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trolls R us

[General Shuos Jedao: A man in black military uniform with red braid makes the 'heart' hand symbol, motto: 'I'm your pun']

[Captain Kel Cheris: A woman in black military uniform with gold braid holds a sword made of mathy equations, motto 'Math is a four letter sword']

Because I'm a TROLL. My daughter informs me that I am CANCELED. :) :)

Mugs available (ninefoxgambit.shop). Frankly, I did it because I want them so I can torment my DAUGHTER. Did I mention TROLL?

You're welcome. :) :)

Also I'm sick, so excuse me while I flop back into bed. :]

#machineries of empire #lol

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Just checking.... We all pronounce Miette like My-TAY in our heads, right?

#sometimes i forget many people don't have the specific nerd background #to look at a word or name and go 'ah that is probably from language X' #so the pronunciation is probably Y #or maybe Z if it's been anglicized' #and then a post like this comes along and punches me in the face

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It's incredible how people have been protesting pants and skirts not having pockets but not a single peep is heard over the fact that skirts no longer have underskirts by default. Underskirts (or lining) was a thing when I was a child, no skirt would be made without lining, you didn't have to think and check if your whole ass is visible in a skirt because lining was a thing!!!! Now most skirts don't and it's simply because it's cheaper, fuck the fact that a customer doesn't want their panties shown in broad daylight, it saves a couple of cents on material.

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I've been revisiting Sherlock Holmes stories lately. Probably thousands of people have had the thoughts I'm having and discussed them but some things that have struck me so far, this time around—

It's kinda weird how in a lot of pre-Final Problem stories, Holmes/Watson oscillate between insisting that "commonplace" cases with no distinguishing features are harder to crack (due to the presence of fewer clues) and then next story mentioning how only the weird/unusual cases are interesting to Holmes. I know this is probably because the commonplace cases are not *actually* harder for him to crack because he's got a massive filing system of every crime ever written down in Europe, so the commonplace ones aren't as stimulating because he's seen something just like that before, but then why harp on those being more difficult? (My completely unsubstantiated suspicion is that ACD had an axe to grind wrt other popular mystery stories.)

It's really sweet how often when a client shows up Watson goes "oh, I'll just toddle off, don't want to Make It Weird or whatever" and Holmes says "Oh no, please stay/please come along." Sometimes he gives a reason, like "we shall need your revolver" or "you'll be useful as a rubber ducky"[1], but other times it really just comes across as him enjoying having Watson around. (I know there is an easy Doylist reason for this too but I don't care about it. Unfeeling automaton my ass.)

In "Blue Carbuncle" when "greeting his visitor with the easy air of geniality which he could so readily assume"… do you think he practiced that. Do you think at some point he went, "Hm. It appears that it's easier to get information from people when my manner sets them at ease. I will observe this phenomenon and optimize my behavior accordingly."

His filing habits (as described in "The Musgrave Ritual") are extremely relatable. *leaves papers everywhere* *receives prompt to clean* "Oh yeah, I probably should do that. Oh hey, look what I found! I remember this! Oh, you want to hear about it? I'm not gonna get to the filing tonight in that case, but that's okay! :D"

[1] if you don't already know about rubber ducky debugging, please go look it up, it's delightful

#sherlock holmes #arthur conan doyle

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now that I’ve been back a while I’m getting the age old “is this okay to reblog” questions on my posts, and I would like to say what I have always said which is that 1. Yes. 2. You should never

Ever

post a single thing on this site that would make you uncomfortable or cause trouble for you if someone shared it elsewhere. Yes, even if you disable reblogs on the post.

It’s not nice, but you have absolutely zero expectation of privacy or containment regarding anything you post to any social media. Even if it’s social media that only your friends can view. It’s still up and out there.

If it would be upsetting or dangerous or just plain awkward for something you post here to show up elsewhere—I cannot stress this enough—Do Not Post It.

#internet safety #psa

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guy who has chronic pain and fatigue: man why can't i do more stuff

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Museum pet peeve of the day: asking random trivia questions. Either on a tour on on social media. "Who knows what year was X built?" "What does this contraption do?"

It's fine if you're framing it as a "are you a fan of this thing, test your knowledge with a quiz" (one of my favorites did this today) but so often it's just following the letter of the "be interactive" law without following the spirit.

Either you know the answer, and feel superior, or you don't, and feel like an idiot because you think you should have known.

If you're going to actually engage with your audience, you need to give them the opportunity for actual feedback and discussion, dangit. Ask them their opinion about something. Ask them how they feel about a scenario. Ask them if they have any experiences that mirror what you're talking about. Ask them something that will encourage them to do something besides reciting some factoid they remember from elementary school.

#docenting #museums #audience engagement #public speaking

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Beginner

Intermediate

Advanced

Self-taught one work-in-progress at a time so that there’s some beginner stuff I don’t know and advanced stuff that I do know and I will forever be making silly beginner mistakes in complex projects that I’ll probably never complete :)

#about me #thank you op for putting this apparently very relatable sentiment into words

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Everyone else when they’re undercover during a con: *just standing around* *miming the actions of the job they’re supposed to be doing* “What supervisor, there’s a very valid reason I’m not doing my job, I, uh……”

Eliot freaking Spencer: Guys stop the crime for a minute I have to go deliver these pizzas. I have to plate 300 hors-d'œuvres by 7:00. Get out of my way I have to go build a house with my bare hands.

#leverage #the most beautiful forged family on television

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Note to self: next time I use flat felled seams for an inseam, sew that one BEFORE the outseam.

Also maybe try calculating enough seam allowance.

#sewing

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Against Entropy, by John M. Ford

Against Entropy

by John M. Ford

The worm drives helically through the wood And does not know the dust left in the bore Once made the table integral and good; And suddenly the crystal hits the floor. Electrons find their paths in subtle ways, A massless eddy in a trail of smoke; The names of lovers, light of other days Perhaps you will not miss them. That’s the joke. The universe winds down. That’s how it’s made. But memory is everything to lose; Although some of the colors have to fade, Do not believe you’ll get the chance to choose. Regret, by definition, comes too late; Say what you mean. Bear witness. Iterate.

#poetry #sonnet

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i entirely get why people are like "actually knights were historically land-owning nobles waging war on people" and reminding people that idealised modern conceptions of knights are not historically accurate, it's just really really funny given that people have been idealising the institution of knighthood since like. the twelfth century or earlier, go take it up with fucking chrétien de troyes

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[I.D.: a page from a children's book showing a huddle of rabbits in a burrow with the text "There are tunnels underground where bunnies are safe—safe from emails." The words "from emails" are not the original text. End I.D.]

#my ongoing enmity with Emails

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If a worker who isn't the owner says ANYTHING similar to "I'm not really supposed to do this but-" and then does something that helps you, under no circumstances inform the business, including through reviews. You tell them that the worker was polite, professional, the very model of customer service and why you like to go there. You do not breathe a word of the rulebreaking.

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Debating buying an onigiri mold + plastic wrapped seaweed sheets. My usual struggle meal of rice and tuna becomes elevated if I can shape said rice into a triangle

#people are using molds to make onigiri?! #where is the fun in that?! #food #I should make onigiri again soon

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the science bitch urge to correct all common misinformation when it appears vs the knowledge that people hate that bitch actually