Artemis201

Artemis201, 10 months ago (edited 10 months ago) to dresdenfiles

Anyone here a fan of the #DresdenFiles?
I've been thinking about what the Big Apocalypse Trilogy is going to be, and here are my thoughts:

We know the final 3 books are going to be named after the swears used in the books. Hell's Bells, Stars and Stones, and Empty Night, but we don't know what they'll be about.

I think they're going to be in the order of Hell's Bells, Empty Night, then Stars and Stones.

Book spoilers to follow
#TheDresdenFiles #Writing #Storytelling #Fantasy

Artemis201, 11 months ago to cooking

I just got about a hundred of my grandma's old recipes. Some I'm familiar with (cookie recipes). Some of them are standard Midwest dishes (fruit salad using canned fruit, jello, and cool whip).
And some of them are just too weird not to try out.
Like this pineapple casserole which uses pineapple chunks, shredded cheddar cheese, sugar, and crumbled Ritz crackers.
#cooking #baking #grandma #FamilyRecipe

Artemis201, 2 months ago to boulder

Gorgeous hike/run/bike today.
The forecast predicted 70, but I think it only got to the upper 50s so far.
#Boulder #CO #running

A similar view, but this one is looking south along the Front Range towards the Flatirons. To the right the land rises to the first peaks of the rocky mountains. To the left the land dips to the Boulder Valley and beyond it the plains. Brilliant white clouds scudd across the blue sky. Some patches of snow can be seen hidden in craigs and north-facing valleys on the mountain faces.

Artemis201, 22 days ago to random

"You are superior in only one respect."
"What is that?"
"You are better at dying"

#DrWho

Artemis201, 7 months ago to running

If a PhD is a marathon and not a sprint, I just hit my kick last week (10 hour days, crunch time to get this rocket ready to fly).
With 2.5 weeks left to go, I now get to figure out if I kicked too early or if I can finish strong.
#running #PhDlife #AcademicChatter #GradStudentDaily #aerospace #aerospaceEngineering #rocketry #racing #marathon

Artemis201, 1 month ago (edited 1 month ago) to MagicTheGathering

Are you planning on getting the upcoming #MagicTheGathering #AssassinsCreed set?
#MTG

Artemis201, 2 months ago (edited 2 months ago) to mtg

Excuse me? AshiokJace?

#MtG #MagicTheGathering #Ashiok #Jace #Planeswalker #OTJ #MTGOTJ

Artemis201, 11 months ago to MagicTheGathering

Just tried out all the #LordOfTheRings #commander decks and here are my thoughts:

Food is great as-is. Very synergistic, lots of fun, and most powerful.
Rohan is fun, but could use a little tuning to make it run more smoothly. Éowyn is very powerful.
Saruman is unfocused and a mess, but has potential. It's got a whole bunch of bad guy cards with flavorful names.
Galadriel just spun its wheels a lot doing nothing. May be better in a 3 or 4 player game, but needs work
#MTGxLOTR #MagicTheGathering

Artemis201, 10 months ago to DnD

I'm sitting here listening to my partner play #DnD in the other room.
It's a #JimmyBuffett themed campaign.
The party is 5 bards all named some version of Jim, attending an annual Bard Jim conference
Gym is a dragonborn bard-barian.
Jyme is an eternally drunk halfling.
Jimothan is an awakened rock
Jalozar Jimtheryn is the one of the two inaugural Jims
Jimenai is a goop being that fell from space onto a bard named Jim, and accidentally absorbed them.

Their quest is to find the Stolen Salt Shaker

Artemis201, 4 months ago to DnD

Look what I made!

This is a Purple Worm for #DnD. They are large and scary. I'm new to #3DPrinting and this was my first large print. It took several tries to get the print to come out because it kept coming off the build plate due to the size. Fortunately one of the failures (the second head part) turned out to be useable anyway!
#Minis #DungeonsAndDragons #ResinPrinting #ResinPrints

Artemis201, 10 months ago to science

Hey all you #science and #research folks who might be going to #AGU this year.
Did you know that there's an Amtrak #train that runs between Chicago and San Francisco and a lot of places in between?
I've taken it and it's a gorgeous trip, especially through the mountains in winter. Additionally, it's much more #Climate friendly than flying!
Let's all take the train and have a bunch of fun science cars together
#SciComm #ClimateChange #AGU23 #AcademicChatter #GradSchool #PostDoc #TubePeople

Artemis201, 11 months ago to books

I was just buying some new (used) books on Thriftbooks, and they informed me I'm at the highest rewards tier because i spend at least $150 a year with them. I had no idea i spent so much

Ya know? I'm okay with this. At an average of $5-$7 a book, that's about 25 books a year.

10/10 highly recommend Thriftbooks for all your used-book needs. Most of what they sell are retired library books. Plus i get a free $7 book every $50 spent.
#reading #libraries #books

Artemis201, 11 months ago to mtg

Oh man. I'm definitely seeing the next wave of #TwitterMigration in my notifications. Super excited that most of them are the #MTG community. It'll be great seeing a lot more posts about #MagicTheGathering. I guess I gotta make another introduction post.

Artemis201, 10 months ago to mtg

So I hear that Post Malone bought the unique #MTG The One Ring cards for $2.6 million.
Huh.
#MagicTheGathering

Artemis201, 8 months ago to random

Space burrito.

(Rocket payload bake-out for the weekend. We've got the heater tape on, the vacuum pump running, and a nice blanket of aluminum foil)

#GradStudentDaily

Artemis201, 2 months ago (edited 2 months ago) to random

Happy Weird #arxiv Paper Day
https://arxiv.org/abs/2403.20087

#AcademicChatter #SciComm #AprilFools

Artemis201, 9 months ago to random

I spend basically all day yesterday playing Balders Gate 3. Lots of fun. Gale is a sweetie. I'm a hoarder.
#BG3

Artemis201, 4 months ago to random

Ugh. I've been reading through academic papers today at work trying to teach myself so I can start working on my new research in that field. I've read 3 papers in 7 hours and I'm nearly bouncing in my chair with boredom and frustration.
Guess this is a good time to go on a run.

#AcademicChatter

Artemis201, 11 months ago to community

Hi folks
With all the new folks signing to, remember that your server admins are volunteers and hosting isn't cheap.
If you're on mstdn.social like me, @stux is your admin and has links to help support the server. If $1 a month sounds fair, there's even a convenient Patreon so you don't have to think about it anymore
#PayItForward #DoYourPart #Community #FediTips

Artemis201, 7 months ago to random

I'm a Midwest gal. I grew up in Kentucky, eating food that my mom learned to cook in Wisconsin. We didn't even use much garlic in our meals.

I'm proud to say that I went to an Indian restaurant yesterday and ordered a curry that was 6 out of 7 hot. It was goddamn delicious. Of course my eyes were watering slightly the whole time, but really excellent food.

Anyway, that's a big step for me. Mexican is still a bit spicy, but I'm also starting to develop a taste for Sichuan cuisine as well.

Artemis201, 8 days ago to random

Me:
Be female.
Buy pants.
Wear pants.
Discover that back pockets are 1" deep.
RAGE

retsuko rage

Artemis201, 2 months ago to guitar

Watching #ThePrincessBride (a perfect movie) and wishing I was as good at #guitar as Mark Knopfler.
A low bar, I know.

As a side note, the Princess Bride theme (Storybook Love) was one of the songs at our wedding. As was the Morrowind theme.
#PrincessBride

Artemis201, 16 days ago (edited 16 days ago) to DnD

Biiiiig Rima.
My #DnD character, Rima Sahr, is a rune knight fighter. Rune Knights studied the magic of giants and have the ability to grow a size larger in combat. If you then case enlarge/reduce on them, they double in size again.
I have a 3D printer.

She's already the size of an action figure and I still need to print a huge and a gargantuan version (at 18th level I can become size huge before casting the growth spell)
#DungeonsAndDragons #minis #3Dprinting #MiniPainting #RPG #miniatures

Artemis201, 1 month ago to mtg

Hey #MTG folks. What's the most recent card your have downloaded on your phone?

Mine's this zombie dude. I've been looking at cards I can add to my Gisa and Geralf deck to increase the variety of useful effects available.

#MagicTheGathering

Artemis201, 7 months ago to random

#Eclipse #AnnularEclipse #Sun

Tiny holes in the window blinds project a series of crescent-shaped spots on the floor, mirroring the eclipse of the sun
A selfie with 2 grinning people in a neighborhood sitting in the front yard. One of them is wearing eclipse glasses and the other is holding up a 2 fingers in a piece sign. Next to them is a large telescope with a solar filter in the end.