Jay the Ent-Larch
@entlarchjay.bsky.social
nonbinary mystical forest cryptid & merwrangler with Orange Cat Energy (they/them) blogging at runninginmyhead.com
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Bryn (gnome cleric of Oghma) was my first D&D character. It’s a trope that we work through trauma with our PCs, but she was the one I played as I was coming out to society as nonbinary while simultaneously leaving a controlling religious environment.
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I’m the notetaker at the TTRPG tables I’m involved with, and I’ve written most of our stories up and posted them online (with permission). Here’s a thread of links if you’re so inclined!
If I’m working at my desk & someone comes in and asks to see me, which of these will work best?
A) Jay, look up
B) Jay, look out
C) Jay, someone’s here to see you
If you chose A or B, you agree with my coworkers, who watched me look up at the ceiling, & then cover my head before trying option C.
A) Jay, look up
B) Jay, look out
C) Jay, someone’s here to see you
If you chose A or B, you agree with my coworkers, who watched me look up at the ceiling, & then cover my head before trying option C.
November 26, 2025 at 6:29 PM
If I’m working at my desk & someone comes in and asks to see me, which of these will work best?
A) Jay, look up
B) Jay, look out
C) Jay, someone’s here to see you
If you chose A or B, you agree with my coworkers, who watched me look up at the ceiling, & then cover my head before trying option C.
A) Jay, look up
B) Jay, look out
C) Jay, someone’s here to see you
If you chose A or B, you agree with my coworkers, who watched me look up at the ceiling, & then cover my head before trying option C.
I have fallen into Pie Discourse and I just have to say that I am probably an expert when it comes to apple pie. I am a third-generation apple pie-maker and I am the undisputed best of them all. There’s so much that can and does go wrong that most folks have probably only had mediocre apple pie
November 25, 2025 at 11:33 PM
I have fallen into Pie Discourse and I just have to say that I am probably an expert when it comes to apple pie. I am a third-generation apple pie-maker and I am the undisputed best of them all. There’s so much that can and does go wrong that most folks have probably only had mediocre apple pie
I know this poster is trolling. Disparaging one of the best pies (and my personal forte) and placing pecan (of all things!) at the top? Well, all this is certainly debatable, but this poster starts from the unfortunate position of being wrong.
Apple pie is bad. This is not really debatable. So is key lime pie, while we’re on the topic. Pecan pie is the 🐐 tho.
November 25, 2025 at 11:04 PM
I know this poster is trolling. Disparaging one of the best pies (and my personal forte) and placing pecan (of all things!) at the top? Well, all this is certainly debatable, but this poster starts from the unfortunate position of being wrong.
Books and baked goods, for sure
What are you made of?
1. tea & tenderness
2. books & baked goods
3. cheese & confusion
4. moss & chaos
1. tea & tenderness
2. books & baked goods
3. cheese & confusion
4. moss & chaos
November 25, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Books and baked goods, for sure
It might not be Tuesday but we’re having plate tacos anyway
November 25, 2025 at 12:19 AM
It might not be Tuesday but we’re having plate tacos anyway
I could make supper. But then I would have to decide what to make, make it, eat it, and then clean up the mess I made when the kitchen has been clean since noonish.
So the $23 is worth it to me to order a pizza and garlic knots
So the $23 is worth it to me to order a pizza and garlic knots
November 23, 2025 at 11:56 PM
I could make supper. But then I would have to decide what to make, make it, eat it, and then clean up the mess I made when the kitchen has been clean since noonish.
So the $23 is worth it to me to order a pizza and garlic knots
So the $23 is worth it to me to order a pizza and garlic knots
oh no, my books held to their wobbly shelves with obsolete cables . . .
Twitter accounts are based in Russia. BlueSky accounts are based in homes with, frankly, too many books, plants, obsolete cables, and pieces of rustic pottery, that could do with a bit of a tidying up, to be honest.
November 23, 2025 at 10:29 PM
oh no, my books held to their wobbly shelves with obsolete cables . . .
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IT IS GLORY TO BATHE IN THE BLOOD OF YOUR ENEMIES BUT TO ALSO BATHE IN THE SHOWER.
November 23, 2025 at 6:43 AM
IT IS GLORY TO BATHE IN THE BLOOD OF YOUR ENEMIES BUT TO ALSO BATHE IN THE SHOWER.
Table for One at the Crow Bar
Table for One at the Crow Bar
It’s Sunday afternoon and it’s been a lazy-aesthetic kind of day. I’ve done the laundry and cleaned the kitchen and I’m just now getting around to putting on clothes that are not pajamas. I’ve made some hot cider and there’s enough for two, if you want some, so let’s sit down, sip something warm, and do a little weekly recap.
runninginmyhead.com
November 23, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Table for One at the Crow Bar
🎶 when I was a young boy, my father took me into the city to see a marching band. He said “son, when you grow up, would you be the savior of the broken, the beaten, and the damned?" He said, "Will you defeat them? Your demons, and all the non-believers, the plans that they have made?" 🎶
🎶Some kind of night into your darkness
Colors your eyes with what's not there
Faaaade into you
Strange you never knew
Colors your eyes with what's not there
Faaaade into you
Strange you never knew
November 23, 2025 at 3:24 PM
🎶 when I was a young boy, my father took me into the city to see a marching band. He said “son, when you grow up, would you be the savior of the broken, the beaten, and the damned?" He said, "Will you defeat them? Your demons, and all the non-believers, the plans that they have made?" 🎶
I seem to have found my way into the elusive Crow Bar
November 23, 2025 at 1:28 AM
I seem to have found my way into the elusive Crow Bar
It’s pouring rain but I’ve got leftover stew and half a bottle of Shiraz and Murder She Wrote on the tv so I’m saying tonight’s a win for me
November 23, 2025 at 12:30 AM
It’s pouring rain but I’ve got leftover stew and half a bottle of Shiraz and Murder She Wrote on the tv so I’m saying tonight’s a win for me
2 & 3 depending on my mood
Where do you seek thrills?
1. haunted theaters
2. mossy old forests
3. in bed with a book
4. modern chemistry
1. haunted theaters
2. mossy old forests
3. in bed with a book
4. modern chemistry
November 22, 2025 at 4:44 PM
2 & 3 depending on my mood
I enjoy whiskey but as I’m the only one in the house that partakes, my bottles last a while.
Disappointedly, I have just found out that Jameson no longer makes their Stout edition - apparently they stopped about a year ago, shortly after I bought my last bottle.
Anything similar out there?
Disappointedly, I have just found out that Jameson no longer makes their Stout edition - apparently they stopped about a year ago, shortly after I bought my last bottle.
Anything similar out there?
November 22, 2025 at 3:20 PM
I enjoy whiskey but as I’m the only one in the house that partakes, my bottles last a while.
Disappointedly, I have just found out that Jameson no longer makes their Stout edition - apparently they stopped about a year ago, shortly after I bought my last bottle.
Anything similar out there?
Disappointedly, I have just found out that Jameson no longer makes their Stout edition - apparently they stopped about a year ago, shortly after I bought my last bottle.
Anything similar out there?
woulds’t thou like to eat deliciously?
November 22, 2025 at 1:04 AM
woulds’t thou like to eat deliciously?
I making a tomato-based beef and mushroom stew; it’s got about two more hours to go. In about thirty minutes I’m starting some bread to go with it, and I’ve got a bottle of Shiraz. Not too sure about the latter as I not a huge fan of red wine but even I know a moscato wouldn’t pair the best
November 21, 2025 at 10:06 PM
I making a tomato-based beef and mushroom stew; it’s got about two more hours to go. In about thirty minutes I’m starting some bread to go with it, and I’ve got a bottle of Shiraz. Not too sure about the latter as I not a huge fan of red wine but even I know a moscato wouldn’t pair the best
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Thinking about those who didn't survive this year. Never forget their names, life's, and beauty. 💔🏳️⚧️
November 21, 2025 at 1:48 AM
Thinking about those who didn't survive this year. Never forget their names, life's, and beauty. 💔🏳️⚧️
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Discworld QOTD, from Feet of Clay, for Trans Day of Remembrance
November 20, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Discworld QOTD, from Feet of Clay, for Trans Day of Remembrance
taking the opportunity to once again say that Monstrous Regiment was the first time I consciously recognized characters that sounded like the thoughts in my head
Terry Pratchett helped give me the language to explain myself to myself ❤️
Terry Pratchett helped give me the language to explain myself to myself ❤️
*throws copies of _Monstrous Regiment_ at anyone who says PTerry was a TERF*
November 20, 2025 at 9:20 PM
taking the opportunity to once again say that Monstrous Regiment was the first time I consciously recognized characters that sounded like the thoughts in my head
Terry Pratchett helped give me the language to explain myself to myself ❤️
Terry Pratchett helped give me the language to explain myself to myself ❤️
I’d say my pie was a success
November 20, 2025 at 12:32 PM
I’d say my pie was a success
Has it been over thirty days since you last watched a film starring Nicolas Coppola? Nicolas Cage Gap.
Not enough casters in your DnD party?
Problematic mage gap.
Problematic mage gap.
Your thanksgiving stuffing doesn’t taste right?
Problematic sage gap.
Problematic sage gap.
November 19, 2025 at 11:47 PM
Has it been over thirty days since you last watched a film starring Nicolas Coppola? Nicolas Cage Gap.
it’s your office Thanksgiving party. Your wife bought you a new vest (it was on sale!) and you made an apple pie and you’re feeling good about yourself; this is what it looks like:
November 19, 2025 at 12:13 PM
it’s your office Thanksgiving party. Your wife bought you a new vest (it was on sale!) and you made an apple pie and you’re feeling good about yourself; this is what it looks like:
tonight’s attire:
November 18, 2025 at 11:41 PM
tonight’s attire:
I’ve the feeling that I’m not careful I’m going to perpetuate the stereotype of trans people in information technology
hi, it’s me: the nonbinary person flirting (maybe? I’m ace, too) with things in the realm of information technology
hi, it’s me: the nonbinary person flirting (maybe? I’m ace, too) with things in the realm of information technology
November 18, 2025 at 10:48 PM
I’ve the feeling that I’m not careful I’m going to perpetuate the stereotype of trans people in information technology
hi, it’s me: the nonbinary person flirting (maybe? I’m ace, too) with things in the realm of information technology
hi, it’s me: the nonbinary person flirting (maybe? I’m ace, too) with things in the realm of information technology
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would you read this week’s words? I wrote a goodly number of them this week!
My weekly blog post is now up!
Toretto in a Ford with the Lead Pipe
November 17, 2025 at 1:39 AM
would you read this week’s words? I wrote a goodly number of them this week!