#Chaffee Class

[alphamecha-mkii]

Shuttlecraft Chaffee by Mavek

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Federation Type 10 Shuttlecraft 'Chaffee' by Robert Bonchune

[puffle-fuzz]

I was just thinking about all the astronauts I think are cute. Realized that at least two are dead. Maybe 3. I am willing to share with the class. Not adding pics right now haha. This isn’t in order. Just as I think of em.

Chris Ferguson

Ken Ham

Zeb Scoville (he was an astronaut candidate so HE. COUNTS. FUCK YOU)

Matthew Dominick

Will McCool (imo he’s literally Matt’s twin.)

Roger Chaffee (he was my mom’s bday buddy. So I like to think they met up there when my mom died in 2018.)

Ed White (bro looks like my 8th grade science teacher.)

Jack Swigert

John Young

[mitchbeck]

RANGERS ENTER AFFILIATION AGREEMENT WITH ECHL’S BLOOMINGTON BISON

By: Alex Thomas, Hartford Wolf Pack HARTFORD, CT – New York Rangers President and General Manager Chris Drury announced today that the club has entered an affiliation agreement with the ECHL’s Bloomington Bison. The Bison will function as a development affiliate for the Rangers and their primary developmental affiliate, the AHL’s Hartford Wolf Pack. “Entering an affiliation agreement with the ECHL’s newest team in the Bloomington Bison is an exciting opportunity for the New York Rangers,” said Rangers Assistant General Manager and Wolf Pack General Manager Ryan Martin. “We take pride in building our team with competitive players from our minor league affiliates. Bloomington, as well as the continued partnership of the Hartford Wolf Pack, will provide us with even more resources to succeed in developing our prospects.” The Bison will play home games at Grossinger Motors Arena in Bloomington, IL. The club’s inaugural season will be in 2024-25. Phillip Barski will serve as the head coach of the team. The native of Richmond Hill, ON, spent the last two seasons on the coaching staff of the OHL’s Barrie Colts. He served as an Assistant Coach during the 2022-23 season, then spent the 2023-24 campaign as the Associate Coach. Before joining the Colts, Barski spent two seasons as an Assistant Coach with the ECHL’s Greenville Swamp Rabbits. “This affiliation with such a celebrated franchise as the New York Rangers brings a new level of excitement and prestige to Bloomington,” said City Manager Jeff Jurgens. “We look forward to the positive impact this partnership will have on the city and the electrifying hockey it will bring to Grossinger Motors Arena.” While the Bison will play their first season in the ECHL starting in October, the city has a long hockey history. The Bloomington Prairie Thunder of the UHL/IHL (2006-2010) and CHL (2010-11) were the first professional teams to play out of the Central Illinois city. The Bloomington Blaze of the CHL (2011-2013) then took the spotlight before moving to the SPHL as the Bloomington Thunder (2013-14). The city has also been the home to junior hockey. The USHL’s Bloomington franchise was known as the Thunder from its inception in 2014 through the 2016-17 season. They were rebranded as the Central Illinois Flying Aces for the 2017-18 and 2018-19 seasons. Notable Bloomington hockey alumni include forwards Mitchell Chaffee (USHL Thunder, TBL), Tyler Madden (USHL Flying Aces, LAK), and Walker Duehr (USHL Thunder, CGY), defensemen Wyatt Kalynuk (USHL Thunder, STL), Michael Callahan (USHL Flying Aces, BOS), Jeremy Davies (USHL Thunder, BUF), Brogan Rafferty (USHL Thunder, DET), Vince Pedrie (USHL Thunder), and Ryan Siedem (USHL Flying Aces, HFD), and goaltender Mitch Gibson (USHL Flying Aces, WSH). Kalynuk (2022-23), Pedrie (2016-17 – 2018-19), and Siedem (2023-24) all suited up for the Wolf Pack during their professional careers. Siedem is under contract with the club for the 2024-25 season. About Oak View Group (OVG): Oak View Group (OVG) is the global leader in live experience venue development, management, premium hospitality services, and 360-degree solutions for a collection of world-class owned venues, and a client roster of arenas, convention centers, music festivals, performing arts centers, and cultural institutions. Founded by Tim Leiweke and Irving Azoff in 2015, OVG is the leading developer of major new venues, either open or under development across four continents. Visit OakViewGroup.com, and follow OVG on Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, and X. ABOUT THE HARTFORD WOLF PACK: The Hartford Wolf Pack has been a premier franchise in the American Hockey League since its inception in 1997. The Wolf Pack is the top player-development affiliate of the NHL's New York Rangers and plays at the XL Center. The Wolf Pack has been home to some of the Rangers' newest faces, including Igor Shesterkin, Filip Chytil, and Ryan Lindgren. Follow the Wolf Pack on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and TikTok. HARTFORD WOLF PACK HOWLINGS Read the full article

[good-and-colorful]

As a peace offering from the last post, here’s all this other stuff I found on Pinterest, where they can’t seem to source anything so I don’t know where it’s actually from.

[oldschoolfrp]

En garde?  (Doug Chaffee, “Advanced Dungeons & Dragons 2nd Edition Preview,” Dragon 142, February 1989)  This article announced that the thief and bard classes would become subclasses of a new class, “rogue.”

[beammeupchief]

[notebooknebula]

5 Proven Strategies to Find Hot Deals Before Other Real Estate Investors

https://www.jayconner.com/podcast/episode-54-5-proven-strategies-to-find-hot-deals-before-other-real-estate-investors/

Key Takeaways:

The secret strategy for finding hot deals before other investors and its two main components

Step 1: Get the local Foreclosure list and maintain it.

Step 2: Market to motivated sellers through a direct mail campaign

Step 3: Meet and Negotiate with Prospects

Step 4: Get the property under contract

Step 5: Consider your exit strategies to turn a profit

How private money can come into play in this strategy

How to overcome your fears about real estate investing.

Jay and Chaffee talk about how to find real estate deals before your competition. 

Jay outlines the process as he finds hot deals every week. 

He has developed a five-step process over the last nine years: 

1) Get the local Foreclosure list and maintain it. 

2) Direct Mail campaign to the prospect 

3) Meet and Negotiate with Prospects 

4) Get the property under contract 

5) Multiple Exit Strategies 

Plus, Chaffee shares how new real estate investors can overcome their fears about investing.

Timestamps:

0:01 – Raising Private Money with Jay Conner

0:45 – Today’s Guest: Chaffee Thanh-Nguyen

4:18 – Free Online Class

8:51 – Two Main Components

11:03 – Marketing Direct Mail Letters

15:55 – Negotiate The Deal

17:35 – Buying Subject-To The Existing Note

22:13 – Analysis Paralysis

24:06 – Take Action!

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Free Report:

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Join the Private Money Academy:

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Have you read Jay’s new book: Where to Get The Money Now?

It is available FREE (all you pay is the shipping and handling) at

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What is Private Money? Real Estate Investing with Jay Conner

https://www.JayConner.com/MoneyPodcast

Jay Conner is a proven real estate investment leader. He maximizes creative methods to buy and sell properties with profits averaging $67,000 per deal without using his own money or credit.

What is Real Estate Investing? Live Private Money Academy Conference

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Listen to our Podcast:

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[scthcole]

SETH COLE. 32. First Mate for the Cayuga Lake State Park. Salt of the Earth.

INTERACTIONS | MUSINGS

QUICK STATS

Full Name: Seth Cole

Age: 32

Birthday: April 28, 1990

Nationality: American

Occupation: First Officer/First Mate for the Cayuga Lake State Park

Gender: Cisgender Male

Sexual Orientation: Demisexual (Strong Preference to Females)

Positive Traits: Adroit, Consistent, Decisive

Negative Traits: Single-Minded, Selective, Idealistic

FAMILY: The Cole family are the Salt of the Earth type: they work hard rather than work smart. They have a very modest house in a very modest plot of land out near the outskirts of town. Seth’s father was military-turned-fisher (almost the same as he would be) while his mother was a seamstress who had her small store downtown until recently. There’s food in the table, just enough. It’s a modest life, it’s a good life.

CHILDHOOD: Seth was born and raised in Ithaca– by its lake, by its woods, by its quiet. Everyone knew him and his family. He’s the fourth generation Cole to live there, and he wouldn’t be the last. He sees his childhood as normal, typical: he had his childhood friends who grew to be in the same group in high school. He played baseball – caught more foul balls and strikeouts in the outfield in his high school than anyone before him. It’s uneventful, he thinks. For him, the highlight of those days was that time he got his license and he and his younger brother drove from Ithaca to New Mexico for the summer.

YOUNG ADULTHOOD: He was only in college for a semester, taking up BS Biology, before he dropped out. College is not for everyone, and he’s part of that “not everyone.” He tried, of course he did – his ma wanted him to, and so he did – but it just wouldn’t fit. On his last week of that semester, he went down to the Navy’s recruitment office, signed up, and left Ithaca five months after.

MILITARY: He served – just has his father, just as his brother, just as his grandfather, and almost all the men in their family before him. He enlisted in the Navy at age 19, and would only get out 7 years after. His time in the military rooted him to himself even more. He served in the US Navy Pacific Fleet, rose the ranks slow as molasses (as everyone did.) By the time he got out, he was a Petty Officer First Class aboard the USS Chaffee. He would have served longer, but he fell in love.

MARRIAGE: Seth has always been a romantic, through and through. His mother dotted him, his father guided him. When he was younger, they told him to be careful because he wore his heart on his sleeve: it’s going to be broken so many times before he meets the one, before he meets his wife (wanted connection). Seth was on furlough when he met his wife. It was a slow burn: he knew more of how to command men and take orders than to woo anyone. The friendship came easy after: they would talk for hours, laughed and teased.  Still, on that day, when he got home to his mother, Seth told ma that he’s found the one. Due to Seth’s idealistic nature and commitment to the Navy, their relationship progressed slowly and… very traditionally. A year after Seth retired from the military, his wife and Seth got married on a warm, early July morning, and have been happily married since. He has been blessed: it’s a modest life, it’s a good life.

OCCUPATION: Right after Seth got out of the military, he was offered to join the New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic in Cayuga Lake. A former Navy sergeant he had served with when he was younger referred him. He’s always loved the lake. His father was also a fisherman, and he knew how to earn his keep. He’s been working at Cayuga Lake for almost 6 years now. Whenever people ask what his job is, he would always humbly say he’s just someone who works at the lake. In truth, he is the first mate of a 7-man strong ranger vessel, with a promotion to be a captain in the horizons.

CURRENT ARC: Seth and his wife have been married for almost 5 years now. He’s very much in love with her still (and will always be), but when Seth married his wife, he had a picture of a family together in mind. Six years of marriage and still childless. Although they try (and enjoy trying), it’s been starting to weigh in on Seth. He’s 32 years old now, and his ideal image of a family has yet to be realized.

PERSONALITY: Seth is an idealist and a dreamer. Once he sets his mind on a goal or a dream, he finds that it is his responsibility to himself to make it into reality. When he was younger, he promised his ma and pa that he’ll be with them ‘til they’re old and take care of them, give them grandchildren and name one of them after his maternal grandfather. That’s been his dream since he was 12 and he’s still working on it consistently. He is responsible through and through, and this is not just the product of a decade in the military, it is the core of a man who understands that commitment and consistency are not the be taken lightly.

EXTRAS

Seth is scared of small dogs, lma0. He’s deathly scared of Pomeranian

Seth had a twin who was a stillborn. His name was Abek. Together with his younger brother, their parents named them Cain, Abel, and Seth – after the sons of Adam and Eve. Neither of his parents are religious.

Climate change is a huge and personal issue for Seth. He has seen its effects in the firsthand. As such, whenever possible, he prefers to take public transportation or just walk.

SUMMARY: Seth is an Ithaca Local Man who rides a boat in the lake for a living. Hahahaha

[thepropertylovers]

Feature Friday with Matthew Chaffee

Happy Friday, friends. Though the weeks are running together and what day it is means almost nothing anymore, we’re so happy it’s finally the weekend. The last few weeks have been some of the busiest for us (feeling grateful for that) and we’re looking forward to relaxing just a bit this weekend. Do you have any fun plans?

This week’s Feature Friday is Matthew, who shares what it was like growing up in a conservative environment, the response he got from his senior high school class when he came out in front of them by reading an essay (!), and his advice for those struggling to come out. We enjoyed getting to know Matthew and we think you will, too. See what we mean below…

What is your favorite place you’ve ever traveled to and why? Unfortunately, my answer to this question isn’t very exciting. Growing up, my family never had a lot of extra money to spend on traveling, so most of our vacations consisted of road trips around the Midwest. Don’t get me wrong, I got to see some fascinating places and make great memories with my family, but I haven’t been anywhere particularly exotic. I have been to New York City twice, both times for a music department tour in high school, and I’d have to say that it’s probably my favorite place I’ve traveled to. It was so much bigger and so much more cosmopolitan than anything I had ever seen or was used to, so it was quite overwhelming. The sheer vibrancy of it all – the lights, the smells, the languages – was intoxicating. Attending a performance of Phantom of the Opera on Broadway would probably have to go on my list of top ten life experiences thus far. It’s definitely not somewhere I could live for any length of time, but for somewhere to visit, it was phenomenal. 

Where did you grow up? What was your environment like? I’ve spent the entirety of my life living in West Michigan, which, as you may or may not know, is pretty traditional and conservative. More specifically, I’m from Grandville, which is a city of about 16,000 located in the Greater Grand Rapids area. Dutch heritage and Reformed (Protestant) Christian values play a big role in shaping the culture of the circles I grew up in. I attended a Christian Reformed Church, and I was educated in a private Christian school where my graduating class consisted of approximately seventy students. My family consists of myself, my mother, my father, and my brother, who is five years younger than me. I am very close with my parents, and I’d say my relationship with my brother is typical of siblings with our age gap. Family and faith have always been central parts of my life, and I don’t foresee that changing. 

How did your environment growing up shape who you are as a person? Growing up in a pretty conservative area definitely had an impact on my younger years. I remember in elementary school, like many children, I would parrot my parents’ political views when “discussing” politics with my peers. However, with the growing revelation about my sexuality that came with puberty, my views slowly began to change. Another catalyst for my shifting views occurred in middle school, when a good friend of mine was deported to Guatemala due to an error in her parents’ paperwork. The injustice of it all really impacted me and opened my eyes to a world that before had been largely hidden. High school gave me my first opportunity to connect with international students. As I have always been interested in learning about different cultures, I quickly befriended them and even helped start my high school’s International Club, which provided opportunities for American and international students to interact and attend various cultural events. Finally, my Aunt Dawn and Uncle Tim have played a major role in exposing me to issues concerning social justice. Although both of them grew up in West Michigan – just like my parents – their life circumstances have provided them with opportunities not experienced by most of my other family members. Because of this, they have always stood out to me as being somehow “different”, more engaged and more vibrant and passionate than most people I know. As I grew older and began paying more attention to the things my Aunt and Uncle would talk about, I began to realize the value behind the causes they were advocating. When taken together, my friends, my family, my sexuality, and my desire to continuously learn and expand my horizons have shaped me into who I am today. 

What’s one interesting fact about you? Besides English, I’m speak conversational Spanish and basic French and Korean. I also can play piano and trumpet, and I love to sing (though I don’t know if I’m any good or not, since I’m too shy to sing in front of anyone). 

What is one thing you love about yourself? Learning to love myself hasn’t been easy; it’s a process, and definitely something I’m still working on. But one thing I’ve always been proud of is my imagination. I’m a dreamer, and my mind is a wild place. I keep a running note on my phone of all the random, crazy things I think up so that maybe someday I can make them happen. 

What brings you the most joy in life? Oh boy. There are so many things I could talk about here. I love being outdoors. In particular, I love to bike. Bike trails are plentiful where I live, and Grand Rapids has begun to install bike lanes, so getting around and finding new places to ride is a cinch. My favorite ride is from Grand Rapids out to Lake Michigan, which I do a few times every summer with my best friend. Other outdoor activities I enjoy are hiking and hammocking. I firmly believe that everyone should own a good hammock. In addition to outdoor activities, I love to cook and bake. My specialties are ice cream and gourmet mac & cheese. Someday I hope to write a mac & cheese cookbook and title it “MAC: The Complete Guy to Everyone’s Childhood Favorite” (M-A-C are my initials). I also make a mean hummus. I love to learn. I’ve spent countless hours on Wikipedia reading about the most arbitrary topics. Whether it’s German political parties or the Japanese folklore, I’ve probably read about it. Nothing is off limits. As a result, my mind is a veritable treasure trove of random and mostly useless facts. Finally, I find joy in spending quality time with friends and family. Whether it’s playing ultimate frisbee, exploring a new city, dumpster diving at Krispy Kreme (a tradition at my college), or having late-night campfire talks, I’m down for just about anything as long as I’m with the right people. 

How old were you when you came out? What was your experience like? My coming out experience was a rather long process. Pretty much as soon as I began to have romantic feelings toward people, I realized that I had them for both guys and girls. This was around fourth or fifth grade, and I told myself that it was normal, that I wasn’t actually attracted to guys, but that I just knew that some guys were really good-looking. Once I reached middle school, I started to come to terms with the fact that maybe I was attracted to guys. But I continued to tell myself that I was more attracted to girls. I did the whole “percentage” thing, where I was like, “okay, I’m eighty percent straight, twenty percent gay.” I first came out as bisexual to my friend Carly. Freshman year of high school I told a few more friends that I was bi, and it went over pretty well. Sophomore year I briefly dated a girl, then junior year I began dating another girl. That lasted for about a year until we broke up early spring of my senior year. The breakup gave me a lot to think about, but even while dating her I realized that something never really felt right; I could never really imagine myself with her – or with any girl for that matter – for the long term. After much soul searching, I finally accepted that I was gay. One of the last big projects senior year was the “Where I Stand” paper. This was an essay written by every senior for English class, and it was basically an opportunity to say whatever you wanted and to be really open and vulnerable and reflect on your life leading up to that point. I decided to incorporate my coming out into my paper. It wasn’t the central focus, rather more of a side note. Thankfully, my English teacher, Mrs. Hoeve (now Dr. Hoeve) was extremely supportive throughout the process. On the day when everyone shared their papers, I concluded mine to thunderous applause, which was especially remarkable considering the fact that most of my classmates came from the same conservative, Reformed Christian background as I did. On the whole, I couldn’t have asked for a better coming-out experience at school. 

How did your friends and family take it? Did you face any backlash? How did/do you deal with that? I waited to come out to my parents until after my graduation and open house in order to not burden them with the news. Finally, after the celebrations had ended, I let them read my paper. The fifteen minutes or so that I waited in my room while they read it downstairs were the most agonizing of my life, because I knew how earth-shattering the revelation would be to them. When they finally came up to my room, their expressions were pretty much what I’d expected – reassuring, yet somehow disheartening at the same time. They assured me that they still loved me, that they were proud of me, and that they were glad I had told them. Since that time, we have only discussed my sexuality on a few occasions. When I first told them that I was dating a guy, it was almost like coming out all over again; I think that revelation finally made my sexuality real to them. In the intervening time, I have seen my mom making definite strides in becoming more open-minded not just toward me but in general, which is great. My dad, though he accepts and loves me, is very set in his ways – though, to be fair, I have had fewer conversations with him regarding my sexuality. My dad’s parents disowned me when I came out to them, though that hasn’t had much of an impact on me due to the fact that I was never very close to them. My mom’s parents, on the other hand, have always been incredible grandparents to me, so coming out to them, especially knowing their stance on other issues, was pretty nerve- wracking. Incredibly, the news didn’t seem to affect them at all, and their treatment of me since that time hasn’t differed in the least; they are still the loving, generous grandparents I’ve always known, and for that I’m extremely thankful. My friends have all been very accepting as well, though this was to be expected considering I have always associated with my more relaxed, open-minded peers. 

What did you learn about yourself in the coming out process? One of the most meaningful lessons I’ve learned about myself in the coming-out process is truly understanding what I value and stand for. I was raised as a Christian, and my faith is still very important to me. If anything, it’s actually become stronger as I’ve navigated the ups and downs of my journey with my sexuality. I’ve talked with numerous gay men who, at one point or another, renounced religion for various reasons, but often those reasons involved the church’s negative treatment or exclusion of LGBTQ+ individuals. To me, this is heartbreaking. As someone who identifies both as gay and as a Christian, seeing the false dichotomy that has been constructed around these two identities is challenging and frustrating, because I personally don’t believe that such exclusivity has any place in either institution. At its core, Christianity is about love. Sure, there are endless theological arguments to be made, but I don’t believe that these are necessary in order for a Christian to be accepting of another’s sexuality. Indeed, many of my friends are Christians; these are the same friends who accept my sexuality and wholeheartedly support me. Furthermore, the professors at the private Christian university I attend vehemently assert that Christianity and social justice go hand- in-hand, and that this includes advocacy for LGBTQ+ rights. Seeing this kind of support coming from within circles that are often viewed as hostile toward the LGBTQ+ community has been so incredibly encouraging. Not only has this served to reinforce my identity as both a gay man and a Christian, but it has also provided me with confidence when speaking about these issues. 

What would you tell today’s LGBTQ youth who are struggling to come out in fear they won’t be accepted by family, friends, society? You just might be surprised. People you’d never expect to support you will rally around you and love you. It’s also possible that people who truly care about you, but who may not be supportive right now, will have a change of heart when they find out. Sometimes it takes time. Case in point: my own parents, who are still processing and learning about what it means to have a gay son. Know, too, that family can mean more than one thing. Friends are the family you choose, so seek out and surround yourself with people who will love and accept you for who you are, especially if your actual family doesn’t. As cliché as it sounds, it does get better. Sometimes you just have to put in the effort to make it better for yourself and accept the challenges along the way. 

What is a difficult or challenging obstacle you have overcame in your life, or hope to overcome? By far the most difficult obstacle I’ve had to overcome in my life has been my struggle with mental illness, namely anxiety and depression. I was extremely anxious as a young child, to the point where I would induce vomiting before any sort of performance or sporting event so that it wouldn’t happen while on stage or on the field. Looking back, I think my anxiety was to blame for a lot of missed opportunities. For example, I don’t view myself as a particularly athletic person. But is this actually true? Or did I just never really try for fear of failure? Anxiety also manifests itself in my relationships. Elementary school friendships were rocky at best, and college presented its own challenges with meeting people and putting myself out there. More recently, depression has been a major struggle in my life. As I mentioned, I struggled initially to make friends at college (though this has since changed), and as I result, I became very depressed. I saw all the people around me getting settled into their friend groups while I felt alone. There was a point where my loneliness led me to seriously contemplate suicide, and I believe that perhaps the only thing that stopped me was when a friend checked in on me and gave me a hug. Since that time, I’ve been working on slowly but surely moving my center of identity to within myself, rather than placing it in other people and their judgements of me. I am focusing on pursuing my hobbies and interests, taking time to care for myself, and accepting my emotions as valid while simultaneously analyzing them through an objective lens. By doing this, I have become less worried about maintaining relationships and instead have been able to be present and actually enjoy them while also feeling more comfortable in the times when I’m alone. 

Who is your biggest inspiration and why? My biggest inspiration is my mom’s sister Dawn. She is one of the wisest, most thoughtful, and most gracious people I know. I actually came out to her before I told my parents; due to her close relationship with my mom, I knew she would have some good suggestions for how to break the news to them, and that she would be able to help my mom process the news after the fact. To give an idea of the type of person Dawn is, here’s a little anecdote: When I worked as a Resident Assistant in college, I had a resident come out to me. I was thrilled and honored to have him entrust me with such a significant part of his identity, and I really valued the opportunity to walk alongside him in his journey. I mentioned to him the role Dawn had played in my own coming-out process, and he asked if she might be willing to offer some advice to his mom. I reached out to Dawn, and she willingly agreed. I came to find out later from this resident that his mother and my aunt had talked for over an hour on the phone. I don’t know very many people who would go so far out of their way to help and support a complete stranger. 

Where do you see yourself in five years? Oh boy. Honestly, I try not to plan too far ahead, because that can be dangerous for an overthinking dreamer like me. But if I had to say, five years from now I actually hope to be doing exactly what you guys (PJ & Thomas) are doing. I joke that my dream is to have my own HGTV show, and while the odds of that happening are slim to none, I’d be happy to flip houses and develop property even without a TV show. I also hope to meet the man of my dreams, get married, and start a family, though this might take a little longer than five years down the road to happen. My greatest fear is actually never finding love. I know it seems a little ridiculous for a twenty-one-year-old to be worrying about that sort of thing, but it’s hard when you have friends who have been in serious relationships for years or who are getting engaged. I have to keep reminding myself that people find love at different times and in different places, and that I shouldn’t compare my own journey with others’.

Any last words you want to leave people with? Feel free to share! Feel free to message me! I always love getting to meet new people and hear their stories.

Thank you so much, Matthew! You can follow him on Instagram here. Hope you have a great weekend, friends!! xx

P&T

[alphamecha-mkii]

Chaffee Class Research Vessel Data Sheet

[jackswigert]

"[Roger] Chaffee was an unknown quantity. As a member of the third astronaut class, the junior pilot had little occasion to work with any of the men who flew in the Gemini program. However, NASA tapped Chaffee for the first Apollo mission, and that said a lot. More important, [Gus] Grissom had referred to his Apollo apprentice as "a really great boy". And that said a lot more."

— Apollo 13 (formally titled Lost Moon), Jim Lovell and Jeffery Kluger

[a-wandering-fool]

Few in my lifetime have expressed with as much sincere, heartfelt truth the sacrifice made by our brave men and women as President Reagan.

His remarks from Memorial Day on May 26th, 1986 are always worth remembering:

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Today is the day we put aside to remember fallen heroes and to pray that no heroes will ever have to die for us again. It’s a day of thanks for the valor of others, a day to remember the splendor of America and those of her children who rest in this cemetery and others. It’s a day to be with the family and remember.

I was thinking this morning that across the country children and their parents will be going to the town parade and the young ones will sit on the sidewalks and wave their flags as the band goes by. Later, maybe, they’ll have a cookout or a day at the beach. And that’s good, because today is a day to be with the family and to remember.

Arlington, this place of so many memories, is a fitting place for some remembering. So many wonderful men and women rest here, men and women who led colorful, vivid, and passionate lives. There are the greats of the military: Bull Halsey and the Admirals Leahy, father and son; Black Jack Pershing; and the GI’s general, Omar Bradley. Great men all, military men. But there are others here known for other things.

Here in Arlington rests a sharecropper’s son who became a hero to a lonely people. Joe Louis came from nowhere, but he knew how to fight. And he galvanized a nation in the days after Pearl Harbor when he put on the uniform of his country and said, “I know we’ll win because we’re on God’s side.” Audie Murphy is here, Audie Murphy of the wild, wild courage. For what else would you call it when a man bounds to the top of a disabled tank, stops an enemy advance, saves lives, and rallies his men, and all of it single-handedly. When he radioed for artillery support and was asked how close the enemy was to his position, he said, “Wait a minute and I’ll let you speak to them.” [Laughter]

Michael Smith is here, and Dick Scobee, both of the space shuttle Challenger. Their courage wasn’t wild, but thoughtful, the mature and measured courage of career professionals who took prudent risks for great reward—in their case, to advance the sum total of knowledge in the world. They’re only the latest to rest here; they join other great explorers with names like Grissom and Chaffee.

Oliver Wendell Holmes is here, the great jurist and fighter for the right. A poet searching for an image of true majesty could not rest until he seized on “Holmes dissenting in a sordid age.” Young Holmes served in the Civil War. He might have been thinking of the crosses and stars of Arlington when he wrote: “At the grave of a hero we end, not with sorrow at the inevitable loss, but with the contagion of his courage; and with a kind of desperate joy we go back to the fight.”

All of these men were different, but they shared this in common: They loved America very much. There was nothing they wouldn’t do for her. And they loved with the sureness of the young. It’s hard not to think of the young in a place like this, for it’s the young who do the fighting and dying when a peace fails and a war begins. Not far from here is the statue of the three servicemen—the three fighting boys of Vietnam. It, too, has majesty and more. Perhaps you’ve seen it—three rough boys walking together, looking ahead with a steady gaze. There’s something wounded about them, a kind of resigned toughness. But there’s an unexpected tenderness, too. At first you don’t really notice, but then you see it. The three are touching each other, as if they’re supporting each other, helping each other on.

I know that many veterans of Vietnam will gather today, some of them perhaps by the wall. And they’re still helping each other on. They were quite a group, the boys of Vietnam—boys who fought a terrible and vicious war without enough support from home, boys who were dodging bullets while we debated the efficacy of the battle. It was often our poor who fought in that war; it was the unpampered boys of the working class who picked up the rifles and went on the march. They learned not to rely on us; they learned to rely on each other. And they were special in another way: They chose to be faithful. They chose to reject the fashionable skepticism of their time. They chose to believe and answer the call of duty. They had the wild, wild courage of youth. They seized certainty from the heart of an ambivalent age; they stood for something.

And we owe them something, those boys. We owe them first a promise: That just as they did not forget their missing comrades, neither, ever, will we. And there are other promises. We must always remember that peace is a fragile thing that needs constant vigilance. We owe them a promise to look at the world with a steady gaze and, perhaps, a resigned toughness, knowing that we have adversaries in the world and challenges and the only way to meet them and maintain the peace is by staying strong.

That, of course, is the lesson of this century, a lesson learned in the Sudetenland, in Poland, in Hungary, in Czechoslovakia, in Cambodia. If we really care about peace, we must stay strong. If we really care about peace, we must, through our strength, demonstrate our unwillingness to accept an ending of the peace. We must be strong enough to create peace where it does not exist and strong enough to protect it where it does. That’s the lesson of this century and, I think, of this day. And that’s all I wanted to say. The rest of my contribution is to leave this great place to its peace, a peace it has earned.

Thank all of you, and God bless you, and have a day full of memories.

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THAC0 Thursday: Origins of AD&D 2E

For this THAC0 Thursday, I’d like to talk about the origins of 2e.

Background

The year was 1987. AD&D 1e was proving to be popular, but the popular rules were all spread out. Unearthed Arcana, the Wilderness Survival Guide, the Dungeoneer’s Survival Guide and Dragon magazine all contained updated and revised rules that improved play. 1e had begun to outgrow itself, so TSR resolved to consolidate the rules into a new edition.

The Team

Headed by David “Zeb” Cook, a small team of designers including Steve Winter, Jon Pickens, Mike Breault, Jean Black, Curtis Smith, James Ward, Kim Janke, Linda Bakk, Betty Elmore, Angie Lokotz, Jeff Easley, Douglas Chaffee, Larry Elmore, Craig Farley, John & Laura Lakey, Erik Olson, Jack Pennington, Jeff Butler, Jeff Easley, Jean E. Martin, Dave Sutherland, Colleen O’Malley and Paul Hanchette, as well as countless playtesters, started work on Advanced Dungeons & Dragons 2nd Edition. The first 2e book was published in 1989.

Changes

First and most notably, the origin of the name of this series, THAC0 was introduced officially. No more looking at tables all day, now you just did a subtraction problem!

Classes were grouped into Warriors (Fighters, Paladins, Rangers), Wizards (Mages, Specialists), Priests (Clerics, Druids) and Rouges (Thieves, Bards). Proficiencies were officially introduced as an optional rule.

Due to outrages over D&D’s supposed “satanic” nature, devils and demons were removed in this new edition, returning as the Tanar’ri and Baatezu, respectively. Also notable was the removal of the Assassin class and Half-Orc race, as TSR wanted to stress the heroic nature of characters and teamwork of the party.

The Monster Manual was replaced by the Monstrous Compendium, a loose-leaf binder with a full page for each monster. This was useful and novel at first, but quickly the organization of dual-sided pages began to become a problem. The Monstrous Manual, a bound book of popular monsters, was published in 1993.

That’s about it for now! Hope you enjoyed!

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Las Vegas Nevada Mailbox: Roundup: Pair of 5A soccer upsets; Arbor View volleyball rolls

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