While maybe not super cost friendly, I second the meal box angle. I wasn’t bad at cooking, but was definitely super slow with knife skills, not comfortable with some stovetop methods of cooking, etc. We used Hello fresh and Plated (before they went out of business), and that really springboarded us into feeling like we could cook. Haven’t ordered any meal boxes in like 5 years now, and make homemade dinners 4+ times a week.

The list, for those that don’t want to click through:

PlayStation Plus Extra Game Catalogue

It Takes Two (PS5, PS4)

Sniper Elite 5 (PS5, PS4)

Snowrunner (PS5, PS4)

World War Z (PS4)

The Ascent (PS5, PS4)

Undertale (PS4)

SpongeBob SquarePants: Battle For Bikini Bottom – Rehydrated (PS4)

Melty Blood: Type Lumina (PS4)

Dysmantle (PS5, PS4)

Circus Electrique (PS4)

Dynasty Warriors 9 (PS4)

Samurai Warriors 5 (PS4)

My Little Pony: A Maretime Bay Adventure (PS5, PS4)

Fast & Furious: Spy Racers Rise Of Shift3r (PS5, PS4)

Monster Jam Steel Titans (PS4)

An Aeropress Go.

I’m far from a coffee snob, but figured I’d give this $25 piece of plastic a try because a good friend was raving about it. In the year since, it’s been my favorite way to make myself a cup of coffee-- the ritual of it helps me structure my Saturday morning, the coffee tastes better than I thought coffee could taste, and I’m more excited to look at the flavors and whatnot from locally ground coffee.

I always get myself to do things I don’t want to by thinking “Future-me is going to be much happier when he finds that present-me did this already.”

Helps me find the motivation to exercise, make myself a good cup of coffee instead of a kcup, do the dishes after dinner, lots of things. And past me is such a bro, saved me from present-me having to do those things.

Highly recommend Darn Tough socks from Vermont. Best socks I’ve ever worn, and they hold up really well.

I like both, in their own time and place. For memes, news, etc? I don’t usually need to comment on those posts, but I do like there to be a steady stream of new content from a bunch of people. In that case, I’d love there to just be a bigger community, even if I don’t feel like my comments (if I made them) would be read.

However, if I’m trying to have discussions about Magic, Zelda, teaching, or cooking, then I would rather have the smaller community to actually have discussions. Even it that case though, having one place as a “news aggregator” for that hobby would be nice.

If you’re into trivia and podcasts, I really enjoy The Omnibus Project podcast.

If you like Magic: The Gathering, the Professor over at Tolarian Community College can’t be beat.

Stopped using reddit after 12 years when the blackout began, and kept up with the developments through the tech news. Removing the mods and screwing around with things just because they’re mad about a protest was the last straw, so now here I am!