I am going to finish AC Origins (Pharaohs DLC) then start AC Valhalla (I played AC Odyssey out of release order, but in "real time" order). I've never played any AC games before, but I am enjoying these large open world versions.
I was in that line that day while that was being filmed. The old Ridglea Theater, so many great movie memories there...
I also interviewed Ms Wygant in her mid-80s some years ago. She knew my mom (via the Fort Worth Opera) and remembered meeting me as the wild child hanging around the offices and stages of the opera. I recall she wore a fox fur stole to the interview. Nice lady.
I've lived in Texas all my life and while it is far from a "shithole", I am unapologetically disgusted by my home state's current political climate.
When I was growing up (in DFW), I got a liberal (as in the tradition sense, not as a political spectrum) public education which I look back on to fondly. We were taught about sex (starting in 5th grade) and encouraged to be aware of racial issues and the root causes of hatred and encouraged to be friends with all our peers and egalitarian towards people of any color. Gayness was not mentioned, but also not condemned, and I definitely had gay friends and knew at least two gay couples in high school who were open, supported by students and teachers, and happy.
My own childhood outside of school was one of amazing freedom and self-responsibility. My parents' rule was "be back for dinner". We all had bikes, and we would range dozens of miles a day on them. We did crazy, stupid, amazingly fun things all by ourselves as children. We got in trouble, we got hurt, but we learned how to be self-reliant and entertain ourselves and we never did anything "criminal" nor were we ever threatened by anyone.
I saw my state elect a liberal female governor who was amazeballs and famously stuck George W Bush with her barbed tongue.
But what always existed, underneath, was what we called the "Old Boy Network", which really was just code for white, wealthy, privileged, bigoted men. Clayton Williams, who infamously ran for governor, was a prime example of the type.
So, while Texas was - and I think still will be - on a grand trajectory towards being an enlightened, liberal, egalitarian state in my childhood, it got twisted up and corrupted (I point my finger at Reaganism and Religious Extremism as the starting points, at least in my awareness) until we now have a hateful little troll as governor, a shitbag full of cronies, and voters who think Donald Trump represents the ideal American who should be president (again).
I love Texas, or loved it, but now I am dismayed by it - by the hatred and the ignorance that it just seems to be oozing now. I hate the fact that this has happened to my state and after spending my entire adult life voting and speaking against this trend, I now just want to leave.
Unfortunately, I can't think of any other state in the Union I would leave to. They all have problems. The symptom of Texas is just one of the most visible of the disease that affects our entire country.
Hatred and fear of the other, the least American value I can think of, has finally blossomed, nurtured by people who would rather see this country descend into war than dare teach that the powerful people in this country have treated the powerless people in it very, very badly for a very, very long time.
Panzanella comes immediately to mind, as does gazpacho and Thai stuffed cucumber soup.
“Launch” and “Early Access” are mutually exclusive…can we collectively stop falling for this bait-and-switch?
I have nothing against “early access” - per se - but let’s not forget what it is: an unfinished product in a pre-launch state. Do not be surprised (or angry for that matter) it might really suck if you are gullible enough to pay to play-test an unfinished game.
Nostalgia is a disease...
While the oats (steel cut) are cooking, a take a cup of frozen mixed berries out of the freezer, put them in a small pot, add 1 tablespoon sugar and 1 tablespoon of water, bring to a boil, and make a quick compote (or very slack jam). This goes on top of the oatmeal (2 people).
I also don't "believe" in Skyrim modding, at least in terms of mods that fundamentally alter the game.
However, I do make exceptions for eye-candy and bug-fixing mods. Perhaps start there.
Though I only speak a minuscule smatter of Italian - and none is necessary to enjoy these videos - I really like anything with Giorgione in it, for example:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1q5i5C35ISE
OR even better
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5WLMm08P-u8&t=9s
Just dive down this wonderful rabbit hole.
30% of the general population is sociopathic. I am not shocked. :-)
This explicitly wasn't a question about Firefox at all, or even about what browser to use. It was just about Arc.
And before you get your knickers twisted tighter, I use Firefox (as my primary driver on Windows and my secondary on Mac). I am using Firefox right now, in fact.