The Arrivals Lounge

A deep honor to be here. Thank You.

Which way to the library?

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Welcome aboard Elsewhere.Cafe!

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[Obligatory lounge act ambles up on stage]

Left that forum with a friend of mine
Gone two months and I don’t know why
Now I’m happy all the time
I can’t think and I’m feelin’ fine

Owl put me in a situation
Going through soft core mutation
Think you heard this all before
Now you’re gonna hear some more

I know a place where dreams get told
Hopes are raised if I may be so bold
Voluntary experimentation
Going through soft core mutation
I’m going elsewhere

Down elsewhere where the lights are low
To a place where all the mutants go
Posting things I never did before
Inside out and coming back for more
No one hocking any bamboo sheets,
New Bluetooth every other week
You put me in a situation
Goin’ through soft core mutation

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Thought I should say hi.

I’m Brett, I’m a web developer, remote worker, husband, dad and board game player from Wellington, New Zealand. I’m @glutnix everywhere, especially Twitter.

I’m currently roleplaying an immortal bipedal moose named Maple Clamphoof in the Badass Dragoons of the Highlands forum game running at the moment. I draw derpy art for these things on my phone.

I also remotely GM a weekly Pathfinder group at my workplace at lunchtimes. We’re playing through Rise of the Runelords.

I like :cheese: and :computer: and :couch_and_lamp:

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anee lighten meant to ill human, mate

not all that broadcast brightest bee

not all that glimmers is gold.

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Follow the arrows on the floor.

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Don’t throw the past away
You might need it some rainy day
Dreams can come true again
When everything old is new again

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This isn’t my first arrival here, but I’ve been gone for long enough that I thought it appropriate that I post here.

To anyone who worried about me during my long absence (and especially to @Wanderfound for screwing up the Banestorm RPG in the Other Place): I apologize for leaving without any warning.

I have a bit of an obsessive personality, and I’ve found that cold turkey is about the only thing that works when I get obsessive, but that’s no excuse for not giving notice before I went cold turkey.

It’s been long enough now that I might be able to reset my usage patterns to something a bit more moderate (add opposed to resuming the old ones and trying to catch up on everything is missed in the interim.

How’s everyone been? What have I missed?

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Some posts?

Welcome back. I don’t think I was here yet when you were here the first time. But I recall you from TOP.

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Welcome Back.

Welcome back, your obsessions were your ticket out
Welcome back, to that same old place that you laughed about
Well the names haven’t all changed since you hung around
But those dreams have remained and they’ve turned around
Who’d have thought they’d lead ya
(Who’d have thought they’d lead ya)
Back here where we need ya
(Back here where we need ya)
Yeah we tease you a lot 'cause we got you on the spot
Welcome back, welcome back, welcome back, welcome back
Welcome back, welcome back, welcome back

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Also, TOP = That Other Place. You may have missed that.

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Yes, that’s what I meant. Is there another meaning? (Answer: there always is!)

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Nah, I’m down with the hip new lingo.

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giphy-downsized (3)

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Wait a minute, this place is tropical?

Never mind then, I’m out.

(j/k, thanks for the welcome!)

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It is if you want it to be.

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Null Island is directly on the equator, so…

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I’m sure we can offer you a more temperate welcome, if that’s what you prefer!

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Welcome back! You’ve been missed.

As for the game, we had a big of a segue wherein characters of the people who dropped out were left behind and some new characters joined on, we had a significant encounter that made us all question our responses to threats, and we traveled to a mysterious new city where adventure awaits. Since then, we’ve kind of stalled out a bit. But the game lives! (Even if it’s a bit dozy at the moment.)

How have you been? What sort of adventures have you been up to?

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Just for clarification if it’s needed, I’ve renamed myself with the assistance of the management. I decided it was time to start tidying up my www presence. Voyna i mor* is my nick on The Register, which is my main site for commentarding, and a few other places, so I’ve gone for the closest approximation here.
I’m not going to change things on boingboing because I think I’m likely to die out slowly there.

…the poster formerly known as Enkita.

*It’s a kind of joke. Pushkin described the history of Russia as “Voyna i mor” - war and plague. Tolstory changed this to “Voyna y mir” - war and peace. I have interests in military history, and medicine. And I learn Russian for this reason; I’m quite severely deaf and totally nonmusical, but there seems to be evidence that learning music does something to stave off dementia. I suspect that it doesn’t have to be music but learning something with a structure and a different symbol set from the usual numbers and letters. Russian fulfils that. I would have preferred Hebrew, but there was no local teacher available.

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