Gradually_Adjusting

The bread is kind of a fake baguette Recipe: youtu.be/Z-husjZkxHw?si=pda6-Pkp8bY2YcHI...

Stealing from Weissman’s board ideas, I made a gastrique with shallot and dried chiltepin for the cream cheese. The rest is all cheap and cheerful Lidl nibbles.

But those tomatoes really stole the show

Pie shot below

What other secrets is Sony keeping from me?

Share your gobbos-but-not-gobbos with me. Let's all be hacks together.

We all stumble. We don’t always have someone to talk to about it, so there’s this thread. What went wrong and can you ever forgive yourself? Probably not, if you’re like me. No judgment.

I’m shaking rn

American in Bedford. Life story aside, how does one make friends? I wasn’t even good at it back home, and now they’ve made me a parent governor. If that’s my only social outlet, I’m terrified I’ll become some kind of weirdo normal person....

Thanks to Martin Phillip’s videos....

This is my teapot. It’s about 1.5L and has a forward handle for the wrist crushing weight of it. It’s a monster, made in America. Sadly I dropped the lid a year ago, and have been using a bowl to cover it, which clatters and makes a hell of a noise from the steam....

These are basically samoas (the Girl Scout cookie) built on top of full sized Scottish shortbreads, laden with caramel, toasted coconut, and dipped in chocolate. Normal samoas are designed so you can eat the whole box before you hate yourself. These accomplish that aim with just one.

Most of my fictional cultures in Matters of Honor are made interesting by having them take on the **surface styles ** of one ancient culture (names, looks, architecture, all mildly vandalized to make it more fun/fictional) but they tend to have deeper similarities to an entirely different culture. For example, Breccians are...

Absurdity is cruel, and cruelty is absurd.

How much (or little) information do you need to tell your story? I have a hard time reaching a stopping point, and when I do, I often get the urge to start changing things again.

Have you given thought to how international law might shape your world? Even having notes on which nations subscribe to a body of international law standards can be a fun way to add depth to the political landscape....

I feel like maybe these people are lacking in cultural and interpersonal depth. I set out to play with certain tropes in ways that amuse me (and I know I got that right), but as a culture they seem rather plain.

Pasted here for the click-averse....

Share your gnarliest, most interesting, or most mouth-watering fantasy food descriptions. Let’s eat!

Ritual meets perception meets reality; let’s talk magic. What’s your favorite original magic effect, and/or what’s one that you might want help with?

GMMK 2 Barebones Steelseries Doubleshot keycaps Kailh Box White v1 switches...

I’m a bit of a Michael Kirkbride fan, and a bit of a Tolkien fan (same as everyone). MK’s work on the Elder Scrolls series sets the bar for how original, offbeat, and deep I want my work to be. I want to be able to say I wrote a world from the ground up and filled it with dynamism, surprise, mystery, and drama. Unlike...