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@vaklam.bsky.social
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Gamer, podcaster (Infectious Enthusiasm - @iepodcast.bsky.social), editor
#TTRPG system analyst. Curling fan.
He/him. I make jokes for 12 people at a time.
Black Lives Matter.
Trans rights are human rights.
I have friends everywhere.
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Just waiting for a bunch of Um, Actually guys to tell me why this wasn't accepted.
Screenshot of the NYT Spelling Bee game with the word PEDENT entered at the top.
October 24, 2025 at 4:05 PM
vaklam.bsky.social
This is my crowning video-game achievement. I can stop playing now.
A drawing of a fluffy sheep beside the words "Slay a Sister of the Dead while afflicted with Twilight Curse"
September 30, 2025 at 3:53 AM
vaklam.bsky.social
You can't scare me; I used to run TORG!
Front cover of the TORG sourcebook for the Cyberpapacy. It features a painting with the Cyberpope, a couple of cybergargoyles, and gun-toting Swiss Guard.
September 19, 2025 at 4:37 AM
vaklam.bsky.social
Typical!
The NYT game Strands. The spangram is GENERATION GAP. The following generation names are included: BOOMER GREATEST MILLENNIAL ZOOMER ALPHA But not Generation X
September 1, 2025 at 8:13 PM
vaklam.bsky.social
Heading out to the Gay Farmers Market today and kudos to whoever created this logo!
A drawing of a muscular man with a mustache wearing green overalls, a green cap, and green boots. He rides a red tractor. He holds an emoji eggplant in one hand and an emoji peach in the other. Words below the image read GAY FARMERS MARKET.
August 31, 2025 at 5:17 PM
vaklam.bsky.social
Happening again tonight! Episode 4 of the Lords of Gossamer & Shadow game I'm running!
Lords of Gossamer & Shadow | TUESDAYS 8PM Eastern / 5PM Pacific / 1AM UK (Wed) | twitch.tv/otherdoc (the words are in front of an image of a door with a staircase leading up to its right, as seen over a viewer's shoulder; the door is surrounded by clouds and empty space)
August 19, 2025 at 2:46 PM
vaklam.bsky.social
What.
A box that says TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES vs. COBRA KAI. A Donatello action figure is on one side and faces off against a Johnny Lawrence action figure.
August 17, 2025 at 10:08 PM
vaklam.bsky.social
The countdown to my next trip to the grocery store has begun. T-minus five days.
A bunch of 5 bananas on a kitchen counter.
August 17, 2025 at 2:43 PM
vaklam.bsky.social
Tonight!

8PM Eastern
5PM Pacific
1AM UK
Lords of Gossamer & Shadow | TUESDAYS 8PM Eastern / 5PM Pacific / 1AM UK (Wed) | twitch.tv/otherdoc (the words are in front of an image of a door with a staircase leading up to its right, as seen over a viewer's shoulder; the door is surrounded by clouds and empty space)
August 12, 2025 at 3:18 PM
vaklam.bsky.social
Now do one for intrusive thoughts.
A phone setting option that says "Reduce howling noise".
July 23, 2025 at 12:09 PM
vaklam.bsky.social
A box that says DEFORMATION ROBOT. It has a picture of a Transformers-ish robot on it with a picture of a red sports car badly superimposed over it. Above that it says: A key deformation!
July 8, 2025 at 2:22 AM
vaklam.bsky.social
This one's for you, @curubethion.bsky.social
The words IT'S TROCHAIC TETRAMETER styled in the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles logo.
June 21, 2025 at 3:06 PM
vaklam.bsky.social
New Robert Ludlum novel just dropped.
A sign that says HUSSMAN PROTOCOL. It is on an industrial, beige panel.
June 21, 2025 at 2:55 AM
vaklam.bsky.social
Magritte, you scamp, you've done it again!
A cardboard box labeled NOT A DISPLAY CASE being used as a display case for several frozen Banquet Mega Crustless Pizzas. Ce n'est pas une vitrine.
June 20, 2025 at 11:52 PM
vaklam.bsky.social
The only King I recognize.
Taylor Dearden as Dr. Mel King from the TV show The Pitt. She has pale skin and light brown hair. She wears glasses, and she has a stethoscope draped around her neck. She wears a black jacket over a lavender T-shirt and she is holding a cellphone to her ear.
June 15, 2025 at 1:52 AM
vaklam.bsky.social
Thank you, @rowanzeoli.bsky.social!
An excerpt from an interview between Rowan Zeoli and Jason Carl. Carl: I don't recall who coined the phrase, play to find out… Zeoli: The Bakers. Carl: Okay, thank you. It's something I say often, and I should really attribute it to them.
June 10, 2025 at 6:59 PM
vaklam.bsky.social
It's here! The excellent game I helped playtest is here!
Three stacks of cards. All of the card backs read One Year Hence and have a drawing of an axe. The purple stack has Touchstones written at the bottom. The fanned-out stack consists of card backs in 4 different colors (green, yellow, red, and blue). The green cards read Prompts and Spring. The orange stack at the top of the image reads Instructions.
June 9, 2025 at 8:36 PM
vaklam.bsky.social
This is in my neighborhood right between the fancy pizza place and the fancy taco joint.
A raised cement walkway over a sidewalk. Someone has painted EAT THE RICH on it with red paint and a stencil. A fire hydrant can be partially seen in the foreground.
June 5, 2025 at 1:39 AM
vaklam.bsky.social
Daggerheart elves be like
An adorable brown-and-white beagle with long, droopy ears and a red collar. The background is a grey sheet.
June 2, 2025 at 2:44 AM
vaklam.bsky.social
A picture of Willem Dafoe as Norman Osborn from Spider-Man with the caption: Bene Tleilaxu Clone: You know, I'm something of a Kwisatz Haderach myself.
June 1, 2025 at 5:50 PM
vaklam.bsky.social
This option would have made all those Call of Cthulhu games a lot easier for my PCs.
A phone setting option that says "Reduce howling noise".
May 31, 2025 at 8:53 PM
vaklam.bsky.social
Not being able to go left on Ronald Reagan Way is a little on the nose TBH.
A sweet sign that says "RONALD REAGAN WAY" with a No Left Turn sign next to it.
May 27, 2025 at 1:09 AM
vaklam.bsky.social
My ISP: We've found an internet outage.

Me, looking across the street: Yeah, I guess so.
A notification saying "We found an internet outage. You should be online by 7:00 p.m." A junction box barely hanging onto a cable. There are frayed wires sticking out from it and the whole thing is at a 45-degree angle. There are trees and a blue sky with clouds in the background.
May 10, 2025 at 3:33 PM
vaklam.bsky.social
Hmm...
A 4-letter word for Margaret Thatcher. What could it be?
A crossword clue reading MARGARET THATCHER, E.G. with a four-letter answer highlighted.
May 10, 2025 at 3:09 PM
vaklam.bsky.social
Prepping to run Lords of Gossamer and Shadow by studying the classics
Relativity by M.C. Escher. Multiple staircases are built on various axes and use different points of gravity simultaneously. There are sixteen characters, spread between each gravity source, six in one and five in each of the other two. Gardens and parks can be seen through archways at different points.
May 6, 2025 at 3:37 PM