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Gail Simone

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11 Jul

@RocketSpouse

So, this just happened, for real. We decided to go kayaking, and we were in our cove which is pretty much just us. And we were just getting in and warmed up, @RocketSpouse is by the short, his back to the land. I'm further out into the deeper water.

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And I turn around and look and notice there is a big bear right behind hubby on the shore in the vegetation. @RocketSpouse has no idea, not a clue, he's just getting his paddle grip situated. Bear. Right behind him, looking right at him.

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@RocketSpouse

Now, I don't know the plan when you are in a kayak and a bear is RIGHT BEHIND you, maybe five feet.

So I don't know, do I yell at the bear, do I throw something at the bear, do I yell to warn @RocketSpouse?

Fortunately, my finely-tuned survival instincts kicked in and...

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Gail Simone

@GailSimone

18 Jun

Okay. So, a couple days ago, I took RocketKid to the dentist, and it was a sunny day so I waited outside in our car, reading a historical novel called Rose Code (quite good, too!).

This older gentleman, maybe in his early seventies came out of the dentist’s office…

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And he had obviously had some work done, his mouth was clearly hurting.

It was sunny, I had my windows open, he gets into the car next to me, and leaves the door open, and grabs his phone. I;m not trying, but it’s on speaker so I can hear as he calls his wife.

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And I can hear every word. He is speaking a bit loudly, and his wife is speaking a bit loudly, maybe one of them has diminished hearing, not sure. But she asks how it went, clearly concerned for him, he reassures her that he’s all right. They speak with pure kindness.

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Gail Simone

@GailSimone

17 Jun

Okay, due to work, I've gotten a little behind with the #TableTopGails reports (AND last week's was massively huge). BUT I have been asked a lot about shorter, simpler games that people can play quickly so I thought I would talk about that a little and names some new faves!

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@rocketspouse

So, every day, either at breakfast or lunch, @rocketspouse and I, sometimes with Rocketkid, go out on our back patio and play a new game. We call these “Cup O’ Tea” games because they are quick to learn and we have them with a cup of tea. Here’s the view!

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@chroniclebooks

First, LAST WORD STANDING, by @chroniclebooks, a very high quality word/card game, with an interesting twist.

You form words not just from your own cards, but also those of the other players, and from ‘community’ cards.

Great for wordplay fans!

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Gail Simone

@GailSimone

13 Jun

So, I’ve been getting dogpiled by terf accounts for the past 24 hours. Very interesting stuff.

1. Lots of name/buncha numbers accounts, like “pam43536.”

2. Never a real photo, usually someone from Sex in the City for their avatar

3. Follows hardcore right wing links…

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4. Lots of repeating talking points in waves, almost word-for-word.

5. Lots of VERY angry and aggressive guys, claiming to want to ‘protect women’ without a single post about it other than transphobia on their feed

6. LOTS of misogynistic language when challenged

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7. Nearly all are anon randos, most accounts are recent.

8. Weirdly centered in Scotland…most accounts that give a county in their bio are from there, what’s that about?

9. An absolute OBSESSION with posting transphobia to the exclusion of almost any other topic.

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Gail Simone

@GailSimone

13 Jun

My question of the day, who is your favorite Wonder Woman artist?

Post a pic, if you can, with your choice.

Not sure who my top choice is, this will take some thought.

But man, I always thought Mike Kaluta was underrated as a WW artist.

@TerryDodsonArt

I was so lucky to get to work with artists like @TerryDodsonArt @aaronlopresti @thebernardchang and @ColleenDoran on Wonder Woman. I won the artist lotto with those wizards.

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Gail Simone

@GailSimone

11 Jun

HEY!

I have a super-short #TableTopGails thread today, just five items!

HEY! It's SHORT!

But MAN, were these games fun!

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@ThinkFun

Okay, so this lovely company that makes a lot of family games and puzzles, @ThinkFun, saw that we love Escape Room and mystery games, and sent this big lovely box...and I really want to talk about two of them that we freaking LOVED.

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The games I want to talk about in particular are the COLD CASE games, but first, check out these ESCAPE THE ROOM games...we have played a few from other companies, but they were not this elaborate...these look incredible. Anyone played them?

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