Dr. Oyola
@dr-oyola.bsky.social
DIE HARD is more of a Christmas movie than IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE.
December 19, 2025 at 4:21 PM
DIE HARD is more of a Christmas movie than IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE.
I have reached the Scouring of the Shire in my biennial rereading/relistening of the Lord of the Rings and it is resonating like never before since the US has been taken over by bandits and ruffians in the form of Trumpers and ICE. We need our own scouring.
October 8, 2025 at 4:10 PM
I have reached the Scouring of the Shire in my biennial rereading/relistening of the Lord of the Rings and it is resonating like never before since the US has been taken over by bandits and ruffians in the form of Trumpers and ICE. We need our own scouring.
You can’t treat people as if you are at war with them without at least some of them deciding to make war back. Unfortunately, this understandable and even potentially reasonable response is exactly what these gestapo tactics are meant to provoke.
October 8, 2025 at 2:27 AM
You can’t treat people as if you are at war with them without at least some of them deciding to make war back. Unfortunately, this understandable and even potentially reasonable response is exactly what these gestapo tactics are meant to provoke.
Every time I reread or relisten to the Lord of the Rings I snicker with delight when I get to the reference to the place in Middle-Earth called Wetwang. 😂 #LotR
September 17, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Every time I reread or relisten to the Lord of the Rings I snicker with delight when I get to the reference to the place in Middle-Earth called Wetwang. 😂 #LotR
Now that @plootube.bsky.social is following me I know my Lord of the Rings posts aren’t just going into the ether.
September 16, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Now that @plootube.bsky.social is following me I know my Lord of the Rings posts aren’t just going into the ether.
Mi abuela was horny AF for #RobertRedford. She called him “ese gringo guapo” (though she also called Alan Alda that).
September 16, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Mi abuela was horny AF for #RobertRedford. She called him “ese gringo guapo” (though she also called Alan Alda that).
I want the ghost of Tolkien to follow Lord of the Rings with another children’s story related to it like the Hobbit. This one would tell the story of Shadowfax getting back to Rohan from Rivendell on his own. Think of the adventures!
September 16, 2025 at 9:39 PM
I want the ghost of Tolkien to follow Lord of the Rings with another children’s story related to it like the Hobbit. This one would tell the story of Shadowfax getting back to Rohan from Rivendell on his own. Think of the adventures!
I know it is cliche to say “the book is better” but Malamud’s The Natural is better than the film, which has the wrong ending for a baseball movie. Baseball should always be a tragedy.
September 16, 2025 at 5:28 PM
I know it is cliche to say “the book is better” but Malamud’s The Natural is better than the film, which has the wrong ending for a baseball movie. Baseball should always be a tragedy.
I stand by my opinion that the extended editions of both Fellowship and the Two Towers greatly improve those films, the theatrical cut of RotK is superior to its extended edition. #LotR
September 10, 2025 at 1:42 AM
I stand by my opinion that the extended editions of both Fellowship and the Two Towers greatly improve those films, the theatrical cut of RotK is superior to its extended edition. #LotR
This is the status of the PCs going into tonight’s session. Anyone who says #DnD5e is “too easy” has never played in my game. If you’ve been following along with these updates you know that the Prophecized Ones are always [this close]🫰to proving their own prophecy wrong. 😂
August 28, 2025 at 7:29 PM
This is the status of the PCs going into tonight’s session. Anyone who says #DnD5e is “too easy” has never played in my game. If you’ve been following along with these updates you know that the Prophecized Ones are always [this close]🫰to proving their own prophecy wrong. 😂
Game Night Tonight!
First time my in-person #DnD group is meeting since July 11!
We try to play every three weeks, but summer scheduling is hard.
First time my in-person #DnD group is meeting since July 11!
We try to play every three weeks, but summer scheduling is hard.
August 28, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Game Night Tonight!
First time my in-person #DnD group is meeting since July 11!
We try to play every three weeks, but summer scheduling is hard.
First time my in-person #DnD group is meeting since July 11!
We try to play every three weeks, but summer scheduling is hard.
Many folks are always looking for ways to simplify their #DnD prep. I, on the other hand, have given up, after years (decades?) of trying to find ready-made things to use and wasting a lot of time searching before finally adapting something to varying degrees or making it up myself.
August 27, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Many folks are always looking for ways to simplify their #DnD prep. I, on the other hand, have given up, after years (decades?) of trying to find ready-made things to use and wasting a lot of time searching before finally adapting something to varying degrees or making it up myself.
What a drag it is getting old.
August 26, 2025 at 9:04 PM
What a drag it is getting old.
This remains my favorite podcast and the way Andrew Hickey starts with Frankie Valli, Frank Sinatra, and Jake Holmes to get us to Led Zeppelin is friggin' brilliant.
New episode out now!
Song 180: “Dazed And Confused” by Led Zeppelin, Part One, The Song Remains The Same
The first part of a two episode look at “Dazed and Confused” by Led Zeppelin.
Available to listen on Spotify, Apple Music and via Andrew’s website: 500songs.com/podcast/song...
Song 180: “Dazed And Confused” by Led Zeppelin, Part One, The Song Remains The Same
The first part of a two episode look at “Dazed and Confused” by Led Zeppelin.
Available to listen on Spotify, Apple Music and via Andrew’s website: 500songs.com/podcast/song...
August 26, 2025 at 2:54 PM
This remains my favorite podcast and the way Andrew Hickey starts with Frankie Valli, Frank Sinatra, and Jake Holmes to get us to Led Zeppelin is friggin' brilliant.
I just ordered more minis from Etsy, because I have a mini buying problem (I don't have a mini painting problem, b/c I don't have a "pile of shame," always paint what I plan to paint, and have averaged over 200 minis painted every year for the last three years) #DnDminis #DnD #paintingminis
August 26, 2025 at 2:44 PM
I just ordered more minis from Etsy, because I have a mini buying problem (I don't have a mini painting problem, b/c I don't have a "pile of shame," always paint what I plan to paint, and have averaged over 200 minis painted every year for the last three years) #DnDminis #DnD #paintingminis
Today my toddler asked to see a picture of Steely Dan. Her current favorite band, overtaking They Might be Giants.
August 25, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Today my toddler asked to see a picture of Steely Dan. Her current favorite band, overtaking They Might be Giants.
Some people prefer handwave the end of #DnD battles when there only one low CR monster left, but I like to see what happens and to give the players the satisfaction of surrounding the last one for a beatdown.
August 24, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Some people prefer handwave the end of #DnD battles when there only one low CR monster left, but I like to see what happens and to give the players the satisfaction of surrounding the last one for a beatdown.
When you need to be prepared for a lot of possibilities in tomorrow’s #DnD session, I take some extra time with my DM staging area (which is my crafting area the rest of the week).
August 22, 2025 at 9:13 PM
When you need to be prepared for a lot of possibilities in tomorrow’s #DnD session, I take some extra time with my DM staging area (which is my crafting area the rest of the week).
If you are interested in my #DnD mini-painting and terrain crafting and want occasional dispatches from the gaming table, the place to follow me is Instagram: www.instagram.com/how_i_run_it/
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August 22, 2025 at 4:08 PM
If you are interested in my #DnD mini-painting and terrain crafting and want occasional dispatches from the gaming table, the place to follow me is Instagram: www.instagram.com/how_i_run_it/
I definitely wouldn't call myself a "lazy DM" - I write several pages of prep for each adventure or region to use as a backbone for the many ways I will be called on to improvise based on once the PCs start messing with it - but I understand the need for "lazy" tools.
August 22, 2025 at 4:04 PM
I definitely wouldn't call myself a "lazy DM" - I write several pages of prep for each adventure or region to use as a backbone for the many ways I will be called on to improvise based on once the PCs start messing with it - but I understand the need for "lazy" tools.
My friends and I have a weird way of playing #DnD remotely. We use Zoom, but then supplement with Owlbear Rodeo for maps used in exploration mode, but then switch to a table camera with a battlemat, scenery/scatter terrain, and minis for combat.
August 21, 2025 at 8:47 PM
My friends and I have a weird way of playing #DnD remotely. We use Zoom, but then supplement with Owlbear Rodeo for maps used in exploration mode, but then switch to a table camera with a battlemat, scenery/scatter terrain, and minis for combat.
