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November 6, 2020
The LEGO STAR WARS HOLIDAY SPECIAL.
It’s… not as bad-looking as I thought it would be. I mean, I’ve seen more of the LEGO Star Wars stuff than I’d like to admit, because of my kids; but the LEGO STAR WARS HOLIDAY SPECIAL isn’t too bad, for what it is. Which is, something aimed at kids.
Go figure.
Tweet of the Day, No Way Am I Checking Those Lyrics edition.
If it’s not true, it should be. Guess there was a reason why you never heard the full song on Cheers?
THOSE LYRICS TO THE CHEERS THEME SONG GET PROGRESSIVELY WEIRDER AND LESS RELATABLE AS THEY GO. I DONT THINK OUR TROUBLES ARE IN FACT ALL THE SAME pic.twitter.com/Japa3ztK1U
— ZODIAC MOTHERFUCKER (@ZODIAC_MF) November 6, 2020
November 5, 2020
‘The British Grenadiers.’
A bit late today, but that’s because it was both Baronial Newsletter Day and – more importantly – my wedding anniversary.
Day 5, TINSEL RAIN NaNoWriMo: 12938/60000.
Lonnnnng day and I technically went over but I can fix the timestamps on that because it’s my blog, so there. Over 21% done already! That sounds a little off, but then I was writing stuff before the month started.
Patreon!Igor had opened the letters first, because he always saved the packages for last. As he explained, he liked having extra time to prepare. Graciella looked at him oddly at that. “Why?” she asked.
“This is a coroner’s office, Miss,” Igor said. “Imagine what kind of things we get in the mail.”
The letters weren’t anything special, at least to me. They didn’t feel nasty, either. But one of the packages… I pointed to it without touching it. “Open that one first, Igor.”
“Wait, why me?”
“Because it smells bad, and it’s addressed to you,” I said. “It’s your evil mail, not mine.”
“True,” he said, and ripped open the package with an obsidian blade knife. I figured that was overkill — if there was still bad magic to spare, those corpses would be reanimating again — but as I said; it was his evil mail. If Igor wanted to be extra-careful, fair enough.
11/05/20 Update, TALES FROM THE FERMI RESOLUTION Kickstarter.
We had a little movement today. We’re now less than $20 away from the next stretch goal for the TALES FROM THE FERMI RESOLUTION Kickstarter. I’m pretty confident we’re going to hit that; and the next two, too. And I haven’t given up hope yet for the to-be-announced $2000 stretch goal, either. But that’s for another day.
Second try tomorrow to see TENET!
TENET’s coming out on DVD in December, but it’s still playing in IMAX now. And somewhere I can get to easily. The last time I was going to go I came down with pinkeye the day of, but I feel fine now. So… with any luck I can go to a movie again tomorrow. In a theater. I miss that.
Tweet of the Day, Excuse Me, But I Thought This Was AMERICA edition.
(H/T: @BrianFaughnan) If they don’t come to some kind of accommodation here, then what is this guy even paying taxes for, anyway?
Man banned from Yellowstone for trying to fry chickens in hot spring https://t.co/XYFbQPs9jF pic.twitter.com/6N7BsG41vO
— New York Post (@nypost) November 5, 2020
Read the article, and you’ll see: there is apparently an ongoing demand for geothermal-fried chicken. Yellowstone should rethink its strategy. Perhaps one of the smaller vents could be repurposed for local-retail use? I imagine that it’d be a hit with tourists, and then everybody can stay safe.
Moe Lane
PS: Dagnabbit, now I want fried chicken for lunch.
November 4, 2020
Item Seed: The Grimoire Basement Tapes, 1967-1972
The Grimoire Basement Tapes, 1967-1972
Description: a double-thickness jewel case containing five CDs. The CDs are labeled 1 through 5, but have no other identification. The jewel case is light green, with the title “The Grimoire Basement Tapes, 1967-1972” on the front. No other information about the CDs are available. The jewel case and CDs positively radiate supernatural power, to the point where it is noticeable for even non-magical entities.
Effects: each CD features thirty minutes of odd, strangely complex music that incorporates both classic and modern musical instruments, plus extensive vocals in no easily recognizable language. It became clear, very quickly, that listening to each CD all the way through gave a temporary ability to the listener (only one at a time, and the choice is apparently random).
Cautious experimentation has determined the following:
Listening to CD #1 gives a magical practitioner the temporary ability to transfer illness and injury from one living thing to another. Regular listening improves the healing process in terms of severity and speed, but also makes the practitioner ever hungrier. One poor soul eventually ate herself to death.Listening to CD #2 gives resistance to fire damage, while taking more harm from water-based attacks. One regular listener got to the point where he could stand in a blast furnace without harm – and had to, because without that heat, he would have been poisoned by his own blood.Listening to CD #3 gives the ability to teleport (up to twenty feet away). The more someone listens, the easier it is for them to teleport; regular use will get the practitioner to the point where any sudden surprise will trigger a teleportation incident.Listening to CD #4 teaches the universal language, the one spoken by every person. Regular use seems to do nothing, although there is no record that anyone has ever actually abused the use of CD #4 to the extent that has been done to the other CDs.Listening to CD #5 allows the listener to steal other people’s luck. Both good, and bad. By unspoken agreement, this CD is generally not experimented with much.
Naturally, Those In The Know would love to know where this artifact came from, who made it, and what other occult time bombs besides the obvious ones are hidden inside of it. That’s why they still experiment with the Grimoire Tapes. Or, rather, have other people experiment with them. After all, one does not become Those In The Know by taking stupid chances.
11/04/20 Update, TALES FROM THE FERMI RESOLUTION Kickstarter.
Halfway to go on the Kickstarter! …Not much else to say, honestly. Hopefully we’ll see some traction on the last week. Even if we don’t, it’s still a success. If I was doing it over, I might have done TALES FROM THE FERMI RESOLUTION as a two-week Kickstarter. Or waited a bit more. Well, that’s why they call it a learning experience.
