Doug Pirko, seasonally spooky human.

I guess it's a bad time to launch my Go Fund Me to plan, build, launch and operate my $300 Million Library Mega-Yacht with four-dozen perfect little reading niches. Pity, really.

Drop some computers.

Be seeing you, Walter.

#ttrpg #L5R5e One of my players: "Every time you say Kiau Wall or Kiau (given name) I hear Caillou."

My first 5 RPGs D&D (Holmes ed) AD&D 1e Space Opera Villains & Vigilantes Bushido

Everyone has the same fantasy: a full restful night's sleep, waking gradually with no time pressure, a luxuriating shower, and dressing in comfortable clothes only to find a steaming mug of coffee and a freshly baked cabbage roll waiting for you. Everyone.

Name a robot woman in a film or tv show. Demerzel, from Foundation.

As much as I hate it, the Job-training AI-person in the video is pretty good. Until their emphasis hand started doing crazy *anime mudra*--I may be affected by Secret Corporate Techniques!!!

"Whomever can pluck the Eye from the Stone shall be Chancellor of the Exchequer for all of Britain."

Yeah... ...no.

For the first time in forever went to a bar with live music tonight (guy with a sampler and guitar who did a hell of a job with dad-rock). Ate wings, had a ginger-ale and although I probably only heard about 33% of what my friends said (a mix of ambient noise and bad hearing) I had a very good time.

I won't post it as I suspect it's computer generated art, but I saw a hilarious *Elvis as Captain Marvel Jr* "oil painting." And I just want to say we here at my place are 100% behind more Captain Marvel Jr and Mary Marvel representation! (Courageous of me, I know).

#boardgames Tonight we played Galactic Cruise. (4p) We didn’t have time to complete it, but a fun game I hope to revisit on an afternoon when we can let it play out. Worker placement lies at the core of the game but there’s a lot going on, with great little player guides to help.

"No one escapes Stalag Luft III! However weekend passes are available at the Stalag Commissary and every prisoner can earn up to twenty vacation days a year." #TheModerateEscape

Oops! All Berries did important work training children to expect industrial processes to be fraught with errors.

Favourite band when I was 18.

Robinson Crusoe on Mars for Tax Purposes

Cartoon: Dr Tongue's 3D House of Pancakes! SPOOKY!!

I don't want to scare you all away by being all "horny on main"--but it's been quite a while since I've posted a trace italienne/star fort! #NotSafeForWarfare Here's Fort Bourtange, in the Netherlands.

Weird. I can access B-sky on my phone, but on my computer the page insists no such account exists.

We’re off to outer space! We’re leaving Mother Earth!

Spooky bird stories. My Halloween comic from 2024.

What movie that came out before I was born that I’ve watched the most times? A Christmas Carol, on Christmas Eve over 40 years in a row.

The Anaphylaxis of Xenophon While fighting his way north out of Persia with an army of Greek hoplites, Xenophon is stung by a bee.

It is waffle shirt season! Yay! I am wearing a waffle shirt today.

Firefox tabs are rounded now? I don't like it.

What poster did you have in your room growing up?

I'm basic. I like listening to sports talking-people talk about American Football while I work. (ESPN brings back Skip Bayless). Nope. Fuck that. I hate football now. Time for a new sport. I wonder if ESPN 8 "The Ocho" has Jai Alia? Maybe I'm a Jai Alai guy now?

#boardgames Played the first of 4 games (a "campaign season") for Heat: Pedal to the Metal. (Track: Great Britain, 4 player, no NPCs). Came 2nd in a photo finish (same distance, but was on the outer line). Easy to learn, plays quickly, always enjoy playing it*. *NPC cars are the thieves of joy.

I had a joke about Green Oaks, but it aged poorly.

I have a joke about Star Fleet Battles, but I don’t have the energy to tell it.

I don’t know who George Formby is—he’s been all over my Bluesky today—and by this point I no longer care. Also, despite em dashes, written by a genuine amateur human.

My Fantasy Football team after week 1.

#boardgames Played a four-player game of House of Fado, a game of competing Portuguese music restaurants. Apparently, mechanically, a "select slice" of The Gallerist (but I've never played that). Anyway, I came away with a win. Fun, would lie to try again. About an hour. (Picture not ours).

Why I can't be an Aerospace Engineer: I can't get past that first problem. I keep answering "Yes!"

#ttrpg If I could apply myself, I'd love to actually stat out every character on the Leaderboard from the game Dispatch in a pen and paper game. I'm in love with these names.

Elven School Lunch You: dusty old crumbly 2nd Age lembas. The cool elves: lemon lembas with cranberries. The new Noldor kid: chocolate-chip lembas.