Makoyi's Fanfic Recs and Other Stuff

We made the caramel apple cider smoothie again, this time with both bananas frozen.  It's a little thicker but with bits of ice; not sure which I like better, but both taste delicious. 

Here are the location notes for "New and Innovative Approaches."

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This poem is spillover from the July 15, 2025 Bonus Fishbowl. It was inspired by prompts from rix_scaedu and dialecticdreamer. It also fills the "Emotionally Constipated Man" square in my 7-1-25 card for the Western Bingo fest. This poem has been sponsored by Anthony Barrette. It belongs to the Big One thread of the Polychrome Heroics series. It follows "An Interest in the Affairs of Your Government" so read that first or this won't make much sense.

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This cozy game replaces doom-scrolling with ocean exploring. Every creature you spot trains underwater robots in real time

A new cozy game, created by the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute, invites people to trade doom-scrolling for mini-games driven by ocean exploration.

Using underwater footage, FathomVerse trains players to spot and classify marine animals through a variety of minigames.

“The images you see in FathomVerse are real photos collected by ocean researchers,” the creators note on the game’s website.


This seems like an effective way to learn a lot about marine biology.

It reminds me very much of educational / science games in Terramagne.  Can you imagine Aida Finn with this?  Especially on a day when the weather wasn't conducive to diving in person.

Today is cloudy and warm.

I fed the birds.  I've seen a few sparrows and house finches.  Yesterday we saw a small flock of geese heading south. 

I put out water for the birds.

EDIT 10/15/25 -- I did a bit of work around the patio.

EDIT 10/15/25 -- I did more work around the patio.

EDIT 10/15/25 -- I planted 12 'Delft Blue Mix' grape hyacinths along the log garden in the house yard.

EDIT 10/15/25 -- I planted 25 iris reticulata around the house yard.

EDIT 10/15/25 -- I hauled out the hose to water the new picnic table and septic gardens.

EDIT 10/15/25 -- I watered the house yard plants and the old picnic table garden.

EDIT 10/15/25 -- I watered the telephone pole garden and savanna seedlings.

As it is getting dark, I am done for the night.

fuzzyred is running a pool for the half-price sale in Polychrome Heroics. Initial targets are the shorter poems in Shiv, but she's also interested in the Finn Family poems if anyone else is into that. If you're interested, comment on the pool page.

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Today we went up to Champaign.

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Based on an audience poll, this is the free epic for the October 7, 2025 Poetry Fishbowl reaching its $200 goal. It came out of the July 15, 2025 bonus fishbowl. It was inspired by a prompt from mama_kestrel. It also fills the "I'll Get My Revenge" square in my 7-1-25 card for the Western Bingo fest.

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