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Topic Lords

Jim Stormdancer

Every week, Jim invites different friends to guest on Topic Lords and be excited about whatever they"ve been fixated on this week.

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1:07:00

217. Rotate Your Plate Breakage

Topic Lords ·

2023/12/18

Lords: * Maxx * Nick Topics: * Puzzmo * I'm worried about my tableware rotation strategy * Ennigaldi-Nanna's museum * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ennigaldi-Nanna's_museum * It Was A Coffin That Sang, by Olena Davis * https://files.fireside.fm/file/fireside-uploads/images/3/3597ddeb-e52e-4cda-a59c-c64600489fea/xBLG36yN.png Microtopics: * Instead of giving someone a business card, stamping your information on them so they have to call you before they take a shower. * Where's George? * George

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1:13:42

216. I Forget What We Do But We're About To Do It

Topic Lords ·

2023/12/11

Lords: * Tyriq * Jay Topics: * I recently moved and I think I understand Having Stuff more now. * Teaching my 3-year-old to use a mouse and keyboard. Kids learning software being a ghost of its former self. * Interface traps * Yelp! Review for God by Willow James Claire * https://files.fireside.fm/file/fireside-uploads/images/3/3597ddeb-e52e-4cda-a59c-c64600489fea/ib998beS.jpg * Starting a YouTube Channel for kids and the lack of useful information on the topic. Microtopics: * Ben and Jerry's

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1:03:18

215. Taffy Arbitrage Tips

Topic Lords ·

2023/12/04

Lords: * Ben * JohnB Topics: * Game & Watch Gallery * Halloween's never on the weekend, so I made Novemberween * Square mattresses * Eight Line Poem * https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aVqNJKQiPCA * https://genius.com/3143344 * The most entertaining bit of the new Spider-Man 2 game has been sitting on a bench Microtopics: * Fellow Traveler. * Citizen Sleeper: at least one person's game of the year. * State fair taffy. * Where to find seasonal taffy bargains. * Terrifying taffy flavors. * Single

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1:05:19

214. Oh Shit! That Guy's Got Horse Legs!

Topic Lords ·

2023/11/27

Lords * Daniel * https://www.cocoongame.com/ * https://kbones.itch.io/dorks * Alexander Topics: * Octopus dreams * Perception of memories. Why does actual recency and percieved recency often seem so at odds * Hike on 58 * https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/45087/sonnet-18-shall-i-compare-thee-to-a-summers-day * World of Warcraft over the years / WoW Hardcore Mode * The highest honor you can receive in mathematics is to have your name uncapitalized. * Polywater * My brain is polluted by

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1:23:36

213. Urine-Based Interactions With The Scientific...

Topic Lords ·

2023/11/20

Lords: * Erica * Ryan Topics: * Dog Bone Facts * We went to Cuba * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CandidatusDesulforudisaudaxviator * https://www.poemhunter.com/poem/avoid-the-noid/ * Cancelling Texas: Praise the Sun * My sister has played video games her whole life and somehow doesn't know about [the thing everyone knows happens in Final Fantasy VII] and I need help shielding her from this knowledge. Microtopics: * The COVID booster as a form of recreational drug use. * Puking, but not for the

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1:10:50

212. Back In My Day, Kids Actually Crossied The Road

Topic Lords ·

2023/11/13

Lords: * Mitch * https://janmisali.tumblr.com/ * https://www.seximal.net/ * Andrew * https://kittenm4ster.neocities.org/ Topics: * Super Mario Bros. Wonder is the first mainline 2D Mario game since... (how many Super Mario games are there? update) * Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XejJ6PzPtEw * New survey: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScsj0Yibs4rJjHWjIRVb3wwHsgVS64qYOAoUWqRwrXEfgVeag/viewform * Owning the domain emailfordogs.com for some reason * When I took my

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1:04:19

211. Window-Peering Jim Checking Out Your Cats

Topic Lords ·

2023/11/06

Lords: * Cort * https://a.co/d/iRrEZcy * Elena Topics: * My due date is literally tomorrow * Dogme 95 for web development * Visits from the neighborhood cats * Potato, by Jane Kenyon * https://poets.org/poem/potato-0 * Cooperative board games are hard to design * Space themed coop trick-taking card game: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/284083/crew-quest-planet-nine * Building a conlang generator from the phonology up * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonorityhierarchy * Linear algebra

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1:13:43

210. Good Ideas For Sam Barlow

Topic Lords ·

2023/10/30

Lords: * Andrew * https://store.steampowered.com/app/1658150/Moonstone_Island/ * Kate * https://tunicgame.com/ Topics: * British food is good, actually * Really enjoying programming in MonoGame (and stop motion animation) * Lightswitch abstraction limit * Un petit d'un petit * The Old Timey Computer Show * Trying to get your friends to play a game that sucks to learn * Winston has discovered that the ending of a story is usually the most exciting part, so he doesn't want to watch whole movies

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1:20:45

209. Do Caterpillars Anticipate?

Topic Lords ·

2023/10/23

Lords: * Will * Chris Topics: * Canoes * Blowing soap bubbles with your hands, making cricket noises, "party tricks" * nissan.com * Nothing Is Too Small Not To Be Wondered About, by Mary Oliver * https://thevalueofsparrows.wordpress.com/2017/05/20/poetry-nothing-is-too-small-not-to-be-wondered-about-by-mary-oliver/ * Would zombies try to hide the fact that they were zombies? * Magic Microtopics: * Soda Drinker Pro for the Nintendo Entertainment System. * Finding someone to port your game to NES

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1:01:28

208. E.T. Shot First

Topic Lords ·

2023/10/16

Lords: * Hallie * Tyriq Topics: * People really like potatoes and I don't get it * I wear shorts now. * Why are these ants on my desk? * The go-getters of predawn gym * Non feathered dinosaurs in the public imagination * Esper says: Magic: the Gathering does have feathered dinosaurs as part of its mesoamerican-inspired setting, which look cool as hell. Not all of them are completely covered or anything, but Gishath is a good example of how to make a dinosaur look really intimidating and powerful

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1:11:39

207. Muppet Bird Generation Ship

Topic Lords ·

2023/10/09

Lords: * Lesley * Nathan Topics: * Thinking of survival shows like Alone, is "wilderness survival" a sport? * Regional differences in the tone and caliber of NextDoor posts * Pastry arbitrage * The Light That Shines When Things End * https://files.fireside.fm/file/fireside-uploads/images/3/3597ddeb-e52e-4cda-a59c-c64600489fea/bOfIPmqs.png * Wild takahē (TAH-kah-hay) have been reintroduced into the mountains of New Zealand * How are we feeling about the Boston Robotics advancements? Welcome our new

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1:21:40

206. Waiting Around For Laundry To Be Invented

Topic Lords ·

2023/10/02

Lords: * JP * Styger Topics: * Wouldn't mind hearing Jim's thoughts on the recent Super Mario Bros Wonder video * Souls departing / cartoon ghosts * You're supposed to use a "spacer" with inhalers now * Probably not a full topic but I finally ate that apple I was hyped for in my fist Topic Lords appearance * Questions for a more experienced musician about learning to play piano + songwriting * How do we teach our children to pirate? Microtopics: * The flu shot. * Your TV patching itself. * Going

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1:08:23

205. It's Cool To Get A Letter

Topic Lords ·

2023/09/25

Lords: * Alex * https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XSjSkaBRD7k&list=PLBk6-z6v3pDKi3Q-9MeqUfupJswozircH&index=7 * John Topics: * That time I spent 4 days fasting in the woods * Twins! Coming soon! Ahhhhh! * The Zelda 1 second quest * https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/806592-now-the-world-has-gone-to-bed-darkness-won-t-engulf Microtopics: * Joyful communities. * Whether discord logs can be subpoenaed. * Encoding all your mail in ROT13 to keep them safe from the snoops at the NSA. * Finishing with your

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1:10:38

204. Defrag My Colon

Topic Lords ·

2023/09/18

Lords: * JohnB * CisHetKayFaber Topics: * The human body is more similar than I'd like to shitty software (humans have chitinase in our DNA, immune system works like an antivirus) * The origin of hiccups * https://derinthescarletpescatarian.tumblr.com/post/723161770948231168/okay-so-the-thing-about-hiccups-is-that-you-have * Twenty years ago there were like three real books about videogames that weren't strategy guides and now there are hundreds. * "untitled" by Prostetnic Vogon Jeltz *

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1:08:17

203. Only Girls Get Duck Combs For Christmas

Topic Lords ·

2023/09/11

Lords: * CisHetKayFaber * Phone Topics: * Correction regarding a previous topic where I stated that Metal Gear Solid 2 was the most important game of 2023 * https://twitter.com/othatsraspberry * Children cannot be trusted to enjoy things, and maybe that's fine * This list of extremely specific danger signs * https://nextworldover.tumblr.com/post/720069329613357056 * https://files.fireside.fm/file/fireside-uploads/images/3/3597ddeb-e52e-4cda-a59c-c64600489fea/Tkr719yF.jpg *

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1:15:48

202. Tim Was My Jim

Topic Lords ·

2023/09/04

Lords: * Mark * Shirley Topics * Lawn Angst: Why does the city get to decide what is a weed vs an acceptable plant? * Learning to code is like a cheat code for life, or at least work * Poop epidemiology * https://nextworldover.tumblr.com/post/720886587343454208 * Insomnolence by Charles Rafferty * https://poets.org/poem/insomnolence * Ville asks: "buying mysterious items that aren't labeled in a language you speak from the Asian supermarket because the picture on the front looks good, then

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1:05:16

201. Don't Be Distressed, It's Just Australia

Topic Lords ·

2023/08/28

Lords: * Alex * Shannon Topics: * Tree law * https://www.tumblr.com/whistletown/721716818422677504 * https://www.tumblr.com/whistletown/723346723280453632 * Tax Heaven 3000 * When I was a kid I read about a magic trick where if you touch your index fingers together and cross your eyes, a disembodied third finger appears between them.This is the kind of thing we had for entertainment in the 80s. * https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazine/poems/156405/outbreaks * Best food

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1:07:01

200. My Banana Has Bones

Topic Lords ·

2023/08/21

Lords: * Jenni * Tyriq Topics: * King Leonardo and His Short Subjects * https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/WesternAnimation/KingLeonardoAndHisShortSubjects * Nervous Subject * https://sims.fandom.com/wiki/Nervous_Subject * Subject Zero * https://masseffect.fandom.com/wiki/Jack * On the Subject of Poetry By W. S. Merwin * https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazine/browse?contentId=26014 * Royal subjects * Subject 13 * https://www.mobygames.com/game/84773/subject-13/ Microtopics: *

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1:17:06

199. The Hum Of The Universe Sounded Like A Bug Zapper

Topic Lords ·

2023/08/14

Lords: * April * Ryan Topics: * John asks "Puzzles/puzzle games and challenges you find pleasant and brain-expanding vs. the ones that you just cannot get your head around." * Which foods would be the most fun or the least fun to eat if you rotated them at a 90 degree angle first. * https://www.ebay.com/itm/184633478236 * The Shaggs * https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XR9d4ESlpHY * Instructions for Traveling West, by Joy Sullivan * https://joysullivan.substack.com/p/how-to-leave-a-life * Songs

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1:04:26

198. I'm Not Leaving Until Someone Sequences This Cup...

Topic Lords ·

2023/08/07

Lords: * Maxx * Avery Topics: * Change Ringing * The differences between American and Japanese robotics teams * This rug * https://www.rugstudio.com/funrugsfuntimeshapecomfts-163multi.aspx * A few days after I ordered it they emailed me canceling the order. I'm pretty sure this rug doesn't exist. * Look what we found in the park in the dark * https://files.fireside.fm/file/fireside-uploads/images/3/3597ddeb-e52e-4cda-a59c-c64600489fea/KmODxwhW.jpg * Grandma giving you a world's best grandma

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