Did I forget the sprouts in my menu? Of course I did. Twonk.

The turkey has been butchered, the potatoes peeled, carrots peeled and quartered and the aforementioned sprouts peeled and halved.

Guess I'm prepared.

#xmasdinner2025

In case anyone is interested, the menu for tomorrow's #xmasdinner2025 is:

- Roast Turkey Crown (covered in streaky bacon)
- Gammon in Coke
- Pigs in Blankets
- Stuffing (Paxo, of course)
- Roast Potatoes (King Edwards)
- Roast Carrots and Parsnips in Maple Syrup
- Gravy

For 3. Burp.

Just spent better part of an hour peeling and halving the smallest Brussels sprouts I've had the 'pleasure' of working wit. I was going to warn them they'd better taste f'ing nice tomorrow, but seeing that I'll be drowning them in bacon and bacon fat, that shouldn't be a problem. #xmasdinner2025

It's a "choose your own adventure" kind of game. The computer tells you which passages to read in the books that come with it, and tracks your position on a map (which was in the box as well). I seem to remember it came with some glass beads to track your (and other?) positions on that map.

The recent Christmas episode aired on Milkshake had English dub voices for most of the cast, except Liberty. But the songs (it's a Christmas episode, of course there are songs) had the American voices. Very jarring.

#TTRPG Games I really want to play/GM in 2026:

- Draw Steel
- Daggerheart
- The Wildsea
- Blades in the Dark

2025 has been... challenging in this regard to say the least. Next year needs to be better.

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I've been Away from BlueSky for a bit, but I'm back baby!!

Oh! I didn't look inside. (I've got my copy :D)

Guess what I spotted in Forbidden Planet today @andiewington.bsky.social?

Hilde in front of a white wall. She is looking down slightly. She's also wearing a really cool shirt designed by Melectro.

-deep breath- HOKAY let's do this! #intropost

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An empty cup, a tea pot brewing tea, a small jug of milk, a Christmas table ornament and a small glass with sugar sachets on a table in the sunshine.

A blue sky view from the cafe at the top of Waterstones whose name I can’t recall.

Just having a relaxed day in London like the olden days. Nice weather for it too!

With so many people making the leap over to Bluesky..

✨ The UKGI Slack admins have made a starter pack for our community! ✨

If you want to be added, check the announcements section of our slack. To join the slack, click the link for the signup form!

❤️❤️❤️

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Can I join? Do we have badges?

I keep re-watching and -listening Jesus Christ Superstar. Something about the movie version of the songs and the imagery always hits a nerve. I even find the story compelling, which always fees somewhat weird being an atheist. RIP.

Hmm, reading the synopsis of the premise, I'm intrigued. Will probably watch.

My wife turned this over the day after Christmas…

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'Rain' and 'Cricket' - especially after hearing the Rain soundtrack with lyrics.

No idea why Netflix thinks I'm a 98% 'match' for Ricky Gervais. Can't stand the tw*t.

That’s what I’m going to call it from now on in: “spicy autocomplete”! Love it!

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Frank Sinatra did ‘Robin and the seven hoods’, which updated it to prohibition-era Chicago. Oh, and they also sang.

I hope the same happens for me. Toob is the provider for me and I've got a nice mesh setup, so yeah, we'll see how we go. They just need to take my money so I can stop giving it to Virgin.

I’m expecting a mail any day now from a fibre provider. I can see the pole just outside our front door and I can see the cable hanging off it, just not all the way to our house yet!

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Helloooo!!! Can you see meee? ☕🎮

What do you do when you get notified of an imminent strike affecting your international train travel plans?

You add another country. Simples!

(and no, it's not the UK's railways fault this time around. Belgium!)

The Netherlands can be silly, but taking care of yourself never is. I'm going in two weeks time as well for a similar reason. I hope the trip helped!