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Writer, game designer, podcaster. Winner of the Diana Jones Award, 8 Gold and 5 Silver ENnies. Translated into 11 languages.
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Just sitting here drinking some coffee containing some multitudes

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The thing I like about reckonings is when they don’t happen to me

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Halloween Safety (1977) Creepy, anxiety-inducing educational short that takes a bit too much pleasure in showing the ways a kid can come to grievous harm while trick or treating Directed by Carnival of Souls auteur Herk Harvey - BOTD in 1924

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Just as historians of the US 19th century have to provide the elaborate backstory behind the phrase "Tippecanoe and Tyler too," future historians of our era will have to explain what a milkshake duck was

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May the 3rd be—AUUGRRGGHH!!!

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Ken and Robin Consume Media: Last Bullet, Die Nibelungen, and John Buchan’s Template for Folk Horror

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If you ever want to completely shake up your YouTube algorithm watch a single video about mounted archery

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wonderful to see so many companies celebrating pride month this year

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Remember, they lose their value if you unbox them

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I hope this email finds you barking to alert the humans that Timmy’s fallen down the well

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I practice paketonomancy, the art of divination according to the packaging type Amazon uses to ship my order of coffee syrup

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The orcas read this paper and started smashing boats

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Meanings of the word “bummer” over time 1855: an idler 1861-1865: camp follower, wartime exploiter 1968: an unpleasant situation

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There’s a power outage in our neighborhood and once again l’m reminded how quiet it gets when that happens. Or conversely what loudmouths dogs and birds are

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Ken and Robin talk games where the bad guys control the authorities, English spy George Blake, NYC vs. swill milk, and the New England vampire panic.

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Long range Toronto weather forecast Tues: yay it's finally air conditioning weather Thurs: ugh it's air conditioning weather

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It’s just asking us if we want to accept notifications

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Catch Kevin Kulp and Jeff Grubb on Reading D&D Aloud! Hear them dive into world-building tales, design secrets, and classic RPG memories. Watch the episode now and share your favorite takeaway in the comments. #DnD #TTRPG #ReadingDnDAloud www.youtube.com/watch?v=VVVq...

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The poker game commences… Listen now as our playthrough of Cassilda’s Song by @robindlaws.bsky.social continues! #rpg #ttrpg #actualplay

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Due to my new Creative Director gig and the name of a popular indie game distribution site, my to-do list sometimes contains such action items as “check out Francine’s itch.”

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I hope this email finds you rejecting a raccoon’s application to live in your house

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Missed the Fear Itself: Shattered Veil Edition campaign? Late pledges are now open. Get the hardcover edition, The Ocean Game expansion, and more. There’s still time to join the horror. Pledge now: bit.ly/4kfhPrZ

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Piquant long read of backbiting and megalomania in a field where scarcity of evidence can breed certainty of opinion

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Excited to see that Facebook is adding a PIN to access Messenger, a measure that will allow me to claim that I ignored you on Messenger because I have forgotten my PIN

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Ken and Robin Consume Media: Pseudo-Pagan Goddesses, 60s K-Horror, and the Science Fiction of James H. Schmitz

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Preview the upcoming Page Turners scenario Addison's Shadow: a coming-of-age tale where one player and one GM navigate family fractures and a lurking entity. Tap the blog for a taste of eerie emotion. #PageTurners #TTRPG bit.ly/3HrHL4P

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Researchers aren’t sure why the body responds so well to interval training, which alternates 1 minute bursts of low and all-out exercise. Personally I attribute it to our hominid ancestors’ experience fleeing ADHD leopards.

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Egyptian poster for THEM! (1954) May your Memorial Day festivities be free of ants, giant and otherwise

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STAR WARS - Released this day in 1977 - Hungarian poster - Art by András Felvidéki

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Grape Nuts (holding me back): Whoa whoa whoa, hey man, just let it go! This asshole isn't worth it!

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Rumors that the evil Raggedy Ann doll Annabelle set a fire and escaped custody receive convincing veil-out

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The Royal Commission inquiring into why Bluesky posts aren't called bleets held its last hearings over a year ago, and still no sign of a public report

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A lot of people want to turn everything into a litmus test, but I'm just not that afraid of litmus

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The sword’s purchaser gains its +30% bonus to all skill checks (-50% in Belgium)

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I just found myself writing the most important sentence in my book and can now knock off for the weekend and order Korean barbecue chicken shawarma. (I believe this was also Proust's methodology.)

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This article buries the lede and should be headlined “Kangaroo tries to finish what great white shark started” www.bbc.com/news/article...

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Today is National Death Busters Day but before you get too excited it’s a safe driving thing not fighting grim reapers with broadswords

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Mystic Knights of Tir Na Nog Pasta (1998-1999): Canned pasta in a tomato/cheese sauce from Franco-American, shaped like weapons, a castle, and a dragon from the short-lived Fox Kids action-fantasy series from Saban, which was set in ancient Ireland

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Ken and Robin talk board game anger, mythological creatures in need of makeovers, mushroom patronage and way way more in their 650th episode LIGHTNING ROUND!!!

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