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Cartooning your favorite RPG gaming & storytelling podcasts. i.e. Quietly scribbling in the corner, laughing. GET SMITTEN! writer/gamer/human: she/they patreon.com/penofsmiting
PO, proudly showing me the Awesome Spork of Awful Doom from Fallout New Vegas mod.
Me, blinking: “What is that?”
PO: “…”
PO: “It’s a spork! Can’t you read?!?”
Me, blinking: “What is that?”
PO: “…”
PO: “It’s a spork! Can’t you read?!?”
November 23, 2025 at 12:43 AM
PO, proudly showing me the Awesome Spork of Awful Doom from Fallout New Vegas mod.
Me, blinking: “What is that?”
PO: “…”
PO: “It’s a spork! Can’t you read?!?”
Me, blinking: “What is that?”
PO: “…”
PO: “It’s a spork! Can’t you read?!?”
Me, confused (looking at my child’s art over their shoulder and then they click): “Now I don’t know what I’m looking at…”
PO (snarkily): “Yes, Mom. I minimized the window. This is called Object Permanence 101.”
PO (snarkily): “Yes, Mom. I minimized the window. This is called Object Permanence 101.”
November 23, 2025 at 12:36 AM
Me, confused (looking at my child’s art over their shoulder and then they click): “Now I don’t know what I’m looking at…”
PO (snarkily): “Yes, Mom. I minimized the window. This is called Object Permanence 101.”
PO (snarkily): “Yes, Mom. I minimized the window. This is called Object Permanence 101.”
November 22, 2025 at 7:43 PM
November 19, 2025 at 11:01 PM
I needed this.
November 15, 2025 at 7:36 PM
I needed this.
Grateful for so many things, but sunshine is definitely one of them!
November 14, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Grateful for so many things, but sunshine is definitely one of them!
I need my nervous system to calm the f down.
November 13, 2025 at 3:00 PM
I need my nervous system to calm the f down.
I’m so far off brand I’ve become generic.
November 12, 2025 at 1:41 PM
I’m so far off brand I’ve become generic.
True for many things…
November 8, 2025 at 5:40 PM
True for many things…
“People just make it work” is not a great excuse for a system that doesn’t support a living wage.
November 5, 2025 at 6:36 PM
“People just make it work” is not a great excuse for a system that doesn’t support a living wage.
Dia de los Muertos was the inspiration for my very first novel, LUMINOUS, which is still available on Kindle but signed hard copies are available through me! DM me or email penofsmiting@gmail.com for details!
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Luminous
Amazon.com: Luminous eBook : Metcalf, Dawn: Kindle Store
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November 2, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Dia de los Muertos was the inspiration for my very first novel, LUMINOUS, which is still available on Kindle but signed hard copies are available through me! DM me or email penofsmiting@gmail.com for details!
www.amazon.com/Luminous-Daw...
www.amazon.com/Luminous-Daw...
Feeling like a little impish goblin girl tonight… HAPPY HALLOWS EVE!
October 31, 2025 at 11:42 PM
Feeling like a little impish goblin girl tonight… HAPPY HALLOWS EVE!
Hot take: wearing animal onesies is not a Halloween costume, it’s leisurewear.
October 31, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Hot take: wearing animal onesies is not a Halloween costume, it’s leisurewear.
I put my finger on why I got so annoyed during my career coaching conversation: I want to be valued for my triumphs, not my tragedies.
October 28, 2025 at 10:14 PM
I put my finger on why I got so annoyed during my career coaching conversation: I want to be valued for my triumphs, not my tragedies.
The words “I hear you. I see you.” mean a lot.
October 27, 2025 at 10:08 PM
The words “I hear you. I see you.” mean a lot.
Don’t say “but for the grace of Gd go I” aloud to someone you’re trying to help; keep it to yourself. While intended as gratitude & kindness towards others, aloud, it implies that you’re not only grateful for not being as bad off as them, but that they aren’t receiving Gd’s grace.
Just don’t.
Just don’t.
yourself.it
yourself.it
October 26, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Don’t say “but for the grace of Gd go I” aloud to someone you’re trying to help; keep it to yourself. While intended as gratitude & kindness towards others, aloud, it implies that you’re not only grateful for not being as bad off as them, but that they aren’t receiving Gd’s grace.
Just don’t.
Just don’t.
I JUST SAW THE CUTEST FIVE-YEAR OLD MARY POPPINS COSTUME AND THIS KID JUST MADE MY DAY!
October 25, 2025 at 7:06 PM
I JUST SAW THE CUTEST FIVE-YEAR OLD MARY POPPINS COSTUME AND THIS KID JUST MADE MY DAY!
Today’s overheard gem:
In scarcity, your currency is money.
In abundance, your currency is time.
In scarcity, your currency is money.
In abundance, your currency is time.
October 25, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Today’s overheard gem:
In scarcity, your currency is money.
In abundance, your currency is time.
In scarcity, your currency is money.
In abundance, your currency is time.
Autumn in one picture:
October 24, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Autumn in one picture:
When someone has gone through a terrible divorce, don’t start talking about how—in YOUR family—marriage is forever, it’s how you were raised, it’s a commitment to work things through, etc.
Just don’t.
Just don’t.
October 24, 2025 at 2:01 PM
When someone has gone through a terrible divorce, don’t start talking about how—in YOUR family—marriage is forever, it’s how you were raised, it’s a commitment to work things through, etc.
Just don’t.
Just don’t.
Much needed & appreciated today!
October 23, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Much needed & appreciated today!
For anyone who has gone through this: how does one “bridge” wherein you cannot find a job that pays the bills, but have to slow the bleeding? Is it better to do FT or PT while still searching, networking and interviewing, etc? Advice welcome!
October 21, 2025 at 11:43 AM
For anyone who has gone through this: how does one “bridge” wherein you cannot find a job that pays the bills, but have to slow the bleeding? Is it better to do FT or PT while still searching, networking and interviewing, etc? Advice welcome!
I hate being told to “settle.”
October 21, 2025 at 12:02 AM
I hate being told to “settle.”
