Chris makes good games. And they recently made this great game about punching Nazis. You like punching Nazis, don’t you? Then you need to check out “Adventures In the Unknown.” Uses a simple d6 dice pool mechanic for all your Nazi-punching adventures.

🚨 Last day! to comment to the FTC on gender affirming care. The Episcopal Church supports 🏳️‍⚧️ care. Per resolution 2022-D066, we “advocate for access to gender affirming care in all forms as part of our Baptismal call to respect the dignity of every human being.” ⚓️ transequality.org/ftc-hands-of...

TIL that Frank Oz got his start as an apprentice puppeteer at Children’s Fairyland in Oakland: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e...

What's your favorite Horror movie?

Nobody wants to be buried in a pet sematary anymore, and that's sad Wait, I think I did it wrong…

Always wanted to try TTRPGs but don’t have a group? Roll20Con (Sept 26–28) is your chance to jump in! Join a welcoming table on StartPlaying Games to enjoy D&D, Daggerheart, ALIEN, Cyberpunk RED & more. Every dollar spent supports The Trevor Project! 👉 Sign up: startplaying.games/event/roll20...

TEENAGE GIRLS CAN BE DEMONS today! 13 coming-of-rage stories including the return to print of "Benny Rose the Cannibal King" about the monstrousness of adolescence and those who will do whatever it takes to get away, or get even. Out now from Titan Books! 😈 tinyurl.com/prhdemons

Build a trilogy out of 3 unrelated Films. The Seven Samurai A Bug’s Life The Three Amigos

Are you a marginalized author (or the editor/agent/publicist of one) who has a trad pub YA or adult SFF/H book coming out Sept 2025 - March 2026? This book critic wants to know about it! Small press strongly encouraged. bookjockeyalex.com/contact/

QT with your weekend plans

How do you pick up your phone?

Been thinking about this opening line from HHGTTG a lot lately: “In the beginning the Universe was created. This has made many people very angry and has been widely regarded as a bad move.”

One of my kids once called laCroix the “social distancing drink.” I asked him what he meant, and he told me that “it tastes like it once stood six feet away from something with flavor.”

So I started taking a tai chi class over the weekend. For the last couple of days, I’ve been getting up, doing a little qi-gong, and going over the first few moves of the tai chi form. I’d forgotten that part of doing Kung fu is being sore all the time. 😂

Chatting with a pal, and I’m suddenly reminded of the time back in 1990 or so when I was asked to run a Stormbringer/EC game at GenCon when a GM didn't show… I had no idea for a scenario, and no time to prepare, so I just ran the plot of the Yellow Submarine, and nobody noticed…

Slightly diminish a book: Fahrenheit 450

Doctors I trust more than RFK Jr

Thank you autocorrect. Yes, I was totally talking about those classic horror movies “the Texas Chainsaw Massage,” and “Pet Seminary…” #AIwillkillusall

“Have some money.”

Had a moment just now when it dawned on me that CAPTCHAs are just the Voight-Kampf test for our lamentably stupid times…

Drop an old person you’re going to turn into in the future:

Giancarlo Esposito, best known for his role as a guy who gets killed by a vending machine in Stephen King’s “Maximum Overdrive.”

I was in the mood for some cheesy 80s S&S last night. Scrolled Prime until I stumbled across “Sorceress” starring absolutely nobody I’d ever heard of, and apparently produced by Roger Corman. It was almost as good as it sounds. Though maybe it ends great; I could only take an hour of it.

If you see this, QTP with a trio of awesomeness! (Plus bonus Wookiee)

Sigh…

If you’re remotely interested in RPGs, I recommend both of these games. I’ve played them both, and they’re excellent systems for what they set out to do (nazi-punching pulp adventures for one, street level superheroes for the other). Plus, Chris is good people. Throw a few bucks their way.

I was kind of disappointed to see the solution was “when the robot rabbit detects a snake, we send someone out to collect the snake.” I was expecting more explosions, in a Wile E. Coyote sort of way. apnews.com/article/pyth...

w/o downloading anything new, where are you mentally?

I’m reading this book about the second decade of ILM (ILM: Into the Digital Realm), and got to the point where they’re starting work on the SW Special Editions….

“If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world.” — J. R. R. Tolkien

Trying to come up with context for a joke about Red Sonja in the 80s being called "Rad Sonja" but I'm tired, and got nothing.

I don’t think there’s ever been a song lyric that gives me as much pause as when Nick Cave sings, “He'll rekindle all the dreams it took you a lifetime to destroy…” YMMV…

I took a walk at lunch today on a trail near my day job. Listening to the Mind’s Eye Theater adaptation of the Hobbit while walking among oaks and redwoods is pretty much the best thing ever.

Just sent out the alpha draft of a nonprofit website I'm working on to various stakeholders for feedback, and as I hit "send," had the following thought: "Scope Creep" is my supervillain name.

Increase a band: Depeche Mötörhead

Slightly diminish a band: The Police Academy

Post one of the most haunting shots in movie history from a film made before the year 2000

It just occurred to me that ILM celebrated its 50th anniversary this summer. And I kind of feel like the nerdosphere should be making a bigger deal about that.

This year marks the 50th anniversary of the founding of Chaosium, a company which I have a tremendous amount of nostalgia for. It occurred to me that I am one of the few people left in the SF Bay Area who has spent time in almost all their offices (at least until they left the Bay Area). And so...

Do you have enough horror in your summer? If not, maybe check out my summer-soaked, small town, lake monster horror novel “The Seething.” Lots of folks who’ve read it seemed to have enjoyed it. Get it in the usual places, or ask your friendly local bookstore to order a copy.

Stop scrolling and post two characters who bring you joy and happiness

I had a Big Mac carton signed by “Weird” Al Yankovic, but I lost it in a move.

Morning! There are 150 days until the end of the year. If you write 600 words everyday for the rest of the year you’ll have a novel draft. Lots of folks wanted to do this. Here we go. Morning check-in Day 1. No need to post anything but if you’re participating and want to say hi, hello! 60X150

Was out running errands and stopped by a convenience store to get soda. Guy in front of me said he loved my shirt, and paid for my order. 😂

Hello, old friend. It’s been a while. Let’s get reacquainted…

Always glad that Sesame Street was part of my childhood.

Humans have to do the labor so that the machines have time for leisure activities like art and writing