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I really like the neighborhood/area south of Paddington between the station and Hyde park. There are many smaller hotels around Norfolk Square and down around Sussex Gardens. If you want a bigger, more corporate place, there is the Hilton London Paddington and then on the northside of Hyde Park is the Thistle and also the Royal Lancaster among a ton of others. All of those put you within walking distance of The Victoria, one of my favorite pubs in London--good beer and excellent food for a high-end pub. Lots of cool places in that area and you can get to anywhere via Paddington.

So my office bought four of these mega console things. Two look like a regular stand up cabinets from any of the old '80s arcades. The other two are the sit down type like you would find at Pizza Hut. Anyway, all four are "programmed" to have every single arcade game ever. EVER. I mean like 1000 games on each. If you can recall it, it is on there. The only one I ever play is Galaga. (Joust every 20th time maybe).

I always liked the moniker “J Load”

Remember when shit started popping off in Boston on King Street, and George and Martha ran off to Ecuador to escape the turmoil? Yea, me neither. Stay and be part of the solution. Get your mug on some currency in 150 years. It is now time for all good men....ahh nevermind, I just got a Zillow notification about some fly beachside pad in Dominical.

What's the point of saving democracy if you keel over before the inauguration? But looks delicious tho.

Took my 18-year-old daughter with me to vote this morning. Was cool to be in the voting station next to her as she went through her choices.

Steam-powered chori-pan dude needs to throw some handsoap in the milk crate.

In capitalist America, Fruit Loops loop you.

Joust sayin “what up?”

My dumb ass thought the grocery store was out of Fruit Loops because of damn port strike hoarders.

Watched Bama beat Aggy by like 50 from somewhere in China about 10 years ago. Had my wife set up her IPad on a TV tray in front of the TV at home. Then I just FaceTimed with her. She moved the IPad until the TV screen filled my IPad screen and then she went shopping. Worked surprisingly well. No VPN needed. Just a good wifi signal in a hotel.

I may do Battista's tonight and sit at the bar since I am solo. Last time I sat at the bar there was this huge old guy sitting next to me and we started chatting as we were watching a baseball game. He had worked in casino management in Vegas and was working for a casino in Reno but here for a meeting with some mothership casino. Super interesting stories--but the best was that he had pitched in college for Arizona or Arizona State (can't remember); he also had a short stint in the pros. He was like Randy Johnson tall (not near as ugly). I suspect his release point was 9 foot when he pitched. He said he always hits up Battista's when he comes back as do most of his casino buddies.

Anyone conferencing out here this week? Fairly dead. But it's Tuesday....