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For fear of inadvertently turning a little review post into a long, drawn-out novel, the urge to insert flowery prose was kept in as close check as possible. Still almost double the girth of the average article around here, it was a behemoth alright, providing plenty of info to chew on over the weekend. Countless tiny tasting notes abbreviated or discarded, I was ready to call it a day, mark this book done, and revisit it at leisure. Cleaning files and photos, it was with horror that I discovered my omission. Shortened text is one thing, but an entirely forgotten recipe trial and photo? Not on my watch.
Slipping through my fingers for a second time, I suppose, there's a very good reason why the Air-Dried Cheddar (page 30) missed the boat on the original posting; it was ugly as sin. So ugly, in fact, that I couldn't manage to capture any remotely appealing picture of it whole. Greasy to the touch, crackled and flaking on the outside, it was the only block of cheese that somehow picked up a little spot of mold as well. Gamely cutting out the offending fuzz, at four days in, it smelled more like yeasty bread dough than cheese. I did not have high hopes for this experiment. Although not nearly firm enough to shred or slice as promised, it was pleasantly musty in a ripened cheese-sort of way. Tasting more like traditional vegan cheeses of yore, it leaned heavily on the nutritional yeast addition, skewing it further from an authentic flavor than the previous recipes. Admittedly, I may have enjoyed it more straight out of the pan prior to aging, but it still had great potential once cured.
Making the first thing that comes to mind when anyone mentions the word "cheddar," a lightning-fast batch of mac and cheese saved the day. Thickly coating al dente pasta in a creamy blanket, any small disappointments could be forgiven, bringing out its full culinary potential.
Easy Cheese Sauce
8 Ounces Air-Dried Cheddar from Artisan Vegan Cheese (page 30)
1 1/2 Cups Unsweetened Non-Dairy Milk
Pinch Smoked Paprika
Pinch Turmeric, Optional (For Color)
Break the cheddar into chunks, and puree all of the ingredients thoroughly until completely smooth. Transfer to small saucepan and heat, stirring occasionally, just to warm it through.
To make an almost-instant mac and cheese, toss one batch of sauce with about 1 pound of cooked pasta and serve immediately.
Makes About 3 Cups
Finally, because a recipe is a terrible thing to waste, I feel duty bound to share my approach to the famed aligot. Take my word though, it's no mere variation on mashed potatoes; these spuds are far richer than any mere mashers could hope to be, even in the hands of Paula Deen. Dole out conservative portions, if you dare…
2 Pounds Yukon Gold Potatoes, Peeled and Diced
1 Clove Garlic, Sliced
2 Tablespoons Non-Dairy Margarine
3/4 Pound Emmentaler from Artisan Vegan Cheese (page 32), Diced
1/4 Pound Brie from Artisan Vegan Cheese (page 12), Diced
Salt and Freshly Ground Black Pepper, to Taste
2 – 3 Tablespoons Unsweetened Non-Dairy Milk
Fill a large stock pot with water and toss in the prepared potatoes and garlic. Set over moderate heat and bring to a boil, cooking until the spuds are fork-tender. Drain thoroughly before transferring the cooked potatoes to the bowl of your food processor.* Toss in the margarine and both cheeses, pureeing until smooth. Add salt and pepper to taste, and thin out with non-dairy milk if necessary. Continue processing for an additional minute or two, until silky, ribbon-like strands form when scooped up with a spoon.
Serve immediately while still hot.
*Yes, I did say food processor. This breaks all the known rules of mashed potato-making, but remember, this is aligot, not mashed potatoes. You want them to end up rather sticky, stretchy, and gooey.
Makes 8 – 10 Servings

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How I Survived an Attack in Cairo
On the front lines, in the middle of the action, at the tip of the spear—that's where reporters like Fox News correspondent Greg Palkot always want to be. But what happens when you find yourself a little too close to the story, caught up in a melee of thousands of protestors, fighting not for the best interview or angle, but for your very life?
A week after former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak's departure from office, Egypt's awesome lurch toward a free and democratic—hope, hope—state now seems almost natural, preordained. But before thirty years of oppression could finally give way to Cairo becoming the world's largest, loudest street party, a violent wave of attacks flooded the city's streets.
For two long days pro-government thugs descended on Cairo's Tahrir Square—the uprising's epicenter—attacking basically anyone in sight. Hundreds died. Western journalists reporting from the square were targeted. And caught up in the mayhem was veteran Fox News Middle East correspondent Greg Palkot and his cameraman Olaf Wiig. In one of the most harrowing ordeals of any journalist in Tahrir, the men were beaten nearly to death, temporarily "saved" by the Egyptian army, and delivered into the hands of the secret police, before finally being released and returning home. Here, Palkot described what he calls his "adventure" to GQ:
How long had you been camped out in Tahrir Square when the violence broke out?
We went in just as the pro-Mubarak protestors started entering the square. We started following along with them to see what was going to happen. There was no violence initially but then things kicked off pretty much as soon as the two sides met. We were caught up in a little bit of violence. We were threatened initially as we came into the square and we got shunted off on a side alleyway that ended up being a dead end. That was our first brush with danger. And then some folks hustled us into a building overlooking the square.
These were anti-government protesters?
An interesting running theme to this whole story is that it was a few people out there who just did not want to see us killed. So a handful of them pushed the pro-government thugs aside and shunted us quickly up into that building and we were up there for about five hours, from the day into the evening, until about 11 at night. At first it was a good place to hide out and even a good place to overlook the action...The two sides were fighting right in front of this building, a small five room hotel on the top floor—I think it was the 7th floor—overlooking the [fight].
Did the people who helped get you up there stay with you for the five hours?
No, they took off and the people who ran the hotel were good enough to let us stay there until they felt threatened. Because what happened next was that the pro-government protestors thought that things were being thrown off of the building at them and they started to come up the stairs. We hightailed it into an apartment on the backside of that top floor and the guy there was good enough again to let us stay in there. He shut the door, locked the door, and while the protestors were ransacking the front of the building we just lay low.
So they didn't know you were in the same building as them?
They did not know we were there. This was the second time we thought we were finished. We thought it was just a matter of minutes before they just knocked down the door of the apartment we were in and got us, and we'd be toast because we would be outnumbered and they had weapons and we clearly looked like the enemy to them. But for some reason they didn't do it. They were too busy doing battle: first using the place as a staging ground to throw rocks from, and then, as night fell, it turned over to Molotov cocktails. Molotov cocktails were being thrown off the roof. We could see through the door of the apartment, which was partly glass. We could see the silhouettes of the protestors lighting the Molotov cocktails, we could see the outline of their figures, and then them going upstairs and throwing them. What was the turning point was when unlit Molotov cocktails started coming through the window from the other side because the anti-government people realized that the building we were in was a battle station for the pro-government people. So it was a choice made to either be incinerated up there because we were on the top floor or to make a break for it. And that's when our next adventure started.
So you guys all decided to make a run for it.
There was a back and forth—how long should we wait? It was quiet for the moment and we opened up the door and we ran out into the corridor of the building to run down the stairs—again we were up about seven flights. It wasn't really too much of a problem in the building because they were too busy throwing stuff off the roof to worry about us. And when we got to the side alleyway of the main street it was still okay, except when we looked out on the main street, that was still a total battle zone: that was rocks, that was Molotov cocktails, that was live fire, that was smoke—and this is what we were running out into.
How did you get caught?
It happened almost immediately. Within about 30 to 40 seconds Olaf and I were running along the street by the building edge and we were pounced upon by the crowds. I saw him being attacked first and then within seconds it was me too. We were foreigners and they were just rabid for anything and so they were pummeling us and hitting us and using sticks and fists and using open hands and using rocks, primarily in the head but all over the body too. While this was all going on, we were moving forward because in theory the hotel, our goal, was at best a half-mile away or less than that. But there was about 5,000 pro-Mubarak protestors between us and our goal.
Were you attacked just as foreigners or because you were with Fox or as journalists?
As foreigners. All the foreign media and human-rights workers were targeted and that was clearly part of the game plan of the government side, to blame foreigners for creating the problem, which was clearly not the case.
Do you know who exactly the people who attacked you were? Did they seem like secret police?
We couldn't tell. Everyone was plain-clothes. From all reports, it was rent-a-thugs that the government used. And it could have been the riot police who were taken off the street.
**What were you thinking when you were first attacked? **
That we were in trouble. That we were in deep trouble. Again, though: there were a few people in the crowd who did not think it was a great thing to kill foreigners out on the street in Cairo. So we were guided forward and protected by a few people in the crowd. And very shortly we saw what our goal would be and that was an Egyptian Army APC [armored personnel carrier] that was sitting in the middle of a plaza ahead of us.
Were you able to fight back?
I did my best but it's tough because you're getting it from all sides. You're fending off the blows, you're trying to figure out if somebody's a friend of yours when they're looking at you, and then the next minute they're smashing you in the face.
Did you think about your family while this was happening?
Oh yeah, it's quick, your life going by. Basically it was: it can't end this way, ok? It can't end in the middle of a riot with a bunch of thugs kicking the heck out of me. It can't end this way.
But then you managed to make it on the APC?
[A] Canadian guy—he's a young guy, a 20-year-old journalist, actually—had made it to that APC okay, and he actually had gotten on top of it. And he saw me, my face full of blood, my body full of blood, getting pummeled, and he tried to pull me up over the side of the APC. And for his help he got rifle-butted off of the thing and had to find his way to safety, and luckily he did. So there I am again and Olaf is about five feet away and we're both writhing and being pummeled—and again, I guess it's part instinct, part me fighting things off, and part, I guess, one or two people in the crowd helping us to the back of it where it's lower and you can get on. There's no door but you can hoist yourself up a little more easily. And the soldiers were relenting. I guess they didn't want us to die right there. And so I pulled myself up while the crowd was still trying to pull me down, but I managed to get up onto the APC, and Olaf soon after that, and then we throw ourselves into the compartment, the interior space, and that ended up being the rescue.
I guess it varies from crowd to crowd, but with our crowd it probably would have taken 15 minutes to kill us, and we were at minute 12 in that 15-minute process. We were that close.
Once you were in the APC how bad were your injuries? Were you taken into custody?
Inside the APC I was covered in blood and an artery had been hit—or close to an artery—and so there was a lot of blood coming out. I'm just swabbing it—I've got my jacket around it, trying to make sure the blood doesn't come out, trying to limit the flow—and I'm not feeling great and you're all jammed up with soldiers and a few other people who have been beaten up who are in there.
Gradually it moved, and when it moved they did something they should have done when we were just outside of it: they started firing in the air, and that scared away the crowd and pushed the crowd back. After about 20 minutes or so we only moved maybe about a half-mile tops and they opened up the front door and said you gotta get out. All I could see was the crowd rioting and I thought they were kicking us out again, and I held my ground and said, "No, I'm staying inside." Then they started kicking me, the soldiers, and I thought I better get out, and then I looked out and saw there was an ambulance about 7/8 feet away, and we crawled over to the ambulance, still getting rocks thrown at us and people pulling at us. Finally they closed the door and we were back in safety again, and then very shortly after that we were speeding towards the hospital.
And after you were treated at the hospital were you taken into custody?
There were a good bunch of doctors there. I had almost 30 stitches in my scalp and a lot that was done right there in the ER. But almost immediately after that they realized who I was, and what I was, and the same with Olaf. There was an armed guard attached to Olaf and me, and we were basically under house arrest.
Were you able to communicate with your captors?
Sure. Some of them spoke English, and luckily in the hospital, before they really realized who we were, I told somebody, and again you've got good Egyptians out there, and an Egyptian called the Hyatt where the Fox team was. They knew where we were almost immediately and that saved us. We were basically treated until 3 or 4 in the morning, and then, at 9 or 10 in the morning, the New Zealand ambassador arrived, and he was part of the process of trying to get us out. Olaf is a New Zealand citizen, so he was there.
So that was when you were freed?
No, that's when the next drama started. It took a couple hours with [the ambassador] and Martin, our supervising producer there for Fox. So the two of them were trying to negotiate on the ground with the folks at the hospital to get us out and then to get us back to Fox, but they kept alluding—the government officials, it wasn't just the army but secret police that were in the hospital—kept alluding to having us go to "another place" before we could we could be freed. So eventually we were thrown into the back of a very crowded, old jeep and driven halfway across town to the secret-police headquarters.
And at this point were you thinking this is going to get really bad, or were you confident that you'd be released?
Initially, it was portrayed that it was just a little bit of processing and then we'd be released, but the minute we get in the headquarters we're all blindfolded and you hear guns—not being cocked, but guys with guns, and we're left blindfolded for an hour. And then we're trooped out of the jeep, still with blindfolds and you just wonder all sorts of things. We were sat down, stood up, sat down, stood up, and eventually the blindfolds came off and they took still pictures and video of us for whatever reasons.
And I tell this story and it sort of brings everything full circle: I looked at who was there and it was some people in military uniforms but a lot of them were kids and young men in civilian clothing with guns and it basically was the same guys who were beating up the night prior in Liberation Square—basically, it was the secret police and Egyptian authorities who sent the thugs out there that night. We thought it was some kind of government safe ground that could get us to freedom, but I realized instantly that we were back in the hands of the enemy.
What was going through your head when you were blindfolded there?
We kind of didn't think we were going to get lined up for a firing squad, though it had that feel. My fear was that we were going to get thrown in some sort of political prison, which, in fact, some other journalists were. So we were blindfolded again and thrown back into the jeep, and we rolled by but luckily these blindfolds were a little bit gauzy, so I could see what was going on. So that helped quite a bit. And after about five minute of driving through the compound, we drove up behind a Mercedes-Benz that the New Zealand ambassador was in outside of the compound, and then we got out and we were released and the secret police told us we were very, very lucky because other people were not released as quickly.
What did you see in the compound as you were driving?
Other prisoners. I think there were other journalists there, as well as protesters and human rights activists.
Did you hear or see people being tortured?
I did not. I've seen those stories too and those were people who were in a cell overnight and this was more a processing ground but it was quite busy.
Has their role in helping secure your release changed your opinion of the Obama Administration at all?
I don't have an opinion, I'm a reporter. But certainly I am grateful to everyone that helped us get out of there. There are a lot of people to thank for being still alive. It was more likely that we should be dead now.
How do you think things will play out?
One thing I reported on again and again when I was reporting for Fox, and I still feel that way: the people who are protesting on the ground are not Islamists, they're not anarchists, they're not people who want to break things down. They're incredibly patriotic, articulate.... It's not just kids. I talked to middle-class people, middle-age people, and all they want exactly what Americans would want. They want a government that is answerable to them, they want democracy, they want freedom, a chance to make a living and all that has been deprived from them. And on the basis of that, it's quite exciting to think about what could happen. But you know, for 30 years and more, the democratic structures have basically been strangled by the government there, so there's going to be a lot of work ahead of them It's not just a matter of getting rid of Mubarak.
And your experience with the Egyptian military—seeing them not intervene or working with the people who were attacking you—does that inspire much confidence in the military takeover in the interim?
That's a good question. I know the riot police were much more hated, much more antagonistic. In fact, the crowds pretty much favored the military and inspired their trust. I think we were more a victim of the policy that was given to them [the Army] not to intervene on one side or the other. I don't think it was a policy of the Army per se to allow us to be attacked and killed. I think we got caught in the crossfire on that one. I think in general the military is seen as a bit of a stabilizing force. But many people I talked to there are not in favor of Egypt reverting to military rule, so, you know, I think the hope is that democracy can go forward there.
Did your experience in Tahrir Square change the way you think about U.S. policy in the Mid East in general?
I think it more shaped my opinion about the need for more democracy, more accountability in the governments in the region. I've worked in the region for a long time and it's defined to me that the people [there] are capable of running countries and don't need autocratic regimes to tell them what to do.
So are you going to go back to reporting in the region?
I'm taking a few weeks break now. The folks at Fox are kind enough to give me some space. We've been relaxing and trying to get our wounds healed again. But, yeah, I'll be out there again, I don't know quite where.
What does your family think about that?
Well, they're of course very concerned but they know I'm a reporter too and it sort of goes with the territory. I've been, thank heavens, very lucky doing stints in Iraq and Afghanistan and elsewhere. I guess I ran out of my lucky cards last week.
Even reporting from Iraq, Afghanistan, Yemen, this is the most danger you've faced?
Yes, it was. I was with the tip of the spear, the first Marine unit going into Fallujah back in 2004, which was the terrorist hotbed. But you're with Marines, you've got your battle gear on. This was completely different. We were completely exposed. We were just thrown into the lap of the enemy with no protection whatsoever. It was an entirely, entirely different experience, and one I promise you I will never forget.


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Life is a journey. The destination is death. This blog is all about the musings of a sojourner in her thirties, curious about the stops, the fellow passengers, the driver(s), the conditions of travel and the highlights and lowlights. All the while in a place of tranquility: the sanctuary.
Wednesday, April 25, 2012
Countrygirl or Citychick?
It is only fair to extend this debate to the ladies :-)
When I asked if country men were more 'masculine' than city guys, I was more willing to listen to the opinions of ladies than men for obvious reasons.
Now it's the gentlemen's turn to sit back and do the appraising.
Ladies are still welcome to give their opinion, but I am going to give the men a higher priority here :-)
I think this post will be more difficult to write. Maybe because I am a woman myself and I therefore find it hard to be completely objective about women they way I know I can about men.
But I shall try my best.
And this time, the question is not 'who is more feminine' but 'what do you think of these two women'?
At the risk of displeasing women everywhere in my attempt to generalise, here goes:
*deep breath*
As I did for the men, assume both types of women described here are of the same level of attraction and a similar age, let's just say, mid twenties.
Both have at least a high school education and both are happy where they are in terms of locality.
Rural Maiden
This woman is likely to be traditional-minded in the sense that she wants to be married before long. She probably got baby-cravings since her mid-teens. Life would not make sense to her unless she is someone's daughter, wife and mother, in that order.
She may well have dated a few men, and would most likely have tried to get each and everyone of them to commit to her in the past.
She will feel a true failure if she is not only married but also a mother by age 30.
It is perhaps an untenable thought that she will be single forever like her 45-year old auntie who lives in the city.
She is perhaps more likely to be 'modest or a 'semi-modest', at least in dress and general behaviour, but not necessarily more 'moral'. Her small community dictates that whatever she does is under scrutiny whether she likes it or not.
However, more often than not, she likes the constraints put on her by her society.
Paradoxically she could also be amazingly free-spirited. She is more likely than her city counterpart to be free of a 'herd'. She may have one or two best friends, but that's it. She wouldn't be part of a thirty-strong coach-load of partying singles.
She doessn't have the time for that.
She may have a job that is practical and very much at the heart of the community she serves.
She is not folding her hands in her lap and doing nothing, that's for sure.
If she is not doing something that pays well, she is at least helping out, volunteering in something.
Because her community does not allow slackers.
The drawback to this woman is that she may be in danger of expecting "too much" of a man.
She may indeed bring lots to the table, but that means she also expects a lot.
She may or may not want a traditional man. The irony is that because she is traditional, she would be willing to go with the flow with the man she chooses, whether or not he is traditional-minded, like her.
But she may do best with someone exactly like her.
She is 'feminine'. Just as much as her brother 'Hillbilly' is intrinsically 'masculine', in some intangible, raw, 'natural' manner.
She doesn't know of any other way to be a woman.
At college, she was amused at how aggressive some of her classmates were.
She dismissed it as some sort of 'city' thing.
She wouldn't believe it if you explained to her that that is actually the reality of some women's lives.
Rural maiden has a lot of problems, but none of her problems include being a non-feminine woman.
She lives too close to Nature to deviate from her natural instincts.
Urban Lass
This woman who is city-born and bred is, like her male counterpart, slightly more complicated than Rural Maiden.
For a start she is more prone to be far removed from her family than Rural Maiden.
She may be living alone.
She may be a 'career gal' or not. But if she is, she is not necessarily a feminist.
She has to eat, right?
She has to live somewhere.
She may or may not be a rich Daddy's girl.
Urban Lass is exposed to more people in general than Rural Maiden. She may however be far removed from 'man-oasis' unlike Cityboy who is often surrounded by women.
Urban Lass is actually more likely than Rural Maiden to be surrounded by a herd of women, and despite being in the midst of many people, be severely short of 'suitable' men to pick from.
She is undoubtedly more 'busy' than Rural Maiden.
She has more work, more leisure activities and more pressures on her.
Such is urban life in general.
In addition, she may also create this illusion, intentionally or unintentionally, because 'the herd' creates a competitive streak in her.
Urban Lass is more likely to have been partnered up by a certain age than Rural Maiden, although not necessarily married before Rural Maiden.
Urban Lass has to be more savvy than Rural Maiden just to survive. In this sense, she is much more useful as a 'co-captain' for a marriage-minded man. However, this may count against her, because of the inevitable 'strong and independent' label she acquires unwittingly or otherwise. She may have many more 'life skills' than Rural Maiden, some of which may not be obvious to a man. She may be perfectly able to cook and clean but her decidedly 'party lifestyle' may give a different impression. Her budgeting skills may be hidden by the fact that she earns more than Rural Maiden.
Is Citygirl ever as feminine as Rural Maiden?
In my opinion, generally, yes. At least outwardly so. I am willing to bet perhaps even more so than Rural Maiden.
But there is something about city life that tampers with her a little.
Rural Maiden is not afflicted by this particular problem.
Urban Lass has many tools at her disposal to make her life truly exciting.
Those same tools can also ruin her life.
Like her brother Cityboy, she leads a complicated existence.
Who is more appealing to men?
Who is the better prospect for marriage in a man's eyes?
Who is likely to get married first?
Who is likely to stay married?
If you get the sense that these are all trick questions, you would be right :-)
But only in the sense that we all recognise that everyone is right. It is afterall, a question of preference.
If at all possible, please self-identify as city man/woman or rural man/woman when commenting so it would be possible to see what the trends are in terms of 'like begets like' and all that...
Again, I don't really know what I am talking about in this post. I have been both a citygirl and a rural maiden but at very different epoques in my life, so I am not a reliable 'control subject' for myself.
But I am fascinated by how much one's environment affects one's self-perception and that of others.
Enlighten me.
Pretty please.
34 comments:
- Caelaeno said...
I am, obviously, not of the right gender to evaluate--but good job on the descriptions. They were, in my opinion, quite fair. I would say, though, that I have known quite a few country girls hatchet were determined to show that they could hold their own with any boy...and often could. =)
- April 25, 2012 at 2:16 PM
I live in the suburbs of a major city and at least here suburbanites are a different breed than those who live in the city proper. But consider me a "city man" for the sake of this thread.
"…Who is more appealing..." I have to admit I like the Urban Lass better myself.
You nailed it when you said "…Urban Lass has to be more savvy …, she is much more useful as a 'co-captain' for a marriage-minded man…"
In terms of a family unit the urban lass would seem to be better able to pull her weight and contribute to the welfare of the entire family.
I would not have to worry about her as much because I'd know she can take care of herself and stay out of trouble.
She also has a greater potential for making money. I recall reading somewhere that the divorce rates were lower the higher the income and education of both partners. So I think a marriage to Urban Lass has a greater chance to succeed.
The whole herd issue does not bother me. I've encountered this plenty of times and know how to deal with it.
So consider this one vote for Urban Lass.
- April 25, 2012 at 5:03 PM
- Spacetraveller said...
@ Caelaeno,
Thanks! It was a bit of a stab in the dark, so I am glad you think it was fairly accurate :-)
Can I ask what you mean by 'hold their own'?
@ Grasshopper,
One vote for Urban Lass it is then.
You are a brave man if you have faced the formidable 'herd' and triumphed :-)
Some of your brothers are not so gifted...
- April 25, 2012 at 11:37 PM
I've been both, so this is a tough one.
I think that internally and behaviour wise, country girls may be more feminine. But city girls have it made when it comes to looking more feminine. (Hard to maintain that frame mucking out stalls.Lol.)
- April 26, 2012 at 12:09 PM
- dannyfrom504 said...
they both have their perks. i like the savvy city gal, but i also like the down home feminimity of a country girl.
i guess the real question would be....where would you want to live? i've been a ciry boy and i currently live in a more "country" area.
tomayto, tomahto
- April 26, 2012 at 12:52 PM
- Spacetraveller said...
Wow, this seems a much closer race than that of 'Hillbilly/Cityboy' where Mr Rural seemed to win hands down.
JV, I totally agree with you that Citygal certainly gives the illusion of 'feminine allure' much more than Countrygal (who may not be so focussed on her outer appearance).
But is it false advertising of sorts??
Are men being 'taken in' by the feminine exterior of Citygal only to wish later they had gone for 'Countrygal' when it is perhaps too late?
Or is it nothing at all to do with either girl...is it a function of the age of the man?
Correct me if I am wrong, but it seems to me that when men are younger, Citygal is all the rage. When they get a bit older, Countrygal seems to appeal more?
Anyone else think this could be true?
Are you confident that a Citygal can adjust to Country life should you transport her there, and vice versa for Countrygal, or do you just want to settle somewhere and then find a woman who already lives there...
- April 26, 2012 at 2:31 PM
"…Are you confident that a Citygal can adjust to Country life should you transport her there…"
Have you ever seen the 60's TV show Green Acres?
- April 26, 2012 at 2:46 PM
Are men being 'taken in' by the feminine exterior of Citygal only to wish later they had gone for 'Countrygal' when it is perhaps too late?
My reply:
City girl speaking, it seems that the stereotype is that City Girl lives the "Sex in the City" lifestyle, when in reality, she does not necessarily live like that. She is presumed to be hard-nosed, but even though she might be like that at work, she might be different at home.
Yes, the city encourages a level of partying, but that is par for the course, museums, parties, etc. Why hold that against city girl? It is merely the reality of her community. Does that mean she can't have her downtime and quiet moments?
I like that you mentioned she might be good at cooking and maintaining a household, because the presumption is that she would be clueless, eating out every night, not knowing how to cook.
Eating out all the time can be expensive, so she might not do them all the time, and thus she learns to economize.
I admit, I can look the most feminine and alluring of them, sophisticated dress, makeup, jewelry, when I go in to my job in the city. It is an important part of the city girl image, to cultivate a jaw-dropping look.
Yet, when I'm at home, running errands, that stuff is all in the closet. I'd look closer to rural girl, denims, sweaters, clogs, galoshes in the rain, no make-up.
It seems to me that the stereotype is just that, a stereotype. City guy knows that City Girl can be quite multifaceted, interesting and intriguing.
Funny, recently, I went to the bank after work one afternoon. The bank teller was surprised to see me, she thought I looked so nice in my work clothes. She is so used to seeing me in "dress down mode." My private joke is "I clean up real well!"
- April 26, 2012 at 4:41 PM
In other words, I'm a city girl with the background and looks for it, but at home, I live more like country girl.
- April 26, 2012 at 4:45 PM
- dannyfrom504 said...
I'm a man. I'll choose my enviornment and pick from the women available. What's most important is that I'm in a place I feel comfortable.
The women are completely irrellavant.
- April 26, 2012 at 8:12 PM
My pretty pink rubber boots don't make me feminine when I muck stalls? Shucks...
- April 27, 2012 at 9:26 AM
- Spacetraveller said...
@ Miss Marie,
"My pretty pink rubber boots don't make me feminine when I muck stalls?"
This is by far the funniest comment I have had in a while!
This earns you a special welcome to The Sanctuary!
You made me think of those people who go to McDonalds and order a quarter-pounder, mega french fries, three buckets of fried chicken, eight buckets of ice-cream.... and a diet coke :-)
I am sure your pink boots do the trick quite nicely.
Mr Rural can't miss 'em surely!
@ Grasshopper,
No, I hadn't seen that show, but I just looked it up. It reminds me of the British comedy 'The Good Life' where a city couple decides to move to the country and become totally self-sufficient - grow their own food, use cow-dung to supply their electricity, etc. Funny show.
You make excellent points. I think the show 'Sex and the city' has certainly done 'City girls' no favours, for sure...
And, I accept that most city girls may not be what I describe above.
But...I think men are much more prone to 'stereotyping' women (at least at first sighting) than women are of men. Case in point: the entire Manosphere!
A woman will decide a man is 'special' far earlier than a man will decide a woman is 'special', hence the mismatch in 'commitment time'. A man is the gateway to commitment in the sense that he is the bottleneck in the system (he just takes longer to get there, LOL).
So... unfortunately, women are subject to stereotype. I reckon if a man wrote the post above, it would have been much harsher than mine :-)
So surely we have to factor this into our 'strategy', no?
How to overcome this little hitch? How can City girl distance herself from her unfortunate stereotype?
Somehow, acting like Miss Rural doesn't quite cut it, because like you say, it is when you are 'at home' that you do that. An unmarried woman's 'at home' time is not on display to a potential suitor (unless they live together).
Any advice?
@ Danny,
"The women are completely irrellavant."
Mate, this is the kind of comment that gets men the death penalty on Planet Woman, or at least life imprisonment :-)
You however, get away with it all the time because you are a lovable rogue, a Navy golden boy, a cordon bleu chef and you are also Brody's Dad.
Some guys have all the luck...
- April 27, 2012 at 11:39 AM
How can City girl distance herself from her unfortunate stereotype?
Somehow, acting like Miss Rural doesn't quite cut it, because like you say, it is when you are 'at home' that you do that. An unmarried woman's 'at home' time is not on display to a potential suitor (unless they live together).
My reply:
Have a veneer of rural girl in the midst of the city girl life? Modest clothing, but not dowdy...? Made up, but not too much?
How about a new category to balance out the two, Ms. Small town/suburban/college town?
There are some rural environments that are more like suburbs and small towns/cities. The aesthetic looks more down-to-earth and rural, but people live a bit more like the big city in terms of attractions. A veneer of the big city look might not look too unusual.
It just seems that there can be more and more overlap. People might live in a rural environment, but they are five miles away from bigger towns and cities, or 2 hours away from the hub. Case in point: Western Massachusetts and Boston.
- April 27, 2012 at 3:58 PM
- dannyfrom504 said...
Well, it doesn't hurt that I'm cute as all hell.
- April 27, 2012 at 9:32 PM
- Spacetraveller said...
Oh yes! You are right: There should have been a third category all along! Miss Small town!
I actually currently live in a small town myself.
But since there are no cows in my immediate vinity, I self-identifed as 'City girl'.
But I see your general point. Which, I think is, it is not the location that makes the girl, it is the girl that makes the location, or something to that effect :-)
Reminds me of the saying, 'You can take the girl out of the city but you can't take the city out of the girl'.
@ Danny,
Incorrigible, you are...
- April 27, 2012 at 11:17 PM
- dannyfrom504 said...
Lol. Am I wrong Love?
- April 28, 2012 at 1:53 AM
- Spacetraveller said...
"Am I wrong Love?"
What are you doing, Danny?
Whilst everyone else rolls their eyes with the distinct feeling of nausea, can I just remind you politely: The King does not need confirmation of his erm, attributes. You wrote the Rulebook, remember?
Congratulations, Your Majesty, you just made me declare something that now sees all the commenters and lurkers reaching for the sick bowl.
What would His Highness like for dinner?
- April 28, 2012 at 4:12 AM
- dannyfrom504 said...
my original comment wasn't that women are irrelevant, but that the place i decide to dwell is more important than the women the live in the area. i've always lived based on the notion that women are the appetizer, NOT entree' of my life.
so i'll live in the city or country or city based on what's best for ME, not based on which has the women i think are best.
and thanks for the compliment Love. and YES, i do know i get away with a LOT that most men can't pull off. lol.
i'm well aware of my good fortune. lol.
- April 28, 2012 at 8:07 AM
Spacetraveller said...
Who is more appealing to men?
The one that wants to appeal to men.
Who is the better prospect for marriage in a man's eyes?
The one that finds the the man she wants.
Who is likely to get married first?
The one that is ready to marry, first.
Who is likely to stay married?
The one that can compromise best on the things that are of lesser importance, and also stay committed to her principles and vows.
To carry Danny's point forward... these thoughts about rural vs urban are of little use, except to those who have never been outside of where they grew up. Cowgirls are definitely NOT big city girls, but that does not mean any particular man could not find a cowgirl worth marrying. It also means that a city or small town female might find herself attracting attention from any given male.
The absolute value of masculinity or femininity of a human being rarely depends on where they live, or grew up. The relative quality of said gender characteristics is much more dependent on that locale, but is also going to attract (or repel) certain types of people of the opposite gender. More than once, I was jokingly referred to as the 'savage', as much for my ancestry as for my old fashioned values.
Again, the point is that looking for Mr or Miss Right really should not be based solely, or largely, on their current residency. Women are women, men are men, and vive la différence!
Yes, a girl raised in the country can probably grow her own garden of vegetables and flowers far better than a girl raised in a city of five million people, and a city girl is probably better at hosting a formal dinner than one raised in a town of 300.
Certainly, men look for those attributes in marriageable women, but as individual attributes of varying importance, not as part where she lives. A guy who owns a large ranch is less likely to marry a city woman, and a CEO of a corporation rarely meets country girls. This is, however, not the way guys approach it. Men know that there are country girls who don't like country life, and the same for citychicks. It's far far more important to see where her interests are, city or country, and compare them to his own.
Last week, I was in a big city (for me it was big, some 100,000 people) and I met a guy who had just completed an adoption of a young child, a boy, with the express purpose of raising the boy with no intent of marrying, ever. His most salient point on marriage was that he was not about to risk his ranch or his life's work to get a wife who might take both, AND ANY CHILDREN, away from him. His reasoning was that he himself has no need for a wife, and that he had utter confidence in his ability to raise a son by himself. Aside from the staggering ego that such a declaration would require, I had to admit that he has some very good points. The ranch he owns has been in his family since 1850. There is real risk in marrying any woman today, to that land.
The conclusions he makes may not be ones I fully agree with, but I cannot fault that they may actually work, for him. He also admitted that he would far prefer to be married and raise his own blood, but that the risks outweigh the benefits by far too much. He has chosen to go his own way, and today's society has no problem allowing single women or men, to adopt and raise a child. I can see this becoming far more common as more and more men decide that marriage is just not worth it, including big city CEOs and country bumpkins.
The Navy Corpsman
- April 28, 2012 at 12:29 PM
- Spacetraveller said...
@ Danny,
Wise words, as usual.
Thank you.
The man you mention, who has adopted a son...
Although society is not filled with this scenario (at least not yet) I can't help feeling sorry for the little boy who will not have his own mother.
How is this different from Single motherhood by choice?
Many men have become great single fathers, and I am yet to hear of children of single fathers being tearaways. But the numbers are few, and it is not something that a man would normally choose (it could of course happen, eg death of wife, most commonly in childbirth).
Do you know if there is a female around to play the mother-figure role? And how old is this child?
I find this story quite sad, somehow...
- April 28, 2012 at 2:19 PM
- dannyfrom504 said...
I've actually considered adopting a boy.
Seriously. I don't want to have to deal with tr fallout of a divorce.
- April 28, 2012 at 4:06 PM
But I see your general point. Which, I think is, it is not the location that makes the girl, it is the girl that makes the location, or something to that effect :-)
My reply:
Yes, something to that effect, that we work within the parameters we are given.
I thought about that today; I went to the annual meeting of a diocesan group I'm a member of. I thought for a moment, if I were looking, how would I present myself?
Now this group is one that draws primarily women in my age group and older, so it wasn't an arena for those looking.
But what if I were the young female curate, fresh out of seminary, like the former Roman Catholic seminary student who hit the wall of ordination and then "crossed the Tiber? She went to an Episcopal seminary and got a certificate in Anglican Studies, enabling her to become an Episcopal priest.
How does she dress for diocesan convention, where she will be among her peers? How does she dress for functions at her church? How does she dress outside of church?
Talk about being on display--are there clergymen checking her out? Laymen who wouldn't mind dating a female minister? Are the women expecting her to be ultra conservative and provide an example?
Of course, she is expected to wear clericals, the shirts with the collar. The Anglican collar looks more like a turtleneck.
Yet, it is interesting, that I don't seem to see too many clergywomen wearing the more feminine clericals. Some might wear the traditional black and might wear something else with it, a bit of color, maybe. They don't seem to wear makeup.
But what of wearing clericals in light blue? Green? Pink? Grey? Light makeup?
I sometimes see women wearing the ultra-traditional male version of the clerical shirt--the collar Roman Catholic priests tend to wear...I do a double take when I see it. It is just not as feminine, I think.
- April 28, 2012 at 6:18 PM
- Spacetraveller said...
@ Danny,
But you already have a son - Brody!!
Yes I imagine it would be hard to maintain a 'feminine exterior' in a cassock!
Perhaps one could try Miss Marie's suggestion and add pink shoes :-)
Have you ever seen British comedy 'The Vicar of Dibley' starring Dawn French, in which she plays a female vicar?
In one episode she wears sexy clothes to church, and her congregation have trouble recognising their own priest!
It was very funny :-)
- April 28, 2012 at 11:44 PM
- dannyfrom504 said...
True dat. Do you watch your video of him once on a while? Lol. How cute is he? And he told me to tell you hello and he misses you btw.
- April 29, 2012 at 6:59 AM
- Spacetraveller said...
@ Danny,
I do!
Tell him I miss him too!
- April 29, 2012 at 7:43 AM
Spacetraveller said...
"How is this different from Single motherhood by choice?"
Not by much, if anything at all. And will the father raise his son to detest women? This sort of thing worries me, not because it is new, but because it breaks essential societal and civilizing bonds between people. If we wanted anarchy, we're certainly on that road.
The rancher's parents are both still alive, and both live on the ranch, so there is a grandmother. Like I said, I just met the guy, so I don't know much more than this. In both female and male single adoptions, I understand the reasons behind the decision, but I wonder if any of them have considered the needs of the children involved.
Back on topic, city or country, I don't think either are defining characteristics as much as the way a person is raised, which admittedly could be dependent on where they live. Besides, if you're male, a young lady in a pair of cut-off shorts raises the blood pressure no matter where she lives.
The Navy Corpsman
- April 29, 2012 at 9:53 AM
- dannyfrom504 said...
Good, I'd hate to have filmed it for nothing.
Besides, he absolutely adores you.
- April 30, 2012 at 1:56 AM
Yes I imagine it would be hard to maintain a 'feminine exterior' in a cassock!
Perhaps one could try Miss Marie's suggestion and add pink shoes :-)
Have you ever seen British comedy 'The Vicar of Dibley' starring Dawn French, in which she plays a female vicar?
In one episode she wears sexy clothes to church, and her congregation have trouble recognising their own priest!
It was very funny :-)
My reply:
It's funny that you mentioned cassocks. I know one young female curate who works at a more conservative-leaning Anglo-Catholic parish. She is the only female priest whom I have ever seen wear a cassock. She wears hers with mary janes, though--that is her feminine, girly approach.
I've never seen a clergywoman wearing pink shoes!
My current priest is an older grandmother type; she worked in the fashion industry as a younger woman, she was an illustrator.
So she is very stylish! Yesterday, she work a grey clerical blouse, blue jacket, blue flowered skirt and navy blue pumps, very feminine, very much in the mode of spring....Next to no makeup, or very light, it wasn't noticeable.
That is as stylish as I have ever seen. Actually, maybe not.
I once visited another conservative-leaning Anglo-Catholic parish, but this is interesting, in the big city, in light of your post here.
The female deacon wore her alb with a chasuble. Her feminine touch--she was wearing heavier makeup and stilettos--definitely a city girl look.
I can't sey I've seen the show you mentioned; I'll have to look for it.
- April 30, 2012 at 5:12 AM
- Spacetraveller said...
@ Danny,
I guess with a little bit of imagination, anything is possible!
Somehow, on medical sitcoms, even the surgical attire as worn by female medics can be made to look attractive...
In the UK, female police officers have the choice to wear skirts. But I tell you, they are the most unflattering skirts you have ever seen. No wonder most of them opt for trousers!
Tricky with a female priest though...I guess the ideal is not to draw attention to themselves... so 'sexy' is out and 'dowdy' is in.
Hm, is this why the Catholic Church won't ordain women?
- April 30, 2012 at 9:28 AM
Tricky with a female priest though...I guess the ideal is not to draw attention to themselves... so 'sexy' is out and 'dowdy' is in.
My reply:
Or not....sexy, to me, might mean a tight sweater dress (with clericals) reaching more than an inch or so above the knee. Stillettos, fancy stockings and too much makeup, These would look too sexy on a priest.
Dowdy: black clerical shirt with long black skirt a few inches above the ankles and black flats, ie. loafers--looking almost like a nun.
Attractive lots of possibilities: clerical blouse in a feminine color; nice accessories--earrings, bracelet, pins; light makeup; skirt or dress at the knee or an inch or two below; black clerical blouse with a bright sweater or blazer; attractive scarves in bright colors; tailored slacks; skirts in attractive patterns and colors; feminine suits; plain stockings; pumps with a 2 inch heel.
A perfect example, "What Not to Wear" did an intervention on a 20-something Episcopal priest.
- April 30, 2012 at 12:16 PM
Here is the link...
- April 30, 2012 at 12:26 PM
- Spacetraveller said...
Thank you so much for that link!
I really enjoyed this!
Those religion-based jokes were sure coming thick and fast, weren't they?
Very comical episode.
I think Emily is such a beautiful, intelligent person. I find her very logical and clear in her thinking.
My favourite part is when she has her hair done, and she sees her own beauty, perhaps for the very first time. She looks like she is about to cry, and the hairdresser was such a nice man too...
On a side note, Emily is the embodiment of the type of young woman I had in mind in the post 'What is your end-point?'.
Of note is that to extremists of The Manosphere, women like her don't exist.
'Cos they are all out there whoring themselves out to the highest bidder, or something to that effect.
This is what I wrote in 'What is your end-point?':
"The so-called 'masculine woman' (not the 'sex-positive' variety of course - there is a difference between a high sex drive and promiscuity) is the one most likely to give the second answer to the above question.
She is the 'good woman' the men are looking for.
But where is she?
Precisely because of her thinking, she refuses to dress like Kim K. She refuses to appear so-called 'feminine' because she is disgusted at what 'feminine women' do. She is often very principled, she may even be fiercely religious or spiritual, but none of that is getting picked up by anyone, let alone her intended target.
She is not completely right in her thinking, of course.
She has a lot to learn from the 'feminine woman'.
If only she will outwardly display her femininity which is buried under all that 'masculine thinking', and therefore become more visible to men, she will be a 'winner takes all'.
In the same way as the 'beta' man with real character can learn 'Game' to become visible to women.
These two groups of people are not visible to each other because they are missing an essential ingredient in their gameplan. They are missing the chance to get their foot in the door, so to speak."
I think this more or less describes Emily.
And I am so happy for her that she has learned to make herself more outwardly feminine. Because now she can add 'sizzle' to her 'steak'. And for sure, it's good steak.
Emily's problem was perhaps her previously dowdy appearance, and maybe a little bit to do with some overweight (she doesn't need to lose much). Once that is fixed, she should have no problems meeting and keeping a very good guy.
Thanks for this, PVW.
A lot of food for thought here.
- April 30, 2012 at 2:34 PM
Hi, Spacetraveler,
I'm so glad you liked it. The religious jokes were coming through fast and furious, it is true.
I agree, she is the type of woman the manosphere believes doesn't exist. I agree, she might be high t in a positive sense, and with learning how to present herself better and with a loss of weight, she had a foundation for things to come together.
A serious young woman, dealing with serious things...Here is a sermon she gave recently:
- April 30, 2012 at 3:34 PM
- Spacetraveller said...
Another gem, this sermon!
I agree there aren't many 26 year olds quite like this one...
She makes me feel like I am much younger than her, because she is so so grown up :-)
But there are many serious young women approaching her level of maturity.
They are just invisible (at least to the opposite sex) because they aren't 'hot' enough.
Hopefully they will learn to increase their attractiveness without becoming 'tarty'.
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Sunday, April 22, 2012
SANDMAN: Map of Halaal--now owned by Goblinoid Games
For sale at RPGnow!
This time you can't win $10,000...
...but you can try regardless to solve the secret of the Sandman!
After over 25 years, Sandman: Map of Halaal is back! Goblinoid Games has purchased the rights to Sandman, reuniting it with its sibling TIMEMASTER and new kid on the block ROTWORLD. The Pacesetter SystemTM family of games continues to grow.
Widely viewed as a psychedelic, dreamy ride, Sandman: Map of Halaal was one of the tragedies of Pacesetter Ltd.'s demise. Sandman only saw the completion of what would have been the first in an Instant AdventureTM series.
Sandman uses a "lite" version of the Pacesetter SystemTM, which is easy to learn and quick in play, both of which are essential to the more story-driven adventures in the original Sandman boxed set.
For the first time ever, the original Sandman boxed set is now available in electronic format. We are currently investigating options for putting it in print. Whether future expansions are published depends entirely on audience demand. Show us you love Sandman and we'll make it happen!
We have a very limited number of original boxed sets for sale, still in original shrink wrap. (US $20 plus shipping) If interested, email goblinoidgames "at" yahoo "dot" com--orders will be filled on a first come, first served basis.
Looking for more Pacesetter SystemTM games? Michael Curtis has just finished writing and playtesting an all new game using this system. It will be opened for additional playtesting very soon to members of the Labyrinth Lord Society!
From the back of the box:
The train whistle screams, and your passenger-car plunges into another tunnel. Six shots snap in the darkness. When sunlight floods the compartment once more, a man lies bleeding on the floor. He whispers a warning, then mysteriously fades away. Who was he? Why was he murdered? And, most importantly, who are you?
He knows your name.
You don't.
He knows where you are.
You don't.
He knows what you have done, and why you must die.
You don't.
To survive, you must journey through a tempestuous world in search of the answers to a question as tenuous as your own existence. You play the role of an amnesiac traveler, lost in a world beyond the natural. The rules are brief, preparation easy, and the story rich.
The SANDMAN is watching....Why don't you face him?
7 comments:
I always wondered: Did anyone ever actually win the ten grand?
- April 22, 2012 at 12:11 PM
- Dan of Earth said...
Nope, they went out of business not long after Sandman was released.
- April 22, 2012 at 12:35 PM
- Christian Lindke said...
Will you be creating material for sequel games in the series? I know that the original mysteries may be lost to time, but that wouldn't mean that "an" answer to the mystery can't be achieved.
- April 22, 2012 at 2:25 PM
- Dan of Earth said...
If there is demand for it I will continue the line. Probably I would gauge interest at some point with a Kickstarter.
- April 22, 2012 at 3:03 PM
- Sniderman said...
Another cool development ala Pacesetter! I and my pals played through this and, although we had NO idea what was going on, the surreal adventures we had were incredibly fun.
As I recall, the system used pre-gens, correct?
- April 22, 2012 at 3:11 PM
- Unknown said...
Can the original authors, and, importantly, their solution to the puzzle be tracked down? I remember playing this long ago and would be interested in (re)solving the original mystery. A rebooted version with presumably new solution would be somehow much less satisfying.
- September 2, 2012 at 1:21 PM
- Big Ulf said...
checking in as I have the original and would buy sequels.
- January 15, 2018 at 2:14 PM


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Stetson has offered me a full tuition scholarship with a living stipend with a top 40% requirement.UF has offered me 8K a year with a 3.2 GPA requirement (in-state)I am aware that a specific class rank is not guaranteed at any school, but have heard that very few students at Stetson are ever even in jeopardy of losing this scholarship and given the expected rising cost of tuition at UF for the next three years, would not mind the difference of debt from Stetson if I were to lose the scholarship. I love the Tampa Bay area and love the Stetson campus and feel.Would it be a bad decision for me to chose Stetson over UF?
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Quote from: Ninja1 on April 05, 2010, 11:05:08 PMUF.You're a traitor!
Quote from: Ninja1 on April 05, 2010, 11:05:08 PMUF.Hey, where have you been? How are things going? Are you now a 2L or 3L? If 2L, anything for this summer?
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It's been just under three weeks since "Mass Effect 3" was released, and obviously all the hardcore fans of the series got their copies the instant they could. However, a lot of gamers are still on the outside looking in, wondering what exactly all their friends are babbling about when they keep bringing up the Normandy, Garrus and something called "Seth Green."
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What's the "elevator pitch" for "Mass Effect 3"?
In the 22nd century, earth makes contact with other alien races well into the future, and you play a human military badass trying to save the galaxy from destruction by evil aliens and nefarious humans.
Sounds an awful lot like "Halo"...
Shhh. We don't talk about that.
OK, so why does everyone love "Mass Effect" so much?
The series is beloved because like any good franchise, the characters are well fleshed-out and you come to care about them. This isn't new to video games. What is unique about "Mass Effect" (as one could argue the name implies), your actions and decisions drive the story forward in a direction that is in part completely up to you. Your skills in conversation are just as important as your skill with a weapon. BioWare, the game's developers, put the story in the user's hands as much as possible while still telling their own compellingsci-fisaga. The level of detail and care that goes into creating the universe as it could be two hundred years from now makes the whole experience immersive and fascinating.
But I really like shooting stuff ...
Shoot stuff you shall! Every mission in "Mass Effect 3" involves some kind of shooting. However, if that's your main prerogative, maybe "Mass Effect 3" won't scratch the itch on your trigger finger completely. There are tons of weapons, but actually wielding them is just a "good" experience, not a knock-your-socks-off firestorm like a "Gears of War" title.
I love (or hate) "Skyrim." Is this just "Skyrim" in space?
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Is it true you can have sex with aliens in this game? I'm asking for a friend.
I'm afraid if I answer that, you'll only play it with those aims in mind, but yes romance is not confined to human partners. You're welcome?
I didn't play the first or second game in the series. I don't have 50 hours to do so before playing up the third.
And you don't need to. Devotees of the series will bristle at this notion, but devotees also have a way of gatekeeping their loves by convincing you that you need a completist understanding of something to enjoy it properly. I once was checking out at a Best Buy, purchasing "Halo 2." The cashier assured me that if I didn't read some novel connected to the series I "wouldn't understand what's going on" and "wouldn't get it." Hey man, I came to Best Buy specifically to avoid reading anything. The creators of the game know many people will pick up "Mass Effect 3" for the first time without ever setting foot into the "Mass Effect" universe first. Sure you'll miss some inside references, and the characters might not mean as much to you at first, but there's nothing you can't learn about on the in-game audio library of the universe called the Codex.
OK but seriously, what about those first two games?
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Isn't everyone mad about this game? What's that about, and how do I know what I should be mad about?
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October 8, 2017, 7:14 pm
Willy Hernangomez scored 17 points and pulled down 12 boards in Sunday's loss to the Nets.
Hernangomez shot 5-for-9 from the field and 7-for-11 from the line. He was unable to tally any defensive stats but with Carmelo Anthony gone and the Knicks moving towards playing younger talent, Hernangomez should be able to carve out top-100 value.
Fantasy News
February 20, 2019, 11:43 pmAustin Rivers - G - Houston Rockets
Austin Rivers (sore right elbow) is being listed as probable for Friday's tilt vs. the Lakers.
Rivers has taken a step back ever since Chris Paul came back from his injury and has been posting value outside the top-200. As long as the Rockets' starting guards are healthy, Rivers can be left on the wire.
Source: NBA.com
February 20, 2019, 11:34 pmTyus Jones - G - Minnesota Timberwolves
Tyus Jones, who is expected to practice on Thursday, says that he won't have restrictions once he's back, which could be on Friday vs. the Knicks.
Jones' return is something to watch especially by managers in deep leagues. He's been known to be a viable stream target for steals. That said, as long as Jeff Teague and Derrick Rose are healthy, Jones is not an option in standard leagues.
Source: Julian Andrews on Twitter
February 20, 2019, 8:28 pmTrey Lyles - F - Denver Nuggets
Trey Lyles hobbled off the court during the Nuggets' practice on Wednesday, so consider him questionable for Friday's game vs. the Mavs.
Lyles has not held much value while Paul Millsap is healthy and active and this news does not help his short-term outlook. You can consider dropping him in deep leagues for a more promising FA.
Source: Harrison Wind on Twitter
February 20, 2019, 8:22 pmGary Harris - G - Denver Nuggets
Gary Harris, who has missed the Nuggets' last seven games due to a right adductor strain, is available to play vs. the Mavs on Friday.
Harris has had a rocky 2018-19 season to say the least, dealing with an assortment of injuries that have kept him off the floor for multiple games. Hopefully, he can finally stay healthy for the second half of the season. He has a top-30 upside when at 100 percent health, so feel free to slot him in your active lineups.
Source: Christian Clark on Twitter
February 20, 2019, 8:16 pmEmanuel Terry - PF - Miami Heat
The Heat have signed undrafted D2 All-American forward Emanuel Terry to a 10-day contract.
Terry played in nine games for the Heat's G-League affiliate, the Sioux Falls Skyforce this season and posted averages of 16.4 points, 9.2 rebounds, 1.3 steals and 1.1 blocks per game. He's currently not someone worth picking up in fantasy leagues.
Source: Anthony Chiang on Twitter
February 20, 2019, 7:50 pmTroy Brown Jr. - F - Washington Wizards
According to Candace Buckner, Wizards rookie Troy Brown Jr., who missed the last several games due to an ankle injury, has been looking "fresh and spry" while going through a shooting drill.
Brown has not made much of an impact in fantasy this season, but with the Wizards out of the playoff race, we could see Brown get some run. He's worth keeping an eye on in deep leagues for now.
Source: Candace Buckner on Twitter
February 20, 2019, 7:42 pmEmmanuel Mudiay - G - New York Knicks
Coach David Fizdale said that he's open to Emmanuel Mudiay (shoulder) and Dennis Smith Jr. together in the backcourt.
This would make for an interesting albeit the most inefficient scoring backcourt in the league. Even if Mudiay does share the floor with DSJ, he's not going to bring enough fantasy juice to worth an add outside of very deep leagues.
Source: Ian Begley on Twitter
February 20, 2019, 7:38 pmRobin Lopez - C - Chicago Bulls
Coach Jim Boylen said "We have not discussed a diminished role for him at all" in reference to Robin Lopez, who was shut own post-ASB last season.
Lopez looks like he'll be sticking it out with the rest of the Bulls starters until further notice. He's good for some points and boards with reasonable field goal shooting but that's about it. As long as you're not expecting to be wowed, Ro-Lo is a decent pickup in 16-team leagues or deeper. Cristiano Felicio is a drop as he won't hold value while Lopez is in play.
Source: KC Johnson on Twitter
February 20, 2019, 6:42 pmKris Dunn - G - Chicago Bulls
Kris Dunn (back contusion) is on track to play on Friday after going through Wednesday's practice.
Dunn missed the last game before the All-Star break but wasn't expected to miss any further time. Ryan Arcidiacono will move back to a bench role going forward.
Source: Mike McGraw on Twitter
February 20, 2019, 6:40 pmEmmanuel Mudiay - G - New York Knicks
Emmanuel Mudiay (strained left shoulder) will return to the lineup on Friday against the Wolves.
Mudiay won't be usurping Dennis Smith Jr.'s starting role, so he'll likely have to settle for battling with Frank Ntilikina for backup minutes. He's safe to cut in the vast majority of fantasy leagues.
Source: Zach Braziller on Twitter


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November: Spiritual and Temporal Self-Reliance
"The power is in them, wherein they are agents unto themselves" (D&C 58:28).
The outlines in this unit will help the Aaronic Priesthood holders understand the importance of becoming spiritually and temporally self-reliant. Although they are in their youth, these young men have been blessed with the gift of agency, and they are learning how to set their own course and find answers to their own problems in the gospel of Jesus Christ. The more self-reliant they become, the more freedom they will enjoy. They will be better prepared to magnify their callings in the priesthood, strengthen their families, and fulfill their future roles as husbands and fathers.
Outlines to choose from this month:
- Why is it important to gain an education and develop skills? (Duty to God)
- What does it mean to be self-reliant?
- How do I know if I am becoming converted?
- Why is work an important gospel principle?
- Why does the Lord want me to be healthy?
- What is the Lord's way for providing for the poor and needy?
- How can I find solutions to my challenges and problems?
Consider how you can plan activities that connect with what the youth are learning. A youth activities site is available to assist you. Many of the learning activities in these outlines could also serve as effective Mutual activities. Work with quorum presidencies to select and plan appropriate activities that reinforce what the young men learn on Sunday.
Duty to God
The following sections from the Duty to God book relate to the lessons in this unit:
"Understand Doctrine," pages 18–20, 42–44, 66–68
"Education," pages 55–59


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