Experimented a bit with my usual bread recipe. It's cooling off right now, so I'm hoping to have some fresh bread in an hour or so.
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I'm a big fan of this one:
"Somebody that I used to Know" by Linkin Park
I'm sad to see that the original got taken down, but someone reuploaded it here.
My friends and I started off playing D&D 3.5e in high school and college. We played it a lot over the years. Eventually we started playing 5e, and that's mainly what we play today (on the rare occasions we actually sit down and play).
I had a friend who enjoyed experimenting with other systems like "GURPS" and "Swords & Wizardry". We only ever played a few sessions with "Swords & Wizardry" but I enjoyed it a lot. It was an extremely lethal system where players were encouraged to be clever rather than solving problems through comat, since players weren't particularly powerful compared to your typical monster or NPC.
Most recently, another friend introduced us to "Apocalypse World", which we really enjoyed. We originally were just gonna play a one-shot, but wound up having a dozen or so sessions to keep the story going.
Much appreciated! I'll give it a read.
When those memories come up, choose a different response. Laugh at yourself. Forgive yourself. Love yourself.
Any recommended reading on this topic? Choosing a different response when these memories come up is really difficult for me, personally. Even when I acknowledge that I've grown as a person since then, the memories themselves still just feel jarringly awful.
The "small issue" you described is a logistical one that remains unsolved by bureaucrats, lawmakers, judges, or anyone else. "Bad actors ruin it for those who really need it" is the same "small issue" people use to argue against many services people genuinely need in order to survive.
"Deport them all and let God sort 'em out" is the course America has chosen, and it is the immoral course, as far as I am concerned.
we need more people processing immigration paperwork
Agreed, but it won't happen, especially under this administration. They don't want more immigrants, even "legal" ones. They say they are only against "illegal" immigrants, but let's be real here. Lemme know when they sign into law some additional funding for hiring more bureaucrats to parse immigration paperwork. I won't hold my breath.
When immigrants know the legal pathway is unreasonably slow and will not be improved in any way, there's no incentive to do it the "legal" way.
I cannot, in good conscience, begrudge any family who illegally enters a country when they are fleeing violence or poverty in their own country (e.g.: they are from a country that is effectively run by drug cartels, or is in the midst of civil war).
"You need to fill out the appropriate paperwork before your family can be safe" is not an argument that will ever sway me. The bureaucracy takes too long in the vast majority of cases. People are scared and want a better life.
Some people illegally immigrate for less serious reasons, in which case sure, get 'em to fill out the proper forms. But I cannot support deporting people whose entire reason to illegally immigrate was for their safety and/or livelihood.
And please note that this position is wholly a moral one, not a legal one. I am a person with a moral compass, not a lawyer.
Adding on to this, I'll say the term is likely used less now because, for the reasons you mentioned, the common person actually aspires to get famous for the specific purpose of selling out and making a big payday to escape the hellscape of everyday wage-slavery.
But then there are also "sell outs" that are totally situational. For example, a content creator (who I won't name because that's not the point) who's an OG that's been around for over 20 years now, constantly putting out content, never had sponsors until a few years ago. Initially I was annoyed at suddenly seeing "Sponsored by NordVPN!" and "Sponsored by RAID Shadow Legends!" in every video, but then I learned he'd had a child with his wife. And his child had a bad birth defect that required a lot of expensive surgeries.
After that, I was like, "Get that paycheck, my guy." It's hard out there.
I read the post title and immediately thought it might be a Technology Connections video. Great channel
Looks delicious. Horseradish is a bit strong for me, but I could see it going nicely with this dish.
What kind of cheese does it use?
Hell yeah. I've been looking forward to the parade of planets and have caught it a few times over the last few days. Been lucky enough to have clear skies the last couple of nights.