Tabletop Game and Card Devving #2: The Bricking

I’d made plans to post last week and share a couple of images from my updates for the game. Instead, I foolishly agreed to update my iPad to iOS 26. Long story short, Apple’s precious attempt to fix what was never broken ended up breaking my post-warranty iPad. Several attempts to update via iTunes and…

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A Much Needed Return to Leisure

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Motherfucker this semester is finally done these ivy league wannabes can suck my nonexistent nutsack Well, this  certainly was a trying semester, but I’m sure this will all be worth it when I finally become a professional whatever the hell it is I’m trying to become. Seriously, there’s a need for what I want to…

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Finding My Game

A header image featuring a part of the exterior of The Strong. Giant Scrabble pieces spell out PLAY and a red dragon looms over a garden. Accompanying text reads, Rochester, NY. This is the farthest up north I've ever been in my life. On the east coast, anyway.

I could go into excruciating detail about my first conference trip, but most of it’s pretty academic and therefore sand-blastingly dry—trust me, you don’t want the blow by blow—but Board Game Academics was possibly the best first conference I ever could have had. Considering I was the only librarian/information type person among 75 people, I…

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Return to Responsibilities

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Don’t get me wrong, it is nice in a way to return from a four-day trip and find familiar sights and experiences waiting for me. But all at once… Such a nice, blustery, tropical stormy day. There goes my intention to experiment livestreaming with my iPad. I could give it a go, but then I’d…

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Future Road Trip

A close up view of a library bookcase to the viewer's left, leading the eye to a blurry view of shelves and desks in the distance. The header text reads, 'Research, my happy place.'

This conference takes place in October, so I have plenty of time to psyche myself up. I’m having a harder time doing the same for a trip to Florida next month.

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Look, Ma, I’m a bonafide grad student!

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Or Ellie Finally Sets Out to Do Something Besides Writing Papers for Grades Make a sandwich and strap in. This could be the last post I make for a while, though I’m starting to make more micro posts, as you can see in the Bluesky widget (to your right… or near the bottom, depending on…

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