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unclefes

@unclefes.bsky.social
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Forever DM, GenX Illinoisan, Passable Medievalist, Bourbon Aficionado

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unclefes @unclefes.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Humans are such easy prey.
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unclefes @unclefes.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Sole exception: you work for Monte Cook Games.
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unclefes @unclefes.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
I'm not sure why I feel this way, but if you're coming at me with "scary stories about Appalachia," then I am blocking your channels.
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unclefes @unclefes.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
If you need someone to manage the bullet inventory spreadsheet or put together a quick PowerPoint to alert newcomers to the cannibal threat, I'm your man.
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E. A. Bourland @eabourland.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
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Seth Skorkowsky @sskorkowsky.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
I know a group of Call of Cthulhu Investigators when I see one.
Image from SCTV
Joe Flaherty as Count Floyd, John Candy as Dr. Tongue, Martin Short as Ed Grimley, and Eugene Levy as Bruno.
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unclefes @unclefes.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
Mrs. Fes, yelling from other room: "Hey what are you doing?" Me, watching MTV from 1986 and drinking vodka and gingerale: "Nothing!" www.youtube.com/watch?v=mRoL...
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1.5 Hours of Vintage MTV – Best Music Videos of 1986 with 80s Commercials
YouTube video by chyllvester
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unclefes @unclefes.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
G-2 Pilot is my everyday, but I also like the Pilot Varsity disposable fountain pen.
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unclefes @unclefes.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
I spent the weekend here: "Trigg's Station," about 4 miles NW of Harrodsburg KY, was established by Stephen Trigg, a settl and Revolutionary War officer. He settled here in 1780, during a turbulent period in Kentucky’s early history, marked by conflict with Native American tribes and British forces.
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unclefes @unclefes.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
ehhh depends on the poison, depends on the day
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unclefes @unclefes.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
Chapter 53 of the Dao De Jing, seems relevant
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unclefes @unclefes.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
I find no real flaws here.
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unclefes @unclefes.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
Today in Big Tech Fuckery: 1. Google plans to use AI to help retailers fuck everyone over on pricing pluralistic.net/2026/01/21/c... 2. Apple has invented to a new wearable AI camera for bereft Glassholes who haven't had their faces punched in for a while 9to5mac.com/2026/01/21/a...
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Edmonds Scanner @edmondsscanner.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
Some advice: - be kind - tip well - stay weird - festoon your antlers with moss & wildflowers - disappear into a malevolent fog at least once a month - become a haunted horror at the dark heart of the forest
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Seth Skorkowsky @sskorkowsky.bsky.social · 04/01/2026
This is the secret to zen mastery
Image of a 2022 Tweet
"I was extremely upset on a family vacation once and I asked my brother how he always stays so calm and he said that he tries not to think about anything that isn't boobs or swords and every day I try to live up to that example."
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unclefes @unclefes.bsky.social · 29/12/2025
BIG YES ON GLASSES
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Orcspiration @orcspiration.bsky.social · 28/12/2025
YOU MUST HAVE SOMETHING TO EAT TO HAVE STRENGTH TO CRUSH YOUR ENEMIES.
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Monte Cook Games @montecookgames.com · 26/12/2025
Join MCG at 2026 conventions! We have a great slate of conventions lined up for 2026, and demand for MCG games at these events is super high—we run hundreds of games every year, and virtually all of them sell out. We’d love to have you GM with us! www.montecookgames.c...
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unclefes @unclefes.bsky.social · 26/12/2025
ALWAYS! Always the case with autobiographies. I don't think I've ever read an autobiography that wasn't self-aggrandizing trash.
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unclefes @unclefes.bsky.social · 26/12/2025
I've said it before, and stand by it today: the moment your article/essay/whatever emits the word "I" or "me," that article/essay/whatever begins to suck. Only very rarely is this not the case. It is never the case for autobiographies.
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unclefes @unclefes.bsky.social · 26/12/2025
How it's going:
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unclefes @unclefes.bsky.social · 26/12/2025
How it started:
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unclefes @unclefes.bsky.social · 24/12/2025
As we all enjoy our holidays, we should try to remember the true meaning of Christmas, as shown to us by Dickens in A Christmas Carol: undead creatures torturing the rich with threats and sleeplessness until they treat people better.
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unclefes @unclefes.bsky.social · 21/12/2025
Whatcha doing? Oh, just basin' some Napoleonics. Prussia is in green, France is in yellow.
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unclefes @unclefes.bsky.social · 20/12/2025
D&D night! Cocktail of the evening: 6:2:1 Daiquiri.
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unclefes @unclefes.bsky.social · 18/12/2025
I pie-charted the results for you:
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unclefes @unclefes.bsky.social · 18/12/2025
Bruce Sterling tallies up the various drinks served in the 1942 movie "Casablanca" bruces.medium.com/every-drink-...
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Every Drink in “Casablanca” (1942)
I don’t think this silly piece of movie trivia belongs in my solemn and scholarly Medium account, but I bet it will be a social-media hit…
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unclefes @unclefes.bsky.social · 13/12/2025
My entire progeny reside in the croft in expectance of the Yule. Our egg budget has trebled. Internet access is of primary importance. My liquor cabinet trembles in fear of midnight raids. Something smells, and I can identify neither source nor terroir. Life is good.
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unclefes @unclefes.bsky.social · 13/12/2025
I start from a place of distrust with regard to anyone who declares that they are ambivalent about Joe Walsh.
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unclefes @unclefes.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
So, wait, all dungeon masters make PowerPoints for their games, right? RIGHT??
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unclefes @unclefes.bsky.social · 02/12/2025
The Hidden History of Women Game Designers. "...yet the wave of enthusiasm for educational games nevertheless created an opportunity for some enterprising women—despite significant structural obstacles—to find an intellectual and creative outlet. daily.jstor.org/the-hidden-h...
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The Hidden History of Women Game Designers - JSTOR Daily
Nineteenth-century women turned music lessons into interactive entertainment, complete with spinning wheels and ivory counters.
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unclefes @unclefes.bsky.social · 02/12/2025
I am reminded of Sutter's critique of New Orleans www.thepoke.com/2018/03/22/g...
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A guy who makes Role-playing games has criticised a map of New Orleans for being “unrealistic” and it’s gone viral
James L. Sutter, Co-creator of the Pathfinder and Starfinder RPGs, has been looking at the maps of New Orleans and finding them problematic. 1. Holy cow—if you like fantasy maps, spend some time looki...
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unclefes @unclefes.bsky.social · 29/11/2025
Got mine as well!
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unclefes @unclefes.bsky.social · 29/11/2025
Those of you who know me, know that I can be something of an aesthete when it comes to the clarity of the ice in my whisky. Clear is best and directional freezing is the only way to get there. Tried it with an off-brand stanley- type mug that I found in a hotel room, and the results were... decent!
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unclefes @unclefes.bsky.social · 04/11/2025
See nothing, say nothing.
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unclefes @unclefes.bsky.social · 28/10/2025
Saw Day of the Dead en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Day_of_... last night at the always-great Alamo Drafthouse here in St. Louis. Splendid experience, and they do popcorn right - butter, salt, and a bottomless bowl.
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unclefes @unclefes.bsky.social · 28/10/2025
Maaaaan, I would be so into this if (a) I wasn't already awash in games and (b) I didn't have to bail on an Invisible Sun PBM about a year ago due to work.
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Big Jesus Trashcan @bigjesustrashcan.bsky.social · 22/10/2025
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The Sons of Liberty @sonsofliberty.bsky.social · 23/10/2025
But the rest of us can starve and do without Healthcare while this abomination no one asked for is built. ~AdminMatt
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unclefes @unclefes.bsky.social · 20/10/2025
Likeability and politeness. He gave them wine and little tarts! Served by a nosferat, granted, but tarts nonetheless. He joined them and spoke adorably and at length about the challenges of being a necromancer in these modern, less refined times.
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Lou Inglese @chaos440.bsky.social · 27/09/2025
Got my performance review.
Old floppy drive with printed label 'Works, but makes Sad Noises'
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unclefes @unclefes.bsky.social · 28/09/2025
Working on terrain today for Archon www.archonstl.org Arctic Thunder on Friday night! If you're in St. Louis, come by and see us this weekend in Collinsville.
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unclefes @unclefes.bsky.social · 22/09/2025
Read this recently! Had a similar opinion. A bit breathless.
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unclefes @unclefes.bsky.social · 19/08/2025
A fellow mead maker, I salute you.
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unclefes @unclefes.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
They aren't cheap, agreed, but I'm a dice goblin and this kickstarter came highly recommended.
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unclefes @unclefes.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
If you're a tabletop gamer, I encourage you to get in on Botch's dice Kickstarter www.kickstarter.com/projects/bot... Bob Spircoff is a friend of a friend of ours and this looks awesome. I pledged. They already have a deal with Paizo! Check them out.
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Botch Dice: Founders Edition
Luxury 7-Die RPG sets made in the USA featuring our cutting edge InkFX™ technology.
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unclefes @unclefes.bsky.social · 05/05/2025
GenCon game catalog is live! Games have been posted in advance of event registration scheduled for noon Eastern on May 18. Check them out: -Main Catalog: www.gencon.com/events?c=ind... -IMO a better database: gencon.eventdb.us See you in Indy!
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unclefes @unclefes.bsky.social · 04/05/2025
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unclefes @unclefes.bsky.social · 04/05/2025
Will you be running any Invisible Sun at Gencon this year?
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unclefes @unclefes.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
1.5 Martinis on a Wednesday and HOW DOES THIS HAPPEN
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