The recent digression into gaming in the COVID-19 check-in thread has reminded me that I have a bookshelf-full of AD&D 1e modules, some of which are first printing, some of which even don't have penciled-in notes. My original intention was to leave them to Epsilon in my will... but that obviously isn't happening. Is there a market for these? If there is, what are they worth?

For that matter, is there any interest in them here? Maybe I can save the cost of an eBay listing and make a fellow forumite happy.

I'd have to go through the collection and catalog them all, but I know it includes the original Tomb of Horrors and the original Expedition to the Barrier Peaks, as well as a fair chunk of the UK series.

Previous thread is here, and I closed it out on some drama involving rabid Trump fanboy NormAtreides' brief success in playing one admin against a couple others.

I will just note again that I am not inclined to trust him nor give him much slack, given his shenanigans on the Trump page in the past.

At least, they are in Canada as of today, along with a dozen other white nationalist and neo-Nazi groups.

Quote:The federal government will now classify the Proud Boys (a neo-fascist organization with chapters in Canada and the U.S.), the Atomwaffen Division, AWD (a group that calls for acts of violence against racial, religious and ethnic groups), and the Base (another neo-Nazi organization that advocates for violence to incite a race war), as terrorist entities under the Criminal Code.

The government considers these three groups, along with another new addition, the Russian Imperial Movement (a Russian paramilitary group with ties to neo-Nazi groups worldwide), as "ideologically motivated violent extremists."

The Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) defines the term as extremism driven by a range of grievances and ideas from across the traditional ideological spectrum.

It is not necessarily a crime to be a member of these groups, but designating an organization as a terrorist entity can have serious criminal and financial consequences.

Banks can now freeze assets and police can charge anyone who financially or materially supports such a group.

They say orange does - but that's silly, they don't even sound a bit alike

Door hinge rhymes with orange, but what rhymes with nothing?

After all, it was booked and paid for months ago.

No word yet from the court, but I'm betting it's gonna be a big "no".

Speaking of coups d'état....

It must feel like old times for Aung San Suu Kyi, and not in any good way, being locked up by Myanmar's military "government" again.

And it was about alleged voter fraud.  The Dotard is looking on in envy.

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A strong blade, well-honed;
Where are the things it shall cut?
Why, where are they not?

They should be charged with attempted murder.

Dodger Stadium’s COVID-19 vaccination site shut down after protesters gather at entrance

One might recall that my SI was geased to "continue to walk the hero's path, else when he dies his soul will be taken by [Garm's] mistress", in Donaldson en Kazakiri.

But just what is the hero's path?

I'm curious as to how others would answer that question, so that I can get a better handle on how my SI should be behaving. Starting off the discussion, let's hear from some fictional characters who might end up becoming displacees:

Quote:If one truly is to have the right to be called a Hero, it's not because he wields a sword or because he holds a shield. Not because he heals, either. A Hero is one who risks his own life, to protect his companions, to save the woman, he wagers himself. It doesn't matter if you're beaten. It's fine if you're crushed. Weep all you want. Because the victor is always found among the losers. Drive your wish through. Cry out your desire. Do that, and that is when a Hero looks most impressive!

According to Georgia Republican Greene, the 2018 California wildfires were started by a secret space laser operated by Jewish financiers. (Article includes other items in her heap of crazy.)

She's also apparently been threatening Democratic Representative Cori Bush in the halls of Congress, to the point that Bush has had her office moved away from Greene's out of concern for her and her staff's safety.

At least one major Republican operative is openly calling Greene "insane".