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Eastern Tony
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Listen, if me being nude is going to be this campaign's running joke, I'm going to lean into it
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The D&D campaign that demanded the hex tiles is getting a less-than-wholesome surprise Friday

(You know how a lot of ancient Near East religions assumed the world was formed of the corpse of a primordial serpent? Yeah, the creation myth we're roleplaying is going to go in some v literal directions)
A table with several hexagon-shaped terrain tiles. 10 of them look like bruised flesh with greenish pools filled with red and white. Several paints, markers and brushes are in the background.
January 19, 2026 at 10:35 AM
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One of today's fascinating dichotomies: 401(k)s replacing pensions have pushed up stock prices as millions who wouldn't have invested 30 years ago have poured into the market

Yet, rather than show some gratitude, the Masters of the Universe chide "retail investors" and demand moral corrections
Wall Street Journal headline: "Why we could use a good, long bear market // Stocks have experienced only brief downturns over the past 16 years, creating a dangerous complacency"
November 17, 2025 at 4:27 PM
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WSJ further eroding my tenuous grasp on reality
Picture of an article link: "The Ancient Greek Who Profiled Trump, By Joseph Epstein"
October 23, 2025 at 5:28 PM
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With all the little freaks screaming how we must put in 60, 80, 100 hours a week to be worthy eaters, it's high time to remind everyone of this WSJ chart, which gave the game away that CEOs work about half as much as they claim to
Doughnut chart labeled "Time Crunch: Breakdown of CEOs' time in a 55-hour workweek, on average" 18 hours meetings 2 hours phone calls 2 hours conference calls 5 hours business meals 6 hours working alone 20 hours miscellaneous* *Travel, exercise, personal appointments and other activities Note: Survey drawn from 65 CEOs whose activity was recorded in November 2009 Source: Executive Time Project The Wall Street Journal
October 15, 2025 at 3:43 PM
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Been playing the Tactics rerelease and like

Sometimes it just does stuff like this
Final Fantasy Tactics battlefield with 11 enemy monks.
October 6, 2025 at 8:24 PM
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I'm concerned that they're suggesting beer before liquor
A bottle of liquor. It is labeled DIESEL grain neutral spirits, 190 proof.
September 26, 2025 at 7:37 PM
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WSJ writing about Thiel's millennialism as if it's not patently absurd on its face is one of the strangest things I've seen today

The other is this ProceWaterhouseCooper ad
A vertical web ad that begins with the PWC logo, and reads: "Don't just optimize. Originate, so you can think it first." "so you can" is in large bold font on its own line.
September 24, 2025 at 4:25 PM
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Babies babies babies babies
September 11, 2025 at 1:23 AM
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Movie poster for "The Velocipastor." The tagline is "A man of the claw." The poster shows a close up of an angry velociraptor, its jaws open and dripping with saliva, with its front claws raised. Below a sinister-looking priest with elongated fingers (resembling claws) is flanked by ninjas carrying swords. In the background is fire.
August 25, 2025 at 3:40 AM
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My new favorite repeating graffiti
A pink heart-man with long legs and arms that go straight down is painted on the side of an overpass. He is lying on his back. He does not have an outline and his face features are painted in black: Xs for eyes, a sharp nose and a wide grin full of teeth. A pink heart-man with long legs and arms that go straight down is painted on the side of an overpass. He is lying on his back. The heart, arms and legs are all in black, along his face features: Xs for eyes, a sharp nose and a wide grin full of teeth. A pink heart-man with long legs and arms that go straight down is painted on the bottom of an overpass. He does not have an outline; his face isn't painted in, and his face features are painted in pink: Xs for eyes, a sharp nose and a wide grin full of teeth. He appears to be holding a dagger.
August 14, 2025 at 10:28 PM
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CICHLIDS HAD BABIES WHEN I WASN'T WATCHING
August 14, 2025 at 1:38 AM
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I wanted a water bridge so I'm standing up a 2nd tank. Thinking that, once the 2nd tank is stabilized, I'll add bunches of shrimp and a gourami. Once everyone's established and happy, we'll add the bridge
Two 10-gallon fish tanks. One is cloudy, with a thick layer of soil covered by a thick layer of sand. The other is lush, filled with plants and fish. Both have floating plants.
August 7, 2025 at 5:59 AM
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Yeah that is pretty specialized
Three lines on a strip mall sign, in order: "DONUTS," "COLONICS," and "Walgreens Specialty Pharmacy."
August 6, 2025 at 3:23 PM
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Seattle's alright
A ticket kiosk with a sticker saying "dump your Republican boyfriend"
August 2, 2025 at 12:06 AM
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Lmao 5 minutes before PD rolled up
Picture of the night sky. A drone is clearly visible.
July 5, 2025 at 3:50 AM
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Buena Park not fucking around lol
July 5, 2025 at 3:48 AM
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My dog poses for my buddy like one of his French ... otters? Yeah gonna go with otters given that last shot
A shiba inu, in profile, against a yellow wall with hanging art, shot at an upward angle. The wall is half covered in amorphous shadows The same dog, looking up at the camera as though curious. She's standing on the edge of a step with a furry toy at the bottom; everything but the dog's face is out of focus. The same dog, with her ears pulled back and a slightly pursed mouth that makes her somewhat resemble an otter
June 16, 2025 at 8:16 PM
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Look at these dorks
Two dogs sleep on a faux wood floor. One is at the foot of a lounge chair while the other has nestled between the curtain and the wall in a sunny patch.
June 12, 2025 at 9:56 PM
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Couldn't remember where this was and legit got a little sad when I thought it got painted over, but it's just the last overpass before my exit
A freeway overpass above a pedestrian walkway. The word "hopes" has been painted on the bottom of the overpass in high-contrast sky-blue paint.
May 29, 2025 at 2:44 PM
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Literally moments after posting this, I hit this and

Man
A comic strip by Tom McHenry. The first panel says Wizard Interviews by Tom McH. A portly, half-naked man in a pointed wizard's hat in front of a trailer asks, "What's this now?" The second panel zooms into him, framing him as a bust. He says, "Problem is most people have tangled up their idea of wizardry with a pastoral never-was England." The third panel zooms out to the man in front of his trailer, saying, "But, well, Indiana needs wizards too. An' maybe it ain't the worst thing in the world if we had more wizards who c'n change the oil in a car." The fourth panel shows the wizard in profile, saying, "Like, ev'rybody loves Gandalf. But Gandalf never teach a local kid how to shoplift baby formula to help his mama." The final panel shows the man from front, bowing slightly, saying, "Nah, people don't like magic around. Reminds 'em they could have a different way of doing things than the one that hurts them so bad, an' lotsa folks can't handle that."
May 19, 2025 at 8:25 AM
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This turned out better than I thought it would
A warrior of Chaos mounted on a snail. The warrior is in brass with copper highlights and red accents; his penant is black and red quarters. He's also bedecked in skulls, of course. (He's on an armrest that's been gnawed in by three generations of dogs.) A warrior of Chaos mounted on a snail. The warrior is in brass with copper highlights and red accents; his penant is black and red quarters. He's also bedecked in skulls, of course.
May 14, 2025 at 4:08 AM
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Maaaaking progress — all my 2nd ed army troops and vehicles are painted, so we're just down to the 2 big characters. I basically have until Thursday to finish these dorks

Started on the Chaos Warrior Lord first — he has more gribblies, but will likely be more straightforward to paint
Several painted miniatures – an Armorcast Chaos Cannon of Khorne, an Armorcast Khorne Cauldron of Blood, eight Rogue Trader–era bloodletters, three Rogue Trader–era flesh hounds, six mounted warriors of Chaos and seven stone trolls A Chaos Warrior Lord mounted on a snail. He has a banner and several skulls; he is painted in brass and red and wields a blood-spattered halberd. He's maybe 1/3 painted — many areas are clearly only one or two coats deep.
May 13, 2025 at 6:41 AM
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Lol
Two dogs lying on the floor, halfway under the bed. Their furry little butts are showing.
May 11, 2025 at 5:43 PM
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The march to the 2nd ed tournament continues — a real toss-up whether I'll be able to finish in time

I started on the basic mooks, and I'm sanguine that I'll be able to finish them quickly — they're p simple, both conceptually and physically
Two Warhammer Fantasy Battles Chaos miniatures from the late '80s. They are painted head-to-toe in brass. Six Warhammer Fantasy Battles Warriors of Chaos from the late '80s, riding lizard mounts (cold ones) from the same range and period. The warriors are painted in brass and the lizards are painted in blue.
May 9, 2025 at 5:40 PM
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Flesh hounds are done and ... OK? Intentionally been doing something a little more painterly lately, and I have some time pressures, but I really need to do more experimenting with these ultra-bright colors to make them work
Rogue Trader-era flesh hounds of Khorne. They're painted in very vibrant colors — orange bodies, blue manes, red heads.
May 9, 2025 at 5:33 PM