✨Ben Hamill✨ @benhamill@witches.town
Austin, TX
Among the oldest of millennials.
Social justice, software, parenting, games (video, roleplaying, board), books, comics, linguistics, argyle
Said to be, "like the least lewd person I have encountered on this social network"
Member of the #WitchesTown mod team.
I feel like in the last few weeks I've noticed strong smells really sticking with me. Like, twice I had a little whiskey at a party and felt like I was smelling it off and on the whole next day. And this morning there was a person on the bus with STRONG body odor and I'm still getting whiffs even though I was sitting on the other side of the bus. I don't know if it's psychosomatic or what, but it's really weird.
Just now almost threw my spent tea bag into my backpack instead of the trash can. They're on opposite sides of my desk. I'm so good at life, y'all. So good. 😜
Good morning, witches and wicks.
I ended up sleeping like ass last night. The problem with Among Others is that it's too compelling and there's no chapters. It's written like a diary, and the entries are relatively short, so it's easy to fall into an infinite, "just one more," loop.
Oh well. I have tea and am leaving work early today so we can go to the 6yo's friend's 7th birthday party. Hopefully some other parents are cool to chat with.
And we have basically no plans for this weekend. Probably taking down holiday decorations and finding places for all the kiddos' new stuff.
I am sleepy, but also sort of... not anxious, but jittery, maybe? Not sure how to calm down so I can sleep. I have to be up in the morning. This is not convenient. Anyway, maybe being away from the screen will help. Gonna go read a bit. Night, friends.
The pre-release rules of #Dialect (a Game About #Language and How it Dies) are done and us backers got a PDF. I haven't read through it much yet, but it is a GORGEOUS book. The layout and use of color and not to mention the illustrations. I can't wait for final edits and printing, so I can get my paper copy.
IDK if the creators are on here or not (they'd probably fit right in on dice.camp), but if so, I hope they see this and someone LMK, so I can follow them.
Hey Mastodon!
Do y'all have any favourite artist/writer combos or small creative teams who have or are presently making cool stuff? I wanna start checking some folks out but I'm not sure where to start outside of my current faire.
((please feel free to boost this if you want! I'd definitely love to try get a good spread of perspectives if possible))
Okay yeah, seems confirmed. I'm straight up gonna have to find a new RP group or start my own. Canceled sessions are outnumbering ones actually played. And it's been an hour without hearing from the GM tonight...
Actually, I'd probably be willing to try about anything that isn't just D&D. So if any of ya'll have an opening in an online campaign, I might be interested.
Gutten Morgen, Hexen und Hexer. 🌇
Hey Mastodon, let's play a game!
It's called #SlumberPartyPack
History: Target often bundles two movies together based on some perceived connection of themes. Goonies and Adventures in Babysitting for example. Some of the themes were more abstract than others.
Rules: In the preview of your message, name 2-3 movies that share some kind of connection. (How obscure is up to you.)
Under the cut tell us what your theme was.
Make sure to hashtag it #SlumberPartyPack
"This place... It's so... familiar. Like I've seen it once before."
"Yes, honey, this is Yellowstone. We're on vacation. You saw it in the brochure and you suggested we come here cause you saw some pics on reddit."
"..."
"..."
"This place... I've-
Then everything changed… Afficher plus
Oh good. It feels like 36°F out with the wind chill. Time to go to the bus stop! 🙃 ☃ 💀
This started so good, but it's getting stuck, please help my family!
via @makiabellum
Artist looking to do commissioned work? I may have a job for you:
I need an artist who draws in that round flat animesque style that's so popular these days (similar to Adventure Time or Steven Universe).
You will need to make several color illustrations, mostly of single characters:
- Mascot for an open source software project in various improvised poses
- Amusing illustrations of Patreon reward levels
- Various small illustrations for decorating website
DM me your portfolio if interested!
Welp. My work laptop won't boot. So I'm being super productive right now. How's your morning going?
Hey friends, who knows things about language revitalization? I have lots of linguistics and teaching experience. I would really like to get into this. Any recommendations or resources?
wait...... is there a Comic Serif?
a group of trans women who are all super into electronica and noise music ought to get together and call themselves the Trans Cyberian Orchestra
Whether you're celebrating anything today or tomorrow or not, whether you're with genetic or chosen family or not, wherever you are: I hope you have a great weekend.