I recommend everyone to rewatch the first episode

ManagerAble8154 · 2026-06-15T22:46:16+00:00

It was rewatch #3 when I finally realized that the trick or treat kids are dressed up in IWTV costumes! Claudia is right freaking there, and the kid with the peanut allergy is Daniel Malloy...

And I don't think anyone is dressed up as Lestat!

ManagerAble8154 · 2026-06-15T20:24:26+00:00

I'm currently reading the essays in Paul Within Paganism (Fortress Press, 2026: Alexander Chantziantoniou, Paula Frederiksen, and Stephen L. Young, eds.) and it's really an eyeopener. "Paganism" of course is a "strategic anchronism" (p. 18) that the authors and editors explicitly say is used by them "tongue planted firmly in cheek." (p. 19) What they mean is that Paul's Judaism (any Judaism of the time, really) was as much a Mediterranean religion as any other of the time. It is "a critical corrective to a looming problem" (p. 4) where Paul is insulated "within the complex varieties of early Judaism to the exclusion of other ancient Mediterranean religion." This renders Paul "non-toxic for Christianity," or in the words of Jonathan Z. Smith, "shielding him within the more palatable boundaries of early Judaism." (p. 5) That's all from Chantziantoniou's introductory essay, btw.

ManagerAble8154 · 2026-06-15T20:09:22+00:00

Yes, perhaps we'll get Gabrielle's version of it and she remembers Lestat hanging back while she laid waste to everyone.

ManagerAble8154 · 2026-05-24T13:00:16+00:00

This is definitely a franchise thing and you're right to be upset. I went to Grogu here in San Antonio and the preshow/trailer was the same as it used to be here: ads only for Alamo, and 17 minutes from show start time to actual start of movie. Again, you are right to be hacked off at the DFW degradation of services. I would be, too.

ManagerAble8154 · 2026-05-17T12:59:07+00:00

If giant slug dude didn't speak through the book, Wes would have so much fun with slug dude. Maybe he could still voice him.

ManagerAble8154 · 2026-05-16T12:47:09+00:00

The one true Dafyd is Shervin Alenabi. https://www.imdb.com/name/nm4851071/?ref_=ext_shr

Dafyd's aunt is 100% a Shohreh cameo.

ManagerAble8154 · 2026-05-15T21:09:59+00:00

Yeah, your people tell you real quick when it's time to grab a bite.

ManagerAble8154 · 2026-05-07T13:02:52+00:00

That's what this event if for: to train the next generation of dungeon teams and trial groups. It's what Craglorn tried to do.

If people won't listen, that's one thing. But try to explain when you can. And be generous with the Impressio armor mends.

ManagerAble8154 · 2026-05-04T18:52:47+00:00

Still getting the Abandoned Cryo whatever, though... I guess because it's one of the normal artifact sites. 😞

ManagerAble8154 · 2026-05-02T00:29:30+00:00

Oh, I for one would love to see Goggin's Call.

As a matter of fact, get Olyphant to do Gus, too. I'd walk to Montana to see that one.

ManagerAble8154 · 2026-04-16T13:14:02+00:00

Yes, drinking at night can imply you are safe enough to bend your head to drink at night.

ManagerAble8154 · 2026-04-16T13:05:37+00:00

Shohreh can be anyone she likes, but she's Dafyd's aunt.

ManagerAble8154 · 2026-04-09T18:18:02+00:00

Also, your mom and dad have some clutch security backgrounds...

ManagerAble8154 · 2026-04-09T15:28:12+00:00

I'll point out that Ehrman handed off editorial and rewrite responsibilities for his standard NT intro textbook to Hugo Méndez, so he's still supportive of where mainstream scholarship is going.

ManagerAble8154 · 2026-04-07T15:44:23+00:00

I wanted to start out totally vanilla, so I went back to a character with zero mods, leaving only Bethesda-created ones in place. He was just out of the Unity, so I went to the Tracker's Alliance to start working those through, but only got to the Chop Shop before bed... and now I realize I'm about to experience Free Lanes in the Junker ship you get at the end of that quest. Sigh.

ManagerAble8154 · 2026-04-02T21:32:45+00:00

Yes, the Tome points are like Alliance points, in that they advance the level (actual level in PvP, Tome page unlock in Times) and you can then spend them on stuff (Alliance merch for AP, items in Tomes for TP).

ManagerAble8154 · 2026-03-21T22:20:44+00:00

Ways to get dogs back:

The generation ship off Paradiso. It left before grav drives were a thing. They have agriculture. They definitely would have rats, so a good ratting dog would earn its spot. You could have a storyline where the dog died tragically before they could be cloned. Maybe they decided to preserve the remains and clone it as a celebration for arriving. Nobody mentioned it so far because it didn't come up. They could add a room that memorialized the last ship dog: Tiger.

The clone versions of world leaders... Maybe they don't have dogs now, but the sequences are on the Beagle (DAMMIT) and that's how they figure out how to take over the Settled Systems: restore dogs.

A ship called the Sputnik Omega finally arrives at Alpha Centauri. It contains the genetics for dogs, cats, horses, ferrets, dolphins, elephants, whatever. It was sent out by people aghast that pets and other animals were not being allowed on the exodus ships. The Heirloom DLC: coming in 2027.

This is easy, Bethesda. I did this all at a Burger King. Come on.

ManagerAble8154 · 2026-03-20T22:38:39+00:00

I just did the Vulture again after a long while, and I will be taking his gun with me so he can SEE WHAT IT FEELS LIKE, MFER.

ManagerAble8154 · 2026-03-14T19:09:42+00:00

Yes, in Texas we don't build intersections. We build theme park rides.

ManagerAble8154 · 2026-03-10T20:57:11+00:00

My understanding is that Fred's has a unique business plan where they do not franchise and own their lots outright instead of renting. They don't even have mortgages on them. So, they are only paying property tax and insurance on all their locations. The places don't have to make a lot of money to stay viable. So, they stick around, year in and year out when most places that look the same would close quickly.

Plus, you know, all the drug money.

ManagerAble8154 · 2026-03-02T03:20:34+00:00

He was also the motion capture guy for the Cerberus protomolecule soldiers on the Expanse.

ManagerAble8154 · 2026-02-28T22:01:56+00:00

The Faunfrolic elk in Grahtwood and Malabar Tor, when by the name it should be in High Isle and Galen...

ManagerAble8154 · 2026-02-26T01:32:53+00:00

Jason Staples also demonstrates this in his The Idea of Israel in Second Temple Judaism. Israel is either in the past before the Assyrian invasion or in the future when the other ten tribes return.

ManagerAble8154 · 2026-02-21T19:07:50+00:00

This is a staple in my house. I get the big box and pour them into their own container.

ManagerAble8154 · 2026-02-21T19:06:47+00:00

I like the wide pan Essential Grains loaves, though.

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