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TTRPGs. Origins Award Winner. Fantasy, Science Fiction, History. Anime, Giant Robots. Rush. Ozric Tentacles. Grateful Dead. Married. Cat Servitor. 2x Cancer Survivor.
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The Blue Pyramid (©2013 Luka Rejec) A good town, a research ziggurat, a mysterious pyramid, and the hidden town of the low folks. Remastered (2025) All Sentries Preserved Yellow Robe Cultist trespassers will be desiccated.

"Science fiction lends itself readily to imaginative subversion of any status quo. Bureaucrats and politicians, who can't afford to cultivate their imaginations, tend to assume it's all ray-guns and nonsense, good for children." - Ursula K. Le Guin (2012) [Anthology idea: Ray-guns and Nonsense]

Just had a telemedicine with my oncologist and he said I've made fantastic progress and my hemoglobin and platelet levels look basically normal! Now we just keep an eye on the cancer markers. And he's working on getting me a new version of my medicine that I don't have to fast around.

No but when can we Ice Cream Island.

Going to stop asking/answering the "How are you?" question because I am just not competitive enough for that shit.

Adunitana Epotuzia, noblest among the maidens of the Green-Eyed Cobra. Adored by multitudes, yet a source of fear to her very mother.

The skills I possess no longer apply, & the things I was taught in school turned out to be useless. Anime is the only thing that fuels me.

this is genuinely how i maintain confidence in my work. it may suck completely but it will suck UNIQUELY and it will be MINE and especially in a world of generic AI-regurgitated slop, that's everything

Post an animated movie you’ve loved since childhood.

In 1968 Finland banned for profit education, the few private schools that exist in Finland have to reinvest any profit they make or pay it back to parents. It has been in the Top 3 in education for the last 20 years. There should be no profit in education or healthcare.

LEGENDARY and Bandai Namco Filmworks Sign Agreement to Co-Finance First-Ever Live Action “Gundam” Film! Also, as a base for the overseas expansion of the Gundam series, Bandai Namco Filmworks America, LLC will be established. www.sunrise-inc.co.jp/work/news.ph...

If you see this, post a fictional artist/band you would love to see live

Zooooooooogs! On that note, I'm almost ready to announce the playtest dates for Dreamland: Fairytale Portal Fantasy Beyond the Wall of Sleep (aka Dreamland RPG) for February-March. Check here soon or go to the Dreamland Discord for more updates discord.gg/4qpQqtqQ #zoogs #dreamlands #ttrpg

A weird convention in RPGs is standardized currency; mostly this is for the convenience of players, because they want to convert their gold into More Kewl Powerz. Even RuneQuest, by Greg Stafford, does this, and Greg absolutely knew better! Real world wealth transfer has more friction.

I used to like people, but people ended that for me. ;)

100% true

Prometheus as a bird feeder, a gift from my daughter, who sculpted it. I think you can guess where the bird seed goes.

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Don't waste money on coffee that tastes like burnt dirty anal shavings, aka Starbucks. It's *disgusting* year round.

Hold the red star proudly high in hand!

On the 16th I had my (hopefully last) surgery for cancer bits. It was a super fast outpatient surgery to remove a very small bladder tumor. We’re waiting on the biopsy to find out what kind it was, but given its size and ease of removal, it was almost certainly a slow growing, non-aggressive sort.