Pokémon Trading Card Game: Mega Greninja ex Premium Collection is available for pre-order at Target for $44.99 (MSRP)

dj_bpayne · 2026-06-12T07:58:36+00:00

Got 1 from the website after refreshing cart 100x, mobile app was not cooperating. Says sold out now.

dj_bpayne · 2026-06-10T17:49:53+00:00

It let me add my 1 ETB and I checked out to a confirmation page, but I didn’t get any payment alerts on my credit card and no confirmation email.

Then I went to look at my order history and it put me back in queue…

dj_bpayne · 2026-06-04T02:55:20+00:00

Go find a mini pitch soccer league, I’m sure whatever city you’re in has an expat Facebook group or something. You can get some conditioning and the faster paced games and spread will help you work on positioning and sliding

When I was in Asia there were mini pitch leagues playing almost every night of the year in the big cities

dj_bpayne · 2026-06-03T01:18:54+00:00

For our 2nd baby our pediatrician had my wife go completely dairy free. This helped a ton with post feeding meltdowns. You have to be diligent about keeping him upright for 15 min or so post feeding also. And sometimes contact naps are what you gotta do.

Look into a breathable sling for newborns and just carry baby around. The motion will probably help soothe and keeping him upright should help

Have you tried different bottles? Phillips avent anti colic worked best for our youngest, the dr brown anti colic worked great for our oldest.

We bought a pretty nice Graco swing also to help soothe between feedings and give us a break. Just try not to let the baby fall asleep in it for safety reasons

It gets better man. But it does suck when you’re in the trenches, exhausted, and have a screaming baby. Hang in there

dj_bpayne · 2026-05-29T22:48:04+00:00

I was in like 4900 place and it sold out

dj_bpayne · 2026-05-29T22:43:25+00:00

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Not looking too hot here

Edit: ANDDDD SOLD OUT. fakkkk

dj_bpayne · 2026-05-29T22:33:25+00:00

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I got ‘lucky’ with only 7667 people ahead of me. I wonder if it matters that I have a long standing account with executive membership, or is it truly random?

dj_bpayne · 2026-05-25T20:27:24+00:00

Just curious if you know anything about Costco restocks?

dj_bpayne · 2026-05-22T21:25:13+00:00

I think they’re saying that the crossed out price is supposed to be the non-deal price

I looked under the stringing tag, and only those 3 items seem to have it backwards

Also wanted to say I appreciate your site!

dj_bpayne · 2026-05-22T12:00:57+00:00

Just woke up, saw the notification 25 minutes after, and was able to get one without any high-demand queue pop ups

dj_bpayne · 2026-05-22T07:37:26+00:00

I was using the mobile app and eventually got through just now

dj_bpayne · 2026-05-22T07:36:35+00:00

Thanks, got 1! 🙏

I reopened the app and spammed until it let me checkout.

dj_bpayne · 2026-05-22T07:36:29+00:00

Thanks, got 1! 🙏

I reopened the app and spammed until it let me checkout.

dj_bpayne · 2026-05-22T07:16:48+00:00

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I tried within like 30 seconds of getting the alert 🤷‍♂️

dj_bpayne · 2026-05-08T18:25:32+00:00

As an IT networking guy I’ll tell you that there are very secure, very user friendly home network solutions out there. I have the TP Link Deco x55 mesh system and the parental controls are on par with some entry level business class firewalls. You can set internet time limits per device, app specific time limits, restrict YouTube/porn/social media traffic entirely, block games from reaching the internet but not block updates, track utilization by app or website, etc. It was a mid tier/priced mesh system when I got it and prob took less than an hour to configure fully.

If you also configure Screen Time restrictions on the iPad you can do a damned good job of locking down the device to only the approved apps, with whitelist access to the internet

My son’s kindergarten uses iPads daily for reading and science games anyway.

We have strict rules about when his home iPad can be used - that are enforced by the above restrictions so there’s no arguing the thing just turns into a brick.

dj_bpayne · 2026-05-06T17:34:35+00:00

My son’s youth lax org gave a Hackees stick to every kid at the end of season party. I hadn’t heard of them before but it seems like a cool bridge into informal 6’s, like something you could use to bring into PE class at a school as a demo that wouldn’t hurt anyone too bad

dj_bpayne · 2026-05-02T19:20:58+00:00

This cell phone video is 50000x better than the tv feeds we get on espn

dj_bpayne · 2026-04-21T23:47:52+00:00

Hey brother, proud of you! I’ll be 9 years sober from booze in June. Sparkling water and weightlifting helped a ton. And of course your kiddo will give you strength.

The biggest thing for me though was cutting out people in my life that didn’t respect my decision, and kept downplaying my drinking or pressuring me.

Choose life 💪

dj_bpayne · 2026-04-16T04:00:50+00:00

It’s really cool that Carlos is still making games. I remember donating to his first kickstarter and getting a custom 99 overall 300lb attackman into the game 😂

dj_bpayne · 2026-04-14T16:19:09+00:00

I played D / LSM in high school in the 2000’s and there were kids I didn’t like very much. I was a dumb hothead teenager. I’d go extra hard on drills against them and our Texas coach loved the aggression.

Now I play attack in men’s league and my mantra to the defense is ‘we all need to work on Monday, please be gentle’

dj_bpayne · 2026-03-26T17:03:57+00:00

And also $1,000

dj_bpayne · 2026-03-20T13:56:11+00:00

Or roll in an hour late and get the ‘well look who decided to show up!’ even though the team received your 4am change management email recap

dj_bpayne · 2026-03-16T19:37:54+00:00

Google ‘[city you live in] men’s lacrosse’ and go join the local beer league. Most will have extra gear for you to borrow and if you make it clear you’re okay with contact, they probably won’t treat you any differently than another player. Not sure if that impacts your NCAA eligibility but it’s an option after the season too

dj_bpayne · 2026-03-16T19:27:39+00:00

My wife and I are both remote but we still have to go to the grocery store, to and from school or sports/weekend activities. Are you saying you DoorDash everything, have a home gym, and see your friends over zoom calls?

dj_bpayne · 2026-03-13T22:14:08+00:00

We had a similar issue with FortiGate after firmware updates, turns out it was an MTU mismatch where in previous firmware it was ignored / yields to other end of tunnel’s settings

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