Recent content by Mannahnin

  1. Mannahnin

    Our Physical Fitness

    Got back in last night for three sets of lat pulldowns (narrow grip) with drop sets on the latter two, three sets of machine triceps extensions with drop sets on the latter two, and three of machine shoulder press with a drop set on the last one. And this morning I managed to motivate to do a...
  2. Mannahnin

    Gaming Journalist Rob Wieland Passes At Age 48

    That is absolutely, tragically young. Awful. Where did he principally share them, for those of us who aren't familiar with his APs?
  3. Mannahnin

    AD&D 1E XP Value for Monsters?

    I know the subject has been given a lot of discussion in 1E circles, even though I'm only tangentially involved in them. I've seen multiple discussions on Dragonsfoot over the years, for example. Stuart Marshall (aka Papers & Paychecks), the editor of OSRIC, has an interesting perspective in...
  4. Mannahnin

    Streaming Movies and Power Rankings: A Reverie on Max's A24 and Netflix's Rebel Ridge

    Wahlberg is almost always better in funnier/quirkier roles. The Other Guys, The Big Hit, Boogie Nights, I Heart Huckabees. Heck, even Ted. The Departed made good use of him, despite the character being more serious. Same with The Fighter and Three Kings. I enjoyed Payback quite a bit, though...
  5. Mannahnin

    Our Physical Fitness

    Yup. I suspected as much. I usually wind up getting in 3-4 exercises in around an hour (like yesterday), as compared to you having six in yesterday's session. Sometimes more like 3 in 45min if I'm hurrying. When my strength peaked in 2022 before the injury I was usually doing an hour after...
  6. Mannahnin

    Our Physical Fitness

    I recover pretty well between sessions. For me it's the intra-workout rest breaks which seem to eat up more time than "normal". Some of that may be that I'm almost always going to failure and often pushing that with drop sets, of course. How long were you in the gym for that lower body/core...
  7. Mannahnin

    Streaming Movies and Power Rankings: A Reverie on Max's A24 and Netflix's Rebel Ridge

    A year later and I just got around to watching this one, with a couple of friends. I imagine you either And I think I know the question and have a suggestion on the answer.
  8. Mannahnin

    Our Physical Fitness

    I feel a lot of this. I had most of my newbie gains between 2020 and 2022, and my actual advances in strength the last three years have been pretty minimal on the major muscle groups. PT for a couple of injuries has gotten me working a couple of neglected areas which have come up a bit, but...
  9. Mannahnin

    Our Physical Fitness

    Saturday I hiked up a small mountain to a fire tower. Sunday I got back to the gym for three circuits of dumbbell bench, dumbbell inclined curls, and seated lateral raises, all with drop sets. Then did two of leg press and calf raises, but I started to feel a bit sick (underslept and too much...
  10. Mannahnin

    Our Physical Fitness

    Awesome. My best friend texted me when he did that, and I wrote back "Awesome! That was your goal, right?" To which he responded "Well, my GOAL is to be The Hulk..." :LOL: Great milestone.
  11. Mannahnin

    Pineapple Express: Someone Is Wrong on the Internet?

    Nice. Alaska, California, and Nevada apparently do that, and Colorado but only after 12 hours. The other 46 just stick to the Federal standard of over 40 hours in a workweek.
  12. Mannahnin

    Pineapple Express: Someone Is Wrong on the Internet?

    Overtime usually has to be hours accrued over 40 in a week, but you have to be physically in the office for more than 40, no? I've had this happen many a time. Put in an extended shift early in the week which WOULD have brought me over 40 hours worked for the week, then had to miss a day and...
  13. Mannahnin

    Other D&D Variant Are there any sword & sorcery variants for 5e?

    Xoth Publishing used to advertise theirs here quite regularly. https://www.enworld.org/threads/free-60-page-guide-to-sword-sorcery-for-5e-d-d.667490/
  14. Mannahnin

    Pineapple Express: Someone Is Wrong on the Internet?

    Some of this can also reflect local deities or powers being seen as benevolent locally but as malevolent by a culture the locals have been in conflict with. I remember hearing years ago that there were communities in the West of Ireland in which the Fomorians were remembered as benevolent...
  15. Mannahnin

    Our Physical Fitness

    Did get back in last night. Warm up set of lat pulldowns (narrow grip), three working sets with drop sets on the latter two. Three of machine overhead press with drop sets on the latter two. Three of face pulls with increased weight on the second and third, with a drop set on the third. Biceps...
Top