New Year, new me. Nah. I'm fine just the way I am. Doing the things I love. Like enjoying

a latte on the bus with some music or on a walk with a friend. My only resolution is

to enjoy more of what I love. Like switching up my usual with oat, soy, almond or coconut.

All delicious non-dairy alternatives available at Starbucks. For no extra charge. While stocks

last subject to availability. Everyone is playing Pokemon Go. Unless they're doing something productive

or worthwhile, then they're not. Pokemon Go is the new game based on the Pokemon franchise,

which was invented by Satoshi Tajiri. A Japanese name that when translated means I will get revenge

on you for Hiroshima, you round-eyed louses by creating a game that saps your vital energy

with meaningless pursuits. In Pokemon games, opponents select bizarre little creatures and set

them off against each other and absurdly silly confrontations. No wait, that's the American

primary system. Well, it's Pokemon. I'm not sure. Anyway, Pokemon Go downloads the game

to your smartphone and attaches it to your camera and GPS creating a system called Augmented

Reality. Augmented Reality looks like the world around you, but is really a fantasy.

It's like watching the news on ABC. When you look through the phone's camera, you see

what's in front of you. Only now there are Pokemon creatures here and there, and by throwing

your magic Pokemon ball at them, you can catch them and begin training them for battle.

Augmented Reality and Regular Reality are different. In Augmented Reality, you might see a gigantic,

colorful beast thrashing wildly through the streets, and you might feel this is just the

creature you need to save the world. In Regular Reality, it's just Donald Trump and you've

been played for a sucker. In Augmented Reality, a lovely, cutly, yellow figure named Pikachu,

accompanies a young boy through the magical world of imagination. In Regular Reality, Pikachu

is no longer allowed to accompany young boys because of an incident in Tampa back in 1997.

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