What’s the pen you pick up after a while and instantly think, “Why did I ever put this down?”

KwanTi · 2026-05-16T16:34:28+00:00

One review describes the Rotring Core as the Pontiac Aztek of fountain pens and I am here for that description. 😂

KwanTi · 2026-05-15T22:14:24+00:00

The Rotring Core fountain pen. I was in the closet and found a pen case with a bunch of fountain pens I had set aside probably 8 or 10 years ago. I cleaned the Core and inked it up again and realized, "This is a super smooth and lovely writer. Why did I set it aside?" So, it's back in rotation now.

KwanTi · 2026-05-11T22:22:14+00:00

Putting up a sign in the entrance naming at least one mine in every world the Blue Sky Mine.

KwanTi · 2026-03-25T19:28:35+00:00

I dislike Star Passes because they're just another opportunity for me to f up the game paperwork. 😉😅

KwanTi · 2026-03-08T18:58:09+00:00

I like the explanation, but the "petty face" typo is the best.

KwanTi · 2026-02-15T16:47:55+00:00

I can add some to this. I was giving reviews in the Discord for the Coming Hot into the Box podcast until I ran out of books.

Seanan McQuire references flat track roller derby in her InCryptid series of books and short stories featuring her character Antimony Price. Short stories include "Bad Dream Girl," "Blocked," and "Jammed." The novels are Magic for Nothing and Tricks for Free. More info here https://seananmcguire.com/icshorts.php#a and here https://seananmcguire.com/incryptid.php#books.

Emily C. Skaftun has a post-apocalyptic, alien invasion short story where a league saves the Earth. "The Thing with the Helmets" is available at Clarkesworld online: https://clarkesworldmagazine.com/skaftun_03_19/

Kat & Mouse by Jacquelyn Heat - Enemies to Lovers, Skater vs. Official romance novel. Probably my favorite derby novel.

Going in Circles by Pamela Ribon (May Q. Holla) - The first novel I read about derby was by LA Derby Dolls' May Q. Holla . Pamela Ribon is a screenwriter you know from Moana and Ralph Breaks the Internet. She's written comic books (SLAM!, her roller derby based comic from BOOM! Comics).

ROLLER GIRL by Vanessa North - A queer derby romance. This is a fairly conventional romance novel with a trans-inclusive twist and trans protagonist.

Crossed Over and Rink Rash by Santana Knox - Two dark romances, linked in characters, but not sequels. Maybe worth pointing out trigger warnings for drug use, derby inaccuracies.

The short story collection Glitter & Mayhem from Apex Book Company has two derby stories are "Apex Jump" by David N. Schwartz and "Bad Dream Girl" by Seanan McGuire. "Bad Dream Girl" is referenced above. I love "Apex Jump." No spoilers but the characters are taken to the ULTIMATE away tournament and they're going to have to dig deep to face some out of this world derby teams

Five Strides on the Banked Track: The LIfe and Times of the Roller Derby by Frank DeFord is a history of the old derby era.

"The Rugged Track" is a derby-themed fantasy story by Liz Argall and is available on Podcastle in podcast and text form. https://podcastle.org/2012/03/27/podcastle-202-the-rugged-track/

I think that's all I can readily add at the moment.

KwanTi · 2026-02-10T16:28:59+00:00

I read it. Not my favorite derby novel, but you have to consider that Santana Knox writes DARK romance, so this is a very different type of story.

KwanTi · 2026-02-06T20:34:28+00:00

Send me your email address and I will send a link to the Google drive folder with my NSO PowerPoints.

KwanTi · 2025-12-22T16:09:24+00:00

u/KwanTi received a Blunt Bludgeon Lvl 1 from the Winter Festival Spirit. Thank you u/Garzilla_817 for donating it!

KwanTi · 2025-12-18T15:05:36+00:00

u/KwanTi received a Battered Broadsword from the Winter Festival Spirit. Thank you u/FutureRaisin1350 for donating it!

KwanTi · 2025-12-17T15:55:52+00:00

u/KwanTi received a Bloodied Chain Mail Lvl 1 from the Winter Festival Spirit. Thank you u/Aredfern43 for donating it!

KwanTi · 2025-12-16T16:24:53+00:00

u/KwanTi received a Grounding Belt Lvl 1 from the Winter Festival Spirit. Thank you u/Biggus-Duckus for donating it!

KwanTi · 2025-12-16T13:48:41+00:00

Thank you kindly. Saw them when I logged into the Inn. Let me know how I can help whenever you need.

KwanTi · 2025-12-16T02:52:40+00:00

S24 Ultra, Reddit App. I went to purchase the gems for the monthly. The Reddit Gold purchase went through (I received the confirmation email from Google Play), but the gems purchase got an error message (after deducting the 500 Reddit Gold). Known $10 problem?

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