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Southern transplant to Chicago. Former cook now computer guy. Cat dad, dungeon master, Internet lurker.
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This sedum got damaged from a fall and mostly died off. Over the last three months, the sedum has mostly died off except two small clusters and one leaf from the third. The die-off from the two clusters stopped last month, but today, that one remaining leaf has started to root and stem.
March 23, 2025 at 5:34 AM
This sedum got damaged from a fall and mostly died off. Over the last three months, the sedum has mostly died off except two small clusters and one leaf from the third. The die-off from the two clusters stopped last month, but today, that one remaining leaf has started to root and stem.
Mushroom grow kit is starting to turn and cap, and I’m thinking about letting one cluster go far enough to collect some spores and try propagating it manually.
March 23, 2025 at 5:30 AM
Mushroom grow kit is starting to turn and cap, and I’m thinking about letting one cluster go far enough to collect some spores and try propagating it manually.
Anyone else have a favorite system or game they like importing into other games? Or using other games to establish certain things in the world, or to run very specific aspects of a world that otherwise uses some other main system?
(Also massive thanks to the players for going along with it all)
(Also massive thanks to the players for going along with it all)
November 25, 2024 at 2:20 AM
Anyone else have a favorite system or game they like importing into other games? Or using other games to establish certain things in the world, or to run very specific aspects of a world that otherwise uses some other main system?
(Also massive thanks to the players for going along with it all)
(Also massive thanks to the players for going along with it all)
And since the party started off as a small criminal gang in this underwater world, ported a bit of Blades in the Dark for running their early scores.
In sort, I really love messing with systems and viewing many of them as modules that (with a little work) can be patched in and out as needed…
In sort, I really love messing with systems and viewing many of them as modules that (with a little work) can be patched in and out as needed…
November 25, 2024 at 2:19 AM
And since the party started off as a small criminal gang in this underwater world, ported a bit of Blades in the Dark for running their early scores.
In sort, I really love messing with systems and viewing many of them as modules that (with a little work) can be patched in and out as needed…
In sort, I really love messing with systems and viewing many of them as modules that (with a little work) can be patched in and out as needed…
One of my favorite recent games I’ve run started with playing Microscope with bookends “the Space Race” and “The Last Human Colony.” Then we played through A Quiet Year to establish the colony, and Dialect to generate some local terms. Eventually settled on Stars Without Number for the game itself -
November 25, 2024 at 2:17 AM
One of my favorite recent games I’ve run started with playing Microscope with bookends “the Space Race” and “The Last Human Colony.” Then we played through A Quiet Year to establish the colony, and Dialect to generate some local terms. Eventually settled on Stars Without Number for the game itself -
And that it took me (and a lot of other people, given the other comments) a very long, often painful time, to come to terms with that and stop hiding the accent, or realize how shitty it was being taught to hide it at all costs.
November 21, 2024 at 8:57 AM
And that it took me (and a lot of other people, given the other comments) a very long, often painful time, to come to terms with that and stop hiding the accent, or realize how shitty it was being taught to hide it at all costs.
I think the thrust here is that many who grew up in the South (or elsewhere) had a lot of pressure to NOT speak like we were from there, for a lot of reasons. The comic shared in the original hits home for me, in terms of having been explicitly taught NOT to have an accent, by other Southerners…
November 21, 2024 at 8:55 AM
I think the thrust here is that many who grew up in the South (or elsewhere) had a lot of pressure to NOT speak like we were from there, for a lot of reasons. The comic shared in the original hits home for me, in terms of having been explicitly taught NOT to have an accent, by other Southerners…
I had some moonshiner-adjacent family (and Uncle Tupelo’s version of “Moonshiner” will always be a favorite of mine).
And I’m from Shelby, but had family in Boone and over the mountain. Driving to ASU, went through Hickory and around Newton a lot, so not too far off!
And I’m from Shelby, but had family in Boone and over the mountain. Driving to ASU, went through Hickory and around Newton a lot, so not too far off!
November 21, 2024 at 8:50 AM
I had some moonshiner-adjacent family (and Uncle Tupelo’s version of “Moonshiner” will always be a favorite of mine).
And I’m from Shelby, but had family in Boone and over the mountain. Driving to ASU, went through Hickory and around Newton a lot, so not too far off!
And I’m from Shelby, but had family in Boone and over the mountain. Driving to ASU, went through Hickory and around Newton a lot, so not too far off!
And, there are a lot of bits of the Old Gods story which just hit so hard knowing that.
November 21, 2024 at 7:14 AM
And, there are a lot of bits of the Old Gods story which just hit so hard knowing that.
My friend inherited her “Book of Shadows,” which turns out was half cookbook, half notes on where to find and harvest plants that would induce miscarriage, and a bunch of recipes for those. She was the old witch lady that a bunch of scared young girls would go to for quiet help.
November 21, 2024 at 7:13 AM
My friend inherited her “Book of Shadows,” which turns out was half cookbook, half notes on where to find and harvest plants that would induce miscarriage, and a bunch of recipes for those. She was the old witch lady that a bunch of scared young girls would go to for quiet help.
I feel like we’re about five minutes from realizing we’re from the same town. But, I will say, one of my best friends growing up - her Mamaw was a mountain witch within her church that people would cal for all sorts of things (getting rid of warts, marriage advice, etc.)…
November 21, 2024 at 7:12 AM
I feel like we’re about five minutes from realizing we’re from the same town. But, I will say, one of my best friends growing up - her Mamaw was a mountain witch within her church that people would cal for all sorts of things (getting rid of warts, marriage advice, etc.)…
Another Southern (from the Piedmont, admittedly, with a lot of mountain and “over the ridge” family) to give support, I am happy to do so.
November 21, 2024 at 6:57 AM
Another Southern (from the Piedmont, admittedly, with a lot of mountain and “over the ridge” family) to give support, I am happy to do so.
YESSSSSSS, as a weird-fiction and TTRPG enthusiast, god DAMN has OGoA been a great shot in the arm.
I have loved knowing the stories they’re basing a lot of stuff on, and it’s a great touchstone.
I’m only three years younger than you, and it has been a rough struggle, but if you ever need…
I have loved knowing the stories they’re basing a lot of stuff on, and it’s a great touchstone.
I’m only three years younger than you, and it has been a rough struggle, but if you ever need…
November 21, 2024 at 6:56 AM
YESSSSSSS, as a weird-fiction and TTRPG enthusiast, god DAMN has OGoA been a great shot in the arm.
I have loved knowing the stories they’re basing a lot of stuff on, and it’s a great touchstone.
I’m only three years younger than you, and it has been a rough struggle, but if you ever need…
I have loved knowing the stories they’re basing a lot of stuff on, and it’s a great touchstone.
I’m only three years younger than you, and it has been a rough struggle, but if you ever need…
A lot of people love learning about the history of NC bbq, the divisions, those (lovingly) heretics on the east coast (and less lovingly SC bbq) - the political history of pig-pickings, etc. It’s a great in to appreciating the culture, food, politics, etc. in a way that many are receptive to.
November 21, 2024 at 6:38 AM
A lot of people love learning about the history of NC bbq, the divisions, those (lovingly) heretics on the east coast (and less lovingly SC bbq) - the political history of pig-pickings, etc. It’s a great in to appreciating the culture, food, politics, etc. in a way that many are receptive to.
Beyond that, there’s Jason Isbell’s advice that “no one writes a love song like a southerner,” and real outlaw country is so, so good. Showing people documentaries like Skies Full of Bacon, especially about Chicago BBQ and the Great Migration is a great starting point. And, being from Western NC…
November 21, 2024 at 6:35 AM
Beyond that, there’s Jason Isbell’s advice that “no one writes a love song like a southerner,” and real outlaw country is so, so good. Showing people documentaries like Skies Full of Bacon, especially about Chicago BBQ and the Great Migration is a great starting point. And, being from Western NC…
I can’t give you any real advice and can just say my own experience- for work I still keep a generally neutral accent, though most everyone knows I am from the South and some call me “Doomsday” because I can food, make my own sausage, etc. happy to eat the food I bring in or invite them over for…
November 21, 2024 at 6:34 AM
I can’t give you any real advice and can just say my own experience- for work I still keep a generally neutral accent, though most everyone knows I am from the South and some call me “Doomsday” because I can food, make my own sausage, etc. happy to eat the food I bring in or invite them over for…
A lot of people didn’t grow up with at least one relative that when you asked “tell me a story” wouldn’t just launch into something they entirely made up, some retelling of Brier Rabbit, Billy Bloodly Bones, Jack Tales, or something of the like.
November 21, 2024 at 6:12 AM
A lot of people didn’t grow up with at least one relative that when you asked “tell me a story” wouldn’t just launch into something they entirely made up, some retelling of Brier Rabbit, Billy Bloodly Bones, Jack Tales, or something of the like.
That’s true. Moving to Chicago, I made a lot of friends retelling Tom Waits (with the voice) inter-song stories and intros. And the (extremely locally) infamous Meat Camp beer run story. One of the real culture shocks was realizing that a lot of people didn’t grow up with people…
November 21, 2024 at 6:10 AM
That’s true. Moving to Chicago, I made a lot of friends retelling Tom Waits (with the voice) inter-song stories and intros. And the (extremely locally) infamous Meat Camp beer run story. One of the real culture shocks was realizing that a lot of people didn’t grow up with people…
I think I probably picked it up from Ron White as an excuse for a lot of my rambling tales that EVENTUALLY tie back around. The journey there and back is usually just as important to me. Frustrating for friends, I know.
November 21, 2024 at 5:51 AM
I think I probably picked it up from Ron White as an excuse for a lot of my rambling tales that EVENTUALLY tie back around. The journey there and back is usually just as important to me. Frustrating for friends, I know.
Had just told me that “worm” comes from “wyrm,” then it would have immediately clicked. I don’t know if that’s true. But, that therapy ended in two weeks of the therapist just repeatedly saying “look, even if it doesn’t make sense, that’s how this word is said.” And…that worked.
November 21, 2024 at 5:44 AM
Had just told me that “worm” comes from “wyrm,” then it would have immediately clicked. I don’t know if that’s true. But, that therapy ended in two weeks of the therapist just repeatedly saying “look, even if it doesn’t make sense, that’s how this word is said.” And…that worked.