Finished up that second chapter. On to the next!

100% ALL-NATTY Supplements.💪 The Wardens are ALL NATTY, Bro. 🛡️ Didn't your False God have to supplement with the BLIGHT? 🧟 GROSS 🤢 We'd never do that 💯😅😓

I wrote a chapter this morning.

Writing by the water is a lovely thing to do. I wish this could be my every day.

Kev drove to town and got a fuzzy blanket. Lol Supposed to be 8°C again tonight, but then 14 and 19. Just need to burrow for one more night.

Camping. It dropped to 8°C last night. Pretty chilly in the tent. Thank goodness for a large, hairy furnace of a spouse, and two dogs. Lol Anyway, warming up by the fire with a book.

Chives, dill, lemon balm, and onion from the garden. Will be used for the marinade/sauce for the grilled pork chops later.

I've been making a point of getting to know my neighbours. We've had a lot of change in the last five years as people uhhh... age out of their homes after thirty, forty, fifty years. Anyway, I guess I am now organizing a neighbourhood alley party with my immediate neighbour.

I find it reassuring when the hot dog cart is outside Canadian Tire. It's soothing. It's summer. And damn, it smells good.

I find it interesting that in the 2010s when actual play of ttrpgs, first as podcasts, then as streams, came into being, there was a huge push for 'story first, rules second.' It was part of the cultural swing of taking things and making them our own. The kids who wanted to play but grognards 1/2

My sister's fam came over for grilling and boardgames. Got this game for my niece that teaches you about herbs you can forage and what they treat. It's apparently her favourite game. She's just like her Nini fr.

Getting a hammock was such a good idea.

OOO is set. VACAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAATION TIIIIIIIME!

OMG! I just got to give feedback of the main theme for our game (music) and it's incredible. It has me very excited. I am listening to it on repeat. I can't stop. AHHHH! @janalmusic.bsky.social does fantastic work. I can't wait to have the stems. My brain is thinking of all the ways I can use it.

If you want to be a full time game designer, your highest priority is to build a reliable playtest network. It’s a LOT of work. And there are infinite obstacles in your way. Individual and systemic. But it’s the price of success. You just gotta do it You can debate me on this, but I’m right.

The Chicken Delight at the Penalty Box is a mid chicken wrap. There is way better food in this city.

Get yourself an in-game credit and come PLAYTEST WITH US!

"The most regretful people on earth are those who felt the call to creative work, who felt their own creative power restive and uprising, and gave to it neither power nor time." Mary Oliver on creativity: www.themarginalian.org/2016/10/12/m...

TIL that the TM joint exists and mine is an asshole. Anyway, this headache sucks. Dentist appointment is made for Tuesday.

Well, it's been decades. There have been many Miss Marples and Sherlock Holmes over the years, so why not Poirot? It's a new writer this time. Horowitz made a big stamp for himself in the BBC. It'll be interesting to see someone inject something a little different into the genre.

I had a cat when I was a child. My parents weren't particularly responsible cat owners and she'd have kittens regularly. Anyway, she would only give birth on my lap. If I had to go to the bathroom, she would follow me, mewing, mid-birth. The kittens had to live in my room.

They're making a new Poirot series but haven't announced the actor yet. David Suchet is going to be a tough act to follow. I have to work at separating the character from him and focus on the new actor's interpretation of the character. Keep the comparisons at bay for a bit.

Bambi and Little Foot's moms.

Is your computer not punching you in the face enough? Time for that to change: MÖRK BORG Heresy Supreme, the official video game, is now LIVE on Steam. Get it! Play it! Review it? store.steampowered.com/app/3216800/...

watching “Cadfael” for the first time in probably 15 years - for both book research and mom nostalgia reasons - and I’m about to say something so comically basic and obvious that it hardly even needs saying, but holy shit fam, Derek Jacobi is simply one of the best to ever do it

Now that I am home from XP Gaming Summit, and have slept in (for me), here are my thoughts: Despite my RA deciding to flare, I enjoyed myself. It was absolutely lovely meeting internet friends in the flesh, and continuing conversations as if we'd always known each other.

The 5:22 VIA train out of Toronto actually left on time. It is a miracle.

We were honoured to be featured during last night’s Canadian Game Awards 💛 Produced by Mike Arnone of @freakingcoolindies.com , the video highlights our work with experimental creators, game arts, and Canada’s indie games community. Learn more: www.handeyesociety.com #canadiangameawards #gameart

We might not have won, but we are proud to have been nominated! (and hear our title said by the amazing Jennifer Hale) A huge shoutout to our team for this recognition and accomplishment. We can't wait for you to see the second part of Dalia's story. 💜

WE WOOOOOOOOOOOOON!!!!!!!

WE WOOOOOOOOOOOOON!!!!!!!

Come and watch the Canadian Game Awards, live in ONE HOUR! We're up for TWO awards with the asynchronous co-op game Elsewhere Electric. See you there: twitch.tv/cgameawards

The server saw my book and exclaimed, "Good for you! I've been working at hotels for decades and I never see people come in with books anymore. Used to all the time." And then, as I left, "Keep reading!" I honestly think I made her night.

My quiet before the industry mixer.

lol I'm at a work event and someone came up to me saying, "Are you Victoria? I could tell because of your hair and whole vibe." I guess I've cultivated A Look.

I really dislike how hotels are no longer adding top sheets, or they put the top sheet over the duvet. It is 30°C with 90% humidity outside and I am in perimenopause. I have zero desire for a duvet.

I did the most old person thing I have ever done in my life. After a truly awful day of RA flare up and severe pain, travel, and a misplaced wallet, I finally was able to get into my hotel and into bed just after 11 pm last night. 1/3

I will take my $49.11 for the bread settlement. It's satisfying knowing that this probably pissed the Westons off, but I will admit that I wish they were hit harder.

Oh, lovely. An RA flare just in time for travelling to a conference where I'll be there all week. Just what I wanted.

My favourite kind of journalism is: Think The Stars of NEW SHOW Look Familiar? That's Because They Are Actors.

Judge Reyes did what the entire GOP refuses to do: acknowledge basic biology. Intersex people exist. Chromosomes aren’t always XX or XY. Gender characteristics don’t fit neatly into 2 boxes. An Executive Order built on “only two sexes” isn’t “truth.” It’s ideology with a government letterhead.

Victoria Day weekend is when Canadians go outside. We garden and do yardwork, or go camping, hiking, & white water rafting for big, cold rapids as the ice melts. We sit on patios, decks, &camping chairs. There's fire in a pit, or as charcoal, propane, or even natural gas. Lots of beer &grilling.

Cukes (salad and pickle), zucchini, marrow, tomatoes (early Annie, bumblebee, Brandywine), peppers (Peter Piper, jalapeno, and Mennonite stuffing), rosemary, sorrel, French tarragon, and lemon balm are planted! Lettuce, greens, onions, and nasturtiums were seeded last week and are pushing through.🌱

Today is Ryuutama day for our group. Last session my late 40s character, Yosi, finally reached the seaside temple in an attempt to figure out what her purpose in life is now that her husband has passed and her children are grown and either gone or have taken over the farm she tended for decades.

Fuck all of it. Get rid of it all.

The picnickers on the grass across from me were packing up when he finally came strolling up the path with the urgency of a man who has never had a commitment in his life.

me I do I've never wanted anything more

I’m NOT excited and I’m NOT thrilled. I’m honestly scared to share this, but I’m not a coward. I have to show you what you helped us create. None of this would have been possible without your help, and we can’t finish it without your support www.launchgood.com/1948 youtu.be/D4qh1FAPEUo

Today marks Nakba Day, an annual day of remembrance to commemorate the expulsion of more than 700,000 Palestinians between 1947 and 1949 during the creation of the State of Israel and the year that followed.   Inea is a New Yorker and a Nakba survivor. She shared her story with us.

harrison i’m so sorry for giving all the credit to mark hamil, i was not aware of your game incredible speech, exactly the hopeful but honest one young people need ♥️