owls

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Fat Bear Week 2025 Intro & Schedule Today marks the start of the 2025 Fat Bear festivities at Katmai National Park. It's happening a bit early this year. Here's a run-down on the event and important dates.

Today marks the start of the 2025 Fat Bear festivities at Katmai National Park.

It's happening a bit early this year.

Here's a run-down on the event and important dates.

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#FatBearWeek

So Ends Another Festival of Blogging Today is the final day of Blaugust, the Festival of Blogging. While I normally try *not* to do meta posts about blogging, I will indulge in meta to mark the occasion.

Today is the final day of Blaugust, the Festival of Blogging. While I normally try *not* to do meta posts about blogging, I will indulge in meta to mark the occasion.

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Arghunn the Annihilator's Relationship Whiplast Here's an article clipped from the Yled Times Chronicle regarding Arghunn the Annihilator's highest & lowest moments.

Here's an article clipped from the Yled Times Chronicle regarding Arghunn the Annihilator's highest & lowest moments. Most of the individuals involved are undead.

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The T6 Material Farm In Guild Wars 2, tier 6 trophies are a rare and necessary component when crafting nearly any legendary. This makes them an evergreen, always-in-demand item. I've gone through thousands of them. Here's...

Here's how to spend an upsetting amount of money and years of your life setting up a T6 trophy farm!

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OpenTofu Gotcha: Encryption Key Names & Remote State I use Terraform a lot at `$UNIVERSITY`. We've decided to move to OpenTofu for the state file encryption they added in. There's a bit of a gotcha -- that the documentation calls out! -- to be aware of.

I use Terraform a lot at $UNIVERSITY. We've decided to move to OpenTofu for the state file encryption they added in. There's a bit of a gotcha -- that the documentation calls out! -- to be aware of.

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Assured Healing in Pathfinder When we started playing Pathfinder 2e, healing was a jarring change. It seemed like a real struggle to keep everyone topped up without the 5e-style short rest mechanic. But as we played more, we start...

When we started playing Pathfinder 2e, healing was a jarring change. It seemed like a real struggle to keep everyone topped up without the 5e-style short rest mechanic. But as we played more, we started figuring out all the tricks.

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Pathfinder 2e for a DnD 5e Player I haven't seen any introductory guides for Pathfinder 2nd edition meant to quickly get someone started when they're already familiar with DnD 5e. This post will be my attempt at that guide.

I haven't seen any introductory guides for Pathfinder 2nd edition meant to quickly get someone started when they're already familiar with DnD 5e. This post will be my attempt at that guide.

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1-Star Dungeon: Amuse-Bouche 1-Star Dungeon is the Abomination Vaults campaign that I've been running for about a year. This will be a series of posts with The Story So Far -- but there's still about 60% of the book to get throug...

1-Star Dungeon is the Abomination Vaults campaign that I've been running for about a year. This will be a series of posts with The Story So Far -- but there's still about 60% of the book to get through.

This post will summarize the beginning of the campaign.

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Dramatis Personae of 1-Star Dungeon 1-Star Dungeon is the Abomination Vaults campaign that I've been running for about a year. This will be a series of posts with The Story So Far -- but there's still about 60% of the book to get throug...

1-Star Dungeon is the Abomination Vaults campaign that I've been running for about a year. This will be a series of posts with The Story So Far - but there's still about 60% of the book to get through

This post will take a look at the set-up and party members.

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Whyday 16 Today is August 19th and marks our sixteenth year without `_why the lucky stiff`. He isn't dead or anything, but this was a day where the world became a little bit less fun.

Today is August 19th and marks our sixteenth year without _why the lucky stiff. He isn't dead or anything, but this was a day where the world became a little bit less fun.

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Low Stakes Hot Takes for Blaugust It seems that today is some sort of Event in blaugust: a day where everyone is posting their low-stakes hot takes. I have some of those!

It seems that today is some sort of Event in blaugust: a day where everyone is posting their low-stakes hot takes. I have some of those!

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Coming Around to Visions of Eternity After Janthir's story ran out of steam and the delay for expansion six, I was not feeling great about GW2. The announcement didn't help much, but I am slowly coming around.

After Janthir's story ran out of steam and the delay for expansion six, I was not feeling great about GW2. The announcement didn't help much, but I am slowly coming around.

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Bearwatching Season is Upon Us Fat Bear Week in early October is what gets everybody's attention, but the cameras went live on June 18th and the community has been putting in work bearspotting. So here's a quick look at the most im...

Fat Bear Week in early October is what gets everybody's attention, but the cameras went live on June 18th and the community has been putting in work.

Here's a quick look at the most important Bear Developments that the bearwatching community has reported!

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The Coach House On Wednesday, I visited The Coach House in Wicker Park. They've built a joint fine-dining & casual-dining operation on the back of *the* best fried chicken sandwich in the city, drawing flavours from ...

On Wednesday, I visited The Coach House in Wicker Park. They've built a joint fine-dining & casual-dining operation on the back of *the* best fried chicken sandwich in the city, drawing flavours from Tamil Nadu and south east asia.

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Legendary Sales With some apprehension, I've listed my first legendary greatsword on the trading post since the Janthir Wilds expansion launched. About a month before JW, I started doing this and was making good mone...

With some apprehension, I've listed my first legendary greatsword on the trading post since the Janthir Wilds expansion launched. About a month before JW, I started doing this and was making good money on it ... but I'm worried about wizard vault boxes.

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Bayan Ko's Filipino/Cuban Fusion Bayan Ko is a Filipino/Cuban restaurant with a bit of history: it started à la carte, transitioned to a tasting menu, and then forked off a standalone diner to serve à la carte once again.

Bayan Ko is a Filipino/Cuban restaurant with a bit of history: it started à la carte, transitioned to a tasting menu, and then forked off a standalone diner to serve à la carte once again.

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Celebrating National Hotdog Day with an Abomination July 16th is National Hotdog Day. In most places, this is a non-event. But Chicago is not normal about hotdogs, so for me, it's a blitz of marketing emails from beef shacks trying to get me to guzzle ...

July 16th is National Hotdog Day. In most places, this is a non-event. But Chicago is not normal about hotdogs, so for me, it's a blitz of marketing emails from beef shacks trying to get me to guzzle their glizzies ...

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Proxi's Happy Hour I was downtown one afternoon in May with no dinner plans. Proxi, the sister to Sepia, had impressed me a few years ago with their elote bites, so I decided to check out their happy hour.

I was downtown one afternoon in May with no dinner plans. Proxi, the sister to Sepia, had impressed me a few years ago with their elote bites, so I decided to check out their happy hour.

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Lapo's I had a spirit-free drink called Mulberry Lapo's at Atelier a month or two ago. It was a pretty good drink, so I asked for the recipe and that's become my mid-afternoon go-to.

I had a spirit-free drink called Mulberry Lapo's at Atelier a month or two ago. It was a pretty good drink, so I asked for the recipe and that's become my mid-afternoon go-to.

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Memories of NaNoWriMo The blaugust feed has brought me a few posts lamenting the end of NaNoWriMo this week. I hadn't participated in a long time, but I still really loved the concept. Here's my own eulogy for a bit of fal...

The blaugust feed has brought me a few posts lamenting the end of NaNoWriMo this week. I hadn't participated in a long time, but I still really loved the concept. Here's my own eulogy for a bit of fallen web culture.

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Afternoon Tea at the Drake's Palm Court The Palm Court at the Drake Hotel offers afternoon tea in a fancy space full of flowers, a fountain, and a live harpist. As our swankiest tea service, it's been on my list for a while, and in May I fi...

The Palm Court at the Drake Hotel offers afternoon tea in a fancy space full of flowers, a fountain, and a live harpist. As our swankiest tea service, it's been on my list for a while, and in May I finally made it in.

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Beer at Moody Tongue Moody Tongue is an oddball: despite being a brewery, they had a 2-star tasting menu that featured a lot of asian flavours and ingredients. But, being a brewpub, they offered beer pairings instead of w...

Moody Tongue is an oddball: despite being a brewery, they had a 2-star tasting menu that featured a lot of asian flavours and ingredients. But, being a brewpub, they offered beer pairings instead of wine, which is exciting!

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Visiting the Halls Valhalla Repeatedly Valhalla is a relatively "new" tasting menu. They don't have a star, but it's certainly a star-worthy experience. I've been in twice over the last year.

Valhalla is a relatively "new" tasting menu. They don't have a star, but it's certainly a star-worthy experience. I've been in twice over the last year.

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Spring at Sepia At the beginning of June, I visited [Sepia](https://www.sepiachicago.com/) for their choose-your-own-adventure tasting menu. It was a nice, quiet meal in a beautiful dining room.

At the beginning of June, I visited Sepia for their choose-your-own-adventure tasting menu. It was a nice, quiet meal in a beautiful dining room.

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Laminations & Ducks at Obélix Over the last year, I've tried Obélix in its various forms: dinner, brunch, and to-go. I've neglected to post about it -- so today, I'm catching up on some food posting with three Obélix experiences!

Over the last year, I've tried Obélix in its various forms: dinner, brunch, and to-go. I've neglected to post about it -- so today, I'm catching up on some food posting with three Obélix experiences!

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Non-Blaugust Things to Check Out During blaugust, I theoretically have attention from all the other folks celebrating. I'd like to highlight a couple of cool things that are in the spirit of People Posting Stuff, but who aren't parti...

During blaugust, I theoretically have attention from all the other folks celebrating.

I'd like to highlight a couple of cool things that are in the spirit of People Posting Stuff, but who aren't participating in blaugust.

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AJI Omakase Some Spinach Inquisitors were camping yesterday, so my typical Friday pathfinder game was cancelled. I took the opportunity to visit AJI Omakase for dinner. They only had a 5 PM booking available, so ...

Some Spinach Inquisitors were camping yesterday, so my typical Friday pathfinder game was cancelled. I took the opportunity to visit AJI Omakase for dinner.

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Blaugust 2025 OPML I took the list of Blaugust participants and prepared an OPML file. RSS readers should be able to take this file and subscribe to everybody. Just be warned that you will be getting quite a lot of post...

I took the list of Blaugust participants and prepared an OPML file. RSS readers should be able to take this file and subscribe to everybody. Just be warned that you will be getting quite a lot of posts!

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Blaugust 2025 is Upon Us It's August 1st, which means it is blaugust time! I managed 31 pretty good posts last year, and even kept blogging fairly regularly through February. I know I've been pretty quiet the last couple mon...

It's August 1st, which means it is blaugust time! I managed 31 pretty good posts last year, and even kept blogging fairly regularly through February.

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