The characters early on will come onto you a bit strong, and Withers will dunk on you for not pursuing romance of any variety, but its absolutely possible.

It was so boring I tossed my tower out a window before I even purchased it.

You might want to re-read your own comment here and try again

I have my power conditioner mounted under my desk with the switch easily accessible. When not in use, I routinely power that off. I don't have WoL enabled, but it gives me peace of mind anyways knowing that I'm pretty close to airgapped at that point.

+1 for Ecco shoes. I worked at a large hotel and conference center for several years, so lots of walking (10-15k steps on average, I'd say), and I had to wear a suit. I can't remember what shoes I wore when I got that job, but when I switched to Eccos, there was a noticeable improvement in comfort and way less foot pain by the end of the day. Game changer for me. Also, a bit of polish once or twice a week, and they looked great for years.

The interior did fall apart faster than 9 years for me though. Probably more like 2-3 years. I'm also assuming I wore mine and walked more in them than most.

At the risk of being that guy, I believe you mean the Suez canal.

Oh yeah, I could hear that before I clicked anything. There were some earworms in that game for sure (for me anyways). Phobos Moon is another one that I think about sometimes. I'd join that map just to listen to that for a bit.

Kudos! I think I would have ended up skimming it quite a bit if I had read it, but I went with the audio book instead in that instance. I will say, the audio book is a full cast and very entertaining. I would recommend it if you ever wanted to go through the story a second time.

A deflection. We aren't talking about Israeli/Palestinian relations here. You presumed to know the character of, and subsequently demonstrated disrespect for the life of a civilian victim in a manner I'd expect from an incel. If you truly don't care about this (or any) victim, was it really necessary to express cruelty?