Robin D. Laws
@robindlaws.bsky.social
Writer, game designer, podcaster. Winner of the Diana Jones Award, 8 Gold and 5 Silver ENnies. Translated into 11 languages.
An early example of “X is a distraction from Y” came in 1766 when France’s Journal Encyclopedique described reports of Patagonian giants as a distraction from English commercial ambitions in Argentina.
December 26, 2025 at 10:53 PM
An early example of “X is a distraction from Y” came in 1766 when France’s Journal Encyclopedique described reports of Patagonian giants as a distraction from English commercial ambitions in Argentina.
I realize the sign says you’re not accepting returns today but you’ve got to take back this guitar it’s gently weeping
December 26, 2025 at 3:46 PM
I realize the sign says you’re not accepting returns today but you’ve got to take back this guitar it’s gently weeping
This is just my personal opinion but beef bacon is not one of the bacons
December 26, 2025 at 2:22 PM
This is just my personal opinion but beef bacon is not one of the bacons
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You can tell that LotR was written by an academic because Gandalf disappears for like 20 years doing research to answer a single question.
December 26, 2025 at 12:40 AM
You can tell that LotR was written by an academic because Gandalf disappears for like 20 years doing research to answer a single question.
Upcoming time allocation
1 hr - open presents
45 min - stuff turkey, prep potatoes and Brussels sprouts
5 hrs - cut up rutabaga
1 hr - open presents
45 min - stuff turkey, prep potatoes and Brussels sprouts
5 hrs - cut up rutabaga
December 25, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Upcoming time allocation
1 hr - open presents
45 min - stuff turkey, prep potatoes and Brussels sprouts
5 hrs - cut up rutabaga
1 hr - open presents
45 min - stuff turkey, prep potatoes and Brussels sprouts
5 hrs - cut up rutabaga
My Christmas miracle is remembering to take out the top rack before preheating the oven.
December 25, 2025 at 1:27 PM
My Christmas miracle is remembering to take out the top rack before preheating the oven.
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Sending all of you wishes of peace and kindness via classic Santas Boris Karloff and Bela Lugosi. #MerryChristmas
December 25, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Sending all of you wishes of peace and kindness via classic Santas Boris Karloff and Bela Lugosi. #MerryChristmas
Having a festive out of body experience due to this treat, known in our family as barking crackers or Christmas crack.
Saltine Cracker Toffee
Saltine cracker toffee is easy to make for a sweet, salty, and chocolaty treat with lots of great crunch. Perfect for gifting during the holidays!
www.allrecipes.com
December 24, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Having a festive out of body experience due to this treat, known in our family as barking crackers or Christmas crack.
If MC Escher posted cat pics
December 24, 2025 at 1:14 PM
If MC Escher posted cat pics
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(whispering to date while daniel craig is onscreen) that’s Knives Out
December 23, 2025 at 11:42 PM
(whispering to date while daniel craig is onscreen) that’s Knives Out
Good note, Judy
Before introducing the beloved classic “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas” to the world, Judy Garland urged composer Hugh Martin to write a more lighthearted second line than “It may be your last.”
He landed on “Let your heart be light” instead, and the rest is holiday history.
He landed on “Let your heart be light” instead, and the rest is holiday history.
December 24, 2025 at 12:16 AM
Good note, Judy
It’s all well and good until barefoot Victorian river ghosts show up looking for their boots
Mystery as hundreds of Victorian shoes wash up on Ogmore beach
More than 400 leather hobnailed boots, thought to date back to the 19th Century, have been found.
www.bbc.com
December 24, 2025 at 12:08 AM
It’s all well and good until barefoot Victorian river ghosts show up looking for their boots
Holiday festivities in medieval and Tudor England included a celebration of social chaos and misrule, a tradition now honored in vestigial form for the next ~30 hours at supermarkets
December 23, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Holiday festivities in medieval and Tudor England included a celebration of social chaos and misrule, a tradition now honored in vestigial form for the next ~30 hours at supermarkets
It got tired of our nonsense
Interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS is rapidly moving away from us. Can we 'intercept' it before it leaves us forever?
3I/ATLAS has passed its closest point to Earth, meaning we will soon lose sight of it for good. Some scientists want to send a spacecraft to chase down the alien comet — or the next interstellar objec...
www.livescience.com
December 23, 2025 at 2:57 PM
It got tired of our nonsense
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So Chris Walas is still doing paper mache models of H.P. Lovecraft monsters...here's a Deep One.
December 22, 2025 at 3:40 AM
So Chris Walas is still doing paper mache models of H.P. Lovecraft monsters...here's a Deep One.
Reading a book on eels and have asked Valerie to tell me when she is ready to hear her first tranche of eel facts to what has so far been a curious lack of response
December 22, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Reading a book on eels and have asked Valerie to tell me when she is ready to hear her first tranche of eel facts to what has so far been a curious lack of response
INT. MALIBU ESTATE. MORNING.
BARBRA STREISAND, in immaculate cozy bathrobe and slippers, pads drowsily into open concept breakfast nook, picks up steaming coffee left for her by unseen functionary, pulls out phone, looks at social media.
BARBRA [Groans, rolls eyes] Oh man what is it this time?
BARBRA STREISAND, in immaculate cozy bathrobe and slippers, pads drowsily into open concept breakfast nook, picks up steaming coffee left for her by unseen functionary, pulls out phone, looks at social media.
BARBRA [Groans, rolls eyes] Oh man what is it this time?
December 22, 2025 at 6:11 PM
INT. MALIBU ESTATE. MORNING.
BARBRA STREISAND, in immaculate cozy bathrobe and slippers, pads drowsily into open concept breakfast nook, picks up steaming coffee left for her by unseen functionary, pulls out phone, looks at social media.
BARBRA [Groans, rolls eyes] Oh man what is it this time?
BARBRA STREISAND, in immaculate cozy bathrobe and slippers, pads drowsily into open concept breakfast nook, picks up steaming coffee left for her by unseen functionary, pulls out phone, looks at social media.
BARBRA [Groans, rolls eyes] Oh man what is it this time?
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one of the reasons I get so irritated by people posting screenshots of outrageous things they've found online is that one of my oldest friends is not very online (didn't even have a smart phone until a few years ago) but a favorite hobby of his for over 20 years now has been going online and posting
December 21, 2025 at 2:09 PM
one of the reasons I get so irritated by people posting screenshots of outrageous things they've found online is that one of my oldest friends is not very online (didn't even have a smart phone until a few years ago) but a favorite hobby of his for over 20 years now has been going online and posting
It's Solstice time again so white dragons, night hags and frost giants, don't forget to use your +2 bonuses
December 21, 2025 at 2:23 PM
It's Solstice time again so white dragons, night hags and frost giants, don't forget to use your +2 bonuses
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Who's going to write about this Haunted Vanilla Ice doll at the Freakybuttrue Peculiarium in Portland?
December 21, 2025 at 12:12 AM
Who's going to write about this Haunted Vanilla Ice doll at the Freakybuttrue Peculiarium in Portland?
From a hieroglyphic recipe found by the Dyer Antarctic expedition on the murals of the Elder Thing city
If the applesauce company is trying to boost sales this is not the way. Meatloaf (seasoned only with onion soup mix and for some reason canned milk) topped with a pound of applesauce (that has been mixed with mustard) classifies as an abomination
#VintageFood
#Abomination
#VintageFood
#Abomination
December 20, 2025 at 10:55 PM
From a hieroglyphic recipe found by the Dyer Antarctic expedition on the murals of the Elder Thing city
It’s quite the achievement to be an underdog everyone roots against
December 20, 2025 at 3:32 PM
It’s quite the achievement to be an underdog everyone roots against
I hope this email finds the tree ornaments the cat batted under your couch
December 20, 2025 at 2:47 PM
I hope this email finds the tree ornaments the cat batted under your couch
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