Right Here, Right Now, in my ass.

Creatively dodging tariffs is nothing new - the Subaru BRAT famously has rear seats to get around the chicken tax, which is (among other things) a 25% tariff on imported trucks.

I can’t see myself going back to the original Half-Life after playing Black Mesa. The changes to Xen alone are massive improvements.

My best friend’s getting married next month, and I’m the minister.

Part of me wants to think so; I’m making a lot more money than they did at my age, even accounting for inflation. Aside from my car note, I’m debt-free. All objectively good things.

They had each other though. I’m a few years older than they were when they had their first kid, and they’d been married for a few years before that. I’m alone, and after I had some bad experiences, I don’t bother with dating. Whether that’s “better” than what my parents did or not, I don’t think it’s fair for me to decide.