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last year i was eating in a fancy, large restaurant when i began to hear a rumble and the distant sound of people chanting ‘potassium, potassium’ and suddenly hundreds of people dressed as bananas flood this restaurant chanting potassium over and over and we were trapped there for a very long time because the bananas would not leave and they were everywhere

i wasn’t joking

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Day 2 in new flat. I am going to attempt to use... The contraption

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"It's said war, war never changes. Cats do, through the furniture they shred."

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Little pianist 🎵

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hot artists don't gatekeep

I've been resource gathering for YEARS so now I am going to share my dragons hoard

Floorplanner. Design and furnish a house for you to use for having a consistent background in your comic or anything! Free, you need an account, easy to use, and you can save multiple houses.

Comparing Heights. Input the heights of characters to see what the different is between them. Great for keeping consistency. Free.

Magma. Draw online with friends in real time. Great for practice or hanging out. Free, paid plan available, account preferred.

Smithsonian Open Access. Loads of free images. Free.

SketchDaily. Lots of pose references, massive library, is set on a timer so you can practice quick figure drawing. Free.

SculptGL. A sculpting tool which I am yet to master, but you should be able to make whatever 3d object you like with it. free.

Pexels. Free stock images. And the search engine is actually pretty good at pulling up what you want.

Figurosity. Great pose references, diverse body types, lots of "how to draw" videos directly on the site, the models are 3d and you can rotate the angle, but you can't make custom poses or edit body proportions. Free, account option, paid plans available.

Line of Action. More drawing references, this one also has a focus on expressions, hands/feet, animals, landscapes. Free.

Animal Photo. You pose a 3d skull model and select an animal species, and they give you a bunch of photo references for that animal at that angle. Super handy. Free.

Height Weight Chart. You ever see an OC listed as having a certain weight but then they look Wildly different than the number suggests? Well here's a site to avoid that! It shows real people at different weights and heights to give you a better idea of what these abstract numbers all look like. Free to use.

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This weekend we've got a sale running at Ebooks Direct: 20% off all our bundles! Which means the prices drop like this:

The Feline Wizardry Bundle (3 books) drops from $11.99 to $9.56

The LGBTQ Pride Bundle (10 books) drops from $18.99 to $15.20

The All The Wizardry Bundle (19 books) drops from $38.99 to $31.20

and the Whole Store Bundle (35 books: do we need our heads felt? Possibly...) drops from $69.99 to $56.00

There are two ways to get at the discount:

(a) Use this link to get at the Ebooks Direct store's Bundles page. The link has the discount baked in. Pick a bundle from there—don't forget to click on the format you want first, they're right below the price—put it in your cart, and go to checkout. You'll see the discount reflected in the price there.

Or: (b) Click on one of the links above, put the bundle you want in your shopping cart, and on the checkout page, add the discount code 20OFFBUNDLES to the box that says "Add discount code here." Then finish your checkout.

These come with all the usual stuff. Everything's DRM-free; we replace your files for free if you lose them or switch platforms. And when you buy an ebook from us, you own it. We're old-fashioned that way. (And pleased to be.)

UK friends, please note: as usual, we can't sell to you any more because of the Brexit paperwork. We're so sorry about that.

For those who stop in to take advantage of us: thanks, all! (And if you feel like reblogging this for other people's attention, we'd appreciate it. Thanks in advance, if you do.)

*Oh FFS, Ith still has his Zabar's bag, doesn't he. (headclutch)

...Never mind, I'm leaving it there. Knowing those two boys, they'd probably stop in for pastrami on the way home anyway. (Or somewhere closer...)

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Diamond and Platinum Necklace, Circa 1950

Source: 1stdibs.com

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Tomorrow, I'm playing D&D with some friends, and we are livestreaming on Twitch to raise money for charity.

One of the ways we're going to do that is by letting viewers make small donations to affect our game. Did you see me roll well for once in my damn life, and that will not stand? You can force me to reroll, for a price.

It's going to be a lot of fun, and I wanted to be sure that you knew about it.

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Spider cat

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I'm gonna sound very old person yells at cloud but I don't care, I feel like I need to say this. We all (well most of us) know that messaging Neil with any headcanons/theories/wishes/hopes/dreams to do with the show is a no-go because it could potentially compromise the story he wants to tell or ends up telling. And yes, he is a grown up who chooses what to respond to etc and I think it's wonderful he engages with fans and answers a lot of lovely and interesting questions about his process, writing and journey etc.

However, there is another reason not to send theories and ideas about how the show should go to the show creator in the hope of a response: it doesn't matter. It doesn't matter whether a theory is correct, or a speculation may or may not play out. That is why fandom exists.

Online fandom is where we all come together to yell and cry and throw around weird-ass ideas and theories and look at art and read fanfic and unite in our love of characters and a show. A huge part of being in fandom, is the way fandom theories become like an understood little bit of fanon lore that some people attach to, others disregard. But it doesn't matter. And part of the fun of fandom, is when a new season or a new episode of the show comes out, you have this collective catalogue of ideas and theories and headcanons and you get to yell and scream, "omg it happened1" or "lol that that thing was ever talked about" or "thank god that theory didn't come to pass".

Wanting to know now (not that we ever will) and not wanting to wait until the next season to find out the answers diminishes the fandom experience. I cannot stress enough how much we are in the absolute peak of the fandom experience right now. The between seasons time is the ultimate time to be a part of a fandom (as I'm sure many people are well aware), knowing there's another season coming energises everyone to create and connect and speculate and it's glorious! I know it feels like it'll be like this forever, but it won't. Next season is the last and yes, there will be a flurry and uptick of all the energy and excitement once again, and I absolutely believe Good Omens fandom will live on and remain active and thrumming. But there won't be theories and what ifs and hunting for clues for the next season, and over time it will dwindle a little and plateau and some people will fall into other fandoms, and while it will probably bubble away, there won't be the anticipation that sits with us now.

My point is, fandom is where we get to throw around ideas and flail and be ridiculous and also serious sometimes, but it's all for us. For the fans. Showing Neil theories or getting in a flap about a particular speculation and asking if x, y, or z might happen isn't just about putting the creator in an awkward spot, it takes away what fandom is about. Just let this time be ours. If you haven't been in fandom before, enjoy it! Don't be in a hurry to seek definitive answers or know things either way.

It doesn't matter if any or none or all of the things that float around end up being correct or incorrect. Fandom isn't about being right. It's about being a part of a community and being able to share ideas and it's about it being FUN.

So TL;DR Stop sending Neil fan ideas because that is for fandom, not for the creator.

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IT'S BREAD DAY AGAIN! (cc: @petermorwood )

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Title: My Roommate Is a Vampire | Author: Jenna Levine | Publisher: Berkley (2023)

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R. I. P. John Trimble

(image via Mike Okuda over at the once-bird place)

From his and Bjo's Facebook page:

In 1966 they found a group of people interested in mediaeval combat and arts. They joined the Society of Creative Anachronism (SCA) . John served 2 terms as a member of it’s board of directors, was a landed Baron of the first Barony. His arms were the very first to be registered with the college of Heralds and both John and Bjo have been members ever since. Later that year he said to his wife, “Gee it’s a shame a good science fiction show like Star Trek is going to be canceled. We should do something about that!” And the same Star Trek campaign was born. For over 58 years John and Bjo Trimble have been ambassadors for science fiction, the space program and the SCA. Meeting and hosting people from all walks of life, all over the world. John has touched thousands of lives in a way that positive and full of joy. He will be greatly missed.

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it’s crazy how much diversity there can be in one species…these are all pictures of the same bird species (red-tailed hawk)

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Sometimes the older words are best. "Early-adopted" doesn't have anything like the same grip. :)

I like the expression new-fangled. I don't know what it means for something to be fangled, but I sure as hell know it was recent