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@Macha A legit company? Go figure.

@Ghost Brother is accurate.

@gryphter If you do go in, wear a face covering. There are sites showing you how to make an improvised face mask but even a bandana worn outlaw style is better than nothing. If you are infected, it'll keep you from breathing/coughing infected droplets into the air.

@Arkandel Exactly what @Tempest said. We're pretty much keeping all of canon BUT we are tweaking it to make playing your characters of choice easier. Let's face it, lots of people who app on SW games want to play Force Users. This lets them.

The Metropolitan Opera's At Home Gala

4 hours of music all performed in the performers' homes all over the world. Not just soloists and duets but also at times the entire orchestra. The highlight for me is at 1:30:00 where the entire orchestra performs the prelude to Act 3 of Wagner's Lohengrin.

Oh, for the record, I'm Jalapeno. It's also policy for all staff alts to be public knowledge and the alt code automatically lists their alts on all the +finger infos.

Why did none of you tell me how good Zoe's Extraordinary Playlist was? Sure, you've talked about it here but no one said TO ME 'Hey, you should watch this.' You fuckers.

@Bob said in Star Wars: Insurgency:

The thing that struck me reading this is somone like Darth Vader whose primary character trait is to dominate every scene he's in.

Personally, I'm very dubious about Vader being a PC. I don't think he can be made using the same rules we've set up for character creation and still be Vader. It might be best to put him alongside Yoda and the Emperor.

But, activity requirements?

We'd probably be using the same activity requires we have on Marvel: 1963. 1 log a month minimum BUT don't think the bare minimum will be enough on a regular basis. It's not onerous.

I'd advocate for the position that most grizzled rebellious Corellians pretty much see Luke as a naive inexperienced hillbilly who got lucky. With the setting you've selected its really just our ooc bias that wants to put them on a pedestal.

Most of their super heroics have not occurred.

That is pretty much exactly correct and is how they're being played.

@TNP said in Good TV:

Why did none of you tell me how good Zoe's Extraordinary Playlist was? Sure, you've talked about it here but no one said TO ME 'Hey, you should watch this.' You fuckers.

I take it back. I hate this show. It starts out all light and fun till it sucks you in and hooks you then it sneaks around behind you and stabs you in the feels. OVER AND OVER AND OVER. And then for good measure, it drops the knife and starts doing it again with a fucking sword that's hooked up to a taser. HATE IT.

Hope it gets renewed. Just with better choreography. Cause honestly, it was horrible.

@surreality Oh, it's definitely not a long term fix. That's why I get a massage every month. But the Therabeads work great to ease pain. I have no idea how they work but you just stick them in the microwave for 2-3 min. The pack not only gets hot but it's a moist heat. Somehow it collects moisture from the air. I applied it every 1-2 hours all day and had much more motion the next day.

@Macha said in Dead Celebrities 2020:

Nick Cordero, actor, 41. Dead from Covid-19

Damn. He was fighting so hard too.

Olivia De Havilland. Even if you don't know the name, you know her from at least one of her movies. She was 104.

@Aria said in Real World Peeves, Disgruntlement, and Irks.:

My mom says 'libary'. I cringe every time.

So axe her to stop.

runs and hides

@Macha Since May, pharmacies can give Covid tests in NY. Not all do but some. Check CVS, Walgreens, etc.

Made myself the best turkey ever. I absolutely rock turkeys which is good since I'll be eating it for 2-3 weeks. I'd happily make a turkey every month if someone else cleaned up. Gods but I hate cleaning.

Scenario:

Plants monolith for purposes unknown. (artistic?)
Finishes.
Packs up and goes home.
Thinks: I have a feeling I forgot something. Well, it'll come to me sooner or later.
November: Ohhhhhhhhhhh.

One of the doctors always sends a gift for the entire office every year. It's usually food but given Covid, this year everyone got a bottle of champagne - pardon, sparkling wine since by law it can't be called champagne unless it's made in France's Champagne. Anyway, it brought to mind a fun coin fact that has always amused me since I learned it.

In the late 12th century, the county of Champagne started to hold regular fairs (markets). Like most counties/large cities back then, they minted their own coins and those of Champagne came from 2 different cities in it. Whoever designed the silver deniers in one of those cities must have had a sense of humor as the design on one side of the coin is a comb in a field.

The French word for comb is peigne. The French word for field is champ. Field - comb / champ - peigne. For the Champagne fairs.

The More You Know

@cupcake said in Good TV:

@derp I feel you on that. I actually do experience some cognitive dissonance watching him play this open, loving person vs....well, Derek the Hot Werewolf.

Clark the Hot Werewolf?
Derek the Hot Kryptonian?

Just think of it as a re-imaging.

Arise and live again! Hey, the thread exists so why make a new one?

Anyway. I just discovered there this new(?) - newish - thing where these guys who are amazing singers sing soooooo looooooow.and the subharmonics are just amazing not to mention their overall octave range which is wonderfully displayed when they sing with themselves.

Here's one guy named Geoff Castellucci:
Sixteen Tons and Blackbird.

Also, this guy named Tomi P who is a giant geek.
@coin, you'll want to listen to Toss A Coin To Your Witcher.

@greenflashlight said in Real World Peeves, Disgruntlement, and Irks.:

@tnp I don't have 45 minutes to watch this at the moment, but I am curious. Is this video about staying silent when questioned, or about not reporting to cops, or both?

Yeah, it's quite good. The lecturer is a law professor. And he introduces a detective later on who says - very first thing - 'He's completely right.'

Definitely worth watching.