kengr

http://www.sjgames.com/ill/a/2025-11-20

It's a double convention week – our team is at both BGG.CON in Dallas, Texas, and PAX Unplugged in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania!

BGG.CON kicked off yesterday, and the exhibit hall opens for the first time today at 10 am. Stop by Booth 115 to adopt a copy of Purrfect Potions – a family-friendly dice game – and score a fun surprise! (Hint: It rhymes with "Bat Fears.") We'll also have Last Shot, Deadly Doodles Second Edition, and other new releases. Want to play some of them? The convention library has an extensive collection of our games!

The exhibit hall will be open today through Saturday from 10 am - 5 pm, and on Sunday from 10 am - 3 pm. 

Also beginning tomorrow, Possum Creek will have a booth at PAX Unplugged. Visit Booth 3352 to meet Jay Dragon, founder of Possum Creek and Senior Game Developer at SJ Games. You can pick up hard- and softcovers (or both!) of Wanderhome, an award-winning pastoral fantasy, along with Sleepaway and a curated selection of items from our catalog.

PAX's Expo Hall is open from 10 am - 6 pm, Friday through Sunday.

We'd love to chat with you. Come by and see us!

– Michelle Richardson

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!

http://www.sjgames.com/ill/a/2025-11-20

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https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap251119.html

Sometimes the dark dust of interstellar space has an angular elegance.

https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap251119.html

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Posted by David M Willis

https://www.dumbingofage.com/2025/comic/book-16/02-im-the-problem-its-me/brisk/

https://www.dumbingofage.com/?p=19955

https://www.dumbingofage.com/2025/comic/book-16/02-im-the-problem-its-me/brisk/

https://www.dumbingofage.com/?p=19955

ysabetwordsmith

53 Best Self-Care Gifts for Peak Pampering

Meaningful self-care goes beyond a simple bubble bath or at-home facial (though, those are really nice, too), and we all need support and resources to maintain self-care routines that truly benefit us.

If you’re looking to be that support for someone else, self-care gifts can make a major impact.

Stock up for Self-Care Wednesday! Or pack these as host/ess gifts for your relatives at Thanksgiving, with a card explaining that followup holiday.

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ysabetwordsmith

Today we went shopping in Champaign.

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https://www.girlswithslingshots.com/comic/gws-hair-of-the-dog-778

New comic!
Today's News:

In Hazel's defense, Jameson should know better. In Jameson's defense, sobriety would've been a better wedding gift.

Here's the original post! And the chaser post!

https://www.girlswithslingshots.com/comic/gws-hair-of-the-dog-778

dialecticdreamer

Confidential Bias
By Dialecticdreamer/Sarah Williams
Part 1 of 1, complete
Word count (story only): 1245

:: Jackie makes final decisions, and the new family reacts. (Suggested by

ysabetwordsmith in comments to another story in the series, this is just too perfect not to use!) Part of the Polychrome Heroics universe, in the “clowder connections” story arc, with my thanks. ::

Jackie poured the last of the pitcher of sweetened tea into their glasses, splitting it evenly between herself and Marise. “What…” Jackie took a deep breath as she set the empty pitcher down beside the two dessert plates, empty save for the wax coverings for the tiny round cheese wheels. “What,” she began again, “else do I have to do to become an official mentor in your agency?”
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conuly

People at /r/englishlearning need to stop saying "Song lyrics/poems don't have to be grammatical! Don't try to learn English through songs/poems! People just do whatever, ungrammatically, to fit the rhythm/mood/rhyme scheme!"

This may be true, I guess, but funnily enough it's never true when people say it. At least half the time, the quoted text isn't even archaic or nonstandard!

That said, I do like reading (most of the) comments in that subreddit. There's always something! ( Cut for appropriateness )

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https://assignedmale.tumblr.com/post/800670922654760960

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http://www.goominet.com/unspeakable-vault/vault/738

After some depressing strips, welcome back to pure silliness.

I never played Minecraft (and didn't even see the recent movie),but mixing it with the Tindalos Lore seemed obvious.

http://www.goominet.com/unspeakable-vault/vault/738

ysabetwordsmith

Today is cloudy and cool. It's been raining off and on.

I fed the birds. I haven't seen much activity today.

I put out water for the birds.

Current Mood: busy

ysabetwordsmith

Good news includes all the things which make us happy or otherwise feel good. It can be personal or public. We never know when something wonderful will happen, and when it does, most people want to share it with someone. It's disappointing when nobody is there to appreciate it. Happily, blogging allows us to share our joys and pat each other on the back.

What good news have you had recently? Are you anticipating any more? Have you found a cute picture or a video that makes you smile? Is there anything your online friends could do to make your life a little happier?

Current Mood: busy

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https://www.spinnyverse.com/comic/issue-43-19

New comic!
Today's News:

https://www.spinnyverse.com/comic/issue-43-19

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Posted by Remy Porter

https://thedailywtf.com/articles/are-you-mocking-me

Today's representative line comes from Capybara James (most recently previously). It's representative, not just of the code base, but of Goodhart's Law: when a measure becomes a target, it ceases to be a good measure. Or, "you get what you measure".

If, for example, you decide that code coverage metrics are how you're going to judge developers, then your developers are going to ensure that the code coverage looks great. If you measure code coverage, then you will get code coverage- and nothing else.

That's how you get tests like this:

Mockito.verify(exportRequest, VerificationModeFactory.atLeast(0)).failedRequest(any(), any(), any());

This test passes if the function exportRequest.failedRequest is called at least zero times, with any input parameters.

Which, as you might imagine, is a somewhat useless thing to test. But what's important is that there is a test. The standards for code coverage are met, the metric is satisfied, and Goodhart marks up another win on the board.

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https://thedailywtf.com/articles/are-you-mocking-me

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http://www.gunnerkrigg.com/?p=3182

Just those three?
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Hey! The third Gunnerkrigg Court Omnibus from Dark Horse is here! As usual, there is a hardcover and a softcover available, and they are available pretty much wherever you can find them! Here's a link to a Dark Horse Page with links to retailers, and here is a link to my Topatoco store for pre-order there (it takes me a little longer to get copies sent over to them, that's all)! Anywhere you choose to buy them helps me and the comic greatly, and you know, Christmas is soon, so my recommendation is all three of the omnibus editions! I'm biased because I made them.

http://www.gunnerkrigg.com/?p=3182

daily_illuminator_feed

http://www.sjgames.com/ill/a/2025-11-19

Note: If you are wondering where Part 1 is, you can find it here. But you don't have to read them in order!

Another excellent favorite . . .

Another project I had a big hand in working on was Bill & Ted's Excellent Board Game. This one was SO fun. Besides being based on a favorite movie from my childhood, I also enjoyed watching it on repeat as I colored the cards! The licensor was very particular about wanting the scenes colored to accurately reflect what was shown in the movie, which, of course, meant I was very likely annoying all my coworkers by repeating, "69, dudes!" far too often while I worked on this. To top it off, the mechanics of this game are super fun and dizzying. While your damaged telephone booth flies around the game board haphazardly through time, you must continue to try to collect as many historical figures as you can before the clock runs out. If you reach the edge of the board, you simply re-enter at the opposite side to complete your movements. The more figures you collect, the more chaotic your journey is.

While I look back at the game now and think, "eesh, that font is HUGE," I still have no regrets – I had a great time creating that one, and I'm proud of how it turned out. And the fact that it's actually a fun game today makes me even happier.

Unfortunately, this one is out of print. While you can still find copies on eBay or various game-trading sites, not many are still in the wild. I have played my copy too many times to count!

– Sabrina Gonzales

Warehouse 23 News: Why Is The Darkness Blinking?

They're trapped between the realm of the living and the dead . . . and they're not too pleased about it. The Book of Unlife adds 44 unliving monsters to your The Fantasy Trip campaigns, along with a complete adventure setting. Live like there's too many tomorrows thanks to Warehouse 23!

http://www.sjgames.com/ill/a/2025-11-19