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Category Archives: News & misc
Mrs. Potts drawing challenge
Someone joked on Twitter about Mrs. Potts being impossible to draw without looking like some sort of demonic elephant, and they invited people to try it. This is my attempt, sketched in about 10 minutes from a reference pic. Not … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Fantasy, Movies, News & misc
Tagged Beauty and the Beast, Disney
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Duke University Medical Center
Duke University Medical Center is like a castle, huge and labyrinthine. Perfect setting for a video game. Something creepy, post-apocalyptic or zombies, maybe. While taking pictures, someone asked me what was “photoworthy.” I said, “This beautiful building.” He said, “It is, isn’t … Continue reading
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Tagged Duke, photography
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Fall is here!
Took this picture at Trader Joe’s today!
Thrift store find: Silver oak leaf pin
I plucked this gem from piles of cheap costume jewelry for only $2. It’s a Beau Sterling rhodium-plated oak leaf pin from the 1960s, according to Internet sources selling them for $35 online. My husband asked if I could do … Continue reading
Posted in Art, News & misc, Video games
Tagged Fallout 4, thrift store finds, Treasure hunt
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Some sad news
Please note, this post contains references to domestic violence, child abuse and animal cruelty. My dad died today, on his 74th birthday. Ten days ago, on my birthday, he fell, hit his head, and went into a coma from which he never … Continue reading
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Illogicon 2019
This weekend I’ll be at ILLOGICON VIII, a convention for science fiction and fantasy in books, live action TV and movies, animation, comics, the visual arts, pod casts, video games and more. I’ll be on a panel about live streaming … Continue reading
Posted in Conventions & events, Fantasy, News & misc, Science Fiction, Video games
Tagged Illogicon, Video Games
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Dang good root beer
It ain’t Sunset Sarsaparilla but I say “dang” a lot when I’m streaming so I figured I’d try this soda
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Try-It Tuesday: HOTEL TRANSYLVANIA 3 Monsters Overboard
I wanted to play something with a Halloween theme for October, so I rented HOTEL TRANSYLVANIA 3: MONSTERS OVERBOARD from a local Redbox. This single-player game continues the story of the Hotel Transylvania 3 movie. The player can choose to be … Continue reading
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Tagged Halloween, Try-It Tuesday, Video Games
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Try-It Tuesday: FALLOUT SHELTER
FALLOUT SHELTER was released as a mobile game, in advance of Fallout 4, just after both games were announced at Bethesda’s E3 2015 showcase. It was available as a PC game in 2016, Xbox One in 2017, and then Nintendo … Continue reading
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Mixtape #3 – 1989
I found a box of tapes I made in the 80s and 90s. This one, labeled “My Special Tape,” is a melancholy miscellany that reflects the personal struggles of my young adulthood. Love, loss, longing, and my troubled, intermittent relationship with Lance, … Continue reading