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Douglas

Since we finished #MythicQuest we're more watching the #SideQuest anthology. The episode about the cellist. Oof.

I play (or rather I used to play and now I keep meaning to get back to playing) the #cello myself and I've seen exactly what the woman in that episode went through. So many excellent musicians that I once knew had nervous breakdowns and lost the music.

It was only ever something fun I did, and that got me into my mom's world (she plays the oboe, English horn, and several... 1/n

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Different Than

Been working all day for #easter for my daughter. We're not religious. I don't know when this started, but for many years now my kid is visited every year by the Easter Badger. Important things about the Easter Badger:

  • Is totally real, unlike Santa, Easter Bunny, etc., who are fake and also stupid and EB finds them socially annoying

  • Spells very badly, including their own name

  • Steals all of daughter's candy and hides it in a complicated series of lockboxes and hiding places, with (badly-spelled) clues to the combinations and next stash of candy

  • Finds time to trash talk the Easter Bunny, Santa, the Tooth Fairy, et al. while writing clues in very bad penmanship

  • Does all of this out of love for my daughter

  • Also out of spite, vindictiveness, and to spread anti-Santa/Easter Bunny propaganda (a.k.a. "consciousness raising" or "accurate information")

Edit: This year the EB has gone digital (their HTML skills are almost as minimal as mine):

easterbadger.com

Most of the clues are on ultra-basic websites like this, which helps EB b/c I--I mean they--can adjust a clue while the hunt is on by editing a page:

easterbadger.com/purplepurpl.h

And I think it's set up so it's difficult (hopefully impossible) to see any of these pages without knowing and typing in the URL. My kid can do the latter, but neither of us are coders or webdevs so any advanced hacking is beyond us.

Note: They got very distracted with EB's use of physical padlocks for some puzzles so they've been picking locks for an hour. :) Happy moments.

#EasterBadger#badger#BetterThanSanta
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SideQuesting

The SideQuest LIVE! April 7, 2025: SideQuesting’s 16th Birthday BASH!
We turned Sweeeeeet 16! Join us as we celebrate, eat donuts, and talk video games! Topics: Switch 2 messaging, Death Stranding mo
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