In my third personal update, I want to talk about hobbies and some of the dreams I had when I was much younger. I gave it a funny title because I think there is a sense of universality in the idea that the dreams we have when we're younger often don't persist into mature adulthood.  So one dream I had when I was younger was to own a game shop.  But modern games, even RPGs, barely excite me these days. RPGs evolved from wargaming, and gamers in my generation continue to play D&D like a serious game raid with an emphasis on combat tactics and cinematic carnage. But Gen Z plays D&D more like a therapy session, and I suspect my style of gameplay, often involving ambushing NPCs in an outhouse when they are taking a shit or setting random buildings on fire ("DM, how flammable is this...