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Characters:

Inara, an entertainer and artist, secretly psychic, played by Sarah
Stefon, a retired Imperial Scout, played by Steve
Skuld, a noblewoman, played by Ian
Ingrid, a retired Army Captain and former Sword World Patrol member, played by me.

( Session notes under the cut. )

Current Music: Silence is golden.

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Bite Club: The Fraternity That Awaits You After a Shark Attack. A club I'd never want to belong to but I'd be glad it was there if I needed it.
How to not build the Torment Nexus. Yeah this is what it's like working in tech.
I gained 20 pounds of muscle. Here’s what I learned. I wish I could do what the author of this piece (a woman) has done.
This Economist Crunched the Numbers and Stopped Dating Men And she’s never been happier. If I were 20-30 years younger, I'd probably do the same. Maybe I wouldn't marry a woman but I'd sure think about it if I wanted to be married!
Everyone is listening to secular praise music. Yes, even you. I like a lot of these artists but I get where this article is coming from. Though I think Hozier and Florence + the Machine are edge cases since they want to focus on country. I also think they're missing the boat by not linking these artists with Goth music, which has been addressing similar themes since I was a teenager.
The Entitlement to Mankeeping Pipeline. Subhead: "The problem isn’t that men are isolated, so they rely on women; it’s that men rely on women, so they end up isolated."
What’s It Like to Date While Disabled? My disabilities aren't visible but I relate a lot to this. It's another reason why if anything happens to my husband, I'm moving to Crone Island.
The most important British character in US comics. It's John Constantine. I remember the yuppie demon issue well; it was formative for me.
What it means to be 'culturally' Irish in 2025 is complicated - as Ed Sheeran has shown.
What Bama Rush Means in 2025. As a woman who picked her university to avoid Greek life (literally; there were no Greeks at Rice and that was a factor), I find all of this fascinating and alien.
The Cozy/Grimdark/Heroic Fantasy Sine Wave and a bunch of stuff about villains. Elizabeth Bear on some current trends in fantasy.
Meet the Fans Who Saved the Original ‘Star Trek’ From Cancelation, Not Once, But Twice. Respect your fandom elders.

Current Music: Silence is golden.

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This is our museum and purchase related activities during our OKC trip.

OKC Museum of Art: Discovering Ansel Adams. I knew very little about Adams other than having seen his photos in various exhibits over the years, so it was interesting to read about his background and history as part of this exhibit. I kept asking "but what about his relationship with ..." and finding photos of him with that person (Georgia O'Keefe, for one), in the next room. Sadly they did not have the photo of the saguaro I wanted to buy for Char in the gift shop afterwards.

Commonplace Books. This is a nice bookstore on the order of Bookpeople in Austin. It's not as big but it also has room for a small venue for meeting writers and having music (they had a singer-songwriter in there while we were in purchasing books.) I really like this store and spent way too much money there.

Game HQ. A nice big gaming store south of the river in OKC. We had intended to check it out last year but didn't make it. It was nice but I didn't feel it offered a lot that our FLGS doesn't have.

Current Music: Silence is golden.

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I went with a friend to do part of the Indie Bookstore crawl that's happening this month here in Dallas. We got the following shops stamped:

Half Price Books flagship: I've been here many times. I picked up several books including the new Lev Grossman Arthurian story.

Interabang Books. My favorite local new bookstore. I bought Michael a book about the making of Born to Run and a lovely boxed set of Murderbot.

Bibliobar is in downtown Plano right down the drag from the park where we do Pokemon on the way back from Kura on Legacy Drive. It's tiny but I did find a book I liked there. Lots of sex positive/queer stuff and a strong emphasis on romance.

Neighbor Books is just off the square in Downtown McKinney, in sight of the old courthouse where we saw the Hot Club of Cowtown a few years ago. It's bigger than most of the indie stores I've seen and has a better selection of books, but the arrangement choices are pretty different: all the fiction is one one long set of shelves mixed in but the nonfiction is divided up. I liked this better than Bibliobar but not better than Interabang.

Current Music: Silence is golden.

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Spring has sprung across the multiverse, aided by the actions of your colleagues, the agents of the Free Republic of Ygg. Unfortunately for you, the seat of Order likes it when it's Always Winter and Never Christmas. Amber has sent someone to bring seasons to a halt, and it's up to you to make sure the seasons keep rolling merrily along.

Current Music: Silence is golden.

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Books
The Undercutting of Adam and Rosie, by Megan Bannen. Third and last in this trilogy of romantic fantasies. They're not romantasies, they're romance x fantasy crossovers: both parts weigh in equally. This one is about gods, demigods, and immortality, and brings the changing world to its logical conclusion. I've enjoyed these stories and I'm going to miss this extended clan now that they're over.
The Queens of Crime, by Marie Benedict. The "Queens of Crime" aka five famous vintage mystery writers, solve a real-life crime in 1930 England (and Bolougne). I liked the twists at the end and the parallels between things that had happened to the narrator and the victim.

Music
Brass Queens, Hot Tub Sessions Volume 1. Short 30-minute album by a group of women brass players recommended to me by the algorithm. Fun stuff; I need to find out if they're touring.
Jess Murph, Sex Hysteria. Another "recommended by the algorithm" try but this one wasn't as successful. Autotune and rap, featuring Gucci Mane. Not awful or anything, just nothing that made me want to listen to it again.
Rose Betts, There Is No Ship. Still another algorithm recommendation but this one is right up my alley. Folk inflected piano and a great voice! I see more of her music in my future.

Current Music: Silence is golden.

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(more about other activities later)

HunnyBunny Biscuit Co.. A little chain of biscuit brunch foods shops that includes Oklahoma City. We liked it so much we ate there twice. They have biscuit benedicts that are delicious and also a fantastic biscuit cinnamon roll. I hope they open up in Dallas because they'd make a mint.

Fogo de Chao. Spouse was into carnapalooza. It was nice and the service was overall pretty good. I wish I'd come in completely starved because I always feel like I didn't get enough to eat. What we did get was really well done meat and sides. I always wince at the money we spend on these things but it's less than we spend on omokase or a Tasting Collective meal. I also tried a Brazilian soda that was really nice but the amount of sugar in it was scary.

Musashi's. Japanese hibachi place that we like. We went there last year and since we still don't have a regular place in Dallas, we decided it was a good vacation meal. They have some of the nice Wagyu and American Wagyu on the menu. I had the American Wagyu and it was expensive but delicious. The chef was very experienced and put on a good show. I feel like one-off places are much better than Benihana is nowadays and this was no exception.

The Jones Assembly. Warehouse restaurant and concert space in an old auto plant. Slightly upscale gastropub menu and vibe. If this place were in Dallas, we'd be all over it.

Current Music: Silence is golden.

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Jenna Ortega and the Fashion of Fear. An analysis of her promotional fashion in light of her position as the face of female Gen Z horror.
Pa. State Museum closes Native American exhibit, returns 1000s of artifacts under federal law. Good.
The Disney+ Curse: How the Streaming Service Hurt Marvel, Star Wars and Pixar Brands. I sent this to two friends because it's relevant to ongoing conversations about how these entertainment brands are just less interesting now than they used to be.
‘Cat-sized’ rat found in Teesside town puts focus on pest control cuts. Yikes. That's near where I went to school when we lived in England.
How to Kill a God. An analysis from the fansite for the Craft Sequence, a series that seriously changed how I think about magic.
Premium Quality Entertainment: The Joys of Murderbot and Sanctuary Moon. An analysis of the Murderbot show and some of the book details using the cheesy TV show Murderbot loves.
David Geffen’s Divorce Gives New Meaning to an Old Term. It's "hypergamy" or marrying up, or having a sugar daddy. Apparently this particular term has also been coopted by incels.
The Hidden Case of Sir Ewan Forbes, the Transgender Baronet. He was born in 1912, but lived as a boy from early on, and people accepted him for the most part. Sometimes I really think that enforced mid-century conformity was the worst thing for marginalized people in the Anglosphere.
Springsteen Isn’t Who I Thought He Was. A thoughtful critical appreciation of his poetry from someone who wasn't a fan. This is a discussion related to the ones spouse and I have had about Springsteen in comparison to other artists.
The original game of thrones — Mary and Elizabeth’s dance duel. There's a new ballet opening this summer at Edinburgh about Mary and Elizabeth and the Virgin Queen is played by a GNC man!

Current Music: Silence is golden.

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So I've still been playing one of my favorite games - Animal crossing New Horizons. I've gotten to a four star rating now which is great news! One goal I still want is to get a stove so I can start cooking meals. Mike as a DIY so he can make one for me if I need to - but I'm hoping I can find one myself or buy one in the store. Also another thing I want to do is pay off the shops on Harv's island - the open air market shops. I've been doing little by little but would like to get them paid off completely soon so I can use those. I haven't gotten any photos of the villagers yet but I'm not too worried about that. It's still been such a nice feel good game, I'm glad I decided to play it again. So far my island has been pretty nice. I'm slowly working on making a playground in the southeast area of my island and I have made a zen garden up in the north east part. Also as I've been getting crops I've been keeping them and making a garden. On my old island I had a graveyard - I may do that again.

I've had villagers come and go over the last couple months. This is my list of characters I have now - Alfonso (he left Mikes island and moved to mine when I had an empty plot one day), Anicotti - who has been with me pretty much since I was able to build the first three houses and is one of my favorites, Bill - who I got from going to an island in search of a new villager and I'm happy with - he's pretty adorable, Butch (who is new to my island but I had in my last game and was a personal favorite so when he moved to my island I was overjoyed), Lucy (she moved to my island after she left Mikes and I've had her quite awhile - she is one of my favorites, too), Moe - who has been around since I built the first three houses in this new game - he's a pretty fun guy), Pancetti - who I found on an island one day in search of a new villager, Shep - he's one of my favorite villagers), Spork - who has been with me a good amount of time, he's pretty cute and lastly Sylvia who is also one of my favorites who I got from Mikes island when she moved away.
There are some animal species I haven't gotten in either game - like the hamsters and horses. Or the big bears - not the cubs. I've been enjoying getting new ones with last game and this one.

At some point I do want to play my other games again like Paleo Pines and Dreamlight valley that I was enjoying. It's been awhile since I have. Are any of you playing any good games these days?

Current Mood: amused
Current Music: Whimsigoth dream Mix

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We didn't see any shows in July and we don't have any on the schedule for August, which is good because we're busy AF right now and feeling overwhelmed between scheduling for games we're doing in September and preparing for the con we're going to in November.

( Under the cut to protect your flist )

There's a lot of stuff that has recently come up that we're considering that will either be on the list next month or not. The only thing on the current list that is a major maybe is the PMJ in December, and that may depend on my eye surgery.

Current Music: Silence is golden.

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A short report this week because I was busy with other things and I'm slowly reading medical stuff.

Books
Automatic Noodle by Annalee Newitz. A very cute cozy novella about robots opening a noodle joint in future San Francisco. It also deals with things like bigotry against robots and military trauma.

Music
Sierra Hull: Tiny Desk Concert. I put this on because she played the mandolin but I found I really enjoyed the bluegrass vibes, especially the song about her grandmother (Spitfire).

Current Music: Washing machine

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Traveller: Sword Worlders Amuck! Session Two - 2025 08 17

Interesting things - 2025 08 17

More about our OKC vacation (backdated)

Indie bookstore crawl part one - 2025 08 12 (backdated)

ANCW blurb for The Free Republic of Ygg - The Rites of Spring

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We ate at: a bunch of places in OKC on vacation

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