Starhawk

Why should I write better when a machine can do it for me? Because actually no one can do it for you, because your voice is unique among all the people on earth. Siri never petted a horse's neck. Alexa has never been ghosted by the captain of the football team. But you have lived, your heart is beating, you have suffered, and you have something important to say. It's a human's job, to use words, and whatever job you give to a machine, that part of your brain goes dark. Maybe it's worth it when it comes to remembering phone numbers and directions, but when that part of your brain that uses words goes dark, that's a vast area that's very close to your soul. Don't let some internet platform convince you that what you have to say and create isn't worthwhile. Words are the echo of your soul. Honing that echo matters.

this iconic advertising copywriter named Kathy Hepinstall Parks died over the weekend and I wanted to share something from her website I thought Bluesky would like

There once was a banker named Jones
Who caught werewolves in high-interest loans
The pack was mad when
He foreclosed on their den
Now all that remains are his bones

I was fortunate enough to see this in the theater, knowing nothing about it beforehand. A friend called me up, asked if I had seen it, and told me I needed to. Turns out he was right. I miss when movies were cheap, fun, and easy to be surprised by.

This orphaned reply to a long-lost post deserves to be read and remembered.

Nah, I've been typing that way since high school and they can pry it from my cold dead fingers.

Maybe some meeples as low-cost, low-weight replacements for minis, for any games where the square you're standing in matters. Otherwise this looks like a great setup, the Trapper Keeper is choice.

...two digits?! And I thought I was doing well at under 25k.

Monte Cook and I decided to trim down our personal gaming libraries. We donated about twenty boxes of RPGs and miniatures to some local schools and organizations. Some particularly choice items are on eBay right now, including:

I miss my cubicle, too. I miss hanging up posters and having knick knacks.

Now I commute twice a week and fight for a space in an open office. Carrying around all our crap is only the beginning of how that sucks!

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If you know, you know

Goodnight, my kittens. Tomorrow is a new day filled with horseshit, wonder, horror, tedium, and, if you look for it, beauty. Find something beautiful tomorrow. Learn a joke.Tell somebody they’re doing a good job. Stop someone from doing harm if you can. It’s all only what we agree it is.

I'm jealous! I saw them last summer but this tour isn't coming within 2 hours' drive of me.

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Yeah - i'm on the westside and according to the news, a tornado went about a quarter mile north of my place.

Dodged a bullet, but still kicking.

My religion? Bad.

I hope you're not in too much pain, and are healing cleanly. Much love from the American midwest.

YEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH DUUUUUUUUUUUUDE

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Babylon 5!

In the event of an airplane cabin decompression, put on your own oxygen mask before helping others.

The same logic applies for you, now. Worry about yourself and let us hold the front line.

If it is your core mechanic? "Roll Agility." The book should have already explained stat rolls are xd6.

If it is a new/unusual ask? "Roll (statname)d6" is what I'd tend toward...including the parentheses in the final product.