Taking a few days off to rest because burn out's been piling up again and I got told by two separate people this week that they did not need my help at work, so now they can have a nice week where they get to do all their own work instead of passing it off to me. broken-words.com/2026/04/01/t...

I wish I could hire myself out as an introvert's extrovert/executive function. Need a phone call made? I'll do it for you. Have a busy weekend full of people interactions? I'll be your buffer. I'll handle everything from wherever your willingness to participate ends.

Today is the last day to get this sick ICEBREAKER merch, and the last day to help us raise money for the Immigrant Law Center of Minnesota! friendsatthetable.shop

Remember: being mean to people who use Claude is already here. You cannot stop it. It is available to everyone with an online connection. You need to embrace it or you'll fall behind.

No rest for the wicked, and I definitely feel like I fall into that category now that I've established a near-monopoly on certain items in FF14 such that I largely control the prices, thereby introducing the worst bits of capitalism into my fun escapism game... broken-words.com/2026/03/31/k...

Happy Trans Day of Visibility ❤️🏳️‍⚧️❤️

Love to live in the good ol' US of A. Nothing but the best unfettered and careless capitalism for us! Definitely not like this is a safety issue or that anything bad could from from working in a warehouse/manufacturing facility/trendy office setup with no cell service.

I did some responsible adult stuff a couple weekends ago and finally broke my years-long approach to my cell service plan: "just don't think about it." Now, I've got a sibling on my plan, am saving $10 a month, and know that shared cell plans are kinda BS nowadays. broken-words.com/2026/03/30/m...

wouldn't it be funny if EVERYONE blocked this Attie AI account @ bsky.app/profile/atti... before they could do anything with it

It's once again time for my TTRPG campaign Dev Log. I've committed to calling it the "Sifting Through The Ashes" campaign and we got through one season in The Quiet Year while we settled in, learned to draw in roll20, and started to fire up our imaginations. broken-words.com/2026/03/27/s...

I got injured at work a couple weeks ago (minorly, in terms of what that phrase could indicate) and also wound up poking at an old emotional scar, and the parallels between the two got me thinking enough to write a whole blog post about it. broken-words.com/2026/03/26/f...

I can't believe I'm the only tenant asking for ANY kind of details from my apartment manager as a result of all of us being forced to adopt a new internet service contract that we pay through an increase in our rent. That just seems like a really weird arrangement to show up suddenly!

I'm still not sure how to pronounce it, but I am having a nice time playing this silly little game and making absolutely zero forward progress as I tend my gardens, make comfortable habitats for Pokémon, and look into just how many I can cram into my little valley. broken-words.com/2026/03/25/f...

Love to live in a country increasingly run by treacherous viziers. Not that the would-be emperor was any better, just... loving all the new lows I'm getting to experience. Turns it can always get worse and will do so in incresibly stupid ways.

Since today is Shannon's birthday, I'm going to yell about how good Dragon Sanctuary ( #DragonSanct ) is! It's an ongoing fantasy webcomic about a cheerful doofus (affectionate) (he can actually be pretty smart) saving the world with the help of dragons!

With the HP trailer dropping tomorrow, here's the whole deal: If you watch the show, hell even just the trailer, I will think less of you. I will dislike you. I will think you don't care about trans people. That's it. It's been years. There's no wiggle room. No qualifiers. You care or you don't.

Re: my last reposts “Do not put money in the pocket of a woman who has sworn publicly to use it to disenfranchise vulnerable populations” is the smallest ask imaginable. It’s not oxygen, it’s not food. It’s television. You can do without. There are thousands of other shows for you to watch.

It's Spring, which means it's time for spring cleaning. And nothing was as cluttered and in need of a clean out as my Final Fantasy 14 inventories, which is why those got cleaned out and my apartment has not yet (It's too cold here for that kind of fresh energy). broken-words.com/2026/03/24/d...

I had less going on this past weekend and I'm just as tired. I keep telling myself I'm going to have a quiet, restful weekend and it just never seems to materialize. There's always a bunch of stuff that needs doing and never enough of it gets done. broken-words.com/2026/03/23/a...

J.K. Rowling's anti-trans stance was exposed in 2019. Almost 8 years ago. Listen to queer folks! There is no excuse to be supporting this hateful author in 2026. 🏳️‍⚧️💙🏳️‍🌈

We've somehow backslid from "I don't know how to explain that you should care about other people" to "I don't know how to explain that you should care about the world you yourself live in"

I am so tired of seeing so many people still on substack. Part of me wants to extend them grace because it's entirely possible that, somehow, they still don't know about it deliberately platforming and supporting nazis. But also fuck that shit. I'm too tired for this.

Today, the snow is almost all gone (and probably will be before the day is over), it will hit a high in the 50s, and tomorrow it might hit the 70s. Happy Spring! What a very normal weather experience we've had this past yeah. Normal and good. broken-words.com/2026/03/20/t...

All my stuff's half off on itchio until the end of the month, so if you want my eight Steam games, or the 20 or so that aren't on there because they're too weird or are prototypes or ttrpgs, you can find them there itch.io/s/182617/spr...

It doesn't come up a lot, because I don't really talk specifics about my job, but it is rare that I go more than a couple months without getting a workplace injury. That's the nature of the job, unfortunately. At least they've all been mostly minor, so far. broken-words.com/2026/03/19/l...

I've started rewatching Dorohedoro in preparation for the second season to release (or start releasing) in two weeks and it's the first thing I've felt genuinely excited for so far this year. I can't wait to learn more about what the heck is going on here. broken-words.com/2026/03/18/t...

Been a busy week in Final Fantasy 14 as I've ramped up some of the workshop stuff I've been managing in hopes of hitting a comfortable maintenance level of stock to sell. That seems to be mostly working out, I just need more people to do some of the work now. broken-words.com/2026/03/17/s...

I have recovered a bit since I wrote this, but it really helped that my workplace closed due to a blizzard today and I got to spend my morning working from home (and a bit busy, at that, as evidenced by posting this in the afternoon). So restful and cozy. broken-words.com/2026/03/16/d...

I am excited to run the first session involving a game with my new campaign group later tonight. Excited and unprepared because this week has just not stopped coming for me. I've got time, yet, so I should still be ready as long as today doesn't go poorly... broken-words.com/2026/03/13/s...

Life is a study in contrasts most days and an exercise in cognitive dissonance the rest, but it's worth getting good at both because sometimes life requires your to set aside expectations while holding on to the passion or fury you get from your hopes being dashed. broken-words.com/2026/03/12/p...

Real vindicating week for everyone who used the term "clownshoes" when describing the American government.

I'm not afraid to admit when I was wrong and I was wrong to give up on Arknights: Endfield so quickly. There is at least another couple weeks of fun to squeeze out of that game before I inevitably lose interest in resource management stuff once again. broken-words.com/2026/03/11/g...

After a period of careful evaluation, I've settled on my next focuses in Final Fantasy 14. I don't know how well getting into some of this stuff is going to work for me, but I can at least do it by myself if I have to. Hopefully it won't come to that, though. broken-words.com/2026/03/10/m...

Been a particularly rough couple of weeks in an already rough year. Sleep is still bad/not happening, I have made little progress on literally anything in my life, and all I've got going for me these days is the knowledge that at least I've got stuff to do. broken-words.com/2026/03/09/e...

Let’s talk about Graham Platner’s Big Lie, finally. In 2009, at the height of the Gulf War, the Marines barred him from active duty. Platner claims it was his forearm tattoos. But his one forbidden tattoo was the Nazi symbol on his chest. He knew - and he left the Marines rather than give it up. 1/

It is time for my weekly "dev log" for my upcoming multi-game tabletop campaign, still tentatively called "Sifting Through The Ashes" because of an image in my head I can't share without spoiling things for my players who read my blog. I'm getting excited for this. broken-words.com/2026/03/06/s...

Sometimes, I come up with a really useful or accurate metaphor. Sometimes, I steal a phrase from a niche use and apply it more widely because the meaning applies. Today, both of these unite in what I can only describe is my least favorite apt metaphor ever. broken-words.com/2026/03/05/a...

It's very funny. I wrote this, uninstalled the game later that night, and then wound up reinstalling it over the weekend because I felt like I hadn't given it a fair shake. Then my friend told me to skip cutscenes and change my language settings and it's better now. broken-words.com/2026/03/04/t...

The rest of my life might be chaos, but I'm finally settling into some pleasant routines in Final Fantasy 14. All that remains, now, is to find a way to inject something new and exciting into my game time. Maybe I'll try putting an ultimate group together again... broken-words.com/2026/03/03/f...

The title kinda says it all. I haven't been resting well because my life is a mess and I keep making morning commitments despite knowing I rarely get to sleep on time. Still, I need to live my life, so I'm going to stick to my plans no matter how difficult it gets. broken-words.com/2026/03/02/i...

It is very apropos that my blog started the week with a post about how the instability of my life is making it difficult to rest and I didn't actually share it because I was so exhausted from not sleeping enough (I didn't even go to work). All of which is to say that I've got a few posts coming.

It's been a good couple months off of running any kind of game. I've gotten some rest (not enough, but some) and am now voracious for some kind of game to run and story to tell. So I've come up with something new and exciting to write about weekly! broken-words.com/2026/02/27/s...

People are always like what’s something you miss from the past and one of mine is antitrust laws

If you want to stand up against fascism, then you have to defend trans rights. It’s nonnegotiable. We all lose otherwise.