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In accord with prior suggestions, I’m going to say that the trope probably evolved shortly after the rise of organized trade routes & caravans. IOW, probably before most people were literate and relied on oral tale telling.

X Files fans no doubt. Because the truth is out there.

My female Maine Coon seemed to tell time, but I bet she could just hear some circuit in my electric clock was warming up before my alarm went off. Because DST or not, weekday or not, she started trying to wake me up minutes before my alarm clock every day.

I have heard of the Nuwabians, and of Snipes’ purchase of the property. I think you’re right about them being another bunch of SovCits.

TIL “loud” is a slang term for marijuana. Particularly good marijuana. Not really a surprise, but I honestly didn’t know. Soooooo…

There’s a video of a guy standing on a balcony or walkway, messing around with a taser/stun gun. Predictably, he manages to shock himself. And because of the resultant convulsions, someone looped it into a techno video. I’d post it, but there’s so many “man tases himself” videos out there, I...

I haven’t read it, but I’m very familiar with the content. Facepalms incarnate. I’m thinking it’s some kind of grift, TBH.

Yep. They’re dead wrong, but they’re armed & stupid. Haven’t seen that one, but I’m glad he’s gotten pushback…and a tasing. I think the stupid ones comprise the bulk of the ones you see in the police & court videos. I don’t know that the “masterminds” ever do anything dumb enough to get in...

That’s been typical of the past few years, but this year, we might not have hit 30. We have TONS of stuff left. I didn’t even do a complete refill of my black pot.

Saw this today:

Pan sear + oven finish is pretty common in the restaurant industry, along with pan sear + sous vide, grilling and pan cooked. I don’t know that anyone does 100% oven cooking.

Zero Hour is fast approaching, but no visitations just yet. I’m ready, though: https://imgur.com/gallery/this-is-candy-ZclO1EL

…when that couple on the other end of the tavern gives you this look…

A rivalry that should have been immortalized on Celebrity Death Match or Epic Rap Battles.

For no good reason at all, I’ve been binging on Sovereign Citizen case videos on YouTube for a few days. It’s astounding stuff. Each arrest or court appearance involves a collection of legal jargon turned into such a massive blob of meaningless gobbledygook that it boggles the mind. Some of...

One of the guys I gamed with the longest played a human wizard 90+% of the time I played D&D with him. From AD&D to 3.5Ed, his PCs spell lists were identical. His 4Ed wizard was a departure- he was an elemental specialist. IOW, he’s a real-world version of Brian Montgomery VanHoose from...

Floyd Rodger Meyers has died. https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/tv/articles/fresh-prince-bel-air-child-035721090.html

There’s probably others, but The Fantasy Trip was an early rules light FRPG from Steve Jackson Games. It was played on a hex grid with flat cardboard game pieces. It was a little more wargamey than AD&D, and had fewer options, but it was still robust enough to run straightforward adventures or...