MaximumRD

Woo hoo! Voted! 😎

I voted obviously only for what I had seen. Based mostly on my personal entertainment level. Unless it is set in stone how about adding the movie Pirates of Silicon Valley? It always comes to mind when I think of these types of shows/movies.

😎Hail the metallic overlords!

Well Star Trek Strange New Worlds seems to "get it" they got the balance between serious, heartfelt, satiric, and comedic, all down perfectly, the last couple of seasons of Discovery on the other hand, felt like I need therapy after every episode, it was way too dark and serious in tone with most characters coming off as broken and miserable. That is not entertainment for me.

Wife and I looking forward to it, so enjoyed episode 6, some iconic moments and meetings that set the foundations for things to come! I love that this show is the closest thing to classic Trek that we've had yet! A new adventure every episode, focusing on different crew members, It's great learning more about everyone.

That's awesome Rick!

Well, after waking from a good 9 hours solid rest and checking the latest round of BC Alerts, several over the last day all downgrading surrounding areas either from Evacuation to just standby or Standby to complete removal from the standby last I dare say we have unpacked our "evacuation backpacks and supplies". Many returning home, sadly many returning to nothing but ashes but here in our area of Central Kelowna we never had to evacuate (I am belong thankful for that) and my wife and I decided we were finally comfortable and confident enough to unpack everything and unwind a bit. Such a relief, outside of some extreme unforeseen change we should be pretty much in the clear now. 😮‍💨Thanks for all that followed, commented, sent good vibes etc.

Yeah, for context, I forgot to add above, in red I circled Wilsons Landing to where we are across the bridge in Central Kelowna and connected them:

This is sadly heartbreaking though: Fire chief and half his members lose their own homes while fighting the wildfire Thirteen of the 24 members of the Wilson's Landing Fire Department lost their homes. https://www.kelownanow.com/watercooler/news/news/Kelowna/VIDEO_Fire_chief_and_half_his_members_lose_their_own_homes_while_fighting_the_wildfire/

I don't think it is viewable from here now, I mean I am not in a location where I can look across the lake now but I can only assumed that area has burnt out, but yeah if we are seeing sun and blue skies and smelling less smoke it must all be further aways from us not to mention alerts have slowed down significantly with the majority that we DO receive typically informing alerts being rescinded or downgraded from evac to just standby. Literally just as I saw you reply I received THIS one so hoping it will be time to unpack our emergency items soon.....

Air Quality here now (I do fine even when it's worse so this is good imho) 60 Moderate Primary Pollutant · PM2.5 16 μg/m³ Air quality is acceptable. However, members of sensitive groups may be at risk.

Indeed! IN FACT this is right now, first time in days NO AIR Quality ALERT here in Central KELOWNA where we are! Very relieved. High of only 25c today, getting high over the weekend but cooling again by Tues! I'll take it!

Ah ok fair enough.

😁Heh Naw, just a lego replica my buddy Jake aka MN12BIRD from youtube sent to me, I love it.

Welcome, just a tip though, traditionally most new members create their own thread in introductions. 😉It's only fair not to hijack another new member.

👍Just wanted to say, THANKS to some rain overnight, at least we awoke to a normal sunrise! Like almost a normal sunny day, only a faint hickory smell (instead of thick smokey smell) and just a little hazy so mountains are not clear in the distance, but compared to the last few days when we could not even see mountains and the skies were greyed out and ash was falling, this is obviously a big improvement. Even got the windows open because it's cooled off as well. So, just glad after last few days getting real air through the place to air it out! Been a real stuffy hot box in here the last few days, the things we are thankful for! Not in the clear quite yet but hoping it's a sign! (picture from our balcony)

Man, I don't have any consoles for that game but I should probably get the PC version and finally play this game for myself. 😝🤷‍♂️

Whew! Caught up one rest for now, slept the day away but caught up on over due sleep, from 9am this morning until 6:30 pm I got 9 1/2 hrs rest. I was exhausted from staying up longer than I normally would so my wife could slumber worry free, we are still sleeping in shifts to remain vigilant for wildfire alerts to either prepare for evacuation or simply evacuate, just being extra cautious as fires continue here in Kelowna BC but thankfully there has been no changes in several hours with even some evac alerts in some areas being demoted to simply stand by, hoping this means they are gaining ground. Been a rough few days but otherwise still trying to just live normally, enjoying hobbies, indoors mostly of course due to poor air quality from smoke and ash but as I tend to be a home anyway that is not too unusual. Hoping the next few days we can eventually unpack our "Evac essentials" so I can finally feel at ease. My wonderful wife prepared for me a nice dinner and dessert another my long slumber so now just back in front of the desktop to distract myself and try to unwind. 😬 Chorizo sandwiches with fresh tomatoes for dinner. Enjoying for dessert, straight from the orchard, Glo-haven Peaches. We have several varsities here in the Okanagan, this is juicy sweet and delicious one. Previously we had Champaign variety. 😋

Ernie Reyes Jr.

Alien Nighthawks by Casey Callender.

Thanks for posting that video! Brought back great memories obviously, gave me great insight and if I am honest I got a little chocked up when they announced the closing and seeing that woman dressed as a Vulcan holding back tears.