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Connoisseur of fine dad jokes. Author of the Heroes of Spira epic fantasy series, starting with The Ventifact Colossus. www.amazon.com/dp/B077LBHV92 Game designer: System Shock 1 & 2, Thief, BioShock Dad, husband, board gamer, RPG player, hiker. He/him
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Pizza Box Cat, day 2,598

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"A sticker?" His look was pure skepticism. "A sticker," I confirmed. "Peel it off and stick it to the bottom of the frame where no one can see. The arcanokinetic principles behind the glyph once knocked down the walls of Great Arax, but for you, I guarantee you'll win the Pumpkin Trebuchet contest."

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Pizza Box Cat, day 2,588

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My main takeaway from watching Super Bowl ads this year is that showing extended closeups of a human tongue (real or CGI) in any advertisement should carry a mandatory prison sentence for all executives involved in the decision.

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Pizza Box Cat, day 2,581

submitted 18 days ago • 1 comment

Scott once, as a practical joke, woke me up at some ungodly hour by blasting Joy Division on the stereo. He also tried making beer in our shared closet, an effort that failed with a catastrophic overflow, rendering our room nearly uninhabitable for over a week. But he was a good guy; we got along!

submitted 19 days ago • 0 comments

My wife and I really enjoyed our first game of Harmonies. Whitby, our cat, would have preferred a slightly larger box. #cats #boardgames

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Pizza Box Cat, day 2,574

submitted 25 days ago • 0 comments

From my fantasy novel in progress.

submitted 28 days ago • 1 comment

Over on fb, I have for over 7 years been sharing "Pizza Box Cat" pictures. These are photos of my cat, Whitby, each accompanied by the number of days since the first time she decided a pizza box was her favorite chair. Today is Pizza Box Cat day 2,571. (Note: It's still the same box.)

submitted 28 days ago • 2 comments

How about your party putting even the mildest roadblocks against the Republicans' swift, systematic, and corrupt dismantling of our democracy, instead of fruitless wails of "bipartisanship" and "finding common ground." That would be great, for a start!

submitted 30 days ago • 1 comment

Was reading a post on a board game discord channel and realized: I am of the exact age/nerd cohort that doesn't blink when someone uses "zerg" as a verb to mean "make swift initial progress by throwing disproportionate resources at a problem up front."

submitted 33 days ago • 1 comment

My friend Joe and I worked at a local toy store making little Dracula figurines. In the run-up to Halloween, the boss needed 500/day. Usually he'd find us extra help, but this year he couldn't afford to hire anyone else. It was just me and Joe, on a deadline. I had to make every second Count.

submitted 33 days ago • 2 comments

It's the last day that all 5 of my books are on SALE for £$0.99 each! The Heroes of Spira is a complete epic fantasy series guaranteed to contain: 💙 flawed-but-lovable characters ➗ evil math-priests 🕷️ arachnid monks 😼 a snarky cat 👻 a ghostly spy grandma (cont...) www.amazon.com/dp/B077LBHV92

submitted 34 days ago • 1 comment

Oops! Realized I forgot to post a Pizza Box Cat picture to balance out yesterday's self-promo post. (Also: tomorrow will be the last post about my books being on sale for a few months at least, I promise. But I reserve the right to keep posting pics of the cat!)

submitted 34 days ago • 0 comments

All my books for £$0.99 for only 2 more days! A 5-book epic fantasy series that includes, among other stuff: flawed-but-lovable characters, evil math-priests, an enchanted tower, a 9' tall oracular toad, an unflappable butler, a snarky cat, and a ghostly spy grandma. www.amazon.com/dp/B077LBHV92

submitted 35 days ago • 0 comments

Played an oldie-but-goodie 2-player game with my wife yesterday: Caesar & Cleopatra. As is typical when she and I square off, she absolutely annihilated me. The final score would probably trip some kind of obscenity filter, so I’ll spare all of us the details. #boardgames

submitted 36 days ago • 0 comments

As promised, here's today's picture of Whitby to balance out the self-promo!

submitted 37 days ago • 0 comments