Earthwise

As a grown-ass man with a likely trans kid, I bawled my eyes out. I try to assure her at least once a week that she should never be afraid to express whom she wants to be.

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I just hope we didn't blow all of our good karma this morning by the death of Dick Cheney...

What worked really well for our group was the narrative progression that grew organically from us, the players, along side the clues provided by the DM. The night moves where "It's worse than that..." had some hilariously awful outcomes that we just rolled with.

Is this the new way of getting the attention of a group of small children? "Okay, everyone. I need your male eyes." Like, wtf?

hug your war criminals a little tighter today

Public Access is such a great game. It was my introduction to the session 0 "lines and veils" and the periodic "Paint the Scene" mechanic. Both of which I intend to use in other ttrpgs, like Shadowdark.

I, too, gave significant tribute at the altar of the Costco gods for full-sized candy bars despite the increased prices. The one casualty is that they were out of the boxes containing Snickers. Alas.

Samhain "bonfire"

A blessed Samhain to all! My brief homily on the liminal time of the holiday was well received.

He doesn't have to DM this season, so he apparently has the free time. 😜

A play in two acts...

I honestly thought he was poorly explaining rail guns...

At a quick glance, Grimace looks like a fuzzy octopus who's quite pleased with themselves... 🫢

The dumbest part is that people can just find a live stream (e.g. Max Velocity) where the reality is way more visceral.

A new shoegaze album cover just dropped...

"Beat democracy with this one trick!"

This feels like the birth of a new Gen Z/Alpha meme...

Nah, you gotta get all George W. Bush with it. "...[Fetterman] me once, shame on — shame on you. [Fetterman] me — you can't get [Fetterman]ed again."

Idris Elba is also an accomplished DJ. It's pretty wild.

Our Halloween tombstones mourning the loss of crucial rights and expertise.

In case anyone asks about the tombstones...

Our "No Kings" signs along with our Halloween tombstones.

Keeping the "No Kings" vibe going from today's protest until it threatens to rain.

He's probably fine...

Too soon! 😢

At least he has chicken...

This has to be the king (or at a minimum, the court jester) of "That's not how this works!"

I know this will sound a bit "woo woo," but I did touch several and have a brief pause of reflection, giving thanks to something so magnificent.

I visited a redwood forest for the first time last December. I will never have the wingspan to hug one of them, but I would if I could.

A play in three acts.

Word salads gonna word salad, I guess...