FrankL

That's awesome. I was in Royal Rangers when I was a kid and I still have fond memories of the camping trip we took and the epic pine cone fight we had.

And this morning, the last $11 per boy was covered. God is good!

The church is starting Royal Rangers, a boys club. Even as we've tried to cut the startup costs for new members (poor community), the numbers were still prohibitive. If we went with the cheap uniform, it was still close to $45 per boy. For the full utility uniform, add $25 to that number. Today, an anonymous donor told us he would pay $34 per boy and for the three leaders' uniforms we needed. We were stunned. God is good!

The church is starting Royal Rangers, a boys club. Even as we've tried to cut the startup costs for new members (poor community), the numbers were still prohibitive. If we went with the cheap uniform, it was still close to $45 per boy. For the full utility uniform, add $25 to that number. Today, an anonymous donor told us he would pay $34 per boy and for the three leaders' uniforms we needed. We were stunned. God is good!

The church is starting Royal Rangers, a boys club. Even as we've tried to cut the startup costs for new members (poor community), the numbers were still prohibitive. If we went with the cheap uniform, it was still close to $45 per boy. For the full utility uniform, add $25 to that number. Today, an anonymous donor told us he would pay $34 per boy and for the three leaders' uniforms we needed. We were stunned. God is good!

My wife bought a new blender called a Ninja.
 
Me: If you put bananas and peaches in it, would it be a "Fruit Ninja."
 
She actually laughed at a pun! Took me 15 years to get that reaction from her!

Ka-ching!
 
Sometimes you win big. Heck, this might even transcend big. I remember the dread that existed in the terminal 1950s that got parents to line up with their kids in lines that went all the way around the block for the polio vaccine.
 
Ebola vaccine works, offering 100% protection in African trial

Well, yesterday started well and ended with us squeegeeing water from the basement again. But I did have some time to think about my band for Superdraft: The Musical. Be afraid. Be very afraid.
 
Then this morning I got an email that The Untold Podcast wants to produce one of my short stories as a dramatic reading! "Sixes Wild," set in the same fictional universe as Joshua's Pawn Shop and sharing Lou's Bar & Grill with "Crazy Moon," will be streamed! I don't know the date of the broadcast, but I'll keep you informed. (Now I need to finish its cover and upload it.) Also in writing news, I'm starting procedures with Amazon to get my first book back to my account since the publisher folded and has left it under his account.
 
Looking for a relaxing night on the town, four poker buddies unknowingly play cards with the Devil, but when he plays, all deals are off.

Well, yesterday started well and ended with us squeegeeing water from the basement again. But I did have some time to think about my band for Superdraft: The Musical. Be afraid. Be very afraid.
 
Then this morning I got an email that The Untold Podcast wants to produce one of my short stories as a dramatic reading! "Sixes Wild," set in the same fictional universe as Joshua's Pawn Shop and sharing Lou's Bar & Grill with "Crazy Moon," will be streamed! I don't know the date of the broadcast, but I'll keep you informed. (Now I need to finish its cover and upload it.) Also in writing news, I'm starting procedures with Amazon to get my first book back to my account since the publisher folded and has left it under his account.
 
Looking for a relaxing night on the town, four poker buddies unknowingly play cards with the Devil, but when he plays, all deals are off.

My wife bought a new blender called a Ninja.
 
Me: If you put bananas and peaches in it, would it be a "Fruit Ninja."
 
She actually laughed at a pun! Took me 15 years to get that reaction from her!

My wife bought a new blender called a Ninja.
 
Me: If you put bananas and peaches in it, would it be a "Fruit Ninja."
 
She actually laughed at a pun! Took me 15 years to get that reaction from her!

The front porch needed painting, so I took the boys out there one morning and we started scraping. I found some of the wood was rotten. The more I looked, the more I found. I wound up taking apart the entire front porch and last night, my father-in-law and I got it all back together. Besides the slats, only 4 pieces of wood were from the original. Now I need to prime the new wood, paint it all, and seal it against the weather.
 
Wait. Shouldn't this be in the cranky thread? Nope. I felt fantastic looking at it all put together again. And I mowed the yard last night. The weather prevented that for an entire week then working on the porch stopped it this week. It was looking bad. Now, it looks good. And I'm sure the neighbor's happy. He's trying to sell his house, and our yard being badly in need of a mow doesn't help that any.

Spoilered for flatulence:
 

President Snow's favorite novel: To Kill a Mockingjay

Flashbeagle Gordon

My five-year-old will not work solar system puzzles that don't include Pluto as a planet. I kid you not.

Squirrel Has Too Much To Drink, Gets Thrown Out Of Bar
 

In a book I'm reading: "I'm a Libra. We don't believe in astrology."

In a book I'm reading: "I'm a Libra. We don't believe in astrology."

Pope Francis decided to take a trip to the United States. Once he got there, the archbishop of New York had a limousine waiting for him. While they were driving, Francis struck up a conversation with the driver. "My son, are you Catholic?"
 
"Yes, your Holiness. The cardinal wouldn't have sent me otherwise."
 
"Good, good." They chatted for several miles, and then Francis looked at the clock on the car dash. "My son, we are running late. Can you speed up?"
 
"Oh, your Holiness, I'm on probation already. If I get caught speeding again, I'll lose my license and my job!"
 
Francis sat back. "We certainly can't have that. Let me drive."
 
The driver was stunned but acquiesced. The Pope put the petal to the metal and roared down the road. Sure enough, they were stopped by a police officer a few miles down the road.
 
The cop walked up to the car and tapped on the window. "License and registr..." He stopped as soon as he saw Francis in the driver's seat. "Okay, just drive on, but be careful."
 
Back in the police car, the officer's partner asked, "Why'd you let him go?"
 
"He was important."
 
"The governor?"
 
"Higher. And think religion."
 
"The President?"
 
"Higher."
 
"Billie Graham?"
 
"No. Honestly, I don't know who he was, but he must be important because the Pope's his chauffeur!"

My last entry in this thread is on page 30.  That's 577 pages back.  Good lord.
 
So two great quotes came out of today's session.  The first comes from new player Ben.  We explained to him how PRE Attacks work, and he immediately wanted to try it out against a band of bandits trying to waylay him and his sister.  His character is a super-badass archer who, thanks to an Autofire stunt, Rapid Fire, and Autofire skills can lay down an impressive rate of fire.  His Danger Sense warned him of the ambush long before he reached it, and he started firing into the bandits, forcing them to close with him.  He knocks two arrows at once, aims at the pair of bandits charging him and says "It is raining death in this place and by the end of the day YOU WILL ALL BE SOAKING!"  I thought that was totally worth an extra dice, but sadly he rolled a 7 on 4 1/2 dice.
 
The second quote came from disgraced nobleman Hannewig Marcellus, who is involved in a romantic relationship the Lady Seeta Zadi.  Marcellus is a disgraced nobleman who has become an assassin; Seeta is a scheming femme fatale who rules an empire of blackmail and extortion.  Commenting on his initial reaction to meeting Zadi, he said "I knew the feeling was love...or I'd been poisoned."

I saw that coming. Or maybe it was going. I can never tell.

That's about as funny as a screen door on a battleship.

The United States won the Women World's Cup.
 
And England came third defeating Germany for the first time in 31 years. The previous 20 meetings gave Germany 18 wins and 2 draws.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/33085963
 
The team should get the team award at BBC Sports Personality of the Year awards.