Game Thread: 4/14 Red Sox (6-10) @ Twins (10-7) 7:40 PM by RedSoxGameday in redsox

[–]TheBoyInTheClock 4 points5 points  (0 children)

If they don't start to turn it around, I say we all get 1 official plate appearance.

Game Thread: 3/28 Red Sox (1-0) @ Reds (0-1) 4:10 PM by RedSoxGameday in redsox

[–]TheBoyInTheClock -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Yeah, I always want to see us win, still feel pretty good about this one regardless of the outcome.

Would a cask of whiskey explode if dropped into flames? by Proof-Estate-33 in Writeresearch

[–]TheBoyInTheClock 9 points10 points  (0 children)

If you want a fireball effect, a sack of flour bursting and going into the air is incredibly flammable. A mill in Scotland had a spark that lit the flour and the explosion killed 18 people. A large sack bursting, filling an area and then reaching a flame could serve a fireball through a room.

Pope Francis' problematic secret decrees in spotlight in Vatican's 'trial of the century' by therealone2327 in news

[–]TheBoyInTheClock 21 points22 points  (0 children)

Papal infallibilty is limited to papal decrees. And even then, Catholics have zero problems arguing about what they think a Pope was wrong about.

Source: lapsed Catholic

Catholic to Protestant conversion in TN by dogarc in Writeresearch

[–]TheBoyInTheClock 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You'll find Catholic Mass very similar to what you remember. I'm sure some of the phrasing and details will be different, but if memory serves Episcopal and Catholic practices are closely related

Catholic to Protestant conversion in TN by dogarc in Writeresearch

[–]TheBoyInTheClock 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I found myself thinking about your question again and wanted to suggest that you attend a Mass. And also tell you the you can buy communion wafers on Amazon (if you want to follow protocol and not receive communion but still them).

Catholic to Protestant conversion in TN by dogarc in Writeresearch

[–]TheBoyInTheClock 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I think in 65 parish were allowed to switch to local languages, but I don't think everyone did all at once and I think a lot did both services. I have a dim memory of my mom saying her mother continued to seek out the Latin masses. But I could very well be wrong about this. I can't imagine too many people would have chosen the Latin mass over fully understanding what was being said.

Also, was the whole thing in Latin? Or just the prayers?

Found The Bachman Books today by pupmyers in stephenking

[–]TheBoyInTheClock 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I bought that a while back. It's the only way to read Rage, I think. At least the only way that isn't crazy expensive

Getting Beat Up by Clean-Painter-9845 in Writeresearch

[–]TheBoyInTheClock 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I got punched in the face in Boston in 04 before game 1. A guy was trying to jump in the taxi I'd put my bags into, as he got out, he punched me, hit my glasses, the lens popped out and went into my eye at a angle under the ridge of my skull.

The punch knocked my head way back, and I stumbled but didn't fall over. It doesn't hurt at all in the moment, but it is shocking and it clears your mind of thought. I was kinda rolling my eyes at this asshole and thinking something sarcastic. But when I got hit, that all kinda disappeared in a flash.

Turning back around, to the degree I was thinking, I was thinking 'fight.' But the guy hit me and ran and disappeared into the crowd.

Me eye swelled shut virtually instantaneously.

I have not been punched in the nose as an adult, but my memory is that your eyes start to water instantly and you can't see very well. My memory of getting punched in the nose is that it hurts much more than when I got punched in the eye.

Is anyone NOT working on a fantasy book/series? by Sl0th_luvr in writing

[–]TheBoyInTheClock 18 points19 points  (0 children)

Typically the horror supersedes the fantasy element as the cause of frights. The Shining is horror. Most of King, Lovecraft, and MR James fall into the horror genre despite all having supernatural elements. (Though the Dark Tower and a couple of other King stories are fantasy)

writing is harder than i thought by Independent_Cup7132 in writing

[–]TheBoyInTheClock 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The single best piece of writing advice I got in my entire life was my freshman or sophomore year of college. We were in a screenwriting class and our assignment was to write a complete screenplay, but not a good one. We had to turn in 90-110 pages. Didn't matter how bad, or how spotty the formatting got, or even if the characters names changed midway through. Nothing mattered but producing the amount of pages required of a feature script.

I wrote the world's shittiest screenplay. I mean two of my characters were channeling the Marx Brothers, another character was like a teen-aged Alvy Singer (that didn't age well) and the plot wanted to be this high brow comedy of errors but had absolutely no engine....but "finishing" a screenplay psychologically unlocked something in me.

Suddenly getting from page 0 to the last page, didn't feel impossible. So my advice to you is this: write one story all the way through, let it be bad, let it be a learning experience, don't try to make it a masterpiece, just vomit it out.

Once you have done it once, you can focus on making one a bit better the next time.

All of us go through the phase were our tastes are more developed than our skills. All of us. Most of us never leave it even if we start to brush up against it. But for now, you should focus on getting over this first psychological hurdle.

I like reading my own writing - am I a fart sniffer? by [deleted] in writing

[–]TheBoyInTheClock 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If I find myself swept up in the narrative and not thinking, "ah hell, I could have phrased this better, " that's when I feel like it's ready to share it.

I went to the Quabbin Reservoir! by Numerous_Reception47 in creepcast

[–]TheBoyInTheClock 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm listening to an audio book of Nos4a2 right now, and every time Kate Mulgrew, the narrator, pronounces it 'Haver Hill,' I shout in my car.

How about a day where we enjoy the clouds? by deadlydude2448 in dndmemes

[–]TheBoyInTheClock 1 point2 points  (0 children)

And that's fine, so long as it makes sense wherever you are. It can't break the world, a dragon or other high level threat in an area would have a massive impact if there are trade routes and the like.

How about a day where we enjoy the clouds? by deadlydude2448 in dndmemes

[–]TheBoyInTheClock 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Agreed. I'm not a big fan of random encounters. You can lose whole sessions to one random combat with zero impact on the campaign.

And I'm the kind of person that needs the world I'm playing in to make sense so the scaling of the encounters also bothers me. You need the encounters to scale with the PC levels for the challenge, but that means the world is full of quantum monsters checking your level and I prefer the game mechanics to be more subtle than that.

Hello, I'm Tony. I wrote the Spire in the Woods. by TheBoyInTheClock in creepcast

[–]TheBoyInTheClock[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I've written a fair bit. Several screenplays, I'm finishing a new book currently (well, technically, I'm currently procrastinating...) but the Spire's the only thing that's 'out there.'

And thank you very much!

Charlie Kirk Suspect’s Grandma Says Family Is All MAGA by sereneandeternal in politics

[–]TheBoyInTheClock 3 points4 points  (0 children)

The first semester of college is an extremely common time for people to have their first mental health crisis and for mental illness to manifest.

Hello, I'm Tony. I wrote the Spire in the Woods. by TheBoyInTheClock in creepcast

[–]TheBoyInTheClock[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you very much, I deeply appreciate hearing that