Grant’s trying out the ‘Monastery of the Distressed’ segment from the latest D&D adventure ‘Lost Laboratory of Kwalish’ with one of our West Marches groups at work. This adventure has so many striking visuals that it was hard to choose an…
This morning I received an email from Pocket congratulating me on using their app way too much (I mean, those aren’t the words they used…). They even set up cool personalized landing pages that give an overview of ones stats for the year.
My brain simultaneously…
Kill All Normies: Online Culture Wars from 4chan and Tumblr to Trump and the Alt-Right by Angela Nagle My rating: 4 of 5 stars Nagle definitely has a slant and has trouble not showing it at times, but overall this was an even-handed summary of the online culture war(s) in […]
Hello Stay Interviews, Goodbye Talent Loss: A Manager’s Playbook by Beverly Kaye My rating: 4 of 5 stars A good playbook: doesn’t go too much into theoretical depth, just briefly reiterates the WIIFM of a principle and gives scripts and tactics. I’ll definitely be giving this to new managers at […]
[As was the case with the “what do I do now that I’ve been let go” checklist and the Affordable Care Act sample exchange notice, I went looking for something on the internet and didn’t come up with what I wanted. So I made a thing and am now sending […]
The 5 Second Rule: Transform Your Life, Work, and Confidence with Everyday Courage by Mel Robbins My rating: 3 of 5 stars Though the principle itself might be worth 5 stars – it’s too early to tell – this book only merits 3 stars. Similar to Simon Sinek’s ‘Start with […]
Our West Marches-style D&D campaign at work has been trying something new over the past few weeks. There’s a challenge – taking down an orc stronghold – that is not feasible for one party to attempt. So the players are doing a 3-pronged attack that happens, in game time at […]
Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow by Yuval Noah Harari My rating: 3 of 5 stars This was an unpleasant, thought-provoking book. I feel like Harari consistently mischaracterizes the perspectives of certain outlooks in order to better serve his greater narrative. That being said, the book is an important […]
Last night, our D&D club at work played a one-shot adaptation of ‘Curse of Strahd’ in honor of Halloween. One of the most ingenious mechanisms of the module is having the characters draw 5 tarot cards, which determine where and how they interact with key elements needed to complete the […]
The Divide: American Injustice in the Age of the Wealth Gap by Matt Taibbi My rating: 5 of 5 stars I used to be a big fan of Taibbi back when I read ‘Rolling Stone’ regularly, and he’s only gotten better over the years. His writing style is entertaining and […]
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