Third-round prizes were just released. For those who had their winning team before the bracket refresh period, this "gift" was supposed to be a coupon for a 20oz bottle of Coca-Cola product. The corporation told us nothing else. How long it was good for, where we could spend it, physical or digital... nada. The contest rules held no true information, and omitted it to the point where someone would probably have a case against them for lack of detail under U.S. game law. But today?

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I recently saw an argument made on YouTube that the more diverse cast being seen in Marvel titles these days is the result of !Social Justice Warriors! subtly attacking American culture. Replacing our values with their own. Killing the country one issue at a time. And what it all came down to in the end was this:

Unless every last one of your superheroes is a pure Caucasian male, you're a racist.

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In his quest to review his way through my entire catalog, TD reached A Mark Of Appeal last night. Spoiler: he didn't like it, and used a few hundred words to say why. It's not exactly a surprise. As previously noted, Singularity Dream's tally has me as one of the most reviewed writers on the site, and a fair portion of them come out unhappy. So when TD doesn't like something, it's just another day in the coal mines waiting

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NSFW: violence & language.

But if you have a W which feels this video is NSF it, consider quitting.

Warning: post-credit violence against plushie unicorns.

Yes, I know that's three blogs in one day, but dear sweet pony gawds, this one's worth it.

A quick summary of the negotiations currently going on with the ACA repeal & replace, which needs to appease the Tea Party/Freedom Caucus voters in the House Of Representatives just to get past Phase One.

"And we want all coverage for mental health gone from the insurance plans."

*sigh* "Fine..."

"Also, drug addiction coverage. Only the weak fall to drugs. Why should society take care of those people?"

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For putting in points, yesterday was the last day.

(Well, not quite. This is still MCR, and so the programming was flubbed. It was still possible to enter points for about three hours beyond the deadline. But for the intended purpose, yesterday.)

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This will... not be a happy blog entry. It wouldn't have been a happy blog entry last week, it certainly wouldn't be a happy blog entry sometime this summer, and it's sure not going to be a happy blog entry today.

But it's not going to be as rough as Admiral Biscuit's marching order to blog about Twilight and her love of peaches, so at least there's that. Shall we?

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Since arriving on the Internet, I've left a few places behind. Some changed to the point where I couldn't justify staying, others collapsed, and I walked away from a few because walking away was the best thing I could have done. But what happened in those places has stayed with me, and I'd like to share a former tradition with everyone here -- because it truly feels like it's time to do so.

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The classic line to apply might be the one about wrestling a pig in the muck: no matter what happens, the pig enjoys it.

For a while.

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Yesterday was me at my worst.

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The short version: Coke is a NCAA corporate sponsor and typically holds a men's college basketball tourney-related contest when March comes around. However, the prizes have been growing steadily cheaper. A few years ago, they allowed people to randomly draw for seeds, tying their fortunes to that of the teams -- and if your team won a first-round game, you got a coupon for a free 20oz Coke. Or rather, you got one coupon for every winning team you had and as you could easily draw duplicates,

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