I don’t drink much these days but I just got a box of Blood Brothers Balam for the holidays. Vanilla imperial bourbon barrel-aged stout with hints of chocolate. This batch is coffee’d. Of all the craft beer I’ve tried this is the best.

1-2. Lost to Deen by 4 after giving him 5 for a challenge. Beat Noah. Nobody was beating Matt tonight even after a double blank opening bingo. Matt went 3-0 with like a 670 against Noah, a 565 against Adam, and 486 against me. I think every turn was over 40 except one. I didn’t add SEELiEr the list.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=1oy6... Adam Logan on CTV talking about Scrabble.

some stuff I'm working on

Weird Scrabble draws tonight. Just 2 bingos in 3 games, but 2 wins. Lots of JQXZ bombs. I had GLOXINI(A) blocked. Sad. ORACH does not take S just E so ILLUDES should have gone one space lower. and BERATER is also phony.

Small bit of progress on Dram 3. I'll get it tomorrow I think.

I finished Silksong. Blind run. No spoilers. Such a good game! I think every kaizo player should love this.

A wee bit of Super Dram World 3 progress tonight. I can tell this checkpoint is going to take a while.

Blowing Thing - Another remake of an old daily of mine. Built and animated in VR using Quill, rendered in Blender/Cycles using doublegum's felt shader.

Ottawa mathematician wins his second Scrabble world championship in 20 years

Dram World 3 by Panga. Exit #4: "Yellow Switch Palace". Deceivingly hard stuff (for me anyhow). The gimmick is every time yellow yoshi lands on ground, it creates a stomp that sends some sprite flying.

Yesterday I was on @glitchcat7.bsky.social ‘s stream for all of a minute just to say hi (trying to avoid spoilers for Dram World 3) and he wished I’d find a top notch coffee. Wish was granted today at Equator Coffee with god tier espresso and a PB cup from Hummingbird Chocolate.

Dram 3: Gluttony, by Panga. main exit. 9 hour grind! #kaizo #SMW #SuperMarioWorld

Almost 20% funded! Support indie animation - Let’s goooo 🔥🔥🔥 www.kickstarter.com/projects/mal...

Super Dram World 3 by Panga. 2nd half of stage 1. This hack is hard but I love it.

Adam Logan. World Scrabble Champion. Ottawa Scrabble Club represent!

4 straight losses and 2 wins for 2-4 +150 or so today at L’Autre Ouille. I enjoyed a Belgian Lachouffe and a veggie burger. Felt like the points could have been distributed better for me today, but it was fun and I’d still rather be out playing this game and losing than not… more in comments

#scrabble #wespac2025 world championships finalists Adam vs Nigel. Go Adam! He’s currently up 2-1. www.youtube.com/live/rbPVKW8...

Messing around with Clip Studio Paint’s animation capabilities for the first time. It’s not super user friendly but after watching a little YouTube demo I got this far in a couple of hours.

I hate to post anything money related here, but I was laid off today. I'm currently in the process of figuring out unemployment, but any donations to help with monthly bills/food would be incredible. ko-fi.com/alyssasmw

wespacevent.ghanascrabble.com/categories/1... Adam Logan leading by 2 games now. Yuss! Go Adam.

Adam Logan currently leading the Scrabble World Championships in Ghana. #scrabble #wespac2025 wespacevent.ghanascrabble.com/categories/1...

Dram 3 by Panga! I couldn't find it on SMWcentral so I Googled it and it found the playtesting copy. oops! Anyhow first checkpoint took me 3h30m! I kept the penultimate to the winning run because I started singing the NO song. #SMW #kaizo

Here's a sneak peek of a location I did. I'm working on a short film with @leisl.bsky.social about a detective toddler. Malcolm's Midnight Snack Mysteries! This project needs funding. We have a Kickstarter if you can donate anything, or share that would be wonderful. bit.ly/4hZNEV3

1-2 at Scrabble club. 2nd week of getting 1 blank and 1 win. Hoping my blank deficit evens out at the Sunday tourney at L’Autre Ouille. I like that place. They have 150 Belgian beers, but I’ll only get to taste one at the very end.

I don't use AI for the same reason I don't eat tapeworms... I don't like parasites.

1-2 tonight. Not great draws. Of interest, Deen scooped a pile of esses for his endgame and played DOSSES for 18.

In my own way, I try to be an evangelist for the #art of #caricature. If anyone has any questions about what I do - whether in commissioned paintings, or in designing puppets for Spitting Image - I'd be delighted to answer them. Reposts appreciated!

Personally I think we should turn the clocks back EVERY Sunday, get an extra hour every weekend and really show the sun who’s boss

LRT response, here's how to opt out of auto AI scaling on old YT videos:

1-2. Got badly outdrawn by Adam. Got the W against Mike and Deen, but it was fugly. I lost a turn with HAULTING* (just HAULT#), but then got away with LUNATING* and YEAL* (just YALE#) against Deen. A jar of salsa from Adam’s pack shattered on the carpet so we stayed back to mop up the mess.

Paint day. I felt like doing something Halloweeny and monochromatic. Tried painting the more textured side of my Arches cold press paper instead. I went with a plague doctor.

I copied a painting. Think it turned out okay but I wish I had more patience waiting for layers to dry.

I started Peach Moat World 1 (by Sparkysie and Dan2point5) on @alyssasmw.bsky.social 's recommendation. It's good so far! 3 levels complete in 2 videos on my Youtube channel. #kaizo #SMW #Supermarioworld #romhack

Some fun pics from the weekend farmer’s market.

Some postcard size watercolor experiments I did recently. I think they’re just a little too small to get the precision I’d like, but as time goes on they’re growing on me.

1-2 tonight. Just 1/6 blanks and 4 bingos WARBLES TAENIAE LInGUIST TENNIST. Matt played MIJNHEER which is pretty sick. Dutch for “mein herr” — a Dutch nobleman. The highlight for me was opening with the newly added WAIFU. #Scrabble

Playing Shells2K by Rapha2K and found some inadvertent cheese in stage 3. It's not faster, but it's much easier than the intended route.

Paint day! My wife requested this one.

Ominous

Matthew vs Matthew Scrabble showdown: www.youtube.com/watch?v=HcCO...

8 bingos in 3 games and just a single win. I managed to bingo out on Adam who made a rare late game error. PLAUDIT F(U)SIONAL FILEMOt ANTLIKE DEGA(S)sER TAI(L)ERON RAPESE(E)D and FOiBLES were mine. Scores of 477, 428, and 470. Threw an endgame by trying (BAILING)S.

The "Any %" part of Panga's Super Dram World 1 (with fast restart) is done! I don't know when or if I'll try the Star Road levels. I made a rare longplay version so you get to suffer along with me dying to each tough obastacle and kaizo block. #SMW #SuperMarioWorld #kaizo #SuperDramWorld

Espresso grinder needed to be disassembled, unjammed, cleaned out, and reassembled this morning. I’m not very handy, but become the world’s most handy person when it involves morning coffee.

Was going through Getty images looking at some old World War II pictures of antifa invading the beaches of Normandy and came across this picture.

Dolphin study - Ink on paper, 210x148mm, 2025.

We are now taking donations of blowup costumes to Portland. These blowup costumes are desperately needed by protesters who are continuing to fight the good fight. Please note that we already have too many T-Rexs, so please, no more T-Rexs.