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ChronosCat

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  1. Deep Thoughts

    What I've always found baffling is why it's supposedly easier to change the time the clock says rather than changing when we do things relative to the clock.
  2. Comic for Friday, Mar 10, 2023

    I still have a ton of VHS tapes I recorded off the TV back in the 90s and 00s, though I rarely go back and rewatch them. (I keep thinking one day I will though, hence not having gotten rid of them.) I also have a Digital Converter box that I can hook up to my old VCR, and will still record shows to watch them later every so often (I honestly find it more convenient than a DVR, thought that might just be thanks to familiarity). I also have a Blu-Ray Player; I got it because there are a handful of movies I want the best possible quality for (though admittedly on my not-exactly-cutting-edge TV the difference is minimal) and because a lot of times these days they only put the special features on the Blu-Ray versions, and I love special features. As for watching stuff online, well, that just wouldn't be practical with my limited internet. Incidentally, living in the middle of the woods my only options for TV are antenna and satellite; as it's cheaper (you just pay for the antenna once and that's it), we've always gone with the antenna.
  3. The Weather.

    Another category, less common but far from unknown around here, is "misting"; thinking on your description further that's probably the better category.
  4. The Weather.

    That sounds like what we call "drizzle"; it's fairly common around here.
  5. What Are You Ingesting?

    Maybe the turkey or pig was once a chef?
  6. Comic for Wednesday, Feb 15, 2023

    Not necessarily; people can be fertile for several decades (even most of their lives for those who are biologically male). While a generation might average out to 20-30 years, if many people in a family have kids early there will be more generations in a given period of time, and if many have them late there will be fewer. As such, the further back in time we go the bigger the range of possibilities. The number of generations would still give us a range of possible years of birth for Raven, but considering we already have strong evidence he was born in the Middle Ages, I wonder if that range would really narrow things down all that much?
  7. Comic for Monday, Feb 6, 2023

    I like pineapple on pizza, but I've only had pizzas where it was used relatively sparingly (just enough to add a little sweetness, and not necessarily in every bite if you take small bites). This discussion has me wondering if maybe a lot of people's bad experiences with pineapple pizza were instances where there was so much pineapple it dominated the flavor. It's sort of like raisins in raisin bran: a moderate amount provides a nice contrast of flavors, but too much and you just have dessert (and one that requires a high sugar tolerance, at that). (Of course I'm sure some of the people who don't like pineapple pizza just don't like pineapple in the first place.) I suppose there's also the matter of whether you like the combination of savory+sweet. Incidentally I've never had actual "Hawaiian" pizza with ham. I've only had it as the only topping, or alongside onions.
  8. The Weather.

    Temperatures hovering around 0 F today and tomorrow during the daytime (much colder at night), with high winds. Apparently the wind chill is something like -30, with the wind chill potentially getting down to -50 overnight. The weather report said that at these conditions, frostbite can set in on exposed skin in 5-10 minutes. Needless to say, my plans involve spending a little time as possible outside, staying out for no more than a few minutes at at time, and bundling up as much as possible when I do. (Incidentally, while we usually get subzero temperatures for a few days or even a week or so during January and/or February, I can't ever remember a time when the windchill was this bad. It's also a very strange flip from the rest of the winter thus far, which was far warmer than usual.)
  9. Comic for Friday, Jan 27, 2023

    I suspect that by default they aren't human at all, but when they take on physical form they can produce bodies that are for all intents and purposes human (they presumably could take on the form of other species, as well). We know Pandora could do rounded ears and even present as male when disguised as an existing human (she impersonated Agent Wolf once, remember); perhaps the pointed ears are to show that they are Immortals to those who know about them (or maybe Immortals just think pointy ears are cool). Of course this theory doesn't explain why Elves are immortal and the children of Elves seem to be more likely to have magical power, but then that gets into the question of how magic is inherited, which I don't think Dan has really gone into. On the other hand, I have an alternate theory that Immortals are ancient humans (or a closely related species) who become so magically powerful that they became god-like, but it happened so long ago that this fact has been forgotten by Immortal culture and all Immortals we've seen. In this case, Pandora's "Chaos" form would be a transformation brought on by her instability, and her adult human form presumably would be her "true" form.
  10. Things That Are Just Annoying

    Good advice, but the way you phrase that it sounds like you missed the last line in my post. I was already done with the shoveling when I posted - and the shoveling was in fact quite exhausting.
  11. Things That Are Just Annoying

    We have a fairly long driveway, as well other parts of the yard we try to keep walk-able through the winter. However, we don't have a plow (and are not in the habit of hiring someone else to plow); instead I usually snowblow it. Last night we had several inches of heavy wet snow. I wasn't sure if the snowblower could handle it, but assumed the worst that would happen was the snow would stick to the snowblower blades and eventually clog it; instead after a minute something inside it broke. I don't know if the snow being so heavy was the problem or if it would have happened anyway, but either way it means the snowblower will need to be repaired, and we had to remove the snow with scoops and shovels. As a result, I just spent seven hours scooping snow. I'm exhausted and a bit sore.
  12. NP Comic for Tuesday, Jan 24, 2023

    Clarke's Third Law is " Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic. " The quote mloony gave is a more recent counterpart to it - and it makes a similar sort of sense. Don Edwards' inversion of Clarke's Law, on the other hand, is just silly (unless one is going with a very specific meaning of "advanced").
  13. Comic for Wednesday, Jan 25, 2023

    I always figured it was an onomatopoeia for a loud gulp.
  14. Comic for Wednesday, Jan 18, 2023

    When I was a kid, an Uncle & Aunt of mine (and their three kids) lived in a geodesic dome. I always thought it was kind of neat, but I know fitting furniture that normally goes against a wall in was a challenge for them.
  15. D&D OGL 1.1

    As a child of the 80s: Transformers, G.I.Joe, and My Little Pony (though Transformers was the only one of the three I was into at the time). (Not that I could have told you Hasbro made them at the time, but I didn't really pay attention to what brands made toys and games back then.)
  16. Comic for Monday, Jan 16, 2023

    It's exiting to finally see one of Grace's siblings again. I know Dan has a lot of characters to juggle, but for characters who were once so important to the story, and who remain important to Grace, it's bugged me for a while that we've gone so long without seeing them (well over a decade and a half at this point!). I wonder how much we'll actually see of Vladia in this story, and whether this is a sign we may actually have Grace interacting with them again before we hit the two decade mark... Vladia talked a little bit about her views of her female-human form at the end of Painted Black and when Grace talked with her on Grace's birthday. The first time, she said that as far as she was concerned she had never been a man, merely a monster. The second time she said she was happy with her current form. Based on this, I believe Vladia is the sort of person without a strong sense of an internal gender identity, and since she had never experienced what it was like to be a human male, slipping into the role of a human female was relatively easy for her. Well, according to the final recap link in the commentary, the "trainee" has "a talent for detecting people who are using concealment magic". Of course this raises the question of where she gets that power. I suspect that since we last saw her she's been learning magic. Alternately, perhaps despite not appearing on her face her antennae have not been completely suppressed (maybe they were just moved to the back of her head?), and she still has the senses they provide.
  17. Other Random Comics

    I learned of it on the RPG.net forums (which I joined, ironically enough, for their active off-topic forums). Of course, I don't play D&D, so it doesn't directly affect me, but I have to admit it's a pretty messed up situation.
  18. Comic for Wednesday, Jan 11, 2023

    Yay for towering explosion background in panel one!
  19. NP Comic for Thursday, Jan 5, 2023

    But on occasion... (Baby Herman from Who Framed Roger Rabbit comes to mind.)
  20. Dan accidentally released this Milestone for patrons earlier than usual; it can be found at: https://www.patreon.com/posts/whoops-ashley-76836142 Tomorrow night it should be available on the main site; I'm guessing the URL will be https://www.egscomics.com/sketchbook/2023-001 I don't have too much to say about this one other than that the art's pretty but the contents don't do much for me.
  21. Sketchbook/Patreon For January 6-7 2023

    Yeah, I copy-and-pasted an old url then edited it, and apparently the rich-text editor decided I wanted to keep the original link with the new text... It's fixed now.
  22. The Holiday Seasonings

    It's an artificial tree, and sadly far too small to climb. I just wanted to make sure I wasn't setting myself up for a Krampus attack or something if I put off taking it down until the weekend.
  23. The Holiday Seasonings

    What will happen if I don't?
  24. NP Comic for Thursday, Jan 5, 2023

    Developments in D&D are probably fairly irrelevant to this storyline; Dan doesn't actually have a lot of experience with tabletop RPGs. In fact, I wouldn't be surprised if the game they're playing in story wound up influenced by some of the video games he plays. (I seem to recall appearance playing a large role in persuasiveness in Dan's "Parable" story/game, so this may be Dan playing around with the same ideas again.) The part where it gets weird is when Nanase and Ellen talk about it as a phenomena they are concerned about in real life. Of course, as you said looks do play a part in how people react to one another in real life, but generally being good looking isn't enough. Considering what George said, I don't think this is Dan's mistake - I think Nanase and Ellen are supposed to be mistaken. But I suppose we'll have to wait and see to know for sure.
  25. Things That Are Just Annoying

    Well, the thing is, I (and my parents) actually rely on a Mobile Hotspot for home internet (we live out in the middle of the woods, where the only other option at the moment would be to get a satellite dish, and last we checked that was more expensive than we could afford). And no, there's no ethernet socket on it. (For that matter, I hadn't really thought about it since I never use ethernet connections, but there's no ethernet port on the laptop either - just HDMI and a couple different kinds of USB.)