Cleaned out the office in preparation to making it our sons room. He is 1.5 years old and needs a real bed and a room soon.
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I have been practicing making carbonara for a few months and this weekend's was perfect. They are always great, but this one was out of this world.
Ohhh nice! Do you mind sharing your recipe?
I made the first one following this recipe exactly: https://youtu.be/4nAfxzE02Gw
I stopped measuring anything after the first two and kind of just wing it with the amounts. I think adjusting as you make the sauce at the end is the more important bit than following the exact recipe.
But that may be blasphemy :/
Thanks, I’ll check it out! I’m also a fan of adjusting recipes as I go.
I am finally playing a ttrpg again. I am running a d&d campaign for 4 students in the high school drama club. They are all new to RPGs and it has been super fun teaching them to play. I went to high school with one of their father and he played in my games back then.
Drama students would be fun to run for. It's a great way for them to practice all kinds of useful skills. What kind of game are you running for them? What are they playing?
DND 5e in a world of my own making. Although after we started i realized i should have used Pathfinder, a system i have wanted to learn myself.
There are 4 of them, one had to drop. Wood elf ranger, war forged monk, changeling rogue, and a kenku bard (whoo always fails his stealth rolls, and has the greatest excuses for the failures).
Pathfinder 2e is great, but the crunch can be a bit much for some kids' first foray into RPGs. 5e has more mass appeal for sure. That sounds like a fun group! Are you playing a published adventure or going full homebrew?
I am starting them with the book that contains the lost mines of phandelver. I am modifying it to fit into my world. I have always loved it as a starting adventure. The group just made it to level 2 and they were so excited.
Nice, LMOP is a good starting adventure for sure. Those first couple levels are always a big deal in 5e since some classes don't even get all their stuff until they hit level 3. That's why I usually started new campaigns at level 3 or 4 when I ran 5e. Now since I'm playing PF2e I can get away with starting at first level since all classes get their subclass right away.
I did consider starting at level 3, but I wanted them to have the joy of attaining those levels. Were they experienced, I would have started them at level 2 at least.
Yeah. I remember the first time I ran for new players, one of the biggest challenges is that any class which chooses its subclass after level 1 can be really jarring for a player who didn't realize that the choice was coming. I distinctly recall a player who chose barbarian because it seemed simple and then felt choice paralysis when she hit level 2 and felt like she had to choose from all of the available options. Anyone who's played a decent amount of 5e knows the system basically forces you to plan at least the first 3 levels before you even start, but that's not an obvious thing for new players.
We discussed subclasses during creation, so it should not be a surprise for them.
I mean, 5e has a lot of crunch too, and worse it is just missing stuff that should be there that makes it even more difficult to actually play.
I agree, but it offloads most of the crunchiness and complexity to the GM. Particularly at low level, there's very little for the players to keep track of.
Honestly, for a bunch of drama students you probably should have used World of Darkness
That was a consideration. They wanted a fantasy game, and I want not sure I wanted to learn Exalted.
My quiche turned out great! 8/10, it did feel like a little win. The main issue was too much filling making it feel too heavy. I'm going to share the fixed recipe here:
Ricotta and spinach quiche, serves 2 with leftovers
- a 30cm large disc of puff pastry
- veg oil
- 1/4 medium onion, diced
- 100g fresh spinach, shredded
- 2 eggs
- 2 Tbsp milk
- salt, pepper, nutmeg to taste (seasoning)
- (30g? eyeballed) Parmesan cheese to taste, grated
- 120g ricotta, crushed
- a dozen cherry tomatoes
- Shape the pastry inside a cake or pie pan. Make sure that there's enough pastry to get a nice border. Leave it in the fridge for now.
- In another pan, cook the diced onion with a bit of veg oil, until translucent. Add spinach and quickly cook it until wilted; then let it cool enough so the eggs don't get cooked in the next step.
- Whisk together eggs, milk, seasoning; add them to the pan. Then add the crushed ricotta and some (not all) Parmesan cheese. Mix everything well.
- Spread the mix over the puffed pastry. Sprinkle the rest of the Parmesan cheese over it, and plop the cherry tomatoes.
- Gently fold inwards the border of the puffed pastry, over the filling. It's optional, I just think that it looks nicer this way.
- Bake it in a [important!] pre-heated oven at 180°C, until the filling is set, the top is golden, and the cherry tomatoes are slightly wilted. This should take half a hour or so. Let it rest and serve.
i found a game I liked and it's free with an optional $10 donation. that's pretty cool when I barely have any money.
I emailed my two-week resignation notice to our HR guy. I did this using the company phone while on the clock.
This is the way.
I hope you took your time while writing the email.
It was short and sweet and respectful, didn't need a lot of thought. I wrote it in between helping customers.
Did it go something like this..
Remember when l said wanted a pet dragon and a moat around my desk? Since that's not happening anytime soon (and trust me, I waited), I've decided to venture into the big wide world in search of both. send postcards. P.S.: This is my fun way of saying I'm resigning. You'll be missed!
Haha, I wish. 🐉
I'm baking an icecream cake for the first time and it seems to be going really well!
Successfully replaced my car's accessory power socket/cigarette lighter socket. Now my phone can be plugged in and charge while I drive without dragging the cord from a further socket!
Helped make my wife's depression and anxiety go away for a good chunk of hours on Saturday and Sunday! That's a big win for me
We're almost caught up on wrestling after a house fire derailed our lives a few weeks ago. Still at a motel, but still alive
Got out, jogged, and did some outdoor work even though it's the worst time of year for it. I'll happily do my jogs/walks in winter unless it's dangerously cold out but I have very little tolerance for hot weather.
I held a tiny 5-day-old baby at church for the whole service on Sunday, and he just slept on me sweetly the whole time. I loved every second of it, he was so sweet.
I held my baby niece (not 5 days old, but 6 months or so) on Saturday. It took me back to when my kids were babies, i dont envy those days, im pretty sure i lost myself, or my identity, definitely my sanity!
I couldn't believe my friend had made it to church, and she has three other young kids, but she's so chill about parenting and life in general. Her kids are just wonderful.
The Atlanta airport had a sandalwood soap.
The rest of the weekend was work conferences and delays.
Jury-rigged a mounting plate for the new wind indicator on my boat on Saturday. Stopped by the marina Monday night for a different project and the wind indicator still hasn't fallen off yet.
I haven't died yet. My house isn't on fire.
having a bonfire to celebrate a birthday this weekend 😀
I woke up really early Saturday morning and wrote a static site generator. It's hacky at the moment, but neat.
I started learning Dutch and was stuck on pronunciations, and I pretty much got it down.
I finally went to a club and it went amazingly! First attempt in my life at being social, but I am a flow artist! I spin puppyhammer and owned the dance floor and then the stage and they put a spotlight on me! I asked if I could go up there to make room and they were like "yeah just be careful"!
My dumbass got there at like 7:30 because I don't know how clubs work, so the instant they got music in the dance room, I was first on the floor!
I didn't talk to literally anyone, but I was there to dance!