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I'm really busy snow whoring.Don't tell Freehold or he'll want to join...
Freehold knows, I've been trying to get him to join my crew for years now.
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Glorious, beautiful rain and a double rainbow. Absolutely fantastic.
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Happy Lupercalia!
Also when the doc is checking you for signs of mental changes that's a bad answer.
Also I was in the hospital this week.
EVERYTHING was designed by midgets. Seriously I get when equipment can't handle my width, I"m into veterinary medicine there. But I'm only around 6 2.
They had new med students come use me as a practice dummy. I suggested getting me an alcka seltzer tablet and going "Braaaaaiiiins" Doc sees the dungeons and dragons books on the shelf and wonders if nerds can just sense each other, because one of the students around around the corner and had a "are you prepared for the zombie apocalypse" pin.
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If a doctor doesn't know what Lupercalia is, I don't want their grubby uneducated barbarian hands prodding my delicate bits anyway.
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If a doctor doesn't know what Lupercalia is, I don't want their grubby uneducated barbarian hands prodding my delicate bits anyway.
Yeah, totally. But for arguments sake, what do you think it is.
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Oh no, I'm not falling for that twice. This is that "I know, but just to make sure, why don't you tell me where your prostate is" thing all over again...
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Endless maddening murmur of voices...
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Coincidentally, my father's visit is really straining my patience...
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I think the ghost scared everyone away.Also been a couple weeks since NH disappeared. Someone at Global Megacorp may have black-bagged him.
Im sure he'll post when he has time.
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We went to Elmina slave fort on Saturday, which was a pretty intense and upsetting experience, especially for my wife and the kids. The three hour drive each way on a hot day over a half completed motorway (then through rush hour in Accra) didn't help, either.
Yesterday I did what I haven't done in a long time, bought some (cheap) books.
A Dead Djinn in Cairo And Other Stories, The City We Became, and Amber's Chronicles Of Merlin in single book...
Now I need to check if I have Chronicles Of Corwin, or have I duplicated Merlin...
Ehhh, I got Merlin second time...
Ehhh, I got Merlin second time...
Cool. One to read and one to snack on.
So, California's trying to secede again, which is always entertaining.
Will California ever be allowed to secede? This map says, "No."
(For those who don't trust links, in terms of net Federal money, California's one of 11 states that fund the other 39. So we're a cash cow. End of secession discussion.)
I mean.... yes. But if CA weren't attached at the hip to the rest of the USA their economy wouldn't be what it is. That and all of CA's IP patents are held by the USA, not the state of CA itself. Also, if CA is so flush with ca$h, why can't they balance their state budget? And why can't they build high speed rail faster than one meter of finished track per year at the cost of ~$100k/meter?
London however could cede from GB and be just fine I think. Finance, like illicit drugs, travels across boarders like they aren't even there.
No access to the sea, though, and it'd be surrounded by the rest of the country , unless it had a reasonably large hinterland. It'd also be dependent on another entity for defence and would find it pretty difficult to police its borders.
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I mean.... yes. But if CA weren't attached at the hip to the rest of the USA their economy wouldn't be what it is. That and all of CA's IP patents are held by the USA, not the state of CA itself. Also, if CA is so flush with ca$h, why can't they balance their state budget? And why can't they build high speed rail faster than one meter of finished track per year at the cost of ~$100k/meter?
I'd guess California conservatives are to blame, but I could certainly be wrong. Having easy access to Mexico and ports to reach Canada and others would help, but there's a lot of pitfalls that likely make it unattractive.
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We've got various counties in Illinois passing non-binding resolutions to secede and create their own state, as they feel Illinois politics is centered lopsidedly towards Chicago.
...
But...
Um...
Speaking as someone who does not live in the Chicago Metro Area...
Chicago and the surrounding suburbs is just shy of 75% of the state's population. Yeah, farm communities are important, and we need to have policies that help them, but 75% of our people are located in 10% of the state's counties. Something tells me there's a reason we focus on that part of the state more.
So...back to the secession idea...what exactly are you going to do for an economy, tax base, etc, etc, etc as your own state? Genuinely curious if anybody has logically thought that one through beyond "I hate Chicago".
We've got various counties in Illinois passing non-binding resolutions to secede and create their own state, as they feel Illinois politics is centered lopsidedly towards Chicago.
...
But...
Um...
Speaking as someone who does not live in the Chicago Metro Area...
Chicago and the surrounding suburbs is just shy of 75% of the state's population. Yeah, farm communities are important, and we need to have policies that help them, but 75% of our people are located in 10% of the state's counties. Something tells me there's a reason we focus on that part of the state more.
So...back to the secession idea...what exactly are you going to do for an economy, tax base, etc, etc, etc as your own state? Genuinely curious if anybody has logically thought that one through beyond "I hate Chicago".
...I like Chicago Party Aunt.
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You will screenshot if you're particularly unlucky.
Damn...
So long, John.
John... no.
Goodbye John.
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Death, be not proud, though some have called thee
Mighty and dreadful, for thou art not so;
For those whom thou think'st thou dost overthrow
Die not, poor Death, nor yet canst thou kill me.
From rest and sleep, which but thy pictures be,
Much pleasure; then from thee much more must flow,
And soonest our best men with thee do go,
Rest of their bones, and soul's delivery.
Thou art slave to fate, chance, kings, and desperate men,
And dost with poison, war, and sickness dwell,
And poppy or charms can make us sleep as well
And better than thy stroke; why swell'st thou then?
One short sleep past, we wake eternally
And death shall be no more; Death, thou shalt die.
GNU, John. A man is not truly dead so long as his name is spoken.
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Rest in peace, friend, and may this next dream be grander than the last.
hello, everyone. I realize that it's been a while. But I was in the hospital for fie months.. Worst news first. i believe that everyone knows about my pituitary tumor. So in August, I was sent to the hospital. There, it was determined that the entire gland needed removal.
During the operation, I had a stroke. Then I needed months of therapy.
I was discharged December the eighth. So I was home for the holidays.
I'm glad to see that everyone else is well. DAMN, it's ggood to be home.Hey. I'm John Napier 698's brother. I wanted to inform his friends on here that, last Wednesday, he was found deceased in his bed. He appeared to have died peacefully in his sleep.
I know that this group was important to him, and I thought he might like you to know.
John actually introduced me to gaming, way back in or around 1986, with Traveller. He, my brother Dennis, and I also had a long-standing D&D group that met every Sunday until Dennis passed. RPG's and computer games were a HUGE part of John's life - and mine - and some of his favorite memories that he would share with me were moments from the games he was involved in. The last thing he told me he was working on was creating an EMP missile for Starfinder.
If you thought of John as a friend, or thought fondly of him, dedicate your next critical hit to him.
Thanks.
Rest in peace, John.
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Going out today. Here's hoping there's a rainbow, may see John in it.
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Birthday Present:
Inflamed gum, just over a dead tooth that had root canal treatment about a year ago.
Yay.
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Fantasy Monster: Teeth-collector hag.
Because teeth.
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I am giving Dark Souls III a second try...
Why I am doing that to myself?!
Oh, right, Elden Ring was is (I am nearing the finish to both the main game and DLC, but still have to go a few bosses) an actual blast. Despite all the frustration.
I have selected sorcerer as my class...
And the first boss that stopped me from progressing further is now dead.
Camera movement gives me nausea, though...
I got uchigatana and leveled my stats to use it...
I still play Skyrim. Trying to see how far I can get without dying. 49th level is best so far. I got pushed off a high bridge. Couldn’t manage to become ethereal.
I still play Skyrim. Trying to see how far I can get without dying. 49th level is best so far. I got pushed off a high bridge. Couldn’t manage to become ethereal.
I'm looking forward to trying 'Avowed'
I still play Skyrim. Trying to see how far I can get without dying. 49th level is best so far. I got pushed off a high bridge. Couldn’t manage to become ethereal.
Aw fus...
I've played the hell out of Wrath of the Righteous. Might be my favorite game of all time, or at least up there with Planescape: Torment, the Icewind Dales, and the OG Baldur's Gate series.