Rain Dog @Leucrotta@awoo.space

I promise I will not do any April Fools jokes. This is because if you want me to come up with something absurd yet plausible on a schedule, my brain will freeze up. I think of absurd yet plausible stuff usually while in the shower or on the toilet, which hopefully doesn’t say too much about my digestive system.

Driving to work I was thinking; I love dogs, cats, and rats, but I’m not squeamish and have literally been up to my elbows in blood before, so I might have been a great vet if I hadn’t been discouraged from it. I was similarly discouraged from physics, the military, becoming clergy, an athlete, musician or artist - and the last I’ve clearly taken to. Had any of childhood really been accepting who knows where I’d be right now?

I was keeping "Zen Flesh Zen Bones" in the bathroom for a while, now it's Pema Chodron's "Comfortable with Uncertainty." Jokes about being one with the void aside these are both broken into short chapters, about 5-8 minutes worth of reading - very toilet friendly.

Last night I read Chodron talking about the lojong slogan "Abandon all hope of fruition" and I have thoughts mostly about art to put down later.

THAT OVERTIME YOU'RE WORKING IS PROBABLY UNNECESSARY, FRANKLY WORKING 40 HOURS WEEKLY IS UNNECESSARY

lost as I may be
in the fog of my own noise and trivialities
Grand Holy Mother grant me clarity,
I am standing on the edge of forever.
Forever.

blood on the valley floor and taree are definitely the best tracks on this album though eyelid's mouth is really good (halfway there is a favorite, but in a different way)

the beginning is a very delicate time. know then that this is the year 10191. the known universe is ruled by the padishah emperor Shaddam IV, my father. in this time the most precious substance in the universe is the spice melange. The spice extends life. the spice expands consciousness. the spice is vital to space travel

the spacing guild and its navigators whom the spice has mutated over 4000 years use the orange spice gas to fold space, which gives them the ability to fold space that is, to travel to any part of the universe without moving.

oh yes, i forgot to tell you, the spice is found on only one planet in the universe, a desolate and dry planet of vast deserts. hidden away in the crevices of this planet are a people known as the Fremen who have long held a prophecy that a man would come, a messiah, who would lead them to true freedom. the planet is Arakis also known as Dune.

the part of Ep III in which Palpatine hisses "Ani are you okay, are you okay Ani? You've been struck by, you've been hit by a smooth criminal."

or if you want something visual that's not too abyssmal
we could take in an old Steve Reeves movie!
I'm glad we caught you at home, can we use your phone?
we're both in a bit of a hurry (right)
we'll just stay where we are, then go back to the car.
We don't want to be any worry.
so you got caught with a flat well, how 'bout that
now babies, don't you panic!

or I could eat this OATMEAL that expired in April 2022 in hopes of getting the complete ergot experience

everyone together please

For to see great Tom of Bedlam
Ten thousand miles I traveled
Mad Maudlin goes on dirty toes
for to save her shoes from gravel
still I sing bonny boys, bonny mad boys
Bedlam boys are bonny

so what I've been hearing is that they conclusively found that theropods had lush, soft, kissable lips?

#drawing catfolk/tabaxi ranger and rogue, gnome wizard.

get a load of this crap!

I have here a sneaker that's tattered and torn
it's all full of holes and the laces are torn
but I wouldn't trade it for a big stack of porn!
I love it because it's trash!

Oh I love trash!
Anything battered or dingy or busted
Anything rotten or ragged or rusted
Yes I love trash!

how about this egregious bullshit?

I have here a newspaper seven months old
I wrap fish inside it, it's smelly and cold

*watching "Tod's Workshop" try to sell me roundels*

BALLOCK DAGGER!

MILORD, BUY YOURSELF A BALLOCK DAGGER!

TIS WHAT YE OF MOST NEEDE WHEN THOU NEED'ST TO PRICKE A BYCHE!

BAM! SLYPS RIGHT UNDER THE PAULDRON, IN THE ARM-PITTE

BY THE ROOD, TWILL DO YE A TREATE!

BALLOCK DAGGER!

sorry about that, I was just driving through a neighborhood with lots of those "in this house we believe" signs and it's such a completely bleached out generic version of what needs saying, you know?

ULTIMATELY THE ANSWER TO A LOT OF ENERGY AND COMMUTING ISSUES IS NOT BICYCLES FOR RICH PEOPLE OR ELECTRIC VEHICLES FOR RICH PEOPLE BUT ROBUST AFFORDABLE OR FREE PUBLIC TRANSIT

IN THIS HOUSE WE BELIEVE

FREE MARKET CAPITALISM IS A FLIMSY EXCUSE FOR FEUDALISM

BILLIONAIRES ARE INHERENTLY UNETHICAL AND NEED TO BE DESTROYED

ORGANIZED RELIGION IS LARGELY A PROFITEERING SCAM

RACISM IS 1 PART FEAR TO 4 PARTS PROFITEERING SCAM

GENDER IS 1 PART PERSONAL CHOICE AND 4 PARTS, YOU GUESSED IT, SOMEONE'S PROFITEERING SCAM

THERE'S ACTUALLY NOTHING WRONG WITH SEX (OR ASEXUALITY)

#drawing jackal anthros of some sort (tribal spearsman, wizard, and some portraits) from yesterday.

Thinking about playing AD&D years ago, the absolute reverence I had for Unearthed Arcana (and contemporary White Dwarf reviews which tore it to shreds) goes a long way towards emotionally understanding religious schisms and stuff like including Revelations in the NT.

Crap Up Your Crypt with the Crypt Things! Manny, Moe and Jack will fix that adventure for 4-6 player characters of levels 10-14 in no time at all!