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I don't know what to call the styles currently on offer but the last time I checked out Target, Express, Old Navy I noticed a lot more muted color, dated thrift-shoppy aesthetic that I thought looked pretty wack. I'll leave that to the younger dudes with their mullets and mustaches (which I also do not understand)

Now we're talking. Yiume is definitely in the vein of what I want to see (owlohh was the complete opposite lol). I'm a rolled-up long-sleeve shirt kind of guy but I'm really digging these patterns. Love this cat print one https://www.yiume.com/products/mens-hawaiian-shirt-the-cat-that-kicked-cuju-cotton-camp-collar-short-sleeve-aloha-shirt

edit: Having scrolled through all their shirts, I'm glad they're doing that cat collection because almost everything else I was not vibing nearly as much as it much more standard "obnoxiously loud hawaiian shirt"--though much nicer designs than I usually see. Maybe what I need to look more for is artist collabs as they tend to have a little more soul than "here's another kitschy pattern of the same thing you've seen a dozen times before."

It's such a low stakes change but at the same time, like, why bother changing it at all.

Looks like you might be staying in the same apartment I did when I first visited Seattle. Great view, isn't it?

I love them. The inside of my mouth, not so much.

I let the intrusive thoughts win and hung my ceiling nightlight thing from the inside shower curtain and shower with the lights off. I find it more calming--not that I found found showers not relaxing before but feels like I'm shutting out the outside world more and that I find more relaxing.

I also have some of those bone conducting headphones that are waterproof so I listen to podcasts while I shower as well.

Huh, never knew the Soviets got churchills. 🤔

Some creators are a bit iffy on the models, usually because there's too much detail for the scale. It looks great in renders but it's almost unpaintable. Some others like station forge have got it spot on, though. Enough detail to keep it interesting without being an absolute pain to paint.

The tubes replacing their beard on the helmeted models is so dope.

I have two resin printers (an old Proton and a Saturn 8k) and I've printed a fair number models, though no vehicles and it's been SO worth the money now that easy to print, less-brittle resins exist. The patreons I was subscribed to provided very good value per month too. I never got into tablestop stuff largely because of the cost but printing minis is wildly cheap after the initial setup costs--and it's not like you can't print other non-tabletop stuff (I use mine for other personal projects too). I can print a "space marine" and base him (I print my basic bases on an FDM printer) and it'll cost me somewhere in the ballpark of 15 cents vs, what, multiple dollars if I were buying from GW? I guess it does take a fair amount of DIY to learn the process and dealing with the resin itself is not exactly fun but I find that a worthwhile tradeoff.

How long does DITT take to play? I haven't played any of the more "sim" wargames but I'm guessing it takes quite a while?

PREPARATION Step 1 In a medium saucepan, cover the potatoes with cold water by at least 1 inch. Add a few big pinches of salt. Bring to a boil over high heat. Gently lower the eggs into the pot. Cover, reduce to a bare simmer, and cook until the potatoes are tender and show no resistance when pierced with a knife or cake tester, 10 to 12 minutes. Drain the potatoes in a colander and spread in a single layer on a large rimmed baking sheet. Immediately sprinkle with vinegar and sugar. Set aside until completely cool, at least 15 minutes. Transfer the eggs to a bowl of ice water and peel when completely cool.

Step 2 Meanwhile, toss the cucumber with a big pinch of salt in the bottom of a large bowl and set aside until the potatoes are cool.

Step 3 When the potatoes are cool, add them to the bowl with the cucumber and lightly mash with the back of a fork until some bite-size chunks still remain.

Step 4 Add carrot, corn, radish, scallion, mayonnaise, mentaiko, lemon zest and juice. Squeeze the hard-boiled eggs through your clean fingers to break them up, or chop them with a knife and add them to the salad. Stir together and season with pepper, more salt, sugar, vinegar, lemon juice or mayonnaise, or a combination, to taste.

INGREDIENTS Yield: 4 to 6 servings

1 pound russet potatoes (about 2 whole large potatoes), peeled and cut into large chunks

Salt

2 eggs

1 tablespoon rice vinegar, plus more to taste

2 teaspoons sugar

1 small Japanese or Persian cucumber, or ½ an English cucumber (about 4 ounces), quartered lengthwise, seeds removed and discarded, and thinly sliced

1 small carrot (2 to 3 ounces), quartered lengthwise and thinly sliced

½ cup thawed frozen corn kernels or briefly boiled fresh corn kernels (optional)

¼ cup chopped radish (about 2 radishes; optional)

2 scallions, thinly sliced

5 tablespoons Kewpie mayonnaise (see Tip), plus more to taste

1 whole sac mentaiko or tarako (about 2 ounces)

1 teaspoon grated lemon zest

1 teaspoon fresh lemon juice, plus more to taste

Freshly ground black pepper