At the risk of being that guy, I believe you mean the Suez canal.
The characters early on will come onto you a bit strong, and Withers will dunk on you for not pursuing romance of any variety, but its absolutely possible.
It was so boring I tossed my tower out a window before I even purchased it.
The content is what I notice the most whenever I see reddit r/all now. I'm not sure I have the right words for it, but it has definitely deteriorated. Like, most of the content is aita, rateme, publicfreakout, tiktok videos, etc. Mostly just mindless content, which I enjoy sometimes, but not when that's all it is.
I didn't usually use r/all, but I would look at it occasionally and I feel like it used to be better not even that long ago.
Oh yeah, I could hear that before I clicked anything. There were some earworms in that game for sure (for me anyways). Phobos Moon is another one that I think about sometimes. I'd join that map just to listen to that for a bit.
I have my power conditioner mounted under my desk with the switch easily accessible. When not in use, I routinely power that off. I don't have WoL enabled, but it gives me peace of mind anyways knowing that I'm pretty close to airgapped at that point.
Kudos! I think I would have ended up skimming it quite a bit if I had read it, but I went with the audio book instead in that instance. I will say, the audio book is a full cast and very entertaining. I would recommend it if you ever wanted to go through the story a second time.
+1 for Ecco shoes. I worked at a large hotel and conference center for several years, so lots of walking (10-15k steps on average, I'd say), and I had to wear a suit. I can't remember what shoes I wore when I got that job, but when I switched to Eccos, there was a noticeable improvement in comfort and way less foot pain by the end of the day. Game changer for me. Also, a bit of polish once or twice a week, and they looked great for years.
The interior did fall apart faster than 9 years for me though. Probably more like 2-3 years. I'm also assuming I wore mine and walked more in them than most.