The long run contributed a lot.

19km run in the morning. 2km walk in the afternoon with my little one to Tim Hortons for Iced Capp and cookie. Another 2km walk at night with wife after dinner. Lots of steps, 30007 according to my watch.

Yes, they grow so fast. They're so much bigger now.

Cool. That's about the same years I used to do this hike once a week during the few months it's open. I may have ran into you and your sister without knowing it, haha.

I think it's natural for you to think of the Grouse Grind when seeing Abby Grind, because that's how Abby Grind got its name. It's essentially a shorter, slightly easier version of the Grouse Grind located in Abbotsford.

Have you hiked the Grouse Grind before?

True. As the saying goes, records are meant to be broken. Not sure if these ones will break during my lifetime though, haha.

I responded in the pod thread, but will say it again here. The Great One's points record will fall before Wilt's rebounds, although if there was an option for neither, I would probably have picked that.

If I remember correctly, it was his more athletic days, where he was averaging about 7-8 rebounds and having 2-3 blocks a game. The 3 point shot came later during the Raptors years.

I say yes to that. They had prime Ibaka as well. Quite the roster at the time.

That's a tough one. I want to take Harden over Jrue, because of personal accolades, and Harden is clearly the better player. But Jrue is so good at his role as a shut down perimeter defender. I guess it depends on what kind of team I have at the moment. If I already have a good team (or a team with good young pieces like OKC in 2023), I know Jrue will help put me over the top. But if my team sucks, Harden will make my team relevant, but he is probably not going to win me a championship.

Great work on vibe coding the fantasy pools app GR!

All the football talk turned into background noise for me. Did help me focus on my breathing during my run, haha.

I responded to the 2009 re-draft. It was Curry, Griffin, Derozan for me.

I agree with GR that The Great One's points record will probably get broken before Wilt's rebounds record for the similar line of reasoning.

Curry Griffin Derozan

No explanation needed with Curry. Griffin over Harden because Harden had proven to go MIA during the playoffs. Not just the odd bad game, but consistent MIA when it mattered most. And I assume we are drafting primarily for playoff success, for winning a chip, not just the regular season. I would build my team around Griffin and not Harden. I also agree with @Undisciplined in the pod that it felt like Griffin was held back by Doc Rivers, and had he run into a better coach, he might have had a different career. And Derozan rounds up the top 3 because it's personal. He's the second greatest Raptor yet. Also, he was sacrificed for bringing us our first chip. So, for me, he needs to be included in the top 3.

I also built a gaming PC for myself back in July, because my old computer which I got back in 2020 was starting to underperform when I play games. I decided to spend a bit more on a quality rig so I can game smoothly in 4K and want it to last me a while. I also bought a Samsung Odyssey 32" 4K 240Hz OLED monitor to replace my old 27" Asus 2K monitor. I mounted the monitor to the wall to save desk space.

Here are the specs for the computer:

CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D CPU Cooler: Be Quiet Silent Loop 3 420mm CPU AIO Liquid Cooler Motherboard: Asus ROG Strix X870E-E Gaming WiFi GPU: PowerColor Red Devil AMD Radeon RX9070XT 16GB GDDR6 RAM: Corsair Dominator Titanium 96GB (2x48GB) DDR5 6000MHz System drive: Samsung 9100 Pro Series 2TB PCIe 5.0 x4 NVMe 2.0 SSD Storage drive: Samsung 990 EVO Plus 4TB PCIe 4.0 x4 NVMe 2.0 SSD PSU: MSI MEG Ai1300P PCIe5.0 1300W Case: Fractal Design North XL Charcoal Black Tempered Glass

I also got myself several more Be Quiet! Silent Wings Pro 4 fans to keep the computer cool.

This is a pic of my new computer.

Sadly and eat ice cream should never exist in the same sentence.

Went for a 3km walk with wife. Then went for a 8km run after the walk. I've been eating plain yogurt plus beef jerky as my post run night snack lately. 22916 steps today.

I enjoy running early in the morning, but I also start work early in the morning. So I usually end up going late at night on weekdays. I only get to do early morning runs on Sundays.

10km run at night. 18540 steps today.

I think it was opening night, opening week, Christmas day, and MLK day schedules got released, not the full schedule yet.

I'm looking forward to opening night's Rocket vs OKC. The contender vs the champ. Also interested in seeing how KD will fit in with the roster. KD is such a plug-and-play player that he seems to fit in any team though.

The Christmas day games seem very fun to watch. If my wife don't force us to go hiking that day, I foresee myself glued to the computer, streaming most if not all those games. I particularly want to see Spurs vs OKC on Christmas day though, as I'm having more and more of a liking to the Spurs team and would love to see how they measure up against the champ.

And once again, the Raptors don't exist on major US networks. Good thing online streaming allows me to watch all games, so I'll follow the Raptors on my own time.

Here's the news release / schedule:

Went for a run this morning. Came home and quickly got ready to go ice skating with my kids. Got home from the rink and took a walk to a nearby restaurant for lunch with the whole family. Little one is still jet lagged, taking his long naps in the late afternoon and waking up 5am in the morning. Squeezed in some time after dinner to sharpen a bunch of chisels and knives. Although the sharpening lasted well past dusk, having sharp chisels and sharp knives to use is well worth the time.

Today's stats:

H Mack is the GOAT of freestyle! Been a fan for a few years. He still blows my mind to this day every time I watch his new content. Have you seen Omegle Bars 100? That's one of his best works. Check it out if you haven't already watched it.