death tribble

Chocolate Watch day 102. Finished the big bar yesterday but now have extra bars that were bought for me. So I have at least another week.

It has taken me awhile but I found other of my enemies books Classic Enemies reprinted a number of enemies from enemies 1-3 and included The Ultimates, The Conquerors, Eurostar (with new members Mentalla, the Whip and White Flame), The Raiders(Enemies III), Terror Inc, Project Sunburst, Thunder and Lightning, Panda and Raccoon as teams or at least duos, Dr Destroyer, Dark Seraph, Slug and Firewing all appear as do what I call the fan favourites Foxbat, Grond, Black Paladin, Lady Blue, The Monster, Bulldozer and Blowtorch. Ripper who was in the Stronghold book featured as did Timemaster who appeared in an Adventurers Club. The latter would not appear again sadly. And Cobra became King Cobra. Enemies Villainy Unbound contains the teams Mass Reaction (created by Chernobyl), PLUNDER and PSI-Kin. It also introduced Borealis (who went on to become a major figure in other books, The Duchess (who would graduate to being part of Viper's hierarchy), The Engineer (who went on into other books), Malachite (who I believe became Teleos in later books. if not the similarities got me to mix the two up) and Invictus (who got a changed update later on. I would use him as he is here the bodyguard to Reagan and Bush) Enemies. The International File. Individual villains from around the world. The only ones I thought of using were Death Knell, Dream Thief, Madame Guillotine, Oracle, Pretty Poison and the Ruler of Crime. Oddly I have more affection for European Enemies despite its flaws than this book. European Enemies is larger and was more expensive. It had the band Argent Anarky, the groups Triad and Eclipse and villains like Banshee, Inquisition, Black Druid, Black Jack, Carpathia, the Despoiler, Facet, Hood, Hoarfrost, Doppelganger, Mammoth and Silhouette. And if I did not use them as written I adapted them. And I liked the artwork more. Mind you, I looked at the Zodiac book and the villains there would need a complete rework. There are also editing mistakes there for example Sagittarius is supposed to have radioed Zodiac in order to join but the description around her character sheet says she fled the law and ran into Leo and that was her way in. Enemies for Hire. This starts off with a guy who has a gun on his shoulder. That was a win for me straight off. Interface makes his debut but is rewritten for subsequent editions. I can't think of any others who made a subsequent appearance either. Again I like the artwork here more than The International File. There was a stylistic thing here with 'missing' photos and 'post it' notes covering text which was gibberish. Enemies of San Angelo. I got this because I liked the San Angelo stuff but some of the artwork is a little off-putting to me or rather, it is not to my taste. It is a stylistic thing more than anything else. But to be honest I have not read this in a while so I can't say much about it. EDIT: and thanks to Tech I have been able to group the enemies books together

Rabies or Rabid [something]

Overconfidence

Loyal to a fault

I can live with the adverts on Youtube but what needles me is constant repetition of a certain artist and their record not as 10-30 second clip but the ENTIRE thing. I really do not want to hear Bradley Simpson and Cry at the Moon. I have been completely put off by constant repetition.

April 10th 1741 The battle of Mollwitz. Prussia defeats Austria and gains control of Silesia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Mollwitz April 10th 1815 Mount Tambora begins a three month eruption which leads to 71,000 dead and affects the Earth's climate for the next two years 1866 The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals is founded by Henry Bergh https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Society_for_the_Prevention_of_Cruelty_to_Animals 1919 Emiliano Zapata is ambushed and killed by government troops 1944 Rudolf Vrba and Alfred Wetzler escape from Birkenau death camp. They co-write a report about the mass murders there 1963 the submarine USS Thresher sinks with the loss of 129 lives https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Thresher_(SSN-593) 1968 The ferry TEV Wahine sinks in Wellington Harbour, New Zealand with the loss of 53 people out of 734 onboard https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TEV_Wahine 1973 Invicta International Airlines Flight 435 crashes in Switzerland with 108 killed and 37 survivors. This is the deadliest crash on Swiss soil. 55 children from Britain were left without their mothers https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Invicta_International_Airlines_Flight_435 1979 A tornado touches down in Wichita Falls Texas and kills 42 people 1988 An explosion at the Ojhri Camp (which stored ammunition) kills or injures more than 1,000 people in Rawalpindi and Islamabad Pakistan https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ojhri_Camp_disaster 1991 The ferry MV Moby Prince collides with an oil tanker leading to 140 deaths off the coast of Livorno, Italy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moby_Prince_disaster 1998 The Good Friday Agreement is signed in Northern Ireland 2010 A Polish flight crashes near Smolensk in Russia killing all onboard which includes Poland's President and his wife and a lot of senior Polish officials https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smolensk_air_disaster Born this day William Booth (founder of the Salvation Army), Joseph Pulitze (founder of Pulitzer Inc), Chuck Conners, Mike Hawthorn, Max von Sydow, Omar Sharif, John Madden, Gloria Hunniford (British radio and TV host), Bunny Wailer, Steven Seagal, Paul Bearer, Lesley Garrett (English Soprano), Charlie Hunnam, Haley Joel Osment and Daisy Ridley Died this day Zapata, Stuart Sutcliffe (who was the original bassist in the Beatles), Michael Curtiz, Evelyn Waugh, Kevin Peter Hall (the guy in the Predator costume), Peter Jones (actor), Larry Linville, Little Eva, Sue Townsend, Richie Benaud (Australian Cricket captain and commentator) and Howard Marks

I used the trick that Stonewall Jackson used at Harper's Ferry to side track him. I'm reading up on the American Civil War and that is where I got the idea.

You better believe it, buster and back on topic Halitosis (bad breath)

Addicted.... To Love !

The physicist Peter Higgs dies aged 94 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-68774195

X-Wing Fighter

Maxima Justice ! Look, up in the sky ! It's a bird ! It's a plane ! It's Maxima Justice ! Faster than a speeding train ! More powerful than a Mac Truck ! Able to leap tall buildings in a single bound ! Yes, it's Maxima Justice ! The Brunette Bombshell who has come to the city with abilities far greater than normal men and women, Maxima Justice !, who can change the course of human history, bend metal in her bare hands, and who, would never have done anything like this as she was so self centred but now finds herself fighting a never-ending battle for truth, justice and the American way. Helen Reynolds is a lawyer content to just do the minimum effort to get the best result and would have stayed that way if not for the eclipse. And if not the fact that they made snide remarks to a woman with a rather vindictive eight year old with a mean streak and a doting uncle who just happens to be a mad scientist. He is used to maybe making a rod for his own back but having observed Ms Reynolds the opportunity to make her come off the side lines and join in proved irresistible. That and the fact that it might intrigue competitors. Helen is horrified by what she has become. An idealist like Superman ? Ridiculous ! That is kids stuff not relevant in today's society. And the outfit. A bit like Wonder Woman with a cape, no mask and no tiara. How no-one has identified her is a mystery. (Except that Maxima and Helen do not look alike, Helen just thinks she does)

phasers

Mother Box

Kyber crystals which are used to make lightsabers in Star Wars

holodecks

We missed the fact that January 4th of this year was the 25th anniversary of the Fingerpoke of Doom Happily I will save the rest of this post for Wrestlemania Night 2 results Drew Mcintyre beat Seth Rollins to become the new champion and then Damien Priest cashed in his Money in the Bank Contract. I thought maybe this was coming and if not in this match then in the Cody Rhodes - Roman Reigns one. It was the right call to make it this one although I feel a bit sorry for Drew. Bobby Lashley and the Street Profits won. So what now for Karrion Kross ? Logan Paul retained. Dashing the hopes of all who would have liked to see him brained. L A Knight beat A J Styles. So they are keeping a fire lit under him Bayley beat Iyo Sky. And Cody Rhodes beat Roman Reigns which means no-one in the Bloodline has a title. I think the calls on the last two were right as Reigns had to drop the title some time. They could not keep it on him indefinitely. After all he ain't Hogan. And it completes an arc for Bayley as she turned face. The question is who will Jade Cargill be set on, Ripley or Bayley ? Power wise I would say Ripley. EDIT: The BBC had a mention of it https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/newsbeat-68754887 And Jade Cargill squashed Chelsea Green in 30 seconds on RAW. So Ripley is the target

Faster Than Light Travel (FTL)

Bat Computer or any of the things in the Batcave with the word Bat in front of it

But nothing to do with board gaming or role playing gaming ?

Who is Eric July ?

The day that the dinosaurs get wiped out. So I can watch Adric die. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earthshock

Der Poel wins Paris Roubaix for the second year in succession. And again this is his second Monument of the season https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cycling/68755399

Max Verstappen wins the Japanese Formula 1 Grand Prix https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/formula1/68754640