1 hr elliptical..check
1 hr nature walking with pups ... Check
Now onto swimming and lifting
Inside out clothes.... Check
Why having players on session is great for sessions:
The players decided to go and scout the still monster-infested district of the city on the other side of the river. They scouted the area of the temple of Bane, so I decided that they found barracks and a training area where a new generation of acolytes of Bane was trained from scratch (orphan teenagers being trained the Banejugend style). Of course the two characters who were doing the scouting decided that they want to kidnap some of them for an interrogation... Thankfully two youngsters showing the most compassion toward another one that was executed as a dire example were ordered by the priest overseeing their training to dispose of the bodies... The PCs had no trouble of capturing them (Sleep Hex, what else can be said), bound, transported through the orc-occupied territory, swam through the river, and then delivered to the party's house.
The party was careful and delicate while dealing with them, discovering that they are not real zealots, just kids that were raised through fear and forced obedience... They were offered the choice: they can be sent to the orphanage overseen by the local temple of Tyr or they can stay with the party who will try to train them into some useful profession or a class.
I decided to roll the stats they will have when they grow fully adult. Damn, why don't I get such results when I roll my won stats?!
Aryn: 14, 14, 14, 14, 16, 16... His stats are better than the party (who used 25-points point buy).
Deira was less than lucky and closer to my typical rolls with 12, 13, 9, 10, 8, 10...
The players laughed and declared Aryn The Chosen One". And I think this will starts a new thread in the game plot. You see, the BBEG claims to be a rightful inheritor of the royal lineage that ruled the city - and the party was investigating the supposedly severed royal line before on the behalf of the city council that replaced the royal line and ruled the city for the last 400 years.
Now I want to make Aryn an actual descendant of that line...
Nothing ruins your day more than opening your mailbox to find a $2000 medical bill for something you were told was covered by your insurance. Awesome.
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Nothing ruins your day more than opening your mailbox to find a $2000 medical bill for something you were told was covered by your insurance. Awesome.
It may still be. Some places automatically bill the patient even when they have turned the cost in to the insurance company. Check for a THIS HAS BEEN SUBMITTED TO INSURANCE note on it.
I think they do it hoping people pay along with the insurance company, so they can double-dip (at least for a while). Medical billing is incredibly "incompetent", mysteriously in favor of the medical establishment.
Nothing ruins your day more than opening your mailbox to find a $2000 medical bill for something you were told was covered by your insurance. Awesome.
And this right here is one of the many reasons I'm grateful fate had me born in Canada. Ouch.
Urgh. Start of F.E.A.R 2 is neat but the motion sickness made me stop quite quickly. Which, combined with the fact that the game lacks quick-save, instead relying on checkpoints does not bode well...
Nothing ruins your day more than opening your mailbox to find a $2000 medical bill for something you were told was covered by your insurance. Awesome.And this right here is one of the many reasons I'm grateful fate had me born in Canada. Ouch.
"Sucks to be you" really doesn't help the situation.
Check for a THIS HAS BEEN SUBMITTED TO INSURANCE note on it.
No note listed on the bill, just a column denoting how much of the bill was covered-- in this case, nothing.
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I'd call the biller Shiny. I got a $600 one that I had to call thrice before my insurance would unfnck itself sufficiently to pay it.
I'd call the biller Shiny. I got a $600 one that I had to call thrice before my insurance would unfnck itself sufficiently to pay it.
That's the current plan. I'm going to be back in for a regular appointment on Wednesday, so I'll probably ask around the office then as well.
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I'd fight it, I smell shenanigans.
Be well, David! :-)
Brute Squad quiz time!
Q) how many of Captain Yesterday's coworkers does it take to figure out the 2 foot tall Spongebob pillow is a pillow and not not a pillow. It should be noted, I told them four times "it's a pillow!"
A) 3
Edit: they even checked the website (inconclusive) if that isn't job security I don't know what is.
I'd fight it, I smell shenanigans.
Be well, David! :-)
same here. This sounds incredibly suspicious.
So sorry Dave ugh :(
Hmmm who's in for a European meetup at my place in England? Why should New York get all the fun?
Road Trip!!
Hmmm who's in for a European meetup at my place in England? Why should New York get all the fun?
I will be west of London (Reading / Oxford) in september,
I totally forgot that you have moved to England, I was in London last September
Happy Easter to those who celebrate it.
It looks to be a nice day. I don't work until midnight tonight, so I should be able to get some stuff done.
HOPPY EASTER!
Having my first cup of coffee for the day after noon. This is such a rare event, I thought it should be mentioned.
Also in the midst of making a
Happy Easter to all those who celebrate it!
happy easter everyone,
much to much food, cake and sweets over the last 3 days, boy had a blast hunting easter eggs and today he got 3 (three!)) desserts (ice, choclate, ice) after lunch at my dads
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Hand me the scalpel,
I'll make an incision,
And cut out the part of your brain that does the b+$$&ing.
Put it in formaldehyde,
Put it on the shelf,
Show it to your friends and say that's my old self.
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3 desserts!!?? He's on his way to hobbit status!
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Yup we totally need to set up a European meetup, maybe a gaming weekend. Woot.
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My dreams as of 20 minutes ago featured no rocking out. However, in my dreams, someone hit my car in a hotel parking lot, which made it roll down a hill into a swimming pool. Then I rescued a living stuffed rabbit that was losing stuffing but was very sweet so I determined to save it.
So yeah, dream brain you are officially weird.
And on that note, I begin another 16-hour shift. Le sigh
For someone who doesn't get enough hours I seem to work some freaking heinous shifts.
My dreams as of 20 minutes ago featured no rocking out. However, in my dreams, someone hit my car in a hotel parking lot, which made it roll down a hill into a swimming pool. Then I rescued a living stuffed rabbit that was losing stuffing but was very sweet so I determined to save it.
So yeah, dream brain you are officially weird.
The older I get, the better I am at lying / The more friends and family I have dead or dying / It's harder to define love, I need to drink more if I wanna catch a buzz / The older I get, the more articulate I am at whining
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The cynicism of old age then. Gotcha
For me, the older I get , the more I understand
The more I enjoy lending a hand
My friends increase every year
As I grow older, I learn how not to fear
Wisdom is hard-earned, and a precious thing
I may not be as fast or as strong
But my heart can still sing.
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Parking lot haiku
I sit silently
My truck is dark and still
Slow the night passes
♪ ♫ blinded by the light ♪ ♫
held up like a loofah by
the foreman of the night. (he!)
So many lost souls
Wander antiseptic halls
Cures seem elusive.
Hoppy After-Easter everybunny!
;P
Was too busy having a stage combat workshop on Fri/Sat (And joining the Crawfish boil on Sunday, then driving back home) to get on the interwebs and catch you all before the weekend!
Now, a week off. Sounds delightful!
Oh wait, I helped organize a week-long Stage combat class for this week.
(I'm calling it the 'Swamp-Slam Intensive', because we have an actual swamp in the middle of our campus. With alligators.)
30 hours, 1 weapon, 1 test.
It will be great!
And I will be exhausted.
It's not Haiku, but it'll haveta do! :)
Gotta go, Later!
:)
I tried Haiku, once.
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However, in my dreams, someone hit my car in a hotel parking lot, which made it roll down a hill into a swimming pool. Then I rescued a living stuffed rabbit that was losing stuffing but was very sweet so I determined to save it.
Pff, amateur.
I woke up this morning from a dream where I had offended Baba Yaga (who lived on the second story of the 200+ year old jail found in the courthouse green of the county I grew up in- that would be Mathews County, Va.)
Bab Yaga was chasing me because I had moved the bike rack made of cast iron pipe which was on the landing of the rusty steel and concrete stair which led to her house.
I took off running, thankful the county had replaced the water treatment plant which was there when I was a kid, 'cause I could run across the grass which replaced it.
I woke up trying to figure out if I should duck into the nearest church or if She would care if I did.
Also thinking, why doesn't she run faster?
national holyday today (Easter Monday)
we went with the boy to the nearby Ronneburg castle, last time we where there he was very young and we did not know how he would react today.
he had a he climbed stairs, touched everything in reach and commemted every room with a "knights here" "also knights" "more knights"
the castle kitchen was active and we could make "bread on a stick"
afterwards in the car he said "cool castle"
later I cooked my favorite meal, the hessian national dish: Green Sauce
The cynicism of old age then. Gotcha
Tempered with ironic self-awareness, but yes.
national holyday today (Easter Monday)
we went with the boy to the nearby Ronneburg castle, last time we where there he was very young and we did not know how he would react today.
he had a he climbed stairs, touched everything in reach and commemted every room with a "knights here" "also knights" "more knights"
the castle kitchen was active and we could make "bread on a stick"afterwards in the car he said "cool castle"
later I cooked my favorite meal, the hessian national dish: Green Sauce
That's an awesome day! I am interested to know what goes into Green Sauce?
However, in my dreams, someone hit my car in a hotel parking lot, which made it roll down a hill into a swimming pool. Then I rescued a living stuffed rabbit that was losing stuffing but was very sweet so I determined to save it.Pff, amateur.
I woke up this morning from a dream where I had offended Baba Yaga (who lived on the second story of the 200+ year old jail found in the courthouse green of the county I grew up in- that would be Mathews County, Va.)
Bab Yaga was chasing me because I had moved the bike rack made of cast iron pipe which was on the landing of the rusty steel and concrete stair which led to her house.
I took off running, thankful the county had replaced the water treatment plant which was there when I was a kid, 'cause I could run across the grass which replaced it.
I woke up trying to figure out if I should duck into the nearest church or if She would care if I did.
Also thinking, why doesn't she run faster?
You definitely got me beat Niel!
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All very cogent points. I find the paying attention bit to be my nemesis. My meditation practice has helped. Also, reading the writings of masters who confess that even after decades they still have to reign in their wandering attention constantly. It's a fight that is never truly over, much like losing weight for the metabolically-challenged. But, you are better for fighting it. I've probably halved my anxiety and wishful thinking since I began. Also, by focusing on the now, and not the could-bes and should-have-beens you find yourself more able to engage in positive things that actually help you improve going towards the future.
Weird day ahead. I was in bed @7pm. Now I have to go drive a bus and then head back to Boston. But first a bit of breathing exercise and a walk through the dawn gloaming.
Hurm. Quiet day today.
Back on the T headed into Boston. I'm hoping for a short evening. The weather is that odd New England Spring mix where it's been bouncing between 40 and 60 Farnenheit, making it hard to figure out what to wear.
Have any of my NYC peeps checked out that Holiday Inn on Delancey Str? Three weeks from this coming weekend!
I had an interesting day driving school busses about. It's not as hard as one might think. The trick are the wide turns.
Also, Massachusetts drivers are very much @$$holes. Who passes a bus on a two-way road? Really?