I have seen plenty of comments here trying to make Gabe out to be an ultra bad capitalist evil villain because he owns this company that, as far as I’m aware, pays it’s employees. And most of those arguments are around the fact that it’s a mega yacht company. All sounding like people shouldn’t have unnecessary luxuries. If we went down that route, nobody needs video games, nobody needs music recordings, movies or tv shows, nobody needs clothing that expresses themselves, we all should only have the basic necessary tools of work and the most utilitarian of clothing and homes. Food only to sustain, not enjoy. Tell me I’m wrong.

I won’t disagree that some people don’t need mega yachts, but I feel that having this company, maybe he could work on building better floating housing systems. Or maybe he is employing people and giving them good paychecks for working on these yachts.

In other words, management knows your job is bullshit and that is the exact reason for your job.

You make some valid points. Especially the lack of money in the rpg scene. The hope was more than just RPGs, but other table-top style games, and have a lounge setting with multiple tables members can reserve. And the BYOB was a hope I wouldn’t have to deal with liquor licenses and still have an adult member base. I will admit that I will need more research, especially market research, before considering launching something like this.

With kielbasa and cabbage. Yummy.

Needs me a recipe

It’s kind of a mixed bag question. But the big question is why is there such a huge emphasis on monsters in the first place? There are a ton of monsters in all editions of d&d, so why aren’t there monsters discussed in Tolkien by the characters like this? There were a few, and either a large creature from the depths of hell that only struck one place, a giant spider who was content to be in her home and not be bothered by Hobbits, and an army of orc/goblin hybrids. In a d&d game, we are supposed to be attacked by several monsters, all different types, at any given time.

Oh man, that is one of my favorites. Still play it when I can.

Thank you. I only just saw the comment and am rather glad you got to it first.

https://youtu.be/b6jz5OpMOxg Started here, added scallops with the shrimp and used a can of creamed corn as well as a little regular corn.

I really enjoy using FATE for plenty of different genres. I played in a magic/cyberpunk/not shadowrun game, and the stunts worked really well for the magic spells second character had, and an aspect for the brain implant that allowed my first character to see magical energies. And a fantasy game I ran once it worked really well in letting my players explore character types without the strict adherance to class in D&D. And I’m using it currently for a Space Pirate game.

I used Plex a while ago and didn’t like how I had to look for my folders against the stuff they offered. And the upside of being able to get my stuff from a server install on another network had me wondering if they were looking at the movies I had to pirate. Once I installed jellyfin, I didn’t have to worry. My only issue is if I want to use it on vacation, I have to do some vps hack-jiggery.

Vive la résistance!

I made my first one the other week and it was so good. I have a picture of it in my profile somewhere.

Meatloaf is ground beef, and if your smart, pork sausage mixed with some extra seasoning and stuff, shoved in a loaf pan, and baked until fully cooked through. There are different things you can put on top as it’s being baked, my personal preference is bbq sauce. My wife likes a can of cream of mushroom soup.

One of the best things ever is a proper meatloaf. Something even better is the next day using the leftovers in a sandwich.

I do not recommend this for a beginner, but intermediate skill should have no problem. And if you don’t have time, save this for the weekend.

But with the cat, I had a bottle of Cabernet Merlot on the shelf, but too close to the edge. Some point in the early morning the bottle found itself on the floor missing it’s bottom. I figured one of my cats checked it out and knocked it off.

I didn’t use any special ingredients. Sear a chuck roast, cook the onions and garlic, deglaze with half a bottle of red and then reduce around half. Add a few cups of beef stock with fresh rosemary and thyme. I would have added fresh tarragon, but I only had dry. I also used some celery leaf. Meat back in the pot, oven preheat to 325f for two and a half hours. Add carrots and celery and continue for another hour. Once our, I pulled the meat to a serving dish and added a thickener to the sauce. Once thickened, pour back over the meat and enjoy.

It was super tender and delicious. I don’t have much in the way of poetry for you, but damn it was tasty.

I’ve actually started using Docker/Podman in my own environment, but I’m curious how you use it to develop AWS services with it.

The store I have been at lately has welcomed the idea of more RPGs played there for some time. He got me on the store’s discord so I could find and chat with players. There was a push for some time, but folks have been rather silent about TTRPGs.

That’s what I have been doing, trying to run games.