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baldur’s gate 3

To keep the dwarf train rolling, we’ve been playing Baldur’s Gate 3 (featuring LOPEN). We’re using a mod so that we can have a six-player game. Dante: Ilanis the bardnumbers: Astarion the rogueLopen: Lae’zel the fighternewbie: Shadowheart the clericHGR: Polly Ripplebrook the sorcerer (lmfao “Po...

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Achaius (Lvl. 45) - Jan. 15, 2025

windchill of -6

Another week, another opportunity to mull over excuses for not going into the office on Tuesday. This week it was the cold. It was 16 degrees when I stepped outside for my Monday afternoon walk. I almost turned back twice before reaching the train station. I stuck it out in the end, but I was not lo...

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Achaius (Lvl. 45) - Jan. 14, 2025

solving the energy crisis

Yesterday, I stepped outside for my afternoon walk and discovered the stairs outside the building and the sidewalks were covered in a thin layer of slick ice. I turned around and went back inside. Not worth it. Based on that, I had grand visions of not being able to head to the office today. Technic...

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Achaius (Lvl. 45) - Jan. 7, 2025

perils of working from home

Imagine this: It’s 2 pm. You’re sitting down to a late lunch. In fact, you have just taken your ramen out of the microwave, brought it to your desk, and sat in your chair. Before you pick up your chopsticks, your phone rings. It’s your boss. He wants to talk about the [client] project, about which y...

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Achaius (Lvl. 45) - Jan. 3, 2025

bluey merch for the bluey fandom

“What’s Bluey? Is that like Blue’s Clues?” – me, who lives under a rock (It’s not Blue’s Clues.) This came up over Thanksgiving break when we were shopping for Christmas presents for BB. Mom said he loves rocking out to the Bluey theme song but mostly ignores the episodes. Based on that, I figured...

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Achaius (Lvl. 45) - Dec. 28, 2024

the house of bb

It’s finally time for our new annual family tradition of Christmas at brother's house. I got express service this time, meaning that Mom and Dad picked me up on the way there (instead of me taking the train up to the main station to take the other train down to parents' house to drive all the way ba...

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Achaius (Lvl. 45) - Dec. 24, 2024

eggmas / death stalks at every turn

egg! egg! egg!!! Feeling overtaxed by my own social/gaming schedule right now, aka a problem entirely of my own making. Today is THE FIRST DAY OF NOTN WOOOOO. But also, I have raid from 1-4. Then nap. Then in the evening, we’re playing the hottest new game of the year, V Rising. To back up slightly...

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Achaius (Lvl. 45) - Dec. 23, 2024

holiday season 2k24

NotN is coming in three days! (egg egg egg egg egg) Vibrating with excitement over here. In 2022 I got 64 eggs, and last year I got 47, so for this year I’ve set a modest goal of 50 (because it would feel bad to get less every year). As always, I’m impressed that people literally live in the coli du...

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Achaius (Lvl. 45) - Dec. 20, 2024

bullish on the pancake market

Apparently, it’s a saying that the first pancake is always lumpy. It’s a motivational saying indicating that your first effort may not be great, but it paves the way for better efforts to come. I’ve never heard this as a saying. However, it is empirically true. The first pancake is always lumpy. How...

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Achaius (Lvl. 45) - Dec. 18, 2024

the hunt for ralts

I’ve decided: We really need a Ralts. To assist in this endeavor, I’ve written up a set of guidelines for the Minimally Acceptable Ralts.At least one main skill trigger by level 50 (can be either ability or nature) and a second one by 100. (ofc, the sooner the better)No ingredient+ skills/nature (u...

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Achaius (Lvl. 45) - Dec. 16, 2024

“mid”

“We had the office holiday party today,” I said. “It was mid.” “You’re not allowed to say ‘mid,’ ” HGR said. “We have a word for ‘mid.’ It’s mediocre.” “It was better than mediocre. It was mid.” “I don’t buy it.” I was going to write about the holiday party, but I don’t have a lot to say, since it w...

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Achaius (Lvl. 45) - Dec. 6, 2024

family christmas tree, cont.

I decorated the family Christmas tree on Saturday morning. There’s so much memory and history invested in my parents’ tree. Here’s a hand-quilted star made by Mom with a photo of my brother at one year old. (Dad saw the photo and exclaimed “BB!”) Here’s a pair of wooden ornaments: a carved nativity ...

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Achaius (Lvl. 45) - Dec. 1, 2024

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