Murder Mystery Party – Which category are you?

I know it's only been a week since I sent out my last post on this party, to be held on Saturday Dec 7. Normally I'd wait a couple more weeks before asking folks for information. However, circumstances are different this time around. I have to make arrangements for the venue now. Believe it or not, it…

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Murder Mystery Party

I hosted a Murder Mystery Masquerade for my 60th birthday. It's been five years. A couple of friends suggested that I don't wait until I'm 70 before doing a mystery party again. The date will be Saturday, December 7, 2024. Save the date! The place: I could use some suggestions for the venue. I think we'll only…

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BG3 on the Mac

If you regularly read this blog, you know that I've posted a lot about Baldur's Gate 3. You also may remember my long discursive posts on using a Macintosh desktop. Therefore, here's the post you've been waiting for: A lengthy description of my problems running BG3 on my Mac. (If I could, I would have added "...…

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Split conversations in MacOS Messages

The principle reason I'm writing this post is that I just got off the phone with Apple Tech support. They gave me to answer to a question I asked them that's been asked in a couple of other places: Mac Messages Splitting Named Group Chat Into Unnamed But Same Group on the Apple Discussion Forums Group text…

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Vote Forward

I just got back from a letter-writing party at a friend's house. The point was to write letters as part of Vote Forward. You send hand-written letters to folks who haven't voted recently. The goal is to boost voter turnout. Everyone who writes a letter is encouraged to use their own words, as long as the tone…

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Baldur’s Gate 3 – Playthrough 9 – Laurelin

Content warning: The story gets dark. That's shown in some of the images, especially those that reflect the relationship between Laurelin and Astarion. If you somehow got to this post directly: This is another post in my BG3 series. I’m not a skilled player. Don’t expect tips for soloing Honor mode. It's both a playthrough write-up and…

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BG3 – Tales of the Hero Hireling – Recognition

Before we conclude the story (here's parts one and two), some reminders: This is Baldur's Gate 3 fanfic (though perhaps it's better described as an annotated screenshot album). The screenshots are from my 8th playthrough of the game. Angela the Arctic Druid is a hireling, not a "Tav." It may help to know her back story. I'll…

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BG3 – Tales of the Hero Hireling – The Trail of Evil

Before we continue the story, some reminders: This is Baldur's Gate 3 fanfic (though perhaps it's better described as an annotated screenshot album). The screenshots are from my 8th playthrough of the game. Angela the Arctic Druid is a hireling, not a "Tav." It may help to know her back story. I'll dance around spoilers as much…

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BG3 – Tales of the Hero Hireling – Go to Hell

Before we begin the story: This is Baldur's Gate 3 fanfic. The screenshots are from my 8th playthrough of the game. Angela the Arctic Druid is a hireling, not a "Tav." It may help to know her back story. I'll dance around spoilers as much as I can. But I'll let neither a spoiler nor the truth…

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Baldur’s Gate 3 – Playthrough 8 – Those who made it

This post is an immediate follow-up to my previous post on my 8th playthrough of Baldur's Gate 3. If you somehow are reading this essay without reading that one, this essay will be incomprehensible to you. It might be incomprehensible anyway. There are some things here that elude me too. If you still want to read this…

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