Thanks. It's nice to hear that it's not all in my head! I have a Procrustes look alike! :) only mine is named BlueRock.

Just kidding about the herbs. You know that right? yeah, well we all know how much being right matters... :/ Wait! Let's look at the bright side: does it matter on a personal level? No, I can't go up there anyway. On a national level? Probably not, Israel will do whatever it has to do, to some degree. On a world level? Eventually people will go back to reading the menu... I for one am expecting Mashiach any day now!

For sure, but still... I like to say Thank you directly. :)

: You have an underground lair in Omen? Wow, we are neighbors! My house is on the point just north of Port Plunder in an old shipping warehouse compound and dock. I have three warehouses, two of which we use to stock my clinics and the third is where me and my little family live ( and where Passion Flower and Happy Wanderer, my transport ships are housed and maintained ). I am on good terms with both the Islanders and the Pirates.

there is a shaft up from the fifth subbasement missile control room that opens up near your place, yes. I did tell you this before. Our brain control tranmitters on Atebus have shown their effectiveness as you have forgotten this.

We thought we were on the Islanders side, but it appears from recent events of foreign invasion by opportunists and capitalist running dogs that we are not. We are on Merana's side.

You've earned the Hello my old friend achievement! You've earned the Marathon Runner achievement! You've earned the But What? achievement!

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Healer's Hall Subetan Headquarters

Weldon and I spent a large portion of Sparky Wheezle's vast fortune on remodeling the old Subeta Bay Company warehouse complex on Lookout Rock Point on the northern tip of the main island in Omen.

There are two warehouses we use for supplying the small clinics on Delphi, Darkside, Sacred Lands and our large clinic on Atebus. The third warehouse has loft apartments on the second floor for all my family ( nee, "pets" ). Downstairs is the hanger for my small interplanetary fighter "Passionflower" and our 'Royal Class' interplanetary transport ship "Happy Wanderer". In the basement is Merril Starchild's lab where she works on improving her inventions and hacking into Subeta's Central Computers. ( Your systems must be very good, she hasn't detected your presence, or if she has, she hasn't spoken of it to me for some reason. )

Our ship, The Krakatoa, is sea and atmosphere worthy, but has been in the process of being refitted now for the last five years. Our plan is to utilize her as a medical missionary ship to the outlying islands where medical care is almost nonexistent and where Passion Flower or Happy Wanderer cannot land.

My clinic on Atebus was started 8 years ago in response to the number of young females who were seduced into traveling to Atebus for the glamor and romance of Masquerade and who were later abandoned, often pregnant, when their rich lovers fled when ARM concluded a month later. We are now a full-service healthcare facility and take clients of all species and sexes.

We are capable of emergent care, small in and out surgery including c-section delivery and most medical emergencies. (All life-threatening medical conditions and trauma are sent to the major university medical centers of course. Merril can usually teleport them instantly. )

Wow, your compound sounds a lot more clandestine then mine! My mission is centered on providing free health care to underserved or oppressed members of the Subetan or Atebusian populations.

Does anyone know how to make tapioca pearls in the microwave? There is no stove at school. I am REALLY wanting to make edible Orbeez with my second graders...

I can't tell you how dangerous Orbeez are, but the clear hygrophobic water beads you use for flower vases are non-toxic, and non-dangerous if you eat them already hydrated.

I wouldn't make tapioca in a microwave. There's lots of recipes on the internet for microwave tapioca, but most of them have instant tapioca as an ingredient and while none of them I see say soak it overnight, I would do that if I wanted to avoid crunchy brown bits and I would pause zapping it and stir it a lot (or have the kids stir it). I would try it myself at home to be sure.

Hellooooooo. Caliph's tomb High score 25 bcsam 28 That's a first for me.. :)

: How are you this evening? You're up late. I had a nap after my clinical rounds this afternoon and ended up sleeping from 4:00 until 8:30. Now I'm wired, which is why I'm up. Did I read somewhere that you got a new pet? How did that work out? How did CP react?

Hi! Hi. Hi Hi! How are your cat and guitar?

Tomorrow is a local runoff election so I will be out all day. It's school board, so turnout will be light and it will be boring. The guy we had last time to speak Spanish wasn't on my letter appointing us, so unless he is a late-add by the city my decades old high school level Spanish is gonna get a small workout.

Sorry I have been watching http://www.diynetwork.com/shows/barnwood-builders I just love watching the craftsmanship, and saving very old structures.

Yes i have a little Yorkie..She and CP are ok with each other.It was all i was worried about..Her name is Casey.About 9 yrs old. She gets me out to walk it is a good thing too.Hope you will still sleep.. Hello how are you?Not doing much on the guitar.... Hi They are good shows..

I have been watching one after the other for a couple of hours.

So when can you build me a new house?

Right after i do my dream log cabin/house with a wrap around porch, I got the porch hounds I just need the porch.

So just build around the porch hounds LOL

My dream house would have to come with at minimum 10 acres of hill/mountain land.

I got another part insulated and section of drywall up.I did up 3 electrical boxes too.

: OH, I'll head off to bed soon. I'm watching "How To" play guitar lessons on YouTube, hoping that the 'shredding' lessons I'm watching will somehow translate to ukulele. All I need is an amp, apparently and I can start a heavy metal ukulele band. We could play old Boston, Sugarloaf, Ronny Millsap and Cher songs on Ukulele Uilleann pipes and penny whistle. Maybe throw in some "acid metal' bands like Glen Campbell just to be 'edgy.'

I actually have a little 'video' of a song I wrote for the ukulele ( it's actually just an audio recording) on Youtube HERE

I would love to meet your little family one day, have you ever posted pictures of them to the Lair yet? Did I miss out on that also?

Well question is when you get done are you going to post pictures.