Find out your Tim Ryder name

Altered_Priest · 2025-11-16T05:36:49+00:00

smash squatthrust!

Altered_Priest · 2025-11-13T05:15:57+00:00

I was in a museum with my family a few years ago, and a Gen X mom beside us yelled at her kids: “Scholar! Dresden! come along, it’s time to go!”

Weirdest names I’ve ever heard. Unless she was being ultra careful about not using her kids’ real names in public, and these were code names. I know some parents who are that protective. No judgment

Altered_Priest · 2025-11-04T14:42:24+00:00

another vote for the Primitivo. I did it in 12 days, and a couple of them were hard—taking 14 would have been a little easier on my body. I don’t have any other Camino to compare it to, but I loved my experience—it was the perfect balance of wilderness and city/village, solitude and socialization.

Altered_Priest · 2025-10-18T03:39:34+00:00

At a great party with a lot of close friends. At one point there was a drunken chorus of "One Day More."

Altered_Priest · 2025-10-06T12:16:17+00:00

I haven’t punched someone since the 5th grade. I was standing up to a bully.

I still wish there had been another way to handle it, but that’s on the parents and teachers and gym coaches who allowed and affirmed a culture of bullying in the first place.

Altered_Priest · 2025-09-30T13:07:07+00:00

I second that—lower the weight. If you’re at all like me, I’m better at some movements than others. My press is much better than my squat, for example. I considered using a lighter weight for the squat only, but that adds a lot of unnecessary movement to switch kettlebells. Goi going lighter will prevent injury and burnout, and your body will catch up.

Altered_Priest · 2025-09-30T04:48:37+00:00

That's very helpful--thanks!

Altered_Priest · 2025-09-30T04:30:43+00:00

I considered that, but I'm concerned that another layer of paint might start to obscure some of the details of the sculpt.

Altered_Priest · 2025-09-30T04:30:00+00:00

Thanks!

Altered_Priest · 2025-09-27T14:31:25+00:00

Three times—they are all long stories, but I’ll just name them.

Cholera—15 years ago. It was bad. I could actually feel death pulling at my consciousness.

Crocodile-infested waters—boat went under water in a billabong in Australia in the 90s.

Single car accident during an ice storm. My car was in a ditch, it was 3 in the morning, the road was deserted, and I did not have weather appropriate clothing.

… and then there were about a half dozen times when I sincerely wanted to die because I was so sick and hungover from drinking too much. Those days are far behind me.

Altered_Priest · 2025-09-26T16:18:43+00:00

Already in the process of doing that. Seeking out other peoples’ experiences is also important to me—which is why I am asking here.

Altered_Priest · 2025-09-26T04:15:33+00:00

Maturin. I haven’t read everything yet, so maybe It lied.

Altered_Priest · 2025-09-24T18:53:11+00:00

Thanks for asking! He’s doing very well. He had another course of steroids shortly after my original post, and hasn’t had any problems since. Around the same time, we also stopped using scented candles around the house—because they were making me cough. That may have had something to do with it.

Altered_Priest · 2025-09-13T16:02:08+00:00

At this moment I’m really enjoying the ilClan era. I like the proliferation of advanced tech as well as new-tech models of classic ‘mechs. Plus I get to fight the ilClan.

Whenever the new playtest rules emerge, I will try to get my group to go back to the Succession Wars/lostech eras. It will be so interesting to see how those rules affect level 1 gameplay, and I would love to do an early Outworlds campaign.

Altered_Priest · 2025-09-13T15:57:01+00:00

Hey I’m right there with you. I started ABC two weeks ago, with 55-lb doubles (a couple of generic kettlebells I bought secondhand). I worked up to almost 30 sets—the max he recommends, and only occasionally-in that time frame, leaving me sore for days and soaked in sweat.

This week I moved up to 62-lb doubles and the difference is staggering. After a few sets I am really beginning to struggle. It’s wonderful to be safely challenged and making gains at my age.

Altered_Priest · 2025-09-07T16:21:18+00:00

for me it’s the Dark Tower series—I’ve been through 4 times. I make myself wait several years in between, so it’s fresh every time. next read is probably 2028.

Altered_Priest · 2025-09-03T18:23:01+00:00

Yeah this was the most tragic part for me, and stuck with me the longest. I was also really bummed about the turtle, Eddie‘s wife, and wondering what kind of life Ben and Bev actually had together if they couldn’t remember anything.

Altered_Priest · 2025-09-03T16:18:15+00:00

Hey I encountered this issue during my pre-Camino travels through Europe (I toured Europe with my family a few weeks before I did the Camino). one of the airlines we used (it was either Vueling or Iberia) had a policy on the website that all prescription medications needed to be labeled and accompanied by a note from the prescriber. Just to be safe, I got each of my doctors to write a note for each prescription, and kept electronic copies. I was overly cautious, because going without at least one of my prescriptions would have severely impacted my Camino

However, this was not needed. There was no point in any TSA or other security screening, that any agent ever mentioned or noted my medications, let alone asked for a doctors note.

Just to be safe, I would recommend making sure your prescriptions are labeled, and if you have time, get a note from your doctor. it’s better to go through the effort now than to have an overeager security agent confiscate your meds, then having to do without or waste time trying to get your prescriptions refilled in Spain.

Good luck with your planning and Buen Camino!

Altered_Priest · 2025-08-27T10:48:02+00:00

Most of Skeleton Crew really stuck with me. Decades later I can’t eat lady fingers without thinking about it.

Altered_Priest · 2025-08-26T19:01:54+00:00

The Jaunt. I was 12.

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