatives to Wacom, but lack of familiarity with any of the suggested brand names kinda turned me off a little. "Huion" made me think Huawei == get outta here My next question was going to be about software, so thanks for pointing that out Anelle. It just now occurred to me that we have an iPad, and somewhere on our bookshelf is an Apple Pen my wife almost never uses... should I just buy the right iPad apps and let her draw on there since we already have then pen? That would save me some $$$ (at least until she wants to upgrade someday?)

I feel for the small businesses that are getting hit hard, and I hope we can find a way to let small restaurants, cafes, shops, etc. stay open in some fashion. It's more the bars, strip clubs, and casinos that I'm surprised are allowed to continue operating. Just doesn't seem smart.

700 new cases reported in Ontario today

Probably not until the World Series. I hope we'll see a Dodgers/Dads matchup in the NLDS. That will be good. Nobody is picking the Jays to get past the Rays, which of course isn't surprising... but oh man that would be nice. If they could beat the Rays and then the Yankees to get to the ALCS, that would be incredible. Gotta love taking down division rivals.

The bracket! I hope all Wild Card Series go 3 games. I want to see some fun, exciting, crazy baseball. So many weird things can happen in a short series. There's definitely a chance for some upsets. All it takes is for one random dude to go off for a bunch of hits, or pitch a few scoreless innings, and next thing you know the underdog has won a game.

The Beantown Boys are out! I'm 100% on the Heat bandwagon. Finals game #1 is Wednesday night.

All I keep hearing about here is that bars and restaurants are the biggest problem. Indoor dining and bars might get shutdown again, or at least have their hours and capacities curtailed. Strip clubs will get shutdown first, I'm sure. Not sure why they even bothered re-opening some of these places

Altuve really dropped off in production this year and the Astros' pitching staff isn't what it used to be. It sucks for the White Sox and Jays that the Astros get to be seeded ahead of them just because they're in a weaker division. Oh well. The Yankees held up their end of the bargain and lost to the Marlins today. The Jays couldn't beat the stupid O's though. I've come around a bit on my thinking re: the 1/8 matchup against the Rays though. The Trop is still a house of horrors for Toronto, so a 3-game series there is a worrisome... but they at least know the Rays pretty well having played them 10 times this summer. If they had jumped up to the #5 seed, it would have been a series against either Chicago or Cleveland. A bit harder to game plan against teams you haven't played even once this year. I think if they don't crack under the pressure (lots of young players) the Jays can give the Rays a really good challenge. Quite a few hot bats in the Toronto lineup right now. But those pesky Rays are always tricky.

The Brewers are in, Giants lost. 4 NLC teams in the postseason (Cubs, Cards, Reds, Brewers).

The game is about to start - the last game of the season - and I'm sitting here sort of in disbelief that we managed to get this far. I legit thought it was all going to fall apart after the Marlins' and then Cards' outbreaks. Sports have been a nice distraction while the world is in shambles all around us OK, Blue Jays, let's play ball!

Well I guess we're officially in the second wave Ontario has been reporting 300+ new cases everyday for a while now, some days 400+ IIRC. It's mostly the GTA and Ottawa driving that, locally the case numbers haven't gone up a ton... but I don't live very far away from the GTA so it's not like it's a a world away from me. Not too much cases have been confirmed at schools in our region though. Unless something new was reported over the weekend, I don't think any schools have been closed due to outbreaks. Sure hope my 9 year old doesn't get stuck having to do remote learning again. Being at home all the time drove us all nuts. We are also supposed to start the toddler in childcare on October 5th. This week I'll be finalizing our registration, signing up for childcare subsidies, etc. Hopefully it isn't all a waste of time!

Big day of games today! Some are meaningless of course, but there are still some races to watch. Last night they said on the Jays broadcast that if they win today and the Yankees lose then they can jump up in the standings and be the ALE 2nd place team instead of a Wild Card team. If I'm reading the standings correctly, that would put the Jays in 5th place. A 4/5 matchup (likely against Chicago) might not be much better for them because the White Sox have a lot of talent... but avoiding the Rays in a 1/8 matchup would be pretty darn nice.

Poor Nuggets They put up a good fight in this series, at least. I hope they come back better next year. We're halfway to the Lakers/Celtics finals that I'm dreading. The Heat still have two chances to knock off the Celtics though (c'mon guys, get it done in game 6 please).

Yeah I really enjoyed the final episode of Appare-Ranman! Great finish. It was a fun show all the way through.

Your Mets are eliminated. They lost both games of a double-header today to the Nats. I'm so happy that the Jays went into this final weekend series vs. Baltimore not *needing* to win to make the postseason. (Of course I'm also happy that they have won both games against the O's so far :D)

Crunchyroll says the final season of Attack on Titan will start airing Dec. 7th

I don't know a single person who is still watching hockey

Pearson came back last night for the Jays. 1.2 IP and he was lighting up the radar gun. I hope this kid's arm doesn't explode. The NLC and NL WC are still a race. Could be an exciting finish over the weekend. I'm happy to see the Reds clinch a spot.