Category: State Of The Blog

A couple days needed to finalize some of the hard details for the month before we begin, but needless to say, the final stretch of 2025 will feature… well, more of the same stuff you’ve seen in November.

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Well, October has come and gone… we’ve had our share of fun times and not so fun times. And now we go retro… or as some people would prefer to call it, those really old games that your grandparents used to play because your parents were probably Nintendo kids… or Sega kids… okay, maybe one of them MIGHT have had an Atari Jaguar, but I highly dispute that.

Anyway, your usual long-winded, probably never gonna happen updates follow after the break.

Continue reading “State Of The Blog – November 2025”

Happy spooky month, kids.

First new update to the blog is the introduction of a new State Of The Blog header banner that actually covers the entire column of the post as opposed to just a sliver of it. Please look forward to future banner updates that will see the new sizing take place. Will we replace all the old banners? Not really, but new posts will be have banners that are appropriately sized for this blog and not merely be relics of what came before.

With that said, there’s some ground to cover, so let’s get it over with and move on with our sad lives.

Continue reading “State Of The Blog – October 2025”

State Of The Blog thing… I suppose the good thing is that there’s an actual schedule being followed this month as far as the video material is concerned.

Continue reading “State Of The Blog – September 2025”

Hey, kids. This state of the blog is going to be brief because… well, I’m busy with real life and health stuff this month. Also, I’m mostly prepping for the last batch of stuff for the rest of the year so that we’ll be good to go on that front. There will be reviews. There will a couple PPV musings (not this week, but next week is Summerslam, which I’m watching at a friend’s house.)

Today’s scheduled review has been pushed back to tomorrow. Hopefully, this will be the only change in what passes as a schedule around these parts.

The endless daily stream begins again in September. For now, whatever pops up pops up… hopefully on time and hopefully in one piece.

Later.

Belated happy Canada Day to my fellow Canadians… and since I am indeed Canadian, I am legally and culturally obligated to inform my neighbours down south that they can go [REDACTED.] Except for you. You know who you are.

Anyway, here’s the slightly belated State Of The Blog for July.

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The last couple months suck in terms of material as far as video content is concerned. So consider this my way of playing catch-up while there’s a whole bunch of other shit going on at the same time. It’s as good a time as any to let y’all know that… there’s some developments behind the scenes that’s well worth checking out if you missed out on last night’s video stream thing.

Continue reading “State Of The Blog – June 2025”

Hey, yo…

So this is where I normally do a thing talking about stuff happening on the blog for the next month or stuff that’s been in the works in the background, but last month has been a challenge of sorts. And if you’ve been following this blog over the past few weeks, you know why. But for those who don’t, here’s a brief summary of things.

A couple weeks ago, I was admitted into the hospital after a weekend of experiencing sudden shortness of breath and accelerated heart rates. It became difficult to climb steps, form cohesive sentences, or do anything remotely… whatever. It was discovered that I had suffered an pulmonary embolism. Basically, I had blood clots in my lungs that needed to be cleared out and after a couple days, they had cleared out the lungs and kept me in check for a few days to see if everything was stable. At the same time, I also had a Crohn’s flare up… fierce abdominal pains, very intense, became very difficult to sleep at night, went to a private doctor to get meds and tests for that. Doctor figured I had a Crohn’s flare up, we need to get that treated, but the public health system of le gouvenerment du Quebec decided they needed more tests and… well, this happened.

So after a week or so’s stay, I came home with a relatively clean bill of health. I’m starting regular treatments to take care of the Crohn’s and hopefully, that’s something that can be brought down to a controllable level with medications and things of that nature. For what it’s worth, I’m slowly on the mend. I’m feeling okay for the most part. I’m still not at the level where I need to be, but I’m getting there. I’m going to try and be patient for the most part.

Since I’ve been home for the past couple weeks, I’ve been keeping busy with stuff around the house. Tending to the dog, dealing with family stuff and other things that needed my attention. That sort of thing. At the same time, I found myself at a point where I could get back into the groove of things as far material for my little part of the webzone is concerned. Turns out there was a lot of stuff that was ready to go and just needed fixing… and so that stuff is up and ready to be published on the scheduled days.

You’re still get PPV Musings every Wednesdays, though they’ll be covering old WCW and WWF PPVs from decades ago. Video reviews will slowly but surely be back in full form and there’s even a plan to try and get a marathon going at some point to play catch up. Sunday Gimmick Tables are slowly but surely making their return, starting with stuff that I started on a year ago and never got around to finishing, along with some new stuff that’s been in the works for a while and never got around to fixing.

So the good news is that things are progressing to a point where stuff is moving forward. Of course, my main concern is trying to get better and follow up on treatments… but at the very least, I can safely say that I’m slowly getting back to the point where I can get things done. And as it relates to my little part of the web, there is a LOT of stuff being done… and hopefully, this is just the beginning.

On a side note, I’ve also been doing some behind the scene fixes for older stuff – most notably the process of replacing the Dailymotion embeds with the Youtube ones for video reviews and such. Sure, the Youtube stuff is missing some of the fun details of the Dailymotion ones due to certain content situations, but those are small losses for otherwise more convenient viewing measures on the blog… which, at this point, is all I care about. There’s also the continued quest of restoring old material from years past and I’m hoping that by the time the year is done, almost everything worth keeping will be up and we can just focus on new shit going forward… either that or the new video remaster project.

So here’s to the road of healing… and here’s hoping we get back on track sooner than later.

Regards,
Dave (DTM)

Hello there. Fancy seeing you here.

I was hoping to have had this up sooner than later, but unfortunately, some health complications got the better of me recently that forced me to take a step back on certain things. To make a long story short, I’ve had a Crohn’s flare up last week – which means my bowels started to hurt real bad and I was, for the most part, not able to sleep. It sucked. I went to see a doctor. I got some meds to get it treated and I’m waiting for a specialist to call and book an appointment. Such is the way of public healthcare; hoping for something unreliable to be somewhat reliable.

In the meantime, I want to say that I’m feeling better… in that the meds are helping me with my abdominal pains and I’m getting some better sleep, but then I start getting into these coughing fits that so far is easily controlled with some home remedies of sorts, but they are, for the most part, what’s keeping me from doing any of the really fun stuff like live streams and the Sunday Gimmick Tables. Again, it sucks… and it seems like whenever I want to try and make a major push to pump out some more fun stuff, there’s always something to curtail that piece of business.

For now, let me just say that I’m still here. I’m still in relatively good health. I don’t feel like I’m going to keel over and croak any time soon. And I’m in relatively good hands with this doctor that I’ve been seeing, who has been a tremendous help in a province that is lacking in doctors that are genuinely helpful. I can tell you that, at the moment, I’m getting some stuff together – not just reviews, but also putting together a Ramble video to discuss the recent Nintendo Switch 2 details that have been brought up, along with some other things because let’s be honest – I’m more likely to get the minor things than a brand new system, especially at that price tag.

Right now, I’m aiming to resume video reviews next Monday (April 14th) and the goal is to resume the usual Monday-Wednesday-Friday upload cycle… but if I feel the need to scale things back in order to maintain some level of consistent upload schedule, then we’ll settle for two-a-week (Tuesday-Friday). Either way, I want to make sure that there’s some frequency of regular uploads on a weekly basis.

So this is where we’re at now. I’m sorry that things have been more pear-shaped than usual, but know that I’m doing whatever I need to do to get myself fixed up so I can get on with my life and also eventually get this place up and running to a respectable level. Please look forward to the day when that eventually happens.

And hey… if I manage a live stream somewhere along the way, you’ll know that we’re on the mend. Until then… take care.

But before you go, some house-keeping notes written before this whole spiel came into being.

Continue reading “State Of The Blog – April 2025”

Another month has come and gone… it’s time for another State Of The Blog posting. We’ll get to the heavy meat and potatoes of the updates after the break, but I do want to offer a bit of a warning beforehand because I feel like I need to give you folks a heads-up on things.

So, without going too deep into things, I’ve been getting some tests done to check out some health concerns. It’s nothing that I would deem serious at the moment, but they have been more of a hindrance over the past couple days as it relates to daily life activities. I’m getting stuff checked out, I’m doing fine for the most part, and for the moment, I’m able to do most of the things I usually do, but it is putting a damper on certain things that I want to do. Hence the lack of live streams and other things that I was hoping to get done in time for March.

That said, there is quite a bit of stuff to look forward to, especially if you like reading. I don’t know…

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