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Quite literally in that order, as I'd written them well before now and they got posted recently, before the Oakland Raiders won their first game of the NFL season to go 1-10 over the now 7-4 Kansas City Chiefs. Guess it's that anything-can-happen time of the NFL season, so I'll have to take the Ginats-Cowboys game seriously. Dammit. Why can't I get NBC in my apartment? Why is that a channel only in cable packages in Nacogdoches, TX? Bleh. 

My college lost its ESPN2-filmed game in overtime 79-77, ending an extremely long win streak for the men's basketball team at home. 

As I wanted, the Green Bay Packers just changed their record to 7-3 with today's win, and Philidelphia ties that record after the Packers blow out another team at home. The other football team in the NFL I root for, the Dallas Cowboys are also 7-3. So are the Detroit Lions, the Denver Broncos, and the Kansas City Chiefs. Hell, wrong sport, but the Dallas Mavericks are 7-3!

I finally went ahead and bought my HabitRPG character a bunch of viking crap. I wanted to make my goals more real-life oriented by setting prices for "a night out" or "binge drinking," but I didn't know what prices to set so here he are 

So after getting on track with my diet and exercise nonsense, I feel way more energized lately. At work, I was getting frustrated watching the Mavs trail by 20+ points to the Kings. I get home and they've made the third biggest comeback in franchise history (tied) and Dirk Nowitzki, whose number I wore in junior high when I was a really good shot in basketball, has moved up to #9 All-Time NBA Scorer. To put icing on the cake, there are a lot of Houston fans at the university that can't stand my Dallas teams, and Dirk just passed up a former Houston Rockets center on that list. 

So because the Cowboys won and scored over 20 points, I got a half-off pizza from Papa John's. 

Ooooor I gifted it to myself cause I accepted the free copy from Humble Bundle then asked for a gift copy. 

First, I mention this at the end of the blog too, but if you could take this short survey, it sure would help myself and my fellow grad students out. It's only 17 questions and responses are kept anonymous. Please and thank you. https://jfe.qualtrics.com/form/SV_bE0s9GgNM1bpsmV 

I did an editorial about games so bad they're scary and how they're needed to make us more thankful for the better games not long ago. Felt it was appropriate as we move from Halloween to Thanksgiving. Check it out here: http://plus10damage.com/blog/2014/10/30/halloween-games-for-scaredy-cats

My bad day Friday (Halloween) in which I was informed my car would cost $712 to MAYBE fix and another $1700-$1800 if they fixed the timing belt, shaft belt, and water pump but found a valve had been broken (which apparently they can't know until they fix those other things; currently asking for second opinions) ended with a trip to El Chico, the mall, and the movies in Lufkin with my friend and his girlfriend. So kind of a half-and-half day.