I got into Sparks back in 74. Kimono My House and Propaganda were both released that year and I bought both of them. 

They released their 24th album A Steady Drip, Drip, Drip earlier this year. It's quite good.

Keep it up and yes it is ok to not do something every day and falter. I started a walking program back in March of this year. My average has been over 10 km a day, sometime a little less, sometimes a little more.

Last week I didn't get in much at all but I'm back to it again this week.

I went from 215 to 172.6 (and I seem to have stabilized around there which it good)

I didn't make any real changes to my diet, I just manage to work it off through walking.

I'm not sure I can ever do anything about my belly. I seem to have lost all the strength in my core. Can't even manage 1 sit up anymore.

Then again the muscles in my abdomen have a vertical tear in them. It's been there since I was a teenager but seems to have gotten worse. When I attempt a situp or crunch or whatever it looks like an alien is going to burst out of my abdomen.

I've been trying to find ways to deflate it but nothing seems to work.

What Ranger Bill said. Get a move on boy. You've got miles to go before you sleep.

Nope, every version currently available has the same tank controls that my brain cannot understand or use.

It took me about 15 tries just to make it through the graveyard at the beginning of the game. I would wind up spinning in circles instead of running away. 

I had the DC version and bought every version up to the PS4 version. None of them are actually remastered, they are just ports of the original game and the PS4 version looks like crap.

The Switch is my primary console right now. I turn on my PS4 from time to time but wind up going back to Switch after a short time to play AC.

I know we are Switch friends now but you need to visit my island and ask to be best friends. Then I can start sending you DIY recipes that I already have. You will also be able to pick fruit that you don't have (I have every one of them) and start your own orchards.

When you are ready to go island hopping let me know. 

So much new content after you've been to the World Tree. Fills in a lot of gaps. Add to that all the 2D pixelated fun and it is the only way to play it.

What Tamwise said. Go to your room and think about what you've not done.

Finished the entire game on PS4. It really doesn't start until you think you're at the end.

Then bought it again for Switch. That is the definitive version. Lots of extra content that fills in a lot of blanks. I'm only at the let's pretend final dungeon but other stuff pulled me away.

Even the golden items break after 200 uses according to what my son discovered. Makes you have to keep track and sell before your axe breaks.

But courteous visitor can use a stone axe to gather wood. It allows you to hit the tree without chopping it down. :)

My son and I are definitely loving this game. It's my Island so I'm in charge of basic infrastructure but he's in charge of island beautification and now that we have the teraforming ability he's been busy building pathways, changing the island ponds and making suggestions for where I put bridges and inclines.

He goes right back to the first Animal Crossing too and he's always been a pro at it.

He's already got a 4 room first floor and a second floor on his house. I'm barely scraping by with two rooms and don't have the money to pay off the second yet.

Yes it is a game that is perfect for these times and a perfect way to escape for a few hours. but just remember that it can't rain every day and we will get through this.

You are on my best friends list for my island so you can come visit. I already visited you once but I didn't know how to communicate back then so I ran away. LOL

I think I still have the cartridge for this plus I have the Genesis Mini. I've never played it. LOL

We have a neighbour across from us who was setting off their car alarm and stopping it repeatedly for about a half hour at a time. This went on for months.

We figure it's a mental disorder. It hasn't happened recently but I've probably jinxed it by saying that.

Don't feel bad, neither have I. When the games were first released I'd play until my wife or son commandeered the game and then watch them finish it.

My wife doesn't play anymore but she was great at the 2D and 3D Marios, Crash Bandicoot etc. 

Yeah Winter hear in South Western Ontario has been about the same. Where I am in London there hasn't even been much snow. 2 or 3 snowfalls of any significance that were quickly washed away by rain and temperatures above freezing.

Yesterday, March 9th it got to 15 degrees celsius (60 in F degrees). Today it is 9 and raining.

Also, snow storms and cold weather aren't nearly as bad when you look at them through the office window and never have to go out if you don't want to.

Work has been really busy. I have 1 customer for 40 hours a week plus 2 small projects with other customers.

I'm actually getting a bit more exercise since I got a watch that counts my steps and nags me if I don't get up and walk once an hour. If it isn't raining or terribly cold I go out and walk for half an hour during the day, I started off slowly but I'm now breaking 8000 steps a day. It's a start anyway.

Good to hear from you here at picklebits instead of just trolling you on FB. :)

I love my Switch. I've managed to buy 55 physical games and over 100 digital. I bought a Switch lite a few weeks back for use when travelling or when I don't feel like using my regular Switch undocked. It's much lighter and easier to hold.

I regret buying Fire Emblem in digital format now. I've promised myself that if I can buy something physical I will from now on.

What the Smurf are you Smurfin' about? LOL Love me some Smurfs.

I have played through this game a few times and I'm always impressed that it is so well put together you forget that it's a 16 bit game from days of yore. I think I played the PS1 version first so I was late to the party. I had the DS version but stupidly sold it.

Luckily, if you have physical games that support cloud saves you can download your save on the Lite and continue where you left off.

Digital games it has to make sure you don't have two people playing a game at the same time when you only bought it once. 

I found the cartridge for this game at a yard sale. I still have it somewhere.

I really enjoyed playing this one and should try to finish it sometime. Apparently the difficulty ramps up exponentially toward the end.

Thanks, I think I did that but I'll check it out.

You haven't missed anything yet because the first official day of BaD is tomorrow and blogging on weekends is entirely optional.

I enjoyed Tales of Graces f and like you I finished the main game but not the postgame. I started the postgame and then burned out.

I think I have all the Tales games starting with Symphonia but I keep starting them and never finish.

Vesperia I've played about 80% of and I really should finish it.

I bought Zestiria, Xillia 1 and 2 and Berseria but I haven't even touched them

Look forward to reading you blogs.