Charlatan, Humbug and Imitation Humorist.
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Last Notes npub1z4rqesned3xjxzhw50fzr4s3j25qzr6v3htfs5exj4c6hxne2ejqszpgu6 Jon Hancock It's interesting how many of the supposedly integrated classic campaigns for Cthulhu actually have a point where it becomes extremely hard for the investigators to justify continuing, as they have no logical connection to what happens next. Too many adventures writers relying on the "we do it because we're playing a game, so if we don't do it we can't play" mentality. npub1z4rqesned3xjxzhw50fzr4s3j25qzr6v3htfs5exj4c6hxne2ejqszpgu6 Jon Hancock There's something reassuringly nerdy about the fact that here in 2026 there are still people on forums posting errata they've found in the 1976 D&D supplement Eldritch Wizardry. npub1z4rqesned3xjxzhw50fzr4s3j25qzr6v3htfs5exj4c6hxne2ejqszpgu6 Jon Hancock 'In 1873, when the University of Michigan challenged Cornell to the new game of football, Cornell president Andrew D. White declined. He said, “I will not permit thirty men to travel four hundred miles to agitate a bag of wind.”' npub1z4rqesned3xjxzhw50fzr4s3j25qzr6v3htfs5exj4c6hxne2ejqszpgu6 Jon Hancock Perhaps something from the vast and largely appropriate archive of Effin' Birds? npub1z4rqesned3xjxzhw50fzr4s3j25qzr6v3htfs5exj4c6hxne2ejqszpgu6 Jon Hancock Via Matt at World of Ukes. npub1z4rqesned3xjxzhw50fzr4s3j25qzr6v3htfs5exj4c6hxne2ejqszpgu6 Jon Hancock I did find this fascinating article about dip pens, but it doesn't quite answer the question although it does seem to confirm my thought that travelling / pocket inkwells were more about being carried from place to place rather than pulled out and used throughout the day: npub1z4rqesned3xjxzhw50fzr4s3j25qzr6v3htfs5exj4c6hxne2ejqszpgu6 Jon Hancock Pocket inkwells were certainly common—usually metal or glass wrapped with leather—but I can only recall encountering them in the context of travellers, much as we used to have travel alarm clocks until recently. I'm afraid I can't say whether they were typically carried by people in their day to day business, but you've made me interested in finding out! npub1z4rqesned3xjxzhw50fzr4s3j25qzr6v3htfs5exj4c6hxne2ejqszpgu6 Jon Hancock Sheet music is a good example of why the rules on copyright could do with a serious revamp. I'm looking for a piece from nearly a century ago, but can't find it in any of the online academic collections I have access to. It doesn't seem to have been offered for sale on eBay recently, if at all, and I can't find it in stock at the few vintage sheet music sellers I know. npub1z4rqesned3xjxzhw50fzr4s3j25qzr6v3htfs5exj4c6hxne2ejqszpgu6 Jon Hancock Should any of you know where I can find a copy of this sheet music I'd love to hear from you. npub1z4rqesned3xjxzhw50fzr4s3j25qzr6v3htfs5exj4c6hxne2ejqszpgu6 Jon Hancock Incredible. Can't find a copy or a digitised version of some sheet music I've been hunting for, but apparently fifty thousand people on Pinterest had no trouble getting it so they could post a scan of the cover. npub1z4rqesned3xjxzhw50fzr4s3j25qzr6v3htfs5exj4c6hxne2ejqszpgu6 Jon Hancock Thank you. I'm just catching up on posts here and notice that you're having a rough time too! Get well soon. npub1z4rqesned3xjxzhw50fzr4s3j25qzr6v3htfs5exj4c6hxne2ejqszpgu6 Jon Hancock I'm not explaining it well. If they think I'll recover and be able to work within three years then I'll get a reduced pension, the logic being that if I can work then I will go and get a job rather than only having the pension as my income. npub1z4rqesned3xjxzhw50fzr4s3j25qzr6v3htfs5exj4c6hxne2ejqszpgu6 Jon Hancock It's not planned so much as forced on me due to ill health. The process is underway, I'm just waiting to find out whether they agree with the medical specialists who say I can't work for the foreseeable future, or if they decide that I probably can. In that case they will pay an even more greatly reduced pension than I'll be getting for retiring so early. npub1z4rqesned3xjxzhw50fzr4s3j25qzr6v3htfs5exj4c6hxne2ejqszpgu6 Jon Hancock A surprisingly busy day of Covid appointments, calls to arrange other health-related appointments, and calls from work to see if I've had any updates about the upcoming retirement appointment. All very tiring, despite having plenty of time to get on with enjoyable and relaxing things as well. npub1z4rqesned3xjxzhw50fzr4s3j25qzr6v3htfs5exj4c6hxne2ejqszpgu6 Jon Hancock There's a shoebox with a rubber band around it on the floor; both of our cats have discovered bass playing. npub1z4rqesned3xjxzhw50fzr4s3j25qzr6v3htfs5exj4c6hxne2ejqszpgu6 Jon Hancock Current Status: Trepidatious Dachshund. npub1z4rqesned3xjxzhw50fzr4s3j25qzr6v3htfs5exj4c6hxne2ejqszpgu6 Jon Hancock Who could ask for a more heartfelt accolade? npub1z4rqesned3xjxzhw50fzr4s3j25qzr6v3htfs5exj4c6hxne2ejqszpgu6 Jon Hancock “The seeds of punning are in the minds of all men; and, though they may be subdued by reason, reflection, and good sense, they will be apt to shoot up in the greatest genius that is not broken and cultivated by the rules of art.” npub1z4rqesned3xjxzhw50fzr4s3j25qzr6v3htfs5exj4c6hxne2ejqszpgu6 Jon Hancock After I cleaned the old Martin uke and oiled the fretboard, Carrie Fisher stepped in to help with changing the strings. npub1z4rqesned3xjxzhw50fzr4s3j25qzr6v3htfs5exj4c6hxne2ejqszpgu6 Jon Hancock That's when companies start frantically hurling money at the problem. npub1z4rqesned3xjxzhw50fzr4s3j25qzr6v3htfs5exj4c6hxne2ejqszpgu6 Jon Hancock The "new" uke has spent the day settling in and adjusting to household temperature and humidity. Tomorrow I'll give it a light cleaning, fit new strings and have a proper play of it. npub1z4rqesned3xjxzhw50fzr4s3j25qzr6v3htfs5exj4c6hxne2ejqszpgu6 Jon Hancock I have a feeling that we may see an awful lot of people being desperately hired as troubleshooters and consultants in the future, at greatly increased cost, to fix all this. npub1z4rqesned3xjxzhw50fzr4s3j25qzr6v3htfs5exj4c6hxne2ejqszpgu6 Jon Hancock No no, of course I haven't bought a seventy-year-old ukulele from overseas without playing it. That would be ridiculous. npub1z4rqesned3xjxzhw50fzr4s3j25qzr6v3htfs5exj4c6hxne2ejqszpgu6 Jon Hancock Current Status: Punctilious Marmot. npub1z4rqesned3xjxzhw50fzr4s3j25qzr6v3htfs5exj4c6hxne2ejqszpgu6 Jon Hancock At an obligatory social event, held at a golf club up on the moors. A golf cart just pulled up outside the window, the driver wearing an enormous hooded puffa jacket… and shorts. npub1z4rqesned3xjxzhw50fzr4s3j25qzr6v3htfs5exj4c6hxne2ejqszpgu6 Jon Hancock This would never have happened during the Sylvester McCoy years. npub1z4rqesned3xjxzhw50fzr4s3j25qzr6v3htfs5exj4c6hxne2ejqszpgu6 Jon Hancock Although in the end he just built a conservatory. npub1z4rqesned3xjxzhw50fzr4s3j25qzr6v3htfs5exj4c6hxne2ejqszpgu6 Jon Hancock I struggled a bit with the heavy-handed mechanics of Dogs. The setting was interesting, playing the bad guys who are convinced they're the good guys, but as with a number of "story games" I found that the mechanical rules stifled the strong roleplaying opportunities. npub1z4rqesned3xjxzhw50fzr4s3j25qzr6v3htfs5exj4c6hxne2ejqszpgu6 Jon Hancock Very true. By the time Douglas Adams was my age he'd been dead for six years. npub1z4rqesned3xjxzhw50fzr4s3j25qzr6v3htfs5exj4c6hxne2ejqszpgu6 Jon Hancock "How can a great and wise civilization have destroyed itself so completely?" npub1z4rqesned3xjxzhw50fzr4s3j25qzr6v3htfs5exj4c6hxne2ejqszpgu6 Jon Hancock Hard to say. I'm restricted by health issues, so I'll most likely start with something simpler and a pretty straightforward adventure, to avoid being forced to abandon the campaign before the end. npub1z4rqesned3xjxzhw50fzr4s3j25qzr6v3htfs5exj4c6hxne2ejqszpgu6 Jon Hancock Spent a little time this afternoon organising some of my rather chaotic game files, starting with the folder for the Hero System. After clearing out some of the duplicates and grouping things more clearly with the games they are for, I set it to upload a copy to Dropbox. npub1z4rqesned3xjxzhw50fzr4s3j25qzr6v3htfs5exj4c6hxne2ejqszpgu6 Jon Hancock Waiting in a hospital car park, as I occasionally do these days. They've mounted solar panels over the spaces, providing shade as well as generating electricity. There needs to be more of this. npub1z4rqesned3xjxzhw50fzr4s3j25qzr6v3htfs5exj4c6hxne2ejqszpgu6 Jon Hancock Sorry, not getting your meaning. npub1z4rqesned3xjxzhw50fzr4s3j25qzr6v3htfs5exj4c6hxne2ejqszpgu6 Jon Hancock The splendid Blue Rose RPG is on offer at the moment in PDF, well under a fiver: npub1z4rqesned3xjxzhw50fzr4s3j25qzr6v3htfs5exj4c6hxne2ejqszpgu6 Jon Hancock Current Status: Embattled Alpaca. npub1z4rqesned3xjxzhw50fzr4s3j25qzr6v3htfs5exj4c6hxne2ejqszpgu6 Jon Hancock Long Covid. I suffer from constant and fairly severe fatigue, drowsiness, "brain fog" and several other symptoms, all of which have—temporarily, I hope—curtailed my hiking and cycling activities. npub1z4rqesned3xjxzhw50fzr4s3j25qzr6v3htfs5exj4c6hxne2ejqszpgu6 Jon Hancock I miss hiking. Hopefully one day I'll recover enough to pack my tarp and head out into the hills again. Looks like you picked a wonderful area for walking. npub1z4rqesned3xjxzhw50fzr4s3j25qzr6v3htfs5exj4c6hxne2ejqszpgu6 Jon Hancock I picked up an East Top chromatic harmonica a little while ago. Not a brand I knew, but with my old Hohner diatonics somewhere in storage I thought I'd try something cheap for a lark. On the whole it's surprisingly decent, certainly for the price. I doubt it will last as well as my old harps (and there is one very small irregularity in the finish I need to file, as I can feel it rubbing the side of my mouth) but it does seem as though there are better cheap instruments available than there used to be. npub1z4rqesned3xjxzhw50fzr4s3j25qzr6v3htfs5exj4c6hxne2ejqszpgu6 Jon Hancock Nope. Nothing I might add could improve this headline. npub1z4rqesned3xjxzhw50fzr4s3j25qzr6v3htfs5exj4c6hxne2ejqszpgu6 Jon Hancock Delightful to note that the book that was written and drawn in was a copy of "The Naughtiest Girl Again". npub1z4rqesned3xjxzhw50fzr4s3j25qzr6v3htfs5exj4c6hxne2ejqszpgu6 Jon Hancock Current Status: Comatose Otter. npub1z4rqesned3xjxzhw50fzr4s3j25qzr6v3htfs5exj4c6hxne2ejqszpgu6 Jon Hancock I found an app called JustWatch and downloaded it to help me find where to watch the films I wanted to see. Like you, I discovered that very nearly all of them are not available to view at all. A pretty poor situation and a lot of excellent and even significant films being neglected. npub1z4rqesned3xjxzhw50fzr4s3j25qzr6v3htfs5exj4c6hxne2ejqszpgu6 Jon Hancock Tarps are always my preferred choice. I used to use them when hiking across Scotland. Admittedly, I did have to deal with occasional things like having a family of ducks waddle through, but I love the open feeling. npub1z4rqesned3xjxzhw50fzr4s3j25qzr6v3htfs5exj4c6hxne2ejqszpgu6 Jon Hancock I love the Lyricon, it also cropped up on Steely Dan tracks. First heard it on Landscape's "Einstein a Go-Go": npub1z4rqesned3xjxzhw50fzr4s3j25qzr6v3htfs5exj4c6hxne2ejqszpgu6 Jon Hancock Yes… songs without any notes in them would certainly be easier to play… 🤔 npub1z4rqesned3xjxzhw50fzr4s3j25qzr6v3htfs5exj4c6hxne2ejqszpgu6 Jon Hancock Picked up a few badges and an iron-on patch from www.gayprideshop.co.uk. Sometimes strong core beliefs aren't very helpful unless people can actually see where you stand. npub1z4rqesned3xjxzhw50fzr4s3j25qzr6v3htfs5exj4c6hxne2ejqszpgu6 Jon Hancock This suggests that the Swedish edition of the Call of Cthulhu RPG enjoys some especially rich descriptions. npub1z4rqesned3xjxzhw50fzr4s3j25qzr6v3htfs5exj4c6hxne2ejqszpgu6 Jon Hancock I was just listening to Equinoxe Infinity, which I think does a great job of continuing themes and employing textures from the original Equinoxe album without feeling constrained by its predecessor. In some respects his first two mainstream albums—Oxygène and Equinoxe—are hard to beat and sound so weirdly organic. Honestly, I don't know if I can pick only one, but I am very fond of Zoolook. npub1z4rqesned3xjxzhw50fzr4s3j25qzr6v3htfs5exj4c6hxne2ejqszpgu6 Jon Hancock A cup of tea, and a Jean-Michel Jarre album on the stereo. Everyone has their own happy place 😁 npub1z4rqesned3xjxzhw50fzr4s3j25qzr6v3htfs5exj4c6hxne2ejqszpgu6 Jon Hancock No wonder it suddenly feels crowded in here. npub1z4rqesned3xjxzhw50fzr4s3j25qzr6v3htfs5exj4c6hxne2ejqszpgu6 Jon Hancock Reading a little honest earthiness. npub1z4rqesned3xjxzhw50fzr4s3j25qzr6v3htfs5exj4c6hxne2ejqszpgu6 Jon Hancock Looks like I need to go through the tedious process of trying out new Mastodon apps. I like Toot! — it's customisable and has the features I want — but the annoying random (but frequent) glitch where it suddenly jumps way back down the timeline has finally broken me. Time to hit the app store. npub1z4rqesned3xjxzhw50fzr4s3j25qzr6v3htfs5exj4c6hxne2ejqszpgu6 Jon Hancock A brilliant way to stop the orbital mind-control lasers from brainwashing your doorknob. npub1z4rqesned3xjxzhw50fzr4s3j25qzr6v3htfs5exj4c6hxne2ejqszpgu6 Jon Hancock I'm afraid I've no experience of it on a Mac, but generally you can go to your Amazon account on a browser and find your Kindle titles under devices and content, then choose the download option for each book. This may not work if you don't have a physical Kindle ereader registered. npub1z4rqesned3xjxzhw50fzr4s3j25qzr6v3htfs5exj4c6hxne2ejqszpgu6 Jon Hancock There are some amazingly detailed articles looking at everything that happens in Primer. There are faint noises in some scenes that are actually the same characters, off screen having travelled through time to get there, for example. npub1z4rqesned3xjxzhw50fzr4s3j25qzr6v3htfs5exj4c6hxne2ejqszpgu6 Jon Hancock 🎶 "I really can't stay…" npub1z4rqesned3xjxzhw50fzr4s3j25qzr6v3htfs5exj4c6hxne2ejqszpgu6 Jon Hancock 🎶 "I really can't stay…" npub1z4rqesned3xjxzhw50fzr4s3j25qzr6v3htfs5exj4c6hxne2ejqszpgu6 Jon Hancock He's actually here on Mastodon: @npub1jwj…7swp npub1z4rqesned3xjxzhw50fzr4s3j25qzr6v3htfs5exj4c6hxne2ejqszpgu6 Jon Hancock The latest Ansible is out now: npub1z4rqesned3xjxzhw50fzr4s3j25qzr6v3htfs5exj4c6hxne2ejqszpgu6 Jon Hancock 'The students were reportedly “extremely grateful” and said they could not believe all the crew were unpaid volunteers.' npub1z4rqesned3xjxzhw50fzr4s3j25qzr6v3htfs5exj4c6hxne2ejqszpgu6 Jon Hancock Current Status: Depleted Leveret. npub1z4rqesned3xjxzhw50fzr4s3j25qzr6v3htfs5exj4c6hxne2ejqszpgu6 Jon Hancock Futility Closet: "A Lesson" npub1z4rqesned3xjxzhw50fzr4s3j25qzr6v3htfs5exj4c6hxne2ejqszpgu6 Jon Hancock Lovely location for a game. npub1z4rqesned3xjxzhw50fzr4s3j25qzr6v3htfs5exj4c6hxne2ejqszpgu6 Jon Hancock "Shut up, Wesley!" npub1z4rqesned3xjxzhw50fzr4s3j25qzr6v3htfs5exj4c6hxne2ejqszpgu6 Jon Hancock Node Modals. npub1z4rqesned3xjxzhw50fzr4s3j25qzr6v3htfs5exj4c6hxne2ejqszpgu6 Jon Hancock Mood nodules. npub1z4rqesned3xjxzhw50fzr4s3j25qzr6v3htfs5exj4c6hxne2ejqszpgu6 Jon Hancock Reviews from R'lyeh: "1984: CHILL" npub1z4rqesned3xjxzhw50fzr4s3j25qzr6v3htfs5exj4c6hxne2ejqszpgu6 Jon Hancock That's what I call real dedication! npub1z4rqesned3xjxzhw50fzr4s3j25qzr6v3htfs5exj4c6hxne2ejqszpgu6 Jon Hancock "… and we're hoping to finish it soon after more than three decades of continual play…" npub1z4rqesned3xjxzhw50fzr4s3j25qzr6v3htfs5exj4c6hxne2ejqszpgu6 Jon Hancock Exciting news for steampunks and Victorian space explorers! npub1z4rqesned3xjxzhw50fzr4s3j25qzr6v3htfs5exj4c6hxne2ejqszpgu6 Jon Hancock Watching "Wakanda Forever", which I think is a description of the running time. npub1z4rqesned3xjxzhw50fzr4s3j25qzr6v3htfs5exj4c6hxne2ejqszpgu6 Jon Hancock “Part of me now feels I need to step up my game for the world championships… I will have to bring out my fairy wings and my ukulele and go singing to the trees.” npub1z4rqesned3xjxzhw50fzr4s3j25qzr6v3htfs5exj4c6hxne2ejqszpgu6 Jon Hancock I'm more confused by the leg situation. The creature is probably a werewolf, but the face puts me in mind of Lovecraft's ghouls. npub1z4rqesned3xjxzhw50fzr4s3j25qzr6v3htfs5exj4c6hxne2ejqszpgu6 Jon Hancock https://social-cdn.vivaldi.net/system/media_attachments/files/113/034/945/561/541/282/original/8ee07082935ea7e0.png npub1z4rqesned3xjxzhw50fzr4s3j25qzr6v3htfs5exj4c6hxne2ejqszpgu6 Jon Hancock "Threaten," BBC. The word is "threaten." npub1z4rqesned3xjxzhw50fzr4s3j25qzr6v3htfs5exj4c6hxne2ejqszpgu6 Jon Hancock Pinched from a post by Tulpa Girl at the RPG Pub. npub1z4rqesned3xjxzhw50fzr4s3j25qzr6v3htfs5exj4c6hxne2ejqszpgu6 Jon Hancock The Plymouth fish finger absolutely sounds like a euphemism for something. npub1z4rqesned3xjxzhw50fzr4s3j25qzr6v3htfs5exj4c6hxne2ejqszpgu6 Jon Hancock I'm extremely impressed that they got the bacteria to fill in a survey. npub1z4rqesned3xjxzhw50fzr4s3j25qzr6v3htfs5exj4c6hxne2ejqszpgu6 Jon Hancock There is absolutely no way that I could ever justify spending three hundred quid on what would, for me, be a very cool novelty, but a novelty nonetheless. Absolutely ridiculous; and yes obviously I want one. npub1z4rqesned3xjxzhw50fzr4s3j25qzr6v3htfs5exj4c6hxne2ejqszpgu6 Jon Hancock "She still has ear protection…" So did he.
