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Ray Vallese @rayvallese.bsky.social · 2d

Second person present tense

Ray Vallese @rayvallese.bsky.social · 2d

In honor of spooky month, share a four-word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand.

He did a dawizard.

Marjorie James Keenan @unenthusiast.com · 3d

In honour of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand.

rm -rf ~/

hammancheez @hammancheez.bsky.social · 3d

"The chancellor approved it"

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Ray Vallese @rayvallese.bsky.social · 6d

Cool. Didn’t know you were making a game. Hope all is well!

Ray Vallese @rayvallese.bsky.social · 6d

That's such a great feeling! What are you writing these days?

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Ray Vallese @rayvallese.bsky.social · 21d

Subtly downgrade a band.

Frankie Goes to Dollywood

Scott Fitzgerald Gray @scottfgray.bsky.social · 21d

Subtly downgrade a band.

Speed-Up-Just-a-Little.

Clark Valentine @clarkvalentine.bsky.social · 21d

Subtly downgrade a band

The Treatment-of-Symptoms

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Ray Vallese @rayvallese.bsky.social · 28d

Is this how you’ll work Paste Pot Pete into your FF run

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Ray Vallese @rayvallese.bsky.social · Sep 12

Last month while visiting SF, we rode in one for a 45-minute trip through the city. I was ready to be freaked out but it drove perfectly the whole way. Still weird to watch the steering wheel turn by itself, though.

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Ray Vallese @rayvallese.bsky.social · Sep 5

The first time I used singular they in print, I felt a dangerous little thrill, like I was running with scissors.

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Ray Vallese @rayvallese.bsky.social · Sep 3

The alphabet works better in Machete Order.

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Ray Vallese @rayvallese.bsky.social · Aug 30

Orange Cream Zero Sugar Coke is the best and I dread the day it’s retired as a flavor. I’ve considered renting a storage unit and filling it with 12-packs.

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Ray Vallese @rayvallese.bsky.social · Aug 27

I'm enjoying the new ALIEN: EARTH show, which is set in 2120, but this line from the latest episode hit too hard.

Quote from episode 4 of the Alien: Earth TV show, which is set in the year 2120. The character Hermit says "The old planet had something called governments. They'd vote for who they wanted to make decisions. THAT didn't work."

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Ray Vallese @rayvallese.bsky.social · Aug 22

I believe GRRM is under a witch's curse that he can't release the next book until 30 days pass without someone asking where the next book is.

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amy brown (spooky edition) @amybrown.xyz · Aug 22

this iconic advertising copywriter named Kathy Hepinstall Parks died over the weekend and I wanted to share something from her website I thought Bluesky would like

Why should I write better when a machine can do it for me?
Because actually no one can do it for you, because your voice is unique among all the people on earth. Siri never petted a horse's neck. Alexa has never been ghosted by the captain of the football team. But you have lived, your heart is beating, you have suffered, and you have something important to say. It's a human's job, to use words, and whatever job you give to a machine, that part of your brain goes dark. Maybe it's worth it when it comes to remembering phone numbers and directions, but when that part of your brain that uses words goes dark, that's a vast area that's very close to your soul. Don't let some internet platform convince you that what you have to say and create isn't worthwhile. Words are the echo of your soul. Honing that echo matters.

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Ray Vallese @rayvallese.bsky.social · Aug 13

Slightly diminish a band: Frankie Goes to Dollywood

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Ray Vallese @rayvallese.bsky.social · Aug 13

Slightly diminish a band: Frankie Goes to Dollywood

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Ray Vallese @rayvallese.bsky.social · Aug 13

Slightly diminish a band: Frankie Goes to Dollywood

Greg Greene (he/him/his) @greene.haus · Aug 13

Slightly diminish a band:
10 Maniacs

Jacob T. Levy @jacobtlevy.bsky.social · Aug 13

Slightly diminish a band: Huey Lewis and the Social Media

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Ray Vallese @rayvallese.bsky.social · Aug 13

Slightly diminish a band: They Might Be Ogres.

George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · Aug 13

Slightly diminish a band: The Whispering Heads

Jacob T. Levy @jacobtlevy.bsky.social · Aug 13

Slightly diminish a band: Huey Lewis and the Social Media

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Ray Vallese @rayvallese.bsky.social · Aug 8

This isn’t even my final form!

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Ray Vallese @rayvallese.bsky.social · Aug 8

This reminds me of another Gen Con photo with you, me, @colinmcc.bsky.social, and Anne Brown, which I love because someone said the three of us look like a creature advancement table.

Photo of former TSR employees Anne Brown, Colin McComb, Sean Reynolds, and Ray Vallese at Gen Con.

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Ray Vallese @rayvallese.bsky.social · Aug 7

Time to start flooding the internet with copies of the War Games script for stealth counter-programming.

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Owen K.C. Stephens (He/Him) @owenkcstephens.bsky.social · Jul 28

FIFTY-FOUR 5-star ratings.
If you write ttRPGS, read this book.
"Writing With Style: An Editor's Advice for RPG Writers"
www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/2...

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Ray Vallese @rayvallese.bsky.social · Jul 22

Reed: "When he's underwater, does he get wet? Or does the water get him instead?"

Sue: "I said stop bringing up Namor already!"

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Ray Vallese @rayvallese.bsky.social · Jul 22

Four of Two

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Ray Vallese @rayvallese.bsky.social · Jul 22

My Fantastic Four

Albert, Dale Cooper, Gordon, and Phillip (David Bowie) from Twin Peaks

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Ray Vallese @rayvallese.bsky.social · Jul 19

Yes. He and I were in the airport too, and a constant stream of people came up to him and did the Fonzie “Ayyyyy!” He endured it gracefully but didn’t seem to love it.

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