John Nephew

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Game publisher (www.atlas-games.com), plastic recycler (www.replayworkshop.com), woodworking hobbyist, parent, spouse, container of multitudes. He/him.

Small pine bookcase with "Kona" dark brown gel stain and tongue-and-groove back.
Ferret
PRODUCER PRICE INDEXES - MAY 2026 The Producer Price Index for final demand rose 1.1 percent in May, seasonally adjusted, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Final demand prices advanced 1.1 percent in April and 0.7 percent in March. (See table A.) On an unadjusted basis, the index for final demand increased 6.5 percent for the 12 months ended in May, the largest 12-month rise since moving up 7.4 percent in November 2022.
Open sided display stand, made of douglasfir construction lumber scraps. Glued up and clamped but unfinished.
Goat Lymph Feeds Nerve Cells: an ad from Sept. 2, 1905
"Fireproof" homes becoming cheaper than wood frame; Minnesota forests all being cut down; future wood use in homebuilding will only be trim and flooring.
Hudson River Institute for sale, asking $18,000 in 1905
Evans Vacuum Cap Co. Ad for a device to cure baldness, Literary Digest, 7/8/1905
Cadillac ad from Literary Digest, 11/25/1905
Pretty custom oversize Ars Magica 10 sided dice
the market is pricing in a "soft landing" or a "short war," but the banks are writing 200+ page warnings about systemic collapse. either the banks are being overly cautious for legal reasons, or they are seeing a credit crunch that the retail market is completely ignoring.
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OPEN HORMUZ FIRST Trump: Iran’s new, more pragmatic leader seeks a ceasefire. The U.S. response: reopen the Strait of Hormuz—then we’ll talk. Otherwise, escalation continues. ‪ TRUMP ON IRAN: UNTIL THEN, WE ARE BLASTING IRAN INTO OBLIVION BREAKING⚠Trump: Iran asked the US for a ceasefire TRUMP ON IRAN: WE WILL CONSIDER WHEN HORMUZ STRAIT IS OPEN, FREE, AND CLEAR TRUMP ON IRAN: HAS JUST ASKED UNITED STATES OF AMERICA FOR A CEASEFIRE
THE LITTLE GARDEN OF ROSES, AND OF LAURIN, KING OF THE DWARFS. Hearken, knights of noble cheer ! Many marvels shall ye hear ; Wonders done in times of old. In ancient parchments truly told : How, in many distant lands. Champions fought with glittering brands. With giants bold, and dwarfish knights. Many fierce and sturdy fights.
Change the timing for this adventure to happen in the spring of 1221, after the Perchta adventure. Adjust the characters involved as necessary.11:11 AMRecalibrating covenant status and character consequences post-PerchtaRecalibrating covenant status and character consequences post-PerchtaLet me read the current document carefully to map every reference that needs changing before touching anything.Ran 3 commandsRan 3 commandsGood. Now I have a complete picture. The changes needed are: All date/season references: Summer 1220 → Spring 1221; "midsummer" → "early spring" Placement line: "between Das Silbertor and The Drowned Books" → "after The Perchta's Tithe (Winter 1220)" Closing caption date The "wildflowers blooming in midsummer" note → adjust for spring (early Alpine wildflowers are actually more plausible in spring) Silverwatch Hooks callout: Full rewrite — covenant is now one year old, has gone through the other adventures, Father Anselm is dead (Perchta killed him), the characters have established valley relationships Silverwatch Consequence callout: Rewrite — Perchta's Tithe is now in the past, so the consequence should reference what's already happened rather than what's coming "Players' Background" paragraph: Update covenant state from "new" to "one year established" The Inn in spring: Snowmelt makes a spring corpse floating downstream more plausible — note this
The Ghoul of St. Lazarus — Silverwatch Edition is ready. Here's a summary of every change made: Setting relocation: The French village of Vézay is now Heilbach ("holy stream"), a village on the Inn River 2–3 days upriver from Zirl toward the Brenner Pass. The Church of St. Lazare becomes the Church of St. Lazarus (Sankt Lazarus). The river is now explicitly the Inn. The geography is consistent with the Silverwatch saga's established setting. Name changes: Father Tanchus → Father Konrad · Brother Noilis → Brother Ulrich · Rostagnus → Hartmann · Willa → Gertrude · Hélène → Katja · Martína → Grete · Aymardo Lazare de Vézay → Dietrich Lazarus von Heilbach · Levi-Isaak → Isaak of Hall (Hall in Tirol was a real Jewish merchant town near Innsbruck). Provençal sample names replaced with Tyrolean German ones. AM5e rules updates: Combat statistics fully recalculated using AM5e weapon tables for all three stat blocks. Body Levels replaced with Wound Penalties in the correct 5e format. "Speak X" abilities converted to Living Language/Dead Language. "Occult Lore" → Infernal Lore. "Dominion" → Divine aura throughout. "Liber quaestionum" → Tractatus. Confidence format updated. The revenant's wound ranges use Size +2 values to represent unnatural endurance. Silverwatch integration: Adventure Overview box names specific Silverwatch characters and explains why each is suited to this adventure. Callout boxes throughout highlight Adelheid's Physician's Eye as the autopsy tool, Hubert's casting totals for the investigation spells, Elina's scouting role, and a consequences box tying the aftermath to the setup for The Perchta's Tithe (Father Dietrich arrives earlier if the magi handle the church situation badly).
Good. Let me read the full adventure carefully, plan all the changes, then build the document.Strategized conversion plan: updated rules, relocated setting, localized nomenclatureStrategized conversion plan: updated rules, relocated setting, localized nomenclatureGood. Now let me plan all the changes systematically before writing any code. Setting: Village of Heilbach on the Inn, 2–3 days upriver (south-southeast) from Zirl toward the Brenner. Name changes: Father Tanchus → Father Konrad Brother Noilis → Brother Ulrich Rostagnus → Hartmann (village elder) Willa → Gertrude (his daughter) Hélène → Katja (Katharine) Martína → Grete (Margarethe) Aymardo Lazare de Vézay → Dietrich Lazarus von Heilbach Levi-Isaak → Isaak of Hall (Hall in Tirol was a real Jewish merchant town near Innsbruck) Provençal language → German/Bavarian Sample names → Tyrolean German
This adventure, "The Ghoul of Saint Lazare," was written for 2nd Edition Ars Magica and was set in southwestern France. I need it updated to confirm to 5th Edition rules, and I need the setting altered to match the Silverwatch Saga. It should be a village upriver from Zirl; names of characters and places should be altered to suit the Tyrolean setting of Silverwatch. The output should be .docx format.
Three changes made, all based on the travel data: "Three months on the road" → "six weeks" — the full route (Naples → Genoa by sea: 5–7 days; Genoa → Verona overland on the Via Emilia: ~7 days; Verona → Trento → Brenner via the Adige valley: ~5 days; Brenner → Zirl: ~1 day; plus rest days for a loaded packhorse) comes to roughly 25–30 travel days, or five to six weeks all told. The Layer 4 passage now also names the full route — "Naples to Genoa by sea, the length of Lombardy on horseback, the Adige valley, the Brenner Pass, and the final descent into Tyrol" — which gives Matteo's exhaustion a specific and accurate geography. "Three days north of the pass" — the Brenner Pass sits at 1,370m elevation; Innsbruck is 35km north and Zirl is immediately beyond it, a total descent of less than a day's riding. The new text places the river crossing "less than a day's ride north of the pass, where the road descends to meet the Inn River" — which is geographically accurate and also correctly identifies the Inn as the specific river, consistent with the adventure's Inn Valley setting. "Swollen summer stream" → "fast autumn crossing" — consistent with the now-fixed Autumn 1220 season. The Inn in autumn runs lower than during spring snowmelt but can still be a serious ford, especially after rain.
Good catch. Let me work out the accurate travel time before touching the document.Calculated realistic medieval travel duration, revised timeline from three months to five-six weeksCalculated realistic medieval travel duration, revised timeline from three months to five-six weeksNow I have what I need to calculate accurately. The route is: Monte Cassino → Naples (2 days by road) → Genoa by sea (5–7 days, Tyrrhenian coast) → overland through Lombardy via the Via Emilia (Milan, Verona, Trento, ~10–12 days with a loaded packhorse at 30km/day on good roads) → Brenner approach through the Adige valley (~3 days) → over the pass → Zirl (half a day to one day). Total: roughly 22–27 travel days, plus rest days every 3–4 days for the horse. A realistic figure is five to six weeks — not three months. I also need to fix "Three days north of the pass," since Zirl is less than a day's ride from the Brenner. And since the adventure is now set in autumn, "swollen summer stream" needs updating too.
In "The Drowned Books" it does not make sense that Matteo has been "on the road for three months" if he just game from Monte Cassino, Italy, to the Inn Valley in Austria. This needs to be revised to reflect accurate travel times across Italy in the medieval period.
Spent $27 at Wendy’s on some late-cycle Baconator calls. When the combo gapped up after tray delivery I initiated a 60% ketchup hedge against unrealized sodium exposure. I was comfortable with the burger retracing to room temperature support or continuing its upward grease momentum, as long as mouthfeel profits were secured. Mid-bite I dynamically rebalanced fry allocation and layered three conditional Frosty offsets in case of unexpected dryness volatility. On wrapper open I executed a full napkin market order as I identified structural support near the bottom bun. Scaled consumption from large bites to small to optimize liquidity flow. just eat the fries in the bag bro and stop yapping 😪
Trump poppet
"I'm in favor of bringing more immigrants and refugees into Minnesota", he says. "They enrich our lives, and they enrich our economy." "To me, that is the highest expression of American values", he adds. "It is Minnesota's expression of what I believe are the true American values that is so incredibly threatening to the Trump regime, and to the America they want to create." "Donald Trump hates our freedom", Nephew tells me.
The 'Fork Ice' sale is driven by many strong emotions. While grief and anger are certainly among them, so is love. "I love Minnesota", Nephew tells me, "and we love our immigrant neighbors".
Two ferrets snuggling in their hammock
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