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extra haruspicy@hypatian· 17d

Dear indie (TTRPG, in this case) publishers: Please, *please* get ISBNs for your books. I know it's a hassle, but the struggle that potential buyers and booksellers will have finding your books (new or second-hand) in future years is way way bigger.

A pair of absolutely gorgeous books. They are hardcover, and their covers have black and white printing and light embossing over a marbled background. The one on the left shows printed in black a stone obelisk in a circle with white printed lightning striking from above. The one on the right shows printed in black a tree in a circle with white printed roots reaching far below.

extra haruspicy@hypatian· Jul 7

Speaking of @lizbethmyles.bsky.social's work... this just arrived in the mail, and now I'm even more looking forward to reading it!

A book titled "Where We Stand, Where We Fall: the politics of Doctor Who", by lizbeth myles

extra haruspicy@hypatian· Jul 7

I kept everyone up entirely too late last night playing the Beautiful Game*. We lost, dramatically. (*Nemesis)

A table set up with the Nemesis board game. Most of the ship has been discovered. The photo is from the position of the Captain, who has lost the use of both arms. There is noise everywhere. Numerous alien bodies are scattered around. Part of the ship is on fire. One alien is fighting the Scientist while the Captain is in the next room (the airlock control). The Pilot is on her own on the other side of the ship. There are five rounds left before the ship goes to warp.

extra haruspicy@hypatian· Jul 5

Seeing Boston Legacy FC play some home matches at Tidewater this year? Also very good.

A giant inflatable swan with "Boston Legacy FC" on its side, outside Centreville Bank Stadium.

The BLFC supporters' section at the start of the match, waving numerous flags including pride flags.

extra haruspicy@hypatian· Jul 4

It's good to be back watching our local club, @rhodeislandfc.bsky.social, in person. ☺️

Sunny day view out from the seats towards a soccer pitch, with players warming up and groundskeepers wetting the pitch.

extra haruspicy@hypatian· Jul 1

Atari 800XL computer and Atari 1010 cassette tape drive, with power supplies and ca lea for both. Sotting on top of the computer is an Atari Music Composer cartridge.

extra haruspicy@hypatian· Jun 27

Endless shrimp.

A black cat lying on a bed in shrimp pose.

extra haruspicy@hypatian· Jun 23

He might be on to something. youtu.be/fJwzsw5_tSc?...

An unhappy-looking Scottish person wearing a baseball cap and sunglasses in bright sunlight walking down a wide roadway. Automatic captions read "... that we took from the airport to the hotel, but ... I don't really think Miami is designed for walking. ... Very much designed ..."

extra haruspicy@hypatian· Jun 23

I may have taken this too far...

An iPhone and an iPad, each showing a different World Cup game at the same time. The devices are on a lap of a person in the rear seat of a car.

extra haruspicy@hypatian· Jun 16

So excited by this match. Youth and vigor against age and experience is always fun. And both teams are going hard.

A scene from the movie "A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night". The Girl stands on a sidewalk lit at night by the harsh glare of bright streetlights.

extra haruspicy@hypatian· Jun 12

Spent a fun couple of hours watching Canada vs Bosnia Herzegovina in Providence's "fan zone" where the city is showing every single match free to the public. (It helps that we are closer to "Boston Stadium" than Boston is.)

Me in a gaucho hat with random other people in the background in a park.

Some inflatable swan chairs with Boston Legacy scarfs on.

A few Scottish fans with a big Tartan Army Scottisb flag reading "Southwest Angus" "Tartan Army" "from Birkie" "to Turkey" in front of the big screen between halves.

A view of the waterfire basin in front of downtown Providence with a ton of World Cup participating country flags among other things.

extra haruspicy@hypatian· Jun 11

She asked me if I wanted her to sign something in better shape. I said no—this was the copy I had checked out of my local public library when I was in elementary school, and that's how it got this way.

A tattered mass-market paperback copy of Jane Yolen's "Dragon's Blood", with library tape on the spine.

An interior page of the aforementioned book signed "For Katherine. Read on! Jane Yolen 2025". Ink bleeding through from a stamp on the other side of the page reads backwards "No longer property of Spokane Public Library".

extra haruspicy@hypatian· May 29

POV: Your arm is comfortable to sit on.

A close up image of a friendly black cat loafing on some cloth which apparently covers the writer's arm. In the background are a white ceiling and blue walls and bookcases full of books and topped with stuffed animals, boxed gunpla, and other random items.

extra haruspicy@hypatian· May 24

Almost time to begin my read-through Cherryh! Starting with Gate of Ivrel. It's been quite a while since I've read many of her older works, and I am really looking forward to this.

Three mass-market paperback novels side by side on a black background, all by C.J. Cherryh. From left to right: "Gate of Ivrel", "Well of Shiuan", and "Fires of Azeroth". The three are obviously connected, as the cover art for each shows a sword-and-sorcery style white-haired woman with a white cape and a sword and a young man as a retainer.

Over the course of the three covers their clothing and equipment becomes slightly more practical.

extra haruspicy@hypatian· May 19

My classic, which, well, never supported color.

Aldus Digital Darkroom 2.01 icon from an early 90s Apple Macintosh running System 7.

extra haruspicy@hypatian· May 16

Today's status: Vamos Rhode Island!

View from the mid-front towards the rear of a bus full of people wearing Rhode Island FC kit. Your correspondent faces the camera on one side in 2025 RIFC amber kit while her friend (who is wearing Defiance 1636 kit) laughs at something off-camera to the right of the viewer.

extra haruspicy@hypatian· May 5

"What's a girl like you doing in a job like this?" "Well, when I was a little girl I thought I'd like to be a scientist. So I *became* a scientist." From the Doctor Who episode "Web of Fear", episode 1, first aired 3 February 1968.