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I should have thought of that! Posted it over there too.

Just read the following and couldn't think of a place to post it. From a John McAleer interview of Rex Stout: Q: Why do you invent names for cars, liquors, rugs, guns, locks, fishing tackle rather than using brand names? A: A character's liking for a Heron car or Ten-Mile Creek bourbon cannot...

I had never seen that before!

That seems like the way to do it... but the number of billboards I could buy up when things annoyed me, or political ads during that time of the year... or the game companies I would be tempted to buy when they annoyed me, or.... (How much would it cost to get a battery of lasers to write...

I wonder if one of the things I would occasionally have to do if I was really, really, really rich would be to avoid spending some small percent of the money on researchers, fact-checkers, the occasional private investigator, and a PR person in order to "win" arguments on the internet - whether...

It feels like how he announces the cancellation would matter to a lot of people -- and he's running out of repeat chances if he botches it.

Mimic and temporary giant armadillo

I couldn't think of any, but Google found a "to" one that didn't feel odd to me: “I arrived to the party a bit late,” From: 'Arrive At' vs. 'Arrive To': A Very Nerdy Analysis <- a discussion of its origins and fluctuating popularity

I had no interest at all in this movie before I saw this.... Holy cow! This looks awesome!!

Is it still whataboutilism if the conversation has turned to discussing the degree of something?

A wargame company in my feed today... https://wargamesatlantic.com/blogs/news/tariffs-elbows-up-doubling-down-and-more

I'm trying to imagine what part of a confidentiality agreement would make it so one couldn't "respond to the questions about the timing of the Invincible Overlord agreement".

I saw somewhere that it was in a major newspaper... does the Sun Times count as that in these later days? (Always got the Trib when I was in that part of the country).

Put a couple of years. Started B/X in 6th grade ('81) and gradually morphed into AD&D. Within a year or two of that tried OG Gamma World (fairly long running campaign with the usual friends; using a used copy) and then Star Frontiers (with my sister; new copy). I'm not sure I ever played...

I'm guessing it helps with their (and some of their customers') angst about how much they're dealing with BII to get it done. ("Oh, that makes sense and doesn't seem as awful....").

I still remember my driver's license number from another state over 25 years ago - I'm guessing because it was on my checks (along with SS number) and commonly used as ID. I don't remember the license plate number for my car that I've had for over a decade in spite of all the times I've had to...

In the very early 80s the DM (owner of the local comic/record/book shop) used it as our base city - with the change that Conan was king. I've been tempted to find a copy for myself over the years. It is the one old thing like that that I haven't gotten a copy or new version of yet.

My inability to go at all on less than 4 hours of sleep (let alone pull an all nighter) anymore is really clashing with my penchant for procrastination! (I can do 6 for a day or two in a row, but otherwise need 7 or 8 now).