protein chx soup, caf, vitamins
6ish: 2 eggs scrambled w/chz and the last half hot dog on a rolillo
10ish: eggwich 2 of 2. Super convenient, high protein, but a sandwich w/o bread is mouthfeel thing
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CA: This guild hasn't changed much, the guildmaster is a solid strategist but lacks leadership skills and places little value on consensus. Our toons have gotten stronger of course, and we've recruited some strong players to keep our numbers up, but the way we function as a guild has not adapted or progressed. It's embarrassing when they have their high-strung meltdowns over a stupid browser game. I think it boils down to what I learned from my interpersonal communications textbook is called "mind reading expectations". So I think it's nearly time to retire to a guild of overall bigger, more relaxed fish.
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It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of light, it was the season of darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair.
- Dickens, "A Tale of Two Cities" (1859)
Dickens's novel begins in 1775, just ahead of the French Revolution. At its publication in 1859, the British Empire has just put down India's first war for independence. The U.S., England and other major colonial powers were all wrestling with a contant simmer of various colonial revolts and rebellions, or sometimes still with each other as in the "Pig War" border dispute between Washington Territory and Canadian Vancouver. And while it would still be a couple of years until the U.S. Civil War, a clash over slavery must have appeared inevitable to observers of American politics.
Not much different between 1775 and 1859 - same players, different military theaters. If there's anything to learn from Dickens's "Tale" it's that Matthew 24:6's "war and rumors of war" are a timeless companion to the human condition.