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“We seem to have reached the age where life stops giving us things, and starts taking them away”
I feel ya on this. My grandfather passed away yesterday morning. He was 86 and had a good life, but it's still sad that I won't be able to visit with him anymore, at least on this earthly plane.
My armies (re-counted and updated on 11/7/24, including modeled wargear options):
Dark Angels: ~16000 Astra Militarum: ~1200 | Imperial Knights: ~2300 | Leagues of Votann: ~1300 | Tyranids: ~3400 | Stormcast Eternals: ~5000 | Kruleboyz: ~3500 | Lumineth Realm-Lords: ~700
Check out my P&M Blogs: ZergSmasher's P&M Blog | Imperial Knights blog | Board Games blog | Total models painted in 2024: 40 | Total models painted in 2025: 25 | Current main painting project: Tomb Kings
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The Grotsnik Corp Bump Feelerer 9,000. It only looks like several bricks crudely gaffer taped to a cricket bat.
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Of all the races of the universe the Squats have the longest memories and the shortest tempers. They are uncouth, unpredictably violent, and frequently drunk. Overall, I'm glad they're on our side!
Office of Naval Intelligence Research discovers 3 out of 4 sailors make up 75% of U.S. Navy.
"Madness is like gravity... All you need is a little push."
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Of all the races of the universe the Squats have the longest memories and the shortest tempers. They are uncouth, unpredictably violent, and frequently drunk. Overall, I'm glad they're on our side!
Office of Naval Intelligence Research discovers 3 out of 4 sailors make up 75% of U.S. Navy.
"Madness is like gravity... All you need is a little push."
Don't know about Global warming.... but the world just got a little less cool.
A bit more of my dad's generation (and he was pretty upset by this), but I had a listen to some playlists and boy could that guy play a guitar.
The first line of one song I heard was "I'm gonna live like there is no tomorrow", I'm guessing that is what he did and you can't get any more hard rock metal than that.
Conchata Ferrell, most famously Berta from 2 1/2 Men, gone at 77
We find comfort among those who agree with us - growth among those who don't. - Frank Howard Clark
The wise man doubts often, and changes his mind; the fool is obstinate, and doubts not; he knows all things but his own ignorance.
The correct statement of individual rights is that everyone has the right to an opinion, but crucially, that opinion can be roundly ignored and even made fun of, particularly if it is demonstrably nonsense!” Professor Brian Cox
Of all the races of the universe the Squats have the longest memories and the shortest tempers. They are uncouth, unpredictably violent, and frequently drunk. Overall, I'm glad they're on our side!
Office of Naval Intelligence Research discovers 3 out of 4 sailors make up 75% of U.S. Navy.
"Madness is like gravity... All you need is a little push."
Always impressed at how generally he went about his debunking in a polite manner. He didn't need fancy showmanship or insults or slurs or anything. Just a calm "prove it" attitude and when the person failed, well, that spoke for itself.
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I think a core aspect of it was that because he was a magician he knew how many of the tricks could be or were being done. Add onto that I think he always wanted to believe in magic and mental powers and such. So he always had that "ready to believe" attitude. Even when he was also debunking those who were taking their talents and pretending they were something they were not.
Really sad, he did a lot to expose frauds who prey on the desperate and managed to entertain people as well.
Also, his comments about his cancer diagnosis in 2009 from the wiki page gave me a bit of a chuckle:
"One day, I'm gonna die. That's all there is to it. Hey, it's too bad, but I've got to make room. I'm using a lot of oxygen and such—I think it's good use of oxygen myself, but of course, I'm a little prejudiced on the matter."
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The Laws of Thermodynamics:
1) You cannot win. 2) You cannot break even. 3) You cannot stop playing the game.
Colonel Flagg wrote:You think you're real smart. But you're not smart; you're dumb. Very dumb. But you've met your match in me.
From Alice Cooper: “I am so proud to say that for a brief time the greatest of them all, The Amazing Randi, was a part of our traveling troupe. He was our illusion guru and taught me everything I know about how magic could meet rock and roll. His genius helped the Billion Dollar Babies show become the spectacle no one had ever seen. He was rock and roll’s Gandalf.”
Of all the races of the universe the Squats have the longest memories and the shortest tempers. They are uncouth, unpredictably violent, and frequently drunk. Overall, I'm glad they're on our side!
Office of Naval Intelligence Research discovers 3 out of 4 sailors make up 75% of U.S. Navy.
"Madness is like gravity... All you need is a little push."
Not sure if this qualifies as in Memoriam, but today is the 5th year since my better half passed away. She gave me the best years I have had, and she is sorely missed. While it still hurts and makes me cry at times life slowly marches on. Went to her grave and laid down flowers and cleaned her gravestone, it hurt and made me shed a tear it still felt like a good moment, even if I will never get to hear her laugh, see her smile or come home and be greeted with a warm hug. Her memory lives on, and to this day I think she made me a better man than ever could have become without her,
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Trondheim wrote: Not sure if this qualifies as in Memoriam, but today is the 5th year since my better half passed away. She gave me the best years I have had, and she is sorely missed. While it still hurts and makes me cry at times life slowly marches on. Went to her grave and laid down flowers and cleaned her gravestone, it hurt and made me shed a tear it still felt like a good moment, even if I will never get to hear her laugh, see her smile or come home and be greeted with a warm hug. Her memory lives on, and to this day I think she made me a better man than ever could have become without her,
You have my condolences, I'm so sorry for your loss. I'm terrified my significant other will go before me so I can't imagine what you're going through.
I was late to hear about this but I was devastated just the same. One of the most interesting people in the world. I think of him as the patron saint of thankless tasks, someone cast as a villain for doing good in the world - and with all the trappings of a stage magician.
My painting log is full of snakes Have any retro, vintage, or out of print models? Show them off here! Games I play: 40k (CSM, Necrons); AoS/Fantasy (Seraphon/Lizardmen); Warcry; Marvel Crisis Protocol; Wargods of Olympus/Aegyptus; Mythos
RIP Sean Connery. My dad's from the Bahamas where quite a few James Bond novels/films were based. My dad got a job working on the set of Thunderball and met him when he was a kid.
Guess I'm watching a James Bond film today
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"We have clearly reached the point where only rampant and unchecked stabbing can save us." -Black Mage
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