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I've been taking the train to work regularly, and I can't believe I didn't start doing it earlier. With our recent home purchase and move, my 45 minute drive to work became more like an hour, so I knew I needed an alternative. The great thing is I leave for the train about the same time I'd need to leave in my car, and I only get home about 30 minutes later. I jump on my bike in the morning at about 6:15 AM and ride 2 miles to the train station. It's downhill and so I can cover it super fast. Train rolls out at 6:29. Then it gets to my stop around 7:14 AM (It covers about 40 miles and there are only 4 stops on the way.) I then jump on my bike and ride about 9 miles to work. It's a bit slow going with the traffic lights, but I still get it done in about 35-40 minutes and make it before my 8 AM first period of the day. In the afternoon I have a fair amount of extra time to get to the train before it heads home, so it's not nearly as rushed. The train itself is pretty nice and even has a bathroom. It's never crowded where I get on (apparently it gets busier as they get closer to San Francisco. I'm surprised more people don't do this, as the car traffic is terrible where I live. That being said, there have been some delays and stopped trains. It sounds like everything runs smoothly 90% of the time, which is good, but not great. I can see why being late once every two weeks could be an issues for people. That being said, yay for trains and bikes and boo to cars.

During this visit to OBS got play a bit of a Mystary project ... so good. I think all will indeed be pleased! Also got to be reminded what 20 years with the community and OBS has seen artistically! Finally, Extra Life is this coming week ... super excited to be part of one of the sessions. Will post about that too!

Inside the takeover of Texas school boards TL;DR: Rich men who want to privatize education are behind it.

Yes, they do matter because I do still place significance in overall gamers feedback and reviews from certain gaming journalists But not with every game and my personal views are the most important. For example I didnt enjoy Disco Elysium despite being highly rated by many But I have certain rules, for example I never play Bethesda games until 6-9 months irrespective of any initial positive reviews

Prior to this current version, I had only ever seen the 1960 version (House of Usher (film) - Wikipedia). So besides being an excellent retelling of the story it was also cool to see it updated with todays "issues" (but some of them were really on the nose). Nah, we do it to each other. Somtimes Ill start watching something that shes poo-pooed, then a little while later shes suddenly sitting next to me watching it and asking me to backfill whatever she missed.

They are flavoured jelly beans that do not taste super yummy

They had ground chuck on sale so I've got three pounds of it. Tonight is going to be gringo tacos and tomorrow is a meeting at a ****ty BBQ chain, but I'm feeling like making some meatballs or a ragu later. I haven't made meatballs in a while and ran across a thing for some very good looking ricotta meatballs, so I'm leaning towards that, but if yall know of a must try either way I'd be grateful to check it out.

I made chili a few days ago and today I'm going to render a pork shoulder down in the pressure cooker and make fideo sopa con puerco.

What is a bean boozie and why is it bad enough yall need $10 to eat one? Asking uhhhh.... purely for scientific purposes.

And now an update about the 9th Extra Life Stream 9th Annual Extra Life Marathon Stream - Obsidian Forum Community

That's true but they were also some of my very first RPGs along with the original Fallout games, I mean, BG2 and ToB anyway. I still haven't completed BG1. That said, Icewind Dale 2 was my favorite of the IE games when it came to mechanics. I'm not big into TTPRGs (because I had no friends that were into it and probably no tables that were into it either) but I liked the games that were based on D&D 3.5 the most and why I really enjoy OwlCat's Pathfinder games.... and even with those my game is heavily modded with tons of additional options. I also recognize that my affinity for "spreadsheet games," as my wife likes to call them, makes my preferences less mainstream and accessible. Unfortunately, I like what I like so I'm left with slim pickings.

Difficult to analyze the situation as of yet, but it's interesting to note that more and more people seeking asylum are now beginning to appear on Finland's eastern border, and apparently these are people who look more like "folks intended to cause logistical and other problems to the Finnish authorities" than "folks oppressed in Russia that seriously need to get out" (as the latter group would likely have been detained on the Russian side). It's beginning to look like another example of Russia wanting to be more and more of a nuisance, along with being a serious troublemaker. All because Finland became a hostile country towards Russia, as we didn't go along with their idea to attack Ukraine. Boy, weren't we evil towards our poor eastern neighbour.

At an hour, I did "background" it off and on, but overall and the concept, I thought it was pretty neat. Liked the scrolling animation - the music varied, some of it I liked, some I didn't. While it is limited and brief, I almost wish there had been no narration at all, just a visual/music thing. Must've taken a while to finish.

The Fall of the House of Usher - Netflix I only caught the last 30 minutes of the last episode, but dang, it was a good 30 minutes! Then I peppered my wife with 50 questions about what happened in the first 7.5 episodes and now I want to go watch the entire season. EDIT: Whoops wrong thread.

https://www.gamesradar.com/golden-joystick-awards-2023-winners/ Best Storytelling - Baldur's Gate 3 Still Playing Award - No Man's Sky Best Visual Design - Baldur's Gate 3 Studio of the Year - Larian Studios Best Game Expansion - Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty Best Indie Game - Sea of Stars Best VR Game - Horizon Call of the Mountain Best Multiplayer Game - Mortal Kombat 1 Best Audio - Final Fantasy XVI Best Game Trailer - Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty Best Streaming Game - Valorant Best Game Community - Baldur's Gate 3 Best Gaming Hardware - PSVR 2 Breakthrough Award - Coccoon / Geometric Interactive Critics' Choice Award - Alan Wake II Best Lead Performer - Ben Starr, Final Fantasy XVI Best Supporting Performer - Neil Newborn, Astarion, Baldur's Gate 3 Nintendo Game of the Year - The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom PC Game of the Year - Baldur's Gate 3 Xbox Game of the Year - Starfield PlayStation Game of the Year - Resident Evil 4 Most Wanted Game - Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth UGOTY - Baldur's Gate 3

I know @Guard Dog doesn't come around very often anymore and @ManifestedISO hasn't been around in forever but happy birthday nonetheless.

is not strict speaking youtube, but two o' our all-time favorite pbs series is available via youtube and other sources... if you look hard enough. at least the first four episodes o' james buke connections is youtbe accessible is ten total and we find six thru ten via various internet archives. also, ethics in america (1989.) https://www.learner.org/series/ethics-in-america/do-unto-others/ HA! Good Fun!

seem like pc will break again with some 10 sec lag when trying to open any file holder