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That kind is too rum-y for my tastes.

That sounds more like The Pink Panther in my head.

He likely received the spell when he was “apprenticed” under Adrian.

Greg, Justin, Nanase, Elliot, and Ellen? Diane strikes me as being agility-oriented, so I think she would be better with a Rapier and a fencing style as opposed to a big two-handed sword.

Yes,, the highest purity commonly meant for circulation is Sterling (11 parts out of 12 is silver).

I have had good mango habanero salsas.

The Pope on a Rope Soap is dope!

The slippers were used to identify the one whom the Prince had already chosen. Their use did not in itself influence whom he chose, therefore the choice of his consort was not “based” upon them. (Yes, I am aware of the Monty Python reference.)

Yes. Contact between Popes and Anti-Popes has triggered several wars over the centuries.

I think that they are so comfortable because they are custom fitted to her feet exactly—which lends more credence to the later scene of “the one whom this shoe fits is its true owner”.

I thought that the original “MyPillow” had small pieces of foam, not the gel?

Diana Muldaur, who played Pulaski, had also played Dr. Miranda Jones in the TOS episode “Is There Truth In No Beauty?” Her character there was highly antagonistic towards Spock, jealously so, and explicitly eschewed relationships with humans because she was a strong telepath and the unstructured minds of non-telepaths were literally painful for her to be near (she could not turn her sense off and tune out the thoughts of others).

The producers were allegedly trying to make her more like McCoy, who often criticized/mocked Spock for his emotional detachment, and so were trying to have Pulaski be likewise critical of Data’s poor handling of emotional/social nuances.

There have been lawyers using AI inappropriately since LLMs became popular, but this is the first one specifically related to Mike Lindell.

The WOM uses telekinesis, and so has no need to use hands. Ever.

It’s like they think that the only way they will get to heaven is by being Raptured, and they won’t get there by dying.

“Awk! Pieces of sixty-four! Pieces of sixty-four!”

I’m worried about the people who believe the Prophecy of the Popes, because the only one remaining on the list is the final one, who is supposed to preside over the annihilation of Rome. Believers may decide that this means that the Apocalypse is nigh.

That explains why they are young women, but not why the stereotypical “French maid” costuming.

The use of “maids” may stem from viewing them as “servants”, along with a desire to avoid an outward appearance of violence. Not that Voltaire doesn’t want violence, but he wants to keep up appearances.

I think it’s more likely that he makes a corrupt bargain with them, because it would amuse him to stir up their side of the world by letting their “Royal Uryuom” plan succeed.

About half of the electric cars around here are Teslas, but the majority of those were from back before Musk took his hard right turn. I think that half of them are owned by current or former Tesla employees and their families. There are plenty of Nissan Leafs, Chevrolet Volt/Bolts, and even a few Mustang Mach-E’s and F-150 Lightnings around here. Maybe one car in five is electric, it seems.

It should be noted that under war conditions, the theft of the vehicle and supplies would be considered valid as long as they weren’t pocketing somebody’s personal effects for themselves.

I live about six miles from the Fremont, California Tesla factory. We don’t have hurricanes here, but this is earthquake country. I got the solar panels because with the subsidies, it’s actually cheaper in the long run than paying the utility company—my loan payment on the solar/battery system is $160/month, which is comparable to what I was paying for electricity. As for the coins, yeah I get that the bullion ones are super-high purity, but I was responding to Darth Fluffy’s suggestion about buying up old silver US dimes and quarters from pre-1960. Silver coins made for general circulation as legal tender at face value are usually 90-92.5% silver by weight.

I have about 60 days worth of storable food and water for my entire household hanging around, and that is the majority of my disaster prep. I also have about a cord of firewood as well as solar panels and a battery for my house. Most silver coins are sterling (11 parts out of 12 is silver, with the rest mostly copper), but US silver coins were 90% silver.