Just a few days later, I surpass the unexpected! C'mon, Mattis! You saw the post title. I rolled a 57 Ability check in Baldur's Gate 3! Again, the game didn't give me the image of the die with the number displayed. I didn't think I'd get this far! Can't I get some more enthusiasm? How about another…
After writing that long post on rolling a 46 in Baldur's Gate 3 yesterday, I though it would be a long time (if ever) before I'd write a follow-up post on rolling higher than that. I didn't think it would possible that I'd beat the roll the next day. The Goddess of Luck had other plans. I…
If you read the title of this post as "46 factorial," you are an amazing human being who deserves to be loved. If you didn't read the title of this post as "46 factorial," you are an amazing human being who deserves to be loved, but you know less math than the category of people listed above.…
Three posts in a row about FB! I shouldn't focus on this so much. It's not as if it's Baldur's Gate 3. Anyway, I want to share a couple of memories that I'd like to preserve even after I leave FB in a couple of weeks. Gem One The first is another one of my inexplicable oddities.…
After my last post, on leaving FB, I started posting my new social-media addresses in my FB feed. The idea was to offer folks a way to join me on these other platforms. I noticed some of friends posting their own new social-media accounts. I'd acknowledge them with something like "See you there!" The response inevitably was…
CW: Politics I acknowledge that I'm being a drama queen about something that many people are doing without fuss. I still feel a need to record, at least for myself, why I made the decision. I also want to record why I'm delaying the implementation of that decision. Why leave? The straw the broke the camel's back…
After my last post, on my lowest-reated games, it was easy to predict that I'd write this follow-up post on my favorite games. My life-time favorite video games are Ultima III: Exodus and The Prisoner, both on the Apple II. But those games were definitely of their time (the early 80s); even though there are remakes and…
After working for a few days on my review of Divinity Original Sin II, it occurred to me that I've written lots of video-game "semi-reviews'. I call them "semi-reviews" because I generally review a game long after it's been released. My opinion of the game becomes almost irrelevant. Then again, given the size and nature of my…
TL;DR: I did not like this game. Get ready for a negative review, with lots of pictures. Context If you've read any post in this blog for the past year, you know that I've developed a fascination for Baldur's Gate 3. I've gushed over the quality of its story, and praised the design decisions made by the…
It may be foolish, but I'm open to resume teaching Wicca again. Why foolish? Honestly, I don't think there are many students out there anymore who are interested in what I choose to teach. The Gardnerian Tradition in which I was trained involves scholarship, structure, an aspiration to excellence. Sure, dancing naked in the woods is still…