Ray Vallese

Ray Vallese

@rayvallese.bsky.social

I edit, proofread, and occasionally write things, mostly games and books.

389 Followers 669 Following 404 Posts Joined Aug 2023
2 weeks ago

Boomshanka

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3 weeks ago

On April 1, all the stables hang up pictures of Sean that say DO NOT ADMIT THIS MAN

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3 weeks ago

It's no problem! I probably wasn't clear enough.

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3 weeks ago

I meant that "I'll mix heroes from DC and Marvel as a subtle clue that this is a trap" probably didn't figure into the puzzle-maker's thinking. (I may be misunderstanding what you think is wrong.)

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3 weeks ago

Yeah, I second-guessed myself about whether the puzzle-maker would go that deep. Settled on "no."

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3 weeks ago

Not to mention the forgotten Fantastic Four member Reseed Richards

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3 weeks ago

But then I second-guessed myself by wondering if the puzzle-maker would expect most players to know that, so maybe it's NOT a trap, but but but

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3 weeks ago

The fact that some were DC and some Marvel is what triggered my Spidey sense for this trap.

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1 month ago
An image of Gonzo the Great (from the Muppets) next to an image of the Jumping Man (from Twin Peaks)

There are many parallels.

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1 month ago
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have you ever noticed that kermit the frog is in the black lodge

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Screenshot from The Sopranos of a character saying "Did you ever think what a coincidence it is that Lou Gehrig died of Lou Gehrig's disease?"
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1 month ago

If you haven't watched the show Dark (on Netflix), it's the best time travel thing I've ever seen. Just extremely well done in every aspect. (Watch in the original German, with English subs. The dubbed version is not great.)

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1 month ago
One post that says "poetry helps" immediately followed by a different post that says "Violence is the answer."

Oops -- I need to go into my Bluesky settings and toggle off the cognitive dissonance.

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1 month ago
Two letters, side by side. On the left is a satirical letter written by Lazlo Toth (alter ego of Don Novello, aka Father Guido Sarducci). On the right is an equally weird but real letter that Trump wrote to the prime minister of Norway.

It's getting harder and harder to tell Trump's letters from the letters of Lazlo Toth*, great American.

* Don Novello, aka Father Guido Sarducci.

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1 month ago

I see and appreciate the fact that you left out the same "the" that's missing from the original, making your already good post even better.

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1 month ago
Photo of a hand flipping a light switch to turn on lights.

Editing. The author said that the mighty Thor, god of thunder, is especially formidable because he can also summon lighting.

Big deal. I can do that too.

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1 month ago

Sorry that my post bludgeoned you into illness. That’s a real hammer and sick’ll.

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1 month ago

When I edit punctuation in manuscripts, I remove commas from writers who have too many and give them to writers who need more.

Yes, I am a Comma-unist.

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2 months ago

Frankie Goes to Dollywood

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2 months ago

Frankie Goes to Dollywood

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2 months ago
Godzilla blasts King Kong’s crotch with his radioactive breath
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2 months ago

Boy, family Christmas letters are getting weird.

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2 months ago
An illustration showing cute fat rabbits piling into an underground burrow. There is text, part of which has been edited. The original text says "There are tunnels underground where bunnies are safe — safe" and the edited text adds "from emails"

Stay safe out there y'all

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2 months ago

Idea for a new detective series: Hercules Poirot. He solves mysteries by performing feats of strength.

What are some of his books/movies? Examples:
Pulling the Orient Express
The Jacked Man
Guns Out
The Bench-Pressing of the Lambs

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3 months ago

OR . . . this pack of undead messed with the wrong witch doctor and got their heads shrunk.

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3 months ago
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a yellow cartoon character says me fail english that 's unpossible Alt: Clip from a Simpsons episode where Ralph Wiggum is handed a bad report card and says "Me fail English? That's unpossible."
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3 months ago

I love deviled eggs, and those are some good-lookin' deviled eggs!

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3 months ago
Peanuts daily comic strip from 1964. Linus gives a fiery campaign speech while running for school president, promising to "release us from our spiritual Babylon" and "bring down the false idols in high places."

There were signs.

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3 months ago

Editors have a really hard job, and the good ones can make something unreadable readable, and the great ones can make something unreadable into something good. But they're basically invisible, until someone tries to write without one.

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3 months ago

The Speaker of the House shut the chamber down for two months to block the release of the Epstein Files and the president is huddled in the Situation Room of the White House to formulate a plan to keep them from being released, and I don't know why you crazy libs think there's some kind of cover up.

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