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March 21, 2021
Patreon Microfiction: ‘White Goes First.’
Everything I had to say about ‘White Goes First,’ I’ve said already in the text. I honestly don’t feel there’s anything else to say about it. Which is odd, really.
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03/21/21 Snippet, DUNGEON CLEANING.
Pain!
Patreon!The gem on the last zombiefly was now flickering and dull; whatever magic was left in there must have been not enough to keep it flying, because it clattered to the roof, too, and started slowly scuttling towards me. I was too busy gasping out a ward spell — the kind that gets powered by your own life force when you run out of the ordinary kind of magic, which should tell you how messed up my body was right then — to do much else, but it’s not like witty banter works on the undead. It was there to finish its task, and the obnoxious thing was that this was all I was to the thing: a task. You want your death to mean something to whoever’s killing you, right? Even if it’s just, Gods but I hate the smirk on your face.
You have to hand it to whichever enchanter put it together. Though: that zombiefly kept fighting even after a dagger smacked into the back of what I suppose we could call its ‘neck.’ Not for long, but the damned thing must have had some kind of final strike spell, because it used up the last of its gem’s energy to do a leaping attack, right at my throat.
March 20, 2021
Today went better than yesterday…
…but today wasn’t entirely productive, either. Although I ran the game for my Saturday gaming group, and that was fun. Good to get some GMing in, and all that.
Hopefully I can get a lot of REAL work done tomorrow, though. It’s got to get done.
The “You gotta work through those kinds of rough patches” JAKOB’S WIFE trailer.
I was expecting something a little more… subtle. But then, the last two years have not been much for subtlety. I do feel for the husband, though. The situation is clearly complicated.
(Trailer perhaps NSFW, although what does that even mean at this point?)
Book of the Week: Liftoff.
People kept telling me to read Eric Berger’s Liftoff: Elon Musk and the Desperate Early Days That Launched SpaceX. I finally got around to reading it. It’s a hell of a book. It’s also written to be one hell of a movie, if only anybody with the right drama-to-nerd ratio can be found to make it. If you haven’t read it yet, make some time and check it out.
March 19, 2021
Sorry, folks: just not feeling it today.
I’m making an early night of it, too. I don’t need a nap: I need about ten hours’ sleep. Got wiped by the Snyder Cut, or something.
Watched the first episode of THE FALCON AND THE WINTER SOLDIER.
THE FALCON AND THE WINTER SOLDIER is good, and thoughtful about what the MCU world has become. But… [SPOILERS]
…I’m a little confused as to why an Avenger – even one originally on the wrong side of the Accords – would be in financial difficulty. That scenario at the bank should have ended with So, let’s talk endorsements, Falcon. Something tasteful, of course. You wearing the uniform, talking about how your family’s banked with us for generations. A couple of billboards, maybe a TV spot? I mean, sheesh, that’s local advertising gold. Tourism gold, too: that town should be awash in Falcon stuff.
Or Sam talks to Rhodey who talks to Pepper and then suddenly every financial problem goes away. Or, hell, Sam talks to Pepper. They unquestionably know each other. And so on, and so on.
March 18, 2021
‘Superman Theme.’
JUSTICE LEAGUE lacked this, alas. Oh, well: nothing’s perfect.
Where will BLACK WIDOW drop?
That is the question. The current answer? Reply hazy, ask again later. Disney wants to drop BLACK WIDOW in theaters, but that only works if there are theaters to drop the movie into, and people willing to go to them. I’m willing to go to them – I saw TENET in IMAX, as God and Christopher Nolan intended me to – but I’m weird. Also, honestly: I’m not yet vaccinated. They may be limiting movie admissions to people who have been*.
But if it drops in theaters, that would be spiff. I like MCU films in theaters. They’re big and loud and fun. And I miss that.
Moe Lane
*I have some hopes that I will get the shots before May.
Adventures in Cookery: Honey Lemon Ginger Glazed Chicken.
Got the recipe from below:
Honey Lemon Ginger Glazed Chicken https://t.co/sa11RoK6J9
— Ogiel (Moe Lane) (@Ogiel23) March 19, 2021
Had to swap out the garlic for more ginger and lemon zest because my wife’s allergic, and the only garnish I had on it was the sesame seeds. Nonetheless, the picture is remarkably close to what I actually made. You’ll want to really oil the pan, though. Also: ‘easy to clean up’ is kind of a lie. It’s well worth the effort, especially if you’re trying to impress somebody, but it’s not a fire-and-forget kind of recipe.
