Tell 'em propane and charcoal grills are the best way to heat your home in a power outage. That also keeps money out of the woke electric companies hands.
These are Nigerian Dwarf Goats. They're almost 2 years old and about fully grown now. You can get wethers* for pretty cheap and as far as I'm telling people, they are pets, not livestock. No harder to care for than dogs, maybe easier. And you get top notch fertilizer to boot. We live near a pretty big city, so suburbs but not track home style suburbs. Small yards, close neighbors. The biggest problem was finding a source of proper hay. But once we worked out getting and storing that, its been a blast.
*wethers are boy goats that have been "fixed". Generally, goats that aren't handsome enoughbor show worthy get wethered and sold cheap.
My wife got me the pair for my birthday a couple of years ago. (after a lot of discussion. Never give animals as gifts as surprises). They'd have been a great source of joy and fun.
Ha. No. They have a nice hut we put thrm in at night to keep them safe. We could bring them inside but chaos wouldnt begin to describe it. I have read that some people have house trained their goats, but I dont believe it. And we could diaper them but a) that would just be wired and b) I have 3 kids and am done with the idea of diapers.
Yeah, we walk them just about daily. They took to collars pretty quick after trying harnesses. All the neighbors love them. Kids flock to them to feed them leavescabd grass and stuff.
They graze on this everytimecwe walk by and have never had a problem. I wouldn't let them eat like an acre or anything, most stuff gets bad if its too much.
Its also hard to find solid "yes/no" lists. I'd heard black locust was really bad, and that it was OK. My guys got out one day and ate 3 saplings to the bark. Turns out its ok and they love it.
Check your local game store. Besideall th pokemon and MTG stuff, a lot of them have board game nights.
Also, check around your book/comic shops for book clubs. Comic shop near me has a horror graphic novel club that meets twice a month. I went to my first one last week and am excited to start going more.
And don't be afraid to start something. Go to a bar/coffee shop and set up for an RPG. Open invite, open table. If you run it, you can kind of control the vibe.
For a special treat, find the audio book of it read by Ellison himself. You can feel the rage and spittle as he does it. I found it way better than the voice in my head as I read it.
I'll have to check to make sure but I'm like 80% sure I didn't have this on my 2026 bingo card.