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William Seligman
@acorn.garden
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I'm a physicist, a witch, and a gamer (not necessarily in that order).

I write blog posts on my hobbies. In 2025, that's mostly Baldur's Gate 3. I also post pictures of my cats, if they feel like it.

My opinions are based on too little research.
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William Seligman @acorn.garden · Jul 5
I just discovered my blog has an RSS feed: argothald.com/feed/

I know that RSS is no longer popular among the cool kids. Still, it's there if you'd like to use it.
argothald.com
acorn.garden
The physics experiment MicroBooNE will present significant results at 4:30PM ET: microboone.fnal.gov/microboone-2...

These results are going to be published in the science journal Nature. The collaboration (including me) is embargoed from discussing this result until after the presentation.
MicroBooNE 2025 Result - MicroBooNE
Join the MicroBooNE collaboration as it releases new results on December 3rd at 3:30 PM Central Time!  The seminar will be streamed live on the Fermilab YouTube channel beginning at 3:30 pm CT:  Fermi...
microboone.fnal.gov
December 3, 2025 at 12:28 PM
acorn.garden
CW: Partial nudity. My seventh essay on building an Arctic Druid in Baldur's Gate 3. It includes my most ambitious pictorial fanfic yet! argothald.com/2025/11/30/b... #BG3
A screenshot from the video game Baldur's Gate 3. Two figures in the foreground stand against a background view of a medieval city. On the left is an alien (githyanki) with olive-green skin, cornrow hair, and pointed ears; she wears leather armor with a fur fringe. On the right is an elf, with long black hair and pointed ears; she wear metallic blue armor. The image is captioned: "Karma: Now, if we are finished with the melodrama, there is work to do."
November 30, 2025 at 9:17 PM
acorn.garden
Uhh...

A couple of Peter Schickele performances (as PDQ Bach)
Claude Bolling performance at Fermilab
A french quartet I saw as part of a music class I took in 1981 or so...

That's it, I'm not one for concerts.

Do performances as part of pagan festivals count? How about filksinging?
dracofav.bsky.social Dracofav @dracofav.bsky.social · 5d
introduce yourself with five concerts you’ve seen

GooGoo Dolls
Haerts
Boy and Bear
Half Moon Run
Bloc Party
geeh.bsky.social 🏳️‍🌈 Geeh |-/ Breach @geeh.bsky.social · 5d
introduce yourself with five concerts you’ve seen

Twenty one pilots
Imagine Dragons
Fresno
Pitty
Dead Fish
November 28, 2025 at 2:18 PM
acorn.garden
My sixth essay on building an effective Arctic Druid in Baldur's Gate 3. argothald.com/2025/11/24/b... #BG3
An image made using photo mode in the video game Baldur's Gate 3. An alien (githyanki) woman is shown from the shoulders up. She has black corn-row hair, olive-green skin, long pointed years, colored speckling on her cheeks and forehead, and no protuberant nose. She's wearing hide armor with long hair lining the collar, and a metallic staff is at her back. The image is captioned: "Karma: Wake up. It is time for another test."
November 24, 2025 at 10:10 PM
acorn.garden
I have a fifth essay on the subject of building an Arctic Druid in Baldur's Gate 3. argothald.com/2025/11/19/b... #BG3
A screenshot from the video game Baldur's Gate 3. A dark-haired woman with blue eyes and tanned skin is wearing an elaborate purple robe. Two glowing staffs are held on her back. In the background are blurred images of stone walls and bushes. The image is captioned: "Angela: Five times? What is this?"
November 19, 2025 at 11:29 PM
acorn.garden
Last night, we played Castles of Mad King Ludwig. argothald.com/2025/11/15/l...
The cover of the Royal Collector's Edition box of the board game Castles of Mad King Ludwig. The box cover depicts a castle on the right, rising from a tree-lined cliff, while a moon is visible beyond the turrets of the castle. On the left forest rises up to a hill with a more distant castle.
November 15, 2025 at 11:20 AM
acorn.garden
My semi-review of the video game Dispatch: argothald.com/2025/11/14/d...
A screenshot from an achievement in the video game Dispatch. A man wearing a blue shirt and black games, and a woman searing a tanktop and short pants, are lounging on top of a car. The scene is set at night. The light from a lamp or open door streams across the left-hand side of the image. At the bottom left of the screen is the text "Any plans tonight?", the name of the achievement.
November 14, 2025 at 12:35 PM
acorn.garden
THAC0! Voices! Lore! Screenshots! Fanfic! A Baldur's Gate 3 player looks at the original Baldur's Gate and Baldur's Gate II games from 25 years ago. argothald.com/2025/11/09/b...
A screenshot from the game Baldur's Gate II: Shadow of Amn. It's a text card that reads, "'The Lord of Murder shall perish, but in his doom he shall spawn a score of mortal progeny. Chaos shall be sown from their passage...' -So sayeth the Wise Alaundo"
November 9, 2025 at 12:08 PM
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Last night in our gaming session, we played Perch and Lanterns. argothald.com/2025/11/08/l...
The front cover of the board game Perch. Brightly-colored birds flit between trees and a bird feeder. In the background, silhouetted against the sky, is a flock of birds perched on the wire between two electrical cables. The word "Perch" is at the top center.
November 8, 2025 at 3:21 PM
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Unexpectedly, there's a fourth post in the sequence on how to build Druid Angela for your own Baldur's Gate 3 game. argothald.com/2025/11/03/b... #BG3
A screenshot from a character in the video game Baldur's Gate 3. A female figure with black hair and gray eyes looks to the left of the picture. She is smiling. You can see a glowing staff in the background. The image is subtitled: "Angela: Hello. I did not expect to see you again so soon."
November 3, 2025 at 7:37 PM
acorn.garden
A story told through screenshots taken from Baldur's Gate 3: argothald.com/2025/10/31/b... #BG3
A screen capture from the game Baldur's Gate 3. A woman with black hair, olive skin, gray eyes, and a pale tattoo of woven razors is wearing an elaborate teal and gray robe. A subtitle near the bottom of the screen reads "Angela: I want for those people to have died for something, not just to defend a dead tyrant."
October 31, 2025 at 10:14 PM
acorn.garden
A two-fer today! First up, further ruminations on building an Arctic Druid in Baldur's Gate 3: argothald.com/2025/10/31/b... #BG3
A screen capture from the game Baldur's Gate 3. A woman with black hair, olive skin, gray eyes, and a pale tattoo of woven razors is wearing an elaborate teal and gray robe.
October 31, 2025 at 10:05 PM
acorn.garden
If you've read my blog posts on Baldur's Gate 3, you know that I've spun a fantasy around the character of Arctic Druid Angela. Now you can play her too, or just use the same build as her. argothald.com/2025/10/22/b... #BG3
A screenshot from a character in the video game Baldur's Gate 3. A female figure with black hair and gray eyes looks to the left of the picture. She is smiling. You can see a glowing staff in the background.
October 23, 2025 at 1:35 AM
acorn.garden
Last night was a "three game" night, even though we only played two games: argothald.com/2025/10/18/l...
The box cover for the roll-and-write game Three Sisters. The cover depicts the plants involved in "three sisters" cultivation: corn, string beans, and pumpkins.
October 18, 2025 at 10:47 AM
acorn.garden
"Last night" we played Emberleaf. argothald.com/2025/10/12/l...
The box cover for the board game Emberleaf. It depicts a humanoid mouse, wearing leather clothing, carrying a load of wood. In the background is a brick building to the right and a windmill at the top. The artwork is enclosed in an outline shaped like a maple leaf.
October 12, 2025 at 12:51 PM
acorn.garden
Larian Studios fixes an obscure problem I had with Baldur's Gate 3 that I never told them that I had. argothald.com/2025/10/04/b... #BG3
A screenshot from the video game Baldur's Gate 3. Right of center, an half-elf woman wearing a low-cut leather blouse stands in front of a tented campsite. To the far left a half-seen figure listens. The image is captioned "Shadowheart: Thank you. I'm sure we'll get along perfectly well."
October 5, 2025 at 12:51 AM
acorn.garden
Last night's game was Micro Moonshine: argothald.com/2025/09/27/l...
The game box for Micro Moonshine. The cover depicts two men and a women dressed in outfits that remind the viewer of the game in 1920s prohibition era.
September 27, 2025 at 1:10 PM
acorn.garden
I binged-watch Marvel Zombies.

That's two hours of my life I'll never get back again.

It's just pointless nihilism. If you like horror, you might find it entertaining. I don't, and I didn't.
September 25, 2025 at 3:48 PM
acorn.garden
How to fly without the Fly skill in Baldur's Gate 3: argothald.com/2025/09/23/b...
A screenshot from the game Baldur's Gate 3: An angelic figure, without wings outstretched, is hovering in the sky. She is wearing full metal armor, and carries an outstretched sword in her right hand.
September 23, 2025 at 8:41 PM
acorn.garden
Last night, started Chapter 2 of Soul Raiders: argothald.com/2025/09/20/l...
Shuba, a tuxedo cat, gazes at the location cards and miniature figures scattered about the table. You can tell he's thinking, "One day, all this will be mine. Wait... what do I mean 'one day'? It's mine NOW!"
September 20, 2025 at 12:52 PM
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argothald.com/2025/09/07/l... Last night we played Cretacous Rails and 3 Chapters.
The top box cover of the board game Cretaceous Rails. On the left are three dinosaurs (a pterodon, a T-Rex, and a apatasaurus); a fourth dinosaur (a triceratops) is being lifted by a helicopter. In the middle is a yellow diamond sign with the silhouette of a T-Rex and the words "Cretaceous Rails". On the right is the front of a train engine.
September 7, 2025 at 4:25 PM
acorn.garden
My review of Senua's Sage: Hellblade. argothald.com/2025/08/30/s...
A screenshot from the video game "Senua's Saga: Hellblade". Most of the image shows a rocky landscape. Some rocks are sprinkled with lichen. Some dry bushes are at the top of the ridge, with a thin line of cloudy sky at the top. On the right is a small female figure, Senua, dressed in leather. She gazes out towards the right of the picture.
August 30, 2025 at 11:46 AM
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Friendship, fantasy, and cultural ethnology: My write-up of a complex Baldur's Gate 3 playthrough. argothald.com/2025/08/25/b... #BG3
Two Baldur's Gate 3 characters are posed next to each other. The one of the left is a githyanki: a frog-like face, ponytails; she wearing red and white steel armor. The one on the right is a human, wearing teal and green robes with a hood; two glowing staves can be seen on her back, and she's surrounded with glowing stars.
August 25, 2025 at 11:44 AM
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I got my friend Angela a cameo from Neil Newbon for her birthday: argothald.com/2025/08/24/n... #cameo #neilnewbon
Neil Newbon cameo – The Argothald Journal
I went to the cameo site and put in for a fast delivery. Frankly, I didn’t have much hope that Neil Newbon would be able to respond in time, if for no other reason than the time difference between US and England.
argothald.com
August 24, 2025 at 3:46 PM
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Last night we played Railroad Tiles and Rumble Nation. argothald.com/2025/08/23/l...
Two game boxes are stacked one atop the other: Rumble Nation is on top, above Railroad tiles.
August 23, 2025 at 11:33 AM