#jan 7

[dogperday]

cool evildog cool awesome dog who is evillll

cool evil smoking dog who is awesome and evil

[amiablesummer]

Mary Oliver, On Thy Wondrous Works I Will Meditate (Psalm 145), from Thirst

[delux2222]

“Normal is an illusion. What is normal for the spider is chaos for the fly.” Happy Birthday, Charles Addams (1912-1988)

[days-since-thomastair-content]

thirty two days since official thomastair content was released

[msbarrows]

Jan 7 - Did two loads of laundry this afternoon, go me. Also have sourdough starter fed and fermenting away in the Instant-Pot, to make bread from tomorrow. I know I’ve mentioned it before, but the ‘low’ yogurt setting is awesome for keeping a starter at just the right temp in cold seasons. Have also decided it’s time to give the mason jar it lives in the fridge in between uses a wash, so that’s sitting full of water to soak overnight.

[almondmilkyear-2023]

happy almond milk year!!

[Image ID: A carton of "Almond Breeze" almond milk. End ID]

[spideyhexx]

god damn sams birthday is 5 days before mine lotta cancers here

FNJGNKJNV i love it

[mistfunk]

Mistigram: We were observing this occasion back on Dec 25th, but many Orthodox (and Coptic) Christian churches (notably not including Ukraine's, as of this year) celebrate Christmas on Jan 7th, as indicated by this #ANSIart illustration of what just might be #SaintBasilsCathedral in Moscow, as part of AdeptApril's daily holiday calendar for Storm BBS.

[polibmiprdel]

Is garlic bread

[joytraveler]

4. Demolition Krew

(Note: Bea experienced a technical difficulty and the chat window isn't visible until the end of this game.)

CRASH! The Demolition Krew logo appears with a monstrous roar, and the K in Krew is a splayed monster's paw-- this is promising! Sure enough, Demolition Krew gives you a choice of four monsters and lets you loose on a city to smash your way through!

The four monsters provided are "Gragnok", who looks like a giant ape made of rocks; "Topus," a giant octopus that walks on two tentacles and fights with four more; "Kissica," a giant medusa-lamia-thing with snakes for hair, a snake's tail, and snake heads for hands(?); and "Thutmost", a giant mummy(???) who seems to be wearing parts of the Sphinx for armor! There is also a fifth monster in silhouette that you can't select, but s/he cuts a draconic profile.

"I mean look at the name, you know it's gonna be good" Bea grins, moving the cursor over all the characters before selecting. "Look at these guys, so here we have our first of many clones, I'm guessing. Looks like King of the Monsters and that's a good sign! I'm gonna go with Thutmost, first and foremost!"

The sprites aren't as big, since it's about NES quality graphically, but this definitely looks like a King of the Monsters clone! Thutmost can kick and punch, and when he's destroyed enough buildings, he can let loose a massive sandstorm-- that doesn't seem to do anything.

What's different is that there's no rival monsters to fight-- instead you're knocking down the buildings where humans are setting artillery placements to take you out, so it's more like an isometric Rampage. Also, when you take out certain buildings it changes how the city reacts-- the power plant makes the whole city go dark except for gunfire, for example. It's almost like SimCity!

"Sometimes you just want to lay waste to a city, you know? Just gotta get that all out of your system. I gotta say, so far, this is not bad, you can tell they had some good ideas anyway!" she says as she takes out a skyscraper, feeling powerful. She tries the

sandstorm a couple times, just to experiment with it. "I'm just gonna keep smashing buildings until I win I guess, or until a boss shows up"

When the city is laid waste, there's only one thing remaining that's lit up-- it seems to be what your monster was seeking in the first place! For Thutmost it's his gigantic sarcophagus, which rises from the rubble of the stadium. When you return to the monster choice screen, all of them have a new pose, suggesting they're ready for a challenge. Thutmost is represented by his sarcophagus, indicating he's not available. The draconic shape now has a visible glowing eye.

HNV: Are we back? Baconnaise: a dinosaur's story? HNV: OK, good, we're back. aroseahorseboy: why did it say "glem died" when Bea got a game over the first time?

[delux2222]

Happy Birthday, Tony Conigliaro (1945-1990)

[gunsatthaphan]

GMMTV Outing 2024 out of context (not that it would make more sense with context) - part 2

[msbarrows]

Jan 5 - more scanning and a little gaming.

Nephew nade a pan of pasta baked with tomato sauce, mozzarella, and sliced hot Italian sausage.

Jan 6 - yup, even more scanning plus minimal gaming. Also popped out to do groceries only to run into the subway temporarily going out of service due to an issue in the tunnels between Finch and Sheppard. Ended up grabbing some milk and snacks at a Shoppers Drug Mart instead.

Nephew and I did a fend night to use up some of the leftovers that had accumulated in the fridge. Made a sandwich of a leftover pork croquette, as the other options were spicy foods that I didn't feel like having.

Dec 7 - in a startling twist I, yes, did yet more scanning and some gaming. Also ran laundry, so I'll be ready to pack stuff tomorrow.

Nephew did pork chops, mashed potatoes, and mushrooms cooked with some stock and cream, while I used up a large leek by slicing it up, then sauteing it in butter and braising it with more of the stock.

[xec]

It wasn’t to amuse, but to prod you to hurry. It’s midday already.

[moonsun2010]

attempting to learn animation