Behold! A mysterious death!

Me: Have you guys considered instituting the buddy system?
Very next episode: I am instituting a buddy system! It's old-fashioned, but it should work!
Me: Hey!
Sometime later: Well, we lost another one, but stick with the buddy system, guys!
Later still, after the big reveal: Yes, but why did you fake your own death?
Monologuing villain: Well, I had to, that buddy system kept me from getting anything done!

The buddy system. Can't recommend it enough!

I've also been listening to another show which can be summed up as "I'm sure I'd get more out of this if I understood more Arthuriana and, I'm gonna say, traditional tales and mythology of the British Isles? Not sure where the line is here?".

I made gumbo today

It's been years, but I just haven't been in the mood. Haven't baked much either.

But everybody likes gumbo. My gumbo is delicious, that's why! It's just always such a production. The roux alone is a solid 45 minutes or more of stirring! (And with a dedicated spoon, because if I'm going to spend 45 minutes making roux I'm damn sure going to make a little extra to eat with sugar, which means no mixing it up with the spoon I'm using on the trinity! Actually, there's an idea, I use roux enough - light rouxes, usually, because who has the time? - that I should make a whole big batch at once and freeze it in portions. But then what would I snack on as I cook?)

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So apparently the update isn't midnight like I'd hoped but more like midday

so blech. Booooooo. I want my stardew now now now now now now.