Ok so I have been in a Curse of Strahd campaign with my friends. I have been running a Ghostslayer Bloodhunter with the Haunted One background.
(Character Lore dump to explain why my character did what he did. Feel free to skip.)
Jarem's father was obsessed with progression of the human body. So much so that he forced his own wife to be the test subject, and when she inevitably passed from such experiments, Vayne was next in line as a test subject for his fathers cruel work. His father was researching how far the human body could take pain, what the side effects were, and what powers one could gain. Vayne's father theorized that by forcing ones body to produce adrenaline, one could gain superhuman like abilities. Through these experiments, Jarem's father discovered the ability of the human body to gain power by causing harm to ones self, Hemocraft. As a boy Jarem was quiet, lonely, and obident to his father. However, over time Jarem became more and more hardened and violent. One day his father decided to conduct the ultimate experiment, the ultimate blood sacrifice, opening the human heart. The pain and pent up trauma was too much for Jarem to bear, and in a fit of uncontrolable fear, Jarem killed his father. Because of the abuse from his father, Jarem latches onto any friendship or company he can find. While Jarem tries his best to be charasmatic and friendly, his past trauma causes a rift in his personal relationships which makes it difficult for him to make true friends, and simultaneiously makes him vulnerable to exploitation. Jarem is haunted by his past trauma, but despite it he is a deeply empathetic man at heart and desires companionship and love in any form.
In our last session our party briefly split, me and another player came across a statue of the Morning Lord next to a body of water which seemed to have some magical properties.
Wanting to be rid of his Trauma, Jarem entered the water and his "curse" was killed and so was he in the process.
However, when Jarem regained consciousness his physical scars from his fathers experiments started healing, as well as partial memory loss from his "past life"
Because of this My DM and I decided I'm now Undead (but using the Reborn race. Just saying its undead for flavor) and Because of this expereince Jarem has lost his Hemocraft abilities. However, He know is an Echo Knight.
So I tell you all this because

1. I thought it was a really cool session and wanted to share lol
2. I need help finding a good background for my "new" character. Any good backgrounds for undead? Some sort of resurrection type backgroud?

I finally got around to read the manga. Its 6, no actually 7 in the morning again, and now im more obsessed than ever. Good bye old life, hello Given life. -rewatch anime again waiting for the manga to be new anime season so i can hear more music-

I’m just gonna post a novel in here describing my phone call with my bosses boss today, and you let me know if I’m in the wrong or chime in.
I’m a 4th year plumbing apprentice working for a great company in new construction high rises. I Love the trade, good company, but I hate the industry. I love coming into work and learning somthing new from a more experienced plumbetradesperson, but I’ve always resented the power relationship between employee and employer. Mainly people who work in our office who are out of touch with what’s happening in the field. I mean after all, they make money off of our labour in the overhead costs. Anyway here is what happened today
Our office has recently put out this safety app that all workers are required to fill out every morning. The idea being if you can list hazards and safety precautions before you start your day, you can avoid getting hurt. Almost everyone has resisted this app at first. But eventually we all bent the knee to our corporate masters and started filling out the app. Almost everyone just copy and pasted the same reports every day just to make our office happy.
Now I’m a rough in tester, so basically all I do is run around with a garden hose filling up units and bathtubs with water…..not exactly a very dangerous task. Still I am required to fill out the app and list a hazard. So with the combination of this, and my anti authority attitude I fill out the app sarcastically, assuming nobody reads this.
For example under the hazards section I’ll write: Getting wet and being cold Then under safety control I’ll write: Wear extra layers. Or wear a pool floatie. So on and so forth
Anyway, I get a call from our safety manager, where he proceeds to tell me I don’t take safety seriously, and I need to fill the app out to their standard. Despite never having a first aid incident in 3 years I’ve worked here.
To where I respond “this isn’t a safety app, this is a subordination app to track employee hours and keep us in line. You don’t care about our safety, you just don’t wanna pay extra insurance premiums in the event of a first aid incident. Yes I’m being a little unprofessional in my reports, but almost every other employee I work with agrees with me, the only difference is I actually speak up about it, whereas everyone else keeps their head down and follows orders.
We then had a back and fourth about the app for 10 minutes before I realized there was no combination of words in the English language I could say that would make them agree with me. And I’m ashamed to say I caved in and apologized. I’ve never felt so disgusted with myself.
In conclusion, my coworkers are telling me I’m being childish and disrespectful, and I need to fall in line and do as I’m told, whereas I think it’s more admirable to be honest and have an open dialogue with my employer.
Thoughts? Am I a disrespectful little shit? Thank you for your time

I ( F 21) have feelings for someone in my friend group ( M 23 )let’s call him Tim.
I just need to get it off my chest.
Background: I met one of my now closest friends ( F 23) about three months ago. Let’s call her Emma. We’ve become very close very quickly. To the point where everyone around us assumes that we’ve been friends since diapers. Because of this I really cherish our friendship and I don’t want to compromise it in anyway.
Emma introduced me to her friends, and I’ve introduced her to my friends which resulted in a fun little group. We’ve taken weekend trips together we always go out on the weekends together and everyone gets along. it’s a really fun dynamic. Which is exactly why I don’t want to go screwing anything up by having feelings for someone in the group.
Emma is also extremely close with Tim. We are in fact her two best friends. And in passing conversation ( about two other people in the group) both of them have made it very clear that having feelings with or hooking up with someone in the group would ruin everything.
When I first met tim, I was immediately panicked, he’s my type and he was so shy at first of course it peaked my interest. I knew I had a crush on him the first time we met. But I assumed it would fizzle out or something as most of my crushes do. But after getting to know him more, my feelings have only grown.
Every time we go out and we are drinking he gets really touchy and because I am drinking as well I play into it, there’s been two nights where we’ve had to share a bed and we ended up cuddling a little but that’s as far as things have gone. He’s somewhat protective when we go out, always making sure I’m OK and if some guy is being creepy or getting too close, he’s very quick to hold me and pretend he’s my boyfriend. Every time he does this he gives me butterflies, and the first few times he did it I just assumed he was being a good friend. He has sisters so I assumed he was just a big bro type. But then I noticed that after whatever creepy guy was gone, he would still be holding me. There are dozens of pictures of us drunk on a night out, holding onto each other smiling. most of my friends tease me that we look like we’ve been in love for years.
Me and my friends often go to country bars, and he complained that he didn’t know how to dance, so I taught him how to 2 step. He’s not bad if the song is slow enough,, whenever a slow song comes on, we always dance together and it makes me wanna melt every time.
I know he’s very adamant about not crossing lines in the friend group. But I can’t help but feel like he might have the smallest crush on me too. Whenever one of us is driving, there’s always that prolonged eye contact in the rearview mirror and I’m probably reading way too far into it but the way he watches me sometimes gives the vibe that he’s in the same situation I find myself in. The last time we shared a bed together, we were on a weekend trip. Everyone was going to bed, and we were both pretty tipsy. he needed help taking off his boots, so I helped him. But after he asked me to stay w him and cuddle and of course…I did.
this caused a riff between me and emma. she was worried we were crossing boundaries and possibly ruining the friend group. I wasn’t mad at her. We are her closest friends and she just wants to make sure that no one gets hurt. I told her nothing physical was ever gonna happen between him n i cuz of the friend group. And it’s true I really don’t want anything physical to happen between us, that would be super messy.
But at the same time we get along great , i’m always laughing and smiling whenever I’m with him. there’s this sense of familiarity, that is so comforting to me, that I’ve never experience with someone before. I can sit here and go on about his smile or his laugh and how they give me heart palpitations. Or about how whenever I’m around him, I have to constantly remind myself to stop staring at his eyes because they are so captivating. I keep finding myself thinking about him at almost all parts of the day. Wondering what he is doing, wanting to send him something that reminds me of him but I never do. I know he’s very adamant about not crossing lines in the friend group so I plan on telling no one my feelings. I plan on not acting on them. I would never want to cross a boundary that both he and emma made very clear.
I re-downloaded dating apps just to distract myself from him, because he’s simply not an option. but every profile I see, simply does not compare to him. I went on one date, and I was constantly looking for qualities that he has in my date. He’s often the subject of my dreams, and both the last thing I think of before bed, and the first thing I think of in the morning. I don’t know how to get him out of my head. I don’t want to stop spending time with him or the friend group but I might have to, for my sake.
He’s supposed to go out of town for a few weeks and I’m hoping time apart will be a good thing. I feel so stupid for even finding myself in this position honestly and I’m hoping as time goes on feelings will fade and I’ll look at this post and laugh someday or question who it was about. but for the time being, I really needed to get this off my chest.

Once upon a time, there was a tall, nerd, and not-much attractive guy pero pwede na who woke up one morning, looked at the sky, and thought, "Well, this sucks." He knew there was only one solution - to turn to the all-knowing oracle of modern dating: PH fucking R4Friends.
With his trusty cup of coffee in hand, he set out to find someone who shared his thirst for knowledge, someone who could keep up with his nerdy quirks, and someone who he could eventually take on 'friendly' dates (whatever that means). He wasn't in a rush to jump into anything too serious too soon, but he knew that someday, he wanted to find someone he could build a meaningful and caring relationship with.
So if you're a fellow lover of coffee, learning, and all things nerdy, this tall drink of water might just be the partner in crime you've been looking for. Dating at times feel like a job hunt doesn't it? So I thought it’d be fun to write it in a mock format just like a resume! LOL

About me

An old soul as older people I spoke with would say, into business and investments, frustrated law student, can drive a fucking 10 wheeler truck, no ex issues or sabit, can provide a certificate of no relationship (kahit wala naman nun haha).

• I'm 5'10", medium built if that matters, resides in quezon city
  
• I'm an INTJ, Aries, if you’re into MBTI and believes in horoscope.
  
• Loves to read self-help books as I love to learn and motivate myself along the way.
  
• I'm the kind of person who doesn't follow the herd blindly, even if it means standing alone in a field of conformity. My principles are like a compass, always pointing me in the right direction, even if it's not the most popular route. In short, I'm not afraid to swim against the current, as long as it's in line with my beliefs.
  
• You could say that my communication style is like a triple-layered cake: serious, meaningful, and sprinkled with a healthy dose of humor. Sure, I may come off as awkward at times, but that's just my way of keeping things interesting. After all, who wants a bland and flavorless conversation when you can have a deliciously complex one? So, if you're looking for someone who can engage in a thoughtful discussion, crack a few jokes, and still leave you with something to ponder, then look no further.
  
• I'm what you might call a clean freak with a creative streak. As someone who's a bit OC (okay, maybe more than a bit), I can't stand to see a messy or cluttered home. But don't worry, I'm not the type to wait around for someone else to do the dirty work. I take pride in noticing when something needs to be done and taking care of it without being asked - it's like a satisfying little victory every time. And when it comes to interior design and home decor, I'm practically a pro. I'm always on the hunt for the latest and greatest tools and gadgets to keep things looking fresh and stylish. So if you're looking for someone to spruce up your space and keep things sparkling clean, I'm your go-to guy.
  
• I'm not in the business of putting people down - unless we're talking about the volume on the stereo (badum-tss!). But seriously, I believe in treating others with kindness and respect, even when it's not the easiest thing to do. After all, life is hard enough without having to deal with someone else's negativity. So let's lift each other up instead of tearing each other down, shall we?
  
• I set feasible goals and actively pursue them.
  

Here's a list of my favorites:

Movies/Series	Music	Places	Activities	Books
Godfather	Radiohead	Paris (not yet)	Cycling	The Daily Stoic by Ryan Holiday
Sherlock	Eraserheads	Coffee Shops	Painting	How to Win Friends & Influence People
Castaway	Chicago	Cebu	Roadtrips	Meditations by Marcus Aurelius
Forrest Gump	Ebe Dancel	Japan	Diving	Start with Why by Simon Sinek
Homeland	Urbandub	Rome (not yet)	Piano	Atomic Habits by James Clear
Before Sunset	Frederic Chopin	Canada	Travelling	How to think like a Roman Emperor
The Office	Eminem	New York (not yet)	Cooking	Letters from Stoic
Big Bang Theory	Dr. Dre	Maldives (not yet)	Film & Photography	48 Laws of Power
Breaking Bad	Elton John	Marrakesh (not yet)	Badminton	The Intelligent Investor

Pros:

• Responsible (Good credit score, no debts, no criminal records, and self-reliant)
  
• Curious type of person, who's ready to listen and craves to learn a lot of things
  
• Doesn't do drugs and is not a heavy drinkealcoholic.
  
• Respects your views and accept healthy criticism.
  
• Actually appreciating the things you'll do for me, and showing it. If you cooked a big dinner, saying thank you is nice. Doing the dishes and cleaning the kitchen is even nicer, and in my opinion, should be the norm. The cook doesn't clean. If someone does something for me, I'll show them that their effort was appreciated instead of just accepting their generosity and then running off back to whatever I'm doing.
  
• Accepts responsibility for one's own actions and does not try to blame everything or everyone else.
  
• Doesn’t play online and computer games
  

My preference:

• Someone who has a strong passion for accurate and comprehensive learning, maintains a normal BMI, and is beautiful and easy on the eyes - I believe that beauty comes in all shapes and sizes (no offense intended towards plus-size women!).
  
• High standards for what she wants and is not afraid to communicate it.
  
• Craves knowledge too. Love and isn't afraid to try new things
  
• Passionate and proud about something they've been working on/have done/are planning to do
  
• Confident about what they want but isn't in-your-face about it.
  

Let's take a break from stressing over the mundane and focus on the important stuff - like what will make us happy for the rest of our lives! Share your thoughts on how we can achieve that and let's get this happiness train moving! Oh, and if you're curious let’s exchange photos first!

After a near lifetime of constant over eating. I’ve come to a conclusion that I have a problem. I 22(F) have realized that food and the feeling of comfort it gives me is all I have. Everyday the only thing I look forward to is eating. That is the first and last thing I think about when I fall or walk up in the morning. I do not have any hobbies, my room is bare with only my bare essentials decorating it. My walls are a depressing gray color and so is my floor. I only have one friend. I am not currently in school as I have to wait until the next nursing application period is open since my previous one was denied. All I look forward to is eating. It’s been like that for years but with the added time I’ve had just sitting at home alone my problem has only worsened due to my increased access to the kitchen. The comfort food has given me is addictive and after I finish my meal I feel extreme guilty due to the ginormous meal I just had. Before anyone ask I do have family but they are not easy to talk to emotionally. My dad would just not understand more so due to the language barrier we have. I have not relied on him emotionally since I was 10. He was a angry person growing up that I had learned to just give him good news that would please him. He has gotten better due to a huge fight we had. It’s still hard for me to separate the past him to the present. I cannot talk to my mom about this as she can easily cry over the smallest thing. This has made me also only communicate to her good news, any bad ones and her crying will make me feel intense guilt that I cannot deal with. I cannot communicate with my brother as I have a deep sense of an inferiority complex towards him due to an event that happened years ago, which lead 9 year old me to promise myself that I would never rely on him ever again. Even still in these past few years there has been times where I would ask for his help and he would either belittle me or flat out refused to help me. I cannot ask for my little sisters help due to how much I love her thus making me not want to burden her with my problems. But also because of my jealousy of her. She got too have the perfect family that I painstakingly made due to all the arguments and interventions I’ve had with them. She is my brother’s favorite, he would do anything for her. And guess that it’s because of all this that my personality in the family is the confrontation voice of reason. I have not one to turn to. It took me so long to realize that food is my only comfort in life. If I’m being honest I don’t have a personality not a real one. The only consistent thing I have is food, I love food. But that food is hurting me now. And if I can’t binge eat, if I can’t love food then I don’t really know who I am anymore. I guess I never really did know who I was. Thank you for reading I just needed to vent and come to terms with this.

Holy shit y’all I thought it was Monday night, so this shit is late as fuck. My apologies. Blurbs are gonna be short to account for this.
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Punish and Crush Round One: The Shamrock and Scot Connection vs. Death Is The Diagnosis
Our opener is a very fun one, as we kick off the 2023 Punish and Crush tourney! On one side, we have Death is the Diagnosis, made up of two representatives from The Ark, Kaze Tanaka and Dr. Logan Wright! They have the talent, they have the accolades, they have the chemistry, but their opponents have a sick-ass logo! Paddy Murphy and Michael Kalamity are not friends, but they’ll have to work together in this tourney. Will DITD extinguish their upstart opponents, or will the Sham-Rock ‘n Scot Connection’s hatred for the English bring them to victory?
Prompt: Book a stable of your choice disbanding, as well as the aftermath (Max 1 part per person)
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Punish and Crush Round One: Tequila Inc vs. Murder Airlines
Tequila and murder, name a more iconic duo.
Prompt: Book a 1980’s wrestler of your choosing if they debuted today (Max 1 part per person)
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Punish and Crush Round One: C.A.N. T.H.E.Y. C.O.E.X.I.S.T. vs. The Underground Hometown
Look man I’m in a fuckin rush, this should be a good match
Prompt: Book the scrapped MJF/Punk feud that was teased after All Out 2022 (Max 1 part per person)
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FBE Intercontinental Championship Eliminator: Joshua Epps vs. JOHN
Introducing, for the first time ever…THE RISE VS. DTJ!
Prompt: Book LA Knight after WrestleMania 39 (Max 2 parts)
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Bookings due Saturday, March 25th, at 2 AM EST. REMEMBER, THIS IS SATURDAY MORNING, TWO HOURS AFTER FRIDAY NIGHT ENDS. THIS IS NOT SATURDAY NIGHT.

We’ve officially made it 6 months of breastfeeding!
I’m curious to learn what (if anything) changed with your baby’s behavior with breastfeeding after they turned 6 months.
At the 3 month mark there was a dramatic change in my baby while breastfeeding; she was easily distracted, would only stay attached for a few seconds to minutes before unlatching, started pulling on her ears and rubbing her eyes (nope, wasn’t teething). There were days she only wanted a few oz of milk for the entire day (I’m talking 5-6oz/day) and next day would be so good at eating. Was generally just difficult to feed consistently. I’m not sure how long it was before she got better but she did.
At 6 months I’m starting to see some behavioral changes again and wondering if it’s normal and when to expect she will adjust again.
We’ve started introducing solids (purées for now) twice a day; morning and evening. Only a couple tablespoons worth. I feed her milk 20/30 minutes before but as of late she is not interested in eating much milk. It’s not isolated to the times she gets solids, it’s all day. She will latch for only a few seconds then unlatch and coo and act as if she’s full. She usually eats every two hours or so but yesterday went well past 3 hours and barely ate anything when I did feed her.
My supply has always been a challenge and extremely sensitive to any change in her eating habits, only in the direction of down though. I’ve been taking domperidone to help create a buffer so I don’t stress as much but as she’s not demanding the milk I’m not making more. My supply is starting to decrease and it’s only been a couple of days of this.
I’ve been back at work for a month (wfh) so I can’t do both nurse and pump and chose to nurse her because pumping out of necessity literally tanked my mental health.
Did you see a change with your baby? What was it and hire long did it last?

I grew up in a bad household that left me working through stuff in therapy for 20 years.
I (34F) have been married to my wife (36F) for 7 years, today being our anniversary. We've had our arguments, most of which boiled down to lack of communicating how we feel about things. But we both got better about it, and in addition to my therapy and medication I no longer deal with anxiety and depression 24/7.
I've always been worried that maybe I'm just a bad person, you know? I never want to hurt people but maybe I'm so careless that I just wreak havoc on people's lives and emotions. One way I cope with the really bad feelings is by isolating myself for a day or two. I've always been worried that it's a toxic trait like giving the silent treatment, but it isn't intentional. I just can't handle interactions during those times.
She brought it up and my therapist confirmed that those periods of isolation aren't innocent coping mechanisms, I'm full-on dissociating (which I thought was different).
I would love to have a better coping mechanism. I've been in therapy to get better, and I have things that help prevent nasty feelings happening. But if they fail, I need to isolate myself because every sound is a screech in my brain. Every interaction is like running into your bully at the store. It's too much and I need to be alone. My wife has acknowledged that she made an error by forcing me to talk about my feelings when I was dissociating (this makes the situation worse).
On Sunday, I broke down and I needed to isolate. Everything in life overwhelmed me and I hated myself and everyone and just wanted to be alone. I wasn't given that. My wife would come check on me, but also ask if it was something she did. I kept having to comfort her and say it's not her, I just needed to be alone. The next morning, I still needed isolation because I didn’t get any. I kept getting asked if I was angry at them or if there was a problem, and my wife wouldn't believe me when I said I just wanted to be alone. Again, I am concerned I'm being toxic and that this is like the silent treatment. Because my wife has taken care of me while sick or having bad feelings before.
This kept escalating by her not letting me be to where we had a fight after she asked me if I wanted her and our daughter to just go to a hotel.
We all went to bed angry.
After I isolate, I always feel embarrassed. Like the way someone might hear what they did after getting drunk. I know it isn't healthy, but I don't know what else to do. Any time I've tried to ignore it ends up blowing up. And my wife unintentionally makes it worse by trying to be a good partner by checking on me. She knows it isn't her, we've talked about it many times. I feel like I'm being toxic by being cold, distant and shutting down. I'm afraid I'm toxic and unintentionally emotionally manipulative.
AITA for isolating for 2 days while my wife takes care of the house?

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lately ive been terrified of going to sleep. i dread it all day. my anxiety has always been worse at night, and it would disrupt my sleep quite a bit occasionally, but recently ive been staying up till 2-4am every night. no matter how tired i am, i force myself to stay awake. i dont know why im so afraid of falling asleep now, i used to love sleeping and looked forward to it. its always made me a bit uneasy thinking about how vulnerable and defenseless you are while sleeping, but its never been this bad.
im always convinced that something bad will happen to me or my pets while im sleeping, or that i'll go to sleep and not wake up in the morning (which not too long ago i would've been completely fine with). i havent had a good nights sleep in almost 2 months now. im so exhausted. it feels like i find something new to worry about almost every day, and those anxious thoughts are always the loudest at night.
sleep is the last thing i thought i'd ever be afraid of, but here we are i guess.

27F I went down to visit my cousin in New Orleans over Mardi Gras. I have never been and decided to see what all the hype was about. My cousin (32M) invited me down after we had reestablish a connection from childhood. I have vague memories of visiting my family in New Orleans as a child.
I was there for a week. We went to parades & parties for the whole week. We were having a good time. We decided to go to the Metro, a night club in the Warehouse district not too far from my cousins penthouse.
While I was down I learned my cousin liked to party( drugs, weed & alcohol). We bonded over this and one night we were drinking and doing coke and I took some Molly. We had a great time dancing and listening to the music well into the early morning. As we decided to walk back to his place we kept the party going with more coke & weed. I remember being so fucked up that night.
I can recall at one point him helping me to my room as we were both tired and he helped me get undressed. I got in bed and passed out. I came to with him on top penetrating me. I was too fucked up & out of it to try and push or fight him off. I tried to scream but couldn't.
I feel so betrayed and dirty from this. I could hardly walk the next day from a combination of all the dancing, the 5 block walk to his penthouse and him raping me. I'm lost, I don't know what to do.

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2. Stabilised footage of the Bigfoot film from 1967.
3. To dance with the girl
4. ‘Don’t Say Gay’ lawmaker pleads guilty to COVID relief fraud
5. Bouncer potentially saves a lot of lives. Stops armed man in devils mask from entering strip club wielding a firearm and flashlight.

/CFB

1. The Twelfth Annual /CollegeBasketball Bracket Challenge
2. Alabama's Tony Mitchell drove 141 mph before arrest
3. [Kollmann] USC’s field is basically a lake right now and the indoor facility is apparently not long enough for a 40 so they have to do [pro day] out here.
4. 2024 4 star running back Jordan Marshall commits to Michigan
5. Pac-12 has ‘solidarity’ between remaining members, Utah president Taylor Randall says
6. Per Jon Wilner: The PAC 12 Presidents didnt meet today.

/LonghornNation

1. [Post Game Thread] ⚾ Texas defeats Incarnate Word, 17-11
2. Hopefully this puts any Ewers/Arch QB battling to rest
3. [Game Thread] ⚾ Texas vs. Incarnate Word - 6:30 pm
4. Steve Sarkisian Media Availability [March 21st, 2023]
5. Vic Schaefer: "I need to apologize to the University of Texas for today and how my team played. I'm accountable for that. I'm the head coach. It's my responsibility to make sure we play a lot better than that. This university deserves better than that."
6. [3/21/2023] Tuesday's Sports Talk Thread
7. Julien Alfred your women’s National Track Athlete of the year!

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Good morning/afternoon guys and gals
My coil pack is starting to go faulty. I was wondering what coil pack can I use as a replacement on the '96 850 T5. Preferably aftermarket, Volvo parts are very expensive in South Africa.
Cheers.

A little background: I’ve been on finasteride since I turned 18 and I recently just turned 21. Treatment with Fin has been very successful and I regrew the hair I’d lost and have maintained until now. I also used topical min for about 8 months but didn’t see any additional density benefits nor did it increase the quality of my hair.
After realizing I was a non-responder to topical min I switched to 5 mg oral min daily (split into 2.5mg morning and night) 2.5 months ago. So far so good. Seen increased eyelash length eyebrow density and facial hair growth as well as additional hairs growing along hairline.
My specific question: I’d like to add dut into my routine in order to maintain and get as many benefits as possible for as long as possible. Problem is my dermatologist won’t prescribe me dut. I buy my oral min from alldaychemist so I’m thinking I’ll just get my dut from there but the problem is it’s very expensive (1.78 a pill) in comparison to my 4 dollar a month fin prescription (0.13 a pill)
I’m wondering if I add dut twice weekly and take fin the other 5 days will I gain additional dht suppression than my current fin routine

I went all in on spell because I was looking for a low cap alt coin that could potentially moon. I picked this one specifically because I like movies like Hocus Pocus, The Craft, and TV Shows like The Magicians…. you get the idea. No research, no technical analysis, just a hunch and a chance to win or lose some money. When Puff posts about all the intricate details of what’s going on behind the scenes I literally have no idea or understanding of what he’s talking about, lol. I don’t care about any of that stuff. Staking? Why? And what the hell is sSPELL?! 🤣 After I bought in I looked for and quickly found this sub, it had no direction or leadership but it was fun. Moon boys, FUD enthusiasts (who here remembers Taint?) lol, good times. Then Puff took over and made this thing look way more legit and I think the sub is definitely better because of him. Greeting the sub every morning, that’s pretty dope. I do wish people would posts more. Good things, Bad things…. Anything!!!! 🤣 But there’s almost always no one on here, that’s understandable, Spell is down as hell right now which kind of takes the fun out of it. You can’t say “To the moon!” Because that probably won’t start until next year and you can’t say “Spell is going to divebomb!”Because we already did. We all know the four year cycle and we all know that not every alt coin reaps it’s benefits but hopefully this one does. I’ve invested 15k for a total of 10mill Spell with a break even price of .0015. That’s why I said I’m all in, that’s all I could afford to risk. Losing that would suck but I would be fine, but let’s say it hits one cent, that’s a hundred thousand dollars yo!!!! Shout out to the guy with 100mil Spell. If I was up 100k he would be up a mill 😎. If you’re still reading this I’m truly impressed so let me end by telling you why I decided to write all of this. First, there aren’t enough posts to keep people’s interest here so I posted something differen’t than usual, Second, this sub looks high class now but I wish it was more of a meme coin sub, say anything that’s on your mind about Spell or just posts funny shit to keep people wanting to come back here to see the next “thing” someone posted. As I said before we need more active members but some of you are in the daily chat like everyday so get busy 😜 Finally, I say all of this because I am member #420 and we are about to hit #5,420. 5k is not a huge number but it has been fun to be a part of this and watch it grow. Good Luck To All You Spellcasters, I’ll be looking forward to .008 in 2024 and I’ll be overjoyed with 8cents in May 2025!!!!

I struggle to get enough vitamins and minerals throughout the day and while I know vitamin supplements aren’t as good as getting them through foods, I’d like to have a go-to vitamin regimen for the morning - what should I focus on?
Also - thoughts on fiber supplements?
Sorry if these are dumb questions, this is all pretty new to me!

We begin with Laura peeking inside the window looking at some of the fine goods in Oleson's Mercantile, speculating on what her birthday present might be. Laura thinks it might be a new doll (since when does she play with dolls? -- unless she's still hoping for a replacement for the one that was broke in "The Raccoon" way back in season 1). Or maybe it's something else. Mary joins in and she doesn't know, but wouldn't tell if she did (true to form). Laura gives her some crap over all of that, but Mary is totally in the right here -- as a kid I learned it's much better if you wait than try to act surprised when the big day comes. Speaking of which, the big day has come as Pa hands Laura her gift, which turns out to be...a new dictionary. This is sort of a slap in the face to both Mary and Laura as Mary wanted one badly in "The Award" and worked her butt off to get it and never did, but Laura doesn't want it and gets it. Laura fakes some enthusiasm the way you would if someone gave you socks for Christmas. That night, Charles is in bed with Caroline when he admits he sucks at reading a room. Caroline humors him by saying that's exactly what she would have picked out. This is one thing I hate about Caroline, she rarely has the chutzpah to call out Charles when he is wrong. I miss the Caroline from the pilot movie that was full of backtalk and sass and implied insults. Next we find Laura window shopping at the Mercantile once more, where this time she's joined by Anna, a friend that stutters. They both look over the things they can't have, sadly. Just then, Nellie announces she's forming a new club and invites Laura into the house. Nellie invites Anna, but as soon as everyone gets up there, she announces Anna can't be in the club because of her speech impediment. Laura and Anna are ready to leave, but Harriet announces she's made punch and sandwiches for everyone. How nice of Harriet! There's a swarm at the door as everyone heads downstairs and in the process, Laura stays behind and swipes a music box out of Nellie's room. Laura takes it back to the Ingalls barn and immediately starts playing it. The next part is really corny as Laura smiles and dances like she's in some sort of bizarre, euphoric trance. She hears the barn door shut and senses someone has come, so she rushes over to close the music box. It falls to the ground in the process. We get some tremendous camerawork as Laura peeks in on the situation upside-down from the loft, and sure enough the shot is upside-down. Turns out it was just the wind blowing the door open and shut. She goes back to check the status on the music box, but it's all distorted and weird. That night, Laura has a nightmare about being found guilty of her crime and sentenced to 100 years of school. This wakes Mary up and they have a doozy of an argument as Mary suggests Laura try to dream of something else next time. I'm not sure which side I'm on here since Mary should know people really can't control their dreams, but it's pretty obvious that Laura's theft influenced this dream, so there's that.
Laura is walking to school one morning when she is approached by Nellie, who offers her a gumdrop. Laura accepts, which is pretty brazen considering she stole Nellie's music box, broke it and didn't tell her about it. Nellie invites her to lunch at the club, but Laura says she's still debating her membership. Anna says she'll come, but is denied again. Laura then informs Nellie that she wouldn't be in her club for all the gumdrops in the store. Nellie mocks Anna's stuttering, which is a mistake since Nels overhears and orders her inside and tells her to get the strap ready. Nellie rushes over to Harriet, who plays moderator for the whole situation. She's able to get Nels to back off a whooping if Nellie agrees to apologize to Anna and her parents. Nellie doesn't know the way to Anna's house however, so she stops by the Ingalls place for directions. In the barn trying to escape Jack's wrath, she finds Laura attempting to fix the music box, to no avail. Nellie calls Laura out on the theft, but Laura feverishly denies taking it. Nellie counters that there were only two of them made (one in her room and the other in the store), but Laura continues to double down on the lying. Finally, Laura caves and confesses. So Laura broke an almost one-of-a-kind item. Charles comes in and Nellie bails Laura out by saying she gifted the music box to Laura and they're friends now. Nellie heads over to Anna's place and apologizes. That night, Laura has another nightmare, this time that she's in shackles and being kept in some type of cellar (foreshadowing?). Harriet comes in and throws some scraps of food to her and all the other children. Nellie comes in with some KFC and holds out a chicken leg for Laura, who rushes over to accept, but gets bopped on the head with it, which is apparently enough to knock her out. Nellie exits and Laura pounds on the door, then the scene transitions to Laura pounding on the wall in the real world. That racket has awoken the entire household, so Pa asks what's going on. Laura asks Mary to cover for her. Mary obliges and (flatly) tells Pa that Laura fell out of bed. At school, Laura ditches Anna in order to play with Nellie and company.
Suppertime at the Ingalls finds Mary and Laura being quiet after they apparently had an argument about the Anna situation. They head up to the loft, where the argument quickly resumes. Oh Laura, what makes you think you can win a debate with the Moral Authority? Laura accuses Mary of jealousy (?!), but Mary counters than she wouldn't join the club for all the gumdrops in Oleson's store. Can Mary read minds or something? Laura said that exact phrase earlier and Mary wasn't around for it. Pa joins in and Mary gives Laura a pretty vicious takedown over the events and Pa is NOT pleased. He orders Laura to inform Nellie she's quitting the club, then orders the sisters to make up. Laura and Mary have a "sorry, not sorry" exchange. That night, Laura has yet another nightmare, this time that she is hung for her crime. This is pretty damn graphic for a family show in the 70's. The next day, Laura tells Nellie that she's revoking her club membership. The club meets in Nellie's room, where Nellie humiliates Anna some more. Anna runs off crying.
Laura finds Anna crying by a tree and actually manages to salvage the friendship. That night, she comes home soaked from the rain and chooses that time to confess her crime. Laura attempts to justify the stealing, talks about how scared she was and tries to blame the entirety on Nellie. Laura is using every trick in the book here and of course Pa lets her off easy. So just to recap, Laura stole an expensive and rare item, broke it, lied repeatedly about it, made life hell for two people and manages to get off with literally zero punishment. Unreal. As if that wasn't enough, Nellie does get whooped, then Laura and Anna dump buckets of water on Willie just because they can.
So I guess the moral of the story here is if you're Laura Ingalls, you can do whatever you want and not have to face the consequences.
EPISODE WINNER - Not really much to choose from here, but I'll go with Harriet for being such a gracious hostess.
EPISODE LOSER - Laura for her crime, dishonesty and all around maliciousness, although Pa deserves a mention for his crummy present that was insulting on so many levels and was the catalyst for everything that transpired here