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RIP Dawn Wells! Mary Ann from Gilligan's Island has passed away from COVID-19. She was 82.

💥 Atari 7800 PADDLES GIVEAWAY ends soon! Enter now for our drawing on December 1st! 

I got laid off today, the first time in my career. When AT&T merged a bunch of companies (HBO, Turner, etc.) under the former Time Warner corp umbrella into a single entity WarnerMedia, we knew the new company would look to consolidate. It was a bit of a surprise given where I was situated organizationally, but a bunch of us were given pink slips. Because I got rolled up in a broad organizational move, it’s easy not to take this personally, so I’m glad for that. I had seen some friends struggle emotionally before. 
My wife recently got a new job, and she’s still within the new employee benefits enrollment window, so at least I don’t have to worry about getting a new job quickly for health insurance reasons. For the first time, I won’t be the primary coverage member 🙂 Lots of new firsts.
Before folks feel too sorry for me, I am in a good position. First, I am grateful for an extremely stable career experience so far. I’ve experienced my share of company re-org and changes and always landed into a great place. The fact that this is my first involuntary job change is quite the feat in a 23 year career. Second, I’m also grateful that we will be given a nice severance package to ease the transition into the next gig. Third, I’m in an industry that is very robust and still hiring. And lastly and most importantly, God is good, and He is the Shepherd of my life. In Him, I find peace and rest.
I share this news here because I like the I/O community and wanted to open up more on a personal level to foster better relationships. Also, I’ll have more time to spend on the monthly challenge, so you have been warned 🕹🕹🤣🤣

Dragon's Lair on the Jaguar CD is a great Halloween tradition for me. I love playing it on this spooky night, and it is kind of spooky with the wind whipping the way it is here where I live! We're under a wind advisory until 6:00 AM tomorrow morning here. Thanks for letting me share. :O)

Gonna play Wrecking Crew tonight! 🙂

🎃 Halloween is quickly approaching! Do you have any plans? 

Have a good week everyone ^_^

I'm in a Pac Man mood!

It is Sunday! I hope everyone is having a great day, and has had a good weekend so far! 

It is a great morning. Hope everyone else is doing OK. :O)

It is a great morning. Hope everyone else is doing OK. :O)

It is a great morning. Hope everyone else is doing OK. :O)

I know how to play "What's Up" on guitar now. Hopefully that's 7800-worthy. Some games are arriving and a couple days and I'm excited for them.

🌴😎 Surround yourself with low maintenance people

Super breakout and peanut m&ms are the best combo. 

‼️ I love browsing the forums on my lunch break 🙂

👉 Be sure to take a photo of your Star Fox score before you begin the next leg of your journey! A final score is not displayed at the end of the game when you lose your last life.

🐦 Twitter users: I highly recommend atarilbc's terrific new account @RetroSabertooth 

Latest acquisition:  A boxed Colecovision!  It works just fine after a little cleanup, although one of the controllers has a non-functioning keypad. 

📺 Formally setting up my Sony Trinitron TV stand w/ my 8-Bit systems at the new house. I'll post pics when it's done.

Happy Atari Day!!!

COBRA!!!! 

I think I am obsessed with mini M&M's 🤪

🤯 PS5 looks like a 2050 maxi pad dispenser. Disappointing!