Today during a quiet hour I played a bit of Xenoblade Chronicles X while drinking a new tea. After playing a bit in the endgame, I started a new game. I was surprised to encounter the extensive character creation in that game again. This will be such a wonderful experience when it finally comes to Switch, but for now I'll dip in now and then to experience this world again.
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Mike Duncan's Revolutions podcast has been a constant for me since 2013. It's a wonderful history podcast that delves deep into revolutions from the English to the Russian Revolution. Before that, his History of Rome was a delight. Listening to the last episode today was tough. I will miss Mike's insights and exhaustive research. Mike's admission to being brought left by the work was heartening.
https://thehistoryofrome.typepad.com/revolutions_podcast/
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Today Celestine and I went for a walk and finally had a chance to see the beautiful Viola Desmond art installation on Gottingen. Viola's story is important for understanding how segregation created great harm here in Nova Scotia and Canada as a whole. There are lasting hardships this province and city haven't done enough to address and this piece celebrates resistance.
https://signalhfx.ca/ceremony-unveils-art-installation-commemorating-viola-desmond/
https://humanrights.ca/story/one-womans-resistance
#ViolaDesmond #Gottingen #segregation #civilrights #Halifax #StreetArt
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We tried to keep gifts minimal, but Celestine was excited to find Robert Munsch books left by Santa in her stocking. I loved these books when I was a kid, so I'm looking forward to reading Murmel, Murmel, Murmel with her.
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@emmanewman I finally caught up on your previous episodes and got to this one this morning. Thank you for making these; they make great companions for starting the day.
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This morning Celestine tried playing Dr. Luigi (Dr. Mario as it appeared on the Wii U). She takes to touch screen games well but struggles with gamepads, so the Wii U has been her gateway to Nintendo games alongside Super Mario Run.
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Parasouls just shared a live version of their song "December Afternoon".
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I have vivid memories of buying my first vinyl. I was visiting my first girlfriend on Prince Edward Island, where she went to college and we stopped in at a record store. I had been picking up CDs of Siouxsie and the Banshees when I could find them, but was thrilled to find these two. Being immersed in these in my last year of highschool felt monumental.
