Got three of the recommended vaccinations yesterday. So far, my flesh doesn’t attract iron or steel, I don’t rear to to 5G radiation (we have terrible cell coverage here), I still have the same number of limbs, and I cannot detect any mutation superpowers that I may have acquired.

Shared... to expand the amount of eye-traffic. Stealing from artists is not cool.

Gosh darn this procrastination... I need to quit putting this off... maybe in a little while.

“Inside of You, There Are Two Wolves.” * * There actually may be more, but the FDA does not test for wolf contamination in your food.

Prediction: Some time on Oct. 1st, a MAGA physician will earn a membership at Mar a Lago when he diagnoses The Former Guy as having a serious medical condition (it’s usually a heart issue) that prevents him from appearing in court in NYC on Oct. 2nd. #MobBossesDoIt #MedicalExcuse

It's the kind of day where the big excitement is witnessing your largest cat use one of the Litter Robots

I had the Blackberry Farm gourmet grilled cheese sandwich at the Brass Tap in Rockwall Harbor this afternoon (with a side of tots). That sandwich hit several cravings all at once... sweet, melted cheesy-goodness, crispy toasted bread, and bacon... all at once. Like variant on a Monte Cristo.

R.I.P. David McCallum. As a child, I never could figure out if you or Robert Vaughn were the "Man from Uncle" but I loved seeing you again in NCIS.

Today's plans. Watch Lower Decks [✔] Catch up to proofreader comments [✔] Paint base edges of several game miniatures [✔] Give into cats' demands for (MORE) treats [✔] Listen to rain fall outside my studio [✔] Work on game art for Olde Sküül projects [ ] Work on Central Casting stretch goal [ ]

In case no one has told you lately: You are loved. You are enough. You matter. The world is better with you in it. 💖🤍💙🖤🤎❤️🧡💛💚💙💜 C/o The Human Rights Campaign

The GLAAD org. has noted that the New York Times has shifted to being an anti-transgender publication. This is due their frequent anti-transgender editorial and news content and unwillingness to engage in discussions with GLAAD about it. GLAAD focuses on reducing media defamation of LGBTQ people.

Proofreading is a slow grind right now. Apparently volunteers have lives outside of working on my project. 😉 But I did finish MY proofing of the ToC and added page numbers for all three volumes of my Central Casting project. I REALLY need to start on the content for my kickstarter & stretch goals.

In local news, we have now verified that two of our cats are using our Litter Robots, our petite 5.2 lb Naughty Agatha Darkness and 19.7 lb Rascal, bane of all chicken flesh. Going to start phasing out the traditional litter boxes soon.

The Barbie movie was incredible.

What kind of idiocy is this? Do transgender women have magical intellectual powers that cisgender women do not possess. What's next, blocking Black people from playing against White people? https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2023/08/international-chess-organization-bans-trans-women-from-competing-as-women/

Reminder that Tim Beach's new RPG, START HERE is still in the funding process. Be a part of bringing these rules designed to encourage the dice curious to play RPGs. Link in first reply . Did I mention that I'm designing a campaign setting and adventure for this?

The Former Guy has made American history. He is the first American citizen to have four simultaneous criminal indictments! What an amazing accomplishment for an incompetent little mobster from New York.

Texas is suing Planned Parenthood for Medicaid funds paid to what once was one of the largest providers of WOMEN'S HEALTHCARE in Texas (Abortions were a very small part of their services ). The GOP Christofascist cult in TX has stripped many poor women in TX of needed healthcare.

Is there betting yet on: Dumpty's Jan. 6th trial being moved to November because he can't keep his mouth shut and/or him having to be taken into protective custody for the same reasons?

If Ron Desantis was truly serious about running for President, he would have already shown he could be a good governor, instead of constantly auditioning for "Springtime for Hitler." #NeverVoteConservative

Start Here is an approachable entry level RPG project that I'm involved with as a content contributor. I'll be developing one of the settings that come with the rules set and creating adventures to go with it. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/beachhousegames/the-start-here-roleplaying-game

Dammit. I missed seeing the notification last week that we could water our lawns twice a week. Now we're back to once a week again.

It must be amazing to live inside the mental fantasy world of the Churchian zealots. With one stroke, they strip women of their bodily autonomy, then turn around and imagine that they are "protecting women's rights" by denying the existence of transgender identities. #TrulySickPeople

Something is coming. Keep your eye on this space (no, it's not my book). https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/beachhousegames/the-start-here-roleplaying-game?ref=discovery

That day that the former President of the USA gets indicted on a charge for a crime against the USA in which the currently known evidence suggests that he is eligible for the death penalty if convicted. A penalty that his government reinstated while he occupied the Oval Office.

The “Sharkenbear” from Wildspire Miniatures is the centerpiece of my recent group of minis that I painted. I used Scale 75’s “day-glo” orange for the eyes. The last pic is lit by a UV flashlight.

I don’t know about you, but I would like Attorney General Merrick Garland to release a mostly in-redacted Mueller Investigation report, not the drastically neutered one summarized by Bill Barr while the Orange Insurrectionist was still in office.

Another revision of my cover design for volume 1: Origins of Central Casting: Legendary Heroes. General consensus is that the blue dice background works. The other two volumes will have different illustrations and different background colors.

Y’know… for reasons.

I hereby declare posts made on the freshly stunk-up "X" social media to be X-crements. Share this wherever you will.

Big Thank You goes out to the city council of Lawrence, KS who just made their city an LGBTQ safe haven. Lawrence is home to the University of Kansas. Go Jayhawks!

Keying in red pen changes to InDesign Layouts: Things that gotta be done. About 3/5ths of the way through the second volume... which is the biggest of the three. Yes, that sound you hear is my eyes crossing.

Blue or Turquoise? The dice are a placeholder right now, but feedback has been good on using them as a background image meaning I'll likely license the image. Each of the three volumes in the set (all dealing with fantasy back stories) will have different piece of cover art and background color.

Interrupted my mind-numbing proof-reading to proto-type a cover and text logo for my project. The circular logo was designed for me by video game graphic design legend Walter Costinak.

Spent most of the day feeling meh and proofreading pages. At least proofreading can be done when not feeling particularly creative.

While I still think Top Pot donuts from Seattle are better, I welcome VooDoo donuts of Portland as they establish a southern beach head here in Dallas later this summer.

Once upon a time, I dreamed that I would be able to retire on the royalties that would flow towards me because of a lifetime of creative output. After 47 years of mostly work-for-hire… I’m lucky to have retirement savings and a good financial advisor instead. None of my in-print works pay me a dime.

“Privilege is when you think something is not a problem because it is not a problem to you personally.”

Real life name: I’m a game developer, so I made up a bunch of rules for picking my name, mostly to eliminate accidentally unfortunate choices. I chose a variation of a college friend’s name, then stripped the final “E” off the end for aesthetic reasons~my artist signature looked better that way.

Sky-name: I’m the author of a famous Dungeons & Dragons adventure whose publication predates both the Steven King novels and the electronic board game with the same name - no relation.

DeSantis says he’s not a Number 2 guy. I think many of us would disagree. He’s definitely a steaming pile of Number 2.

Quora is the place where needy transphobes who desperately crave attention go to get their fix by spamming out transphobic questions and hateful replies.

A video taken at my talk at the Vintage Computer Festival South West here in the Dallas area last month, in which I blather on about Coleco and Colecovision and the people who worked on it for an hour. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s7tEdUgHE8Y

“Cisgender, heterosexual, male groomer and serial pedophile stabbed in prison” - the true headline you won’t read from any major news outlet.

Active Paint Queue

Lazy Sunday. My wife and I headed up to the National Videogame Museum and hung out with friends a bit, then did a tour of Tabletop game are stores in Carrollton, before heading to Mesquite to visit another store and then hitting a Mexican butcher shop in Fate for more Chicharrones.

Waking up to heavy rain and thunder… first thoughts… “Yay! I don’t have to hand water the sod this morning.”

Having Bluesky on my phone also means… I can share pics of my painted game minis here. It’s the creative thing I do for myself, not to monetize.