All's well here at The Dispatch. The snails have gotten really into tea this week. They first started by trying out all of the different kinds of tea that we have in the back of the pantry (some of which had been there for years). Then they started experimenting with brewing different kinds of plants that they found outside (some of which made them very sick). Then we caught a few of them trying to brew different sundry items they had found under the couch and we luckily stopped them before they could drink any of that. Giving them freedom and keeping them safe is a tough balancing act.

Game Boy 👾

• Finished Alan Wake II
  • Loved the game overall, it had a cool and satisfying ending, and made me want to play again, but had to move on to Baldur's Gate
• Baldur's Gate 3
  • Finally came to the Xbox, so I downloaded it so I could play it
  • Initially sort of turned off by the rough edges (which Alan Wake had none of), but the gameplay is fun

Links 🔗

• Fine Tuning Mistral 7B on Magic the Gathering Drafts
  • Somebody using AI on MTG and I want to do that
• The Silmarillion Audiobook on the Internet Archive
  • Just good to have a link to, and makes me wonder what else is available for free on the Internet Archive that I could potentially self-host on my server

Albums 🎧

• "Sky Blue Sky" by Wilco
  • Title song reminds me of downtown Roanoke on the weekend growing up
• "Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe in You" by Big Thief
• "Grog" by Frog
  • The name and album art made me listen
  • Was cool, will have to revisit
• "songs" by Adrianne Lenker
• "Big Time" by Angel Olsen
• "Now Here's My Plan" by Bonnie 'Prince' Billy
• "Master and Everyone" by Bonnie 'Prince' Billy
• "God Save the Animals" by Alex G
• "Javelin" by Sufjan Stevens

Podcasts 🎙️

• Not Another D&D Podcast
  • Short Rest and working my way through some of the really good one-offs