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I'm getting an invite for HoTS European. Pewpew.

There is a short story in the Sandman Series about it. I think it might have made reference to "a parliment of rooks" but for sure they were judging one of them and then murdered him.

What did you get?!! And what has the pic got to do with anything?

I used to play KoL a lot back in the day. I remember entire adventuring blocks just hitting the same adventure over and over and not getting the drop I needed. I think i remember reading a talk with Jick many years ago where he explained that KoL used to jimmy the RNG in the game to make it more enjoyable? Maybe I was just always just on the wrong grassy gnoll. I had multiple characters and all and really enjoyed playing it though!

Pasta was a riff on one my sis makes with courgette: Put on pasta (I used orzo, anything is good. My sis uses fresh spaghetti from Lidl as it cooks in a few mins, and my niece loves it). Put some bacon pieces on to fry. When they are done, add some peas and some chopped tomato (sis uses courgette strips, they look awesome!) to soften up just a little. Take off the heat till the pasta is done. When it is ready, drain and tip the pasta in with the bacon mix. Add a good big tablespoon of creme frais, some freshly grated Parmesan to taste, and lashings of freshly ground black pepper. Mix well and Nomonom. The creme frais is the really important part here, it is so tasty. Don't add salt to the dish without tasting, the bacon can be enough. The pork is in a marinade that i use a lot (my freezer is full of chopped up pork in this sauce) Trim the most outrageous fat from the pork belly and chop into small pieces. Put in a bag (if freezing) or oven proof dish with dark soy, Chinese black vinegar, Chinese cooking wine (or dry sherry), a little sugar, freshly ground black pepper, some garlic cloves just squashed a little with a knife, some roughly chopped ginger, some star anise, chilli sauce (honestly, no idea of the proportions - the vinegar is probably the biggest constituent, it isn't like western vinegar, much more fragrant). You want the meat covered, so add a little water if needed. Leave to marinade for as long as you have. Put in oven preheated to 180C (360F) for around a hour - you want the belly to be tender. If you used large pieces then the cooking will take longer, but cutting belly small enough allows it to tenderise fairly quickly. Check half way to make sure nothing is burning, turn down if required. Toast some cashews in the oven for the last 10 minutes if making the salad above. Just a warning, using pork belly in this makes the sauce very very unctious, you better like the sensation! Very easily replaced by using a whole pork fillet sitting in the mairenade for around 45 - 60 mins in the oven instead. Just trim the fat off before you start. When done, slice thinly and pour over some of the sauce to moisten it up. much healthier than belly. I also use this as a beef, chicken or pork fillet marinade. For pork dishes I really turn up the Chinese black vinegar, as i think the flavor goes well with the pork. I use this to make fried rice, or served on top of a vegetable stirfry (pic below on a day i managed to get holy basil, nomnomnom. Note cornflour in background to thicken up sauce - be careful as ever ounce of salty soy in the dish ends up on your meat and it can be overpowering), or some broccoli and bak choi that i have steamed in chinese cooking wine and garlic, or chopped up and put into rice paper rolls with noodles, lettuce, nuts, mint, corriander and onion (and peanut sauce on the side) (pic below with sweet chilli sauce, peanut is better). This is the one i keep in the freezer mostly, it is very versatile. For chicken, i will stirfry with a ton of shredded ginger, peppers and beansprouts. For beef, it normally ends up minced or chopped finely and served in lettuce cups. Nigella uses a similar sauce in a beef shin stew, i tried it once and nearly died. The melted marrow in the sauce was too much for me to handle!

Yes, that was the best! Or sometimes I went with love hearts instead so that dashing through a jerk would charm them. The duration is pretty low in that case. The only alternative i found was to use the invisibility power. Pretty hefty cooldown on it though, so you have to make sure to use your Turn() properly to get out of trouble. It also amplifies your next attack when you come out of stealth which is nice.

I polygonned myself using a little python tool I found.

And thus began Star Wars: A New Hope (I'm ignoring the 3 prequels here).

Just ordered 999. Here's hoping!

I dunno, they sound kinda passive aggressive.

That samon looks awesome, but i hate the stuff. Some bits I've been making recently (and practicing my iphone food photography): Corn and chorizo sausage Pea, bacon and creme frais orzo (never podding peas again) Braised chinese style pork belly salad with peas and cashews

Recruiters are creeping me out.

Well, deffo stick to the picnic style then! We went on a lot of camping holidays to France when i was a kid. I'm sure it was down to budget for my parents (we got the ferry ride for free due to family working there), but i always loved that everywhere we went we had picnics. Roast chicken, or jambon and some bread* or crackers and Orangina from those dinky bottles. For a treat, we would go to the ubiquitous campsite takeaway and bring back a saucepan full of pomme frites to have with the tea. Nowadays, one of my favorite things to do, especially when I'm in mainland Europe, is to wander around a supermarket and see all the nice things I could buy. I'll happily spend a half hour just drooling at the deli counter:) *I hate bread

You won't go too badly wrong buying some bread, cheese and meat in France though! Picnic to the max. Also, find a good bakery and have some delicious cakes and delicacies.

My jaws and hips are so sore these days. Waiting on appointment from rheumatologist.

But what are the questions?!

We did the McDonald's to my mum once. She got real mad and we realised what tits we were being so she got to choose after that.

Posters are cute, but are ye going to have any iconic merch?

And to be honest, they probably won't treat the person they are taking advantage of with too much respect.

If i recall, Infinity Engine games were actually turn based, but presented without breaks as real time. Each turn was 6s long.

waaaaaaaaaaaa

I've taken to playing Stone Soup at lunch time. Unlike any of my previous forays into the game, i feel like I'm improving this time. I even didn't suck one on run as a Tengu Airebender (challenge run on GWJ forums). Had my best game ever probably on a MiFighter. It's so very good, but i wish the very early game moved a bit faster.

I'm on GMT SuperBiasedMan. Or whatever timezone Cork delcared for themselves. Everyone else is in the US, though i'm not 100% sure about ProblemMachine. We maybe should mobilise the EuroThumbs and see if they would be interested in Eurotime schenanigans some evening.