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I'm very unfamiliar with bats. Didn't they attack you when you startle them? Like if you shouted or you dropped something?

So I was extending the lease of a library book online, and I happened to see that since I applied I have borrowed 1300+ books. This lead me to thinking about how many books I've read. Considering that I have 200+ books on my bookshelf and I hardly buy books, as well as that most of the books I read nowadays are ebooks. I have come to the conclusion that it's atleast 2000 (conservative estimate) By books I mean actual books. Not magazines. Not newspapers. Not textbooks. Not manuals. Books meant for recreational reading. That's a lot, right?

Even if I wanted to, we are on a lockdown. Looking forward for someone to share their video here of this coming ReaperCon.

Our company moved to 90% working from home. Being a very social person, I tend to feel isolated. Teams and zoom meetings just aren’t the same. On the bright side, I can turn the video feed off and work in the garage during some of the calls! I've been going batbroccoli crazy since we moved. I don’t have my indoor space set up, nor do I have the garage ready to do any work. It’s hard to get motivated to do anything. Add to that, I had the original covid back in March 2020, got vaccinated this past April, then got the delta version last month that I’m still having some lasting effects from. I either have enough antibodies in me now that I could lick toilet seats at Walmart and not get anything….or my immune system is so weak it doesn’t matter. 🙂 It’s been hard to stay positive. I finally made some progress on getting set up and pulled out my projects and started organizing my thoughts on those again. I already feel better just doing that!

Hello, and Happy Birthday. 🎂

"Isolation, fear, and financial/occupational instability created by the current COVID-19 situation are expected to generate an upsurge in mental illnesses globally. Shortage of mental health workforce and the financial resources needed for traditional interventions are limiting factors to cope effectively with a potential global mental health crisis. United Kingdom research already shows an increase in levels of anxiety, depression, and stress due to current financial challenges. This reinforces the urgent need to discover new complementary interventions to help improve low mood and alleviate mental health risks. Art interventions have been linked to healing and recovery, influencing mental, somatic, and psychological conditions. This has motivated scientists to study the sensory-emotional values that art can elicit. The first United Kingdom program of arts on prescription was designed in 1994 to help recovery of mild and moderate depression. Visual art interventions, including painting and collage making have also been considered helpful by patients suffering from depression or fatigue during chemotherapy treatment. Assessing the effectiveness of these interventions has been challenging due to a lack of scientific rigor of the rating instruments. Nevertheless, a qualitative study of 102 art and mental health projects concluded that art participation enhanced levels of empowerment and was associated to improvements in participants’ mental health." I'm sure everyone will agree, that what we do here is very valuable and contributes to our well-being. What do you think? How did RMB help you go through this pandemic?

This is sad, I hope they open back again once all this pandemic is over.

Cool ships!

Planning to get this, by the way, is there anything for combat on a ship, or ship to ship boarding actions? I was hoping for something similar to the PC game Faster Than Light where you deploy crew members to different ship areas and repel/launch borders and exchange fire that damages zones.

I love how you put details on those dragons. Your a beast, bud!

Dude, it's stunning! Grats!

Awesome project, man! Keep on surprising us!

Yeah, I would like to see it no bars please. Anyways, great job!

I'm currently watching The Silk Road, a series where some French guy (dubbed in English) travels from one end of the Silk Road to the other. It has been fascinating!

None, but we will have our Independence day this June 12, we usually celebrate during that day and stuff but we will probably be quiet this time due to pandemic.