Merry Christmas to yule. 😉

For Strands (“Please hold”) I think it’s different types of boxes, which can hold things?

I’ll nominate the Paksennarrion series by Elizabeth Moon, and with a bit of a wink the old TV series Have Gun - Will Travel.

Just a warning about The Once and Future King, I hadn’t reread it in forever, picked it up again lately and was surprised by the use of the n-word in the scene where Wart is a merlin early in the book.

Big Trouble in Little China. Jack is absolutely the sidekick character.

Stewpot - Evil Hat Productions SKU: EHP0068 You play a retired adventurer running a tavern and settling down in a town. Put down the sword and pick up the ladle.

Looks like a lot of possibilities so far. I’ll add Stewpot? evilhat.com/product/stew...

For the new kids:

Rule 1: Where there is value, there is crime.
Rule 2: A fine is a price.
Rule 3: Nothing ever stops until a Rich White Guy goes to jail.
Rule 4: There are no Moriartys
Rule 5: Everyone can be conned.

Consistently solving purple first is a flex!

A metal grate in a sidewalk, underneath which can be seen two glowing red lights that are certainly an angry robot glaring up at the camera.

In addition to everything else, it looks like the subterranean robot uprising is imminent.

“‘Glacially’ in the former meaning of slowly moving forward, not the modern definition of retreating and vanishing from existence.”

A dog reclining on a couch. The tip of her tongue is sticking out.

I haven’t posted here yet? Geez. Okay. Happy Friday, everyone! Here’s my dog.