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the saga of nerdy bird

By Tuesday we were pretty much horsed out, so we visited a distillery and an arboretum. Kinda neat how everyone has their own area of expertise. Mom texted Jem about the distillery and he was like “Ooh fun! I’ve heard that James E. Pepper 1776 is pretty good, but I’ve never tried it. I think they al...

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Achaius (Lvl. 45) - May 31, 2023

a horse, of course

Everything’s coming up horse. Saturday we went to Churchill Downs, home of the Kentucky Derby, in Louisville; Sunday we went to a horse park and museum in Lexington; Monday we went for a tour of a horse farm. Churchill Downs was the highlight. I explained to HGR: “The actual Derby was a few weeks ag...

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Achaius (Lvl. 45) - May 30, 2023

a gotdamn corn chip

We interrupt the travelogue for breaking Wolvden drama: It has always been the case that pack members are capped on daily stat gain (+2 originally, later boosted to +4) while leads are uncapped, meaning that lead is the prime stat grinding position. Without guarana, Fortinbras reached 2500, as did h...

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Achaius (Lvl. 45) - May 28, 2023

big pig merry jig

“What are you going to do for a week in Kentucky?” said HGR. He says this about every vacation. I don’t know, though. I’m just along for the ride. I was feeling weirdly ambivalent about this vacation. I always get hyped about family vacations, regardless of destination; I want to go new places, see ...

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Achaius (Lvl. 45) - May 26, 2023

the knucklebomb incident

The official Lorwolf launch came on May 5. I still don’t think it’s a particularly good game, but I’m playing it…for now. At the start, everyone just had their progens, so there was a scramble to befriend wild wolves to get a full team (you need three wolves + companions for a full campaign/gauntlet...

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Achaius (Lvl. 45) - May 22, 2023

embrace annihilation

We finally had a clean run of Hephaistos 2. It was down to the wire; Hephaistos was casting the final Ego Death; all the veterans, who have seen this many times before, were like “it’s fine, it’s fine, just hit your buttons.” It was not fine. We got a 0.4% enrage. You hate to see it. “Technically, w...

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Achaius (Lvl. 45) - May 6, 2023

two-cat morning and a pie

Another week, another office day. It was a two-cat morning (the orange tabby and white-and-orange cat were looking out the window in apartment #1; the windowside cat bed was empty in apartment #2). The theoretical max is four, but I’ve never seen all four cats in a single trip. Office is a ghost tow...

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Achaius (Lvl. 45) - April 29, 2023

your feeble flame must be snuffed out

(HGR) i predict we do not clear today (HGR) wait thats kind of gauche (HGR) nvm we're doin it   True to form, we did not clear Hephaistos 2 this weekend. We got past Ego Death (I was right! we really did have to [redacted]) and then the Evil Earth started doing its thing and everything fell apa...

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Achaius (Lvl. 45) - April 26, 2023

weather report

The weather has been wild this month. Last week we had temps in the upper 70s and had to turn on the air conditioning before even doing taxes. (Dante beat me in the great tax race of 2023: he did his taxes on the morning of April 15, I did mine that evening. It was fine. Tax day landed on a Saturday...

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Achaius (Lvl. 45) - April 21, 2023

rejoice, and partake of my gift

In lieu of me trying to explain High Concept, have the following visual journal:

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Achaius (Lvl. 45) - April 21, 2023

receive of me death, and be honored

Just realized that my wolf Black Exocleaver is nearly six years old. It’s about time for her to choose a successor. We’ve been on this tier for that long, huh? In any case, last Saturday, we cleared Hephaistos 1 (woo!!) and got to behold Hephaistos’ final form. “He’s so cool…” said HGR. Then, on Sun...

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Achaius (Lvl. 45) - March 27, 2023

errands & goals

Taking the train to visit my parents after work, just like old times. This is my first Amtrak trip since the start of the pandemic. I was wondering if things would be different due to covid (reduced service, increased security) but everything was as I left it. Same trains running at the same times, ...

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Achaius (Lvl. 45) - March 26, 2023

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