The Stochastic Game
Ramblings of General Geekery

The Silo TV series is really good, but instead of a mini-review I’ll just say that when we’ve watched a couple episodes and it’s 11PM and I tell my wife we should go to bed, she becomes feral, screams at me, and pounces on the remote to start a third episode.

Poster for the Apple TV series "Silo"
Rebecca Ferguson as Juliette Nichols, generally giving a great performance throughout the series
David Oyelowo as Sheriff Holston, kickstarting a shitstorm of drama and bullshit for the next 3 seasons at least
It's safe to go out! The display is a lie! (is the new "The cake is a lie")

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Went to the Sea-to-Sky Gondola yesterday for the first time, it looks pretty good from up there.

Panorama photo of the Howe Sound and the Stawamus Chief mountain
A view of the Sky Pilot mountain
The viewpoint for the Stawamus Chief somewhere near the top of the gondola (you have to walk a bit down some trails)
The suspension bridge at the top of the gondola (it's pretty stable and not very high, the photo is a bit misleading)

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The August chocolate subscription delivery has arrived, yay! Also, I found the delivery from last May mostly uneaten because I had somehow hidden it in the back of the closet? I guess that’s more chocolate for me, double yay!

Delivery from Origins Chocolate Bar, in New Westminster, BC. Paradai Dark Chocolate 65%, Infusion Palo (can you really name a 65% bar "dark"? I have my doubts...) Fjak Thailand Dark Chocolate 85% Mission Chocolate Marvelous 61% Dark Chocolate with Raspberries and Blackberries (again with the low % dark denomination?) Zotter Amalfi Lemon & Sage Marzipan Vegan chocolate bar (woooo, marzipan....)
Delivery from Origins Chocolate Bar, in New Westminster, BC but with one bar already eaten Paradai 70% Dark Chocolate with something something (can't be bothered to go check again) Mission Chocolate Roses 61% Dark Chocolate with Roses Bullion Chocolate Makers, Black Forest

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Good morning! You may be happy to know that the good fluffy boy is, as usual, good and fluffy.

A good fluffy boy, laying on the grass at the nearby park, with two of his favourite balls.
The good fluffy boy is rolling around on the grass to make his balls smell good. Yes, that's what's happening.
The good fluffy boy has a chonky fluffy butt.

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This week’s mail call was Free League’s Invincible TTRPG! It looks super great, and will probably be my group’s next “interlude” game, especially if we manage to get together face-to-face.

The Invincible Kickstarter loot: the core rulebook with the special cover, the Starter Set box, and the first issue of the original comic, but with a new cover.
Contents of the Starter Set, including some dice, some initiative cards, a bunch of standees, lots of character sheets, a rules booklet, an adventure booklet, and a few other tidbits. This looks like a Free League Starter Set alright!
A spread from the core rulebook, showing the great-looking layout that makes good use of the comic-book's art and feels very comic-book-y.
Another page spread from the core rulebook.

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I just realized that the excellent mini-series “The Lost Room” and the promising but abandoned “Parallels” TV movie/pilot were both done by the same guy, and now I really need someone to throw money at Christopher Leone to make more cool weird shit.

Poster for The Lost Room, a 3-episode mini-series that came just before, and probably helped kickstart, the whole SCP and creepypasta internet culture
The poster for "Parallels", which is basically "Sliders" but the parallel universe travelling device is a whole building, and it stars Jessica Rothe, both of which are good enough to grab my attention

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The morning god peeled off the night’s plastic wrap a bit too fast and now the sky’s all messed up.

A good boy golden retriever on a park trail, with some altostratus undulatus clouds above
The sky above the park, featuring the long striped patterns of altostratus undulatus

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It’s that time of the year again! Private gig with a pig roast and an ocean view!

A bass guitar and some effect pedals
Pig roast slowly turning over the fire
A view of the Pacific Ocean, with Vancouver Island in the distance

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The good fluffy boy is still doing good. He’s got big sticks, and lots of balls.

A good boy golden retriever with half a tree in its mouth.
A good boy golden retriever with 2 orange balls.
A good boy golden retriever lying down in a stream, drinking, and looking at its orange ball getting swept away by the current.
A good boy golden retriever standing on a trail in the forest.

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