I'm far lighter news, my D&D party of child characters decided to cajol some sailors into a dice game to make some quick cash. I don't know any quick dice games, so I had the player roll 4d6 - two 2s and two 4s. I had them roll again, and if they rolled another 2 or 4, they won. Players loved it.

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2nd Annual Oscar's Night Bar Specialties: 6/6

Cardinal’s Mitre (Gin & Cabernet Sour, served straight)
1.5oz gin
.75oz orange liqueur
.75oz simple syrup
.75oz lemon juice
gold glitter
.5oz Cabernet Sauvignon (float)
gold glitter to dust
lemon curl garnish

2nd Annual Oscar's Night Bar Specialties:

Emilia Parteez (tequila martini, served straight)
1.5oz tequila
.5oz butterfly pea tea
.5oz dry vermouth
.5oz agave syrup
2d orange bitters
lemon wedge skewer (practical)

2nd Annual Oscar's Night Bar Specialties: 4/6

Subterranean Bourbon Blues (bourbon & Coke, served rocks)
2oz bourbon (Heaven's Door, Maker's 46, or Four Roses)
top with Coke
orange curl garnish

2nd Annual Oscar's Night Bar Specialties: 3/6

Spice Melange Mirage (peach bourbon smash, served rocks*)
2oz peach nectar
2oz bourbon
.75oz amaretto
.75oz lemon juice
*served over coffee ice cubes
top with club soda
dusting of cinnamon
dusting of gold glitter

2nd Annual Oscar's Night Bar Specialties: 2/6

Dear Ol’ Shiz (Midori daiquiri, served rimmed & rocks)
1.5oz light rum
.75oz Midori
.75oz lime juice
gold glitter
pink sugar rim

2nd Annual Oscar's Night Bar Specialties: 1/6

A Substance (mocktail, served rocks)
.5oz lime juice
10d orange bitters
8oz ginger ale

Where else but Florida would one see a "FNTYMOM" license plate these days? 🙄

Hot take:
"Are you a friend of John [Oliver]?" needs to be the new het-liberal equivalent of, "Are you a friend of Dorothy [Gale]?"

#dnd5e #40yearsaDM Although I have most of the beats for the first "season" of my newest D&D campaign assembled, I could use some additional brain power to help flesh out some of the twists and hooks to make the story richer and deeper. Please, hit me up!

Had a short discourse on one of The Other Sites today regarding the ages of Musk's atroci-minions.
Anyone else feeling like there isn't enough noise being made about the correlations between Musk/Hiemler and DOGE/Hitler Youth?

*Marble League 2024*

Not the best showings by my Crazy Cat's Eyes (#6 oa) or my beloved Team Galactic (#14 oa) this year, but a solid nail-biter all the way through! Congrats to all the teams!!

(except the Hazers -- you suck)

#jellesmarbleruns
#gokittygo
#teamgalactic

Helpful hotlines today:

1-800-BUTTERBALL - for your Turkey

1-800-662-3263 (Ocean Spray hotline) - for your cranberry sauce

1-800-CALLFBI - for your annoying insurrectionist cousin

Happy Thanksgiving.

Guide to Turkey Day 101:
Read labels. Baking powder and corn starch look identical to the naked eye.

To kick things off here on a good note, after an ELEVEN YEAR struggle to get medical coverage for my apnea, I went from 58.4 events per hour to FIVE POINT SIX last night!!
Just feeling a little shouty about that. 😁