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Weekend Cooking: Rice Waffles

2026-04-18T02:04:44Z

One cupful of cold boiled rice beaten light with one cupful of milk. Add one tablespoonful of melted butter, half a teaspoonful of soda dissolved in a little of the milk, two eggs well beaten, and enough flour, sifted in with one teaspoonful of cream tartar, to make a thin batter. Beat thoroughly and bake in well-greased waffle-irons. Cream tartar and spices are practically certain to be pure when bought of a druggist instead of a grocer. (Not knocking the groceryman.)

From The Myrtle Reed Cook Book by Myrtle Reed (1916 New York)

From: wikipedia: Myrtle Reed (1874 – 1911) was an American author, poet, journalist, and philanthropist. She wrote a number of bestsellers, including Lavender and Old Lace, Threads of Gray and Gold, A Weaver of Dreams and even published a series of cookbooks under the pseudonym Olive Green.

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itch.io Charity bundle & mini-TTRPG list

2026-04-13T08:26:23Z

I. Spotlight:

TTRPGs for Trans Rights—Idaho: Buy 511 items for $5 to support TransAffirm Inc and Boise's The Community Center! TransAffirm Inc exists to expand access to life-saving resources, affirming care, education, advocacy, and community connection for transgender and gender diverse people in Idaho, especially those in rural and underserved areas. The Community Center (TCC) is devoted to the LGBTQIA+ and allied population. TCC is committed to uniting the LGBTQIA+ community through educational and developmental programs by providing resources to the LGBTQIA+ community. Offer ends in 17 days

Highlight includes:

A Visit To San Sibilia ($10): "a solo journaling game in which you roleplay a character chronicling their visit to the city of San Sibilia. The city manifests itself differently to every visitor." It has a strong invisible Cities vibe.

Rebels of the Outlaw Wastes ($15): "A rock-n-roll retro-dystopian tabletop roleplaying game fueled by stickers! IndieCade 2023 Nominee for innovation in Tabletop Design."

Anomaly Hunters ($10CAD): "a monster hunting tabletop roleplaying game, within which you play as the protagonist of an investigative reality TV show that tries to find weird creatures and get rid of them"

II.Tabletop RPG I have Read: Dimension Travel

Troika! : a surreal multiverse travel trpg based on the Fighting Fantasy gamebook 'system', Example character option: Fellow of the Sublime Society of Beef Steaks, Workshop Elf

Between the Skies is a cosmic fantasy game of travel and exploration across endless worlds. It has a massive number of tables to help you generate fantasy setting details. The first version is free on itch.io.

Disparateum is a trpg in progress that let you explore different worlds and dimensions through overlapping literal pieces of paper

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Music Monday: BABYMETAL - ヘドバンギャー！！ 15th Night Ver. (OFFICIAL)

2026-04-13T07:27:12Z

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Music Monday: BABYMETAL - from me to u feat. Poppy (OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEO)

2026-03-13T10:03:13Z

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Saturday Cooking: Jockey Club Eggs

2026-03-13T10:00:55Z

Cook the eggs in an omelet-pan; tilt them gently on to a dish, and trim them with a round fancy-cutter. Place each egg upon a round, thin piece of toast, and then cover them with foie-gras purée. Arrange them in the form of a crown, on a dish, and pour into the middle a garnish of calf’s kidneys cut into dice and sautéd, and truffles similarly cut, the latter being cohered by means of some dense half-glaze.

From A guide to modern cookery by A. Escoffier (1907 London)

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Saturday Cooking: Apple nut pita

2026-03-07T06:10:47Z

grated peel of one lemon
¾ cup sweet butter
7 egg yolks
1 cup sugar
½ teaspoon baking soda
1¼ pounds flour

Cream butter, add sugar, lemon peel and soda. Mix well, add yolks and beat again. Add flour gradually, beating dough constantly until well blended. Chill.

Published in Recipes from American National

Edit: previously missing filling recipe thanks to ehyde

FILLING

¾ cup ground walnuts
1 cup sugar
7 egg whites beaten stiff
2 grated apples

Mix nuts and sugar. Add them gradually to beaten egg whites. Then fold in apples. Roll out two-thirds of the dough and line sides and bottom of an ungreased baking pan. Add filling. Roll out remaining dough and lattice over top. Bake in 250 degree oven 45 minutes to one hour.

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Deep Dive to Save Mind: Plot Generator

2026-02-20T11:42:56Z

This mission generator is based on a specific quick transmigration sub-genre: deep dive into someone's mindscape and heal them through solving mysteries and adventures, while the diver also affected by the journey

So you go into/get stuck in someone' mind. Roll a dice to figure out the details, or pick and choose an option from each question.

Why do you go into this person's mind?

Out of obligation/assignment, because they are too important to be stuck in their mind.
It's the last step to get approval for our experimental MindTech. Our profit margin depends on you.
This person's mind sucks me in. I have no choice at all!
It's my best chance to get access to their knowledge/manipulate them.
They are haunting the place. It's the only way to understand their unfinished business/trauma and let them rest/recover.
It's the only way to save them from a psychic/alien/magical/rouge AI attack/trauma/etc

What kind of constraints are there?

You're on your own once inside. No back up.
Don't let the person discover your true identity. You have to blend in.
This person's mind is literally dangerous.
There's a time limit. Staying too long and you'll fail/get stuck
This's a new tech. We can only give a guess what you'll find there.
You have to follow/derail the dream script and find out how best to do it.

What kind of challenge you may face?

Figure out the person's mystery and secrets
Get their trust and favour.
Save them from danger manifested by their mind.
Concinve them that they need to wake up.
Figure out the situation and help them resolve problems
Hide/disguise your presence as well as possible.

What kind of complication is there?

The mission brief is incomplete/misleading.
You discover that you have a strong connection to the patient in real life.
You develop feeling about the patient/manifestation in their mind.
You're not the only one who has been to their mind.
You receive contradictory orders.
The patient's mind treated you as a threat.

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Saturday Cooking: Taiwanese Minced Pork Rice

2026-02-14T06:32:47Z

Ingredients

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Marinade

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Instructions:

Add marinade to the minced pork, stir well and set aside.
Heat the wok with 100ml of oil. Add sliced shallots, deep fry over medium high heat until golden and set aside.Reserve the fried shallot oil.
Leave a little oil in the wok, add minced pork and stir fry until half-cooked. Add minced ginger, shiitake mushrooms and ⅔ of the fried shallots and stir fry until fragrant. Add seasoning and bring to a boil. Cover and simmer for about 45 minutes.
Lastly, add ½ tbsp of fried shallot oil and remaining sliced shallots. Mix well and serve with rice.

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Music Monday: Indigo De Souza - Crying Over Nothing (Official Video)

2026-02-13T11:40:39Z

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itch.io Charity bundles roundup

2026-02-11T11:20:27Z

No ICE in Minnesota

Buy 1,439 items (tabletop games, video games, zines, tools, and essays, etc) for $10 to support Immigrant Law Center of Minnesota. ILCM provides free immigration legal representation to low-income immigrants and refugees in Minnesota and North Dakota. They also work to educate the community about immigration matters and advocates for public policies which respect the universal human rights of immigrants. Offer ends in 1 month.

Some Highlight:
Baba Is You (an award-winning puzzle video game, $14.99)
Escape from Dino Island (one shot tabletop RPG that ley you play jurassic park style adventure, $10),
Glitter Hearts (magical girl tabletop RPG, $15)
Fief (an extensive guidebook on everyday Medieval life, $19.95) etc

Solo But Not Alone 6

Buy 90 items for $10 to support Take This, a charity working to support mental health in the gaming community and industry by decreasing stigma and making supports available to people who need them. There's a helpful spreadsheet that list the summary and formats of the games. You can play alone, or use them to inspire your creative projects. Lots of games are not included in previous bundles. Offer ends in 1 month, 19 days.

Some Highlight:
O Patron Mine: a prompt based solo game about a mundane person, their encounter with a powerful entity, and the contract they entered into together. $10
Pirouette: a solo horror TTRPG about a ballet dancer performing for an amorphous eldritch horror. $10
Vandal Eyes: singleplayer dungeon crawler TTRPG that "you find yourself in a surreal network of concrete chambers, stalked by a wretch called the Cardinal."

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Weekend Cooking: Pickled Oysters

2026-01-31T10:36:47Z

To Pickle Oysters.

Take Oysters and wash them cleane in their own Liquor, and let them settle, then strain it, and put your Oysters to it with a little Mace and whole pepper, as much Salt as you please, and a little Wine-Vinegar, then set them over the fire, and let them boyle leisurely till they are pretty tender; be sure to skim them still as the skim riseth; when they are enough, take them out till the Pickle be cold, then put them into any pot that will lye close, they will keep best in Caper barrels, they will keep very well six weeks.

From The Compleat Cook by W. M. (1658 UK)

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Snowflake Challenge #12

2026-01-23T11:46:05Z

Challenge #12

Make an appreciation post to those who enhance your fandom life. Appreciate them in bullet points, prose, poetry, a moodboard, a song... whatever moves you!

Thank you to everyone who create fanwork, comment/kudo work, make rec lists/newsletters/etc, organize events, discuss the canon, or just generally have fun in fandoms! You all are awesome!

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Snowflake Challenge #9: Your Favorite Tropes

2026-01-18T12:33:50Z

Challenge #9

Talk about your favorite tropes in media or transformative works. (Feel free to substitute in theme/motif/cliche if "trope" doesn't resonate with you.)

My favourite trope is pining, because it can lead to easily resolvable angst and heartbreak. I like when characters stoically pine from afar without feeling of entitlement. I like when characters have very good reasons to expect their feeling to be unrequited (and happily proven wrong).

My current fandom Conclave (2024) is ripe for pining when the main characters are all Catholic priests and nuns, who swear vows of chastity. So much delicious angst: do you want to break your lifelong vow? Do you really want to tempt your love interest from breaking their vow? Do they want to? Not to mention the power difference between the pope/cardinals; superiors/subordinates. So ripe for pining!

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Snowflake Challenge #8: Your Creative Process

2026-01-16T06:46:37Z

Challenge #8

Talk about your creative process.

When I come up with an idea, I ususally brainstorm a bit about scenes and form a vague idea about the ending. I also like doing research for inspiration and details. Then I put my notes and vague scene list into a plain text document for further reference.

I'm a panster and write out of order, because somehow my brain lose interest if I try to outline. I usually only know wht the next scene should be. When I get stuck (often), I rewrite and add other scenes to try to fix it. I'm always looking for a more effective proccess and writing advice.

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Snowflake Challenge #7

2026-01-15T02:56:22Z

Challenge #7

LIST THREE (or more) THINGS YOU LIKE ABOUT YOURSELF. They don’t have to be your favorite things, just things that you think are good. Feel free to expand as much or as little as you want.

I don't have known allergy nor nasty side effects to medication I have taken. This makes my life easier.
I can take pills without drinking water. It's handy when no water is available.
My mind often comes up with ideas that entertains me.

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Snowflake Challenge #6: Top 10 Challenge

2026-01-12T11:38:06Z

I fell into the Conclave (2024) movie rabbit hole in 2025. There are lots of talented artists in the fandom. Here are ten fanarts I love. Mostly SFW

Vincent Benítez/Goffredo Tedesco dancing by nis_tema : I really like their smile!

Young!Thomas Lawrence & Raymond O'Malley with matching keychains by ralphater : Love the warm colour,

Conclavification of diptych by Albrecht Durer by asai_ne : it really looks like a medieval church painting.

the bright Morning Star by asai_ne by : gorgeous Vincent Benítez in the desert

pumpkin head Vincent Benítez/Lawrence dancing by ValeryMadHatter : so adorable!

Cornus Kousa by dambobodam7 : Vincent Benítez surrounded by lilies

I'm a heartless man at worst, babe / And a helpless one at best by popekisser : Cardial Vincent Benítez/Pope Goffredo Tedesco kiss. It's very heartwarming!

Thomas Lawrence starring in a heartburn ad by 9179797778_may : It's really funny!

Let’s have a conclave by deathcomequickly : impressive animated pixel fanart

Vincent Benítez catching a plushie by bontmercy : so cute!

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Snowflake Challenge Day #5: Wishlist

2026-01-10T04:36:20Z

Challenge Day #5: In your own space, create a list of at least three things you'd love to receive, a wishlist of sorts.

My wish list:

1. Recs for music with female vocallist, or music by female composers. I like a variety of music: metal, rock, Celtic, pop, bardcore, country, etc. Music in non-English languages are welcomed! A sampling of my favourite singers/bands: Loreena Mckennit, Dar Williams, Vienna Teng, Within Temptation, XG, etc.

2. Recs for interesting blogs to follow. Books, nature, history, cute animals, trivia, tabletop RPG, world building, art and craft, or anything you find interesting

3. Stolen from kingstoken : Go to arab.org and "click to help", it's free. All raised money goes to UN agencies.

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Snowflake Challenge Day 4: Rec The Contents Of Your Last Page

2026-01-08T11:39:02Z

Challenge #4: Rec The Contents Of Your Last Page

"Any website that you like, be it fanfiction, art, social media, or something a bit more eccentric!"

Recently, I have fallen into a rabbit hole of old school tabletop RPG blogs. I really enjoy reading about different settings, character and bestiary ideas. It's a bit sad to land on a blog right long after posting stopped though.

Some interesting posts

d66 Character Creation Questions

REVANESCENCE_: an esoteric cyberpunk setting: "The Earth is a Kowloonesque megacity. It doesn't even resemble a proper planet anymore. Everyone worships the Lucky Golden Zodiac, a fivefold of modern demons that embody the pillars of boundless hypercapitalism. The bones of the planet have all broken under the weight of the mass of greasy blubber that is humanity. You've got as many lives as you can buy."

Marvelous Magical Mutations: a random magical mutation generator

[SWS] Hole in Your Soul, or Lack Thereof: exploration of reasons characters taking up cyberpunk implants

Hellwalkers: a dark fantasy setting that set after the demons' successful invasion of the kingdom

Lanthanide Horizon - Tied in the Strings of Dream : in a post apocalyptic society, the Sustainer Cells keep the majority of their members in cryosleep, switching bodies in dream

Cultivated Dreamers: "Their dreams could serve as vessels of the sublime, carefully managed spaces into which a noble dreamer could project to brush the realm of pure ideals."

How to Write a Module: An Incoherent Play-by-Play : good advice on writing RPG adventure modules

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Snowflake Challenge Day 3: Love letter to fandom

2026-01-06T13:20:54Z

Dear fandom,

It's joyful to meet people who are enthusiastic about the same media /characters/etc! I love when you're creative and show me new ideas and insight. I am also thankful when you're supportive of my writings and ideas. I have a great time and hope you all enjoy yourselves!

With love,
Me.

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Snowflake Challenge Day 2: Pets of Fandom

2026-01-05T07:47:44Z

The cats in my childhood media: Luna & Artemis (Sailor Moon); Garfield, Odie, Arlene & Nermel (Garfield & Friends). They will probably argue that they aren't pets though.

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Snowflake Challenge Day 1: Icebreaker

2026-01-02T10:23:52Z

Hi! I'm snowynight! This's my introduction post

I'm doing this because it's fun. It's also good to meet other people. I'll try to join as many challenges as possible.

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The Endie Awards 2025 - TTRPG I have enjoyed & New Year Resolution

2025-12-15T10:55:42Z

Recently I finally have time to delve into my massive backlog of solo ttrpg from the various huge itch.io bundles I bought.

Superhero DIY Award:

See Issue X is a solo superhero RPG that emulate superhero comics. It uses playing cards to help generate characters and plot prompts. The mechanic is kind of complicated - I was confused how to deal with discarded cards at first. However, it provides a clear act structure and freedom for you to decide what prompts to use/ignore. I have generated my environmentalist Aquawoman superheroine who fights to protect the ocean and enjoyed the twists.

One More Tea Award

Last Tea Shop Complete is a solo RPG that you run a tea shop on the border of the living and the dead. The recently deceased visit for one last hot drink before their long journey into the Great Beyond. It's very reflective and meditative. It's fun to generate the vistors, and decide what tea to serve them (with different story effects).

Small Is Beautiful Award

One Day at a Thyme is a cozy solo journaling game in which you play the inhabitant of a cottage in a magical world. It's short and very relaxing to play.

Genre Savvy Award

Reincarnated as the Unlovable Villainess?! is a solo RPG that you are isekaied as the doomed villain protagonist in an otome game. I really like it. It's short but has a good balance of strategy elements (to survive to the end) and journalling elements. It's both a love letter to the genre and an enjoyable game.

New Year Resolution

I have just bought For Small Creatures Such As We, a 256 page solo ttrpg about a space ship captain and their alien crews. It's more structured and detailed than the above titles, but I hope I can start a game soon.

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Music Monday: Toy-Box - Tarzan & Jane (Official Music Video)

2025-11-10T10:02:23Z

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itch.io Charity bundles roundup

2025-11-03T04:51:49Z

HELLO//GOODBYE Charity Bundle for Legal Aid:

Buy 203 items (tabletop games, video games, zines, tools, and essays, etc) for $12 to support Central Virginia Legal Aid Society and the Legal Aid Justice Center to support legal services for those who do not have the resources themselves to navigate America’s thorny, taut legal system. Offer ends in 2 days &18 hours. Including Yazeba’s Bed & Breakfast ($25) & Paris Gondo - The Life-Saving Magic of Inventorying ($20), etc

Palestinian Children's Relief - TTRPG Bundle for PCRF

Buy 250 tabletop RPGs (Over $900 worth) for $10 to support the Palestinian Children's Relief Fund, which provides urgent medical aid, food, and life-saving treatment to those in desperate need, including orphans and amputees. Offer ends in 8 days. Including Noirlandia ($10, a murder mystery roleplaying game played with an actual cork board), Escape from Dino Island ($10, one shot escape from the notJurassic Park), Questlandia 2e ($10, collaborative game about building a collapsping fantasy society), etc

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Music Monday: We Didn't Start the Fire (Bardcore | Medieval/Renaissance Style Cover)

2025-11-03T04:34:28Z

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