After a refreshing rainstorm, I redrew again my “Support NLX” message.

The Rail Passengers Association’s white paper, “Long Distance Trains: a Foundation for National Mobility,” said, “Goals like ‘operational self-sufficiency,’ ‘profit,’ or (minimal) federal operating support are neither reasonable nor sound public policy objectives. This is supported by the fact that federal and state funds subsidize air and road travel. The effect of these goals is to block improvements needed to modernize the nation’s intercity passenger train system and rejuvenate our increasingly expensive and dysfunctional transportation system. The driving purpose should be to harvest the public benefits that trains produce for the communities they serve and for the nation as a whole. Studies have found that even one train a day produces benefits that exceed costs.”

Abandoned boots

Why would anyone abandon their boots on the north side of East Second Street, between North Third Avenue East and North Fourth Avenue East?

These are my slices of my Dragon's Milk Bourbon Barrel-Aged Stout bread

These Bourbon bread slices are topped with sweet honey butter.

Building Role-Playing Campaigns 7

For my next D&D campaign, I want my players and me to collaborative on a series of “light and humorous” stories.  A campaign that is more “Friendship is Magic” and less “Game of Thrones”.

 

Also, I noticed that this page deals with campaign ideas for the Dungeon Master's Guide instead of the Player's Handbook.  What are some of your favorite campaign ideas that are listed on page seven?

I redrew my “Support NLX” message

NLX will be a great investment for the Upper Midwest.

Also, I am happy that Kamala Harris selected the 41st governor of Minnesota Timothy James Walz as her nominee for vice president.  In 2025 and beyond, I am sure Vice President Timothy Watz will be an important person in funding the construction of NLX.

I got Dragon's Milk Bourbon Barrel-Aged Stout bread

I never knew that bourbon bread would taste so good.

Building Role-Playing Campaigns 6

I’m looking forward to buying and then using the D&D 2024 Player's Handbook in my future campaign.  I wonder how many of the excellent ideas in these 30-year-old handouts will be in the D&D 2024 Player's Handbook.

I am happy that D&D has moved away from D&D as a tabletop miniatures game, where the player characters are expandable and replaceable pawns; becoming a storytelling game, where the same player characters can be played for months, years, or decades.  I love it when the player characters cooperating with each other, as well as the Dungeon Master’s non-player characters, over time create epic stories.