Terry Pratchett had this one nailed in Feet of Clay

we don’t do kings here

No star wars, no star trek. name a favorite sci-fi franchise.

"The place we go is the place we belong."

-Camina Drummer, THE EXPANSE

Welp, I've officially finished reading Wind and Truth.

It's a surreal feeling to be halfway done with the Stormlight Archive. 5 books, 5,876 pages, 2,178,369 words. It's been quite a journey.

I just beat Veilguard.

Not a perfect game (should have been called Dreadwolf, for starters, and smashing vases for health is silly) but I had an absolutely spectacular time with it. The squad is as good as its ever been. The twists in the final act of the story had me hollering. 1/

As a player in a Dungeons and Dragons game, have you ever struggled to find a reason why your character would engage in the adventure your DM was presenting?

How did you handle it?

#dnd #ttrpg

Six decades later, Star Trek may still be the only franchise based on the ideas that diversity is strength, justice is the measure of civilization, bounty is to be shared, peace is worth the price, and all these things can be achieved.

We need more shows that look ahead and find goodness.

Nice try Vlad, I know you're not supposed to invite in vampires

hey I should play all of mass effect again
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hey I should play all of dragon age again

The real secret to the "Mediterranean diet" is eating equal qualities of pasta and antipasto so that they annihilate one another

(folding a piece of paper in half and pushing a pencil through it to show how wormholes function) now of course this only works on pencils

I've twice mentioned here that reading Robin Hobb has helped me get through this month. Someone asked me why and I outlined all the things I appreciate about the Assassin Trilogy as an author, editor, English PhD, MFA-holder, poet, retired prof who taught lit.... I could've just posted this excerpt:

I always want to reply “in THIS economy??” but I can’t bc idk how the economy works and am worried someone will ask a follow up question

"Bluesky is awesome now, for how long?" I mean, look, all things change and end, we will all die, earth will be uninhabitable in a billion years, then the sun will expand and destroy the planet, and the universe will die a slow death of proton decay. But BEFORE THAT, let's make this place fun, okay?

You know, it's funny, I never even had the bird app. All I know is @dril screenshots. Is this what the other place was like in the olden days? Because I kinda like it.

Guess I'm here now.

Hey yall, I'm Soren, the mustachioed, middle-aged anxietyman wizard. I fought Strahd Von Zarovich and all I got was this stupid T-shirt.