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My week notes for the week of April 27 through May 3.

The other day it was announced that the popular gaming and entertainment site Polygon was sold off and that many of the site's writers were laid off. It was one of my go-to sites for video game news and I suspect that given the loss of staff, will not be the same.

My week notes for the week of April 20 through April 26.

Last year, one of my goals or aspirations was to finish the novel I had started. Needless to say, while I most certainly made progress on it, I didn’t even finish a first draft. To state something that should be beyond obvious, writing a book is hard!

My week notes for the week of April 13 through April 19.

I'm a huge Philadelphia Phillies fan and a baseball fan. Over the years I've collected a collection of Phillies fitted caps of various different styles. One of the caps I bought was a modern replica of a 1929 Philadelphia Athletics hat complete with World Series patch on the side of it. It got me thinking a bit about how we choose what team to follow and become a fan of.

In the NHL, in the regular season, if a game is still tied after the end of the overtime period, the game is decided by a best of 3 shootout where a skater gets a free shot on the goalie. It then moves to a sudden death shootout. I’m not a fan of them. It feels gimmicky and removes the team aspect of the game. In my beer league, slightly different story.

My week notes for the week of April 6 through April 12.

March was a mostly quiet month.

My week notes for the week of March 30 through April 5.

I'm a Philadelphia sports fan. Through the good seasons, and the bad, I'm always cheering on the Philly teams. For the Phillies and Eagles, times have been great. Phillies are competitive and are playoff contenders. The Eagles just won the Super Bowl. For the Flyers and 76ers on the other hand...