I will not try a new hobby, I will not try a new hobby, I will…I love cleaning up leather boots. The more beat up the leather, the more fun I have. Do I know anything abt tattooing? Nope. Do I want to tattoo leather? Yup! youtu.be/3rzgTBFaaDQ?...

I did about 9 hours of work yesterday. I still have more work, but going to enjoy a little bit of my weekend with Propolis.

your country should be massively overprovisioned for food and electricity or you have done it wrong

incredible photo that's definitely worth at least 1,000 words from Andrew Harnik of Getty

Alicia and Dwayne from Blackboardgaming teach you how to play the all new 𝘾𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙩𝙪𝙧𝙚 𝘾𝙤𝙢𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙩𝙨 🦊 game, 𝙍𝙞𝙫𝙚𝙧 𝙈𝙖𝙧𝙠𝙚𝙩 🐻. Check out the video to learn the rules and look for it on Kickstarter now! youtu.be/3zvfmOqfcb8

As a Korean immigrant who is fighting to save democracy in the United States, I love this so much! We are #GOLDEN! You should be proud @ejae_k, @audreynuna, and @rei.ami. #kpopdemonhunters Thank you New York City Gay Men’s Chorus!

The lesson of history is that tyrants cannot be appeased. Appeasement only feeds their insatiable hunger for power. Tyrants prey on people who feel unsafe and vulnerable. But without mass submission, a tyrant is powerless. Remember this.

Here’s another thrift store round up. Six games for $18. These are our thrift finds for the past two weeks. #boardgames

The 400 richest Americans are now worth a record $6.6 trillion. The entire bottom 50% of America is worth just $4.2 trillion. Read that back. When 400 people control more wealth than half a country’s population, we have a very serious problem.

Throwing this tip out to teachers - a completely silent fidget. I picked these faux fur fabric patches at the dollar store. My autistic students are loving them. I’ll just toss them in the wash when needed.

@rickriordan.bsky.social Mr. Riordan, you are fantastic writer and my students are enjoying your book. But, and I am sorry about this, you might be disliked by middle school teachers for a while. Smelly Gabe struck hard w/this line. When the “6/7” craze is done, teachers will be good with you again.

We’re listening to Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief in class. Percy says, “We laid our damp clothes by the fire to dry.” The narrator does not articulate the /p/ well enough so all everyone heard (including me) is “damn clothes”.

Where do bad rainbows go? Well they go to prism. But it’s a light sentence. It gives them time to reflect.

Me, while watching The Great British Baking Show: I don’t think I’ve ever had a trifle. I don’t know what it is. Hubby: Oh, it’s a small thing. 🙄

I purchased this art at Gen Con 2025. We’d been on the lookout for a good frame. Found one at Goodwill this evening.

Here’s a game I’ve never played - Orléans. The whole of GameHoleCon is just going to be us trying out games not in our personal collection. I hear really good things about this game. I’ve taken something for my headache and hoping to enjoy myself. #boardgames

We played a game of Beer and Bread. I liked everything about this game except the exchange drafting every other turn. It took a lot of strategy away and I just started collecting resources randomly in hopes I could make something. #boardgames

Hubby and I watched an anime about board games. We saw the characters play Marrakech and have wanted to try it ever since. Getting our chance at GameHoleCon. #boardgames

Day 3 of GameHoleCon and we’re playing Garden Dice by Doug Bass. We remember the creator teaching us this game at Gen Con many yrs ago. #boardgames

I was mad when Etsy seller sent me a sweatshirt instead of the hoodie I ordered for my Halloween costume. Seller refuses to fix problem. Hubby suggested I crochet a hat with flaps and add the 3 eyes to ea flap. Now my K-Pop Demon Hunter Sussy costume is complete. #Halloween

Decided to play Lorenzo il Magnifico. Hubby told me we played this at the Gen Con just before pandemic and I walked away epically pissed off. Apparently, the guy teaching the game was not great and told everyone rules as they came up. I enjoyed this play through quite a bit. #boardgames

Day 2 of GameHoleCon, started by playing Metro. This game was lots of fun. #boardgames

Was able to go to GameHoleCon on day one. We checked out the game library and tried Belfort. Not a bad worker placement at all. #boardgames

I knew not to shop with Etsy and I did it anyway. Now my costume is less than ideal bc the seller sent the wrong thing.

Anyone ever played this game? Just found it at a thrift store for $3. It has a good rating on BGG so seemed worth a try for the price. #boardgames

The 400 richest Americans are now worth a record $6.6 trillion. The entire bottom 50% of America is worth just $4.2 trillion. Read that back. When 400 people control more wealth than half a country’s population, we have a very serious problem.

Hubby and I have been having a good 2 wks of thrifting board games. These are the games we’ve picked up over the week. We paid $22+ for lot. Machi Koro is NIS, components in House of Danger are in shrink. #boardgames

It’s boot season! This pair of Blundstone belongs to coworker. Been keeping them going for 3yrs now. 3yrs ago, she brought them to me with a massive turkey grease stain. She heard I was the best on staff, and she heard correctly. Just cleaned these boots and abt to waterproof. #boots

I didn’t care for the end of K-Pop Demon Hunters, but I found the rest cute. My students on the other hand…yeah, 11 yr olds are all about it. I bought a Sussy costume and d/l the soundtrack for Halloween. Feel free to judge. 🤷🏻‍♀️ #Golden

Stoke fear. Exploit desperation. Suspend the rule of law. Fan brutality. Every time the stronger brutalize the weak, it’s fundamentally the same playbook. Our duty is to stand up to brutality. Our moral obligation is to protect the vulnerable and hold the powerful accountable.

The world is a dumpster fire, but at least I have board games. Just thrifted this pile of board games for $35. All except two games were $2.30. #boardgames

I don’t know what’s happening this school year, but I feel my 20th yr of teaching should be easier than whatever this is. I’m exhausted and my brain won’t turn off. I have lots of experience, practically unicorn level of experience, and it just doesn’t mean much this year. #teaching

TW: animal This has been one of the hardest starts to a school yr. I was injured on the job, and still not recovered. I just want this Fri. to be calm. Unfortunately, the bird who flew into coffee shop door and died just as I was abt to enter, has me thinking things will go badly today.

Today, I made every student who ran down hallway turn around and come back at a walk. I told one boy to turn around and walk, and he tried to argue. His mom, an employee of the school, who happened to be in front of him, turned around so fast to tell him to turn around and walk back. Amazing!

Speaking of voices under attack…can we be just as loud about Black journalists and comedians who are silenced, even by our so-called liberal outlets. • Joy Reid • Don Lemon • Melissa Harris-Perry • Tiffany Cross • Jemele Hill • Marc Lamont Hill • Karen Attiah • Amber Ruffin

Most games have some sort of end game trigger and end game scoring. They want us to play them all the way through. I want to look at this and explore why we insist on playing to the end. tabletopgamesblog.com/2025/09/23/t... (Photo by Marek Piwnicki on Unsplash) #boardgames #thoughts #discussions

I don’t mean to brag, but I was diagnosed with an actual bone spur in my foot. It’s an actual real one, not a fake one I’ve heard so much about.

I’ve had better days at work. I’m going to hope tomorrow is a way better day than today. #teaching

Thrifted three crochet books today. I picked up this Loop d-Loop Crochet for this cardigan/coat pattern. Not even sure I can do this without a video for help, but the book only cost $2.50 so can afford to dream big. #crochet

One of my best game of a Gentle Rain. Still had 4 unused tiles. #boardgames

Counting up our final points for Vineyard. I lost 36 to 29. Overall good game. We did mess up one rule, but not too big of a deal. #boardgames

Vineyard arrived this week. I want to get a play in before school work really picks up. #boardgames

Text convo with hubby:

Today, as a community builder, I played Just One with 3 different classes. In one class, the word was “America”. One student wrote the clue “inflation” on his whiteboard. I was entertained, impressed, and saddened all at the same time. #boardgames

Was watching social media videos made by teachers. One teacher showed how to make a fidget bead keychain. I have beads, paracord, and key rings so made a handful of these fidgets.

We’re trying our vacuum cleaner with a brush attachment and low suction mode to clean our board game table. 10 out of 10, can recommend - on low suction only. #boardgames

Look at this graph. The share of national income going to the richest 10 percent was lowest (and share to lower 90 percent highest) when union membership was at its highest. As unions have weakened, inequality has widened. This is why we must build back union power.

Propolis is great. The combination of worker placement, resource management, and tableau builder elements is well balanced. Just very satisfying. @flatoutgames.bsky.social #boardgames