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Casey's Crafty Corner

@caseyscraftycorner

crochet, knitting, pixel art, board games, TTRPGs, and anything else that strikes my fancy. he/they, disabled & neurodivergent. also i'm the guy behind @katmaibearfan
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a post of mine got kinda big, and now I've got a bunch of new followers, so i guess i'm making a new pinned post.

a quick rundown on me & my blog:

im an artist in many senses of the word; i crochet, i knit, i sew a little, i do pixel art, and i used to be a writer of both fiction and poetry (and maybe someday i'll return).

i love ttrpgs; i don't play dnd 5e bc i don't like it, and my favorite d20 system is pathfinder second edition. my first systems were pathfinder first edition and dnd 3.5. i also love indie ttrpgs, especially horror systems like Mothership or Dread.

i love board games; i own roughly 40 multiplayer games and like 10 or so solo games. current favorites include The Search For Lost Species, Furnace, and Scout.

I'm disabled and mentally ill; i have bipolar 1 with psychosis and C-PTSD, which are a big part of my artistic expression, and its not uncommon for me to stop posting for a week or two while i'm having a hypo/manic episode. i also sometimes blog about my ongoing physical health issues, so expect medical content.

i use he/they pronouns & block transphobes on sight.

& finally, i run @katmaibearfan, where i liveblog the katmai brown bear cams for the duration of the season, roughly june to mid november. in the off season i have mostly been reblogging bear and salmon art, but i hope to start posting more written content there once my health at least kind of stabilizes.

welcome!

#casey rambles#pinned post
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Reblogged hobbular
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yes there is a headline that prompted this, but mostly i want to hear your best examples and maybe stir up some intra-regional strife for fun

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I think its probably us

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yeah, okay, was going to hold off on dropping the headline that immediately inspired this poll, but i gotta go for the one-two punch

and while we're at it, a classic:

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my personal favorite

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New Hampshire's state motto is "Live Free or Die". This poll had a correct answer good job everybody

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@elodieunderglass Please ask Dr. Glass to weigh in!

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I asked him what he’d answer in the poll and he said “New Hampshire”, which I thought was quite rude

It’s funny when I say it but when HE -

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#@ prev i grew up in VT & NH and man. man it's not even close#VT and NH have a lot of moderately-joking-beef with eachother#and it is. so deserved.#the common refrain is that while they may appear similar to flatlanders#(ie people not from vt/nh/maine)#there are in fact important differences#such as: in VT you'll find armed hippies but in NH you'll find stoned conservatives#NH has no sales tax. or income tax. the property taxes are fucked tho#ALSO if ur over 18 u dont have to wear a seatbelt or a motorcycle helmet#ALSO ALSO u don't have to have car insurance. but if u get into an accident u have to provide 'proof of financial responsibility'#or else u get ur license revoked until u pay it back#no permits required to open OR concealed carry weapons and really strong stand ur ground laws also#i leave you with one last fun fact: the NH state house is the fourth largest english speaking lower house in the world#it has 400 members which is almost double that of any other US state#the only english-speaking lower houses larger than it in the world are (in order):#the house of commons (england)#the lok sabha (india)#and the us house of reps (which only beats NH's house by 35 members)#in other words: THE STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE HAS MORE HOUSE REPS THAN CANADA HAS MPS#THERE IS 1 HOUSE REP FOR EVERY 3300 PEOPLE
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One of my favorite things about Put Baby In Pelican Mouth is that not only does the pelican have the intelligence necessary to speak human language but also knows how to lie, suggesting it has a theory of mind, yet not enough to understand that no one is going to put baby in pelican mouth.

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To be entirely fair to the pelican, I have seen humans do much, much dumber things with their infants. The park rangers in Louisiana ha e to regularly tell people to not put their babies on the ground next to the gators for a pic.

In fact, it could be argued that the peculiar grammar used by the pelican in the Put Baby In Pelican Mouth post is deliberate, like how phishers use major grammar errors in their messages so that people too smart for the scam (or smart enough to report them) ignore the emails and the scammer can focus on the most likely marks.

Regardless, the pelican is right: there is absolutely someone dumb enough to put a baby in its mouth because it asked politely. Probably dozens on that beach alone.

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Put baby in pelican mouth for Instagram photo. Facebook photo of baby in pelican mouth for many likes and also happy asleep baby. So cute baby in pelican mouth for video on TikTok. Youtube short of baby so cute in soft pelican mouth for so many views to Youtube channel. Baby in pelican mouth challenge.

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3 day heart monitor acquired -- and it even comes with an app to help me log my symptoms!!

and uhhhh wowie i knew i had problems with positional lightheadedness/racing heart beat/shortness of breath, but it turns out that having to press a button every time it happens has made me realize that it happens WAY more often than i thought. its never that severe -- about 95% of the time i can function through it without much trouble, i haven't fainted in years and i very rarely even lose vision these days -- so i guess i just kindof...forget about it when it happens because its not that impactful? like, its "just" uncomfortable for like 1-3 minutes.

anyways. ive had this thing on for like an hour and a half and i have already logged 3 events, lmao

also, next week i have to go get a kidney artery ultrasound, which means no food or water for 8hrs beforehand. and on the one hand, the test is at 8am, so the no food/water thing should be pretty easy to manage. but on the other hand, it takes me just over an hour to get to the hospital i have to go to, so i do have to wake up super early :/

#casey rambles#medical cw
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shout out to that one green line conductor who does the funny announcements, genuinely it makes my day every time.

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a few notable quotes:

"transfer here for the silver line, which is really ... just a bus"

"now folks, this is where this train becomes an interactive experience!" when switching from underground stops where they stop at each one to the above ground stops where u have to request them

"✨🎵thank you for riding the T🎵✨"

#casey rambles#boston#mbta posting
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planning a trip to europe from a city with practically no transport is crazy. i open up a map of the munich metro system and staring back at me is a biblically accurate angel if it were a map of a metro system

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BE NOT AFRAID looking ass

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haha yeah su-

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i've seen paris in the notes already but if you want more ideas for places to go to that Have ÖV Maps may i make some suggestions

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what isn't going on in switzerland what the hell. thats so beautiful. lets get married so i can get a visa and move there to live in the subways until one day i get lost like a big labyrinth and turn up dead in some maintenance shaft

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listen, europeans people in places with robust public transit

this is what i'm dealing with

#i hate boston's transit system because IT COULD BE SO GREAT#but also i live here specifically because it has the second best transit system in the usa#(the best is nyc)#at least we are expansing our rail!#and fixing the system after decades of repubs tanking it on purpose
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I turned 42 yesterday. Highly recommend, no regrets.

This week my kid is doing tech for the school musical, and I've got a paper to finish, so it's been busy. I'm also recovering from my weekend away. Not a lot of time for celebrating, but I am going to dinner with family tonight.

Life is good. Aging is good. I am much more confident and secure than I was in my early adulthood. I love myself. I smile when I look in the mirror. I know who I am and I am proud to be myself.

In the midst of navigating chronic illness and processing growing up, changing careers and raising kids, I've managed to build a live that I love, full of people I love. I have so much joy and contentment in my every day.

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HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!! 💐🥳🎈

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BIRTHDAY!

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The capercaillie is a large grouse found in Scotland’s pinewoods. It is known for its dramatic courtship displays, where males call and displaying their plumage to attract females. British Birds on 100% British Bluefaced Leicester is a limited edition collection.

Due to demand, I will bring back the four most popular ones for Spring into Wool and Wonderwool Wales. You can vote for the ones you’d like to buy at the shows using the Microsoft form below. They will be on 75% BFL and 25% nylon to maintain the uniqueness of the original sixteen batches.

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I am on the road just now so any orders placed this week will be shipped next week. Thank you for your understanding.

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Life is really fucking hard si sometimes you just gotta make a leather clutch bag inspired by Elven Lembas bread from Lord of the Rings because if you're gonna suffer you may as well suffer with a little bag to put your trinkets in the little compartment that looks like a pie

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