When I was 8, I was playing skee ball at an arcade. I had $2 in quarters in a small cup on the railing while I played.

Another kid and his brother came by and started talking to me. While the one kid distracted me, the other stole my cup. Once I realized what happened my older brother and I flagged the security guard. We found the kids holding the same cup (pretty distinctive because it came from another spot on the boardwalk) with exactly $2 in it.

The security guard couldn’t do anything because I didn’t actually see them take it. I still remember the kids grin when he realized he got away with it.

$2 30+ years later and I’m still tilted about it. That one interaction warped my view of people my entire life.

Better Off Ted ended way too soon

Modern corpo playbook.

1. Go too far with something wildly unpopular on purpose
2. Everyone complains
3. Dial it back slightly
4. “We won!”

I apparently thought him and Jeremy Sisto were the same person my entire life.

Straight from the playbook. Announce something terrible, then back off with something bad. Everyone calls it a win.

See: Wizards if the Coast, Unity

Now kith

I really like when British people impersonate an American accent.

The ending of Andor was so good that I haven’t been able to watch another show. It followed through and paid off on every single thread with brilliant performances from everyone involved. It will be a generation before we get something so we’ll made again.

I kinda miss my BlackBerry.

If I could get over the crippling anxiety of meeting new people, I’d be happy to hang out with anyone regardless of who they like.