Qwis / Chris

I have several bottles of fountain pen ink. Of course I cannot find the -one specific color- that I want to put in my pen. Why do I keep looking in that desk drawer, hoping it'll appear?

An antique loom with a work in progress made from bedsheets in sage green, tan, and white with pink flowers

The loom has been threaded and sitting unused for too long. I cut up some bedsheets in coordinating colors and got to weaving.

Every time I see reports like this, I hear Frank Zappa's Heavenly Bank Account in my head.

The weather is doing odd things to the local plants. Our lilac has a tiny blossom and the honeysuckle on the walking trail have a few blooms. It's odd to smell fresh flowers instead of the crunchy leaves of autumn.

Yes. I'm trying to decide what props would be most appropriate. Binoculars & a map?

Today I'm feeling very prickly and everything / everyone is WRONG. Any ideas on how to snap out of it?

Find a connection to a local Girl Scout troop!

Played disc golf this weekend in central NY at a course within a large off-leash dog park. Fortunately the weather was damp and there were not a lot of dogs at the park. One dog considered stealing our discs, but he listened to his owner. Is there a more incompatible dual use for park space?

Does it count as a vegetable if you place the broccoli below the rack and put bacon on the rack?

Wonderful! We saw them on a double bill with Blues Traveler, and liked Big Head Todd better.

I can't! I let my kid take over my original Steam account. He has a Steam account older than he is. 😄

Slap it on a postcard and send it in the mail.

There's a high probability that I'll receive this from someone this Christmas. Then my D&D party will start receiving random items in the mail.

They find enjoyment in complaining. Nobody is forcing them to watch. I appreciate how the FPO players seem to support each other.

The recipe says it'll take 40 minutes to make, but it assumes the corn is shucked and removed from the cob and the bacon and shallots are nicely cut into proper shapes. Start any dinner at least 2 hours before you want to eat, just to be safe.

Also, last time I saw a movie, the ticket app told me that there were 25-30 min of trailers and ads so we set our arrival time to be the movie's "start time" and it worked out well.

I'm still struggling to get myself to walk regularly, and your posts are a good reminder. It was so humid going out to the compost bin that I might do the treadmill with my kindle font set to large.

A crochet scarf in many fall colors. The inner edge is curved and the outer edge is spiky like a dragon tail.

Watching Game Changer gave me an excuse to spend time on my crochet project.

+1 to being unfamiliar with the phrase. Did the goat give consent to be stalked?

Three rugs hang on a clothesline in front of a tan house. They were all made by the author.

When I wake up and hear @bradkleinnews.bsky.social say that the weather will be perfect, that is my cue to finally wash and dry my handwoven rag rugs.

Side quests are great fun, but don't split the party!

While it makes sense for Dragonborn and Tieflings, my mind went to someone getting thwapped by a Loxodon.

This article describes how I feel about disc golf. I started with generic frisbees until I learned there were actual discs for the sport. My first discs were pre-flight number Innovas. I have yet to throw over 200 feet. Still, I play almost weekly for exercise and relaxation.

I have watched Game Changer and can now re-engage with social media. This is going to produce an interesting data set.

I'm taking my novice #dnd group through a dungeon crawl. What advice do you have for me? What could make it fun / memorable for them?

That's great news, especially after playing this weekend with a relative who lives in Asheville. The end of the article promises a link, but I can't find it.

My brain is so confused. While everyone around me is celebrating Independence Day, my husband is cooking two turkeys for the family's Thanksgiving celebration on Saturday. Since COVID, we take it outside in the summer rather than having 40 relatives infesting my MIL's home in November.

This was the political shitpost I needed to see today.

A level of a DOS-based game called Rogue. The top of the window reads, "You now have a scroll titled 'fu it' (k)"

A conversation about Rogue-like games gave me the urge to find an emulator and play Rogue. I found this scroll entertaining. What do you think it does?

Going to make this a good Monday - clean sheets, freshly baked bread, and trying a new recipe for supper.