because the house is fine now I have time to do a stream! Practicing ALttPR, criss-cross-keys plus new settings, for the upcoming Doors League
we took precautions. We shut off the hot water at the intake (after leaving the valves open for many hours), and left a drip of cold water running so it wouldn't freeze too.
I was still nervous we'd come back to a burst pipe or an overflowing sink or something.
but it was fine! and the warmer weather today unfroze the pipe and everything's working again!
on Christmas Eve our hot water stopped running, because a pipe froze. we tried some simple things but we couldn't find the pipe, and it wasn't about to unfreeze given the weather.
we tried what we could and we delayed for quite a while, but we had to leave for my parents' place.
Anyone who’s played the board game “Patchwork”, I just want to check if we’re playing right. Are negative scores common?
Scores in 3 games with my sister were -15 to 18, -5 to 7, 12 to -2.
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@deejvalen she may not understand but she’s right anyway!
The holidays can be a really tough time. The advice I often heard was, "Volunteer at a soup kitchen. Help others. Get out of your head." It's perfectly fine advice, but unhelpful if the mere thought of interacting with people is overwhelming. Anyway, here's a thing I did one year that did help:
I bought a Cookie Monster costume, went to the airport, and waited at arrivals with a sign that said "COOKIE"
Didn't have to talk to anyone and boy did I get to watch people's faces light up.
Late stream: I decided to do a Swordless Festive run of ALttP Randomizer. The presents cannon should do a lot of work here
@chrisisgr8 but yeah! redesigning this site to modern sensibilities would be a tragedy on par with replacing the Sagrada Familia with a modern rectangular glass building
@chrisisgr8 what's great is it isn't even untouched! they have a 2022 tournament on there! they're just not redesigning it and that's wonderful
The most beloved era of #pinball (1992-1999) coincides with the Web 1.0 era, so it is right and fitting that this amazing site exists:
Holiday Major Glitches: it's ALttP Randomizer's festive December mode and it's also Hybrid Major Glitches
I like games that you can play again and they're different the next time: such as randomizers, roguelikes, and gender expression! Twitch stream: https://twitch.tv/arborelia
also at: https://cohost.org/arborelia