Rick Schmelz

Shit sucks, y'all.

The world in general, yes. Shit sucks in my smaller iteration of it, too.

Moving forward is the only strategy, but godDAMN that's hard when the Universe seems to be such a sadistic asshole that enjoys kicking one in the scrote repeatedly.

Find joy, MAKE joy for yourself.

what a sack of losers

These assholes are testing the limits of my Klonopin.

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Home from #GenCon! Ran 3 #OldGodsofAppalachia games for @montecookgames.com and got to meet a BSky moot in person! (Ain't gonna tag w/out permission, tho.)

I'm bushed, y'all. And proving that there is no justice in this world, I have to work tomorrow.

Probably more soon, assuming I has brains.

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Picked up a book of Nostradamus predictions at the library book sale with interpretations by an American in the 1990s and absolutely guffawing

You know things are going well when you find yourself constantly singing "What a bunch of horse shit" to the tune of 'Some Enchanted evening.'

The building is (still, after more than a year) undergoing renovations.

It's making REALLY disturbing noises. A lot of them.

I mean, it's better than the fucking jackhammer outside my workspace was, but this shit happens randomly.

it's Hell on my #PTSD riddled nervous system.

Done bitching now.

Oh FUCK no.

It starts off unacceptable and then gets horrific as it goes on.

Google wants to show me AI Mode summaries instead of news now. Completely useless. If I don't know where you're sourcing the story then I can't believe it's true

From the HungryArtists community on Reddit: [Hiring] We'll Grow Enormous - Cover Art for a TTRPG about Growing a Movement to Stop the Apocalypse - Budget $2500 USD Explore this post and more from the HungryArtists community

I'm looking to #commision cover art for my TTRPG We'll Grow Enormous. More Details Here - www.reddit.com/r/HungryArti...

Budget is $2500

Please reach out or let me know about arts on Bluesky I can contact.

I'll laugh at what my various derangements and current mental health crises allow for, thankyouVERYmuch.

The NERVE.

Fuck you, song lyrics.

I know you're just doing your job, but hearing -

--
'Til now, I always got by on my own,
I never really cared until I met you
--

delivered by Ann Wilson, and having it be so fucking on point, is just rude under the circumstances.

Goddamn.

Done. I'll be the one with a dagger held in my teeth as I prepare to swing onboard via a narratively convenient rope.

Please tell me how I can apply.

I would also like to submit our previous interactions here on BSky.

I am available for interviews/introductory combat/drinking and singing immediately.

Hoooooo boy, nothing like hearing casual transphobia at lunch.

Dude was talking about going to a restaurant in a certain part of a certain city, and then dumb shit fell out of his face.

So, to be clear -

Trans men are men. Trans women are women. Listen to folks when they tell you who they are.

This part, too.
--
...
Imagine me trying too hard
To put you from my mind
Recall those days
Look back on all those times
Think of the things we'll never do
There will never be a day
When I won't think of you
--

At least, that's how I feel right now.

I got a lot of Jedi advice for somebody who could be turned to the dark side by moderate traffic.

I'm just here digging the word combination of 'motherfucking dingbat.'

Frank herbert with the text "fuck you robot!" The caption relates this to the contemporary push for AI in everything. Frank Herbert's Dune actually contained this quote — “Once men turned their thinking over to machines in the hope that this would set them free. But that only permitted other men with machines to enslave them.”

Honestly I think he was just quoting Plato.

AMEN. That shit is vile.

Breakups suck. My brain has this on replay.
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Think of me, think of me fondly
When we've said goodbye
Remember me, once in a while
Please promise me you'll try
When you find that once again you long
To take your heart back and be free
If you ever find a moment
Spare a thought for me
--

Goodbye ❤️

Oh shit, Justin - I’m so sorry.

One of the Custodians tried the whole 'the children yearn for the mines' bullshit when the topic of child labor laws came up.

I work in K-12 Ed because I believe in it. Because I give a shit, about everything Ed can do for people, about the kids themselves. It certainly isn't for the money.

I am so furious with the state of things right now I fear that my very ABILITY to give a shit is at risk.

#EduSky

Current #PTSD treatment: Klonopin and chocolate ice cream.

(Yes, I have a script for it.)

D4 Defiant Revolutionaries Creative Wronging published a post on Ko-fi

Need something to read while "working" on a Monday morning? Look no further than my newest #TTRPG blog! 🎲

Try hope-scrolling, rather than doomscrolling, & read about some NPC Revolutionaries for your players to ally with in the fight against all manner of social ills ✊ #OSR

you don't see husbands realizing they forgot their anniversary and searching for a gift and seeing the necklace their wife wanted in a window for $50 and pulling out an empty wallet and moths flying out and then seeing a poster that says "BOXING MATCH FIRST PRIZE $50" and saying "hmmm" much anymore

I’m gonna be straight up with you: please buy my game so I can have the funds to move out of this country before it kills me. That’s why I’m pushing so hard! Trying to move my entire trans household out of here and it’s very expensive. If you have the game, please leave us an honest (5words) review?