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Alan Fisher

@amfisher.bsky.social

1.1K followers 5.4K following 14K posts

Attorney, gamer (computer, RPG, tabletop), GM, husband, father, occasional author. Hatch Act restricted, so don't expect much politics.

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Alan Fisher @amfisher.bsky.social · 27m

Classic Gothic novels like the Fall of the House of Emperor Valens, The Sack of Rome, and The Umayyad Menace.

Alan Fisher @amfisher.bsky.social · 55m

And it anagrams into Zesob, the name of the demon of cheap delivery.

Alan Fisher @amfisher.bsky.social · 1h

The staff at the Overlook Hotel never forgave little Danny.

Alan Fisher @amfisher.bsky.social · 14h

“What do you mean, east of the river? No one goes east of the river.”

Alan Fisher @amfisher.bsky.social · 15h

I just saw a modern unicorn: a Cybertruck successfully towing something. Granted, it was an empty flatbed trailer, but we all have to start somewhere.

Alan Fisher @amfisher.bsky.social · 15h

You may have finally found a use case for AI that's worth it.

Alan Fisher @amfisher.bsky.social · 16h

Croffle sounds like a disease that carried away many a poor Royal Navy sailor on the long voyages between London and Calcutta.

Alan Fisher @amfisher.bsky.social · 16h

Bugs Bunny reducing Cobra Commander to futile rage through a few well-timed gags. Wile E. Coyote drinking heavily while commiserating with that guy who keeps trying to catch Smurfs.

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Alan Fisher @amfisher.bsky.social · 17h

Sorry, but this is Ubisoft. The corner is DLC, and the life choices have no impact on the game's outcome.

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Alan Fisher @amfisher.bsky.social · 17h

There are plenty of games about defeating the Confederates, they just tend to have hexagons and counters and not 3d graphics. Which, I admit, means they don't get a wide audience.

Alan Fisher @amfisher.bsky.social · 17h

"By the time this first episode is over, one of these contestants will be dead and the others will be trying to find a . . . Clue. Tonight, on Alfred Hitchcock Presents."

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Alan Fisher @amfisher.bsky.social · 17h

He looks reliable and knowledgeable about Pepper issues. If only we knew Who he was.

Alan Fisher @amfisher.bsky.social · 18h

Sounds like you need a Doctor who specializes in Pepper.

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Alan Fisher @amfisher.bsky.social · 18h

I remember when, as a 6'4" guy, if you were nice to the gate folks and the F/As you'd just get an exit row seat. "Hey, I'm on government travel and they won't pay for an upgrade, any open exit row seats by any chance" and bam! Leg room.

Alan Fisher @amfisher.bsky.social · 19h

Some day, when I am a judge, I shall require all filings to be in 24 point Comics Sans with 5 inch margins (left and right).

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Alan Fisher @amfisher.bsky.social · 19h

If lights are an indication of population (which they aren't) than most of European Russia is about as populated as the North Sea.

Alan Fisher @amfisher.bsky.social · 20h

I have questions about some information in Wikipedia:

"Bragg's Army of Mississippi consisted of about 16,800 men in two wings [including] a single division under Maj. Gen. Yuvaraj Kamalakannan...."

I think I'd remember a CSA officer with that name.

Alan Fisher @amfisher.bsky.social · 20h

Most of the short stories I've sold have been to markets I found through social media.

Alan Fisher @amfisher.bsky.social · 21h

It’s the Night of the Em Dashes.