I feel that my breakfast is very left wing today.
We’ll, “eat liberal, vote conservative”
Thank you for reminding me. I wanted to talk about our post-show hangout in Memphis and here it is:
“Blisters!”
A new dice game (new to us), taught to us by @The_CINC ‘s Mama.
It’s a blast and can be played anywhere. You just need 3 sets of different colored dice, and a score sheet.
The game;
Blisters is a fun, simple dice game invented in 1987 by Tim Novak during a thru-hike on the Appalachian Trail (hence the name—his feet were covered in blisters!). It’s designed for 2+ players and uses exactly six dice (ideally in three pairs of different colors, like red, white, and blue, though any distinct pairs work).
The theme is “hiking” a trail by accumulating points (miles), often set to a real trail length like the Appalachian Trail’s ~2,145 miles. The first player to reach or exceed the goal wins.
How to Play Blisters
Setup
- 6 standard six-sided dice (three pairs of different colors recommended).
- Agree on a goal score (e.g., 2,000+ “miles” for a long game, or lower for shorter play).
- Players take turns in order.
On Your Turn
1. Roll all six dice.
2. Scoring dice = any dice showing the same ...
“Gypsies, tramps, and thieves”
La Hacienda de Hombre Grande (The estate of the ‘big man’) as I used to call our ‘Palatial Estate’…
It was a 30 year old 3900 sq ft brick rambler, with a full basement, on 7 wooded acres. Built personally by the original owner (poorly).
It had a 1/5 of a mile long, paved asphalt driveway.
When we took possession, there was the beginning of a pothole near the entrance. Later, When we replaced our shallow well, and had ‘City water’ hooked up, they of course had to cut a strip of it up in order to connect the water to the main.
It was a bit of a mess. I had purchased several 5 gal buckets of ‘cold patch’ to repair it.
Then one day I came back from a work trip to discover my double garage full of my Sister in laws household goods for storage. I would not see the interior of my garage for 3 years. (Yes, I’m still a little miffed about it)
I finally found those buckets of cold patch, a decade later, out in the woods, behind our storage shed.
But, I digress.
In the mean time, one day, while I was home, a truck with two ...
