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Red wine, cider, and certain hard liquors tend to have a little higher methanol (nowhere near the kills-you-and-your-five-friends-during-Laos-vacation levels) than other alcoholic beverages. It's suspected to be a contributing factor to the nastier hangovers.
 
*steps in trap*

I'm currently writing a lich in a fanfic! But seriously, good to see the forum got threads like this going already.

This is a new word for me and I had to Google it. "An undead creature with magical powers"

A lich, eh? *cracks knuckles, resists the urge to "mwa-ha-ha"* Now we're cooking with undead charcoal! ;)

I've read fantasy for a long time and played role-playing games for years; liches are nasty buggers, high-level undead with many magical powers. Even worse, it uses them to tie its life-energy to a magical receptacle called a phylactery. (Needless to say, only evil mages do this).

A lich retains all of the memories, personality, and abilities that it possessed in life, but it has an eternity to hone its skills and become powerful. Even when killed, its soul retreats to the phylactery to become reanimated. So it can be a powerful and memorable villain. ;)

I'm not sure, but I think the idea of a lich comes from the Old Norse haugbui (pron. "ha-oog-boo-ee") or "barrow-dweller", the great-great-and-a-few-more-greats-grand-daddy of Tolkien's "barrow-wights", which the hobbits encounter in LOTR.
 
I got a cheque in the mail from my insurance company for $39.76 and I have no idea why.

That's OK, cash the cheque and use it for whatever you like. (Maybe have a few beers?) ;)

Or, if you're truly curious, call your insurance company and ask them ... after waiting on hold for two hours, of course. 'Cos that always happens. ;P Seriously, though, maybe it's best to call as soon as they open in the morning. The hold time is shorter then.
 
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