NOW It's Truly Classic Trek.

I went to whack at a spider while dreaming and then I whacked my bedside table in real life and almost broke my glasses.

Things I need to remember. I don't know how many times I quit something quickly because I wasn't doing it perfect immediately.

Inspired one of my favorite "So bad it's good" films, "TAG: The Assassination Game"

Skip Google for Research

As Google has worked to overtake the internet, its search algorithm has not just gotten worse.  It has been designed to prioritize advertisers and popular pages often times excluding pages and content that better matches your search terms 

As a writer in need of information for my stories, I find this unacceptable.  As a proponent of availability of information so the populace can actually educate itself, it is unforgivable.

Below is a concise list of useful research sites compiled by Edward Clark over on Facebook. I was familiar with some, but not all of these.

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Google is so powerful that it “hides” other search systems from us. We just don’t know the existence of most of them. Meanwhile, there are still a huge number of excellent searchers in the world who specialize in books, science, other smart information. Keep a list of sites you never heard of.

www.refseek.com - Academic Resource Search. More than a billion sources: encyclopedia, monographies, magazines.

www.worldcat.org - a search for the contents of 20 thousand worldwide libraries. Find out where lies the nearest rare book you need.

https://link.springer.com - access to more than 10 million scientific documents: books, articles, research protocols.

www.bioline.org.br is a library of scientific bioscience journals published in developing countries.

http://repec.org - volunteers from 102 countries have collected almost 4 million publications on economics and related science.

www.science.gov is an American state search engine on 2200+ scientific sites. More than 200 million articles are indexed.

www.pdfdrive.com is the largest website for free download of books in PDF format. Claiming over 225 million names.

www.base-search.net is one of the most powerful researches on academic studies texts. More than 100 million scientific documents, 70% of them are free

Put perfectly.

After a year of watching CR, the cast’s panels and the Between the Sheets interviews… I think I can safely say that the most important lesson I’ve learned from them is how life-changing it can be to surround yourself with good people.

Surround yourself with people who are open and vocal about how much they love and admire you, who call themselves your biggest fan and who are there to support you through your path to greatness.

Surround yourself with people who enjoy their own interests unapologetically, who genuinely seek for the things that will make them happy and who are not restrained by what people will think of them. 

Surround yourself with people who aren’t afraid to show affection through words or physical gestures, who are shamelessly in love with their special other and who see that their love is a sign of strength, not weakness.

Surround yourself with people with healing energy, people who will listen to you attentively, who will offer a helping hand when the world is falling down around you, who will try their best to understand your struggles.

Surround yourself with people that are loud, who aren’t afraid to exist brightly and colorfully, who laugh and cry and have fun and feel with every fiber of their being. 

Most importantly, though, be that kind of person. Put positive energy into the world and you will find it coming back to you. This group of nerds is just a taste of what unapologetic genuine shameless love can accomplish. And I feel grateful every day for the reminder that there’s someone out there who, when you least expect it, will show up and love you and make life a thousand times better.

This thread omg

I want this sooooo much.

This. Is my pride and joy. A gift for my dad, who played Zork with me when I was a kid, and with his dad when he was a kid. I designed this pattern myself and had a great time puzzling out how to hide the glow in the dark letters!

Pattern: “West of House” by me Fabric: 2x1 on 18ct Blue-Grey Aida Started: 11/27/2021 Finished: 12/25/2021

Tales from comic book retail

*Dad & small child (SC) come in*

Dad: "Do you have Justice League Vs. Godzilla Vs. King Kong?" (yes, this is an actual comic out right now)

Me: "Sure do" *get up to show them where it is*

*As we''re walking over*

SC: "I love Godzilla! ROOOAAARR!"

Me: "I like him too. He's pretty cool."

SC: "I've got a Godzilla toy!"

Me: "Awesome! I don't have one."

SC: "Did you ask Santa for one?"

Me: "Aw man, I forgot to put that on my list."

SC: "Well, it's too late now. You'll have to wait until next year."

i know its the mets, but this is the coolest shit i’ve ever seen a human being do

The Bell of Trivial Knowledge

Bell, Uncommon

This item appears to be a normal bell.  It’s shape, color & material it is made from can be chosen by the DM.  If Detect Magic is cast on it, it detects as the school of Divination.

The magic only works when the bell is rung by a creature who can speak.  When rung, the ringer of the bell suddenly stiffens and gets a blank look on their face.  They then speak aloud a true bit of trivia.  The trivia can be about the world the game takes place in, or about a race or class or whatever the DM pleases.  For example, a character could ring the bell and then suddenly spout, “The great hero Phineaus Stevens once fought and defeated 20 kobalds all by himself.”  Or, “The people of the town of Bandel are very religious and will always great people by saying ‘The blessings of Savrus be with you.’  Just saying ‘hello’ is considered rude.”

The bell does not need to be attuned.  The bell will work 1d12 times and recharges every sunrise.

Optional Rule:  When a player rings the bell, have the player roll a d20.  On the result of a 20, the player speaks a true major secret of the world (about the creation, a currently unknown force of evil building, etc). On the roll of a 1, the player speaks a true secret about themselves.  The DM can choose the secret or let the player choose. If they roll an 18 or 19, the trivia revealed is about their current situation.  For example, if they’re in a pub about to get dinner, the ringer of the bell may say, “The leg of lamb is especially tasty tonight.”  Or if they’re about to open a door in a dungeon and ring the bell, the bell ringer might say, “There are 5 orcs behind this door.”