Just another pain. Really, it hurts so bad.

  Welcome to the first of June. I don't know what to tell you.

 This is going to be one of those off-the-top-of-my-head things because I really don't have anything to run with. I talked with my Therapist today but all we really talked about was how bad the medical marijuana thing pissed me off. I've got that off my chest, I think.

 I did get around to beating Dragon Age: Origins, though. I've had it for about five years but it definitely needs dedication. I'm not the type of guy to put that much into a game that isn't called Ultima. I still haven't finished XCOM 2 or Pathfinder: Kingmaker, even though they have just as much replayability as Dragon Age. I've started on Dragon Age II, though I probably need to get back to Mass Effect and knock that out.

 Thrilling stuff, I know. I've hit a brick wall because, beyond the Dragon Age news, nothing's really changed all that much. Still working on The Network of Time and that's about it for now. I got me a cooling pad for my laptop, and the hits just keep coming.

I'm tired of talking about how badly the Babbitts are using the concept of Critical Race Theory. It's just so tedious, the dishonesty and proud ignorance. I saw someone saying it's all a scheme by white supremacists. What group of white supremacists they don't define, but I imagine they mean either Antifa, BLM, or the Democratic National Convention.

 It does strike me as funny that conservatives are convinced that if the whining brats at the Great American Temper Tantrum should be an albatross around the GOP's neck, the same should go for the Democrats and Antifa and/or BLM. They also keep making a big deal about how Democrats on the national level want to "defund the police." Frankly, it's like how they see socialism as the end-all and be-all of liberal thought in America.

 That's why I say conservatives aren't worth paying attention more than is necessary nor are they worthy of debate. Their ideas aren't just wrong, they're malformed and based on nonsense. It's like when they insist places like Portland or Kenosha are burnt-out, desolate holes ruled by people dressed like they're in a poorly made Italian post-apocalypse movie. Probably one starring Michael Sopkiw.

 Man, this is like pulling teeth and I know I've already used this but it remains. I don't have the blues like I did the last couple of weeks but I still don't have much to say about anything. The News is going pretty good, which is nice. The shit the Texas GOP is trying to pull is just amazing. Greg Abbott is threatening to call a special session, which is just goddamn hilarious. He wouldn't call one to deal with school shootings or the state losing power back in February, but making it harder to vote lights a fire under his ass.

 Anyhow, I just need to get a few more words in to reach word count. Listen to Little Walter and Michael Nesmith, enjoy June, and don't forget the sunscreen.