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Challenge Accepted part 1
Okay...that title is a wee bit click baity...there actually hasn't been a challenge., but lately I have had a few (friendly) conversations with folks about En-Trance, Alchemica and Miss Martial always being in peril if I am (supposedly) a fan of heroines winning...and that's a fair call to be honest. So -what gives? Well - there have been lots of images posted where the Heroines win..at least 7 mutliple panel stories -all listed below - and numerous one or two panel images showing the heroines being triumphant. So, while the Peril images stand out I don't think it is fair to say I haven't shown my girls winning, and well above the average too I would say ;) ...it just hasn't happened that regularly lately There are multiple reasons for that, to name just a few 1: I have been both busy at work, which stresses me and in poor health -largely self inflicted though inactivity and diet. The goods news is I am feeling much better and have more energy., enough to begin writing
Quack Talk -Browsing offline
Okay...total transparency - I buy 90% of everything online. That being said...I think it is important for mine and others mental health to browse in stores every now and then, maybe pick something up..buy a coffee...especially if, like me, you have suffered from conditions like depression and are something of an introvert Today I had to get my car re-tested for road worthiness (it passed thank the feathered Gods!) To celebrate I had a rather nice breakfast in a local restaurant and then wandered into the local book shop (we say shop here in Ireland, not store) Now I was just spending some time, I was out of the office, it had stopped raining and I was in no hurry home. By chance, I spotted a volume on the shelf - The Translation of Seamus Heaney - edited by Marco Sonzogni I haven't read much Heaney despite him being a Nobel Laureate and possibly the most famous Irish literary figure of the late 20th and early 21st century I had read his Beowulf, and far preferred Tolkien's so
Quack Talk - Customer or prisoner?
Earlier this year the CEO of Hewlett-Packard made remarks which, in my opinion, are cause for the board to move for his dismissal...if the board had the best interests of Hewlett -Packard's customers (here after abbreviated to HP) at heart. Essentially Mr Lores stated that the company loses money on its hardware and makes money off selling ink and most especially its ink subscription model Notably HP is currently involved in a class action lawsuit over "supposedly" disabling its printers when those printers detect third party ink cartridges, a move which robs customers of their right to choose an ink provider. Customers who don't "buy in" are not "profitable customers" for HP. In my opinion, customers who do "buy in" are no longer customers either, they are prisoners or to use a "Modern world" euphemism - Consumers Mr Lores and HP seem to have forgotten that HP operates in a Free Market economy, and that it is the responsibility of the CEO and their senior management team to
Ciao for now
I recently posted a journal on some of the areas to be wary of as an adult artist, things that will get you into trouble and are best avoided I did this because A: I have been here for some time and have done my best to understand the pitfalls because B: I know they are vague, difficult to interpret, especially for those new to D. A. I wanted to help those who may inadvertently step across a line they didn't know existed, I thought I was doing something helpful A friend made me aware of a Team post, and as I followed the wider conversation I realised there are folks who don't want help... they know the lines exist and cross them anyway, for their own reasons Not judging anyone, you do you, but the wataboutisms in the general conversation around this topic have frustrated me to the point I have decided to step away from D. A. There are a few events we normally participate in and I have asked Dee to do something for those, and ofc Duck 1k I will also post links to the TOS etc on that mentioned journal, to help those who are looking for the info Then I am done with that conversation, I am not gna post another journal on the topic or comment on it again I don't know when I will be more active again, so in case I don't see ya... Good afternoon, good evening and good night Stay Safe Dev
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Trance Draws? Doe she do landscapes or portraits? Hopefully she doesn't draw political satire. You are very kind to include me as a luminary, I am just a simple man making my way through the heroines of Ocean's Bluff. I have enjoyed working with you Duck and I hope that our collaborations continue well past the end of our current story. Although if you keep telling me to move Trances right hand 5cm's to the left, I am going to have Dee shoot you in the foot!