Chas The Verruca Gnome🇺🇦

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Reader, life-long learner, ttrpg gamer, machinist Current Books: Wyrd Sisters, by Terry Pratchett Winning Ways for Your Mathematical Plays, Vol I, by Berlekamp, Conway, and Guy Dan Gookin's Guide to C Language Pointers

A screenshot of a computer desktop showing lots of crisp icons and one blurry one.
Picture from No Kings, 28 March 2026 Murphy NC
Picture from No Kings, 28 March 2026 Murphy NC
Cover art for the computer game Starfinder: Afterlight with various characters of various species. I haven't played the game yet, so I don't know who they are.
An image of a poster from the movie Star Wars
The cover of Stone and Sky, by Ben Aaronovitch, showing a hand drawn map of part of the coastline of Scotland including Aberdeen.
The cover of the book, The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi, by Shannon Chakraborty; showing a ship with trangular arabian sails on a wind-swept sea being attacked by a cephalopodial leviathan much larger than the ship itself
Drawing of Pooh and Piglet sitting on a log chatting "What day is today?" asked Pooh "It's the day we burn this motherfucker to the ground." squeaked Piglet "My favorite day." said Pooh
A still from the movie The Tempest (1982) showing Molly Ringwald and Raul Julia in a cave.
Movie poster from Star Wars (1977), later renamed Star Wars: A New Hope.
NC early in-person and by-mail 2024 voting stats through yesterday, Oct 31
Screenshot of a young owl in a towel in a person's hands with the comment by Sage, "a moist owlette"
Scores so far: Game 1: Jacksonville 132 - Gotham 171 Game 2: Angel City 171 - Toulouse 127 Game 3: Crime City 248 - Ads 66
Bracket for the 2024 WFTDA Global Championship tournament
NC early in-person and by-mail stats through yesterday, October 30, 2024
NC mail ballots recieved and in-person early voting through yesterday, October 29, 2024
NC early voting stats through yesterday, 28 Oct
Totals of ballots returned in North Carolina in the 2024 election through Sunday, Oct 27.
Cover art for Guards! Guards! by Terry Pratchett
An image of of the temple atop Mount Popa, Myanmar
The album cover of R.E.M.'s Murmur
A picture of me staring into the camera, crooked beard and all
One of the three known photographs of John Henry "Doc" Holliday, of Gunfight at the OK Corral fame.
A logo saying, "Anthill Inside," in the style if the Intel Inside logo. From the Discworld series by Sir Terry Pratchett
Four varieties of spinach seeds (Bloomsdale, Viroflay, New Zealand, and Gaia's Winter) in packets. In front of each packet is a small soufflé cup with lid holding 6-12 seeds. The lids of each soufflé cup are marked B, V, NZ, and GW respectively.
A bowl-like plate of barbecued jackfruit on a cheddar roll with fried okra and cole slaw
A raccoon, laying on his back, emerging from a sewer grate
A kobold from D&D in robes is sitting on a throne beneath the sculpture of a dragon's head. There is a key in dragon statue's mouth
A chessboard with pieces stylized as goblins
A cat in a cage with a sign on which is printed, "It has been [blank] day(s) since I smacked someone for no reason." A zero has been handwritten into the blank.
Crab spoon holder, holding a wooden spoon, rests on the side of a pot
Four bats hanging in a cage
A raccoon sleeping on a branch with its legs hanging down on either side
Instructions for controlling the speed of a windows mp3/mp4 player Ctrl+shift+G to speed up Ctrl+shift+S to slow down Ctrl+shift+N to return to default speex
Audible listing for The Once and Future Sex: Going Medieval on Women's Roles in Society by Dr Eleanor Janega, on sale for $6.99
A "You Won" pop-up from chess.com
A publicity photo from John Cassavetes film, The Tempest (1982) starring him, Gina Rowlands, Susan Sarandon, Molly Ringwald, and Raul Julia
Weather report saying thunderstorms possible in about 15 min
An image of a "you won" pop up which appears after one wins a game on chess.com
A hot crèpe pan in which mushrooms are being sautéed with garlic and a sprig of thyme
A very relaxed panda
Mark Zukerberg looking sneakily in through a window
Lindsay Wagner as the Bionic Woman (1976)
The cover art for Lone Justice's eponomyous album (1986)
Black and white photograph of a spiderweb
Junior saying, "Ma grand-mère vendait de la drogue en secret !" And the translation, "My grandmother used to sell drugs in secret."