Mario Kart Tour
The release of Mario Kart World Tour received decidedly mixed reviews, but I have been enjoying it and playing a bit each day. The game looks great and has very good touch controls, and it does feel like a Mario Kart game.
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Music 2019.10.04-2019.10.10
My listening this week was clustered around a few artists, and mostly quite subdued. Must be autumn's influence.
https://apollolemmon.com/2019/10/11/music-2019-10-04-2019-10-10/
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Martian Chronicles
Episodes 700 and 701 of the venerable Escape Pod podcast showcase Cory Doctorow's Martian Chronicles novella.
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Run 2019.10.10
I enjoyed the first training mission for the Halloween 2019 Virtual Race for Zombies, Run! The story wasn't as directly tied to the carnival the race will feature, but it did have a new-agey capitalist as a great foil.
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Run 2019.10.09
Much of my running has been focused around a destination lately rather than roughly toward home after work. Trying to shape my path to get to the place I'm heading in a determined amount of time (usually the length of a Zombies, Run! mission) can be an interesting puzzle to work out.
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Run 2019.10.08
Having to rescue a baby in the zombie apocalypse will never fail to tug at my heartstrings.
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Run 2019.10.07
One of the little annoyances in running is when I try to fit a run into an errand. Today I ended up cycling around a store I needed to visit when I finished.
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Celestine Emerald at 5 Months
This afternoon we took some photos of Celestine to mark her 5 month birthday, which was at the end of last week.
https://apollolemmon.com/2019/10/05/celestine-emerald-at-5-months/
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Music 2019.09.27-2019.10.03
This past week I've been listening to a lot of artists who have released albums through Lilystar Records. The label has released some wonderful indie pop recordings from the Philippines and further afield.
https://apollolemmon.com/2019/10/04/music-2019-09-27-2019-10-03/
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Ghosteen
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds' new album Ghosteen is haunting, beautiful and heartbreaking.