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heat hoarders

We made it through the heat. Monday night was particularly cursed, since it was raining and we had to close the balcony screen door. We were stuck in an intensely humid 88-degree house, with cool fall air just outside where we couldn’t reach it. But the rain cooled things down. It’s been mid-60s dur...

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Achaius (Lvl. 45) - Oct. 13, 2025

double hobby

Weirdly, watercoloring has become two hobbies for me. The first is actually watercoloring. The second is watching watercolor tutorial videos on youtube. It’s a relaxing thing to do in the evening when trying to make step count for the day. Most of these videos are plant-related: fall trees, pumpkins...

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

THE SUN THE SUN THE SUN TH

On Saturday afternoon, the temperature in the house rose to 91 degrees. It’s not conducive to human flourishing. We didn’t have raid (KJH’s computer broke, rip) which is just as well because who wants to deal with lariats and tethers in this kind of heat? As predicted, roommate did not want to leave...

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Achaius (Lvl. 45) - Oct. 6, 2025

hateful summer

Our air conditioning is out again, just two weeks after we got it fixed. I first noticed it on Thursday night, when it was 75 degrees in the house. At the time, I thought it might be just a worse underperformance than usual. But on Friday it climbed to 85 in the house and we had to face facts: it’s ...

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Achaius (Lvl. 45) - Oct. 4, 2025

the continuing adventures of traffic scone

Being on Lioden is weird because in many ways it feels like coming home. Suddenly, generation is important. Being NIB is important. In fact, I think WD’s low-gen NIB culture was imported from LD. I glance at chat and see someone bemoaning the fact they bought a “dirty” lion; the inbreeding is 10 gen...

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Achaius (Lvl. 45) - Oct. 4, 2025

demolition deathmatch

So, the Brute Abombinator. He exists. “Are there even chimeras in America?” asked newbie. (Also newbie: “I can’t believe my HONEST QUESTION about the ECOSYSTEM of the country I LIVE IN is being reposted in BAD FAITH.”) (I can’t believe newbie is accusing me of reposting things in bad faith. Have ano...

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Achaius (Lvl. 45) - Oct. 1, 2025

paada paada

A charming little mystery: S texted the group chat saying, “Anyone has any idea what BB could mean when he says ‘paada paada’? We’ve just been given grief for not understanding what that means and he’s over it now but it’s killing us.” We brainstormed various ideas to no avail. It is not panda, pump...

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Achaius (Lvl. 45) - Sept. 28, 2025

hi.

This morning I arrived at the office and logged into my work computer. Instead of displaying my desktop, it displayed a black screen with the word “Hi.” I was taken aback for a sec. Uh, hi? Then the message changed to something like “We’re preparing your settings” and I remembered that last week, wh...

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Achaius (Lvl. 45) - Sept. 26, 2025

crust king’s revenge

THE AIR CONDITIONING IS FIXED. THERE IS, IN FACT, SALVATION FOR THE SONS OF MAN. I booked a visit from the HVAC guy anytime between 8 am and 8 pm. So I was pleasantly surprised when the guy came at 9 am. tl;dr there were three things wrong with the system: (1) The air conditioning unit outside was c...

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Achaius (Lvl. 45) - Sept. 19, 2025

flameforger’s revenge

We had an unseasonably cool week during Flameforger’s fest. It was fall-like weather with a hint of crispness in the mornings. I was chatting about it at the dentist and we were both like, there is no way fall is here. It’s gonna get hot again. But we’ll enjoy this weather while it lasts. As expecte...

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Achaius (Lvl. 45) - Sept. 18, 2025

entry not sponsored by at&t

I got a new phone. It happened like this: I used to pay for the family phone plan, but Dad took over and has been paying for the past several years. The other day, he was approached by a random AT&T saleswoman at Costco who was like, “Wanna switch to AT&T? We’re cheaper than Verizon.” Dad ma...

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Achaius (Lvl. 45) - Sept. 16, 2025

endless eight

Roommate is officially concerned about me playing LD. He keeps saying things like “okay, have fun, but do other things too!” …am I really that typical Honestly, I think LD is just the shiny new toy of the moment and will soon lose its luster (just in time for inktober). The reason for the short suns...

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

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