The Canterville Ghost, by Oscar Wilde.

I’ll have two number 66s, a Toshi Special- large, a protato bowl with extra dip, a Humbarine chipplet, two Jogan fruit pies, one with cheese, and a large bluemilkshake.

I’ve got a few. Just dollar store paint on a piece of plastic using a large house paint brush.

Just recently had a work emergency pop up during my scheduled time off. Not PTO, just time I wasn’t supposed to be working. The first words out of the boss when he came to ask for me to take care of it were “If you say ‘yes’ I’ll pay double time for all of it.” I like being at a place that understands how to motivate properly.

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It will be fine. I always lean on the safe side and let the spray varnish sit on the mini for at least a day before painting on the gloss.

Then it isn’t a filler. I never said I don’t swear, but have greatly reduced it. One effect of reduced swearing is that when swears are used, they have more punch.

I’m not sure why you’re so invested in debating that people who habitually swear won’t insert swears into unrelated thoughts, but the only support I offer is to listen to someone who habitually swears speak. I don’t want to sound like that, so I make the effort not to.

My choice on how I speak and type doesn’t impose anything on you.

I don’t recall saying every use of a swear is a filler word.

Delightful.

I have made a conscious effort to reduce swearing, which has brought my swearing down to near zero, both online and in real life conversation.

I have found that it streamlines the ability to make a point. A lot of swearing is simply thrown in out of habit, and if you remove it, all you do is make your point more clear without losing anything of substance.

I think for many people swearing is a “filler word” in the same way that “umm” can be. I have also worked hard to reduce my other filler word use. My goal with both of these is better articulation.

The next effect is that swearing is normally viewed as an extreme use of language for an extreme situation, and when you don’t constantly swear the times that you do actually conveys how notable the situation is.

For me that is ‘The Dreams in the Witch House’, but that was 100% self inflicted.

Really dig the commitment to such bold colors.

For what it’s worth I think the cloak highlighting is great. I think if you started off with a deeper, darker purple all over the cloak and then layered up to what you have now, you’ll get more depth in the recesses that you’re looking for.

Dude is really crackly. I always appreciate seeing dust discoloration around the feet in sandy environments.

Not my blog, but you can leave a comment on the original source to see if the author reaches back out. I’ve found small time bloggers tend to be pretty good about it.

Not what the blog is using, but I know Wargames Atlantic just released plastic and STL werewolves as well.

Basically every episode of Columbo. The mystery isn’t the crime, but how he’s going to solve it.

In my experience, the people who told me high school was the best time had very boring adult lives.

I imagine the people who said this probably did have a fantastic time in high school. Probably to the point they ended up socially aimless afterward.

Perhaps I’m just over imagining, but I picture them reminiscing about scoring two touchdowns in a single high school game. The kind of people who post about high school memories on Facebook.

My years in middle and high school were rough for a lot of reasons. The last thing I needed were adults telling me “these are the best days of your life!”. That was the most demoralizing thing I could have imagined back then.

Once I was 18 and in control of my life, things got so much better. There have been different chapters, but they’ve all been good or at least memorable in their own way.

What I would (and have) told kids who are clearly having a rough time is that things can and will get better. When you’re a kid, and bad situations that are entirely out of your control to change are happening, life can be miserable. Eventually you get some agency, and that goes a long way. Sometimes as an adult, things come and happen too, but telling a kid who is currently miserable to look forward to something better is a lot more helpful. Barring some outside tragedy, life as an adult is much less grinding than being a kid shaped cog.

I think when it first released in 2002 they would have taught two inches above the wound. High and tight for all purposes came later as the default trained procedure.

Oh, final thing: I am pretty sure this was the first online PC FPS that modelled that M203 projectiles must travel a certain distance before the explosive charge will detonate, so taking out someone with an M203 round to the face, non explosively, became a way to humiliate people, as you either had to be pretty skilled to do it , or your opponent had to have very poor situational awareness.

Oh wow, it is maybe a first. I remember doing that in Modern Warfare 2 quite a bit, but didn’t realize how much this game pre-dates it.

I’ve had the best luck setting the model down somewhere with good lighting and setting the camera to 2x zoom, and backing away and focusing until the 2x setting pops everything into focus.