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@foboardgame.bsky.social
· Oct 22
Explain your username
It’s my name without vowels.
It’s my name without vowels.
Explain your username.
I come from a land where the interval between two notes is such that the frequency of the higher note is double that of the lower note. And I work for BGG.
I come from a land where the interval between two notes is such that the frequency of the higher note is double that of the lower note. And I work for BGG.
Explain your username
Omg. Thanks for asking. 💁🏽♀️ CW - for 2nd Gen kids.
I made it in a flurry, when I first created a public account for gaming. I realized someone had the one I first planned, so I landed on this one & just went with it.
Growing up “Your mom is a FOB!” was a common insult. 🧵
Omg. Thanks for asking. 💁🏽♀️ CW - for 2nd Gen kids.
I made it in a flurry, when I first created a public account for gaming. I realized someone had the one I first planned, so I landed on this one & just went with it.
Growing up “Your mom is a FOB!” was a common insult. 🧵
I was poor, but so were others in my circle. Our mixtapes were often recorded from the radio. Imagine someone recording the commercial free mix on a cassette, and then picking songs from that to put on your mixtape. And *then* handwriting the playlist!
I'm old.
I'm old.
I know I'm showing my whole age here but remember that thrill of getting a mixtape from someone? A mix of music that they made just for you?
December 4, 2025 at 7:47 AM
I was poor, but so were others in my circle. Our mixtapes were often recorded from the radio. Imagine someone recording the commercial free mix on a cassette, and then picking songs from that to put on your mixtape. And *then* handwriting the playlist!
I'm old.
I'm old.
🗣️ Everyone with Boomer parents! Ask them if they have their Power of Attorney set up.
If they act like you don't need to worry about it or it ain't your business, push the issue. It's gonna be your business!
If they act like you don't need to worry about it or it ain't your business, push the issue. It's gonna be your business!
December 4, 2025 at 3:28 AM
🗣️ Everyone with Boomer parents! Ask them if they have their Power of Attorney set up.
If they act like you don't need to worry about it or it ain't your business, push the issue. It's gonna be your business!
If they act like you don't need to worry about it or it ain't your business, push the issue. It's gonna be your business!
I'm at an advanced level.
December 4, 2025 at 12:04 AM
I'm at an advanced level.
I think the secret to me working 5 days a week is to give myself a long weekend once a month.
December 3, 2025 at 8:19 AM
I think the secret to me working 5 days a week is to give myself a long weekend once a month.
I would watch a spin-off about the Pawnee Public Library. It turns out everyone on staff can't stand Tammy and hate that she is a huge barrier to interdepartmental collaboration.
I started my first-ever watch of Parks & Rec yesterday, am now up to S1:6 and i cannot imagine how this show ended up being so beloved but I am locked in and willing to believe
December 3, 2025 at 4:34 AM
I would watch a spin-off about the Pawnee Public Library. It turns out everyone on staff can't stand Tammy and hate that she is a huge barrier to interdepartmental collaboration.
😭
It's with heavy hearts that we share that Claude, our beloved albino alligator, has passed away at the age of 30. Claude brought joy to millions of people at the Academy and across the world during his 17 year tenure. We will miss him dearly. 🤍
December 3, 2025 at 1:12 AM
😭
What kind of pillow are *petite* side sleepers using?!?!? I'm 4' 11" and the size of many middle schoolers. Some side pillows are too high for me.
I used to use a kid's memory foam one from Target (I would replace it every 2 yrs or so), but am trying to avoid them.
I used to use a kid's memory foam one from Target (I would replace it every 2 yrs or so), but am trying to avoid them.
December 2, 2025 at 7:32 AM
What kind of pillow are *petite* side sleepers using?!?!? I'm 4' 11" and the size of many middle schoolers. Some side pillows are too high for me.
I used to use a kid's memory foam one from Target (I would replace it every 2 yrs or so), but am trying to avoid them.
I used to use a kid's memory foam one from Target (I would replace it every 2 yrs or so), but am trying to avoid them.
I've read all the horizontal ones at the bottom of the stack. This past weekend, I finished Lovesickness and Smashed (there are three Soichi stories in Smashed!). Just started Frankenstein.
I think reviews are right. It is the weakest one. I'm gonna finish it, but it does not grab me.
I think reviews are right. It is the weakest one. I'm gonna finish it, but it does not grab me.
In the SF Bay Area, my little family of three is solidly middle class. But my library hold have been rolling in, and I'm hella rich!!!
December 2, 2025 at 7:28 AM
I've read all the horizontal ones at the bottom of the stack. This past weekend, I finished Lovesickness and Smashed (there are three Soichi stories in Smashed!). Just started Frankenstein.
I think reviews are right. It is the weakest one. I'm gonna finish it, but it does not grab me.
I think reviews are right. It is the weakest one. I'm gonna finish it, but it does not grab me.
I did a cranberry coffee cake out of a GF mix that had to go and leftover sauce. I would swirl waaaaay more sauce btwn the layers next time! The tartness was a nice counterpoint to the sweetness of the crumb topping.
December 2, 2025 at 5:15 AM
I did a cranberry coffee cake out of a GF mix that had to go and leftover sauce. I would swirl waaaaay more sauce btwn the layers next time! The tartness was a nice counterpoint to the sweetness of the crumb topping.
We lost a baddie. A Board Game Baddie.
After looking at reviews, I left these for someone else.
After looking at reviews, I left these for someone else.
December 1, 2025 at 4:49 AM
We lost a baddie. A Board Game Baddie.
After looking at reviews, I left these for someone else.
After looking at reviews, I left these for someone else.
In case you didn't know. This is how my Gma In-Law taught me to line round pans.
Idk how others do it.
Idk how others do it.
November 30, 2025 at 6:22 PM
In case you didn't know. This is how my Gma In-Law taught me to line round pans.
Idk how others do it.
Idk how others do it.
😍 I miss being a youth librarian sometimes.
But not during summer, definitely not during summer reading.
But not during summer, definitely not during summer reading.
Bless the youth librarians who ask your kid like two questions, peer deep into their soul, and hand them a pile of books they will love.
(Also no I don’t know why he reads like this)
(Also no I don’t know why he reads like this)
November 30, 2025 at 12:22 AM
😍 I miss being a youth librarian sometimes.
But not during summer, definitely not during summer reading.
But not during summer, definitely not during summer reading.
Someone on the hospital sign team has a sense of humor!
November 29, 2025 at 11:47 PM
Someone on the hospital sign team has a sense of humor!
You just died, the sixth picture in your camera roll is what killed you.
Yikes. 😳 Too real.
Yikes. 😳 Too real.
November 28, 2025 at 4:34 PM
You just died, the sixth picture in your camera roll is what killed you.
Yikes. 😳 Too real.
Yikes. 😳 Too real.
I hate when celebrities trend, because I immediately think they've passed away ... all this to say, remember when Post Malone did the Nirvana Tribute for the WHO during Covid? It seems like a fever dream, but it happened, and it was actually really good.
November 28, 2025 at 7:18 AM
I hate when celebrities trend, because I immediately think they've passed away ... all this to say, remember when Post Malone did the Nirvana Tribute for the WHO during Covid? It seems like a fever dream, but it happened, and it was actually really good.
Played Catch the Moon, Bloom, Giant Uno, Wits & Wagers, Priorities, and Just One with the fam! We had folks age 14-78 yrs old. This was a perfect mix for them. Especially Just One.
November 28, 2025 at 4:33 AM
Played Catch the Moon, Bloom, Giant Uno, Wits & Wagers, Priorities, and Just One with the fam! We had folks age 14-78 yrs old. This was a perfect mix for them. Especially Just One.
Happy Problematic American Holiday!
Here's a Turkey my dad saw down the street. They are out here claiming their space.
Here's a Turkey my dad saw down the street. They are out here claiming their space.
November 27, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Happy Problematic American Holiday!
Here's a Turkey my dad saw down the street. They are out here claiming their space.
Here's a Turkey my dad saw down the street. They are out here claiming their space.
As a teen, visiting fam in Oahu, my aunt took us snorkeling in Shark's Cove (named for its shape).
I remember loving it, until in a tiny undersea crag, I realized I was surrounded by sharp, sea urchins. Their spines terrifying me. I wanted to scream, but could not.
I don't snorkel anymore.
I remember loving it, until in a tiny undersea crag, I realized I was surrounded by sharp, sea urchins. Their spines terrifying me. I wanted to scream, but could not.
I don't snorkel anymore.
went snorkeling for the first time ever today and it was soooo fun :] got to hold a big starfish and see so many reef fish i am sooooo glad i worked past the Being Scared
November 27, 2025 at 9:22 AM
As a teen, visiting fam in Oahu, my aunt took us snorkeling in Shark's Cove (named for its shape).
I remember loving it, until in a tiny undersea crag, I realized I was surrounded by sharp, sea urchins. Their spines terrifying me. I wanted to scream, but could not.
I don't snorkel anymore.
I remember loving it, until in a tiny undersea crag, I realized I was surrounded by sharp, sea urchins. Their spines terrifying me. I wanted to scream, but could not.
I don't snorkel anymore.
My Wicked takes are not controversial, or too spoilery.
•John M. Chu *knows* how to do wedding scenes.
•Elphaba = Dark Knight Rises Batman. 🧙🏿♀️🦇
•Jonathan Bailey could do Singin' in the Rain as Don Lockwood with Andrew Garfield as Cosmo Brown.
•John M. Chu *knows* how to do wedding scenes.
•Elphaba = Dark Knight Rises Batman. 🧙🏿♀️🦇
•Jonathan Bailey could do Singin' in the Rain as Don Lockwood with Andrew Garfield as Cosmo Brown.
November 26, 2025 at 4:37 PM
My Wicked takes are not controversial, or too spoilery.
•John M. Chu *knows* how to do wedding scenes.
•Elphaba = Dark Knight Rises Batman. 🧙🏿♀️🦇
•Jonathan Bailey could do Singin' in the Rain as Don Lockwood with Andrew Garfield as Cosmo Brown.
•John M. Chu *knows* how to do wedding scenes.
•Elphaba = Dark Knight Rises Batman. 🧙🏿♀️🦇
•Jonathan Bailey could do Singin' in the Rain as Don Lockwood with Andrew Garfield as Cosmo Brown.
This ode to pickled taco truck veggies gives me warm fuzzies.
Is this really just unique to California? Is it not in other states with tacos or Mexican food?
Is this really just unique to California? Is it not in other states with tacos or Mexican food?
so all we got at the hotel bar was a couple appetizers so I ran down the street and got a burrito from roberto's (california because when in california- it was delish, too) and I saw this thing called hot carrots and thought wow I love cooked carrots I bet they made them spicy.
November 26, 2025 at 7:23 AM
This ode to pickled taco truck veggies gives me warm fuzzies.
Is this really just unique to California? Is it not in other states with tacos or Mexican food?
Is this really just unique to California? Is it not in other states with tacos or Mexican food?
My favorite is tot waffles!
November 26, 2025 at 7:09 AM
My favorite is tot waffles!
In the SF Bay Area, my little family of three is solidly middle class. But my library hold have been rolling in, and I'm hella rich!!!
November 26, 2025 at 4:40 AM
In the SF Bay Area, my little family of three is solidly middle class. But my library hold have been rolling in, and I'm hella rich!!!
For real. Just ask! Library peoples are so happy when you do!
November 26, 2025 at 4:19 AM
For real. Just ask! Library peoples are so happy when you do!
I would invite you to hang with my fam Thanksgiving, but the choices are either my 9/11 Conspiracy Theory Auntie or hang out with in-laws who are refusing to acknowledge GPa needs care ... if that still sounds fun to you, damn, make a plate and give me side eye.
November 26, 2025 at 4:14 AM
I would invite you to hang with my fam Thanksgiving, but the choices are either my 9/11 Conspiracy Theory Auntie or hang out with in-laws who are refusing to acknowledge GPa needs care ... if that still sounds fun to you, damn, make a plate and give me side eye.
I introduced my teen to Community and Childish Gambino as Troy blew her mind ... I'm gonna wait a year or so to introduce her to Atlanta.
November 26, 2025 at 4:07 AM
I introduced my teen to Community and Childish Gambino as Troy blew her mind ... I'm gonna wait a year or so to introduce her to Atlanta.