No Dentist For You!
I am sure glad my cracked tooth doesn't hurt because I cannot see my dentist.They can get me in today, but the fucking insurance that The Lovely Harvey pays for every paycheck apparently doesn't show...
View ArticleFor Fuck's Sake
The company we're insured through did not change.The member ID number did not change.The group ID number did not change.The persons covered by the policy did not change.So why did my dentist think the...
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Watching the last season of Cobra Kai and they discover a chest in Mr Miyagi's old house where they find he had a dark past.Um...I could have told them that from the first movie.Staff Sargent Miyagi is...
View ArticleSpeaking Of Itty Bitty Ribbons
The Clint Eastwood film "Heartbreak Ridge" has an interesting scene.When he first arrives at his new duty station Gunny Highway bumps into his future LT.LT Ring looks at his ribbons and gives a little...
View ArticleAsking The Important Questions
Should Northrop-Grumman win the F/A-XX bid...What cat name should be applied? I like Bobcat because the stealthy thing will almost certainly be tailless.
View ArticleCrowned
Got my tooth, temporarily, fixed.I needed a new crown on the bottom, aft-most molar on the starboard side.This tooth has been a bane for years.It was the first tooth I'd ever needed a filling in.The...
View ArticleI Like Him As An Actor
Val Kilmer has succumbed.Wikipedia says pneumonia.I watch one of his earliest movies, "Real Genius" fairly regularly.
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Appreciation
My blade of Slavic might has gone up in value a bit since 2017.$39 then, $100 now. Even the ones with mismatched serials are $80.Instantly out of stock, as is typical of emailings from Atlantic.
View ArticleRefreshingly Honest
Spoke to the person at the local VSO that the American Legion hooked me up with.For the first time, ever, the person who is supposed to help me wasn't even implying that I would be getting a...
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Mist The FEMA Kitty Update
She's up to 5 lb. 7 oz. Up from the emaciated 1 lb. 6 oz. when we took her in and expected her to up and die on us.Going to be getting spayed in a couple weeks.
View ArticleSucks When Your Paradigm Breaks
I'm still on Steve Jackson Games mailing list and I got this today:An Important Message From Our CEO Meredith PlackoOn April 5th, a 54% tariff goes into effect on a wide range of goods imported from...
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A Win11 Feature I Can Embrace
As a blogger who writes total B.S. on occasion, an app that automatically goes to all-caps without spellcheck would be handy.
View ArticlePopular In Singapore
Got 15k views from Singapore the last couple days.Somehow, I doubt it's actual viewers.
View ArticleLife Support
The AC on The Beast decided to start fading on the way back from Ocala today.Typical symptoms of low freon in a WM car is the AC runs colder at the vent than it should and the compressor shuts off...
View ArticleAn Idiot's Guide to GURPS Basic: Characters
If you're trying to get someone to play GURPS, get them to watch this. I think it will help.
View ArticleBecause I Seen It
Something I watched more than once in Germany was someone bringing their American car over and overheating it on the autobahn.American cars aren't made to run at 100 mph for hours.I also heard of tires...
View ArticleWhat Do I Know I'm Brainwashed
I am sure he's a nice guy, but I'm fucking over him.When he accused all us American veterans of being brainwashed all y'all said, "well, he's Russian..." as if that actually explained something.Well,...
View ArticleGet Smoot-Hawley Out Of Your Whore Mouth
The circumstances behind the Smoot-Hawley act and the reciprocal retributive tariffs are not even similar.Yes, they are both tariffs, but that's about where the similarity ends.Nothing in SH reduced...
View ArticleBut That's Not What You're Buying
$1,300 for the, nicest, M1911A1 from CMP seems steep when compared to Tisas or Rock Island Armory.It even makes a brand new Colt seem quite affordable.But what so many people are missing:You're not...
View ArticleCoincidence
So, I went looking for what historians believe caused recessions and depression in American history.Even the downturns that coincide with tariff increases are generally attributed to speculation and...
View ArticleSo You Want To Play A Skunk
Exalted Skunk-40 PointsAttribute Modifiers: ST -4 (No Fine Manipulators, -40%) [-24]; DX +2 (No Fine Manipulators, -40%) [24].Secondary Characteristic Modifiers: SM -3.Advantages: Acute Hearing +5...
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Corvith
Corvith ST 4; DX 14; IQ 4; HT 10Will 10; Per 12; Speed 7; Dodge 10;Move 7 (Ground)SM -3; 8 lb.Traits: Acute Vision 3, Enhanced Move 1 (Air Speed 28); Extra Arms (Foot Manipulators); Extra Legs (Four...
View ArticleUnFamiliar
Statting out the corvith reminded me to read up on how to get a familiar in the 4e rules.It was not near so complicated as I'd feared it would be.It's under the Ally advantage and there's notes...
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