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The timing is what started this whole mess. Until this year, I could get corned beef from that store year round! Not seeing them- or even a space where they should be- was a surprise. That the butchers couldn’t tell me if/when they’d get restock absolutely spooked me.

Update: Our grocery store has restocked corned beef. We picked up a few in the 3lb range. Might get a couple more the next time I’m in the grocery store, if they have them. (The butcher wasn’t certain!) I’m still going to follow through and develop my own recipe though. But now there’s no...

It might work better as a setting in a dreamscape. You know, in which the heroes are projected to save the dreamer. Unlocking the thematic connection helps them find the cure. Or something.

My Mom loves to buy me jokey message t-shirts. I only wear them around the house.

It wasn’t you. 😜

One thing that’s surprisingly difficult is playing a character only slightly less capable in some way than yourself. It’s a blurry line, and one that might not raise any flags from your fellow players.

I’ve seen this, yes. But mostly in commercial contexts decades ago. But the commercial spaces mostly moved onto mockups that were hollow- much cheaper, lighter, and easier to store. Most of the people I’ve heard of doing that on a personal level were doing it to project an image of erudition...

I just had another thought about ethical/healthy eaters in RPGs. Imagine an Androgum-like/Dark Sun halfling character who only kills things he’s willing to eat…

“Not tonight, dear, I have a deadache.”

“Do you even lift, bro?” “Meat is murder! You should go vegan like me!” “I’m not struggling for breath, but I can hear you wheezing. You need to work on your endurance.” “More gains means heavier chain!”

I’d add “or lower” after “higher”.

Could be worse. Imagine if they were Medellín kids! That cartoon could have been VERY different if The Mystery Machine had been driven by youths from an international drug cartel.

I’ve seen similar things done with nonhuman biology in the Alien Nation movie & TV show, as well as the books of Harry Turtledove (Worldwar and Colonization novels) and C.J. Cherryh (Foreigner novels).

Spot eliminated!

Upon further review, I’m not giving Mott & Bow a try unless & until they change their return policy. As it currently stands, they ONLY give you store credit if you’re dissatisfied with your purchase. That’s a red flag for me.

So we had a refrigerator repair scheduled today…Friday the 13th. Dude was 2hrs late, and the company AI didn’t tell us he was late (even though the text the company sent AT 7AM said it would). Just as I’m getting ready to call the company, I get a text from a different tech saying the call had...

I didn’t say I AGREED with it.😁

I did! Nice typo/Freudian slip! Still didn’t give him his machete back.

So we had a refrigerator repair scheduled today. Dude was 2hrs late, and the company AI didn’t tell us he was late (even though the text the company sent AT 7AM said it would). Just as I’m getting ready to call the company, I get a text from a different tech saying the call had been added to...

Ah! So it was still seasoned, just not during the cooking process. I can see that.