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@wesburdine.bsky.social check out what The Red Hot in Tacoma, Wash. does

Some of my faves;
Peanut Butter
Baked beans with nacho cheese
French onion
Reuben

https://theredhot.hrpos.heartland.us/menu

@mattdoyle.bsky.social this makes most union busting efforts look legal

@cboehm.bsky.social it's a Really Big Deal

@jonarnoldfc.bsky.social the Hallmark movie about these two strangers meeting during your interview will be wonderful

One of the things I hate about working in bad news is that sometimes my family & friends are in the range of the bad news -- this week it's Cairo, Baghdad and Abu Dhabi

Full Moon Storytelling Dungeons and Dragons thoughts, micro-fiction, and episodic D&D; adventures within the World of the Everflow.

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https://fullmoonstorytelling.com/

Raistlin coming to Idle Champions might be a sign of something.

The thing making me happiest today is the Full Moon

@Tim_Eagon people expecting a 60 after the best sales ever by D&D are fools

@Tim_Eagon it's a weird adjustment because it's not being done on the physical books nor on the products as they are sold -- only the labeling within the builder and compendium

We've got something to Share! We hope you'll find it useful. https://blog.joinmastodon.org/2026/03/a-new-share-button/

@wesburdine.bsky.social having 8 & 20 second timings for goalkeepers, but no by-rule limit for throwers is also weirdly inconsistent.

Here's a collection of my favorite resources on How to Play D&D (generally targeting 5e official WotC #DnD )

Videos from Woll, @Alphastream and Ginny Di along with tips and commentary from myself. This is a living page on the blog.

https://fullmoonstorytelling.com/how-to-start-playing-dd/

@voght.org why am I in this post

we had a great session with a mindless combat repelling an invasion of our campsite and a lot of party dialogue!

I'm refreshed.

Of course, I logged back into work for 15 minutes as soon as I got home.

Here's a collection of my favorite resources on How to Play D&D (generally targeting 5e official WotC #DnD )

Videos from Woll, @Alphastream and Ginny Di along with tips and commentary from myself. This is a living page on the blog.

https://fullmoonstorytelling.com/how-to-start-playing-dd/

@jeremiah.sounderatheart.com nope, but it was very weird to watch houses disappear into holes

@jeremiah.sounderatheart.com we had a real sinkhole problem in SE King County back in the 80s. Lots of neighborhoods were built over abandoned coal mines

Over the past 36 hours work is percolating in the back of my head. I was unable to disconnect entirely during the Sounders match.

I desperately need today's D&D session because this level of constant vigilance is unsustainable.

@sounderatheart.com Aaron Kovar was the Gatorade player of the year in Washington. Jordan Morris was only a sophomore in high school

@sounderatheart.com it was the first year of the MLS Cascadia Cup

Last time #Sounders won in Sandy, Utah during the regular season;

- Aslan was negative 2
- I was a professional coffee taster
- Sounder at Heart was only 3 years old
- The NWSL didn't exist
- I'd not resumed playing D&D
- I was doing semi-weekly hits on KJR talking about the team

@sounderatheart.com five starters and five benchies from The Pipeline with three more growing up/playing college here

@soundersfc.com For Evergreen

@mattdoyle.bsky.social is that bad? Seems bad

@davisjason.bsky.social even if true it has no meaning.

Leadership changed many times in Iran from 79 to the present without any real change in behavior

I definitely need to find a way to do some slice-of-fantasy-life writing or backgrounds updates today, because I will get sucked into monitoring work stuff if I don't

And games!

Road to good intentions (trophies) Winning home games is fun. It's nice to see a victory in comfort around your soccer friends. But it's expected. MLS teams win nearly 60% of their home games. That's higher than most leagues (EPL is in the upper 40%s). Winning home games isn't the path to winning trophies, though. The exceptional teams win their road games. Every team ahead of the Sounders in the 2025 Western Conference earned 1.47 points per match or more on the road. Seattle was at 1.11. In 2024 and 2023 the Sounders' strong road performance earned them a top-4 seed. Shield winners are road winners – last year's Philly team was a poor road-performing Shield winner with only 1.5 ppm – often in the 2.00 ppm space. And, as Sounder at Heart readers know, no one wins MLS Cup on the road. Since the shift to higher seed hosting only one away team took the Cup with an outright win (Portland in 2015) and only two have won via kicks from the spot (Seattle and NYCFC). A club with ambitions for an MLS trophy must, **must** win on the road in order to host the playoffs at home. This reminder comes because the Sounders start a five-match road swing at their absolute worst road stadium. Facing Real Salt Lake in Sandy, Utah to start that swing probably starts the Sounders on the wrong foot. RSL won five of their last six hosting Seattle, keeping clean sheets in each match. In fact their unbeaten run when hosting is at 16 matches in all competitions. This early season test is as massive as the Wasatch Range. The quality of the two teams hasn't mattered. For much of this run the Sounders have been the better side in the full standings, in trophies. Some of it is justified by the higher elevation (not quite a mile up, but the Sounders don't struggle as much at Colorado or even in Mexico's highlands!), but much of it can come down to mythology at this point. The best way to rewrite a myth is to take its foundation, rip it apart and rebuild it. The Sounders once thought they'd done that – Lamar Neagle and Mario Martinez should have broken the legend. It didn't happen. For Seattle to be in the running to win the West or even more magically win the Shield, seeing 9 or more points from the road run would be a great sign. That has to start tonight. > Use our affiliate links __ to support your bloggers when buying merch and tickets. * * * ## Enjoying this content? Sign up to get it delivered to your inbox everyday. Subscribe Email sent! Check your inbox to complete your signup. No spam. Unsubscribe anytime. ## Catching up on Sounder at Heart > Here's what you missed on the site this week. Order IV magazine ### Sounders Next match: Saturday, February 28 at Real Salt Lake | 4:30 pm PT | Apple TV ### **Training reports and previews** * Changing narratives * Contract, roster designation, injury updates and win at RSL challenge * Three Questions with Sounder at Heart (Wasatch Soccer) ### Recaps * Realio’s Ratings: Paulie Hustle * Jordan Morris will be out four weeks with quad strain * Fans React to Seattle Sounders Season Opener vs. Colorado Rapids! ### IV features * The new Mr. Sounder? * Brian Schmetzer shares the secrets to his longevity ### Contract updates * MLS roster profiles reveal some unannounced Sounders extensions (before removal) **Other stories** * Sounders will face Whitecaps in Concacaf Champions Cup * Lobbing Scorchers: Seattle Sounders Concacaf Champions Cup Opponent REVEALED SPONSORED This newsletter was made possible through the support of Full Pull Wines, a boutique wines reseller that has been sponsoring us since 2011. 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(BBC) * Mexico president says 'no risk' for 2026 World Cup fans (Reuters) * Minnesota United fans embrace rebel loon logo to help community hurt by ICE (Pioneer Press) * Megan Rapinoe says USA hockey allowed themselves to be used by Donald Trump (Awful Announcing) * Do USWNT newbies at SheBelieves Cup have a shot at World Cup next year? (ESPN Insider) * Women's World Cup qualifying: Wales grateful to have Jess Fishlock on board - Carrie Jones (BBC) * Claire Hutton has arrived: The youngest USWNT player to wear the armband is leading sooner than expected (CBS Sports) * Why Are So Many Teen Girls Still Tearing Their ACLs? (New York Times) * Atlanta NWSL Club Signs Women’s Record $28M Jersey Deal With Aflac (Sportico) * West Brom sack head coach Ramsay after nine games (BBC)

Sounders start an early-season defining road trip with their most challenging road opponent.

My next D&D character is Princess from The Pitt. She's completely, totally competent and wants to not assume that place of honor that everyone else knows she deserves.

She's an elf who speaks a dozen languages. She knows Vicious Mockery, but is a Paladin Oath of the Crown.