I am hoping the monsoon in New Mexico comes through for us tonight. It did a great job silencing the eager beavers last night!

I appreciate what you have done but today feels hollow.

As a lifetime member of "aggravate your less observant friends and family with all the vascular plants of the PNW while on a hike" club, you are valid. I am also good at bird ID and yep aggravates people who think hiking is about fitness, not standing like a statue every few feet to listen.

Making me miss the pacific northwest - I made tea from the douglas fir tips an yes very citrusy. I doubt my pinon pine would make good tea (plus no fresh tips yet).

My first glance was "that is a slime mold' congrats on your new organism.

I love it! Modern birds also use air sacs - prairie chickens are weird little guys! So why not have a dinosaur use its pneumatic systems externally. I would love to see a documentary with a rapidly expanding sauropod displaying bright colors and making "PLOP!!!!" Noises.

I actually laughed out loud. My oldest sister married a white supremicist, my small town had a bar where a Mexican had his ear cut off for DARING to be a foreman in the timber industry. My dad had me change the TV if anyone a shade over apricot was on. Yeah no racism at all! Ah the 80s.

I learned DnD from a 60yo school teacher who was awesome. My parents were oblivious to my existence which meant through the 80s my house was a refuge for all of us nerds. I did have one kid quit because his mom found out and she spread some fun rumors about me corrupting her child. It was a delight.

yeep. I am an artist professionally because I am disabled. I cannot hold a 'regular' job because I need frequent breaks, but I can make enough to sell and pay my bills. It also took hours and hours of practice and I am not done getting good. People saying AI helps the disabled can kiss my ass.

That's certainly a thing.

I definitely have some "I learned it in elementary school" toothpick cages I made for a scenario stashed somewhere in my closet. They look very grim and gothic honestly and my players were less than thrilled when I put them on the grid. Always good to have crafting skills as a dm.

I am weirdly in mourning for German tourists. Where will they go if I am not encountering them at Zion or Chaco Canyon? I always had such great conversations with them about natural history, being a long retired biologist and all :( Someday I hope they will be back.

Oddly compelling.

are they your sculpts or resin prints. If they are prints where/who prints them? I have been wanting to make some dino scenes recently.

It's a probably little more dramatic and explosive than the intended sentence :)

I am incredibly frustrated that me, with my spinal arthritis and mobility problems, went out protesting twice and none of my friends can be bothered. It's too much time and effort. I strongly feel we need to be seen. I feel the fascists are counting on people being too tired to care.

makes me wish I was a man with an overly large bladder to pee in them all.