That would be wonderful. One of my biggest issues with Pillars of Eternity was that it had way too much unfamiliar lore PLUS very frequent combat. I guess that if I am going to spend that much time learning about the lore if a game world, and trying to remember all of it so that I understand how the world works as I…

I never played this game back in the day, so I picked it up in one of GOG’s sales, but had a hard time even getting started — it dumps you right into space with no tutorial of any kind. I suppose that it is all covered if you take the time to sit down and read through the included manual, but some of those older…

“melt a healthy amount of butter”

I mean, reimagining things to create a fresh take is all fine and dandy, but what the hell. Why bother calling it Heathers? Just make your own damned show.

So you are perfectly O.K. with abusing domestic wheat?

Thanks to your constant, shrewish harping, I finally picked up FC and SC from GOG a couple of months ago and played through both of them. While most of my computer gaming time is devoted to RPGs, I have never been a huge fan of JRPGs. But you were right; both games are truly excellent.

When looking for talent, it appears that TV Land has an open door policy for assholes.

Hopefully she will let us know when the space shuttle lands.

And, into the wind.

This is the irony of me not being able to have nice things. I cannot get my damned hands on an RS, and this moron got one (Nitrous Blue, too) that could have ended up in my tender loving arms instead. Justice is bittersweet, in this case.

Looks like a miso-based variation of Nahm Prik Ong, which is a Thai dipping sauce for raw vegetables. Lots of minor variations out there, but here is one:

Oliso, yes. (Sorry; my phone appears to be auto-correcting that word.) I bought mine on Amazon. I have not had any reliability issues with it at all. Never had any leakage with wet or marinated foods, either. I read some of the negative Amazon reviews before I bought it, but have not had the problems mentioned.

The Olio has different modes for liquid & dry, and they seem to vary the level of suction a bit. If you choose liquid, it shuts off sooner when it hits resistance than it would for dry. Works pretty well. I am sure that the VacMaster does it much better, of course, but the Olio still trumps a Foodsaver.

I am on the waiting list for next year. So if they are available then, we will see what I can wheel or deal. But I do not agree with your word “should” in the last sentence. Dealerships can charge what they think they can get. That does not necessarily make it the right thing to do. Like I said, I can also choose no…

I am happy with my Olio, which is better than the FoodSaver, and a fraction of the cost of one of that VacMaster, so I will likely not change anything. But hot damn, does that ever look awesome!

My wife is looking for a different house that is still in the same area, and in addition to all of the normal factors that she is considering in trying to find the “perfect” home, she is also considering distance from our gym. We live in a small, rural town, and the gyms out there are miles apart, so choice is…

That gives you a very rough calibration which will likely be better than the factory settings, but it is still no substitute for the real thing. Televisions have variances between them, even the identical models. If you took two from the same production run and changed their settings in an identical way, the final…

Ricing makes the best potatoes as-is. It does, however, greatly improve the process of making mashed potatoes as well. Rice first, then mix with the other ingredients.

You actually got me to watch the video just to verify that she really said, “What selfish is you, buddy?” Kudos. Now pay me for the lost two minutes of my life, please.

“The acceleration itself was okay, but the six-speed automatic didn’t take my breath away with its ridiculously smooth, if a bit leisurely shifts. And the paddle shifters took my commands, contemplated telling me to go pound sand, and then begrudgingly moved the cogs in the gearbox.”