Monday Evening Open Thread – HOAs and Who Loves You, Baby?

I hope everyone is not feeling too bloated from the feast of basketball games this past weekend and may all your brackets be winners (somehow).  I myself was able to only enjoy a few games due to my HOA.  And my role as HOA President.  And a resident member of the HOA who was trying to stack the deck in such a way as to change the bylaws and spring the surprise on us.   You know, I only know of about 5 lawyers in the HOA, but by Zeus’ left nut, anything about the bylaws and everyone in the HOA is suddenly arguing to me like they are presenting a case before SCOTUS.  The hulla balloo is about the rooves and the material with which to shingle.  There is a fairly high standard for the neighborhood but, this neighborhood, the homes are in the upper 6 figures, and it is made extremely apparent when you buy what you have to do for your roof.  A resident bought a house in the neighborhood, spent a quarter million on the yard, then did renovations, and lastly then had the roof work done.  Guess what, ran out of money and are now trying to change to a cheaper alternative.  Nope, not going to happen.  Between texts, emails, phone calls, and the occasional in-person discussion, I have met more people in the neighborhood in the last 5 days than my previous 20 years living here.  Hippo, I hope you never have to serve on an HOA, because it is hell for us hermit types. So, I have not been around much for the last week, nor have I had the time to review anything to write about Trench Crusade.

However some recommendations: Dark Winds on AMC+, Solo Leveling on Crunchy Roll, and the Original Kojak episodes on Prime, and a new one for us from Brit Box – Ludwig, police procedural with a puzzle solving master, sounds cheesy, but is actually good.

So, this is what you get tonight

4 NHL Games, and you will like it.