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Kobe died this morning when his private helicopter crashed

Just looked at the standings and the Leafs are a few spots out of the Wild Card. This is supposed to be a win-now team Though they do have enough points that they're within striking distance. From what I hear on Toronto sports podcasts, it sounds like D is the main problem... but I guess they don't really have a top tier goalie either. Also, it is comforting to see the Habs and Sens even lower in the standings

Tonight is Zion's debut The Pelicans have been playing really well lately, and they're not that far out of 8th place in the West. Might as well make a push for it. The Raptors look like they're finally getting healthy again, and they've put together a few wins. They managed to keep it together fairly well through all the injuries and a fairly tough schedule to start the season. Now they're in a great position with all of their guys back and a much softer schedule ahead. Aside from Philly tonight, I think it will be a little while before they meet another above-.500 team. Time to go on a long winning streak

Beltran stepping down as Mets manager

1) Pokemon Shield Kiddo got it for Christmas since Sword was such a hit for her (well, and I liked it quite a bit too). I still have to catch Zamazenta, but I'm the Champ now and what's left to do will be a walk in the park. I tried to use all different Pokemon this time. For the bulk of the game my team was: - Rillaboom: Picked Grookey as my starter. I liked him more than I thought I would - Orbeetle: Evolved up from a Blipbug, which I think was the first Pokemon I caught on Route 1 - Haxorus: An Axew that came from one of the first Max Raid Battles I did - Drifblim: Also came from a Max Raid Battle very early on - Perrserker: Joined the team whenever Galarian Meowths started appearing... Route 4 I think? - Grimmsnarl: Final addition, got an Impidimp in a trade with an NPC in Stow-on-Side I tried to stay away from types that line up with the traditional RPG elements (Fire, Ice/Water, Lightning, etc.) though I did make small exceptions. I've played both games now and I don't find myself getting bored.

What is the over/under on how many more delays there will be?

Yup, Cora got fired. Also the Twins signed Donaldson to a four year (+ fifth year option) deal. Reports saying it's $92 million guaranteed, $100 million with the option.

Now that the Astros have set the bar, it's hard to imagine Boston not firing Cora if all the reports are true. Had to have been more teams attempting to do stuff like this though. We may never learn all the details.

I haven't looked at the price yet, but I might be interested in the expansion stuff. The kiddo will want it for sure even if I don't want to spend money on it

I haven't watched anything in a few weeks as I've been away on vacation... trying to remember what I was even watching during the fall I guess it's probably Dr. Stone by default. Ace of Diamond has been a bit better lately to. I kept watching the new Gundam Build Divers even though it's mostly been very meh, but it got a bit more compelling recently so I will finish it.

Might just be continuing shows for me this winter, but I guess I'll give a few new things a try for one episode if I'm bored. Not sure what's gonna be on Crunchyroll yet though. It'd be nice if the charts / season pages indicated which service(s) each show is streaming on...

81 wpm w/ 97% accuracy on the first go. Should be able to do better

Pokemon Sword Caught Zacian, whooped Hop one more time, "The End" again - that's enough for me to call it completed. Other than helping my daughter get un-stuck in a couple places in Pokemon X, I've never really played a Pokemon game before. It was fun. I'm kinda thinking of doing it all over again with Shield My core team was set pretty early in the game, so I didn't experiment a whole lot with different Pokemon. It would be fun to play the game again with a different starter and a totally different team, maybe with a focus on using different types than I did in the first playthrough.

According to Spotify Wrapped, my top artists for 2019 were: 1. Rush 2. Steely Dan 3. Vulfpeck 4. Jaco Pastorius 5. Husker Du My top songs were nearly all Rush songs - songs I was learning on bass and listened to a ton - and "Badge" by Cream, another song I like to play along with on bass.

Now the kiddo is a Champ too. She was pretty hyped about beating Leon. Her team actually had a bit of an easier time than I did with him. I don't regret choosing Sobble as my starter, but I think in the end her Cinderace was more useful than my Inteleon.

Cell phone acquired!

I am officially the Champion Leon's Pokemon were at least a bit more of a challenge, but we all knew that I was going to come out on top. I guess I'll do the post-game story thing and catch myself a Zacian. Doesn't sound like it will be too much time and effort.

I'm still working away at Pokemon Sword. I was playing earlier but got interrupted right before the battle against Leon, so I'm saved and ready to go for the championship match. Everything up to this point has been easy so I'm not expecting this battle to be any different.

Moving on to the last gym when I play tonight. Soon enough I will be the new Champion!

Got turned onto B. Hamilton last week. They have a new album (Nothing and Nowhere) on bandcamp, this was released as a single about a month in advance: Pretty solid rock album.

Still Pokemon Sword. Coming up on gym #6. Still really enjoying it. I'm probably going to grab Lumines Remaster while it's on sale on the eShop, so I probably have some Lumines in my future this week as well.

Gotta figure Peters gets fired pretty soon Also, like, is anybody really that shocked that hockey culture is a bit fucked up? Not even just hockey, sprots in general

To this point (only 3 gyms in, so obviously things will get tougher) Drizzile has been able to take care of almost everything for me even without type advantages. But I also like variety so I try to rotate even if I don't need to. I've used Boltund and Thievul quite a bit. Eldegoss and Carkol get cameos if I need a grass or fire type ability. And Noctowl brings the flying/psychic moves when they're useful. Probably quite a bit of turnover coming up for my team though. Too many different Pokemon to try out!

Probably Toxel

I finished gym #3 last night. Still finding the game quite enjoyable. Catching Pokemon is fun and the game is easy, which suits me just fine these days. When I only have 30-45 minutes max (if that) to play on any given day, I don't want it to be frustrating