Posts by Uncle Grayhawk (He/Him/FAFO)
Played A Place for All My Books today boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/43... #bggplay via @boardgamegeek.com
Never pass up the opportunity to tell the people you love that you love them.
Oh, and as always:
#FuckCancer
(I say "Attempting" because this baritone/bass does not deal well when trying to hit Timothy B. Schmit's register)
I am reasonably ok at this point. Folks have ensured that neither I nor my kids have been alone. I've been dealing with the paperwork and finances of death.
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Ladies and gentlemen, esteemed dignitaries of the fae courts and eldritch horrors alike:
Early Wed morning, my wife of 29 years, Monica, crossed the veil between the worlds, as I held her while attempting to sing the song from our first dance: "Love Will Keep Us Alive" by The Eagles.
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Me too, Jade-Jaws.
Me too.
To The Professor
This introduction to fantasy literature led me to other authors whose works I devoured, to Dungeons & Dragons, and to old friends that I cherish to this day. His books changed my life & I believe that I am a better person for it.
Rest assured that I shall raise a glass in his honor at 9pm tonight.
βIn a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit. Not a nasty, dirty, wet hole, filled with the ends of worms and an oozy smell, nor yet a dry, bare, sandy hole with nothing in it to sit down on or to eat: it was a hobbit-hole, and that means comfort.β
I was hooked.
...the author of the epic high fantasy works "The Hobbit" and "The Lord of the Rings," he was born on this day 132 years ago.
It is probably impossible to overstate the influence that βThe Professorβ has had in my life. From the moment that Mom introduced me to the paragraph...
Happy Birthday to John Ronald Reuel Tolkien, CBE, FRSL! J.R.R. Tolkien (3 January 1892 - 2 September 1973) was an English author, poet, philologist, and academic: a scholar both of languages (his formal academic field) and of history and mythology. Best known as...
#JRRTolkein
Hi, I'm gaseous gangrene
Happy new year!
In the words of Col. Sherman T. Potter:
"Here's to the New Year; may it be a damned sight better than the old one."
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Played Dungeons & Dragons: Bedlam in Neverwinter today boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/37... #bggplay via @boardgamegeek.com
Played Dungeons & Dragons: Bedlam in Neverwinter on 2025-12-24 boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/37... #bggplay via @boardgamegeek.com
...different worlds and experiences, or stir the emotions. They can educate, enlighten, broaden our horizons, and enable us to become better versions of ourselves.
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#30daysofthankfulness2025
Day 25 (11/25): Today, I am thankful for books and the folks who write them. I have always been an avid reader, though perhaps not quite as much in recent years as I was in my youth. A good book can transport one across time and space, allow one to explore...
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#30daysofthankfulness2025
...and each provides a little different selection. Because of the wondrous variety and abundance, I am able to create tasty meals for my family.
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