The dragon heard someone disturbing their hoard. Looking in, they saw a knight checking a bejewelled sword.

"There you are! May I buy this?"

"You have a sword," said the dragon.

"It's for a valentine!"

"A sword?"

"What better gift to give?"

"Hm. That one is blunt. I'll find a sharp one."

Rotary dial phones
Gasoline was 32 cents per gallon when I got my first car.
Watching the Watergate hearings the year I graduated from high school.

Unfortunately, my phone isn't working or I would. You can see some of the deck on Etsy, though. www.etsy.com/listing/1289...

Didn't get the deck, though I may at some point. Right now I'm getting a lot out of working with the Trash Panda Tarot. (For example, my year card is the Wheel of Fortune. It shows a raccoon holding a pizza with multiple toppings, which works for me.)

Yeah. I pre-ordered from Tempest; shipped out last weekend.

My copy arrived yesterday; I'm really enjoying this.

Accelerated Latin. 5 days a week at 8 am. Took Latin in high school, but skipped languages in junior college. I fulfilled the requirement in a single year, but deeply regretted having to be awake at that hour.

I can recommend Brownville's Food Pantry for Deer on YT. Family in central ME helps local deer thrive in the winter months with supplemental feed. You get to watch wild deer and wild turkeys on several cameras 24/7, mid-Dec to early April.

Is it time for your daily Rumdangle? Indeed it is!

A comic of two foxes, one of whom is blue, the other is green. In this one, Green arrives at the scene as Blue is twisting himself into unusual positions, turning his head up, down, and upside-down. Green: What are you doing? Blue: I'm realigning my balance crystals. Green: Your what? Blue: One of them has drifted to the wrong part of the labyrinth, and I'm trying to wiggle it back in place. Green: ...What in where? Blue: A calcium crystal in the vestibular labyrinth of the inner ear. Green looks awestruck as he finally comprehends what is happening. Twisting himself onto a loop to turn his head towards Green, Blue looks at him with a confused frown. Green: Ooh, so it's a medical thing. Blue: Wait, what did you think I'm doing?

A grad student whose kink is 18th century literature.

Honestly, at this point, I'm willing to go with "They're fine, that will be $1000". (As I recall, "A hairball the size of a clementine" was a quote from our cat's surgeon.)

Check,Please! by Ngozi Ukazu. Two graphic novels follow a gay college hockey player throughout his four years at Samwell University. Decisions get made about coming out to his parents, etc. but also what kind of muffins to make for the next team practice. In paperback and on Kindle.

I've been watching a few queer reaction videos to the show, one on Patreon, two others on YouTube. Love their reactions, but it's also interesting to see their editing choices for YT.

Tango says "Now that I've caught my tail, what do I do with it?" (I think it was more fun when it was juuust out of reach!)

Mostly I get the look when she wants treats. I get meowed at around meal times. Until our other cat passed away last year, she almost never meowed at all. It's taken a while to get used to.

Rumbly rarely meows at my spouse. She knows which of us is the food giver.

Two drawings, one of a medieval crow, the other of a cartoony crow, are face to face with the caption "time has changed me. But I'm still here."

Crow and tit bird are standing on the pole holding up a flag featuring a stylized crow on a field of purple. The crows exclaims "dude, these guys flippin' love me!"

The crow now wonders (refering to the flag and people liking him) "is it weird that this makes me want to turn my life around?"

Medieval vibes ✨️

Love the deer skull.

A comic of two foxes, one of whom is blue, the other is green. In this one, Blue freezes in terror as a vaguely foxlike abstract figure dashes towards him. Entity: Cold! Cuddles! Blue: Aaah! A ghoul! The entity, which is slowly starting to turn into Green, wraps himself around Blue, who struggles in vain. Ghoulish Green: Cold! Cold! Cold! Cold! Blue: Aaaah! You are icy!!! Accepting his confinement, Blue settles down, sulking as Green slowly and gradually returns to his usual bearing and colour. Blue: Are you normal now? Green: Almost.

Celebrating Balance At A Time That’s Out Of Balance Celebrating the Fall Equinox will help you remember who you are, even as the world continues to spiral out of balance.

Celebrating the Fall Equinox will help you remember who you are, even as the world continues to spiral out of balance.

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I just finished reading your baseball novel this morning. Would absolutely read another one.

Hamlet was definitely over my head at 10. Twelfth Night remains a favorite, however.

There are pink and blue bands in the morning sky. And clouds!

Good morning, folks. The sky says trans rights are human rights.

A horse skull with corn (wheat) and hay in a circular pattern like a sun

haven't drawn anything new for Lammas (yet) but here is a pic I felt worked well.

Lammas Blessings!

The trailer made want to give the film a pass. Then one of the folks I support on Patreon reacted to it. I still haven't seen it on Netflix, but I'm greatly enjoying the reaction videos.

Hand embroidered favors in gold on black. The design shows a jackalope and a crescent moon with two stars.

Close up of an embroidered jackalope and a crescent moon.

New batch of belt favors for SCA royalty to give out at the Pennsic War, that a friend is delivering for me. I usually aim to make 12 of a given design, but things happened, so this time there's only 8.

8 track cartridges. I spent a lot of time as a teenager sullenly listening to The Mills Brothers, a favorite of my mother's.

Could be either. When was your last eye exam? I thought the problem was that my glasses were a few years old. Turns out, I've got cataracts, and will be having surgery.