Knuckledragger

Cool Story Bro time. Get your emoticons ready. Recently Blizzard released the Reforged edition of their 2002 classic, Warcraft III. It has been an unmitigated disaster, arriving late, failing on all fronts and ruining the original game. It'd take paragraphs to explain how badly they blundered the Reforged release, so if you're curious, a quick googling will give you more detail. I was a big fan of Blizzard in the 90s and 00s, but I largely ignored their antics in the 10s. I did buy StarCraft II when it was on sale, and I played most of the campaign. Similarly, I bought Destiny 2 at launch, which was the single worst video game purchase I have ever made. All of this said, Blizzard's screw ups have been of such a magnitude over the last few years it's hard NOT to pay attention. I've watched probably half a dozen videos on WCII Reforged, so now now YouTube (bless its little algorithmic heart) is suggesting all sorts of WC videos to me. TL;DR: last night I found out about Asmongold. He's a self described "professional neckbeard" from Austin, TX who streams World of Warcraft professionally. This is his neckbeard nest. Don't feel too bad for him, he makes betwee $100,000-$400,000 a year. Ya, rly.

Tycho's studio.

This isn't a meme, it's just something they actually said in a video. 1949 Delahaye Type 175S Saoutchik Roadster.

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DIY Bookshelf Speakers- Ambrosia Maple, Black Walnut & Brazilian Cherry.

Last night I figured something out. Kyuss, the metal band credited with spawning the poorly named genre "stoner rock" released their last album in 1995 "...And The Circus Leaves Town." The album cover art is a bit hard to make out. It's a fisheye shot of a flooded area, that is upside down and mirrored. I thought it was a weird winter scene for years, which is odd for a band from the southwest. Here it is with the proper orientation: Last night I discovered that the photo was shot in Bombay Beach, which on the Salton Sea and, to but it delicately, a complete shithole. The same spot, 5 years later. The area is the inspiration for a similarly decaying area in Grand Theft Auto V called Sandy Shores:

America is a meritocracy.

Paul Newman, 1981. The watch he's wearing sold for $17.8M recently. Clearly, the cat tree was a wise investment. Ferrari 512S Modulo.

Mod Squad PhonoDrive phono preamp.

Holy shit. Kobe Bryant died in a helicopter accident. He was 41.