“complicated to prepare”

I’m not squicked out by “ewww, tongue.” I was as a kid, but thanks to growing up in a lily-white suburb with a mom who was scared shitless of anything that wasn’t familiar American 20th century cuisine, that’s kind of to be expected. I got over it when I grew up. Mostly. Some fairly common cuisines these days I just…

I’ve always felt there’s something kinda Boxer-from-Animal Farm about mandatory retirement ages, but I’ve also suggested solving the Social Security crisis by turning all Boomers into leaf mulch, so...

“If so, can we get some other form of daily open thread?”

“(coupled with my lifelong inability to remember to quicksave)“

What a curious reversal of fortune gaming has become.

It’s kind of a mixed blessing that improved medical care is allowing us to live longer. On the one hand, I am not for one hot second suggesting we go back to the bad old days when life expectancy was disturbingly close to my current mid-40s age (my dad passed away at 44 and most of the men in my family don’t live to…

“If the younger crowd doesn’t (or doesn’t have money to) want to just grab their car and go on a road trip and make memories”

“It’s better for everybody,” she said. “It’s better for the car company, it’s better for the dealer.”

Finally wound down my weeklong The Sims Medieval kick Wednesday night. Racked up a bunch of achievements, filled out the list of ambitions, all platinum level, and pretty much beat the game completely into the ground. I’ll probably pick it up again in a few months and have jolly good fun, but for now, it’s back into…

If 15 will get you 20, what will 122 get you?

Akkad hardly believe it myself.

“or whether you can use their property’s bathroom”

This goes double if we can get someone like Bernie Sanders or AOC to speak publicly in favor of your “export the doses to India” plan. Fox News would flip their shit and we could, for the first time in history, actually leverage Tucker Carlson’s white nationalism for a good cause (“right thing for the wrong reasons”…

Glad it’s getting easier. The time between when the state of Washington notified me I was eligible (March 31) and when I actually got to set up an appointment (with a nearby Rite-Aid) was 13 days...and another eight to actually get the shot (April 21.)

I wish I could just Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind some of my memories. Instead, there are certain things that took so much effort to remember consistently when they were relevant memories that my brain burned them into the root sector of my mental hard drive.

Guns were meant to be fired. Stuffed animals were meant to be snuggled at bedtime. DUIs were meant to get you thrown in jail eventually.

If there’s a path into the industry for truly talented modders who can show an understanding and respect for the material they’re modding (sorry, putting Thomas the Tank Engine’s face on Lady Dimitrescu doesn’t count, but the kinds of people who created the high-res texture pack for New Vegas or the guy behind Oscuro’s…

One of my favorite dialogue bits from Fallout 4 involves two Super Mutants comparing notes about things they eat in the wasteland.

I eat ALL THE CHEESE.