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I should think about other things, but then, have you seen what other things there are to think about? So the inventor of tic-tac-toe, who might well have lived in the last thousand years in Europe somewhere. What were they doing? Where did they get their ideas? What ideas did they reject? I assume they … Continue reading "Still Thinking About the Tic-Tac-Toe Inventor"
The text of Cherryh's post reads:
"Dear readers and friends. The unhappy fact is---the numerous bouts of anaesthetic I've had have made it pretty well impossible for me to write. I drop stitches. Not many. No problems with daily life or doing creative stuff or enjoying life in general. But the ability to control narrative is just not what it was, and it's just not going to be there. I've accepted that, painful as it is. I thank all of you who've stood by me patiently. The body of work is what it is, and I am lastingly grateful to my publisher, Betsy Wollheim, who has given me every extension of time and resource. And of course to Jane, who is all things.
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Happy Bunday! Thanks to Francesca for this story about three wee adventurous mystery bunnies! Via ITV, which writes:
Three stowaway bunnies have been rescued after being found on a drilling rig in the middle of the North Sea.
The bunnies were discovered on the Valaris Norway rig at a gas field more than 90 miles off the Lincolnshire coast.
It's believed that the animals had found a warm hiding place inside a shipping container in Dundee before eventually ending up on the rig, where two were spotted hopping around the deck.
The two bunnies were caught by the crew who kept them safe in the radio room. They were then transported by boat back to Aberdeen where they were handed to an animal rescue charity.
A third bunny was later found hiding in a forklift pocket but has now been safely reunited with its siblings at the New Arc animal rescue, near Ellon.
Paul Reynolds, co-manager of the rescue, said the bunnies were all doing well.
"They are all gaining weight and doing everything we'd expect to see with healthy wild rabbits. That includes tucking into native leafy greens and plants."
Mr Reynolds said rabbits had been well looked after on board.
"The crew did a very good job of capturing the rabbits, getting them into a container and providing vegetables and water and it seems to have worked," he said.
"When they arrived they'd [the rabbits] clearly been eating and they were not particularly stressed so they did a very good job."
From Dutch snoepen (“to pry, eat in secret, sneak”)
How often were the Dutch eating in secret that they decided they needed a verb for it!?
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The Glass Forest Seven-Layer Boots The Frog who Belched Diamonds The Boat that Cried Out The Fox and the Five Serpents The Invisible Fairy Beaver The Red Knight and The Green Horse and The Straw Funky Skunkybuns The Diamond that Belched Frogs Seven-League Spindles Aladdin and the Mouse King The Enchanted Stove Reference: Measuring the … Continue reading "Statistics Saturday: Some Fairy Tales That Kind of Sound Like You Ever Heard of Them"
Don't get me wrong, I love doing them - five hours of reading, three hours of work, what's not to love? - but talking about them? Don't get me started. Every single time it's a back and forth to confirm the actual day the shift starts.
I got a shift through the staffing agency, and I say "So, to confirm, I go to work at midnight Monday?" and he goes "No, Sunday". "So, I leave my house at 11:30 today...?"
No, he meant midnight Monday to 8am Monday.
Every time I look at the schedule at the usual place I find myself momentarily baffled by the fact that the overnight shift is at the top, as the first shift of the day.
Also, literally as I typed that last sentence a spam text came in with the word "lpuuuu", which seems low effort even for a spam text. I get that their business model depends on weeding out everybody smart enough to say "Seems fake!", but seriously?
I got a shift through the staffing agency, and I say "So, to confirm, I go to work at midnight Monday?" and he goes "No, Sunday". "So, I leave my house at 11:30 today...?"
No, he meant midnight Monday to 8am Monday.
Every time I look at the schedule at the usual place I find myself momentarily baffled by the fact that the overnight shift is at the top, as the first shift of the day.
Also, literally as I typed that last sentence a spam text came in with the word "lpuuuu", which seems low effort even for a spam text. I get that their business model depends on weeding out everybody smart enough to say "Seems fake!", but seriously?
Four books new to me. Three fantasy, one horror (maybe?) and at least one is part of a series.
Books Received, April 18 — April 24
Poll #34517 Books Received, April 18 — April 24
Open to: Registered Users, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 34
Which of these look interesting?
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The Drakon King by Terry J. Benton-Walker (November 2026)
1 (2.9%)
They Cry by Glen Cook (November 2026)
11 (32.4%)
The Raven at the Ash Door by K. A. Linde (June 2026)
4 (11.8%)
Monsters of Ohio by John Scalzi (November 2026)
22 (64.7%)
Some other option (see comments)
2 (5.9%)
Cats!
26 (76.5%)
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I was reading Archeology magazine, for the usual reason, wanting to figure out who advertisers think their market is that they want so many bone-handled knives and $99 “chronograph” watches, and came across a mention of computer-aided tools deciphering the likely rules for this Roman stone game. Particularly, they wrote, “the artifact’s wear patterns are … Continue reading "The Possibilities Are Endless Until We Reach a Tie"
Not that long ago I was in the bookstore in my city’s big mall, passing by a table with “fantasy and science fiction” books laid out on it. From a glance I was conscious there were more obvious “fantasy” novels than “science fiction” there, only somewhat of a newer twist on that constant nagging thought that I don’t have as much of a connection to “new SF in print” as I once did.
One cover, though, did manage to catch my attention. I picked up Adrian Tchaikovsky’s Children of Time, turned it over to read the blurb on the back, and carried it with me to the checkout. While a note on the cover about it being a “10th Anniversary Edition” was somehow a bit of a reproach, I wound up doing more than buying it in beginning to read it not that long after the purchase.
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One cover, though, did manage to catch my attention. I picked up Adrian Tchaikovsky’s Children of Time, turned it over to read the blurb on the back, and carried it with me to the checkout. While a note on the cover about it being a “10th Anniversary Edition” was somehow a bit of a reproach, I wound up doing more than buying it in beginning to read it not that long after the purchase.
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Fresh scans done by Joey aka Detchibe! These were purchased by me and others on Gaming Alexandria.
You might ask yourself "Caitlyn why do you spend your money on rare magazines that you never even touch?" and the answer is that I think these are neat. I just like it. I want to leave this hobby in better condition than when I found it. It's a small thing but I'm happy to be part of a collective effort to preserve arcade history from across the globe.
Four incredible scans today:
1975-01 Play Graph プレイグラフ
1994-02 Amusement Industry アミューズメントジャーナル
1994-09 Coin Journal コイン ジャーナル
1994-10 Amusement Industry アミューズメントジャーナル
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| 1994-02 Amusement Industry アミューズメントジャーナル |
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| 1994-10 Amusement Industry アミューズメントジャーナル |
Highlights! First from 1975-01 Play Graph プレイグラフ
highlights from 1994-02 Amusement Industry アミューズメントジャーナル
1994-09 Coin Journal コイン ジャーナル
1994-10 Amusement Industry アミューズメントジャーナル
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This blog stands in protest against the USA's horrific attempts to eliminate trans people from society. Trans people have always existed, in every society, but the administration has embraced a moral panic, declared a war against reality, and says that trans people can no longer be allowed to exist. This includes making their healthcare illegal, censoring books and school curriculum from university level down to elementary school, banning trans people from bathrooms, and declaring trans existence to be child abuse.
This blog stands in solidarity with all of the youth who are being terrorized by a fascist president that has declared them to be threats that must be eliminated.
The USA is disappearing random brown people off the streets via unidentified masked gestapo and shipping them off to concentration camps and notorious foreign prisons, all with no due process. The world witnessed ICE execute a mother and a nurse and then lie about what we saw. Solidarity for all who are in the gaze of this American Nazism terror campaign against its own people.
Please read: RFK Jr agenda suffers another loss as trans advocates hail ‘huge step forward’ by Melody Schreiber
Please read: Tennessee Republicans advance flurry of bills to make life unlivable for transgender people by Christopher Wiggins
Thanks, David and bunny Daisy! David says that “Daisy [is] in the first patch of clover.”
Nature’s first green is gold,
Her hardest hue to hold.
Her early leaf’s a flower;
But only so an hour.
Then leaf subsides to leaf.
So Eden sank to grief,
So dawn goes down to day.
Nothing gold can stay.
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Her hardest hue to hold.
Her early leaf’s a flower;
But only so an hour.
Then leaf subsides to leaf.
So Eden sank to grief,
So dawn goes down to day.
Nothing gold can stay.
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Last time on G T Ettinger III’s FX Down To Mobius, FX Ferret and Liz Lastname had finally reached Mobius, there to seek help from the beleaguered Freedom Fighters in their ferret plant’s own war against Phero. And they’ve been seen by some big blue thing! Not that thing. It’s probably just Sonic but FX … Continue reading "MiSTed: FX Down To Mobius, Part 14: Sonic Panics!"
