I spent a couple weeks playing and decided there wasn't enough game to keep engaging. It seemed like all there was was a treadmill, a thin story, and a bunch of IP assets. Are you still into it?

We tried spraying blended habanero on our winter squash to keep them off. One day my wife found a squirrel eating a pumpkin -- it would stop eating every few bites to let out this long, undulating screaming

Totally off-topic, but I've been watching through the entire history of the Edible Acres YouTube channel, and I happened to read through some comments and saw one from you. So this is me just waving across

STOP

I have a crock of cukes under brine right now. It's my first time using Sichuan flower pepper as the big strong flavor (with some chiles and garlic). They're not even half-sour yet, but already delicious.

I have no problem believing that they're more water-efficient and they're obviously a time-saver, but I'm not sure about getting things cleaner. Maybe my dishwasher makes the dishes as hygienic as washing

It's summer here. I love to grow vegetables, but I hate the heat, so it's a confusing time. I love the winter and moved somewhere with relatively extreme winters (Minnesota, US) and just enjoy them.

I've tried, but can't get large bell peppers to form and ripen in containers. I get lots of small chile peppers.

I ferment a lot of vegetables. Typically I use carrots in kimchis with cabbage and other stuff, but I've fermented them in brine a few times, usually much longer than what you're describing -- like 2-3

I can start a fresh bug and get through the soda-brewing process with wonderful results. But I have never managed to keep one alive longer than about twelve days. They always crash and I have to start

I hope your experience this time around is easier to handle than the one that drove you away! Congratulations!

Does this help?

I reinstalled the game largely because of the stuff you've been writing.

I stopped watching the show near the middle of the third season. It had a spot in our family rotation but it just felt like a drag each time it came up. We're much more enjoying the Netflix MCU shows.

I don't quite understand what you're implying by the reference to Firefly. It had less than a season and is more universally appreciated by the people I know than any other show ever.

I played with Twine a little when I first heard about it three or four years ago. One of my tiny projects was a mid-game character replacer for a D&Dish game.

I'm interested in the distinction you draw between morals and aesthetics. You think they're different things? ETA: What I mean is, morals seems like a subset of aesthetics.

I think you're right, Dan. My face to face group is currently playing a sandbox style Whitehack game (which is in the D&D family). As I was reading the first part of this, I wanted to disagree with

Oh, that's really neat!

So the system is broken. OTOH, making them free would be begging for over-use. I dunno what the answer is then. Maybe the first four each day could be free.