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Waiting for the end of this season of Shetland and the final two episodes of Vera on Britbox, I picked up the first three books of Ann Cleeves's Matthew Venn series. Finished book 2 "The Heron's Cry" tonight. I hadn't read any of her stuff before. They were entertaining enough to pass the...

Second Christmas while married, first in the grad program I eventually made a career from, first while an MtG player, and maybe one of those where VtM had overtaken 2e as the most regular game.

Sent me off googling... which means I'm glad the the semester is over and I'm otherwise getting caught up on work: https://ansionnachfionn.com/leabhair-books/j-r-r-tolkien-and-ireland/

Thank you for the idea!

Are these the same players that were really slow with the character sheets and real dice too? My only gripes are that there's not a toggle (that I've found) to put in that you're raging (for that extra damage) or for it being a second attack (for that lack of damage bonus). I've found its...

I just learned yesterday it was in 5e2024 and was kind of surprised I missed any big kerfluffles about it (if they happened).

On science, sloppiness, fraud, and intention. https://statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu/2024/12/03/toward-a-unified-theory-of-bad-science-and-bad-scholarship/

James Solomon Jr. - community leader and one of the three students to desegregate the University of South Carolina in 1963. https://www.wltx.com/article/news/local/james-solomon-jr-dies/101-cc691272-2b26-47cd-8691-67e4e682c336

I was tempted to list that (it is on my shelf with my B/X and T1), but I really like the Goodman Borderlands Reincarnated...

Gah! Now I'm wondering if that's somewhere in the middle of a spectrum or if it is a triangle.

I've been pondering obliviousness vs. obfuscation. It's is kind of annoying since I apparently have patience for the former but not the later. In any case, I apparently also don't have patience for pondering it about someone too many times (at least in the short term).

https://www.enworld.org/threads/lord-of-the-rings-comes-to-d-dbeyond.708148/unread

In general on social media and elsewhere... I sometimes wonder how many reactions to things are caused by the listener being reminded that they strangled the little voice of their conscience about the issue until it shut up - but hearing about it again is giving the little voice a momentary...

Tangentially ... The "of the times" always makes me want to go Newspapers . com up some examples of the times. Luckily for my productivity today I did that before (many under the spouler in the post linked below) in a thread that feels very similar to this one for big stretches...

Not sure which of: my very falling apart Moldvay Basic that I learned from my 1e DMG - my only original to me 1e book, and my favorite from that edition my copy of Tome of Mighty Magic by North Pole - I remembered it from the very early 80s at the local store I played at, and found my own copy...

Finally watching the Good Place (in season 2 now). I'm imagining one of those meter things that gives ratings to any media or social media being consumed based on how the creator(s) lived their lives.

And then do the legal fight to kill the OGL and then go after CC... :-/

"Oui monsieur bonjour croquette Uh huh croissant et vous et ver Maurice Chevalier Eiffel Tower Oui Marie baguette bonsoir French toast! French toast!"