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Some Cheer for Your Christmas #holiday #Christmas #ski

If you enjoy this post, please retweet it (Twitter/X), boost it (Mastodon), repost it (MeWe), or repost it (BlueSky). Because it came up on Facebook, I want to share a funny story that might give you a little laugh. It relates to the only time in my life I went skiing. Not just thematic. Foreshadowing! Context It was the early 1990s. I was newly-graduated from the University of Maryland, as…

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Halloween at CTG #holiday #Halloween #employer #work

If you enjoy this post, please retweet it (Twitter/X), boost it (Mastodon), repost it (MeWe), or repost it (BlueSky). My office really gets into the holiday spirit regardless of what the holiday is. For Halloween, most people are in costumes, and the office is decked out in Halloween decorations. For the past two years, everyone in the office was assigned someone to whom to give a gift bag. Once…

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Celebrity Deaths: Not My Greatest Concern #aging #death #celebrity #TeriGarr #RIP #travel

If you enjoy this post, please retweet it (Twitter/X), boost it (Mastodon), repost it (MeWe), or repost it (BlueSky). Another day, another celebrity death. Today, it’s Teri Garr. I never understood the concern for celebrity deaths. If you don’t know someone, their only value to you is the work they’ve done, whether in film, TV, music, or whatever. Everything they’ve done is still available to…

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Updates to My 4e D&D Resources Page #RPG #TTRPG #DnD #4e #synDCon #gaming

If you enjoy this post, please retweet it (Twitter/X), boost it (Mastodon), repost it (MeWe), or repost it (BlueSky). FYI, I’ve updated my (modest) 4e resources page. It includes support for the Masterplan campaign manager. For those that don’t know, some guy (a pro software engineer) built a campaign manager for 4e and left it on GitHub for all to use. It’s a great tool. The glaring problem it…

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C.C. & Company and Sid Haig #movie #1970s #70s #GoodWatch

If you enjoy this post, please retweet it (Twitter/X), boost it (Mastodon), repost it (MeWe), or repost it (BlueSky). Here’s one out of left field. I accidentally stumbled across a movie I saw as a kid: C.C. & Company. It came out when I was two, but I saw it a few years later and loved it. It’s memorable to me because 1) Joe Namath plays the main character, and 2) it starts out with a scene…

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Another Loss #death #dying #aging

If you enjoy this post, please retweet it (Twitter/X), boost it (Mastodon), repost it (MeWe), or repost it (BlueSky). It seems like once every two or three months, someone I know dies. This is to be expected; I’m 56. However, some hit harder than others, and this is one of them. In College Park, MD after the UMD-UVA lacrosse game. Yesterday my friend, Robert Eugene Merlini, tragically lost his…

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I'm Stupid #duh #stupid

If you enjoy this post, please retweet it (Twitter/X), boost it (Mastodon), repost it (MeWe), or repost it (BlueSky). Yesterday’s post sucked, so here’s something light-hearted. I’m stupid. If you know me, you probably disagree. “How can you get a physics degree if you’re stupid?”“You’re such an intellectual.”“How stupid can you be if you have a law degree?” Very. The answer is, “very.”…

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My Cats #cat #pet #Caturday

If you enjoy this post, please retweet it (Twitter/X), boost it (Mastodon), repost it (MeWe), or repost it (BlueSky). On May 15, 2024, I adopted two kittens. The boy is Tezcaatlipoca, and the girl is Ishtaar. (The double a’s in their names are intentional misspellings of their mythological namesakes.) I have tons of Caturday posts, including discussing my preparations leading up to the adoption,…

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The Golden Age of Living Campaigns (for Me Anyway) #DnD #4e #TTRPG #RPG #gaming #Pathfinder #Shadowrun #L5R #Rokugan #WotC @Luddite_Vic

If you enjoy this post, please retweet it (Twitter/X), boost it (Mastodon), repost it (MeWe), or repost it (BlueSky). Still my favorite 4e image (PHB, page 177). Last night, I hosted the 7th session of a 4th Edition D&D (“4e“) campaign that’s being run by my friend, Luddite Vic, but is based on a campaign setting that he and I created (still a work in progress). We’ll be alternating DMing…

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Happy (The *Real*) Star Wars Day @kesseljunkie #StarWars #StarWarsDay

If you enjoy this post, please retweet it (Twitter/X), boost it (Mastodon), repost it (MeWe), or repost it (BlueSky). As today is the real Star Wars Day and the only one that should be celebrated, I’ll tell you my story. Like all my childhood stories, there’s an element of sadness to it, but only in a “first world problem” sense. It’s not really a downer. Star Wars: A New Hope was released…

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My Star Trek Anniversary for My OGL Posts. Wait, What? #TTRPG #RPG #Copyright #OGL #DnD #StarTrek

If you enjoy this post, please retweet it. And now for something stupid. As of today, it’s been 1701 days since I published Part I of my posts on the copyrightability of stat blocks. 1701 days. Get it? No? Here’s some help. I wrote this post on February 15, 2023, over one year ago. Here’s some proof. I just wrote a #blog post and scheduled it for April 8, 2024. I'm not as ahead in my writing…

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A Rant About the Silver Surfer Casting, but Not the One You May Expect #MCU #SilverSurfer #comic #movie #FantasticFour

If you enjoy this post, please retweet it (Twitter/X), boost it (Mastodon), repost it (MeWe), or repost it (BlueSky). I don’t read comics, so my knowledge of them is spotty. Also, I’m far more concerned that Marvel hire actors based on their talent rather than whether they remain faithful to the comics. Ergo, having no sentimentality towards the print medium, changing up the characters doesn’t…

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Gary Con 2024 Post-Mortem #TTRPG #RPG #DnD #ADnD #GaryCon #StarTrek #DelveRPG @GaryCon @DelveRPG

If you enjoy this post, please retweet it (Twitter/X), boost it (Mastodon), repost it (MeWe), or repost it (BlueSky). My thoughts on Gary Con will be brief. I doubt I’ll return. This isn’t a criticism of the con anymore than a non-football fan not liking a football game is a criticism of how good of a job the NFL is doing. It’s simply something that doesn’t appeal to me. I know a few industry…

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Just Another Voice in the Choir: RIP James Ward #RPG #TTRPG #DnD #ADnD #gaming #RIP #JamesWard

If you enjoy this post, please retweet it (Twitter/X), boost it (Mastodon), repost it (MeWe), or repost it (BlueSky). When I started running 1st Edition D&D again two years ago (first time in 40 years), I gathered and took an inventory of my 1st Edition material, and then went on a spending spree. Then I went on another. About a year ago, I somehow made a purchase that blew my mind. It’s a mint…

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Operation: Cat Aquisition #cat #pet #Caturday #PetSmart @PetSmart

If you enjoy this post, please retweet it (Twitter/X), boost it (Mastodon), repost it (MeWe), or repost it (BlueSky). Yes, this is a day late for Caturday. Sue me. I received my $7,320 tax refund that resulted from my Tesla purchase, and while I’m going to roll most of it back into the car, I had two recreational purchases I knew I was going to be making with those funds. The first was a…

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Happy March 10 #Nintendo #Mario

Happy March 10, everyone. Mine won’t be so happy. I have a memorial service today starting as this post is published. Life, laughs, and fun must always go on. Follow me on Twitter @gsllc

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Gaming the System #gambling #casino #blackjack #Tesla #IRS #tax

If you enjoy this post, please retweet it or boost it. Funny story. With last week being pretty rough, I needed a win, and I got one. I received my huge tax refund on Saturday. In order to make my Tesla reasonably affordable, I have to roll most of that back into the car. However, I earmarked $2,500 for luxury items. In particular, I’m getting a kitten (maybe two) along with everything I need…