A great game by @USMNT. Glad I could spend it with my son. Something we will remember for a long time.

RIP Noah from the Bible, you would have loved catching every Pokémon

Two things i learned this morning. Without traffic it takes me about 35 minutes to get to work and there are some crazy drivers at 4am.

Im sure I have some #CODFAMILY that would be great for this role with @CODE4Vets xboxgaming.wd1.myworkdayjobs…

After more than 36 years at the helm of Raven Software, Brian Raffel has decided to step into a well-earned retirement. In 1990, inspired by a shared love of storytelling, Brian and his brother Steve set out to build something of their own. What began as a small creative pursuit known as Black Crypt grew into something far, far greater. Over the years, his leadership guided our studio through a wild and shifting industry, shaping it into what it is today. From dark, otherworldly realms to places that reached far across galaxies, Brian has crafted stories that have left a lasting mark on players around the world. His work spans titles like Hexen, Star Wars Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy, X-Men Legends, Wolfenstein, and many more, each contributing to a legacy of iconic experiences. Those first decades of achievements earned Raven a place among the greats and the trust to shape and evolve Call of Duty over the years. Beyond great games, Brian’s legacy is also reflected in how he has invested in the people and places around him. His commitment to building games out of Madison, Wisconsin, has grown his home city into a strong hub for game developers and studios. Under his wing, Raven’s doors have remained open to the next generation of developers, offering a firsthand glimpse into what is possible. As a proud alumnus, his connection to the University of Wisconsin has benefited students pursuing careers in art, design, and technology. Through it all, Brian has remained loyal, humble, and true to himself. Brian, thank you for the stories, for the path you carved, and for the lives you've changed along the way. The impact you have had is timeless, and we wish you all the best in this next chapter. Our Legacy Games: ravensoftware.com/our-games#…

Private equity firms bought 500 hospitals. Death rates in their emergency rooms went up 13%. They fired 12% of the staff. Then they paid themselves billions in dividends. A Harvard study just confirmed what doctors already knew: people are dying so investors can hit quarterly targets. Exactly what happens. A PE firm buys a hospital using debt. The debt gets placed on the hospital's balance sheet, not the firm's. Now the hospital owes hundreds of millions it never borrowed. To service that debt, the hospital cuts costs. Costs mean nurses. The numbers from the Harvard/University of Chicago study are horrifying. After PE acquisition, emergency department salary spending dropped 18.2%. ICU salary spending dropped 15.9%. Hospital-wide employees were cut 11.6%. Emergency department deaths rose 13%, seven additional deaths per 10,000 visits. A separate study found patients undergoing surgery at PE-acquired hospitals had 17% higher odds of dying within 90 days. Steward Health Care, owned by Cerberus Capital, filed bankruptcy with $9 billion in debt after closing hospitals across Massachusetts. The CEO lived on a $40 million yacht while emergency rooms went dark. Eight hospitals serving 2 million people nearly disappeared because a PE fund extracted more cash than the system could survive. The private equity industry has poured over $1 trillion into healthcare. They operate a quarter of ERs nationwide. This isn't going away. The investing angle nobody talks about. Non-PE hospital operators like HCA Healthcare (HCA) and Tenet (THC) are the direct beneficiaries. Every time a PE hospital closes or deteriorates, patients flow to the nearest competitor. HCA has returned 1,200% since 2011. Patient volume from PE closures is a structural tailwind nobody's pricing in. Medical staffing firms (AMN Healthcare, Cross Country) charge premium rates specifically because PE hospitals cut staff. The staffing shortage IS the business model for these companies. The disruption play: outpatient surgical centers (SCA Health, now part of UnitedHealth) are pulling profitable procedures out of hospitals entirely. PE-owned hospitals lose their highest-margin surgeries to outpatient, and the death spiral accelerates. Pull up tradevision and monitor healthcare M&A alerts, hospital closure filings, and patient volume migration data. When a PE-owned hospital announces "restructuring," the patient volume shift to competitors like HCA starts within 30 days. That 30-day window is when the competitor's earnings revisions haven't updated yet. Free to try. (a private equity firm bought your local hospital. borrowed $500 million in the hospital's name. fired 12% of the nurses. emergency room deaths rose 13%. then they paid themselves dividends. nobody went to prison. they're currently buying another hospital.)

Girl Scout cookies have been extended for a week and it’s free shipping if you order 6 boxes or more. Hit me up for a link if you need your fix. (Please note the superior Samoas offering as opposed to crème de lites)

If anyone who has had to do a 6 food elimination diet has some good tips on food they liked, let me know. Not looking forward to a month and a half of just grilled chicken, rice, and veggies. I already miss you my find cheese.

Birds Eye view. First game of the season.

In the last couple of years the amount of fires I see on my commute has increased a lot. It used to be maybe 1-2 a year. Now it is every 3-4 weeks. (A few examples from the last 12 months)

Besides @RockyNoHands does anyone else out here use a Quadstick to play Call of Duty?

Girl Scout cookie season has started. We get the good ones that have Samoas. Hit me up if you would like to order some and I can share the link. New cookie has a Rocky Road kinda vibe

New addition to the family.

I just listened to my wife describe MTV and music videos to my 10 year old. Glad this happened before midnight so i dont start 2026 depressed.

Me love da golden rule: share cookies the way you want cookies shared with you! 🍪💙 #WorldKindnessDay

I don't always drive into work at 4am, but when I do the 2 hour drive only takes 30 minutes.

If you are jumping into Call of Duty soon, please make sure you are TPM ready. callofduty.com/blog/2025/11/…

Got approved by the local gamestop to vlog and make some content for the midnight launch of black ops 7. if you wanna be apart of it swing through. Gonna hang out prior to the release as well! 415 Eisenhower Dr Shop 21, Hanover, PA 17331

Dodgers and Boston hold the record for the most innings in a World Series (2018) game at 18. Just in case you were wondering… 6 hours in.

For anyone at Twitchcon there is lowroder show in the park next to the little harbor behind the convention center. 100 beautiful cars and possibly good irl content.