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DC Hauser
@dchauser.com
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Gamer. Musician. Writer. Geek. UGA Dawg. GenX AuDHD burned out gifted kid.

My day job is editing text files that make the internet work.

#amquerying : The Sanctuary Lock (fantasy)
#amwriting : The Thousand Doors (fantasy)

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DC Hauser @dchauser.com · 10d
For those following me, welcome! I'm DC Hauser, a tech geek by trade (DNS/DHCP SME), a UGA grad, long time D&D player (40+ years and counting), bass player, and fantasy writer. I'm also decidedly liberal.

So what are you going to get by following me? Let's do a little thread so you know:
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You will be visited by three spirits.
December 9, 2025 at 12:04 PM
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Connections
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December 9, 2025 at 11:37 AM
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Thoughts from last night's D&D game:

- The Potion Miscibility table can cause definite chaos in a fight.
- Playing around with stat blocks is fun.
- Enemies that go back to their home plane make great boomerangs
- I do enjoy using cold based creatures a little too much
December 8, 2025 at 2:35 PM
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Redeemed myself on connections today.
December 8, 2025 at 11:45 AM
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Film you've seen more than six times. No big franchises.
December 8, 2025 at 12:33 AM
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Predictions for the first round CFP games:

Oregon over JMU
Ole Miss over Tulane (but it will be close)
TAMU over Miami
Bama over Okla

Quarter Finals:
Indiana over Bama
OSU over TAMU
UGA over Ole Miss
Texas Tech over Oregon

Semi-Finals:
UGA over OSU
Indiana over Texas Tech

Final:
UGA over Indiana
December 7, 2025 at 6:01 PM
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Take aways from the CFP rankings:

- OSU should have dropped to #4, but I can understand the logic of them only dropping to #2.
- Bama not moving at all when they got stomped in the SEC title game surprised me.
- They finally got ND or Miami right.
- ND fans are going to whine and cry for MONTHs.
December 7, 2025 at 5:35 PM
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December 7, 2025 at 1:15 PM
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Out to see Luzia tonight with @dmarie76.bsky.social .

And yes, I was watching the SEC title game right up until the show started.
The pesos stage for Luzia showing concentric rings of yellow flowers and a blue circle in the background. A picture of dchauser and a smiling woman in black glasses.
December 7, 2025 at 1:16 AM
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Go Dawgs!

And if Bama still makes the playoffs, cue some deafening whining from UT fans.
December 7, 2025 at 1:06 AM
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December 6, 2025 at 5:08 AM
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#WIPSnips
#writersky
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“Oh, yes, you and I are going to get along famously! But as I was saying, we’ll spend some time together while he is with Lady Arna. We’ll see if we can’t find a way to allow you better access to your heritage. If not—well, at least you’ll know. Now, if everyone will gather around and hold hands. Lady Feuerskala, if you will stand opposite me. You’ve done this before, so it’s not as important that for me to be touching you directly.” Runo took the offered hands, Ossian in his left hand and Feuerskala in his right, as Alma did the same across from him. Ossian then bobbed his head in satisfaction before closing his eyes. The waters below them became choppy, pushing against the pilings supporting the quay. As the water crested over the stone, it became a mist wrapping around them. For a few brief seconds, it screened the Silver Cask and the rest of Fridhelgy from site. Runo’s vision went black as if covered by a coal sack along with it feeling as if the floor dropped out from under him. The hands on either side of him tightened as if expecting him to yank away.
December 5, 2025 at 8:13 PM
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While winning a poker tournament is a satisfying thing, having to get up for work the next morning is more than a little difficult.

And it's going to be a late night tonight going out with my gf to see @pattonoswalt.bsky.social at Helium tonight.
December 5, 2025 at 1:32 PM
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Up late because I went to play poker tonight, made the final table, and chopped three handed. A nice little bump to my bankroll.
December 5, 2025 at 6:56 AM
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A brief moment of a respite for a character toward the beginning of The Thousand Doors:

#WIPSnips #writersky #writingcommunity
After speaking with Sandor, a servant showed Suvi to an unoccupied room in the chapterhouse. It stood along the back wall of the house. A comfortable-looking bed covered by a blue duvet stretched out from the left-hand wall with a cherry wood dresser opposite it. A small table next to the bed and an artistically carved wardrobe just inside the door completed the furnishings. Moving across the room to the window set in the far wall, Suvi peered past the thick, blue velvet curtains. It opened onto a small garden, providing a bit of separation for the house from the outer wall and the city street beyond. While it did not stop the noise of the traffic beyond the walls from reaching the room, the buffer dulled it enough to avoid being a complete distraction. Turning away from the window, she suppressed a start of surprise at the servant still standing quietly in the doorway. Seeing her attention focused on him, he cleared his throat gently. “Should I ask the other household staff to prepare a bath for you, Disciple Vaino?” A sense of everything that happened since the last time Suvi had a proper bath rushed over here and, though she had washed it away before leaving the Kaldonnuk Forest, she could still feel Caspian’s blood on her hands. She nodded in response to the question. “Yes, please. That would be wonderful.”
December 4, 2025 at 5:49 PM
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In an attempt to drag myself out of the writing doldrums, I opened the spreadsheet file for outlining and tracking book 3 of the Diamond Imperium trilogy. I currently have tabs for 11 POV characters.

For comparison, TSL has 4. TTD has 5.

Working Title: The Final Gate.
December 4, 2025 at 5:40 PM
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December 4, 2025 at 12:07 PM
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Yet again, fuck ticketmaster and their fees. 33% of the total price was fees for tickets to see GnR.
December 3, 2025 at 3:12 PM
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Holy shit... the new episode of the Mighty Nein was a rough watch. It was very well done, but Caleb's back story is a painful experience.
December 3, 2025 at 10:33 AM
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December 3, 2025 at 8:31 AM
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December 2, 2025 at 11:35 AM
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Just got the info on the Black Company TTRPG beta test. Currently devouring the rules packet. After that will be reading the rest of the material and then rounding up people who want to play.
December 1, 2025 at 8:14 PM
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December 1, 2025 at 11:40 AM
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I finished Stranger Things S5 Pt 1 today. I'm at a point of really wanting the rest of it now, but thankfully it'll all be out over the next month. The ramp of the story has been solid over five seasons.

I only had one pedantic nerd quibble about S5 so far. Not saying anything to avoid spoilers.
November 30, 2025 at 11:08 PM
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I'm going up to Winston-Salem the weekend before Xmas and one of the requirements is hitting deweys.com

Moravian Cookies, Sugar Cake, Love Feast Buns for my mom. This is where all my birthday cakes came from until I was 12. I usually order things, but you can't get the love feast buns online now.
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November 30, 2025 at 4:05 PM