L. Marcus

Pariah has a nice little real estate scam goung on in Third Age Rhovanion. The wine is a good selling point, but don't mention the rampaging Orcs.

They're L. Marcus's Orcs.  It's a great little kickback-insurance scam racket the two guys operate.

Made shelves for the pantry and though I had a couple issues with the initial cutting, it worked in the end.  First shelf was more a measure once, cut six times and sand to fit...  Second one worked on first try.
Will work on the screen door a bit more tomorrow.  Just have to attach the hinges and hang it, but I traditionally have issues doing that.

Did an escape room today.  Escaped, with less than two minutes to spare.

Moose can be insidious, you know. They have Stealth as part of their Package Deal.

At the risk of going political ... medical care in the US is subject to the unstated class system.  Rich people get what they want.  Poor people aren't supposed to.  Otherwise, what would be the point of being rich?  That Obamacare was ostensibly an attempt to make for equal access is deeply offensive to folks who comfort themselves as having Those People to look down upon.  So, the cost mechanisms, for no clear reason, are ratcheting up to maintain that status, so that poor folks -- as ought to be the case -- don't get real medical care.
 
Class and race are easy to conflate here, but to automatically assume race here is an error; poor rural whites are also among the people who aren't s'posed to live decently. 

I'm an ocean away from the US, and the US healthcare system still makes me want to both spit and swear.

Titling this "complaint box" poisons the well of discussion from the outset.
 
I will pass on participation beyond saying "haters gonna hate."

Pariah has discovered that the Hokey Pokey is a young man's game.

The liver is evil and must be punished.

Your heart is in the right place
 
 
even if it sounds like your liver might be in danger 
 

I should probably re-read a thread before I assume I went on a drunken rant-bender last night...

25 degrees and snowy. The snow will melt rapidly, while 35 degrees and rainy is a roasting steambath.
 
(Do you think we're talking about the same degrees? I don't speak obsolete.)
 
Fishing vs. Hunting.

"Get off my lawn!"
 
(A comment on my handle and my lawn.)
(And my lack of originality.  Read the whole thread before commenting,  Read the whole thread before commenting,..........)

This is no yoke.

I almost went deaf learning to play the piano.
 
That's what I get for learning to play by ear.

L. Marcus was a popcorn vendor at the Siege of Paris in 845.  Of course, he couldn't call it popcorn; instead it was Blaspheming Hellfire Barley, with salt and butter.  

From a conversation last night with a non-gamer friend who is super-outdoorsy. Gaming came up somehow...
 
Me: "I know it's geeky as hell, but I do enjoy it."
She: "Aren't all hobbies a little geeky tho? I mean what do I really get out of my hiking obsession?"
Me: "Besides good exercise, being really healthy, looking great, getting lots of fresh air, connecting with nature..."
She: "Well...yeah."
Me: "I mean I appreciate what you're trying to do. But not all hobbies are equally geeky; I'm cool with that"
She: "OK, fair enough."