Witch Hat Atelier S2 announced:

The best series tend to get sequels, and they also tend to reach my anime hall of fame.  As a result, reaching my anime hall of fame is a good prognosticator that the show will be getting a sequel.  I'm happy to announce that Witch Hat Atelier isn't ending any time soon, and that awful cliffhanger ending will be replaced with something more satisfying.

It's a shame the same didn't happen for Release that Witch.  Once I find a good replacement for it, I'll move that anime over to my top movie rankings, because it's only a movie-length show.

Mao followed the correct pattern, though, getting a 2 cour season that instantly makes it a respectable length in my rankings.  The extra episodes also help justify my high ranking of it at #67.  There's no proof it will end with 2 cours, either.  It could eventually get a sequel announcement at the proper time too.

Higurashi also follows my example, a highly rated series in my hall of fame has gotten a sequel announcement.  Unfortunately Higurashi has a good ending and doesn't need any additional eps, so I doubt anything good will come of this.

As expected, Japan was no match for Brazil, though they did keep it close to the very end.  Unexpectedly Germany and Holland both lost in penalty shootouts today as well.  Three close, exciting, unpredictable games in a row makes for a fun World Cup.  As a reminder to everyone, the same Paraguay that beat Germany lost to team USA 4-1.

Every time I go on a spending spree in Heaven Burns Red I cringe at how wasteful I'm being, but my biggest expense isn't Heaven, it's inflation.  Almost all my losses per year are the loss of the value of the dollar.  If not for inflation I would be so rich so quickly.  I make plenty of money, on paper, to cover all my video gaming expenses, my groceries, my car insurance, etc., to the point that it's all trivial.  But staying ahead of inflation is the real challenge.  I really wish America were still on the gold standard.  Inflation was never a problem before the 1970's.  Now it's always the problem.  Houses cost 54% more than they did just six years ago.  They cost ten times as much as they did in the 1970's.  How do you keep up with that?