Cycle Tracking by Susannah Hainley
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One hundred percent serious rn
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fayanoraWhy does the food pantry place always insist on giving me these massive bottles of vegetable oil? I mean, 48 oz worth of vegetable oil is ridiculous. Who uses that much oil? Why do they even sell them this size? I have never in my life been able to use the entire bottle before it expires. Seriously, I'm doing good to use an entire 6.2 oz bottle of sesame seed oil in an entire month, and I actually like the taste of that. Who the fuck can possibly use 48 oz of vegetable oil in less than a year? What are they using it for? Are they using it for sex lube? Cuz that's the only thing I can think of to explain it. I can't even begin to fathom what you would need that much vegetable oil for.
The oil in question:
I literally never ask for it, and they just give it to me anyway. I'm too polite to refuse it. Getting better at telling them no to things they give me that I have no use for or can't stand, but it's a work in progress.
The oil in question:
I literally never ask for it, and they just give it to me anyway. I'm too polite to refuse it. Getting better at telling them no to things they give me that I have no use for or can't stand, but it's a work in progress.
December 23, 2025: What's In A Name? An Editorial Challenge
Dec. 23rd, 2025 06:39 amdaily_illuminator_feedBeing the editor of game material can be tricky. Not only do I need to confirm that sentences are grammatical, but I also need to ensure they make sense in the larger context. That larger context includes checking that terms of art are used correctly. Three of the more challenging confusions come to mind.
The first is "power" vs. "ability." In GURPS terms, a "power" is a set of abilities that are related to each other by a common theme and (usually) a power modifier. Many authors incorrectly use this term interchangeably with "ability," which is an advantage (or several advantages!) plus enhancements and limitations that describes a specific effect.
The second is "round" vs. "turn." GURPS does not have defined "rounds" like some other games do. The game instead has "turns" and a "turn sequence" . . . plus a wide assortment of "actions" that can span one or more one-second turns.
The third is "damage" vs. "injury." The "damage" of something is indicated by a number of dice and, possibly, an additive or multiplicative modifier. This is used to generate a "damage roll," which is adjusted by Damage Resistance (and various modifiers on that) and the type of damage. The final result of all those calculations reveals the "injury," which dictates the HP lost.
In all of these cases, their common, non-game definitions seem so similar, it's easy to forget which one needs to be used when. The more complicated the material being written or edited, the easier it is for a mix-up in terminology to slip through. If you see a goof that makes understanding a game mechanic difficult, feel free to let us know at errata@sgames.com. While updating PDFs is a surprisingly nontrivial process (made more challenging because of layout-affecting updates to fonts and publishing software), we still like to keep track of changes to consider for future versions of products.
– Nikki Vrtis
Warehouse 23 News: The City Never Sleeps Because Of All The Action
There are a million stories in the city, and they're all exciting! GURPS Action 9: The City shows how you can add GURPS City Stats to your GURPS Action campaigns. It also features six sample cities to use with your own action-packed adventures. Download it today from Warehouse 23!
The first is "power" vs. "ability." In GURPS terms, a "power" is a set of abilities that are related to each other by a common theme and (usually) a power modifier. Many authors incorrectly use this term interchangeably with "ability," which is an advantage (or several advantages!) plus enhancements and limitations that describes a specific effect.
The second is "round" vs. "turn." GURPS does not have defined "rounds" like some other games do. The game instead has "turns" and a "turn sequence" . . . plus a wide assortment of "actions" that can span one or more one-second turns.
The third is "damage" vs. "injury." The "damage" of something is indicated by a number of dice and, possibly, an additive or multiplicative modifier. This is used to generate a "damage roll," which is adjusted by Damage Resistance (and various modifiers on that) and the type of damage. The final result of all those calculations reveals the "injury," which dictates the HP lost.
In all of these cases, their common, non-game definitions seem so similar, it's easy to forget which one needs to be used when. The more complicated the material being written or edited, the easier it is for a mix-up in terminology to slip through. If you see a goof that makes understanding a game mechanic difficult, feel free to let us know at errata@sgames.com. While updating PDFs is a surprisingly nontrivial process (made more challenging because of layout-affecting updates to fonts and publishing software), we still like to keep track of changes to consider for future versions of products.
– Nikki Vrtis
Warehouse 23 News: The City Never Sleeps Because Of All The Action
There are a million stories in the city, and they're all exciting! GURPS Action 9: The City shows how you can add GURPS City Stats to your GURPS Action campaigns. It also features six sample cities to use with your own action-packed adventures. Download it today from Warehouse 23!
Jeanie Bottle 884
Dec. 23rd, 2025 05:00 amjeanniebottle_feed
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Dec. 23rd, 2025 05:34 amapod_feed
Yesterday the Sun reached its southernmost point in planet Earth's sky.
Recipes for Hugo (part 1 of 1, complete)
Dec. 22nd, 2025 11:30 pmdialecticdreamerRecipes for Hugo
By Dialecticdreamer/Sarah Williams
Part 1 of 1, complete
Word count (story only):1653
[A few days before Christmas 2016]
:: Heron has assembled a complicated gift for his cousin Hugo. It sparks a surprising reaction in the younger man. Part of the Finn family and the Shiv/Omaha story arcs in the Polychrome Heroics universe, the story was written in the December 2025 prompt fest, with my deep thanks to the reader who suggested it. ::
“Recipes for Hugo.” The period at the end of the sentence grew irregularly, creeping from beneath the tip of the gel pen. Heron stared at it with a flat, narrow-eyed glare, and capped the pen silently before dropping it into the black fireproof trash can labeled, “Test to Destruction” with a strip of duck tape and red permanent marker.
That tiny noise nearly woke Mallory, asleep on the sofa.
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By Dialecticdreamer/Sarah Williams
Part 1 of 1, complete
Word count (story only):1653
[A few days before Christmas 2016]
:: Heron has assembled a complicated gift for his cousin Hugo. It sparks a surprising reaction in the younger man. Part of the Finn family and the Shiv/Omaha story arcs in the Polychrome Heroics universe, the story was written in the December 2025 prompt fest, with my deep thanks to the reader who suggested it. ::
“Recipes for Hugo.” The period at the end of the sentence grew irregularly, creeping from beneath the tip of the gel pen. Heron stared at it with a flat, narrow-eyed glare, and capped the pen silently before dropping it into the black fireproof trash can labeled, “Test to Destruction” with a strip of duck tape and red permanent marker.
That tiny noise nearly woke Mallory, asleep on the sofa.
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Today's Cooking
Dec. 22nd, 2025 10:20 pmysabetwordsmithToday I'm making rosemary-lemon holiday cookies, somewhat inspired by this recipe, but I'm using lemon powder and Maine pine bitters. The dough tastes good, at least. It's currently chilling in the fridge before I attempt to roll it out and cut little evergreen trees. Cutout cookies are not what I do best, but rosemary cookies just deserve that shape.
EDIT 12/22/25 -- The cookies are done! \o/ They turned out quite delicious. The first bite just tastes like sugar cookie, but then the lemon and pine flavors bloom. Rosemary cookies are tricky to balance. Too sweet and they're just sugar cookies, not sweet enough and they taste like crackers; too little rosemary and they're sugar cookies again, too much and it tastes like you're baking with floor wash. But these are perfect.
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EDIT 12/22/25 -- The cookies are done! \o/ They turned out quite delicious. The first bite just tastes like sugar cookie, but then the lemon and pine flavors bloom. Rosemary cookies are tricky to balance. Too sweet and they're just sugar cookies, not sweet enough and they taste like crackers; too little rosemary and they're sugar cookies again, too much and it tastes like you're baking with floor wash. But these are perfect.
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warm fuzzies on a rubbishy day that improved
Dec. 22nd, 2025 10:09 pmchanter1944Today started out and, really, stayed busy in exhausting ways, because it's the last-minute countdown to giftmas stuffmas and the scramble is apparently not over yet. :( However, then things improved! Credit and gratitude to George the pharmacy tech, who was both delightful and kind and who also saved my butt by simply doing his job, knocking down my stress level in a significant way. A prescription refill for necessary meds is go. Whew! Credit and gratitude also to L the coworker, for being more gracious than I likely deserved about my being wound up and showing it. To make a long story short, we were both stressed, we were both buried in work, we were both contending with silly issues brought on by human error, and neither one of us blamed the other in the end. Double whew!
I'm getting a little writing of the fictional kind in, and then I'm going the heck to bed. ZZZZZZ!
I'm getting a little writing of the fictional kind in, and then I'm going the heck to bed. ZZZZZZ!
Girls With Slingshots - GWS Hair of the Dog #801
Dec. 22nd, 2025 10:00 pmgws_feed
Timeline notes for "Along These Sympathetic Fibers"
Dec. 22nd, 2025 06:05 pmysabetwordsmithHere are the timeline notes for "Along These Sympathetic Fibers." They compare divergences between local-Caribbean and Peculiar-Caribbean events in history.
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Poem: "Along These Sympathetic Fibers"
Dec. 22nd, 2025 05:11 pmysabetwordsmithThis poem is spillover from the June 3, 2025 Poetry Fishbowl. It was inspired by a prompt from see_also_friend. It also fills the "Rainbow" square in my 6-2-25 card for the Pride Fest Bingo. This poem has been sponsored by a pool with fuzzyred. It belongs to the series Peculiar Obligations.
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see_also_friend. It also fills the "Rainbow" square in my 6-2-25 card for the Pride Fest Bingo. This poem has been sponsored by a pool with fuzzyred. It belongs to the series Peculiar Obligations.( Read more... )
Affordable Housing
Dec. 22nd, 2025 02:46 pmysabetwordsmithWhat Would It Take to Approve a Housing Permit in 24 Hours?
In its Housing-Ready City Toolkit, Strong Towns recommended a 24-hour turnaround for permits. That's not an exaggeration.
Before reading onward in the article, here's how I would set it up...
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In its Housing-Ready City Toolkit, Strong Towns recommended a 24-hour turnaround for permits. That's not an exaggeration.
Before reading onward in the article, here's how I would set it up...
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Birdfeeding
Dec. 22nd, 2025 02:09 pmysabetwordsmithToday is cloudy and cool.
I fed the birds. I put out a new suet cake. I've seen a huge flock of mostly sparrows.
I put out water for the birds.
EDIT 12/22/25 -- I did a bit of work around the patio.
EDIT 12/22/25 -- I did more work around the patio.
EDIT 12/22/25 -- I did more work around the patio.
EDIT 12/22/25 -- I filled the trolley twice with berry-laden twigs from the brushpile in the parking lot, and put those in the firepit.
I saw the great horned owl fly from somewhere near the parking lot into the trees around ritual meadow. I heard woodpeckers squeaking but didn't see them.
EDIT 12/22/25 -- I did more work around the patio.
As it is getting dark, I am done for the night.
I fed the birds. I put out a new suet cake. I've seen a huge flock of mostly sparrows.
I put out water for the birds.
EDIT 12/22/25 -- I did a bit of work around the patio.
EDIT 12/22/25 -- I did more work around the patio.
EDIT 12/22/25 -- I did more work around the patio.
EDIT 12/22/25 -- I filled the trolley twice with berry-laden twigs from the brushpile in the parking lot, and put those in the firepit.
I saw the great horned owl fly from somewhere near the parking lot into the trees around ritual meadow. I heard woodpeckers squeaking but didn't see them.
EDIT 12/22/25 -- I did more work around the patio.
As it is getting dark, I am done for the night.
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I'm about ready to say something to the commenters to this fic
Dec. 22nd, 2025 10:17 amconulySo, I'm reading something about an abusive relationship. So toxic, in every tiny respect. But the commenters! You've got a handful of them happily chirping things like "Oh, Abuser is trying so hard! He's really just controlling because he's worried, but look, he's trying to make Abusee happy!" and we've got another handful saying things like "I don't get why Abusee doesn't just leave. I mean, he's in public, is he scared of getting hit? In public? Like, geez."
Like... do you people know what sort of story you're even reading? Or, in the latter case, do you know anything about humans!?
Some people should not be allowed to comment on anything. WTF.
(Though, that having been said, the very first rule of running away and changing your name is never pick a fake name that has any connection to your real life. And because of this, our protagonist got kidnapped back by his abuser and his goon squad. Again. Well, the plot had to happen somehow, I guess, but still.)
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Like... do you people know what sort of story you're even reading? Or, in the latter case, do you know anything about humans!?
Some people should not be allowed to comment on anything. WTF.
(Though, that having been said, the very first rule of running away and changing your name is never pick a fake name that has any connection to your real life. And because of this, our protagonist got kidnapped back by his abuser and his goon squad. Again. Well, the plot had to happen somehow, I guess, but still.)
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