Christopher R. Rice - The Raven Maniac
@ravensnpennies.com
Writer, blogger, game designer, #GURPS GM, reader, foodie, and cinephile. Inveterate raconteur. Spouse of @foxmoon.bsky.social, bi/demi, he/him.
Love. Duty. Honor. Faith. The Words I Live By.
Semper Vivimus, Semper Vincimus.
https://linktr.ee/ravenpenny
Love. Duty. Honor. Faith. The Words I Live By.
Semper Vivimus, Semper Vincimus.
https://linktr.ee/ravenpenny
Pinned
Lack of Pennies But A Nest Still Needs Feathering | Christopher R. Rice
Get more from Christopher R. Rice on Patreon
www.patreon.com
I'm in a bad way right now and once again, I call on Gondor for aid. I'm offering a temporary tier on #Patreon for my back #GURPS content. I'm highly unlikely to offer such content again like this. Check it out and please reshare this.
www.patreon.com/posts/141085...
#TTRPG #roleplaying #gaming
www.patreon.com/posts/141085...
#TTRPG #roleplaying #gaming
...well, fuck.
Heads up for T&S folks
The vetting process for H1B visa applications now check if people had worked in areas such as misinformation, disinformation, content moderation, fact-checking, compliance and online safety, among others.
Archive of Reuters link: archive.ph/m8aR4
Archive of Reuters link: archive.ph/m8aR4
December 5, 2025 at 3:22 AM
...well, fuck.
Reposted by Christopher R. Rice - The Raven Maniac
Reposted by Christopher R. Rice - The Raven Maniac
Reposted by Christopher R. Rice - The Raven Maniac
So one of the first things I did tonight was my garlic confit. Let it go in the oven for about three hours. When it was done threw it in a deli container and shoved in the fridge.
December 4, 2025 at 6:45 AM
So one of the first things I did tonight was my garlic confit. Let it go in the oven for about three hours. When it was done threw it in a deli container and shoved in the fridge.
Grief is like a dog on your doorstep. It knows it's supposed to be there and it doesn't matter if you ignore it, or you kick it, or you do not feed it. The dog is there. The dog wants you to know it's there. And it is gonna give you time. All time that you need until you to let it in.
December 4, 2025 at 4:09 AM
Grief is like a dog on your doorstep. It knows it's supposed to be there and it doesn't matter if you ignore it, or you kick it, or you do not feed it. The dog is there. The dog wants you to know it's there. And it is gonna give you time. All time that you need until you to let it in.
My birthday continues I guess?
December 3, 2025 at 10:46 PM
My birthday continues I guess?
Either bouncers, doorman, guardians of thresholds, etc.
OR
FAFO
OR
FAFO
If you were the Patron Saint of something, what would it be?
December 3, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Either bouncers, doorman, guardians of thresholds, etc.
OR
FAFO
OR
FAFO
Reposted by Christopher R. Rice - The Raven Maniac
Reposted by Christopher R. Rice - The Raven Maniac
Pez is my pocket friend with such lugubriously bad luck we call it Pezluck. Please help my friend.
The wonderful @sylk.bsky.social put this together - I am the beneficiary. I know times are tight. After years of underemployment I experienced a temporary layoff immediately followed by a massive plumbing disaster. If anyone is willing to boost this, it would mean the world.
Donate to Putting the Brakes on the Breakdown, organized by Linda T
Pez. Potato. PezNo. PezYes. To know Pez is to know joy and laughter and occasionally needi… Linda T needs your support for Putting the Brakes on the Breakdown
www.gofundme.com
November 29, 2025 at 3:26 AM
Pez is my pocket friend with such lugubriously bad luck we call it Pezluck. Please help my friend.
Reposted by Christopher R. Rice - The Raven Maniac
I opened a jewelry shop to spread my joy of shiny rocks and glass into the world:
www.feralrosejewels.com/shop/p/heart...
www.feralrosejewels.com/shop/p/heart...
Heart’s Blood II — Feral Rose Jewels
Another necklace of antique black seed beads, red white hearts, black mourning glass and a Colodente / Pigeon’s Egg glass focal.
www.feralrosejewels.com
December 3, 2025 at 9:07 PM
I opened a jewelry shop to spread my joy of shiny rocks and glass into the world:
www.feralrosejewels.com/shop/p/heart...
www.feralrosejewels.com/shop/p/heart...
When your mother has a brilliant idea.
December 3, 2025 at 9:11 PM
When your mother has a brilliant idea.
I was customer number 1 - you should go wipe out the current stock, folks. The pendants are gorgeous.
December 3, 2025 at 7:44 PM
I was customer number 1 - you should go wipe out the current stock, folks. The pendants are gorgeous.
So I have the Dragon NaturallySpeaking software now. Trying to use it for dictation, save my hands more important stuff/technical stuff. Does anyone use any similar dictation software or this program? Tips are welcome, as well as any software to amplify the software.
December 3, 2025 at 5:33 PM
So I have the Dragon NaturallySpeaking software now. Trying to use it for dictation, save my hands more important stuff/technical stuff. Does anyone use any similar dictation software or this program? Tips are welcome, as well as any software to amplify the software.
"Oh, I could be a writer if I wanted to. It's easy, right?"
What’s the worst question someone can ask after you tell them your profession? For linguists, it’s definitely “how many languages do you speak?”, but I’m curious what else is happening to the rest of y’all out there?!
December 2, 2025 at 8:14 AM
"Oh, I could be a writer if I wanted to. It's easy, right?"
My damn hands are still being stupid. I'm trying to use dictation software to see if that can help speed me along. Seems to be working mostly. Gonna be a lot of customization I need to do to get it to be seamless. Really wish I could get the damn EMG like yesterday.
December 2, 2025 at 7:58 AM
My damn hands are still being stupid. I'm trying to use dictation software to see if that can help speed me along. Seems to be working mostly. Gonna be a lot of customization I need to do to get it to be seamless. Really wish I could get the damn EMG like yesterday.
I need a way to crack my back/rub sore back muscles...without getting on the floor. Any ideas?
December 1, 2025 at 9:31 PM
I need a way to crack my back/rub sore back muscles...without getting on the floor. Any ideas?
I've been trying to cope. I thought I had good coping skills. I spent decades forging a cage for my anger and in doing so sharpened many tools to help with other problems. But I think that the last near-two years have stretched those skills badly.
December 1, 2025 at 8:57 PM
I've been trying to cope. I thought I had good coping skills. I spent decades forging a cage for my anger and in doing so sharpened many tools to help with other problems. But I think that the last near-two years have stretched those skills badly.
I just ain't got nothing left in me to give. Just so damn tired of all of it at this point.
November 28, 2025 at 2:19 PM
I just ain't got nothing left in me to give. Just so damn tired of all of it at this point.
I hate the holidays. Either I fuck them up or someone else does. So over today.
November 28, 2025 at 1:15 AM
I hate the holidays. Either I fuck them up or someone else does. So over today.
Gonna make stuffing tomorrow been saving that bread for weeks got it stale then vaccusealed it and tossed it in the back of the fridge.
November 27, 2025 at 6:28 AM
Gonna make stuffing tomorrow been saving that bread for weeks got it stale then vaccusealed it and tossed it in the back of the fridge.
The candied orange peel.
November 27, 2025 at 5:46 AM
The candied orange peel.
Mom and my sister made pecan pie tarts. I walked in and I was about to ask for one. Before I can, mom opens her hand and then offers it to me reciting Frodo when he's talking to Galadriel. She's such a gawddamn nerd. Both me and my sister lost it.
November 27, 2025 at 2:59 AM
Mom and my sister made pecan pie tarts. I walked in and I was about to ask for one. Before I can, mom opens her hand and then offers it to me reciting Frodo when he's talking to Galadriel. She's such a gawddamn nerd. Both me and my sister lost it.
Ready for the oven.
November 27, 2025 at 2:49 AM
Ready for the oven.