Jaybird graciously got me into playing Vampire: The Masquerade Bloodlines and I enjoyed playing it as much as I have any game of that type in a long, long time. Will be curious to see if they can match it with new material and will check it out...right after I find out if it's any good or not from Jaybird.
One of the saddest things about the pandemic to me has been how many folks had to die either alone or in facilities where no outside visitors were allowed, including far too many friends and family members.
COVID and the vaccine debates are like everything else, they are just excuses for people to do what they were going to do anyway, but with nomenclature that makes them feel like it's a fresh idea and foisted upon them
At first I kind of felt bad for putting that guy out front with a title for that, but I dug into what he was advocating for there and the person in the background and what she chose to do in public that is visible if you, and decided that was a them problem and had it coming.
Remember when Hannity pulled a loaded gun out on set...that was fun...
Cuomo should have went long ago, and just cause that Twitter account is paid to put out stuff I'm good with everyone listed there getting their share of invective
I think this is probably true, but I also think Trump has De Santis on his radar more so than Youngkin was and the probability of conflict there is a whole lot higher either out of spit or jealousy or whatever. How "I don't want you here" lands with Trump from De Santis after seeing it in action with Youngkin is going to be a dynamic to watch. But just on the surface, De Santis is going to have a much harder time pulling that trick off especially if Trump doesn't cooperate.
The companion to this was Youngkin carried himself - at least for the most part publicly - like a normal, functional adult and politician, keeping the loonier parts of Trumpism at arms length. There is a lesson there for Republicans as well but the more Trump-flavored ones will probably ignore it. In an election you have to be a palatable alternative as the entry requirement to getting votes outside your die-hard base.
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Aaron Donald is a bad, bad man.
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Have no idea what you are talking about "how the rest of the writers are treated"
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*slowly backs away
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an improvement on the Girdle of Pluto?
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I hope that is the genesis of an article to come from you
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That wasn't a planned line of discussion it just came up but I thought it was amazing we connected those to things off the cuff
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Jaybird graciously got me into playing Vampire: The Masquerade Bloodlines and I enjoyed playing it as much as I have any game of that type in a long, long time. Will be curious to see if they can match it with new material and will check it out...right after I find out if it's any good or not from Jaybird.
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One of the saddest things about the pandemic to me has been how many folks had to die either alone or in facilities where no outside visitors were allowed, including far too many friends and family members.
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COVID and the vaccine debates are like everything else, they are just excuses for people to do what they were going to do anyway, but with nomenclature that makes them feel like it's a fresh idea and foisted upon them
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Thank you Fish
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At first I kind of felt bad for putting that guy out front with a title for that, but I dug into what he was advocating for there and the person in the background and what she chose to do in public that is visible if you, and decided that was a them problem and had it coming.
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Thank you Rufus
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I've been rather the opposite, I figured infrastructure would get done but nothing else. Here we are.
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released
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FWIW that Tod Kelly piece can be read here:
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Thanks for reading
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Remember when Hannity pulled a loaded gun out on set...that was fun...
Cuomo should have went long ago, and just cause that Twitter account is paid to put out stuff I'm good with everyone listed there getting their share of invective
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TSN post up on that
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So very sorry for your loss
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Props for getting "Tentpole" and "nudity" in the same sentence without things going terribly, tragically wrong.
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Thank you Burt, glad we could represent well as legal amateurs
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Welcome back
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I think this is probably true, but I also think Trump has De Santis on his radar more so than Youngkin was and the probability of conflict there is a whole lot higher either out of spit or jealousy or whatever. How "I don't want you here" lands with Trump from De Santis after seeing it in action with Youngkin is going to be a dynamic to watch. But just on the surface, De Santis is going to have a much harder time pulling that trick off especially if Trump doesn't cooperate.
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The companion to this was Youngkin carried himself - at least for the most part publicly - like a normal, functional adult and politician, keeping the loonier parts of Trumpism at arms length. There is a lesson there for Republicans as well but the more Trump-flavored ones will probably ignore it. In an election you have to be a palatable alternative as the entry requirement to getting votes outside your die-hard base.