This is a guide for how to play the game Guillotine. I normally like to link to the official game website, but in this case I could not find a publisher that admits to owning the game, so the best I could do is the rules.
1. How do I win?
By having the most points at the end of 3 rounds.
2. How do I get points?
By collecting Noble cards with point values.
3. How do I collect Noble cards?
Each turn, you collect a Noble at the front of the line of Noble cards.
4. How do I work a strategy into that, if all I’m doing is getting a card in turn?
You have Action cards that let you rearrange the order of the Noble cards, or get extra points based on which types of Noble cards you have.
5. How do I get Action cards?
Each turn, after you take your Noble card, you just automatically draw an Action card from the deck. Plus you start with a few Action cards, but no Nobles.
It is a simple game, really. A smidgen of strategy, but more luck of the cards, so you can just play the game. But it is still fun.
Now when they had come into the house, as he was lying on his bed in his bedroom, they struck him and killed him, and they beheaded him. And they took his head and traveled by way of the Arabah all night.
2 Samuel 4:7
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Now it is time for another PSALM.
Gamma made this one, like last time. This one was titled “Bike Jumping” by him.
Now only 141 more to go.
Sing praises to the Lord, who dwells in Zion;
Declare His deeds among the peoples.
Psalm 9:11
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With the new James Bond movie taking up some room in the news recently, I got to thinking about various titles.
I came up with a few, these here:
- Never Say Tomorrow
- A View Never Dies
- The Day of Enough Gold
But then I thought about “what if I made a simple webpage that would auto-generate the titles?”. And I checked the internet and, sure enough, someone had already done that.
So to save myself time, I’m just going to direct you over to that site where you can auto generate some random titles for James Bond movies.
It’s a fun way to waste 3 minutes.
So do not worry about tomorrow; for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.
Matthew 6:34
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Now it is time for another PSALM.
Gamma made this one, like last time. This one was titled “Colored Blocks” by him.
Now only 142 more to go.
Lord, our Lord,
How majestic is Your name in all the earth,
You who have displayed Your splendor above the heavens!
Psalm 8:1
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Now it is time for another PSALM.
Gamma made this one, like last time. This one was titled “Cool Guys Don’t Look at Explosions” by him.
Now only 143 more to go.
Now then, why should we die? For this great fire will consume us; if we hear the voice of the Lord our God any longer, then we will die!
Deuteronomy 5:25
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Up until now, most of my YouTube watching has been things like car repair examples. And then my kids would borrow my phone and my YouTube recommendations switched over to Dude Perfect. That wave ended and now my phone and laptop recommend Minecraft videos to me.
But I’ve discovered a part of YouTube that I like watching for myself – Dry Bar Comedy.
Apparently they have an app too, as their videos all end with a plug for that. But I’m holding to my philosophy of not downloading any apps to my phone, so they’ll have to be content with my watching their videos on a website.
Side note: YouTube did something recently so that now I can watch videos only with my phone in landscape mode. YouTube never had a problem with portrait before, but something changed on their end because I know nothing changed on my end. At least there’s still a way for me to watch YouTube. Other sites, such as Vimeo, do not work at all on a stock iPhone 5s.
Back to Dry Bar Comedy: I appreciate their mission to provide clean comedy. They want it to be family friendly. But that doesn’t mean all the acts are good. I do believe all the comedians comply with the letter of the law – no profanity. But in my book there’s more to family-friendly content than avoiding certain words – there are certain topics as well. And most of the people on Dry Bar Comedy seem to fulfill the letter and the spirit of the law. To me, the spirit avoids things like potty humor.
There are some acts that cover some marital topics and are done well (funny and not vulgar) but may be a gray area. For example, those would be fine for a 40-year-old married guy to watch, but would he want to watch it with his kids? That’s a judgment call for each family. But at least with Dry Bar you have a much higher chance of finding something to watch with the family.
There are a variety of styles also. My favorite for style and content so far is Daniel Eachus. Also very good is Jeff Allen. Bob Smiley is funny but his style is a little too hyper for my tastes. And there was one guy who had some funny stuff but his style was distracting – he kept looking down and to the side as if he was reading some notes.
There was only one guy (Andy F) so far that I just stopped the video and went on to someone else. His first bit was amusing (British and Southern accents) but then he got into potty topics (with hoarders and cats) and I started thinking “that’s gross” rather than “that’s funny” so I decided not to waste my time with him since there are plenty other things to do that I wouldn’t regret watching.
and so as to make a distinction between the holy and the profane, and between the unclean and the clean
Leviticus 10:10
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Now it is time for another PSALM.
Gamma made this one, like last time. This one was titled “Cool Guy” by him.
Now only 144 more to go.
Then Saul clothed David with his garments and put a bronze helmet on his head, and he clothed him with armor.
1 Samuel 17:38
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This is Alpha, the first-born, when he was 2YO.
This is Beta, the second-born, when he was about 2YO.
This is Gamma, the third-born, when he was about 18MO.
