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My current hairdo is short- almost a buzz- but with male pattern baldness in the mix.🙂‍↕️ There are several Hawaiian/Asian shirts in my collection.🙂‍↕️

I had to step away from my iPad before I could actually complete my thought. RIFTS is an example of a mechanic that is difficult to model in HERO. But there’s also games that have mechanics that I can figure out how to model pretty easily, but I don’t bother trying because the system as a...

Context: My 2 favorite RPG systems are HERO and 3.5Ed D&D. My experiences with HERO go all the way back to when it was introduced as Champions, and over time, I’ve gotten to where I can essentially model whatever I want in it. With 3.5Ed, I think D&D found its sweet spot of a myriad of options...

I was part of a long running campaign that started in AD&D, converted to 2Ed, and fizzled out during the 3Ed PC conversion process.* In that era, there weren’t really good rules on advancing beyond the tables, especially in the context of nonhumans having class level maximums. (Those could be...

Just. Like. ME! 😂

How long do these anomalies last?

I’ve been saying that since the 1980s!

Good point.👍🏽

(Emphasis mine) Liar!😂

Now you’re starting to sound like @Snarf Zagyg

For some reason, the Timberlands I ordered Friday 13 (Feb) from Champs had a label generated, but apparently haven’t been received at FedEx. I’ve contacted them via their AI assistant ( 😡 ) which told me it was outside of business hours, and I’ll be contacted tomorrow. What is the point of...

Ditto. I picked it up because I wanted something to read on a trip. My edition was advertising the contest to be in the movie. And It’s bad, but it’s fun, IMHO.

Yes.

I used to lose pens all the time, until I bought myself my first serious one in the early 1990s. Since then, only one has been lost, and that one was destroyed in a freak accident. That said, earbuds are something I DON’T buy anymore. Besides the fact that I don’t find them comfortable, since...

Although I’ve long internalized the lesson that buying better quality products is often more economical than buying cheaper ones, I do occasionally need to reinforce it on occasion. Amusingly, the most recent refresher on Vimes’ Boot Theory involved me getting into men’s dress & dress casual...

So it’s actually possible to mess up a compass? TIL!

Most monasteries won’t let women stay overnight on their premises. Do you recall which one it was? Or do you mean a cloister? I’m a lifelong practicing Catholic, and I agree. But one of my favorite sacred spaces (in the USA) is a small Presbyterian chapel near my house. I went to a wedding...

At our previous house, 30+ years ago, my grand uncle installed a replacement garbage disposal. After some time & heavy use, it finally died, and we had to get it replaced. The plumber started working on it, but soon ran into a problem. It took him a MUCH longer time than expected and an...

A man at a convention once griped to Sergio Aragones that he charged $50 for an illustration it took him 5 minutes to do. Sergio countered, “You’re not paying $50 for the 5 minutes it took me to do that drawing. You’re paying for the decades it took for me to be able to do that drawing in 5...

Like others, I like both…I think. I used the qualifier because I’m not sure there’s actually a big difference between HERO and 3.5Ed. In each, almost any character can attempt almost anything, but there’s a big difference in their odds of success at a given option depending on their training...