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Chorizo can look similar on the outside to multiple kinds of Polish sausage, but it's Spanish/Portuguese.I always assumed it was Mexican, but obviously the Spanish brought it over. Never really thought that much about it actually. Except for thinking that chorizo, eggs, cheese, and potatoes make a pretty good burrito.
There is Mexican Chorizo and there is Spanish Chorizo. I guess there's probably a Portuguese variant which would be closer to Spanish than to Mexican. IIRC, Mexican Chorizo is a bit "hotter" than Spanish, enough so that some recipes would recommend one variant over the other, though a lot of recipes seem to ignore that there's a difference.
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There is Mexican Chorizo and there is Spanish Chorizo. I guess there's probably a Portuguese variant which would be closer to Spanish than to Mexican.
There is! There's a Portugese community that's lived in Rhode Island (where my wife is from) for generations. Many restaurants in the area offer "chorize" (pronounced SHOR-ees), although I've seen it spelled different ways.
I believe similar to Spanish chorizo, but I can't recall trying the Spanish version. Chorize is sweeter than Mexican chorizo, and isn't as spicy.
There is Mexican Chorizo and there is Spanish Chorizo. I guess there's probably a Portuguese variant which would be closer to Spanish than to Mexican.There is! There's a Portugese community that's lived in Rhode Island (where my wife is from) for generations. Many restaurants in the area offer "chorize" (pronounced SHOR-ees), although I've seen it spelled different ways.
I believe similar to Spanish chorizo, but I can't recall trying the Spanish version. Chorize is sweeter than Mexican chorizo, and isn't as spicy.
I would definitely prefer the Portuguese version.
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I suspect the Portuguese and Spanish versions are pretty similar.
The trick is identifying which version you've got in the store.
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Convenient! Pretty soon we won't have to do anything at all to game. Generative AI will write the modules, create the characters, then run the characters through the modules. This is going to be a big time saver!
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Back in 2013, I had a Quibblevillain rant at a writers' conference about how once publishers figured out how to write mediocre (or even barely passable) novels with machines, they would replace writers in a heartbeat. Everyone thought I was being histrionic.
MAD THEY CALLED ME! WELL WHO IS MAD NOW?!
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I’ve never braved trying to track down author guidelines from, say, the pot-boiler romance market, just out of lurid curiosity, and I’d like to think that I avoid the tackiest end of things, but even a comparative snob like me wonders if there’s a certain formula that unduly influences the sorts of trashy thing I might toss into my bag to waste time while stuck in a noisy laundromat that is not conducive to more challenging fare.
And I’ve been flabbergasted to see that even avowedly mad-libbed / name-swapped nonsense gets even negligible but non-zero hits among fanfiction readers. I mean, there’s wasting time, and then there’s a basic level of self-respect.
Convenient! Pretty soon we won't have to do anything at all to game. Generative AI will write the modules, create the characters, then run the characters through the modules. This is going to be a big time saver!
I have to admit I can imagine a sort of gruesome fascination with the idea, like watching a train wreck. Or something like this, only worse?
Or the schadenfreude of having a really terrible paper to grade, only without the guilt and frustration of having to actually mark the damn thing? In the case of "AI" "content," one could simply sit back and marvel, “Wow, somebody thought it was worth releasing something that could produce this?” Except that would only encourage them, I’m sure.
AI will write the papers. AI will grade the papers. AI will complain to the instructor's supervisor about the grade. AI will inform the complaining AI that there is nothing they can do about it. AI will file a lawsuit claiming institutional bias over the grade. AI will judge the suit. AI will then decide to award AI a large settlement, which AI will then raise by bilking real humans out of money.
Because THAT is what it always comes back to.
Fantasy Monster: Tooth Gremlin.
I am spawning too many gremlins...
Fantasy Monster: Tooth Gremlin.
I am spawning too many gremlins...
Nonsense! Bring 'em on!!
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It feels like the phrase "too many gremlins" is one of those things that is guaranteed to summon more gremlins...
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Nonsense! Bring 'em on!!Fantasy Monster: Tooth Gremlin.
I am spawning too many gremlins...
Don't say later I didn't warn you...
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Gremlin kebabs are a delicacy in many cultures.
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I've been reading Patrick Stewart's memoir and just learned that he and Brian Blessed were in the same amateur theatre group when they were teenagers. This has led me to the suspicion that young Brian Blessed made his magnificent beard by stealing young Patrick Stewart's hair...
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I've been reading Patrick Stewart's memoir and just learned that he and Brian Blessed were in the same amateur theatre group when they were teenagers. This has led me to the suspicion that young Brian Blessed made his magnificent beard by stealing young Patrick Stewart's hair...
*looks up from monitor in horrified surprise* Dear...God.....It's all coming together... *rushes to look outside to see of the stars are all extinguishing themselves*
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Meh. Y'all had a good run.
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Not long enough!
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A hag that will happily bake your kids (into) a pie.
This is fantastic!
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This is fantastic!
You should try the chocolate-covered ones.
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So we play on Mondays at my house. My dogs are now so conditioned to nerds descending on their home and tossing treats hither and yon that I just set out the maps & dice TWO HOURS EARLY (I got other stuff to do) and they're going totally monkeysantashit crazy. Running from window to window, door to door, excitedly barking.
*facepalm*
Truly the greatest trick Pavlov ever pulled was making people think of slobbering dogs every time they heard his name.
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That's hilarious! What kind of dogs do you have?
My dogs would lose their minds when they heard a package being checked after delivery. The *beep* was the trigger. They'd bark until they were nearly out of breath.
Then I had to get a new cookstove. To use the various settings on it, you had to push a button. Which sounded EXACTLY like the beeping used by the scanners. So dinner prep was always accompanied by two large dogs barking like thunder for ten minutes.
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I have a deaf Australian shepherd and a mutt who looks like she *should* be something but is a Heinz 57 dog. The Aussie is the one who gives Monkey Santa a run for his money. Once, I was almost home with them after a 7 mile walk and she was still nutso. My neighbors (who own a large potato pretending to be a bulldog) were on their daily 'round the block'.
"Oh," they said, "we've been thinking of getting an Aussie. She's so pretty!"
ME: "So's a coked-up supermodel with a switchblade and a Ph.D. You still don't invite her to live on your couch..."
Everyone who knows her agrees that's the perfect description.
LOL I kinda wish there was a heart emoji available! LOL
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I don’t have a dog right now, but it reminds me of my shepherd mix and my roommate at the time’s cheweenie. They would both be super excited when I got home, jumping up and down. My dog would accidentally step on the cheweenie. This triggered him to attack my dog, chewing on her hind leg. My dog would then just plomp down on him, ending the attack. The scene repeated itself every time I came home from work.
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LOL I kinda wish there was a heart emoji available! LOL
Me too...
*hangs head*
That's fantastic!
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Fantasy NPC: The Thirsty Prince That Drowned
An ancient prince who drowned in an oasis in the middle of the desert...
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So cool! I love the backstories in your creations.
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What the student meant: Frankenstein is a novel of the Romantic movement.
What the student said: Frankenstein shows romantic tension.
I think we're improving on the Creature/Helen Keller buddy cop movie.
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What the student meant: Frankenstein is a novel of the Romantic movement.
What the student said: Frankenstein shows romantic tension.
I think we're improving on the Creature/Helen Keller buddy cop movie.
A rom-com called Bolt Out of the Blue?
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<rant>
ME (a few dozen times in lead-up to campaign start): This campaign is survival horror. Think zombiepocalypse. You'll need to rely on whatever you find and shopping will be rare, if ever.
BOTH N00B PLAYERS*: We'll bring heavy armor specialists with no skills who require very specific gear! And they'll be exactly the same build, down to the race and party function, but with slightly different class focuses! Certainly needing exactly the same stuff won't in any way be a problem, right? Now, where can we sell this loot and our starting non-heavy armor so we can buy full plate, without which our characters make no sense?
ME: Apparently my mother was right. It *is* possible to just talk to hear yourself talk... huh. I should call her and apologize.
*Noobs to Pathfinder, not to TTRPGS. They don't have that excuse.
</rant>
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They don't even have to be Noobs to be that dumb. Oh, no...
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They don't even have to be Noobs to be that dumb. Oh, no...
*bangs tambourine*
Testify!
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A side quest to get enough bits and bobs (giant beetle carapaces? Bones? Slates?) to McGuyver oneself some heavy armour might be interesting, though
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It *would* be. And about 15 years ago, that's what I would've done. But now I don't have the extra time to add stuff to an adventure path to customize it to that extent. So I'll settle for thrashing them repeatedly until they learn. Just like Ma and Pa used to do to us unruly younguns*.
*NOTE: In-game. I'm not advocating physically thrashing other players. While therapeutic, it is illegal.
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It *would* be. And about 15 years ago, that's what I would've done. But now I don't have the extra time to add stuff to an adventure path to customize it to that extent. So I'll settle for thrashing them repeatedly until they learn. Just like Ma and Pa used to do to us unruly younguns*.
*NOTE: In-game. I'm not advocating physically thrashing other players. While therapeutic, it is illegal.
*a few minutes later*
IDEA: "Ok, guys, since two of you need heavy armor, here's what I'm going to rule. With a simple Craft check, a character can turn the corpse of an equally sized character into a suit of full plate for free. Talk amongst yourselves..."
Does this ring a bell?
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Addendum: A hunchback is automatically considered to have sanctuary in the area of a chimeswarm...
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Addendum: A hunchback is automatically considered to have sanctuary in the area of a chimeswarm...
I saw what you did there.
Heh, heh, heh...
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LOL I kinda wish there was a heart emoji available! LOL
❤️
(On a Windows machine, Windows key plus the period brings up the emoji selector!)
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❤
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Overheard at Quibble Acres:
"So... how many of your friends do have Stockholm Syndrome at this point?"
"Based on the amount of back-talk, I'd say not enough."
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LOL!!!
About 20 years ago, my son and I were in that last-minute madness of buying Christmas gifts. I was tired and grumpy and generally just being a dad who wanted to go home and relax after work. As we're walking toward the storefront, he says, "Dad, I love you. But I'm not sure if it's because you're my dad and I'm your son or if it's Stockholm Syndrome." Cue hilarious laughter (and pride that my ten year old son knew what Stockholm Syndrome was).
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HA!
That's awesome!
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Fantasy Monsters: Toll-o-Bell.
Ring the bells of doom!