@lifebird Oh lordy, I remember that one.

Hello friends! As someprobably a lot of you know (because I've whined about it in like every fucking thread, sorry) I contracted covid-19 over the holidays, then it gave me pneumonia, and now I've developed pleurisy because of it. It has been making it a little bit difficult for me to get back into work, I'm also having an insanely difficult time getting onto unemployment because of how the state I'm in is handling unemployment applications (you call after 5pm to try and get an appointment for the next day, but they only do 600 callbacks a day, and I've spent literally 30-minutes trying to get through with the phone failing to connect, telling me that they're experiencing too high call volume to call back later, and when I finally do connect all the appointments are taken. Every. Single. Time.)...

So, in general, I am having a very difficult time financially. So... I'm going to throw out a kinda tip-jar thing, and put my patreon out there for folks.

If you have a dollar ($1) that you can spare for a month for a few months, it would greatly help me out because it would show people that my writing is worth supporting cause I have patrons. If you don't, I 100% understand because times are really terrible right now. But if you could spare me a few minutes of your time to share my patreon around on twitter, facebook, and whatever social media you use? That would also help me out a great deal!

I have two one going stories that I aim to post mostly on.

One is about a young woman traveling across the country with a man posing as a cop kidnaps her and keeps her locked in the jail cell of a ghost town. You can read the first part of that story here. The first four parts of "Fever" are free to anyone to read. From the 5th part on it goes behind the $1 paywall.

The second story is about a woman exploring her old family home, looking for where her criminally insane father supposedly hid a bunch of a money, that she desperately needs. As she explores the house she finds that something is very, very wrong with it. You can read the first part of it here. This one is free for anyone to read, so even if you don't actively subscribe as a patron, you'd be able to follow this story to it's conclusion.

The main link to my patreon page is here.

Thank you so much for reading this, and giving me any of your time. ❤

@snackness GOOD TO KNOW. I paid through the nose for my last round of kitty insulin.

@derp said in How are you coping with COVID (and other 2020 fun)?:

@aria said in How are you coping with COVID (and other 2020 fun)?:

I'm really curious how this applies in the case of medical marijuana. Is it still the same or, given some of the things that it's allowed for in my state are protected under the ADA Amendments Act of 2008, would this now be considered a discriminatory act?
I dunno, but I would like to.

Given that it's still federally criminal, it would not be protected under any of the ADA Clauses.

ETA: If it were federally decriminalized, your employer could probably still end up being fairly discriminatory, especially if you are around machines / vehicles / anything at all wherein the effects of marijuana could present a hazard to yourself or those around you, the same as they can with opiate / opioid substances currently.

This is pretty much exactly what I wanted to know. Thank you!

In my case, TL;DR, I have major trouble sleeping as a result of some things it's approved for the use of in my state and have never reacted well to prescription sleeping medication. Smoking up in college right before bed is pretty much the best sleep I have ever gotten in my entire life and I would very much like to have that back. Alas.

@ganymede said in GoFundMe for WoD author:

@cobaltasaurus

I am so incredibly sad right now.

I'm sorry. 😞

Uh oh need a new thread

@gamerngeek said in Food!:

@auspice Wait, wait. You never told us if the black garlic worked. This is need to know info!

It did!

Honestly it could've used even longer in the instantpot than recommended; some of them came out more v. dark brown than black... but I got impatient and wanted it NOW.

I gotta say: black garlic butter IS amazing on steak and it's also good just smeared (w/butter or w/out) on toast.

Highly highly recommend. Black garlic is expensive but if you have an instantpot and don't mind not being able to use it for a couple months.... this is totally worth it.

I love buying gifts for others and this year I NAILED IT. I managed to get my girlfriendwife a lovely chunk on amethyst on a necklace. I fretted about it and wondered if she would like it... and she loved it. She's been very happy with it and that makes me happy.

I bought Super Smash Bros Ultimate and have been playing it.

I'm not super close to my family because they're dickheads, so I've been instead enjoying a lazy day hanging out with my online friends, which does somehow seem more special this year because I love them so much. ❤ Happy Holidays you guys!

I just saw this one, it made me chuckle. alt text

So I haven't taken a French class in, like, fifteen years but please excuse me while I go cry in a corner.

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Also, if you're learning French and want to sign up, you can do so here.

@auspice

You should always read the EULA and Terms of Service very carefully.

@cobaltasaurus I was playing on her game Aconite died. That was so surreal. Sorry to hear this.

The title of this thread made me want a small scale MUSH with players of the crew of a spacefaring freighter. But very much not Firefly.

My knee jerk response to creating a "Gods and Monsters" style MUSH would be to use Wild Talents. It can be clunky in some areas but my group had a lot of fun with it and once you get over the learning spike(I don't think it's much of a curve, it's more like a big spike but once you figure it out the game is pretty slick) you can create characters pretty quickly and there are not a lot of limits on what you can create. I think the problem is the system might be TOO open for a game with 10-20 players on it. Also, that learning spike might end up being a wall for some people and one not worth trying to climb over.

With Aberrant, I'm working on stripping it down and simplifying it a bit. Not to a toolkit level but trying to make it so you could at least get in quick and come close to making whatever you wanted.

@Auspice They're so cute!