My rule of thumb is if the total flight time is equal or less than the drive time, I fly. By flight time I mean the entire airport experience. I fly quite a bit for work and I like to use the time to work or go over presentations.

I meant Reagan national so yes DCA. I also fly out of Dulles - which is hell.

Physicist/Oil Tycoon.

She wasn't throwing up. She felt queezy and asked for a club soda.

Yeah but that is pretty much the max if everything is crap. Google maps says 4.5 hours to drive. But with DC traffic and probably traffic in between, bathroom breaks, you are looking at 5-6 hours unless you speed. Also, you have to find a place to park your car and pay the absurd prices to park your car. Most…

I would add 1 hour to 8 million hours to your drive time due to DC traffic. It will take you longer than 4 hours unless you are speeding and only going to the very edge of DC. Google maps says 4.5 hours (5-6 is more realistic). I fly out of DC frequently and I only arrive 1 hour early for domestic. Additionally,…

Reagan International in DC or Dulles in DC - neither small. With online check in and baggage kiosks there is really no need to arrive 90 min before the flight. I get to flights 2 hours early for international. Even so that only adds 30 min. Additionally, when you fly you do not have to pay attention like you do…

Sure...but from what I understand she asked for a club soda because she was feeling nauseous. She hadn't vomited yet and there are about 1000 reasons she could be feeling that way - none of them contagious.

Reference? I have never heard of this. Is this rule published in the Journal of BS you made up?

Where are you guys getting 5-6 hours?

What horrible airport do you use? I just flew to DC from overseas and I didn't spend 3 hours in the airport. Additionally, I landed in Dulles which is a notoriously horrible airport. It took me 1.5 hours after landing to go through passport control and customs, get my bags, and take the bus to the metro. The…

Arrive at the airport 1 hour before the flight. Flight is about 1 hour. It takes about 30 minutes to 1 hour to get your bags and hit the metro. So 2.5-3 hours in which 2 of those hours can be spent watching a movie, working, reading, sleeping. That seems much better than 4 hours of driving (not to mention having…

Hence my phrasing, "..does not let the average user create their own worlds, stories, and adventures...". A programmer and game developer are not average users. They are professionals.

But playing a rpg with a DM forces you to use your imagination. Also, exercising minor mental tasks like trivial math is good for you (I hesitate to call adding and subtracting math - it is more like counting). A digital game, as of yet, does not let the average user create their own worlds, stories, and adventures.…

I loathed 4E's artwork. I do like the 5E art but my favorite was when the books included Larry Elmore's stuff.

You couldn't be more wrong. I have played 3E/3.5/Pathfinder for 14 years now. 5th is more deadly period. In fact, that has been a major complaint and has led to somewhat of a divide between people like me who started back in 1E AD&D and like our games to be deadly and people who played 3E-4E and want to feel like…

You think it is an error of humanity to put down the digital input, pick up some dice, crunch some numbers, exercise your imagination, eat snacks, hang out with friends, have a blast, and knock back some drinks all in one event? You must be a blast at parties.

Also, just because you wrote a blog doesn't grant you…

Many people hate this image. I love it. My wife really loves it and uses it for her halfling bard.

I highly recommend the D&D 5E beginner's box. You get dice, an adventure that takes your players to level 5, and pre-made character sheets. The adventure is really good and the dice are decent quality. Amazon has it for $12.99. Pathfinder is a great game and their beginner box is an amazing value because you also…

Oh okay. On second thought that isn't that OP. A two weapon fighter gets to hit twice. So dual wielding scimitars at level 1 could have the potential to do 2d6+6(or even 8). The wizard can cast that spell twice at level 1 but the fighter can attack like that on every turn. At max damage in 2 rounds the wizard has…