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Well, that's the best opening slide of a scientific presentation ever.

Holy crap. I'll probably need to get this. https://www.humblebundle.com/sierra-bundle

http://poorlydrawnlines.com/comic/time-traveled

Stupid Workaround For Those Who Use Communities, Hangout Events, & Roll20 No idea if this will keep working later, but for now: 1. Go to Roll20 and open a campaign page. 2. Press the arrow next to the "Join Game" button. 3. Select "Launch in G+." 4. Copy the Permanent Link in the pop-up box. 5. Share it to your Campaign's G+ Community. 6. Add the link to the "About this Community" or pin it to the top of the Community stream. This doesn't let you schedule anything because it's not an event. You'll want to do that through Calendar or something I guess. Everyone just goes to the community and hits the link at the scheduled time like a goddamn caveman. Also, you can still set up Events through the mobile app, but they are unconnected to Communities, so you can't invite one. I suggest making a circle of those people so you can invite them without adding them one-by-one.

I've been listening to the audiobook of Dracula. Never read the original before. These guys (and Harker and Van Helsing) are all idiots.

First day of Kindergarten! Class of 2029 .

I backed it on Kickstarter and it's definitely the thing I'm happiest I backed. Jonathan Tweet​ actually knows how to write a children's book. I read Michael Chabon's kids book last night, and while it's pretty good, it shows that writing a book for children is not the same as writing for adults. Jonathan does it right. And Karen's art is perfect. Originally shared by Grandmother Fish In one week, Grandmother Fish releases nationwide and Karen and I hope we can count on you to help us make a big splash. Two years ago, an agent reviewed the book but declined to take it because he didn’t think it was appealing. Meanwhile, a publisher of children’s nature books considered picking up Grandmother Fish, but a teacher advised them against it. He said that schools wouldn’t want it and that preschool is too young for kids to learn about evolution. These people didn’t think that the world was ready for an evolution book aimed at kids this young. In September, we find out

I don’t think I’ve ever seen as glowing a look of pure joy on five-year-old Coop’s face as when he watched Gipsy Danger wade out into the ocean to fight Knifehead.

"Give us the cuttlefish!" Originally shared by ClickHole http://trib.al/E5QAhZM

Back in civilization, and this DCC inspired item was waiting for me. It will see use at Con of the North. Jay Exonauts​

Holy crap! Chased back to the tent by a huge thunderstorm!

Lake Itasca, some Dungeon, and an impromptu rain shelter.

And we're set for the weekend. Kids wrestling in the tent.

Kids and I are going camping for the weekend. We are prepared.

The random mission generator complete* *nothing is ever complete

Underrated movie villain: Lt. Coffey. Tragic villain since he's following orders and is paranoid through no fault of his own. Effective villain since he's smart and a total badass.

Bwahahaha! https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2016/08/25/how-donald-trump-almost-missed-the-ballot-in-minnesota-and-what-that-says-about-his-campaign/

Writing a random mission generator where you roll a regular set of dice. D4: ?????? D6: mission type D8: planet type/environment D10: antagonists D12: NPCs D20: complications What's the D4? Can't think of anything interesting that only four entries can cover.

Since Coop discovered Pokemon cartoons on Netflix, I’ve come to the conclusion that Hawlucha is by far the best Pokemon.

Me writing RPGs.

Lizard People Ricardo Delgado

"Oh! the huma...hmmm...still crashing...ok, here we go...Oh! the Human...nope, not yet...still crashing...still crashing...Oh! the...you know what, screw this." http://www.slate.com/blogs/future_tense/2016/08/24/airlander_10_airship_a_k_a_the_flying_bum_makes_slowest_crash_landing_ever.html

Slightly creepy an surreal experience at Abby's orthodontic consult. Dead-eyed assistant going on about how great the state fair is in deadpan tones. Orthodontist who looks like he has his hair cut with a bowl and talks too quietly. Resembling a rounder-faced Steve Buscemi. Too much talk about Abby's red hair. I read about this feeling in a Lovecraft story, I'm sure.

Peeps who have published on Lulu, specifically saddle-stitched booklets. Can you have something printed on the inside covers? Can it be color?

Shine your astro-spurs and don your robot fists This is a ridiculous and awesome kickstarter. via Barry Lovseth  https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/12142688/kid-sized-giant-cardboard-robot-arms?ref=recs_recommended

A soldier awakens her Third-Eye and mind stabs an enemy. Looks like a crit.

Looks like a perfectly safe planet.

That's a lot of XP right there. #gameable Originally shared by American Museum of Natural History Measuring just over 2.5 inches tall, the Patricia Emerald is among the world’s most magnificent uncut emeralds. The 632-carat crystal group weighs about 4.4 ounces, and is the largest example recovered from the Chivor Mine in Colombia, one of the world’s most renowned emerald-producing countries. Because of their value, most emerald crystals of comparable size have been cut into gems and sold commercially. “Only a small number of large emeralds have been saved, and we are indeed lucky to have one of the fabulous few,” says George Harlow, curator in the Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences. Read more on our blog: http://bit.ly/2baiwFK AMNH/J. Beckett http://www.amnh.org/explore/news-blogs/from-the-collections-posts/exquisite-emerald?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social-media&utm_term=20160822-mon&utm_campaign=general

Con of the North game description has been submitted to my Warboss, Jay Exonauts.

Here's what I've hammered out so far. Needs random tables, a random mission generator, antagonists (which you've done some of that for me), and a short adventure. A5 booklet format. https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B927w0kbCuZBRS1jX2d5M25WVjA/view?usp=sharing

My partner in crime helps me figure out this stupid game.

Man, my initial reaction to looking at this many components in a game these days is to say, "fuck this shit." Although in this case I know that I do actually like this game.

Stay Frosty sample character.

#MeIRL  writing D&D adventures. http://poorlydrawnlines.com/comic/fun-idea-felipe

Coop and I played Warstuff: Army Men vs. Dinosaurs . I was the army men and won against Coop for the first time ever. Numbers overcame the toughness of the dinos. I was, however, down to my last squad.

Weird Al was fantastic. Just pure fun for two hours. My favorite gag was the acoustic medley of songs from Eat It . Parodying old rockers doing acoustic sets of their hits was brilliant.

My date for Weird Al. She is, in fact, more metal than her dad.

via Winchell Chung. This would have been the greatest movie of all time. Originally shared by John Reiher http://www.bristolbadfilmclub.co.uk/2015/07/18/war-eagles-the-greatest-ray-harryhausen-film-never-made/

Tonight in downtown Minneapolis Domald Dump at the Convention Center (seriously?) Luke Bryan (some country music fuck I've never even heard of) at the new stadium. and I have to fight my way through this clusterfuck to see... Muthafuckin' Weird Al at the State Theater! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uq4K1N9XttY

Boom. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Largest_artificial_non-nuclear_explosions

$2.00! 86 pages! http://www.rpgnow.com/product/191133/Rabbits--Rangers

Historical fiction sends me to Wikipedia a lot. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King%27s_German_Legion Captain Lossow of the King's German Legion is probably my favorite secondary character so far in Sharpe's books. He is fiercely loyal to the "German king that sits on the English throne." 3/4 done with Sharpe's Gold. I hope he lives.

If you look up "Douchebag" in the dictionary, it's just a giant picture of Ryan Lochte's stupid frat-boy face. http://www.slate.com/blogs/five_ring_circus/2016/08/18/abc_news_report_ryan_lochte_and_fellow_swimmers_fabricated_robbery_story.html

CGA games on the brain. Heroes of the Lance sucked so bad.

Justified text?

"Can you tell me what the monster is?" "No."

Worth sharing because of the current Bundle of Holding, Chummer. Originally shared by Courtney Campbell The disaster goes public.

The Skeleton War continues... Originally shared by ClickHole http://trib.al/A7McSOs

#meIRL when Kerri Walsh and April Ross lose to the Brazilians. https://youtu.be/FSWiMoO8zNE

Sharpe and his men have divided up 16,000 gold coins to spread around the weight (1000 pounds) and are now hexcrawling through French-occupied Spain while evading pursuers by going through difficult terrain. Random weather rolls indicate rain.

My brain spewed out 75% of a sci-fi D&Dish/Black Hackish game over lunch. Some psychic powers, a couple vehicles, a handful of bad guys, a random table, and done.

Looking at a post from Jay Exonauts wondering what I should run at Con of the North for his Saturday Night Space Opera track. Then I think...what about 3:16 Carnage Amongst the Stars ? That probably makes a good con game...

New Email: Event Reminder: "Weird Al" Yankovic - the Mandatory World Tour at State Theater. Friday, August 19th. It approaches...

Someone pledged $6000 on that new Monte Cook game. Twelve people have pledged $1500. No judgement here, spend your money where you want, but I sure hope it's fun.

Frostgrave on the brain. I talked to an Osprey guy at Gen Con. He said they had no plans for RPG books for Frostgrave. But it's so D&D that very little would need to be tweaked to make it into a campaign setting. No clerics, paladins, rangers, druids, warlocks, bards, or sorcerers (unless you have non-spellcasting versions of paladins, bards, and rangers) Humans only, (or not, who cares.) Tweaks to 5e spell schools to match Frostgrave schools. Expanded spell lists for the wizard bringing in some cleric and druid spells. The PCs could be working for a more powerful wizard, or just be in it for themselves. Rival crews would be a major source of antagonists.

Khairul Hisham must know more about this. Look at that Darth Vader. http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/roads/2016/08/artists_work_to_save_wayang_kulit_in_malaysia.html

Can't wait! Originally shared by Grandmother Fish Karen and I are excited to announce that our next Kickstarter campaign is going to go live in October. We will be raising funds to create a new evolution-themed card game, Clades. As with Grandmother Fish, we’ll publish the names of backers in the game. In biology, a “clade” is a complete branch of the evolutionary family tree. This powerful concept has revolutionized the way scientists classify living things, and our new game makes it easy and fun. The Clades game consists of 83 cards. Each card has one, two, or three types of animals illustrated on it. On any given card, the animals are all from one of three major clades: mammals, reptiles (including birds), or arthropods (insects, crustaceans, and arachnids). Players try to be the first to spot a match of three cards among 12 cards played face-up on the table. Each player also has a secret card that only they can use to make a match. If you spot a match, you collect those three c

He's not DMing yet, but a screen is good for a kid that can't stop showing you his card hand.

Who is a Roll20 macro expert? I need a macro where you input a target number, roll a d20, then compare the roll to the target number that was entered, and says "Success" or "Failure". I know how to do the input and a target number, but I don't know how to use the input as the target number.

Tsuro with the dudes.

Good morning.

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Operator: “Our next question comes from Buddy Fox with Geneva Roth Holding Corporation.” Buddy Fox: “I just have one question. Do you think your revenues are negatively impacted by Harambe’s death and if yes, do you have any plans to mitigate it?” JJ Buettgen: “Excuse me, can you repeat your question please? Impacted by what?” Fox: “By Harambe's death and if yes, do you have plans to mitigate it?” Buettgen: “I am sorry. I don’t know we have a bad connection. I couldn’t quite hear the question.” Was this Tim S, Stephen Holowczyk, Ian Williams, Matthew H, or Bret Gillan? http://www.slate.com/blogs/business_insider/2016/08/12/rascal_impersonating_bud_fox_asks_ruby_tuesday_s_ceo_about_harambe.html

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Glockroach Agility d12+1 Smarts d6 Spirit d6 Strength d6 Vigor d6 Skills (15) 2 Fighting d6 2 Lockpicking d6 2 Notice d6 4 Shooting d10 3 Stealth d8 2 Streetwise d6 Pace: 12” Parry: 5 Toughness: 8 (3) Charisma: -2 Hindrances Super Karma: Overconfident 1 Distinctive Appearance (m) 1 Ugly (m) 2 Greedy (M) Edges Free: Super Powers Human: Power Points (5) H1: Ambidexterity H2: Two-weapon fighting Powers (20) 2 Armor 3 (exoskeleton) 8 Awareness w/ Danger Sense (cockroach senses) 4 Extra Limbs (2 extra arms) 1 Speed (x2 pace) 4 Super Agility 1 Wall Walker 4x 9mm Pistol: range 12/24/48, Damage 2d6, rof 1, $200, wt. 3, shots 12, special AP 1; DT So, three attacks with no penalty. All attacks against him at -4 from Danger Sense. Of course, the trade off is that his damage is pretty shitty. Relying on multiple attacks to get some exploding dice.

Made a community for planning battles and posting play reports. I'll invite more people later if anyone else wants in.

It's time for Magick & Megacorps 2085 ! Soundtrack: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JU0b_E_I0-E

Tonight's random encounter table.

Originally shared by Laughing Squid Nerdwriter Explains How Director Shane Black Makes Violence Meaningful in His Movies http://laughingsquid.com/nerdwriter-explains-how-director-shane-black-makes-violence-meaningful-in-his-movies/

She looks sort of pleased. Originally shared by Pulp Covers Titan Of The Jungle http://bit.ly/2bhDzEJ

I think we should do a Frostgrave campaign through Roll20.

Originally shared by ClickHole http://trib.al/4Wcqc31

#gameable Originally shared by Buzz Aldrin At Carnaval in #Brasil they made me the Sultan of Mars! #GYATM #OMEGA #Olympics #Rio http://www.whosay.com/l/qpzbViP

Ninja Turtle Magic Items Blue Mask of the Ninja - advantage on stealth checks, disadvantage to enemy’s perception checks. Red Mask of the Ninja - a ninja egg appears in your hand, break it to cast dimension door once per long rest. Orange Mask of the Ninja - difficult terrain doesn’t cost extra movement. Magic can’t reduce speed nor cause you to be paralyzed or restrained. Purple Mask of the Ninja - advantage on Investigation checks when searching an area or studying an object. Vicious Katana +1 - +2d6 damage on a crit Bo Staff +1 - good for melee or spell attack rolls Nunchaku of Entanglement - +1 weapon, chain also extends to attack a target within 20ft. DC 15 Dex save or become restrained. Target can break out with a DC 15 Str or Dex check. Sai of the Assassin - +1 sai, DC 15 Con save or 2d10 poison DM once/long rest. Sai of Defense - +1 sai, also adds +1 AC. Hat of Disguise - a fedora, the hat does not change.

http://poorlydrawnlines.com/comic/old-gods

Walking through the warehouse and one of the forklift dudes stops me and says, “Hey, were you at Gen Con this weekend?” He saw me in front of the convention center while he was in line for a food truck. Apparently him and his buddy are board game guys.

Swimming is cool because the events never change. The 100 Free is the 100 Free whether you're 8 or 31. A kid can look at an olympian and see themselves. And just like the writer, we were saying to Abby, "Did you see how Michael Phelps did that flip turn?" http://www.slate.com/blogs/five_ring_circus/2016/08/10/katie_ledecky_is_my_sons_olympic_hero.html

Holy crap. Originally shared by Alex Schroeder These maps make me cry. Link goes to a longe article explaining how they are generated. If you're looking for examples, the author hooked up a Twitter bot. Check it out: https://twitter.com/unchartedatlas http://mewo2.com/notes/terrain/

#meIRL Originally shared by The Onion "Everyone grows at their own pace, and I’m just happy to see him beginning this new stage of his life." http://onion.com/2aZbGPZ

Warren Ellis's Crecy is pretty fantastic.

Last issue of Transformers vs. GI Joe. This is the least crazy stuff that happens.