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April 16, 2022
04/16/22 Snippet, MOUTHY.
Getting back into gear, I think. I got to be careful about the snippets, though. Don’t want to give anything away.
Patreon!Can I confess something to you? I… didn’t hate the Plague, at first.
Did I feel bad that people were dying? Of course! I knew some victims. Friends of my parents, mostly: old folks. But they were all in nursing homes already, so I didn’t see them every day. And my own family got off pretty lightly. I had two uncles end up in the ICU, and my cousin was on a ventilator for a week, and that was about it. I was very lucky. We all were.
While I was still talking to them, my family was still sticking to everything you need to do to stay safe: double masks, regular sanitizing, bleach on anything that comes in from outside the house, all the usual stuff. We stayed inside and kept our distance, just like we were supposed to, and it felt so… good, back then. I wasn’t just safe, myself. I was keeping other people safe from me. That’s very important, keeping as many people safe as possible.
It’s also why I don’t talk to my family anymore. I don’t want to put any of them at risk. It wouldn’t be fair to them.
Books of the Week: The Nantucket trilogy.
Although S.M. Stirling’s apparently calling these books (Island in the Sea of Time, Against the Tide of Years, and On the Oceans of Eternity) the Island series. Basic concept: something sends the island of Nantucket back to the Bronze Age. Adventures ensue.
Anyway: I recently replaced my copies of the last two books in the series (they somehow managed to fall into a washing machine), so now I’m rereading them. Good, alt-history/time travel fun.
April 15, 2022
‘Ain’t No Rest for the Wicked.’
YouTube told me that I’d like it and I’m not really thrilled that the site knows me that well. Hey! At least it isn’t noise yet!
The Exorcism Engines: A Girl Genius Graphic Novel Kickstarter.
The Exorcism Engines: A Girl Genius Graphic Novel just went live today: it’s the latest compilation. There’s an early bird level that’ll get you two bucks off the book, if you get in on it before it fully funds. Which will also likely be today.
PS: I slept for nine hours last night. I was shocked at the way that I didn’t wake up in the middle of the night. Just… BOOM, it was morning. I should probably take that as a hint.
April 14, 2022
Took a walk today.
Didn’t do much else, which was kind of the idea. Although I did actually write, a little. And surprisingly, too. Now I’m going to go to bed early, and see what that does.
April 13, 2022
Yeah, I think I’m gonna enjoy the vacation.
I do want to work on the two stories I’ve got on deck this week. I just need to give myself permission to not make it a chore. I’d probably get more done that way.
Expect sporadic posting, and talk amongst yourselves!
Hasbro buys D&D BEYOND for 200 million gold pieces.
Assuming that a gold piece is worth about $74, that is. Your mileage may vary. Besides, I’m not gonna get hung up on the exact conversion rate for a lame joke:
Hasbro recently announced that it is set to acquire D&D Beyond, which is the biggest and most popular digital toolset and game companion for the fantasy adventure franchise Dungeons & Dragons. D&D Beyond has been owned and operated by Fandom since 2019, and they built it up to be the leading role-playing game digital toolset on the market with close to 10 million registered users.
Hasbro will purchase D&D Beyond for $146.3 million in cash, and it will “further strengthen Hasbro’s capabilities in the fast-growing digital tabletop category while also adding veteran talents to the Wizards of the Coast team and accelerating efforts to deliver exceptional experiences for fans across all platforms.”
Hasbro apparently decided that if the royalties were that good, why not just buy out the owners and rake in the cash directly? As for Fandom? Well, presumably they like the idea of owning multiple swimming pools filled with gold pieces. Because now they can have some.
No, I’m not going to confirm those numbers, either. See the previous commentary about willingness to research lame jokes.
Went to the Air & Space Annex today!
Well, they call it the “Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center,” but I’m not calling it that. It’s the place in Virginia with all the cool big aerospace stuff. Which works for me.
I also saw Friendship 7 and the Concorde, but I forgot to get pictures of those. Anyway, we went with the kids, who started out being far too cool for the thing — and ended up snickering about space diapers and being properly revolted over astronaut ice cream. So it was a good time all around. Seriously: if you ever get the chance to go, go. As I said, it has all the BIG stuff, and you can go right up to them and take a good look. Totally worth the trip.
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