The trouble with the dishwasher started as soon as we came back from vacation. After we got home, I marinated some chicken, and ended up with a load of dishes that had a big glass marinading dish in it. I start the dishwasher. It gets through part of the cycle. I come back to the
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Back to Life, Back to Reality and Book Recommendation
The vacation was amazing. The air was 80F. The ocean was 80F. The pools were great. The room was spectacular. The food was delicious. The drinks were to die for. We went on a date to this restaurant that was technically part of the resort but set outside of the grounds, by a busy street.
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This Kingdom Is Up for Preorder
Tor released This Kingdom for preorder and did not warn us. We found out 30 minutes ago, and Mod R tells me that the links are already up in Discord and fan groups. BDH: zero chill. Zero. The EBOOK is up everywhere. The PRINT EDITION is up at other places but not up on Amazon
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The Struggle Is Real
Tuna and Oliver had their annual visit to the vet for vaccines and physicals. Here is Tuna being the king of everything at the vet office. Tuna, predictably, was lovely to the vet, let his blood be taken, sat like a rock for vaccines, and has normal bloodwork. I would take a pic of Oliver
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Lit RPG: The Origins, The Inheritance, and Other Things
This is long, so table of contents: The Origin of LitRPG As everyone knows by now, I’m a massive Solo Leveling fan. I’ve read the manhwa before the anime was ever announced and then reread it several times. Right now, with the anime release on Crunchyroll (we are up to 2 seasons), it is enjoying
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Quality Content
Sookie, the old bulldog, has to have canned dog food in the wake of her surgery so her mouth can recover. She absolutely loves it. She gobbles it up, and then we suffer. Yesterday, as I was trying to catch up on a novella we are working on, because we need another release this year,
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The Story of Orc Dog
Before I tell you this story, I will say that everything ends happily. Sookie is our elderly Ye Olde English Bulldogge, otherwise knows as the orc dog. She is beauty, she is grace, how can you not love that face? She is going on 13 years old. Her hips and her knees have arthritis. She
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Wednesday, Thursday, Hughday… Chapter 5: Part 1
Elara bent over the map, spread over the table. The herb patch… The berry bushes… The maples on the north side… A presence tugged on her. She raised her head. Hugh stood in the doorway. Alive. Uninjured. She let out a mental breath and straightened. “You’re back.” “I am.” His voice held no bravado. He
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All the Questions
Mod R presented me with a list of questions. Let us get to it. When will the preorder be availlable? We don’t know. Well, that was easy. The usual MO is to wait until the cover is done because people tend to preorder in higher numbers once the cover is up. Maybe having the cover
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Maggie The Undying: Title Reveal
We interrupt this scheduled broadcast with breaking news. Text of the Announcement: This Kingdom Will Not Kill Me by Ilona Andrews Game of Thrones meets Outlander in This Kingdom Will Not Kill Me When Maggie wakes up, cold, naked, and filthy in Kair Toren, a city in the kingdom of Rellas, she recognizes it immediately.
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A Happy Cardigan
Despite my best efforts, I finally managed to make a cardigan. I bought this really cute yarn last year. This is Rainbows and Airwaves from Bad Sheep Yarn. It is a gorgeous yarn, so I wanted to make a fun cardigan with it. I usually make stuff for the kids, but I wanted something for
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Eternal Strands
If you liked roleplaying computer games in the early 2000s, you knew that Bioware was synonymous with cool games. The studio started out as a Canadian game developer and made some awesome things. Baldur’s Gate. Mass Effect. Dragon Age. Eventually they were bought by EA and went downhill. Apparently, the latest Dragon Age, Veilguard, sold
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