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A cooked crawfish held over a pot

Two plates of boiled crawfish next to a box of beads.

I miss Texas so much that I had to boil up some crawfish. It's Mardi Gras season so everyone gets beads and a plate.

When do I get my superpowers?

Same. However, I'm kind of strange. I'll read transcripts of a podcast or news video but I'll listen to audio books for 8 hours a day.

Texas Cheesesteak

Brisket, peppers, onions, and mushrooms in a cast iron skillet.

Alright, finished up! I'm pretty happy with how it turned out.

Amoroso's club rolls

Chipotle Mayo

Peppers and onions sauteed in a cast iron skillet.

Step two and three complete. Made some mayo and added chipotle peppers in adobo sauce. Sauteed up some peppers. At dinner I'll toast the bread, heat the brisket up, toss the meat, veggies, and mushrooms together with some cumin, then assemble everything and toss some extra Oaxaca cheese on top.

Thanks! It's going to have to sit in that double boiler on low until after my next meeting. I'm having to do this a little at a time until dinner.

Stay tuned as I finish this up with peppers, mushrooms, onions, homemade chipotle mayo, and brisket.

Queso made without Velveeta. Bechamel sauce, Oaxaca cheese, and cheddar with tomatoes, jalapenos, and spices.

Today I'm stealing from Philadelphia and making something Texan. I picked up some amoroso's rolls (all I can get here is the club size) and I'm going to do the Texas version of a cheesesteak with my leftover brisket. First, the queso made with Oaxaca cheese, cheddar, jalapenos, tomatoes, and spices.

I thought they were worried about government death panels and that's why we can't have nice things like single payer. Did I misunderstand?

I woke up early with a plan to head upstairs and write some music this morning because I haven't in a while. When I sat down with my guitar I realized that my passion for both writing and playing has waned and that makes me sad.

I hope this is temporary.

I have not. I'll have to check it out. Thanks!

I haven't read that one. It's on the list but your description is making me bump it up towards the top.

You know, I've never played Spelljammer. It's always been Dragonlance, Forgotten Realms, or homebrew.

There was a really cool epic level one shot at a convention I attended a while back that put us against the Astral Dreadnaught and it was a blast. I've been looking for an excuse ever since.

It depends on what the game called for!

However, I've run a homebrewed extra large tarrasque with a breath weapon as Godzilla and I've run it straight. My 3.5 DM ran homebrew Cthulhu against us that I loved. If I did it today I'd run a size modified Astral Dreadnaught to make it even bigger.

I started with A Wizard of Earthsea more than 35 years ago. It was the first fantasy novel I ever read. Last year I read/listened to almost 200 fantasy/sci-fi novels so it seems to have gotten me hooked.

The Books of Earthsea is the whole collection. If the first one hooks you then it's worth it.

I can add Ursula Le Guin and at least older Mickey Zucker Reichert. Both are a bit dated, but Ursula Le Guin was a trailblazer and Reichert was asked by the Asimov estate to do 3 I, Robot prequels because they like her so much.

I haven't read her newer stuff yet but it's on the ever expanding list.

I was only living in my car for months. I ate at the Sikh temple occasionally and they didn't push anything on me. In exchange I helped with cleanup. I didn't ever go to a church because I grew up watching what they did.

I'm hard agnostic, I just appreciate what those folks did for me.

If you want a role model, choose an old guy. By the time you're grown up they're dead.

-Torpedo Jones

I wanna be the blue one so I look that cool when I try to do that kick move.

I try to stay away from things I don't like but I'm pretty unhappy with things I've heard today.

"I separate the art from the artist!"

Ok, but are you financially supporting a living rapist or are you talking about art from someone who can no longer profit from it?

I've been following this since stuff started trickling out about him last year. This is the absolute worst story I've read about it. It's just horrifying.

Using a stereo with cassette tapes. The play button makes that satisfying *thunk*.

Alternatively, putting in an Atari cartridge and feeling it seat into the slot.

I was the one that got shit for that. The other guy got shit for being a nerd. But yeah, you're not wrong.

However, they were pretty cool about it because they knew we kept the necessary electronic shit running and we weren't snitches.

I think a lot of it was not just environmental differences, but also regional. I was around a bunch of roughnecks doing IT work in Texas.

It was when metrosexual was the term, too. I was called metrosexual for cleaning my fingernails, washing my hair with something that smelled nice, styling it with something other than gel, and wearing clothes that fit.

Surprisingly we've come a long way since then. Just not far enough.

First, for certain series I care about those details. Laundry Files included.

Second, my songwriting is totally chaotic planster. I have written songs that I kept in my head too long so now they're lost forever. If no one happens to be recording me when inspiration strikes then that song is gone.

I saw that and I'm super excited about it!! I hope manufacturers get on board. I'm sure the guys like Cable Matters will, which helps immensely, but I bet I'll still have to toss the ones that come with accessories.

When Eddie Vetter said "On a weela, ona wizard onawayeaa, ani cownanasay nana whoawannasay ani collah agaiii" I felt that.

If I have to choose between the two I'm choosing the pointy hat. However, I think I'd prefer a "Wild" Bill Meyers (Dresden Files) cowboy type wizard, rolling around with a magical 10 gauge and a cowboy hat.

Or maybe a pointy hat with a cowboy brim.

That's not fair. You're forgetting drugs. I've written horny songs. I've written songs for spite. But my greatest songs were written about, and many times partaking in, mind altering substances. I'm including alcohol in that.