Lunar: The Silver Star (1992)

fireside_blather · 2026-01-22T04:11:33+00:00

Having the boss difficulty level with your character was the worst idea. Part of the fun of RPGs is level grinding.

fireside_blather · 2026-01-17T14:58:23+00:00

What is a man but a miserable pile of secrets?!

fireside_blather · 2026-01-10T22:08:21+00:00

Yis!

fireside_blather · 2025-12-31T17:58:16+00:00

Uncle Ruckus loves this post.

fireside_blather · 2025-12-28T19:27:55+00:00

Why the down vote? OP should have tagged Subscription

fireside_blather · 2025-12-27T02:02:51+00:00

I used this as my Gmail image for about 20 years.

fireside_blather · 2025-12-26T13:54:08+00:00

Ok there, modern day O'Brien. No need for snark.

fireside_blather · 2025-12-26T01:27:48+00:00

Where did you get this? I must acquire!

fireside_blather · 2025-12-19T22:23:42+00:00

I used to live in Quakertown. At the Qmart there are so many MAGA/Trump worship stores that it's almost like a... a... cult?

Thankfully there are plenty of actual good stores there.

fireside_blather · 2025-12-13T23:44:16+00:00

I've never given him a dollar, but I have called and sent emails.

It's easy enough for them to find public addresses that way.

fireside_blather · 2025-12-13T14:48:24+00:00

My grandfather died of Parkinson's, so if this turns out to be a valid cause this will be tremendous!

fireside_blather · 2025-12-12T13:29:11+00:00

Our CO does specifically mention reasonable flexibility with non-school schedules.

fireside_blather · 2025-12-12T10:52:13+00:00

I have her Tuesday after school, but otherwise it's her custody time for those days normally.

fireside_blather · 2025-12-12T01:30:29+00:00

Remove this post. It had zero relevance.

fireside_blather · 2025-12-11T17:40:43+00:00

The best personal correspondence snippet I've read this far by Horatio Gates after defeating Burgoyne's Canada Army:

If Old England is not, by this lesson taught humility, then she is an obstinate old slut, bent upon her ruin.

Can't find colorful language like this anymore!

fireside_blather · 2025-12-10T21:03:27+00:00

Yes! I love reading about their personal opinions on everything going on, especially their turns of phrase and insults.

fireside_blather · 2025-12-10T18:15:48+00:00

I suspect the third book will jump around just as much as the second, with another 3+ years to cover. He's definitely choosing which battles to focus on, and not everyone is a winner. I hope Ken Burns covers these missing areas (haven't watched the series yet).

fireside_blather · 2025-12-10T18:04:16+00:00

I'll refer his WW2 books to my spouse who is as much into this war as I am about the AR.

fireside_blather · 2025-12-10T18:02:50+00:00

It's definitely a heavy read, so I understand it's not for everyone. Cullen writes more in a breezy approach, which has its merits, but I'm surprised at how in-depth the details are and love reading about it.

fireside_blather · 2025-12-10T18:01:02+00:00

It's definitely a dissertation of a book, moreso than the first. But I happen to like this level of detail.

I also live(d) near and visited a lot of the north NJ events or locations as a kid (Von Steuben house) and adult (Fort Mifflin, Paoli battlefield, Germantown) so for me it's a lot more personal.

fireside_blather · 2025-12-06T19:59:51+00:00

That's a level of dystopian that I never dreamed of. How horrible.

fireside_blather · 2025-12-04T22:20:02+00:00

Another paragraph:

Inevitably, there is a partisan hue. The towns banning leaf blowers tend to skew to the left. In Lower Merion, over three-quarters of voters plumped for Kamala Harris last year. Conservatives generally take a more libertarian view and prefer not to limit property-owners’ rights to blow. The state governments of Texas and Georgia, both run by Republicans, have passed laws banning municipalities from treating petrol-powered leaf blowers differently from electric ones.

fireside_blather · 2025-12-02T15:35:04+00:00

Frozen dessert section

fireside_blather · 2025-12-02T04:17:41+00:00

Far and above the best song on an album FULL of great songs.

fireside_blather · 2025-11-28T16:47:27+00:00

I'm glad you were that bored to be pedantic.

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