Gromnir

got a few bugs which is making progress... difficult. nevertheless, am at level 7 with a colluding scoundrel/feyspeaker and am kinda playing around with a few builds w/o any genuine intent to go deeper towards drezen. however, what we did notice while doing far too many random map encounters and ambushes is the frequency of the cambion cleric in chapter 2. this generous but doomed soul carries a +3 light crossbow, +2 ring of protection, +2 natural armour amulet, a +2 wisdom boosting item. he wears +3 studded leather and also carries an afterthought masterwork scimitar. sure, use a mod and you may give yourself unlimited money, but if you do not have such a mod, a couple extra random map encounters will enrich you significant. you will also be awarded just shy o' 500xp for ridding the worldwound o' these disproportionately well equipped fellows. HA! Good Fun!

wasted opportunity. last time there were any genuine possibility for peace looked to be july 2000. HA! Good Fun!

guess we should appreciate our minor tonsorial obstacles. sure, takes an extra minute or two to wash hair, and then combing out all the tangles is a pain in the arse. unless we wanna get the random stray hair while eating we gotta wear a hat while preparing and consuming food, which is weird and wrong, but whatever. our hair hasn't begun to noticeable gray or thin, but it could happen at some point. guess we should be thankful. *chuckle* our previous financial guy retired a bit over a year ago, before pandemic but after we had retired. our new finance guy is the person recommended by our previous guy. whatever. when we first met new guy in his office, he kept calling us "young man," which we thought were odd. sure, we were dressed kinda causal, but the guy on the other side o' the desk were probable in his mid to late forties. Gromnir were fifty. occurred to us that clay, (people in california are sometimes named "clay,") might be making a subtle joke 'bout us retiring relative young so we asked. clay were genuine shocked by our age. perhaps the fact we look like some kinda unkempt hippie (sans the birkenstocks) and need all-too-frequent pull strands o' our own hair outta the omelet we made is the sorta stuff o' which we should see the bright side, but we don't. as an aside, with the yankee situation and other similar events, is looking more and more like the vaccine is less efficacious at preventing infection than perhaps hoped. vaccine were tested for how it reduced chance o' becoming ill, and so far it looks like all the vaccines is dong a fantastic job o' that, even with the variants. were never definitive known exact how much protection the vaccine offered from the vaccinated nevertheless being able to catch and spread covid. positive: so far don't seem like those infected who has been vaccinated is producing enough viral load to be a serious concern for spreading covid-19. nevertheless, for the folks with compromised immune systems, am suspecting stay-at-home may be the status quo for awhile. am now gonna go sweep in the kitchen. the amount o' Gromnir hair we sweep up now equals or exceeds dog hair. this change is embarrassing. HA! Good Fun!

House Committee Approves 9/11-Style Commission with Subpoena Power to Further Investigate Jan. 6 — What to Know "Subpoenas require agreement by either the Chair and Vice Chair or a majority vote by the commissioners. The Commission can refer any failure to obey a subpoena to a U.S. federal district court." so, assuming the bill passes house, senate and is signed by the President... at some point, the question of needing a subpoena for kevin mccarthy (as well as numerous other US Congressman and state AGs) is gonna need be answered. is difficult to imagine negotiators have failed to considered this question already. stack the commission with gop members who is categorical opposed to personages such as Congressmen gosar and mccarthy being subpoenaed will severe hamper pursuit o' evidence. HA! Good Fun!

dr. fauci might need to have a sit down with korgano and masaka. the judge in rachel powell's case were more forgiving than she deserved, and admitted am not believing it is possible for the masaka avatar to spread a human virus, but is no reason to be a jerk 'bout mask wearing just 'cause you is a divinity... or any o' the many thousands o' middle-aged male republicans who drive large pickups, wear hats to cover their receding hairline, and have a star-spangled bandana perpetually tied around their neck as if to flaunt the fact they is only pretending to comply with mask mandates. HA! Good Fun! ps is entire possible the yankee players is all extreme unlucky. +90% efficacy is not 100% after all. multiple vaccinated folks becoming infected in spite o' vaccination is gonna happen. nevertheless, one hopes this ain't an india variant (or some other variant) issue.

Gaetz ally plans to plead guilty and cooperate with prosecutors greenberg is a terrible witness. understatement. 33 counts including sex traffik of a minor is not the guy who gets cooperation agreements on a whim. won't take a defense attorney much effort to convince any finder o' fact (jury or judge) greenberg will say anything to save his own skin. in an ordinary situation we would say prosecutors offering a deal to a guy such as greenberg means they has confirmed legitimacy o' info received, but am not sure. HA! Good Fun!

the ohio lottery is ridiculous, and likely a very good idea. dewine and the folks in ohio came up with a plan to address a problem, and they are not pretending the remaining antivaxxers is gonna be convinced by doctors or celebrities. a couple minute public service announcement from trump might make a difference, but short o' that, this is the best practical solution anybody has made to try and reach the intractable. God help us. HA! Good Fun!

more false equivalency. it was the f'ing US Capitol. many o' the rioters were purposeful attempting to interfere with the legislative confirmation o' the results o' the Presidential election and it were more a matter o' luck than anything else that more people were not killed, especial when one recognizes that dozens of law enforcement officers were injured, some grievously so. one Congressman gets killed or paralyzed or blinded? the mob was within a couple dozen yards o' a few legislators. some ass backwards alt-right radio junkie from kentucky manages to use a stun gun on nancy pelosi and she dies. not a complete shocking result considering the chaos which were taking place. unlike seattle, we weren't talking 'bout an empty court house after hours or somesuch. US freaking Capitol. how is that difference not sinking in even now? you think the patriot act were good for democracy? what do you think is the response if nancy pelosi or mike pence died? when we saw the towers go down on 9/11, am ashamed to admit our first thought were as a Con Law guy as 'posed to a human being. we felt sympathy for those dying, but we were terrified what would be the US response to the attacks, and the freedoms which would die along with the thousands o' innocents. so, while America is losing its collective mind on january 7th after at least one Congressman dies, trump who were already having folks such as general flynn telling him to impose martial law over election results... write the rest o' the narrative from this point and be certain o' a happy, peaceful and democratic resolution. am not sure what some o' you folks witnessed on january 6, but if you saw a relative nothing burger which had zero chance o' affecting american democracy, then your reading o' history is perhaps not as deep as you believe. a mob, by its very nature is unpredictable, and this mob were inside the Capitol while trump were continuing to tell 'em what a failure were pence and how unfair it were the election were stolen. more than a few o' those happy not insurrectionists were armed. clearly weren't a matter o' having a good plan and airtight security which prevented the situation from being worse. situation coulda' gone much different and much worse and results woulda' made the patriot act response look positively pedestrian by comparison. january 6 were way worse than most americans is willing to admit or realize. given what happened on january 6, one dead Congressman woulda' shocked few. edit: added the sen. murray video today would be much different if the very plausible had occurred. oh, and pence, in spite o' refusing to interfere with the ceremonial electoral college ballot confirmation, has been silent regarding the january 6 attack. the post january 6 cowardice o' pence and other republicans only concerned 'bout 2022 and 2024 makes us far less confident that the choice to confirm the election results on january 6 was a sure thing. HA! Good Fun!

we observed this were 'bout an obtuse notion o' fairness. a flat tax disproportionate impacts the poorest elements o' society, which is exactly why absolute NO flat income tax plan advocated by even the most hardarsed republican in the last +75 years has ignored the need to significant increase filer deductible or reduce that flat tax to near 0% for folks making less than X dollars. 'cause sending more families into poverty does not help anybody and eventual costs all americans more money. obtuse masquerading as fair. what would also be fair is a lottery. not a you-win-millions-of-dollars, but more like the short story. some % of americans lose all wealth instead of life. would be equal beneficial for the economy as your suggestion, and you know what, it would be fair. equal chance for those with little more than debt to lose everything as for bezos. that would be fair. HA! Good Fun!

new patch looks as if am gonna need to restart 'cause even with a clean install, our most annoying bug remains. that said, is a positive the issue o' respec breaking mythic has been addressed. HA! Good Fun!

recognizing the perversity o' human nature, am suspecting the bitterness were a known quality before the question of toxicity were resolved. HA! Good Fun!

well, today's Congressional hearings regarding january 6 were 'bout as partisan as we mighta' expected. the witnesses did all they could to avoid answering relevant questions and when they were confronted with inconsistencies in previous written testimony, they pretended as if there were no such inconsistencies. am not sure why rosen were allowed to avoid questions about whether or not he spoke with trump. is kinda questionable rosen could raise executive privilege regarding details o' a conversation with a now former President, but at least that would be a reasonable position to take. rosen did not invoke privilege. rosen refused to speak 'bout conversations, 'cause? regardless, refusing to admit whether a conversation took place with a now former President wouldn't have been protected by privilege, but he refused to answer that basic question, and the committee just let it slide. 'course the speechifying from both sides o' the aisle were complete worthless save for fact it did provide moments o' dark humor. HA! Good Fun! ps curious side note: 'ccording to comments from carrolyn maloney, today's testimony were scheduled to accommodate christopher wray o' the fbi, but he nevertheless refused to make himself available for questioning. supposed, wray will testify before oversight... next month. is mid may and we have heard little more than crickets from the fbi regarding january 6. improbable, but it is our reality.

our first shot o' moderna resulted in zero side effects, but at the time we were sufficient hydrated and avoided stressful physical activity. have no idea if the hydration and physical exertion made a difference for the second injection. correlation v causation. HA! Good Fun!

that is fair. matthew were s'posed to be awkward and unlikable, but we were pleasant surprised by how the show somehow managed to make the character sympathetic in rare moments-- we gotta give some credit to andy d!ck for that. visual gag and falling stuff rare makes us laugh, but we nevertheless did laugh at andy d!ick on news radio. HA! Good Fun!

am gonna guess majestic is young. have yet to watch the mark v. jay video, but one assumes andy d!ck is relevant 'cause o' the voyager episode? am gonna admit we kinda liked that episode. other than news radio, which ran from the mid to late 90s, and the aforementioned voyager role, am trying to think o' anything we liked more because of andy d!ck and am coming up with zero titles. we were a big fan o' news radio. HA! Good Fun!

2nd shot o' moderna were administered to this individual on monday and we did everything wrong we coulda' possible done. we did not stay hydrated and we did not avoid strenuous activity. on tuesday we were feeling less than 100%, but we had no fever. symptoms suffered: headache, chills, nausea (minor), muscle aches. as o' wednesday, am back to our status quo, such as it is. am looking forward to finally getting a haircut. has been literal over a year since we were last shorn and our hair is current three inches beyond shoulder length. HA! Good Fun!

sales tax on yachts? *chuckle* to stay revenue neutral requires at least 23% and possible as high as 30%, depending on where conservatives is willing to install a floor, which pretty much everybody but gd would deem necessary. poor get poorer and rich get richer in some misguided attempt to achieve an obtuse notion o' fairness? HA! Good Fun!

is not false imprisonment if you is sentenced to years in prison for murdering your neighbor. claim you personal never agreed to such laws and punishments would be laughed away as nonsensical, no? nevertheless, the exact same argument when used to defend the notion that taxes is theft persists. weird. the founders were not demanding an end to taxation, 'cause that would be stoopid. "no taxation without representation." is not theft if, through social contract, your state or nation or territory agrees to such taxes. unfortunate for washington dc, and the us territories, they get no fed representation, so... HA! Good Fun!

15% punishes the poorest. 15% is considerable less than the wealthy pay. 15% would vast increase the debt you is concerned 'bout, 'cause innumerable programs has durations which require 'em to be funded for more than the next couple years, and you are talking about a massive functional tax cut for the rich. massive revenue shortfall. etc. worst plan evar HA! Good Fun! ps point to anecdotal situations where an individual shows losses for a given year and is able to get a considerable refund is exceptions. the obvious response when such exceptions is inequitable is to make corrections so such exceptions is not exploitive. s-can the system 'cause o' uncommon exceptions is not reasonable.

House, Justice Department report deal on McGahn testimony "A spokesperson for Trump, Jason Miller, said the former president was reviewing his legal options." Former Trump Officials To Defend Federal Response To Capitol Riot "He (christopher miller) is expected to also cite "commentary in the media about the possibility of a military coup or that advisors to the President were advocating the declaration of martial law" as a reason for seeking to limit the use of the military." The Official and Unofficial Timeline of Defense Department Actions on January 6 HA! Good Fun!

all fantasy is arguable a bit silly when viewed from a real world pov. that said, gawain is not a save the world plot and may be a bit less ridiculous than the typical fantasy stories made into movies. however, it is possible to view gawain as punishing with symbolism and mopey with introspection. HA! Good Fun! ps repeat word fail

... you did notice the list included stripper poles and boris mikhailov, yes? HA! Good Fun!

no doubt putin has many things on his mind. having individual doctors and covid patients fall from windows is gonna be kinda far down on his personal to do list. 1) navalny 2) have more stripper poles installed at the pleasure palace 3) navalny 4)boris mikhailov refused an invitation to my hockey event. "seventy six years old," is hardly a decent excuse. maybe he suffers an "icing" penalty from which he never recovers... 5) navalny 6) navalny etc. putin, whatever his flaws, ain't an idiot. HA! Good Fun!

well, that was quick. on the lighter side, from one o' the other despots attempting to undermine western democracies, HA! Good Fun!

am one o' those nut jobs who always has a gallon o' chicken stock in the freezer. however, IF am making a recipe which calls for a cup o' chicken stock, or something similar, we will use better then bullion, low sodium, w/o any guilt. better than bullion has a strong chicken flavour which we find appealing, but even the low sodium variety is a bit salty for us. 'course that just means you may reduce the salt you would typical add in the recipe, or dilute. HA! Good Fun! ps during the initial covid staple purchasing madness when items such as tp, beans and rice were nowhere to be found anywhere, we were unable to buy better than bullion 'less we wanted to pay comical high prices. this were what were at amazon, and am admitting it were kinda good, but even more salty than better than bullion.