He opened TiviMate on his NVIDIA Shield. He navigated to "Add Playlist." The screen asked for a URL.
He just minimized it.
Because somewhere, in the dark corners of another forum, a new URL was waiting to be found. And he was, after all, a man of systems. And the system, no matter how broken, always had a workaround.
Then came Saturday.
The biggest college football game of the year. Ohio State vs. Michigan. Lena was out with friends. Mia was at a sleepover. Daniel had a six-pack of local IPA and the promise of a perfect evening.
