All's well here at The Dispatch. The snails might be going through a rebellious phase. We recently found out that a group of them have been sneaking out onto the roof at night to smoke cigarettes. We don't mind them being out on the roof, and we really stopped trying to keep track of them all a while ago. But it seems wildly unhealthy for them to be smoking, because to be clear these are regular-sized cigarettes. We're also worried about them starting a fire, which seems pretty likely given how unwieldy it must be for them. We're going to try and set some boundaries and see how that goes.

Game Boy 👾

• Magic: The Gathering
  • Did a couple drafts on Arena which were exciting
  • Don't want to pay real money for more in-game currency, but also wish I could draft more
• Starfield
  • Starting to peter out but still fun to pass a bit of time
• Runescape
  • Some friends are playing old-school Runescape so I downloaded a client and tried it
  • It didn't really grab me like I thought

Links 🔗

• This Four-Track Tape Recorder Made Me Fall In Love With Music All Over Again
  • Guy talking about a cool-looking four-track tape recorder that helped him get excited about the music creation process again
  • Made me excited to get excited again

Albums 🎧

• "Javelin" by Sufjan Stevens
  • on repeat: listened to it six times
• "Michigan" by Sufjan Stevens
• "Illinois" by Sufjan Stevens
• "The Age of Adz" by Sufjan Stevens
  • Hadn't revisited in years; way more interesting and a lot more like Animal Collective than I expected/remembered
• "Carrie & Lowell" by Sufjan Stevens
• "Carrie & Lowell Live" by Sufjan Stevens
  • Such an essential part of the studio album
• "The Ascension" by Sufjan Stevens
• "A Beginner's Mind" by Sufjan Stevens and Angelo De Augustine
• "Everything That Happens Will Happen Today" by David Byrne and Brian Eno
  • Hadn't revisited in years either and I feel like is connected to some deeper memories
  • Listened twice
• "The Rest" by boygenius
  • short EP but seemed good; need to revisit

Podcasts 🎙️

• Not Another DnD Podcast
• Rude Tales of Magic
• Dungeons and Daddies
• Oh These, Those Stars of Space!
  • Hadn't listened in a while and binged on some of the new episodes
• Watching on Youtube
  • Lords of Limited
  • Limited Level Ups