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I was at an event that I think perhaps should be encouraged, the Birmingham City Schools is going to be building a Teaching Farm / garden in downtown Birmingham.
So today at what was called a “groundbreaking” turned out to be instead a Ground Seeding, no big wigs in hard hats turning over ground with a gold shovel.
Instead around the grounds of the undertaking were small packages propped up on sticks containing seeds, everyone there, big wigs and commoners, were asked to pick one at random, send good thoughts to it and then toss it at random around the site.
No `breaking the ground to obey’ but here are some seeds, have fun.
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By “Variable,” Cora of course means “That depends on what I’m shooting and where I hit them.” I suppose that applies to most non-AOE weapons, really.
My first draft had some Predator looking scrawl in panel 5 there, but I thought that wasn’t particularly helpful, so it’s been translated for your convenience.
So, the “stasis” gun doesn’t stop time, because if you reference your technobabble lookup table, it’s too power inefficient to do so. It’s like accelerating mass to light speed without cheating with spacial compression or just straight up warp nonsense. Basically, slowing time to 10% takes 100 energoid-hours, slowing it to 9% takes 200 energoid-hours, slowing it t0 8% takes 400 e/h, 5% takes 3,200 e/h, etc.
At least, that’s how the gun works. The stasis pod is more efficient because it’s maintaining a time slow field inside layers of other fields, and those usually have much larger power cells than a rifle. They can put 10 fields that each slow time by 15%, which is far more power efficient.
Basically what’s happening here is the gun is trying to keep Maxima at something like 2 or 3% speed, but as she realized something is wrong, and is using super speed to compensate, the gun is like “I don’t know what’s happening here, so I’m going to double fist your power cell to attempt to keep things stable. Please be alarmed if your gun starts getting really hot.”
“Torchy” is probably a racial slur, but a fairly mild one. Whatever Torchy is, her race definitely has some demon or devil in their ancestry, neither one is usually ever described as a snowflake. If you call a Marileth a six-armed snake-butt, their first instinct isn’t to go cry about it on Space Twitter. Succubi have certainly heard their share of slurs. On top of all the usual female derogations, they get stuff like “Horned Hussy” or “Homewrecker on hooves.” At least the ones that actually have horns and hooves, that is. Even without their glamors, succubi have morphologically and chromatically enjoyed the spice of life. No, not Melange. Variety. Most have horns. Some have hooves, some do not. Some have that little tail with the spade thing on the end. That has to get caught on stuff. Walking through the woods with a spade tail is probably like pulling a DVI cable out of a big tangle of wires. You know, the ones with the big screw things on the side that get caught on everything? Man, I’m glad we’re moving past stupid cable connectors. USB C fo lyfe!
Oh shoot, I forgot to draw Torchy’s wrist forcefield thingy.
Vote incentive is updated! I forgot/ran out of time to draw a clothed version, but I’ll get to that this weekend hopefully. Maybe I’ll put her in a teddy, or just a feather boa or something. NSFW version is over at Patreon as usual.
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In three days, I attempt Insane Charity Bike Ride 2020. Now with a duck on my head. (We passed the $10,000 mark). Possibly with two.
Another insanity – I failed to post about it here, on DorkTower.com! Though most of my blogging will be over at the Dork Tower Patreon page, I blame #PandemicBrain.
So here is the last-minute low-down:
STRETCH GOALS:
$10,000 Goal – I wear the Duck of Doom on my helmet for the ride. PASSED.
$11,000 – I will wear the tentacles again (pictured above). PASSED.
$12,000 – Daughter, Age 11, will ride 10 miles with me. PASSED.
$14,000 – Comics legend Gail Simone will write a limerick for the ride, which I will illustrate. All backers will get a PDF of this. PASSED.
$15,000 – the Gail Simone limerick will be included as a signed mini-print for swag-level ($25 and up) backers. PASSED.
$16,000 – (Final stretch-goal) – I will wear BOTH ducks on my helmet (pictured above)!
Every year, this ride helps the FairShare CSA Coalition bring fresh, organic food from Dane County, WI, farms to low-income families in the Madison area.
It’s an amazing local charity, helping farmers as well as low-income families. But obviously, this year, the need is greater.
The Army of Dorkness (this means YOU!) has become hugely important to this campaign, raising more than $90,000 over the past seven years! You all are AMAZING!
If you have the means, please support Insane Charity Bike Ride 2020!
Aside from making me cycle a very long distance (now with a duck on my head), here’s what I’ll send you, in return.
1) EACH and EVERY pledge will get a pdf of the limericks Neil Gaiman, Patrick Rothfuss and now Gail Simone created for the ride, illustrated by me. PLUS, a pdf copy of both charity coloring books I drew.
2) A pledge of $25 gets the signed 2020 MUNCHKIN CHARITY POSTCARD! Created exclusively for donors of this ride, this will let you start one game of Munchkin at Level 3. And now, of course, the Gail Simone limerick mini-print, as well as the PDF limericks and coloring books.
3) A pledge $50 will get all of the above, plus a unique-to-this-ride ARMY OF DORKNESS Sergeant button!
4) A pledge $125 will get all of the above, plus last year’s GAMEHOLE CON plushie – the Displacer Kitten! 2 of 10 left)
5) A pledge of $175 will get you this year’s postcard, the Sergeant button, plus all seven previous Charity postcards! (These are running low, and this is probably the last year this can be offered). (4 of 10 left)
6) A pledge of $250 will get you this year’s postcard, the Sergeant button, and an ORIGINAL PIECE OF MUNCHKIN CARD ART. This is the only way you can get original Munchkin card art – I never sell it. I choose my favorite pieces to send to ride backers. The art will be from a classic Munchkin core set or supplement. You also get the button, and this year’s postcard. (22 of 30 left)
7) A $500 pledge gets you the postcard, the button, the PDFs, the Displacer Kitten plushie, the Original Munchkin art, the Owlbear backpack, and next year’s GameholeCon Plushie, the Blink Puppy! (This will be mailed to you as soon as we receive them). (2 of 10 remaining).
8) A $1,500 pledge means EITHER (a) I will paint a cartoon portrait of you, and/or your family (up to five members), and/or your pets, either digitally (for use on cards, etc.) or physical (acrylics on canvas, 14″ x 16″ or larger). Or (b) You get to star in an original DORK TOWER comic, and also get to keep the original artwork! You also get a piece of Munchkin art, the current postcard, the pdfs and the badge. (3 of 4 remaining)
Oh, and if you’re also a Dork Tower Patreon supporter, or have backed The Tao of Igor Kickstarter, you will also receive this unique-to-this-ride Army of Dorkness button, featuring Gilly!
Anyway, there you have it. INSANE CHARITY BIKE RIDE 2020. Help me help farmers get fresh food to local low-income families. Or simply do it to force a second duck upon my head. Your choice.
You’ll still be able to donate, and get swag, for a couple of weeks after the event. But the shot at that second duck? Gone, after Sunday.
![She referenced Billie Eilish, so this must be getting pretty close to the pandemic. But we've seen the last two years in-universe, so if it's set in the future, they must be in at least 2023 by now. [*adds thumbtacks and string to wall*]](https://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/set_in_the_present.png "She referenced Billie Eilish, so this must be getting pretty close to the pandemic. But we've seen the last two years in-universe, so if it's set in the future, they must be in at least 2023 by now. [*adds thumbtacks and string to wall*]")
Vote incentive is updated! I forgot/ran out of time to draw a clothed version, but I’ll get to that this weekend hopefully. Maybe I’ll put her in a teddy, or just a feather boa or something. NSFW version is over at Patreon as usual.
