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And Madison thinks they have hipsters.
That's some professionally obstinate hipster b$*&!!@% right there.
Well, both my brother and the Amish have similar views.
Both my brother and the Amish choose to send their kids to private schools that share their values.
As I said, too political for FaWtL, so I will refrain from further diatribes.
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Of course I'm naked when leaving mafia - style threatening messages on people's pillows. Aren't you?
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Tortured Crusader looks so tasty... and flavorful for the AP...
Sadly, although I have the first volume of Strange Aeons, nobody else in my group likes to run APs, and I am forbidden from running a horror game because of In Search of Sanity. Ever.
Period.
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why would you be forbidden from running after such an awesome game?
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That said, it really is tremendously irritating, as both a teacher, and a parent, when you feel trapped by the rules into doing things that you feel are needless and stupid, but otherwise mandatory, due to social, school board, or legal whatsits. Especially if you know the individual in question. It's usually at that point that I privately go, "Okay, look: you and I both know that this is, by this point, merely a song and dance routine. Your kid gets sick. We have no legal or social recourse to prove why, and we can't really just handwaive it away or, this being California, we'll have truancy flooding out our eardrums*. You're a cool guy, who's a great cook and has excellent taste in pants; I'm a guy who likes martial arts and video games; just let us go through these meetings, go about our lives, and everyone will basically be happy. Incide tally: how's your son doing in school? Does he need tutoring services?**"
Oh, it's the usual nonsense: In-person, the vice principal is all understanding. Then I get a letter from him saying, "How dare your son be absent AGAIN!?!? We're setting up a meeting with the school board and calling CPS!" And I go in and call him out on it, and he says, "Oh, that's just boilerplate. Pay no attention to it at all!"
As a man who has used meticulously-kept records in the past to obliterate my foes (I have mentioned that I once received a letter of apology from the IRS, haven't I?), I really don't appreciate having such a large set of incendiary letters in my son's school records, especially after being told that "it's all good".
Those letters are a Sword of Damocles hanging over my head -- as long as nothing ever goes wrong, no problems at all. If we ever end up in serious legal proceedings with the school for any reason, those letters are a bombshell.
So I don't like 'em.
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why would you be forbidden from running after such an awesome game?Tortured Crusader looks so tasty... and flavorful for the AP...
Sadly, although I have the first volume of Strange Aeons, nobody else in my group likes to run APs, and I am forbidden from running a horror game because of In Search of Sanity. Ever.
Period.
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It might be because I was running it in a public library. In a place where confused eight year olds tend to wander in.
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It might be because I was running it in a public library. In a place where confused eight year olds tend to wander in.why would you be forbidden from running after such an awesome game?Tortured Crusader looks so tasty... and flavorful for the AP...
Sadly, although I have the first volume of Strange Aeons, nobody else in my group likes to run APs, and I am forbidden from running a horror game because of In Search of Sanity. Ever.
Period.
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Rude little bastards.
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I know! That's why I'm working on my secret cloning project with a genetic variance algorithm to eliminate the small children problem altogether!
...
Forget you read that.
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Wasn't that the plot of Spy Kids 2.
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Hush. Hush, Yesterday. I must never remember that bad time.
So, here was a conversation I had (paraphrased):
DK: Hey, why don't we just do some online games so we can count on having a consistent cast and nuanced stories and fun mechanics rather than having to dumb things down for the newbies that wander in? (D&D is an actual public teen program at my library.)
Player 1: Sounds cool!
Player 2: Yeah, I like that. Why don't we swap notes later? I have this great idea for a cooperative DM campaign we can run.
Player 3: Oh, sweet! Now we can finally play some PF instead of 5E!
Player 4: Eh, okay.
Player 5 and 6: Sure!
(the day before the online game)
P1: Hey, DK, my computer has completely broken down. Won't be able to make it to the online meet.
P2: OH S!#% NONE OF MY NOTES ARE READY GIMME A WEEK AND I'LL HAVE SOMETHING
P3: Hold on, I'm trying to squeeze an extra DPS for my build at 8th level. Give me a few days.
P4: My computer has literally exploded. The firemen are putting out the fires right now.
P5: Off with family. Can't come. Sorry.
P6: I got in a car crash. Will be hospitalized for a week or two.
This actually happened.
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But it was some of my... i mean Antonio Banderas' finest acting!
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I believe my ability to find something good about nearly every media came from watching that movie, and lowering my standards so much they went down into the negatives then back around to the positives again
If that's the worst film you've seen, I would t worry too much. You've got much worse things in store for your life.
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What's that, we should all recommend bad movies for Doomkitten to watch so she truly understands what bad movies are.
Great idea Tacticslion!
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George of the Jungle 2.
Ghost Rider.
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Ghost Rider...
Ghost Rider...
Ghost Rider...
*internal screaming*
*hollow eyes*
Doesn't ring a bell.
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Ha! Chris Pratt was on The O.C..
Hilarious!
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I liked ghost rider...
At least the penance stare/phantom rider team up parts of the film.
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It might be because I was running it in a public library. In a place where confused eight year olds tend to wander in.why would you be forbidden from running after such an awesome game?Tortured Crusader looks so tasty... and flavorful for the AP...
Sadly, although I have the first volume of Strange Aeons, nobody else in my group likes to run APs, and I am forbidden from running a horror game because of In Search of Sanity. Ever.
Period.
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... not seeing a problem here...
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What's that, we should all recommend bad movies for Doomkitten to watch so she truly understands what bad movies are.
Great idea Tacticslion!
Turkish Star Wars
Barbarian Queen II
Dungeons and Dragons
Dungeons and Dragons II
Space Mutiny
All my faves.
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Speed, I'm not sure how two hours riding a bus could be considered "exciting".
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Well, there was that time the bus driver informed us he was literally pressing the pedal to metal and it was still only doing 50 km/h. So that made it a bit nervy.
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Well, there was that time the bus driver informed us he was literally pressing the pedal to metal and it was still only doing 50 km/h. So that made it a bit nervy.
That's just because it was a GMC bus...
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Speed, I'm not sure how two hours riding a bus could be considered "exciting".
Depends.
You might have a bus driver who looks exactly like Vizzini in 'The Princess Bride'
Or one who looks like Hugh Laurie in 'Jeeves and Wooster'
Or one who looks like Emo Hitler.
If that doesn't fit the bill, Sandra Bullock on the back seat will have to do.
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Alexander is truly terrible, watch that.
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~shudders~ Eragon. ~goes to bang my head against the wall~ That was a bad movie!
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Yeeeesh. Y'all ain't playin' around, are ya? Yech.
On a better note: I did not "killpocalypse" the business owner and certain customers today.
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~shudders~ Eragon. ~goes to bang my head against the wall~ That was a bad movie!I liked it better when it had X-wings.
Too strong, man. Just *too* strong!
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Prometheus.
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What didn't you like about Prometheus, NH?
I mean, not Scott's best, surely; but worst *ever*?
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Ugh. The books were good. Not amazing, but good.
But the movie...
*internal screaming*
*hollow-eyed stare*
What movie?
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The Revenant
the thing that Disney did last December
The Convent
Spectre
The Grey (good to the almost-end)
Boondock Saints II: All Saints' Day
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King Kong, three hours of Adrian Brody and Jack Black trying to be serious is a terrible price to pay for King Kong fighting two T-Rex.
Ugh. The books were good. Not amazing, but good.
But the movie...
*internal screaming*
*hollow-eyed stare*
What movie?
It is usually a good idea to avoid the movie if you have already read the book.
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FRAAAAAAAAAAAAAACK ME!!! I brought some really really good deli meat home today...and then left it in my backpack for the past 3 hours!
Too bad I can't blame this one on the velveeta. :(
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Isn't that what sandwich meat is designed for. Maybe make a lot of grilled whatever and cheese sandwiches.
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FRAAAAAAAAAAAAAACK ME!!! I brought some really really good deli meat home today...and then left it in my backpack for the past 3 hours!
Too bad I can't blame this one on the velveeta. :(
Do . . . you . . . confesssssss??
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the thing that Disney did last December
You, sir, are a silly face. :P
:D
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Alexander is truly terrible, watch that.
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hey that's one of my favorite movies!
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King Kong, three hours of Adrian Brody and Jack Black trying to be serious is a terrible price to pay for King Kong fighting two T-Rex.
that was a truly horrid film.
It is usually a good idea to avoid the movie if you have already read the book.
I don't necessarily agree.
I think it's true in many cases, but in many others the difference of experience is worthwhile enough. It fully depends on how invested you are in the source material and whether or not the book was adapted in order to make a good film or in order to make a quick cash grab.
Often studios use the latter; the former turns out quite well, even if it's not the same as the book.
Those who are heavily emotionally invested in the source material, of course, may well disagree with the changes to the source - because they're emotionally heavily invested in the source material - but that's different from simply having read (and enjoyed) a book and then seeing a film thereafter. Yet even then, there are those who, with a strong enough understanding between the necessary differences of film and literature (or just open enough of a mindset for entertainment) will not only understand, but embrace differences.
As an example, I surely wouldn't mind seeing films based off of any number of books that I've read (and I wouldn't call myself either that open minded or that strong in my understanding).
Further, pretty much all of the LotR films were excellent - of course the series has its detractors, and well it should; but the films are solid; the detractors are fairly solidly based on sentimental investment in the source material or disinterest in the genre's deeper elements, not actual flaws within the films themselves.
"This doesn't work for me." is valid, but not a problem with the film.
"This is sucky." is valid only if it's true.
"This is kind of okay." is sadly commonly true, and is hyperbolically blown out of proportion in many different directions, based off of fandoms.
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Isn't that what sandwich meat is designed for. Maybe make a lot of grilled whatever and cheese sandwiches.
Not in Arizona. Just a couple weeks ago I ate pepperoni pizza that I had left out, and was then sick for a day before violently vomiting it up. :/
It was mighty good cajun-seasoned turkey breast, but it wasn't worth the risk.
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hey that's one of my favorite movies!Alexander is truly terrible, watch that.
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...If I didn't know you personally, I'd be judging you right now.
Judging hard.
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hey that's one of my favorite movies!Alexander is truly terrible, watch that.
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...If I didn't know you personally, I'd be judging you right now.
Judging hard.
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it's a lot of action and colorful costumes and sets. I'm (not] sorry it isn't the somber line by line reading of historic accounts of his life that most people wanted, but it kept me interested throughout.
Just for that outrageous opinion, I'm unfriending you on Facebook! Take that, Freehold~!
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It is usually a good idea to avoid the movie if you have already read the book.I don't necessarily agree.
I think it's true in many cases, but in many others the difference of experience is worthwhile enough. It fully depends on how invested you are in the source material and whether or not the book was adapted in order to make a good film or in order to make a quick cash grab.
Prime example: The Green Mile.
(Though you can, of course, feel free to enjoy it, I'm... I can't... I just... I'm impressed, let's say. Then again, I liked Gladiator, and we all know it's lack of historical fidelity, soooo...)
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the thing that Disney did last December
You, sir, are a silly face. :P
:D
But not because of that opinion.
Prime example: The Green Mile.It is usually a good idea to avoid the movie if you have already read the book.I don't necessarily agree.
I think it's true in many cases, but in many others the difference of experience is worthwhile enough. It fully depends on how invested you are in the source material and whether or not the book was adapted in order to make a good film or in order to make a quick cash grab.
Boys... I said "usually" not "always". I realize there are exceptions to my statement.
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Tom & Huck, it stars Jonathan Taylor-Thomas, that's all you need to know.