Today's crap I'm reading: Samhain and Halloween and the Pleiades.

Slipknot? Yes.

https://www.revolvermag.com/music/stream-slipknot-singer-corey-taylors-badass-halloween-2019-playlist

Samhain versus Halloween and WTH does a constellation have to do with either? (Apologies for the garbage in the link.)

https://www.gothichorrorstories.com/pagans-and-heathens/the-difference-between-halloween-and-samhain-is-in-the-stars-and-on-the-calendar/?fbclid=IwAR18Fjkne1J4amGCQLsghMO32M11AvmGNW3Ews3ZwoDh70j33FO_AidYKcA

It's Purge mask and cultist robes time tonight, children. Come get your candy.

Today's crap I'm reading: Online D&D 5e character generator.

Because sometimes (well, all the time where D&D is concerned) I can't be arsed.

https://www.orcpub2.com/

It's not wonderful, but it's way better than DIY.

Today's crap I'm reading: Money and music. And gin. And investment considerations.

Anyone else sign up for the Monzo waitlist?

https://monzo.com/usa/

Marcus is another possibility; not sure how I feel about Goldman Sachs, though.

https://www.marcus.com/us/en?

Giya Kanchieli's obit was in The Times this morning (subscription required, so I'm not posting it here). The obit itself was well written, as usual, and the mere description of a couple of his pieces got me reading his Wikipedia page.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giya_Kancheli

This can't be shipped to the United States, dammit.

https://www.masterofmalt.com/gin/theodore/theodore-pictish-gin/

I'm planning to learn more about this.

https://www.cnn.com/2019/10/29/investing/esports-video-games-nerd-etf/index.html

Today's crap I'm reading: Assload of tabs from my phone.

This is typical for me. 

SILENCE. I will not be mocked (much).

Some items related to detective fiction:

TS Eliot as a critic of crime fiction, which isn't exactly what he's known for.

https://crimereads.com/t-s-eliot-crime-fiction-critic/

What is a traditional mystery, exactly?

https://crimereads.com/the-traditional-mystery-a-roundtable-discussion-2019/

Nothing like a Texas drawl:

https://screenrant.com/true-detective-rust-cohle-quotes/

How can I find the soundtrack for each episode? Or for TV, movies, and games? Glad you asked:

https://www.tunefind.com/

Liminal detective fiction and a favorite film:

https://birthmoviesdeath.com/2017/10/14/the-poetry-of-blade-runner-2049

A collection of items related to Doyle's work on Sherlock Holmes:

https://www.thriftbooks.com/w/the-uncollected-sherlock-holmes_arthur-conan-doyle/833633/#isbn=014006432X&idiq=7469992

Robert Downey Jr, whose third Holmes film is coming out in the near future and which isn't on this list because of that, and neither are the first two, but hey, it's Rotten Tomatoes:

https://screenrant.com/robert-downey-jr-best-movies-rotten-tomatoes/

And a smidgeon of his post-Marvel (so far) work:

https://www.engadget.com/2018/05/15/youtube-robert-downey-jr-ai-docuseries/

And here's some random crap:

Chuck Wendig, one of the best people for advice to writers:

http://terribleminds.com/ramble/2019/02/12/your-ideas-arent-that-interesting/

I need to do way more research, but here's a link on how to build a heist scenario for tabletop RPGs:

https://www.reddit.com/r/DnDBehindTheScreen/comments/3emivn/lets_build_a_heist/

Today's crap I'm reading: The inside of my eyelids.

Edogawa Ranpo:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edogawa_Ranpo

Legends of the Fog, a four-area haunt in Maryland:

https://www.legendsofthefog.com/

The latest one-sheet roleplaying game from Grant Howitt, which is called "Be Prepared" and is a horror game about Scouts going camping. If this sounds interesting, support Grant's Patreon.

And now to sleep off this hangover.

Today's crap I'm reading: TTRPG stuff.

I'm inclined to come up with a way to play The Purge as a tabletop role playing game.

Here's one that someone else did:

https://www.roleplaygateway.com/roleplay/the-purge

This is the system that people recommend for cyberpunk, if you're not going down the 2020/2077 road and Shadowrun is just not for you:

https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/184711/The-Sprawl----NOON

I think the first of the films deserves a much higher Rotten Tomatoes rating. I haven't seen the TV series yet:

https://www.rottentomatoes.com/franchise/purge/

There's a whole lot to be said about the ideas the film offers, not the least of which is the way masks and costumes are used. Google the masks yourself, especially if you're into LEDs.

Today's crap I'm reading: Mostly screenwriting and writing process stuff.

How to use metanarrative:

https://gointothestory.blcklst.com/screenwriting-meta-view-separation-fa8dff7c396f

The art of schmoozing (not screenwriting, per se, but definitely related to the industry):

https://inews.co.uk/opinion/comment/more-eton-teach-charm-schools-society-improve-152496

One writing playlist:

https://play.google.com/music/listen?u=0#/sr/cyberpunk

The current perfect resume, per Harvard:

https://www.cnbc.com/2019/07/10/an-example-of-the-perfect-resume-according-to-harvard-career-experts.html

Background noise:

https://www.youtube.com/myNoiseDotNet?sub_confirmation=1

Today's crap I'm reading.

Recent links I've opened and in some cases have read.

I need some of these kitchen towels:

https://bsgeneralstore.com/collections/bitter-home?page=2

For this year's Christmas/Hanukkah cards:

https://www.retrochristmascardcompany.com/what-to-write-inside-your-christmas-cards/

Perfectly appropriate religious iconography:

http://www.nothingbutanightmare.com/product/hellraiser-8-candle/

I adore him, but he's no business being PM:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XaN-MbGV4dY

Bloody hell, I need to get to this show soon:

https://www.sigtheatre.org/events/201920/escaped-alone/

Addictive beyond reckoning:

https://www.epicgames.com/store/en-US/download/untitled-goose-game/home

IT'S THE HALLOWEEN HOLIDAY BLOODY SPIRIT, aka the Ghoul Log:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VhLzocwVsT8

Got to sort my charitable giving:

https://donorbox.org/resident-sponsorship-scheme?fbclid=IwAR2i8vKU0OKhlWPnBQYzGud7r1NrIwHdXuP9s8YiMAXOfho-4RkUVrzYLV8

Yes, Slaanesh:

https://warhammerfantasy.fandom.com/wiki/Slaanesh

If you want to learn something new, buy a children's book or find the websites where kids learn about it:

https://www.coolmath.com/reference/polygons-08-octagons