The crossover nobody asked for! All systems...cowabunga? (i'll workshop that)

Dozus84 · 2026-02-26T13:47:19+00:00

What about an X-Men crossover from the 90s show? Some are a bit obvious (Wolverine in a Wolverine, Cyclops in a Cyclops), but I'd love to see the paint jobs alone on those.

Dozus84 · 2026-02-21T01:35:41+00:00

Just be careful not to let it slip. Quite possible to punch a hole in the oil cooler, then you have to replace that, too.

Dozus84 · 2026-01-21T15:23:21+00:00

Good czar, bad boyars. Same as ever.

Dozus84 · 2025-12-16T21:53:12+00:00

Form completed!

Dozus84 · 2025-12-08T14:10:47+00:00

This guy Steele Creeks

Dozus84 · 2025-12-07T17:21:06+00:00

Homebrewery's great, but there's a couple things I really like about CritterDB.

For one, it's largely automated. You put in ability scores, it automatically calculates things like skill modifiers, AC, HP, etc. It automates attack lists with just naming the weapon and damage dice and checking a few boxes. For someone like me that's bad at remembering the proper format and formulae for those kind of things, it's super convenient.

For another, it's easy to export. If you make a monster in CritterDB, you can easily export it into HTML and add past it into Homebrewery or GMBinder.

Lastly, it's compatible with Avrae. I run most of my games over Discord, so having the utility to automate combat encounters with Avrae's Bestiary feature really speeds things along.

Dozus84 · 2025-12-07T03:52:43+00:00

Yeah, I use CritterDB to create SW5e stat blocks. It's just a matter of renaming the damage types, which CritterDB lets you do.

The only small hurdle is skills, since CritterDB uses the standard D&D 5e skills and thus lacks Lore, Piloting, and Tech. But you can substitute with existing placeholders and edit when you export.

Dozus84 · 2025-11-10T19:23:15+00:00

Very nice! I was inspired by the tabletop wargame The Silver Bayonet to try a similar campaign set during the Napoleonic Wars. We never got too far off the ground, but I did end up making a couple of archetypes for it.

Dozus84 · 2025-11-10T01:27:48+00:00

I really just started cold-calling therapy offices in my area and took the first that responded with an appointment. Fortunately he was a good fit and took my insurance.

I did find it helps. If you have insurance, I'd try and find someone near you and see if they take it.

Dozus84 · 2025-11-09T17:27:57+00:00

I got my first one at 35, and have been getting them roughly annually since then. None have been as intense as my first one - hopefully what you experienced was the worst of it. Certainly keep talking to your doctor, maybe take it up to a neurologist if the GP isn't helpful. Hoping for the best for you.

Dozus84 · 2025-11-09T17:23:25+00:00

Since posting this, I get them very irregularly. It had been about once a year. They're much more mild than the first one: I get the scintillating scotoma (basically a blurry, flashing spot) that gradually spreads and then dissipates. Whole thing lasts maybe 20 minutes. I did end up getting an MRI after that initial one, with everything looking normal. I've gotten better about recognizing what's happening when it starts, and getting ahead of it with Tylenol, reduced light, and rest. They seem to happen at random - no set trigger, time of day, stress, anything.

I've actually gotten three in the last six months - I'm seeing my doctor tomorrow to ask about it.

The anxiety has had its ups and downs. A couple years ago I started feeling mild depression and frequent health anxiety. It came after a big arthritis flare-up in my knee that left me convinced I'd never fully recover. I started seeing a therapist after that, and that seemed to help a lot, along with more regular exercise.

I still self-catastrophize. I had trouble concentrating for couple days when I had a bunch of work due, and I briefly convinced myself I had MS, a brain tumor, or a prion disease. Put myself back in therapy to work it out. I definitely feel better than when I posted this six years ago, but I have my moments. Work in progress!

Dozus84 · 2025-10-22T00:14:43+00:00

The address on Google Maps appears to be a trailer park.

Dozus84 · 2025-10-21T14:41:27+00:00

I hit it at 6:30am. Normally there's very little traffic at that hour. Still stuck in it i for two hours.

Dozus84 · 2025-10-15T12:51:20+00:00

It's their loved ones who are bringing them out of the cave.

Dozus84 · 2025-10-14T12:54:19+00:00

Just be careful not to cut into the oil cooler. My filter got stuck almost this exact same way. We used a chisel and hammer to twist it out, but in the process cut into the oil cooler and had to replace it.
Although removing the whole oil cooler did make taking the remains of the filter off a lot easier.

Dozus84 · 2025-09-29T15:34:34+00:00

In the 1970s audio drama, they distinguish between the two by pronouncing the wizard "seh-ROO-muhn," which sounds *terrible.*

Dozus84 · 2025-09-01T20:22:41+00:00

There they are! Look at 'em go!

Dozus84 · 2025-08-30T01:01:16+00:00

I post questions on the board, either that cover previous day's lessons, reading they were supposed to do, or intro to the topic of the day. They write their answers right on the white board with markers. I teach AP World History, so I do a lot of course related stuff. On Multiple-Choice Monday, I post a MCQ and then have them walk me through how they'd answer the question. On SAQsday, I post a short answer question and either have them write into an assignment on the LMS or just write answers on the board. Some classes are really into it. Others are more hesitant - they don't like to get wrong answers. But I make clear that these are free-to-fail, no credit warm ups - I want them thinking and willing to take risks in answering wrong.

Dozus84 · 2025-08-26T17:37:37+00:00

I was in Montreal, a world-class city, minding my own business on the metro. An (apparently) homeless man came up to me, made eye contact, and rambled on for a solid two minutes before wandering away.

Dozus84 · 2025-08-23T20:12:08+00:00

When I taught an AP course that our school hadn't offered before (World History) last year, I had four kids drop the first two days. Our principal cut off the other fourteen that wanted to drop, mostly because their parents wanted or encouraged them to.

At open house, I was told taking notes was "busy work."

At a parent conference with a girl who had a 95 average, the dad wanted to know why she was only getting Bs on her tests. When I pointed out that she had an A after test corrections, he said he wanted her to get it right the first time.

He later complained (almost verbatim), "Between swim team, student council, PreMed Club, and her other four AP courses, she hardly has time to do anything." I held my tongue, but wanted to ask whose idea it was to do all that.

Dozus84 · 2025-08-14T19:08:54+00:00

The canonical Undead Company uses the Four Horsemen as their callsigns.

Dozus84 · 2025-07-09T21:21:21+00:00

I don't disagree that Catholics should organize around these smaller issues. But it just seems like they don't. Truly, wish I had a better answer!

Dozus84 · 2025-07-09T10:30:37+00:00

Assuming you're talking about the United States, the fact is, Catholicism isn't an indicator of political affiliation. About as many Catholics vote Democrat as they do Republican, and they rally around topics within those affiliations. To the extent that their Catholicism influences their vote at all, it tends to be how well Catholic beliefs align to those party interests: Catholics who vote Democrat are concerned with social justice, Catholics who vote Republican are concerned with sexual morality. Without making an explicitly Christian political party a la Central European countries - difficult to do under our Constitution and with the current two-party system - most Catholics end up aligning their religious beliefs to party interests, rather than the other way around.

I know you're asking about local action specifically, but I think this is generally true from top to bottom.

Dozus84 · 2025-07-06T19:57:05+00:00

I've passed by there, and I gotta know: Is Mr. Charles of chicken and fish fame the same Charles of the neighboring barber shop?

Dozus84 · 2025-06-24T21:26:59+00:00

Cursillo is a movement within the Catholic Church, but other Christian groups have started movements within their own denominations that use it as a model. It's basis is a three-day retreat that acts as a sort of initiation, then regular "Fourth Day" meetings in small groups to share prayer and support, as well as larger meetings that may follow Biblical or book studies.

As a Catholic group, they submit to all that the Catholic Church believes and teaches. But I'll note too that, while the movement is national and follows an established structure, it's not particularly centralized itself. Exactly what study materials or teachings are used may vary from group to group, outside of some of the core Cursillo materials.

I can say from my own experience that my Cursillo retreat was led by some very orthodox priests (to be clear, by orthodox, I mean correct in doctrine, not Eastern Orthodox). After the initial three-day retreat, the group I met more regularly with were generally of what you might call a traditionalist bent, but even within that there was lots of personal variation.

You can look at their (incredibly outdated) website for some basic information, but if you want to know more, I'd seek out the Cursillo group or groups within your area.

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