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Hello and welcome back to DC Next! We will be posting our regular announcement for April issues later today, but first we wanted to share some exciting news.
This is the month we celebrate the fourth anniversary of our very first story, which is such an exciting milestone. Thank you for supporting us and we hope you continue to enjoy what we share here every month.
This is also a month where we have some very exciting news to share, announcing the launch of a myriad of new titles starting in the following few months. Do let us know what you think of these exciting new stories!
Justice Legion by Deadislandman1, Geography3 & Voidkiller826
President Cale backs a mercenary with a shadowy past to be her flagship superhero Prometheus, prompting an investigation by Donna Troy; Mal Duncan and Mister Miracle team up to investigate Apokoliptian influence on Earth; and Green Arrow is inducted into the Justice Legion proper after his close shave with the Joker. Meanwhile amidst the Reawakening, Jaime Reyes investigates rumors of a returned Ted Kord, and a Reawakened hero from another Earth helps Terry McGinnis adjust to his new reality after he finally decides to stop running through time.
Kid Flash: Born to Run (6-issue limited series) by JPM11S
With a new writer taking the reins of the Fastest Man Alive, now is the perfect time to bring you an untold story from the previous run! After becoming Kid Flash and moving to Central City, Wally West is ready to leave his old, boring life behind, only to start living with his boring grandparents, being forced to spend time with his boring Uncle Barry, and having to start a boring new high school part way through the year! It turns out superpowers don't make life nearly as easy as Wally thought they would – they probably make it harder.
Deathstroke (5-issue limited series) by Deadislandman1
After years of dealing death, Slade Wilson faces a ticking time bomb. The serum that was originally meant to create a unit of compliant super-soldiers - of which Slade was the only survivor - has landed him with a rapidly deteriorating brain condition that is stripping him of control of his body, slowly and finally turning him into the perfect, mindless mercenary, a killer with no restraint.
Determined to hold onto his faculties long enough to see to unfinished business and get his house in order, Slade searches for any trace of the government group involved in developing the serum decades ago, hoping he can be saved before he is reduced to a snarling animal.
Opal Knights by Fortanono
One night out at the family observatory, Jack Knight was viciously attacked and left in a coma by an unknown assailant. All evidence points to three facts: one, that he was attacked with a Cosmic Rod; two, that he was keeping a secret from the family, something that he was investigating without their knowledge; and three, that the attacker was a member, or an associate, of the Knight family. Meanwhile, Rick and Dee Tyler have returned to Opal City, refusing to answer where they have been, and Jennifer Knight, Darrell Dane and Courtney Whitmore must hold together a city that seems ready to explode while simultaneously questioning their predecessors... and each other.
Action Stories by JPM11S
Spinning out of the events of Superman: House of El, your favorite bimonthly series returns! With Superman unable to be contacted and the deadly Superboy Prime on the loose, it falls to Conner Kent, Guardian of Chicago, to apprehend him! But Conner quickly discovers he’s not the only one after Prime. His competition? Amanda Waller and the… Justice Squad?
Tim Drake: Rook (6-issue limited series) by PatrollinTheMojave
Maxwell Lord was left a shell of his former self after being consumed by the deadly AI Brother Eye. Tim Drake thought he had seen the last of the man who killed his father until a legal loophole tied to the Reawakening sets OMAX free from incarceration. Now, Tim must fight to ensure his father's killer doesn't hurt anyone else while getting to the bottom of the mystery that set him free.
Battlin’ Bug (6-issue limited series) by GemlinTheGremlin
He gave his name and his name was lost. His old identity cast aside and the world as he knows it still recovering from the Dream Crisis, Bug finds himself tackling a new crisis of his own - who are you once you give up your old life, and how do you go about starting a new one? In this 6-issue mini-series, Bug comes to terms with his past and attempts to forge his own future. From investigating those Reawakened thanks in part to his own actions, to acclimatising to a brand new Earth, Bug must learn that with great ability, comes great obligation.
Atom Academy by Dwright5252
Ray Palmer teaches only one class at Ivy University, a class that many students vie for but only four get. Strange qualifications are needed for it, and its true subject matter is shrouded in mystery. Ryan Choi, Jill Athron, Rhonda Pineda and Adam Cray are the lucky students chosen for the class.
One day, Palmer fails to show up, and evidence of a break-in is evident. Led by Karen Beecher, a former colleague and research partner to Palmer, the foursome take a journey into a realm of scientific wonder and horror as they unravel the secrets of the Microverse.
Cyborg and the Outsiders by Deadislandman1
After an electric finale, Victor Stone has found his place and his balance in the world, but now he feels a duty to help others find theirs. Beyond Detroit, Cyborg joins with the Monkey Prince, Capucine, Hack, and Nowhere Man so that they might all fulfill their potential and do true good in the world, first by solving the conspiracy of Basilisk.
Starling by GemlinTheGremlin & Upinthatbuckethead
Two years ago, Mar’i Grayson found herself stranded, sent backwards through time to a world she didn’t recognise, in a time she thought of as her past. Then, just as she had begun to adjust to her new circumstances and prepared to introduce herself to this world’s Dick Grayson as his ‘daughter’, the world was thrown into chaos. Hundreds - thousands - like her, stranded through time and space with little knowledge of how to get home. In this new series, a determined Mar’i strives to set things right and return home under the guidance of her ‘mother’ Koriand’r and her new colleagues in the Teen Titans - but can she do the same to all those just like her?
Zatanna: Mistress of Magic by VoidKiller826
Behold, the great and beautiful Zatanna takes center stage once again! And for tonight's show, the Mistress of Magic receives a mysterious letter telling her to head to New York for an odd case: the murder of a reclusive billionaire known for collecting magical artifacts, and a former friend of Zatanna’s father! Zatanna will have to navigate the billionaire's family who have come to seek his fortune and look over the family's past dealings with demons, ghosts and fairies. Will Zatanna solve this murder mystery? How exactly did he know Giovanni Zatara? The stage is set, and Zatanna will perform her magic show!
Adventures of Captain Marvel by Fortanono & Geography3
Countless ages ago, the wise man Solomon concocted a plan to steal the power of the gods and use them to empower a champion. Asmodeus, his adversary, bound servant and occasional friend, did the same with his demon brethren. Now, Asmodeus' champion has defeated Solomon's champion, but the Wizard has managed to gain the favor of a very different set of gods: the eternal Quintessence.
In the wake of Billy Batson's disappearance, Freddy Freeman just wants to forget about it all, but instead the Wizard has thrust upon him a cosmic power which greatly outclassed that of his friend's. Now, Freddy must struggle to take on the legacy of Captain Marvel, all while the Wizard promises that something big is coming. Meanwhile, Billy struggles to find his way out of the shifting worlds of Hell, but his escape could also mean that of Asmodeus. All in all, Billy and Freddy both have to wonder: do they matter? Or are they simply pawns in a game between old rivals which has played out a thousand times before?
Huntress (9-issue limited series) by ClaraEclair
Time is relative. Helena Wayne knows that all too well. Having jumped back and forth across time and space, through eras afore and yet to come, she expected that reintegrating into her home time would be difficult. It’s not everyday that one has access to technology from the distant future and must give it up when the journey is over, but the knowledge is what sticks to her most.
Helena Wayne knows time, and in order to stop a cataclysm she sees coming, one that threatens her own family, she must tread carefully in order to stop the upcoming tragedy without disturbing the Timestream’s delicate balance. Without access to the tools she once possessed and unable to warn those she wishes to protect, can the Huntress save those closest to her and avert the disastrous consequences of altering what is now the past, or will her actions cause fractures that she herself would have had to deal with as a Legend of Tomorrow?
Sideways by Mr_Wolf_GangF
Teenager Derek James has been working as the live streaming superhero Sideways for months when he discovers a brand new extension of his powers: the ability to open portals between universes. While practicing with this ability, Derek accidentally attracts the attention of Lexiac, a version of Lex Luthor who merged with Brainiac and took over his universe. Looking to use Derek to complete his functional but imperfect dimension travel technology, Lexiac begins to pursue the hero. This forces Derek on the run through the Multiverse, where he's forced to team up with other versions of famous heroes. Meet a broken Thomas Wayne who became the Dark Knight, a vengeful Lois Lane who became the Eradicator after Superman's death, and the happy-go-lucky Mary Maxwell who is the Flash of her world. Can Derek and his allies defeat Lexiac and return to their home dimensions or will the Multiverse swallow them whole?
Aquaman Incorporated by Dwright5252
In this sequel series, the warring rival factions of Atlanteans instead look to unite. Spearheaded by the King and Queen, Aquaman Incorporated is born - an initiative that inducts Aquamen from each of the Seven Seas to defend Earth and defeat evil wherever it surfaces. Follow Kaldur, Garth, Tula, Kwang-Jo, Lorena, A.J., Lagaan, the Sea Devils, and a mysterious new Black Manta as the world is saved one gallon at a time.
L.E.G.I.O.N. by Predaplant
In a far-off future, the Legion of Super-Heroes stands as the paragon of heroism, a force for good known throughout the Alliance of United Planets, inspired by Superman - remembered as history's greatest hero. But everything the Legion believes in is challenged when the Reawakening puts them on a collision course with a woman who claims to know the untold truth of the Man of Steel. In 2023, Jon Kent will fall to the dark forces of Hell and annihilate whole planets before being freed, and the universe will be none the wiser… until now.
Refusing to allow this terrible tale to come true, a team of select Legionnaires is sent back in time to the 21st century, led by Brainiac 5 and the emissary that delivered this warning: Kristin Wells of Earth-Nabla. With time running out, they must search for the truth of Superman’s supposed fall and do all they can to ensure the legacy of Man of Tomorrow - and that of the Legion itself - is protected.

This is a genuine question, I am not sure if I understand the complicatedly written paragraph about projectile behaviour in the patch notes:
- Projectiles which explode or otherwise destroy themselves only when they cannot move further, such as fireball, which return will now consistently not do so until after they have returned, just like they don't do so before piercing, forking, or chaining if they have those behaviours. Previously this was inconsistent. As a general rule, if a projectile wouldn't do something when it pierces or chains from an enemy and continues on, it also won't do that when it hits an enemy and returns from them.
So, taking the given example of fireball, will the projectile not explode when returning to our character and ending its flight there?

Just got back from what was my fifth time down in TJ. I have to say, this was my least sex focused trip and I spent more time enjoying Mexican culture and some of the other offerings in Tijuana. I have a solid good five ladies on rotation now so I don't need to do any of the buying drinks or negotiating for arriba downstairs as often. I just have them come directly to my room. I imagine most of here will eventually have our own little rotation after going there enough times so I think it helps to explore more of Tijuana so you have better and different places to take your ladies. That being said I was able to meet up with EGP while I was down there.
ElGuerroPuto
Also known as EGP around here. I know some of his posts have been polarizing but I've always thought he provided a ton of value to this sub-reddit as both an English and Spanish speaker, someone that's familiar with the area in Zona Norte and the solid advice he provides keeps guys from having their wallets emptied and their hearts broken. We agreed to meet at Las Chavelas and I was met by a polite, intelligent, well spoken, well dressed and clean cut young man. We ordered a bottle of wine, not the wine scam bottles, but an actual bottle of red vino Cabernet, did some shots and shot the shit for a while. He had some hilarious stories. I can now see why a lot of the top tier girls in HK love him. Random ladies inside the bar complimented us and said we were some classy motherfuckers. It didn't take long for two chicas to join us. EGP had to take care of some personal stuff so I poured him a last glass of wine for the road while I stayed with the two ladies.
EGP man, I still have a cigar with your name on it. Gotta hit up the clubs again the next time I'm down there! Thanks again for being so welcoming on my most recent trip!
For those of you wondering where he went and why he's been missing in action, he's being stalked, harassed and doxxed by a simp/snitch around here named TJCoffeeZilla who has nothing better to do but mass report him from multiple fake accounts. For you new guys, TJCoffeezilla is a beta simp loser who passes information from this sub-reddit to the girls who work in the clubs. Guys who have been around here a while are all aware and usually downvote him into oblivion. You can see how he was exposed here. I recommend everyone here block him if you haven't done so already. I have already done so, but he still lurks around here on fake accounts like the coward that he is.
Speaking of this worthless fucking cocksucker TJCoffeeZilla, I let the two ladies I was with know that I needed to use the restroom. On my way to take a piss, who do I see sitting by the stairs at the back of Hong Kong? TJCoffeeZilla. Unsurprisingly, he was sitting all by himself without any girls. Also as expected, he is every bit as repulsive, obese, slovenly and disgusting as I imagined him to be, except maybe worse because a loser like him actually exists in real life. Someone hit him at birth with the ugly stick and you can easily see where all the obsessive beta simpiness he constantly exudes come from. Imagine not being able to get laid in a whorehouse. Well, TJCoffeeZilla doesn't have to imagine it because he lives it everyday and it happens to him every time he sets foot into any of the clubs. Even when he tries to pay, the girls don't want him.. Even more comical is he's still crying about it as of two days ago. You will be paying for pussy for the rest of your life TJCoffeeZilla and even, the girls there don't want you.
It all makes sense now. How his entire post history is just non-stop whining about the girls in the clubs that refuse to sleep with him. How TJCoffeeZilla simps over all the girls' Instagrams and buys their OnlyFans like the loser that he is. The non-stop simp comments he makes about how he "respects" and puts the girls that work there on pedestals. Hilarious..
One of the girls I was with when I went back to my seat said that he's constantly creeping the girls out and nobody offers him any services because he never has any money. Lol. He just literally sits in Hong Hong for hours and fawns over the working girls, pathetic. TJCoffeeZilla, you will never amount to anything in your life as you are ugly and a terrible person. Sharing information with the girls there because a comment on reddit hurt your feelings is the lowest behavior but it's not unsurprising coming from you. No self respecting man or anyone that commands any sort of respect from others would behave that way. But you're a massive cowardly pussy so you do things like that and it's sad. All this stalking/harassment/making multiple accounts will never change the fact that nobody will ever love you and that you'll be sucking cocks for the rest of your days. There's nobody in this world who hates you more than yourself, you were easy to identify and size up. Everything I said about you here now is true and you know it. This non-feud is over and I'll tell you directly why, I took one look at you as I passed by and you can't kick my ass. Rat simp bitch.
Hong Kong/Lucia
Now that that ugliness is over with, let's move on to better things shall we. I took Lucia, one of the girls I met with EGP up stairs. Just a note, nobody ever tried to charge me over $100. Even though I was with two ladies downstairs, I chose Lucia because she was the sweeter of the two while the other chick was way too aggressive. All natural gal from Guadalajara. Big natural tits and a big ass. Lucia also let me record the session. Usually girls are hesitant to record and even if they agree, they tend to be shy and timid which is understandable. Not Lucia. Not only did she agree, she set up the camera herself, turned all the lights way up and looked directly into the camera when we fucked. BBBJ included as well. Condom broke but luckily I caught it before I put it in. I had so much fun with her that I texted her in the afternoon the next day and she came directly to my room for round two. Will be keeping her in my rotation and hitting her up the next time I'm in town.
Tropical
I met one of my regular gals here for a drink and I even took Lucia from Hong Kong with me to join us. While there, I saw just the most gorgeous girl on the dance floor. Not usually my type as she had smaller tits and a thinner body but man she was beautiful and just a fantastic dancer. Lucia invited her over, her name was Aphrodite, and then Lucia returned to Hong Kong because I guess they can only stay over at other clubs for so long. What a sweetheart though to make sure I was taken care of because she had to return. I spent the rest of the evening just chatting it up with with her as she was interesting and really sweet to be with. I usually bring some premium cigars with me and like sharing them with other mongers down there and I was able to make some new and old acquaintances while there. Saw my pal on the dance floor with his girlfriend and he invited me over and we all had a fantastic time until I headed off to bed.
Civilian Ladies
As I mentioned earlier in my post. This trip wasn't as sex/Zona Norte focused as my previous ones. As with anything, familiarity breeds contempt and doing things too often can wear out the novelty of things, Zona Norte included. I noticed that often, the local women are just as beautiful, if not more, than a lot of the working girls. The primary purpose of the trip was to meet an old friend who I've known since childhood. Him and his wife bought a home in Tijuana a year ago and his birthday just passed so I wanted to celebrate with them. My friend and his wife invited me to Las Pulgas which is just a fantastic venue. I got to attend my first real Mexican concert!!! Everything is much cheaper here too. No $30 wine scams, waiters bothering you non-stop or overpriced buckets of beer.
While waiting for the concert to start, I saw two beautiful women sitting nearby. One of them was just my type, pale skin, big titties, long black hair and nerdy glasses. The other girl was super cute too, beautiful eyes, shorter light brown hair, tight dress and more of a spinner type. I saw several dudes approach them but they just kept to themselves and danced with each other. I thought to myself "fuck it, I'm on vacation" and decided to just shoot my shot. I approached her and let her know that I wasn't from here, my Spanish wasn't that great, but I'd like to buy her a drink. She immediately invited me to sit down with and we started talking with Google translate. Right as this happened, the concert started and I asked both of them to come with me.
They said they couldn't at first because they didn't have tickets. My buddy who's birthday we were celebrating, the ultimate fucking wingman, was able to get them in even without tickets. Damn, this made me look so good in their eyes and the girls were super excited. Once inside, HOLY SHIT, there were a ton of beautiful women, food was great and there's bars at every corner. The concert was awesome and BOTH girls I brought in were hitting on me at the same time. The spinner girl asked me if I had a girlfriend and I told her "many" and then in Spanish she immediately replied "can I be your next one?" instant crush right there. I ended up spending the rest of the evening with the first girl wearing glasses. I guess the singer for the concert is super famous and was one of her favorites that she even cried when one he sang one of her favorite songs during the concert. It felt really good to be able to do something nice for the both of them as I find Mexican nationals to just be friendlier overall than many people in the states. Amazing time. I think I did pretty well for myself as she called me this evening directly and said she wants to meet up again when I return. This is my first time hooking up with a local gal so if any of you have advice and tips on how to game Mexican locals I'm open to what you have to say.
Overall I think this was one of my favorite trips. My Spanish is slowly improving as well. As I tell you guys usually, dress well, smell nice, have a nice haircut and ask a lot of questions when you're making conversation. Every girl I was with on this trip complimented me on my cologne and loved the smell of it. I also started lifting weights again to fight off some brief depression and inflammation that I was experiencing and received compliments on that as well. So that's something I recommend everyone here do if you don't already. Really helps with any interactions you have with the ladies and it will make you stand out from other guys when you're there. Also, don't jack off or watch any porn a week before you go. The sex will be much more enjoyable.
Only thing I need to ask you all. You guys know of a good and quick laundry service in the zona? I spilled some salsa while eating huevos rancheros on my favorite shirt and I just couldn't get the damn stain out. Good thing it was dark in most of the clubs. As usual, appreciate any comments, feedback, suggestions or advice from you all.
TL;DR: EGP is a solid dude, I recommend exploring more of Tijuana if you get a chance.
P.S. for your guys that travel from California. I usually do something nice for myself when I drive back home from TJ. This includes eating a nice meal and going to some type of museum or car show. This time I went to the Godfather exhibit at the Academy Awards Museum as "The Godfather" and "The Godfather Part 2" are my two favorite movies. Highly recommend if you're a fan and the overall museum is fantastic.

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THE THING FROM ANOTHER WORLD - 1951
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The thing from another world i 1951 horrosci-fi movie starring Kenneth Tobey Margaret Sheridan, Robert Cornthwaite, Douglas Spencer and James Arness as "The Thing". Directed by Christian Nyby, or by Howard Hawks himself depending on which version of the story you believe, and produced by Hawks' own "Winchester Pictures Corporation", this movie is one of the early and perfect examples of when Hollywood films began to turn away from the classical horror movie monsters (i.e. Dracula and Frankenstein) that reigned in the 1930s and '40s, and into the realm of more science fiction based monsters.
The movie follows a group of U.S. air force personnel and a team of civilian scientists, who find a frozen humanoid alien buried under the ice in the remote reaches of northern Alaska. When the creature thaws out and comes back to life, with it's only goal being the multiplying of it's species and taking over the planet, the military men and scientist must band together to put a stop to this threat to all humanity.
We start it all off with army journalist Ned "Scotty" arriving in Fairbanks, Alaska to meet his old friend air force pilot Captain Pat Hendry, and his loyal but wise cracking flight crew. Some quick witted dialogue brings the audience to a familiar level with our characters, as they together all fly further north to a remote scientific research station, which has recently detected on radar, a large unknown aircraft crashing down into the ice in the near area.
Upon arrival at "Polar Expedition 6", Cpt. Hendry is first treated to a comically-romantic reunion with base secretary Nicki Nicholson, who's past (and possible future) history together has become the brunt of a joke amongst Hendry's men. After a quick rundown of the situation from base leader Dr. Carrington, a group of both the scientists and airmen fly out to the crash zone to investigate.
The team first finds a giant skid trail along the ice, further leading to a full on "flying saucer" at the end of the path, now buried down a few feet below the ice. When they try to thaw it out with thermite charges, the ship reacts and self destructs, leaving no evidence behind for the team to document and study, until they find a humanoid figure just a little further away, also frozen a few feet beneath the ice. Now very carefully, the group hacks out the frozen figure and hauls it back on the plane to the research station.
Back at Polar Expedition 6, the movie's themes begin to come to surface when the age old debate kicks off between brawn and brain, with Dr. Carrington wishing to thaw out the creature for further scientific research, and Cpt. Hendry insisting that this is now a military issue, requiring official military authority before carrying on with anything in regards to "the thing from another world".
"The thing" slowly starts to thaw out on it's own, finally coming back to life and attacking one of the airmen from behind, before fleeing off into the storm, and having his arm chewed off by the sled dogs just outside of the base.
Hendry and his men then form an armed search party of the perimeter and keep constant guard, giving film audiences some of the greatest jump out and scare you scenes of it's day, this being elevated by the bursting loud and terrifying theme that comes along anytime the creature appears on screen.
Dr. Carrington continuingly argues that the creature is not dangerous and must not be harmed, all while he and his team of scientist attempt to further study the creature's severed limb, finally coming to learn that this "Thing from another world" has a similar biological structure as to that of vegetable, only requiring blood other than water as the main source of nourishment for it's growth and reproduction cycle.
A secret experiment is then put into motion with Carrington actually growing these creatures from scratch in the greenhouse room closet.
But when "The Thing" then begins killing off members of the research team, most of the scientist come to agree with Cpt. Hendry and his assessment that this creature defenetely means humanity harm. A further search of the grounds unveils Dr. Carrington's mad scientist experiment, with Hendry ordering it all to be destroyed, as well as confining Carrington to limited quarters around the base.
Some practical thinking from Mrs. Nicholson helps the airmen come to realize the best way of killing this thing is by cooking it, as you do with all vegetables. This gives the special effects department their chance to shine and raise up the audiences pulses as Cpt. Hendry and his crew fight the monster, first with fire (lighting up an entire set and a record holding stuntman for it in the process), then with electricity, but not before Dr. Carrington throws himself in the middle of the "angry mob" and the creature, only to find out first hand that the creature has no interest in a mutual understanding.
But will the combined brains and brawn of the air force men and scientist, be enough to defeat The Thing from Another World? And if so, are there more out there? "Watch the skies. Everywhere. Keep looking. Keep watching the skies".
To sum it all up, The Thing from Another World (1951) is a great piece of everlasting cinema, taking us through a great storyline, with great actors, giving great performances the entire way. With such a definitive setting and great all around special effects, all rounded together by director Christian Nyby, and producer Howard Hawks, this movie remains an instant classic to any who tune into it for years to come, rivaling many of today's horror movies by far. While being remade on not 1, but 2 occasions, also helps this movie survive on through the era, but none will ever truly rival the classic.
And that's all she wrote folks. Thanks for reading.
Ryan D. Hurley.

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I admit I've been a bit snobbish when it comes to rum. My love for bourbon and (American) rye and even single malt scotch have sort of put me in a spot where I feel everything needs to be 100% pure. Thankfully, there's plenty of rum out there to satisfy this need. Jamaican rum, Foursquare, a plethora of IB's can even help to find unadulterated spirits even if at a price premium.
My first Guyanese rum was Hamilton 86. I can't find it locally but I had it delivered while ordering some cocktail supplies. I honestly didn't expect much and just planned on using it in cocktails but upon first sip I fell in love. I immediately started looking around at the el dorado bottlings and quickly learned that the majority are/were dosed with extra sugar. I can handle coloring, but I feel like it's absurd to mess with your distillate by adding sugar. I've also read that El Dorado is phasing/has phased out most added sugar but the waters seem to be a bit murkey on that.
Anyway, I was at a state controlled ABC store (which are normally rum deserts, minus the typical cheap stuff) yesterday and lo and behold they had a couple bottles of El Dorado 15. I swallowed my pride and grabbed one, even though I was only there for some mezcal.
I plan on starting rum reviews soon, but for now just let me say that this stuff suits my tastes to a T. It's oakey and dry and if there is sugar in it, I honestly can't tell. I need to grab another bottle as this one will be done too soon.
So now, I say all that so I can ask where to go from here? Should I go with Hamilton single barrels or the OB single still cask strength bottles? Any other IB's bottling Guyanese rum you can recommend that I can find here in the states and hopefully have shipped to me?

https://minimalfreaks.co/2023/04/beatport-top-100-downloads-april-2023/
100 TRACKS:

1. Four Tet, Skrillex, Fred again.. – Baby again.. (Original Mix) 05:20 127bpm G
2. GENESI (ITA) – Everything You Have Done (Meduza Edit Extended) 05:39 125bpm Gm
3. Westend, Noizu, No/Me – Push To Start (feat. No/Me) (Original Mix) 05:31 128bpm Ebm
4. MK, Dom Dolla – Rhyme Dust (Extended) 05:30 128bpm G
5. Audio Bullys, Michael Bibi, KinAhau – Different Side (Original Mix) 05:32 128bpm C
6. John Summit, Hayla – Where You Are (Extended Mix) 05:10 126bpm Am
7. Jimi Jules – My City’s On Fire (Anyma & Cassian Extended Remix) (Original Mix) 05:12 126bpm B
8. Joshwa – Bass Go Boom (Original Mix) 06:28 129bpm Am
9. Future, Swedish House Mafia, Fred again.. – Turn On The Lights again.. (feat. Future) [Anyma Remix] (Extended) 05:01 126bpm Gbm
10. Anyma (ofc) – Explore Your Future (Extended Version) 05:09 124bpm E
11. Jamie Jones – Lose My Mind (Extended Mix) 07:00 124bpm Eb
12. Larse – A Part Of (Riva Starr Extended Saturn Mix) 05:47 126bpm Dm
13. Calvin Harris, Ellie Goulding – Miracle (Original Mix) 04:55 143bpm Dbm
14. Bart Skils – Roll the Dice (Original Mix) 06:08 132bpm F
15. Chris Avantgarde, Anyma (ofc) – Eternity (Extended Mix) 05:20 125bpm Cm
16. Andrew Meller – Born Slippy (Luca Morris Extended Remix) 06:40 130bpm Gb
17. Adriatique, Eynka – Beyond Us (Hatshepsut Extended Version) 05:23 126bpm Fm
18. Joshwa – Magalenha (Extended Mix) 06:30 128bpm Am
19. Claptone – Euphoria (Extended Mix) 05:24 125bpm Am
20. Enrico Sangiuliano, Charlotte de Witte – Reflection (Original Mix) 06:46 134bpm Em
21. Vintage Culture, Meca, Bhaskar, The Vic – Tina (Extended) 05:34 128bpm F
22. Green Velvet, Chris Lake – Deceiver (VIP) (Extended Mix) 06:28 124bpm Em
23. Solar State, Dualities – Crazy In Love feat. Gia Koka (Extended Mix) 03:31 127bpm D min
24. Adam Port, Monolink – Point Of No Return (Extended Mix) 06:34 122bpm Am
25. Joshwa – Supersonic (Original Mix) 06:35 129bpm A
26. Fideles, CamelPhat, Be No Rain – Night After Night (CamelPhat Remix) 06:58 124bpm A
27. Mau P – Gimme That Bounce (Original Mix) 05:21 126bpm Eb
28. Layo & Bushwacka!, Paul Woolford – Love Story (vs Finally) (Paul Woolford 2023 Extended Remix) 05:41 132bpm Am
29. Toxinate – Nope (Original Mix) 03:43 88bpm Em
30. ACRAZE – Take Me Away (Extended Mix) 05:22 126bpm Ab
31. Stereo Express – Rise Of The 2nd Sun (Original Mix) 07:06 124bpm C
32. David Guetta, Coi Leray – Players (David Guetta Remix – Extended) 04:09 125bpm Ab
33. Space 92 – Gravity (Original Mix) 06:05 132bpm G
34. Anyma (ofc) – The Answer (Extended Version) 06:27 125bpm Gm
35. El Chuape, Hugel, Ryan Arnold – Pa Lante (Extended Mix) 04:21 126bpm Am
36. Odd Mob – LEFT TO RIGHT (Subsonic Remix) 04:05 87bpm F
37. Mr. Oizo, Skrillex, Missy Elliott – RATATA (Original Mix) 02:06 124bpm D
38. Polina, A’studio – SOS feat. Polina (Skylark Remix – Nic Fanciulli Extended Edit) 06:40 125bpm F
39. Volen Sentir, Makebo – Alchemist (Original Mix) 08:35 123bpm C
40. ANOTR, Abel Balder – Relax My Eyes (Original Mix) 06:36 132bpm Bbm
41. Block & Crown, Lissat – Gimme A Bloody Mary (Original Mix) 05:24 125bpm Dbm
42. Bruno Furlan – Bongoloco (Original Mix) 04:48 128bpm Gbm
43. Kim English, Schak – Moving All Around (Jumpin’) (John Summit Remix) 05:33 128bpm Bbm
44. Mha Iri – Never Go Back to Sleep (Original Mix) 05:50 135bpm Cm
45. Eats Everything, Shezar – Get Up (Extended Mix) 06:36 127bpm F
46. Turno – Killer (Original Mix) 03:40 88bpm Gbm
47. Pickle – Crank That (Extended Mix) 04:40 130bpm C
48. Argy, Goom Gum – Pantheon (Extended Mix) 06:22 120bpm D
49. Latmun – Just Play (Original Mix) 05:44 129bpm G
50. Todd Edwards, MANT – Provenance (Original Mix) 06:41 128bpm Dbm
51. DJ Zinc – Super Sharp Shooter (T>I & D*Minds ‘Run In The Jungle’ Remix) 04:02 88bpm Abm
52. Creeds – Push Up (Original Mix) 04:00 160bpm G
53. Eli & Fur, Meduza – Pegasus (Extended Mix) 06:06 125bpm Cm
54. Wax Motif, Riordan – La Samba (Original Mix) 04:27 130bpm Gm
55. Nfasis, Hugel – Como Shakira (Extended Mix) 04:53 125bpm C
56. Jerome Robins, Sinner & James – You’re Not Alone (Sinner & James Remix) 06:09 130bpm Gm
57. Supermode, 1991 – Tell Me Why (1991 Remix) 04:04 87bpm Cm
58. Denney – Lies (Gorge & Nick Curly Extended Remix) 06:10 125bpm Am
59. Supermode – Tell Me Why (MEDUZA Extended Remix) 08:28 126bpm B
60. David Guetta, MARTEN HØRGER – The Freaks (Extended Mix) 06:09 125bpm Em
61. Nari, Steve Tosi – Stayin’ Da Club (Original Mix) 04:39 121bpm Fm
62. D.O.D – Set Me Free (Extended Mix) 04:41 130bpm B
63. Dateless – Geekin (Original Mix) 07:04 128bpm Gm
64. Joyhauser – Wasted (Original Mix) 06:05 69bpm Am
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68. Low Steppa – The Feeling (Original Mix) 06:52 126bpm Bb
69. Oscar Barila – Miles (Original Mix) 05:04 125bpm Cm
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72. Kevin McKay, Pupa Nas T, Denise Belfon – Work (Extended Mix) 05:48 128bpm Ebm
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81. TC – Tap Ho (Formula Remix) 04:18 90bpm Gb
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88. Josh Wink – Higher State Of Consciousness (Damian Lazarus Re Shape) 06:12 124bpm G
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90. Kevin de Vries – Pegasus (Original Mix) 06:52 125bpm Gm
91. Yet More – Erotic Trip (Original Mix) 05:32 124bpm Em
92. Jamek Ortega, JUNO (DE) – Ojos Verdes (Original Mix) 05:27 121bpm Cm
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94. Ragie Ban – My Bank (Original Mix) 06:16 128bpm Gbm
95. The Blessed Madonna, Fred again.. – Marea (we’ve lost dancing) (Original Mix) 04:45 123bpm Fm
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97. Mau P – Drugs From Amsterdam (Original Mix) 05:23 125bpm Eb
98. Paluma – Rapture (Kevin McKay Extended ViP) 06:07 126bpm Bbm
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part 1: net worth
positive net worth

category	#shesworthsomething
💹 15,700	Roth IRA, not much but it’s honest work. I wasn’t able to contribute last year but sent $1400 this month. Don’t think I will max this year but will do what I can.
📱 1,400	457, not even sure why I contribute to this ($50/paycheck)
📈 25,100	Pension – cash value not super relevant here. 11% mandated contribution
💰 7,100	checking
🤑 3,000	HYSA @ 4.25%
➕ 52,300	we keep it positive around here

debt

category	oops, she’s in debt again
💷 -45,203	Private student loan @ 4.79%, paid biweekly but sending extra $
💸 -72,957	Undergrad Stafford + grad @ 5.2%. halfway done with PSLF!
➖ 118,160	😬 (but it looks worse on paper!)

casita

category	ah, but what about the house?
🏡 362,000	Purchase price, spring 2022, ginormous (income-restricted) condo
💸 -317,026.81	Mortgage #1 balance @ 2.75%
♊ -23,431.95	Mortgage #2 balance @ 0%, down-payment assistance paid in full at end of mortgage or resale
➕ 21,541.24	Equity including both mortgages, since not including #2 feels disingenuous

NET WORTH: -45,672.46
part 2: income
Nothing exciting here as a public school teacher. My salary is fixed and the entire internet can figure out exactly how much I make. Next year I will apply to be a new teacher mentor to move over a lane (6% raise while I do the job). We won a great raise in our last contract so we can finally be paid almost as much as everyone around us!
This is my 5th year teaching but am on step 6 of 11 due to a full year internship.
read my paycheck and weep
pay schedule: 24 paychecks a year (NOT 26), biweekly Fridays with the exception of holidays and the final day of school, where you receive paychecks 22, 23, 24 and are expected to make that last late June through early September
each paycheck is different, so let’s do paycheck #1

💹 2,935.83	gross
💊 -37.14	medicare (but not SS)
👩🏼‍⚕️ -325.65	PPO, I get sick often and in unexpected places
🦷 -42.97	dental
👓 -5.91	vision
📱 -50	457 contribution
🚕 -184.19	federal withholding
🚖 -114.32	state withholding
📈 -322.94	pension withholding
➕ 1,852.71	behold, how little of my take home I get to actually enjoy

Now paycheck #2

💹 2,935.83	gross
💊 -48.01	medicare (but not SS)
📱 -50	457 contribution
🚕 -323.86	federal withholding
🚖 -151.79	state withholding
📈 -322.94	pension withholding
💪🏼 -87	union power, baby
➕ 1,952.23	Also known at work as “the good paycheck”

For those keeping track at home, my monthly gross is typically 5,871.66 and my net is typically 3,804.94
Why typically?

• If we have 3 paychecks in a month: enjoy the big fat no medical or union deduction!
• …unless it’s April onwards, when they deduct health insurance from EVERY paycheck to cover your summer months (we call it double deduction season)
• in December we get a premium holiday (1/2 medical deduction)
• I also run an outdoors club at work, which I am paid $35/hr when I run the club and additional pay for certain trips (last month I was paid $375 alone for our annual weekend overnight before vacation). This can be wildly inconsistent but let’s just say I have an extra $100-150 to play with each month.

part 3: please enjoy my emoji'd YNAB categories

category 💲	PAY DEM BILLZ
🏡 1343.38	Putting the PIT in mortgage…or something like that. The other I is paid separately
⛲ 167	HOA
🔐 68.16	Was not required to have insurance at closing. Don’t be stupid like me.
🎓 0	fed loans, thanks Grandpa Joe. I think this will be about $250/m when it starts up again. PSLF date late 2028
⛽ 31	YNAB tells me this is my average since moving to my house. Grateful to have big windows and a “put a sweater on” childhood upbringing – touched the heat twice this year
🔌 50	Averaged to include spicy hot summer months (it was 34 this month)
💻 39.95	interwebs
🏫 412.92	Private loan, paid biweekly (so if it’s a rare 3 payment month it’s more). The minimum monthly payment is something like $316, but I’m sending an extra $50 to get some benefit from the power of compound interest. 4.79% is not a make or break rate. Payoff 2034 but hope this can happen sooner.
📰 12.50	NYT Academic rate
🚊 90	Monthly pass
🍿 15.99	Somebody needs to pay the HBO Max
➖ 2234.43	Assigned this month

⭐

category 💲	important semi-regular expenses
🎁 20	Averaged gifts and donations, we have a special scholarship at work
⛲ 167	HOA
👗 0	I haven’t bought new clothes in a while and it’s starting to show.
🤸🏼‍♀️ 85	trampoline class
👩🏼‍⚕️ 60	YNAB tells me my average is 60/mo, but this is overinflated due to an MRI in November that I will only have to do once more time. I’m usually at the urgent care or a specialist doctor 1x/month (this month: a UTI), so it’s more like 30
🪑 40	Hard to quantify. Since I moved in, I had a free couch moved ($200), bought a very nice TV ($750), a vacuum ($250), filters for vacuum ($30), and the world’s nicest washer ($1900). So YNAB is telling me a horrifying $400/mo, but let’s call it 40 going forward
🌷 0	I was a good urban balcony gardener, but no balcony. Waiting for a community garden spot, hopefully next year
🍉 250	Includes booze and small household things (TP, paper towels, dish soap)
🥾 30	Am avid hiker and rollerblader. Averaged cost of trip incidentals like carpool or snacks, admission to roller rink
💊 55	3 lifesaving medicines (25/mo + 10/mo + 30 as needed) + 10 for whatever medicine needed for illness of the month (10 for antibiotics this month). Every year I get a new epi-pen for 10 or 30. This month was more like 85 because my pharmacy accidentally sent me a med I have plenty of.
➖ 500	rough guesstimate

⭐

monthly 💲	annual 💲	annual expenses (save early, save often)
🤑 3.95	🕛47.33	Splitting YNAB with a friend on the new family plan
💇🏼‍♀️ 22.50	🕛 270	2x curly haircuts a year (cut + tip)
🩰 127.78	🕛 1150	Pair of opening weekend orchestra tickets + donor perks + volunteer dues
🌴 55	🕛 650	My part of family vacation with parents
🕶 33.33	🕛 400	Annual eye visit (exam + contact fitting + 12 months contacts)
📦 11.59	🕛 139	prime shipping, no car in a store desert + my mom likes videos
🎄 50	🕛 600	I love Christmas
💸 ?	🕛 6500	Roth IRA, we’re getting aspirational. I sent $1400 this month because it was a 3 paycheck month. Going to try to max and see how far I get.
🦷 86.35	🕛 2250	Saving ½ of estimated costs for Invisalign – never had braces as a kid and now my teeth are pretty bad. Hoping to start May 2024. There is unfortunately no savings for paying everything upfront so I’m saving ½ now and expecting a monthly payment around 150/mo during the treatment.
➖390.50	🕛 4,686	Ignoring the Roth IRA

⭐

category 💲	very big savings
🌆 428.57	3k goal by August 2023 (current balance: 850), “No August pay” – we don’t get paid in August and the first week of September so setting aside money specifically for this without feeling guilty for draining my emergency fund
🕐 300	(181.82 since I’m ahead) Homeowner’s 1% Warchest, it’s exactly what it sounds like. For any and all home expenses (things breaking or projects). Current balance: 2k
🛑 140.91	Building back EF, goal is 3k by December 2023 (current balance: 1.7k). I know this is low but my job is hilariously stable. I will try to add another month in 2024.

⭐

category 💲	fun money!
💻 50	Laptop replacement, just chucking money in there. I’d like to buy a Lenovo IdeaPad Duet 5i since I love the 2 in 1 form factor. Currently have 100/600
🚝 70 (paused)	Travel fund contribution, but full at 350. BFF getting married in VT in August so hoping to turn it into a girl’s weekend with another BFF
🎮 65 (paused)	General video game fund – keep it topped up at 65 in case a new game drops OR if multiple games go on sale. I try to only buy games on deep sale
🎮 12.99	Final Fantasy XIV sub, I’ll retire someday
👯‍♀️ 50	Anything with friends, including eating out with them. usually 100 in the summer
🍦 30	“eating out” aka solo treats for myself (breakfast at dunks, small treats)
🎊 10	events happening that we want to go to not already covered, averaged.
➖ 202.99	Not including travel and video games since that’s topped up

If you add up the categories, I’m in the red and I’m well aware of it – not for much longer though, as I’m saving really aggressively. 😊
part 4: el diario
Day 1 – Saturday

🌅 gotta get dad to the ballet! 4.80
👯‍♀️ brunch with daddy-o before the ballet, I provide the tickets but he pays for brunch. his wallet is hurting because he only just got paid at his new job, so I kick in 20
👀 because brunch is attached to a swanky hotel and it’s PAX east wknd. 0 for free entertainment
🥤 my father requests a water bottle before the show. 6
🩰 don q, my 3rd time and dad’s 1st. Very good, but very long. 0 because these are volunteer comps
🚊 & 👋🏼
🧼 the casita before the week starts

total: 30.80
Day 2 – Sunday

💤 lazy Sunday morning (dw, I’m still up at 6). Read the NYT cover to cover then play 🎮
🚊 meeting a friend of a friend to help her do taxes but I’m early
📖 it’s gorgeous out so I photosynthesize in the BPL courtyard with my book club book
⛔ the wifi is too slow for us to do taxes so we pack up and 🚶🏼‍♀️ down newbury st until we settle at trident
👯‍♀️ I supervise her taxes, and eat a late lunch (grilled cheese w/ avo and tomato). 22.15
🍉 make the mistake of dragging this poor girl with me to the postage stamp sized TJ’s. and it’s 5:15. one does not shop here so much as get in line at the beginning & pick what you want as you go. a tall person fetches me frozen arepas. I come in right on budget so I’m pleased. 57.52
👋🏼 & 🚊 home to plan my week and decompress with 🎮 and 📖

Total: 79.67
Day 3 – Monday

🌅 it’s just before 6 and birds are happy, but now I am taking the 🚍 to work
🌉 stuck on the bus with my BOSS because a 🚢 is passing through the drawbridge. at least we can now fill out 90 second walk from the bus to dunks with acceptable new england small talk subjects (weather, transit, and sports) before she dips to get coffee
😡 the youth, because tomorrow & wednesday are standardized testing. sorry kids, I don’t make the schedule!
🙏🏼 “my plan is to read the questions carefully and ask God to help me know” – A+ testing strategy
✌🏼 2:30 and on my way home
🤸🏼‍♀️ take the 🚊 to go to bounce (0, see monthly expenses) and catch up with bounce buddy M.
🚶🏼‍♀️ walk with M. to the 🚊, go home for 🍜, 🚿, 📖, 🎮

Total: 0
Day 4 – Tuesday

🌅 hello, happy birds as I walk to the 🚍
🔥 the computers are not charged for testing. teenagers have been divested of all electronics and are not allowed to talk to each other. mayhem approaching in 3 … 2 … 1 …
🤬 nonstatus (male) colleague uses a work group text thread to refer to an unknown female colleague as the b-word. mayhem continues
❓ 2 hour (!) meeting after work due to snow day cancellations. male colleague doubles down on his comment before storming out. brain is mush
🚍 I remember nothing
🔐 as I am politely informed by my e-mail 68.16
👩🏼‍🍳 white bean & tomato stew & watch abbott elementary because it’s cathartic
🗣📕 ballet book club on zoom! we just finished a book about martha graham so we talk about it (I’m hosting next time about james whiteside)

total: 68.16
Day 5 – Wednesday

🌅 please go away, very loud mourning dove
🍎 computers are charged, the youth are not. Mr. Insult has decided not to come to work today (probably for the best?)
🤬 is there something in the water?! another nonstatus teacher informs me that two of my students are talking to each other in the hallway and are not following her instructions which tbh is a day that ends in Y. important context: her instruction is in English and they only understand Spanish. I send them back to their testing rooms and she says, “when students ignore me and continue to speak in a language they know I don’t understand, they are being assholes” UM! GOODBYE!!!
😡 before I say something I regret I turn heel and inform my boss of this interaction. she takes a breath and thanks me for letting her know
😤 this is me taking a calming inhale / exhale before returning to staring at children
🏹 when I am proctoring (read: not allowed to read, grade, do work, browse the interweb), I like to imagine how the hunger games would go down if these kids were in it. the odds are in this room’s favor overall.
👩🏼‍🏫 these miserable youth are forced into a half day of classes, so we conference about grades and I let them have some free time
🏕 run weekly outdoors club for the youth. one student informs me a teacher refuses to sign a permission slip & doesn’t know why. make mental note to find this person and politely inquire. students make a great poster of images from our last trip and practice map skills
✌🏼 at 3:30 to get the 🚂 to then get on the 🚊 to go to 🤸🏼‍♀️ … it sounds awful but it all goes pleasantly smoothly, especially given how the T has been. class is great, lots of one-legged kicking on the trampoline. this is my 2nd week in a row of going from 2x class a week to 3x and it’s a tough adjustment. 0
🚶🏼‍♀️ to the 🚊 with M., who can’t make it to class on Friday – sad!
💊 the medicine I didn’t ask for but keeps coming has arrived. Note to self to call pharmacy and ask them to stop, but says 0 refills. Not a total waste because I KNOW I will get bronchitis again & need this. 10
🍿 paid for to keep my mother happy 15.99
🍴 eat leftover stew and 📞 my mother and best friend T. to debrief this very strange day
🎮 and 📖 before bed

Total: 25.99
Day 6 – Thursday

🌅 ahoy! Run into coworker D. on the 🚍 who gets coffee at dunks. I am feeling weak and acquire some 🥑🍞 3.69
🤝🏼 find this teacher who refuses to sign permission slip (who is also new). his reasons are very valid and we agree on conditions the student needs to fulfill to attend trip. hooray, adults being civil!
🤬 that’s it, something is in the water. two best friends in 3rd hour begin a heated verbal altercation about … a girl? in the middle of my class?? One kid takes off so I call security to let them know he would benefit from a check-in. the other student begins texting threats to his buddy and goes off on me when I tell him to stop. what is happening?!
👼🏼 boy returns with security at end of class, so I walk him to dean to process. 35 minutes later dean says everything is gucci and no more problems. hormones, man.
✌🏼 please get me out of here
💻 bill is paid 39.95
👵🏼 our weekly call (she is my only grandparent and is not doing well)
👨🏼 weekly call with father, who still likes his new job
🍜 leftover stew and Mandalorian with my 👩🏼 (we live text each other). finally, a good space battle!
🎮 and 📖 to decompress along with a long hot 🚿

total: 43.64
Day 7 – Friday

🌅 I don’t think I can do this today.
🧘🏼‍♀️ It has been such a frustrating week (there was another incident that happened that I can’t even reference due to state law/FERPA) that was incredibly traumatic and draining.
📱 to best friend T. and work friend R. to ask what they would do. Both endorse me taking a day off after this wild week.
🎮 and 📖 along with some stretching. 📞 with best friend E. to catch up on her wedding prep and life
🤑 payday! Good paycheck since it’s the 3rd of the month, but it might be missing hours from club. I won’t know until I see my paystub on Monday. +2,183.48 (+50 to 457, +322.94 to pension)
💸 ah, but it’s also the 31st. easy come, easy go 🏡 (1343.38) and ⛲ (167)
🚊 to 🤸🏼‍♀️ to a really 🔥 class. Learn the name of the girl next to me on Fridays who also brings her inhaler and it turns out we’re both teachers!
🍦 take a nice mozzarella sandwich home from tatte 13.97
🚊, 🍴, 🚿, 📖, 🎮

Total: 1,524.35
Grand totals:

• food & drank: 65.81
• entertainment: 15.99
• home & health: 10
• clothes & beauty: 0
• transport: 4.80
• other: 1,618.49 (how I would class my house expenses)

reflection: typical week money-wise in terms of reflecting my non-house spending – I’m saving really aggressively right now and don’t have a lot of money for discretionary spending. Even if I did, I’m very much a homebody during the work week. My job is probably more stressful than most as a baseline but this week was truly unbelievably bad. Still, looking through the week and taking time to step back I realize just how quality my support network is and for that I'm very grateful.

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The Mountain - 1956
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The Mountain is a 1956 adventure/drama movie, starring the great (and sober for this role) Spencer Tracy, just coming off his success in "Bad Day at Black Rock" the year before (as well as over 30 other film roles under his belt), and the younger, but fairly recognizable up and comer at this point in his career, Robert Wagner (known to more modern movie fans as "Number 2" in the "Austin Powers" film series). Having acted alongside each other in multiple roles already, the chemistry between our two lead actors is evident and believable enough as they portray two brothers (although separated by what seems like 10-20 years in age, though this is more common in the real world than people want in film). The plotline follows these two brothers as they make a deathly high-alpine climb to the top of a nearby Mountain (Mount Blanc, France) where an airplane has recently crashed with plans on looting the dead. The movie is directed by Edward Dmytryk, recently back from being blacklisted from the film industry, as well as serving a short stint in prison with the other "Hollywood Ten" who refused to testify to the House of Un-American Acitivities Committe in their investigations during the Cold War\McCarthy-era "Red scare". Previously known for his 1940s noir films, particularly "Crossfire" from 1947 (one of the earliest films to deal with the subject of anti-semitism), upon Dmytryk's return to Hollywood, he solidified himself yet again with "The Caine Mutiny" in 1954 before bringing together our two leads for their first time in the same year with "Broken Lance", then going on to direct 3 more films before coming across French novelist's Henri Troyat's recent novel "La Neige en Deuil" (inspired by the true airplane crash of Air Indian Flight 245 in 1950) and deciding to bring it alive on screen, acting as both producer and directer for his first time.
We start the movie off with a bang, when a commercial plane crashes atop a snow filled mountain peak, leaving what seems like no survivors. Down below at the nearest village, Zachary Teller leads a simple life of a sheep-herder on his longtime family farm, while currently constantly dodging out a lovestruck neighboring widow who desperately needs a new husband. His younger brother however, Christopher Teller, is angry and envious with his position in life, working as a server\porter boy, waiting on rich skier and mountaineer guests at the village's local mountain resort, as well as sharing the family home with his more respected big brother Zach.
When word arrives of the downed airplane atop the mountain, a rescue party is put together to retrieve any possible survivors and their worldly possessions. Once having been the most experienced mountaineer in the area (and one of the only people to have ever even made the climb), Zachary is asked to lead to climbing expedition, to which he denies on the count of having lost a man over the edge on his last climb years ago.
Later that night at home, the two brothers argue over the ownership of the house, with Christopher wishing to sell it and Zachary wanting to keep it in the family for as long as possible.
The next morning, the unsuccessful expedition returns having lost their main guide (and Zachary's old mountaineering friend) Tsavos, in the midst of the climb.
Again at home that night, the brother's get into another argument, with Christopher this time trying to push Zachary to lead him up the mountain so as to loot the apparent rich, and now dead passengers. This would give Chris the means to leave the village and put to rest his hopes of selling the family farm. But Zachary shoots down the idea for the sake of both his brother's safety and soul, even offering to renounce his claim over the family farm. Already having the idea stuck in his head though, Christopher likewise denies Zachary's offer and stands firm on making the climb alone, forcing his brother to relent in leading him up the mountain. The two brothers pack their gear and start their way up to the base of the mountain at first light.
The next portion of the movie takes us on a spectacular scenic journey, using a combination of stock shots, matte paintings, and practical built rock walls to showcase not only the mountain and landscape itself, but also emphasizing on the physical capabilities of the plus 50 year old Zachary Teller. As the lead climber, Zach makes his way up and along frozen rock walls and narrow ledges, using the strength of his hands and feet alone, all while using hammer and stakes to fix a line of ropes for his less experienced brother to follow.
We're treated to a quick scare when Christopher takes a slip and goes falling down some way before Zachary finally gets hold of the rope and pulling his brother back up to safety, ripping his palms into a bloody mess in the process.
By now the tables have turned in the brothers' mindsets, Christopher now wishing to turn back out of fear, and Zachary now too far into his goal of conquering the mountain yet again, clear forgetting the reason why they started the climb in the first place. Zach convinces his brother to continue on and up to the summit, and that the worst of it is now over.
Together, now using their ice axes and crampon shoes, the brothers hike up the snowy (now on location) summit without problem, finally arriving at the top of the mountain and the plane wreckage in which they came for. While Zachary is full of pride and achievement at what they've accomplished together as brothers, Chris has no care for their triumphs, and shows his true colors as a man by immediately looting treasures from the dead, as well as breaking a cross which Zach puts together from wreckage to hide the evidence of anybody having even been there.
The underlying theme of this movie now finally surfaces in full (the massive feat of scaling the mountain acting as a metaphor for how difficult it is for Zach to accept how horrible his brother truly is, and to finally turn his back on him) when the brothers discover an Indian woman still alive in the back of the plane. Zach cares for her over night and hitches her up to a sled in the morning to drag her down the mountain, but Chris seeing this as a clear obstacle now in the way of him and his riches, throws his older brother down to the ground and tries to strangle the woman to death. Zachary now rises up and strikes his younger brother down to the ground with some good old classic Spencer Tracy style (starting onscreen and ending offscreen, complete with sound effects) punches to the face, before turning around and leaving Chris to get down the mountain on his own.
Zachary single handedly drags and hoists the surviving Indian woman down the side of the mountain, forcing him to use a different route from before, he comes to a pair of untrustworthy looking snow bridges. He inspects the first and decides against it, but still almost looses the woman while crossing over the second. An angry and frantic Christopher finally catches up to the pair and decides not to listen to his own brother's warnings about the remaining bridge, attempting and failing to cross it when the weight gives out, sending him falling to his death into an unknown depth of crevasse.
Zachary Teller, although completely heartbroken now from having lost his brother both in spirit and in body, wastes no time on mourning and continues on down the mountain with the injured Indian woman in tow.
Upon arrival back to the village, Zachary shoots down all claims that he is a hero of any sorts, and lies about his brother's inhuman actions on the mountain, telling instead the opposite story; that it was he, Zach Teller, who came up with the idea and continued on with his obsession of looting the dead, and that his brother Christopher Teller had only went along solely to aid in the safety of his Zach.
Though nobody believes it, they all give Zachary the benefit of not calling him out as a liar, and his brother as a bad man (all save for the village priest that is). He gets into the widowed neighbor lady's carriage with her and together they head "home" to live happily ever after. A final glance back at the mountain for old Zach Teller finally puts all his stored up inner strife's to bed for good, bringing us from the image of one mountain to another with the classic closing of all the Paramount Pictures movies.
To sum it all up, The Mountain (1956) is a truly amazing piece of retro cinema. Starting with a simple plotline on the surface, and changing into a more complicated family dynamic as the film goes on. This movie set the bar for the man vs. nature genre in film, as well as the common underlying theme in which these plotlines usually emphasize on, with the conquering and/or survival of certain physical hardships (in this case, the scaling of the mountain) simply acting as a metaphor for the deeper internal struggles in which our main charactes must finally come to face. Our two leads actors handle this all with extreme authenticity and sincirety, particularly Spencer in one of his most memorable and suitable roles of his entire career. The combination of both on location shots and special effect built sets make the setting for this movie more than believable enough (as long as you have an imagination enough for movies of both this time and this genre). All this being brought together and guided over by Dmytryk as both director and producer, making this (in my personal opinion that is), one of the greatest film achievements of his career as well. A classic film for all fans of the man vs. nature genre, and all around awesome retro movies in general.
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And that's all she wrote folks. Thanks for reading.
Ryan D. Hurley

Hi all,
I saw this USB TOF 3D scanner on aliexpress. My web-search-fu might be a bit off, as I can't find much online about hobbyists using it domestically. Please may I ask if anyone has any experience with it?
My main mission is to scan the inside of my house as soon as it can be done easily for USD <100 in hardware. Bonus points if I can get a point cloud I could send to canvas.io to outsource having it made into a model I can open using FreeCAD. I'd be thrilled if I could scan smaller things too. I'd be ecstatic if there was a way to scan a building exterior (I.E.: a quadcopter with a MaixSense A075V that automatically flew around the inside and outside of the house - it would make getting quotes by email for windows replacements - for example - way easier!).
I'm too cheap to buy an iPhone 12 pro for the task :P although it's TOF sensor (and the apps/services that resulted) inspired me to look for non-iPhone alternatives.
Obviously if there's a way to do this using their cheaper MS-A010 I'd be thrilled too! (I presume one would plug it into the phone's USB port using a male-male type-c adapter so it sat flush with the phone, calibrate the phone camera image to overlay the TOF data at the distance from which the target would be scanned, and then use the phone's accelerometers and camera to contribute to the required data set - I suppose it's unlikely anyone's done this and published it for free!).
My thanks for any thoughts anyone feels able to share, RLR9
P.S.: I had posted this with handy links, but reddit blocked it, so now it exists with links removed. Please do ask if you'd like me to add them in the comments.
P.P.S.: I'd completely accept advice like "just use a camera and open-source photogammetry software like Meshroom" (I.E.: use an established, non-Time Of Flight approach), or "just use a 360 camera and a less precise paid service like Metareal" - these are probably my fallback options.

I tried to research if other parents used the Graco Extend2Fit on a plane before and I found 2 old posts that were inconclusive. So I thought I’d share my experience in hopes of helping any other parents researching and wondering! We used this car seat on a round trip United flight and it worked so well. I was concerned the car seat would be too big but it fit well. We didn’t even have to put the arm rests up, they fit just below the drink holders. I’m a bigger lady too, and it didn’t seem to cramp my space at all. My 16 month old was able to see out of the window well and it was a good experience. It was a pretty quick install for my husband. One con is we did do rear facing, and when you do that, it blocks anyone in the seat in front of you from reclining their chair. Nobody seemed to attempt to, thankfully. We were on about a 3 hour flight.
We did buy one of those car seat dollys from Amazon, with the intention we would put our toddler in it to walk through the airport instead of bringing a stroller. We were renting a stroller at the place we were staying, and didn’t want the extra item to deal with. We ended up not having him in the car seat while walking through the airport. My husband held him most of the time and we let him walk when we had time. Because just getting to and through security is a lot of moving parts so by the time you get past security it’s not that bad to just hold him or let him walk. But the dolly helped regardless for transporting the car seat easily throughout the airport.
So all this to say, I was so happy with our experience. So if you have this car seat and our wondering, wonder no more! Use it! It works out well. It’s nice he got to use his really comfy car seat and we saved a few bucks not buying another cheaper car seat for travel. I recommend a car seat dolly to transport your car seat through the airport and possibly use to transport your toddler if you don’t want to carry them!

Barestaurant service. The day of the communion of God.
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The Indo-European root of the terms "charlatan" and "sterile" (baba; babulus in Latin; srig-, frigidus in Latin, among others) disturbs me... One ascribes to the sound of the vigorous fire of the boilers, the other to the absence of sexual enjoyment.
Therefore, it would seem that they come from hot or cold spirits in the mouth of God, which is pleasing to his palate. It would lead us to declare the salvation of all the charlatans and frigids on this earth by their etymologies, unless they burn or dry their tongues and leave Him mute or sterile.
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Servicio de barestaurante. El día de la comunión de Dios.
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Me desasosiega la raíz indoeuropea de los términos "charlatán" y "estéril" (baba; babulus en latín; srig-, frígidus en latín, entre otros)... Uno se adscribe al sonido del fuego fuerte de las calderas, el otro a la ausencia de goce sexual.
Por ello, parecería que provienen de espíritus calientes o fríos en la boca de Dios, cosa agradable a su paladar. Esto nos llevaría a declarar la salvación de todos los charlatanes y frígidos de esta tierra por sus etimologías, salvo que le abrasen o le sequen la lengua, y lo dejen mudo, o estéril.

2005 to Chicago was my last flight and I was a mess. I’ve been preparing for this flight for 2 months with help from this sub. I’m feeling confident.

Hello Minnesota
I was traveling through today to see the prince museum and a concert.
First flight got cancelled. I booked an alternate. Not getting in till around 10 am. I know last night was rough but any optimistic outlook for today or is weather going to be just as crazy?
I'm from somewhere with no snow -_-

Hi all,
I had an earlier post asking for advice on historical sites to visit. From that I've set up what I think is a feasible itinerary, focusing on history. Any final advice? I've only booked my flight to Bangkok so everything else is still open. Where there's an overlapping day between destinations I consider it a travel day, so I'll plan nothing but getting from one place to another. I've done full day drives/24 hour bus rides before so that's not a big deal for me as long as it's actually doable, but as far as I've seen in my planning none of the journeys will take that long.
Bangkok 25 nov - 1 dec with an Ayutthuya daytrip, for the rest its all open. I don't get flight sick so I have no need for recovery, but I imagine the city has enough to see. After this all the inland steps are using mainly trains, and else the bus. From Chiang Mai to Bangkok will be by plane
Phetchaburi 1 - 3 Mainly for the temples, maybe a short walk among the beach but I don't really care for that
Kanchanaburi 3- 5 For the WW2 history
Sukhothai 5- 8. I'll use Sukhothai as a base, and after seeing the ruins there spend one of the days there daytripping to Kamphaeng Phet as it's only a few hours. If possibly I have time left over I'll rent a cab to a more northern ruin site mentioned in my other post but I'm not counting on it. I'll leave with the bus to Phitsanulok. Research tells me there's an evening train, so I have some time to see the smaller temples there.
Chiang mai 8 dec - 13 With Chiang rai daytrip, and a Doi Inthanon daytrip. Most advice I saw mentioned taking it slow up there, so that's what I'll end up doing. In the off chance that this is not enough to fill my days there, I saw there were daytrips available to the more northern Chinese influenced villages
Bangkok 13 - 15 dec. Only place planes leave for Cambodia in this period I saw. I don't want to risk missing a flight with a self transfer after all I heard with delays, so I'll take a break day there before moving on
Siem Reap 15 dec - 19 dec Angkor Wat etc Pnomh Penh 19 dec - 22 genocide museum, killings fields etc. I imagine you all will have less advice for these steps, but if you got any tips feel free!

I am adopted from another country to Germany and would like to forget about that. I often feel way different from other people (e.g looking different, having way more energy, lots of temperament, etc.). I know that I have roots in another country, different genetic stuff, culture I could explore, people I could find, but I would like to forget all of that and concentrate just on my future life and the present. Currently this is a hard thing because many other people I know have roots in other countries (also from other continents), traditions they follow, flights to their second home, large family events, many siblings they fool around with and can just profit from their origins. I wish I would have that too, but it won't be possible. That's the reason why I would squeeze myself "to leave MY past in the past" and not think about it every time I am confronted with people who have non-German roots. How did you accomplish that?