Tuesday, September 30, 2025

September games

 

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67. Santa Cookie Elf Candy Snowman (avg score:1.5) - A glorified slapjack, where the players place cards down, having to recite the mantra, "Person, Woman, Man, Camera, TV"... or, um, "Santa. Cookie, Elf, Candy, Snowman", and if a card matching the word the player is saying happens to be placed, then you slap the deck to give the cards to the other player. Goal is to get rid of your cards first. There's no real strategy, and nobody in the family likes this game, so we half-heartedly played it for a bit, and will undoubtedly be donating it at the end of the year.





68. Santorini (avg score: ) - Fun little strategy game where each player has two movers on a 5x5 board, attmepting to get to the top of the towers they build after moving. After we played, Silas mentioned that this is a lot like Connect Four, but more spatial, and I guess that's the case, but I still really like this game, and want to play it more in the future.





69. Scattergories (avg score: ) - Everyone's got a list of categories. A letter is rolled on a giant letter die, the timer is set for like 2 minutes, and you have to write down answers that match the categories starting with the letter rolled for htat round. Then, everyonoe reveals their answers and if your answer is the same as anone elses (or is invalid somehow), it doesn't count.  Fine enough game, although I think it's probably more fun with more people.




70. Scrabble (avg score:) - Uh. It's Scrabble, yo. You build words with your letter tiles, and certain spots on the board are worth extra points. 








71. Scrambled States of America (avg score: ) - Simple little children's educational card game where each player gets five state cards in front of them. Each card has the state name, the capital, and the state nickname, as well as a cartoon drawing of the anthropomorphized state. You then have to be the first to match one of your states to a card that has something on it. Things like, "Capital starts with an A, B, or C" or "State does NOT touch the ocean" or "State not showing teeth in it smile". At the end of the deck, player with the most cards wins. (Ironically, we both ended up with 24. ...I'm not sure where the remaining two went.) Anyway. It's purely luck, and not a super deep game, but it was fun enough. 





72. Set (avg score: ) - Card game where you have to find sets of 3 cards where each "thing" (color, shape, number of  shapes, and solid-ness) is different (or the same). I like this game, normally, but, just wasn't feeling it when we played yesterday, for whatever reason. One of those games I think you have to be in the right mindset (heh) for.


Amsterdam - Guster

Today is September 30th, 2025. The song of the day is "Amsterdam" by Guster.

Monday, September 29, 2025

Horn Intro - Modest Mouse

Today is September 29th, 2025. The song of the day is "Horn Intro" by Modest Mouse.

Sunday, September 28, 2025

Steven's Last Night in Town - Ben Folds Five

Today is September 28th, 2025. The song of the day is "Steven's Last Night in Town" by Ben Folds Five.

Saturday, September 27, 2025

Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This) - The Eurythmics

Today is September 27th, 2025. The song of the day is "Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)" by The Eurythmics.

Friday, September 26, 2025

Freewill - Rush

Today is September 26th, 2025. The song of the day is "Freewill" by Rush.

Thursday, September 25, 2025

Press Pound - Rick Moranis

And the bonus song of the day is "Press Pound" by Rick Moranis. 

Nobody Cares - Superorganism

Today is September 25th, 2025. The song of the day is "Nobody Cares" by Superorganism.

Wednesday, September 24, 2025

Wordle Wednesday #32

 9.17.25 - The toucan sat on his perch and said with a heavy sigh, “I’ll need one tenth of your teeth.”

(Creepy. Love it.)

9.18.25 - Jack wanted to write his guide for how to survive a serial killer and include tips like, “smile” and “keep your voice calm” and “stay hidden”, but he couldn’t because he had a knife plunged into his head.

(Darkly comical. Love it.)

9.19.25 - Much later, the table became sentient and dealt its revenge on the card dealers.

(BWAHAHAHA!!)

9.20.25 - We want the robber to retry to swipe an ocean, but he will demur and instead defer to looting a lake.

(Ehhhh.)

9.21.25 - Before you join a coven, make sure they do a decent cover of Britney’s “Toxic”.

(Words to live by.)

9.22.25 - If you want to build to a fiery twist in your comic, use a quill ink pen, and be a porcupine on fire.

(Heh. I wonder what cooked porcupine meat is like...)

9.23.25 - Death told me wistfully, “The truth is, in my youth, I was able to fit an entire city in my mouth.”

(It would be cool to have a conversation with Death. I bet she's got all sorts of cool stories to tell.)

Livin' Thing - Electric Light Orchestra

Today is September 24th, 2025. The song of the day is "Livin' Thing" by Electric Light Orchestra.

Tuesday, September 23, 2025

Death of a Bachelor - Panic! At the Disco

Today is September 23rd, 2025. The song of the day is "Death of a Bachelor" by Panic! At the Disco.

Monday, September 22, 2025

Crayons Can Melt on Us for All I Care - Relient K

Today is September 22nd, 2025. The song of the day is "Crayons Can Melt on Us for All I Care" by Relient K.

Sunday, September 21, 2025

Toxic - Britney Spears

Today is September 21st, 2025. The song of the day is "Toxic" by Britney Spears.

Saturday, September 20, 2025

Is She Really Going Out with Him? - Joe Jackson

Today is September 20th, 2025. The song of the day is "Is She Really Going Out with Him?" by Joe Jackson.

Friday, September 19, 2025

Do You Feel Like We Do - Peter Frampton

Today is September 19th, 2025. The song of the day is "Do You Feel Like We Do" by Peter Frampton.

Thursday, September 18, 2025

Now, Stand Back for Your Own Safety! - The Aquabats!

Today is September 18th, 2025. The song of the day is "Now, Stand Back for Your Own Safety!" by The Aquabats!

Wednesday, September 17, 2025

Wordle Wednesday #31

 9.10.25 - The doula got pouty when it turned out her honor was bogus simply because she was a mouse.

(I don't have any commentary on this sentence, other than, I love it.)

9.11.25 - I doubt you can find a shockingly good prize in an electric chair circa 1880.

(puns, man. Love 'em.)

9.12.25 - The magician’s top hat started to throb, and a thump emerged from inside, so I reached in and pulled out a white rabbit that said “thank you”.

(ta-da!!)

9.13.25 - The nadir of Bob Ross’s career was when he took jars of paint and jelly and instructed his audience to smash them together.

(happy little trees!)

9.14.25 - The crisp still made the noisy noise it made the last time I bit into it, a decade earlier, but the flavor was …different.

(mmmm....ancient....[/Homer])

9.15.25 - You can walk along the path among all the ants, and they won’t bother you, but if you touch the anthill, you’ll groan in agony.

(...yup.)

9.16.25 - The four archetypes of leader are: lefty, lucky, silly, and moldy. 

(The ideal leader is a combination of all four. You know, like Voltron.)

How You Like Me Now? - The Heavy

Today is September 17th, 2025. The song of the day is "How You Like Me Now?" by The Heavy.

Tuesday, September 16, 2025

I'm Just a Singer (In a Rock and Roll Band) - The Moody Blues

Today is September 16th, 2025. The song of the day is "I'm Just a Singer (In a Rock and Roll Band)" by The Moody Blues.

Monday, September 15, 2025

Touch of Grey - Grateful Dead

Today is September 15th, 2025. The song of the day is "Touch of Grey" by the Grateful Dead.

Sunday, September 14, 2025

Suite: Judy Blue Eyes - Crosby, Stills & Nash

Today is September 14th, 2025. The song of the day is "Suite: Judy Blue Eyes" by Crosby, Stills & Nash.

Saturday, September 13, 2025

Jellybelly - The Smashing Pumpkins

Today is September 13th, 2025. The song of the day is "Jellybelly" by The Smashing Pumpkins.

Friday, September 12, 2025

Walking on Sunshine - Katrina and the Waves

Today is September 12th, 2025. The song of the day is "Walking on Sunshine" by Katrina and the Waves.

Thursday, September 11, 2025

It's My Life - No Doubt

Today is September 11th, 2025. The song of the day is "It's My Life" by No Doubt.

Wednesday, September 10, 2025

Wordle Wednesday #30

 9.3.25 - We watch the  ginormous gorilla climb a parking garage and fetch a truck from the top like it was nothing. 

(I'm picturing King Kong  as a valet.)

9.4.25 - To make Christmas twice as merry, blend the holidays with Charlie Sheen.

(Ho ho ho?)

9.5.25 - I admit, making your house inside a snow drift is a cool idea.

(Hashtag dad jokes)

9.6.25 - I lunge, but the bulge will not yield from its place.

(Some days, I just don't want to put in a lot of effort with the sentence.)

9.7.25 - As soon as the wordy tenor showed up at my front door, I knew he’d be a thorn in my side.

(And other days, you get masterpieces...)

9.8.25 - I asked the geese if they wanted to try to chirp instead of honk, but they were not on board with that idea.

(Geese are stubborn, yo.)

9.9.25 - Attaching springs to your feet is a quick trick to jump higher, but the boing can be so loud that it’s reported hundreds of miles away.

(Sometimes the world that these sentences evoke in my mind sound SO MUCH COOLER than the world we actually live in. Sigh.)

How About That - Gisli

Today is September 10th, 2025. The song of the day is "How About That" by Gisli.

Tuesday, September 09, 2025

Last Train to Clarksville - The Monkees

And the bonus song of the day is "Last Train to Clarksville" by The Monkees.

2000 Miles - The Pretenders

Today is September 9th, 2025. The song of the day is "2000 Miles" by The Pretenders.

Monday, September 08, 2025

Godzilla - Blue Öyster Cult

Today is September 8th, 2025. The song of the day is "Godzilla" by Blue Öyster Cult. (GO, GO, Godzilla!!)

Sunday, September 07, 2025

Word Forward - Foo Fighters

Today is September 7th, 2025. The song of the day is "Word Forward" by the Foo Fighters.

Saturday, September 06, 2025

You Make Loving Fun - Fleetwood Mac

Today is September 6th, 2025. The song of the day is "You Make Loving Fun" by Fleetwood Mac.

Friday, September 05, 2025

Harlem Shuffle - The Rolling Stones

Today is September 5th, 2025. The song of the day is "Harlem Shuffle" by The Rolling Stones.

Thursday, September 04, 2025

Merry Christmas, Darling - The Carpenters

Today is September 4th, 2025. The song of the day is "Merry Christmas, Darling" by The Carpenters.

Wednesday, September 03, 2025

Wordle Wednesday #29

 8.27.25 - The trick to finding your ka-tet is to attend a Dark Tower themed party.

(or nineteen, even!)

8.28.25 - Adding the mulch flavored blend to your banana split was a silly idea.

(mmmm....mulch....)

8.29.25 = As I watched the crane try to grasp the grail full of gravy, I decided to graft myself a better mechanical arm before Thanksgiving.

(Making the answer to any "can you pass the..." request an automatic "yes") 

8.30.25 - To elate my niece, I trimmed the hedge to resemble a Pikachu.

(Honestly, I'd be elated to see pokemon shaped shrubbery too.)

8.31.25 - The doctor claimed that a flower’s petal can heal a light wound, but the gardener disagreed.

(Doctors. Pfft. What do they know?)

9.1.25 - The least destructive blast was from the ninth head of the dragon.

(Aw, poor Jacob. Yeah. I don't know. I just imagine a dragon with (at least) nine heads, and the one that is least destructive is called Jacob [shrug]. )

9.2.25 - The kangaroo might shine her pouch before the fight, giving her an unfair advantage.

(That's not a pouch... This is a pouch.)


Souljacker Part I - eels

Today is September 3rd, 2025. The song of the day is "Souljacker Part I" by eels.

Tuesday, September 02, 2025

Supermassive Black Hole - Muse

Today is September 2nd, 2025. The song of the day is "Supermassive Black Hole" by Muse.

Monday, September 01, 2025

9 to 5 - Dolly Parton

Today is September 1st, 2025. The song of the day is "9 to 5" by Dolly Parton.