Marie

A bunch of cards laid out on a table. Many locations are represented, with a few trays and tokens representing different game pieces.

A stage set up with scaffolding and work lights. Two tall towers are on each end with stairs going to each level.

Today's joy:
Dodging and defending ourselves against weird hotel staff in Arkham's Excelsior

Mother Courage and her Children at Brown Trinity

Plate of biscuits. They look nice and flaky and are in a pink plate. There's a pile of bacon on another plate nearby

One of the flaky biscuits. There are nice layers.

This morning's #TogetherBreakfast #MarieBakes was sourdough biscuits, bacon and eggs. This recipe came out well, I may need to make this my regular recipe.

A riichi Mahjongg mat with the first tile tilted sideways because Marie called Riichi on the very first discard.

An exciting hand tonight at tonight's 🀄 night at our local watering hole.

Too fucking real

Remember when the reveals were exciting, instead of just exasperating

Today's calm: Tillinghast Management Area.

Software 👎🏻

SoftWIFE 👍🏼

Slowly maintenance tasks in the house are being learned, including this toilet maintenance (that shouldn't really need to be done), re-caulking the tub, and replacing the kitchen faucet.

[Scene is a kitchen - a middle aged woman called JANET is boiling peas at the stove. A younger more colourfully dressed woman named LIZ approached her.] JANET: Ugh... LIZ: What's up? JANET: I am so bored of cooking peas! LIZ: Have you tried... AI peas? JANET: AI peas? LIZ: They're peas with AI! [Liz holds up to us a packet of peas labelled: Pea-i AI - Peas with AI]. LIZ: Al-powered peas harness the potential of your peas JANET: What LIZ [Now a voiceover as we cut to a whizzy technology diagram of peas all connected by meaningless dotted lines] Why not take your peas to the next level with Al Peas' new Al tools to power your peas? [Show a techno diagram of a pea with a label reading 'AI' pointing to a random zone in it] LIZ: Each pea has Al in a way we haven't quite worked out yet but it's fine [Show Janet and Liz now in a Matrix-style world of peas] LIZ: With Al peas you can supercharge productivity and make AI work for your peas! JANET: What LIZ: Shut up LIZ: Our game-changing Pea-Al gives you the freedom to unlock the potential of the power of the future of your peas workflow From opening the bag of peas to boiling the peas to eating the peas To spending millions on adding Al to the peas and then having to work out what that even means. JANET: Is it really necessary to- LIZ [Grabbing Janet by the collar]: THE PEAS HAVE GOT AI, JANET [Cut to an advert ending screen, with the bag of peas and the slogan: AI PEAS: Just 'Peas' for god's sake buy the AI peas. [Ends]

Every ad now

This just in: Airport police say the number of people smuggling helium balloons into their luggage is under control even as cases continue to rise

Yeah I've been following the spoilers. I'm excited but also we have so much Chapter 1 content to play! Starting in Dunwitch Monday.

Ah hahaha, we did okay for a couple acts but no chance of beating the Big Bad at the end, either through damage or handing over Lita. Our damage dealer was already out (mental). We ended up resigning which of course means everyone was killed canonically.

It was a blind play, so somewhat expected.

Without downloaing new pictues, describe your gender.

#⏰🐘🧵

I love my muji ball points. So surprising and reasonably priced too.

An actual good idea if they do the right thing and hire people who are figuring out how to make it better, but the "Applied AI" isn't really pointing in the right direction.

Kind of hate how AI has become a buzzword for LLMs which is probably the weakest part of AI even if it does new things.

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Marie in a red velvet dress and purple lipstick

A stage set up for a play with many seats in the audience occupied. A pink triangle is in the middle of the stage with "resistance" "identity" and "love" written on different sections

A river flowing through some rocks

Weekend Joy:
- cocktail parties with friends
- a RENT performance that was decent
- a calm river walk

Card Castle Games in Olentangy Plaza is the leader so far for selection and vibes, especially in the board game department.

Scoping out some of the game stores in Columbus today since we find ourselves here multiple times a year. So far nothing as good as my favorite home store, but one that's got potential at least.

One did seem to be running no less than two TCG tournaments this Saturday afternoon, overwhelming.

"Mid-Career" being at least 10 years experience is oof

Gosh it's been ages since I went to Trick Dog

At least we're trying to tell them to feed the starving.

Turkey burritos from leftovers are the peak!

An "infinite" room by Yayoi Kusama with some white mannequins and many red polka dots on the floor and mannequins.

Marie and Daria in an elevator. They are both smiling.

The Wombats play on stage at the Roxian in Pittsburgh

Today's joy:
- Day 6 of 9 of vacation 🏖️
- Mattress Factory: new cool stuff plus Kusama
- The Wombats

I'm not some art butch but I will scold you in the most strong sotto voce terms when you follow me into a Turrell dark room and then turn on your phone flashlight. 🤬

Feeling this quite hard as I try to find friends my age, which often means ladies who are also having endocrinologist problems 😅

My wife is definitely an evangelist for saying "no" to menopause.

Oooh. I definitely need to figure out a good recipe for this. I'm overdue for both cinnamon pretzel bites and normal pretzels.

A simcity-like dialog box, but with Zohran Mamdani in the picture instead of the other guy. It says "You can't cut back on transit! You will regret this!"

Yesterday's calm: Cumberland Monastery