Satan came through, and there's still more to come!
2 packages were delivered to my door yesterday! From Australia! Of course when I arrived home I was stumbling drunk, having finished the better part of a bottle of Bacardi Gold, and was full on the mushroom-flesh of my lizardman's opponents in D&D. So these are from this morning. Important clues may have been missed.
A gift of newspaper! Truly a generous Satan, gifting me with tales from Australia! I spent some time attempting to decipher the clues on these pages before I realized I had missed the greatest clue of all.
"OK, so first of all how dare you. How on earth am I meant to follow up the Bad Dragon dildo? I tried, but I couldn't and I had to go get something nice and useful.
I looked into getting a flashy kit, but in the end I went with good, solid, individual pieces from a bar outlet store. And I went with a Boston Shaker because most of my friends are bartenders. I sincerely hope you enjoy getting into cocktails.
My absolute favorite one is in the top right corner of page 101 of the book that's coming/arrived. There should also be one last package that'll be sent sometime later, I'm commissioning something.
Hail Satan!"
After spending some time puzzling out the meaning of this clue, I determined the true gift was not in fact the newspaper!
So now I've got a shitload of bar gear to work with! Goddamn, I am impressed! Whoever you are, Satan, your presence in the Land Below has made my life better today. Hail Satan!
#pipeCocky Stride, Musky odoursPope of Chili TownRegistered Userregular
Hey @Sir Fabulous
How is that headset? Headphones are a thing you really can't trust reviews on, and you can't get any kind of sense of the sound of them without actually trying them.
They weren't particularly high end or expensive, but they were heavily researched so I hope they sound good! If they're trash let me know and I'd be happy to return them for you.
I'm real glad it arrived safely Rainfall. The final parcel hasn't been sent yet as I kinda need to save up a bit more money again, and then hound my brother for a bit, but I am committed to sending it
I'm real glad it arrived safely Rainfall. The final parcel hasn't been sent yet as I kinda need to save up a bit more money again, and then hound my brother for a bit, but I am committed to sending it
Well I've got enough new toys from your first packages to keep myself busy, I'm sure the final package will come as a surprise and blow my mind all over again!
Apparently UPS's idea of Tuesday before 8:00pm is Friday at about 1:30 in the afternoon. Fortunately someone was around to sign for it. I'll try to swing by and pick that up tonight.
Tossrocktoo weird to livetoo rare to dieRegistered Userregular
edited January 2017
I jacked back in to The Internet after the holidays to discover a bounty of digital treasures! On Steam, I scored XCOM and XCOM 2, two very highly regarded games that somehow I'd managed to miss all this time, and also a healthy dose of Blizzard credit! Obviously I immediately bought a few loot boxes in Overwatch. First one even had an epic in it, much better than my usual 3 greys and a blue. It's not 100% clear to me if @Romanian My Escutcheon, Doxy was my Satan or just a proxy, but either way, thank you very much! Hail Satan!
edit: rereading the message I think RMED was just the messenger, so the true origin (of all lies/darkness) remains unknown.
Tossrock on
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Sir FabulousMalevolent Squid GodRegistered Userregular
The headset is treating me very well, thanks for asking!
I didn't need a crazy expensive piece of gear, just something that let's me listen to sounds and record my voice better than my computer's inbuilt stuff.
And it does that admirably.
The GeekOh-Two Crew, OmeganautRegistered User, ClubPAregular
According to the notes in my Amazon gift, I should still be expecting a hand made gift, which is cool because my Satan has already gotten me plenty of rad stuff.
Seriously, thank you, DMR, you've been an excellent Satan!
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Oh my fucking goodness you guys...
...so I'm home today, even though today was the first day back at work, because I managed to catch some evil wicked flu/cold thing. Seriously no fun. Up all night until about 5 am, throat raw, cold sweats, face feeling like it's going to explode, alternating between shivering and roasting. Miserable.
I get up at 7:30 am for a phone call to get my team started at work at 9. Lug myself into the shower. Have our call, wrap myself in a blanket and sit at my desk at home, feeling terrible and trying to catch up on email.
Right when I'm just about to give up and go climb back into bed, utterly defeated, my spouse says, "Hey! You got something in the mail!" and brings in two packages, setting them by my feet.
Oh goodness... what is this?
IT'S SATAN!
What brilliant timing the Dark Lord has. I desperately needed a pick-me-up.
Thanks @Cabsy. It may not find me well, but it found me, and lifted my spirits greatly!
But what's inside? Let's find out!
Classy houndstooth indeed.
Within I find a half-dozen tubes of Rub-N-Buff, a rubber mallet and a wood burning kit, as well as a Holiday Activity Pad! Amazing!
This stuff is brilliant. I first learned about it from Adam Savage's Tested videos -- it's a wax putty you apply to surfaces to make them look highly realistically metallic. Super excited to try them out, I've got just the project for it.
This bad boy is going to get a workout very, very soon. One of my hobbies is to get old jewelry and cigar boxes from local thrift stores, sand them down and refinish them into dice boxes for my RPG-playing mates, usually adding runes and designs to them in the process. I'd been using and abusing my old soldering iron, but it really made for sloppy looking designs, and I'd been lusting after a decent wood burning kit forever. I even got a book on introduction to wood burning techniques, but just never got around to getting the tool. I've got three boxes I'm currently sanding and prepping for refinishing, so the timing on this was immaculate.
I forgot to take a photo of the mallet, but that's another one whose timing was perfect -- just two days ago I was given this huge shelving unit, still in the back of my car, that requires a rubber mallet to assemble properly. I was going to go buy one next time I got paid.
Oh, and the activity book! Someone helpfully predicted my weary and groggy state and so completed the really hard puzzles (I kid, just two of them. Made me laugh out loud.)
I know what you're thinking. "But Rank, what about that other box? The big white square one?"
Yeah, check out what was in there!
Holy fucking shit, you guys. Ziggy Motherfucking Stardust.
I am so beyond happy. Thank you so goddamned much. So goddamned much.
...so I'm home today, even though today was the first day back at work, because I managed to catch some evil wicked flu/cold thing. Seriously no fun. Up all night until about 5 am, throat raw, cold sweats, face feeling like it's going to explode, alternating between shivering and roasting. Miserable.
I get up at 7:30 am for a phone call to get my team started at work at 9. Lug myself into the shower. Have our call, wrap myself in a blanket and sit at my desk at home, feeling terrible and trying to catch up on email.
Right when I'm just about to give up and go climb back into bed, utterly defeated, my spouse says, "Hey! You got something in the mail!" and brings in two packages, setting them by my feet.
Oh goodness... what is this?
IT'S SATAN!
What brilliant timing the Dark Lord has. I desperately needed a pick-me-up.
Thanks @Cabsy. It may not find me well, but it found me, and lifted my spirits greatly!
But what's inside? Let's find out!
Classy houndstooth indeed.
Within I find a half-dozen tubes of Rub-N-Buff, a rubber mallet and a wood burning kit, as well as a Holiday Activity Pad! Amazing!
This stuff is brilliant. I first learned about it from Adam Savage's Tested videos -- it's a wax putty you apply to surfaces to make them look highly realistically metallic. Super excited to try them out, I've got just the project for it.
This bad boy is going to get a workout very, very soon. One of my hobbies is to get old jewelry and cigar boxes from local thrift stores, sand them down and refinish them into dice boxes for my RPG-playing mates, usually adding runes and designs to them in the process. I'd been using and abusing my old soldering iron, but it really made for sloppy looking designs, and I'd been lusting after a decent wood burning kit forever. I even got a book on introduction to wood burning techniques, but just never got around to getting the tool. I've got three boxes I'm currently sanding and prepping for refinishing, so the timing on this was immaculate.
I forgot to take a photo of the mallet, but that's another one whose timing was perfect -- just two days ago I was given this huge shelving unit, still in the back of my car, that requires a rubber mallet to assemble properly. I was going to go buy one next time I got paid.
Oh, and the activity book! Someone helpfully predicted my weary and groggy state and so completed the really hard puzzles (I kid, just two of them. Made me laugh out loud.)
I know what you're thinking. "But Rank, what about that other box? The big white square one?"
Yeah, check out what was in there!
Holy fucking shit, you guys. Ziggy Motherfucking Stardust.
I am so beyond happy. Thank you so goddamned much. So goddamned much.
oh man I didn't get you the vinyl so you have an extra imp out there who loves you!! but I am glad that the rest of it found you alive and in one piece, I was a bit worried that mallet would break free and tour the states alone
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RankenphilePassersby were amazedby the unusually large amounts of blood.Registered User, Moderatormod
I mean, look at the back of this record.
To be played at maximum volume.
Oh, indeed.
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RankenphilePassersby were amazedby the unusually large amounts of blood.Registered User, Moderatormod
Woah. Someone else got me Ziggy?
Man, the timing alone is impeccable. It came from NY too. Crazy.
Whoever you are, thank you so much.
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#pipeCocky Stride, Musky odoursPope of Chili TownRegistered Userregular
A partially completed activity book is an incredible christmas gift
Man, the timing alone is impeccable. It came from NY too. Crazy.
Whoever you are, thank you so much.
I actually live within a half mile of a big record store that specializes in vinyl, but I was worried it would need special shipping and stuff so I focused on getting you stuff that made my husband deeply jealous
when I was pricing out shipping he helpfully offered to keep the mallet to cut down on costs
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RankenphilePassersby were amazedby the unusually large amounts of blood.Registered User, Moderatormod
very generous of him
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The GeekOh-Two Crew, OmeganautRegistered User, ClubPAregular
I jacked back in to The Internet after the holidays to discover a bounty of digital treasures! On Steam, I scored XCOM and XCOM 2, two very highly regarded games that somehow I'd managed to miss all this time, and also a healthy dose of Blizzard credit! Obviously I immediately bought a few loot boxes in Overwatch. First one even had an epic in it, much better than my usual 3 greys and a blue. It's not 100% clear to me if @Romanian My Escutcheon, Doxy was my Satan or just a proxy, but either way, thank you very much! Hail Satan!
edit: rereading the message I think RMED was just the messenger, so the true origin (of all lies/darkness) remains unknown.
@Tossrock I have been informed that apparently something will be arriving soon that may clear up this most mysterious of mysteries.
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The GeekOh-Two Crew, OmeganautRegistered User, ClubPAregular
I have received another package!
A captainly gift within!
Wonderful! I will most certainly wear it to the office.
But 'tis not handmade as the Amazon notes foretold? Is this an additional gift my as yet unnamed Satan neglected to mention? Or is there another imp at work here?
I jacked back in to The Internet after the holidays to discover a bounty of digital treasures! On Steam, I scored XCOM and XCOM 2, two very highly regarded games that somehow I'd managed to miss all this time, and also a healthy dose of Blizzard credit! Obviously I immediately bought a few loot boxes in Overwatch. First one even had an epic in it, much better than my usual 3 greys and a blue. It's not 100% clear to me if @Romanian My Escutcheon, Doxy was my Satan or just a proxy, but either way, thank you very much! Hail Satan!
edit: rereading the message I think RMED was just the messenger, so the true origin (of all lies/darkness) remains unknown.
@Tossrock I have been informed that apparently something will be arriving soon that may clear up this most mysterious of mysteries.
Okay so apparently @Romanian My Escutcheon, Doxylied, in the manner that the Prince of Lies would lie, and he was actually my Satan all along! How do I know?
A fuckin' rad ass gift, that's how!
SWAG BALLIN OUTTA CONTROL
Seriously I am going to use this... basically all the time? I do a lot of outdoor camping/harebrained hacky projects and having a multitool I can carry around for permanent access to a knife/pliers/screwdriver/etc is awesome.
Okay, I have been slacking. I received a second package from my Satan days ago but was unable to make a proper post but now I can! My pup wasn't around to inspect things this time but...
A wild, heavy box appears!
The package contains bottles!
SO MANY BOTTLES.
A big ol' selection of brews from Hi-Fi Brewing. The labels may be hard to read after I resized the image down from HUGE so from left to right: Pre-Amp Blonde (x2), Sitar IPA (x2), Da Newbie Vienna Lager (x2), Woofer Porter (x4), and Whiskey Vanilla Woofer Porter (x2). I've since gone through two bottles of Woofer (I have a fresh pint next to me for this post), Whiskey Vanilla Woofer was a hit with the beer drinkers at the New Year's Eve party I attended, and my neighbors quite enjoyed the Pre-Amp Blonde that I shared with them on New Year's Day. High marks all around.
Thanks again Satan! I may not know your (forum) name but I have raised several glasses in your honor.
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Satan came through, and there's still more to come!
2 packages were delivered to my door yesterday! From Australia! Of course when I arrived home I was stumbling drunk, having finished the better part of a bottle of Bacardi Gold, and was full on the mushroom-flesh of my lizardman's opponents in D&D. So these are from this morning. Important clues may have been missed.
A gift of newspaper! Truly a generous Satan, gifting me with tales from Australia! I spent some time attempting to decipher the clues on these pages before I realized I had missed the greatest clue of all.
I looked into getting a flashy kit, but in the end I went with good, solid, individual pieces from a bar outlet store. And I went with a Boston Shaker because most of my friends are bartenders. I sincerely hope you enjoy getting into cocktails.
My absolute favorite one is in the top right corner of page 101 of the book that's coming/arrived. There should also be one last package that'll be sent sometime later, I'm commissioning something.
Hail Satan!"
So now I've got a shitload of bar gear to work with! Goddamn, I am impressed! Whoever you are, Satan, your presence in the Land Below has made my life better today. Hail Satan!
Thanks, @Lalabox ! You're the best!
that muddler totally looks like a dildo.
$20+ of domestic shipping later, today is not that day
Just toss it in the dishwasher afterwards and it can be!
How is that headset? Headphones are a thing you really can't trust reviews on, and you can't get any kind of sense of the sound of them without actually trying them.
They weren't particularly high end or expensive, but they were heavily researched so I hope they sound good! If they're trash let me know and I'd be happy to return them for you.
Need some stuff designed or printed? I can help with that.
Steam // Secret Satan
Well I've got enough new toys from your first packages to keep myself busy, I'm sure the final package will come as a surprise and blow my mind all over again!
I got a rad gift! Look at this strong beginning!
That's right! I got gifted
An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States (ReVisioning American History)
by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz
Thanks so Much!
Pooro and all sorts of rad people recommend this book!
I'll be digging into it this new year weekend.
Leftovers from 2015:
Bucketman ➔ Goose!
Preemptive strikes/Gifts in the Satanic Spirit of the Season:
Stale ➔ Naphtali
Stale ➔ Rankenphile
Stale ➔ Nogs
Stale ➔ plut
Stale ➔ Penguin Incarnate
Stale ➔ Raijin Quickfoot
Nullzone ➔ Lasbrook
Brolo ➔ lonelyahava
QuickSnap ➔ Rankenphile
QuickSnap ➔ #pipe
❓ ➔ Naphtali
❓ ➔ Goatmon
❓ ➔ Rankenphile
❓ ➔ The Geek
CHAINZ:
❓ ➔ Bucketman ➔ Blackhawk1313 ➔ Nullzone ➔ Brolo 2 ➔ Veldrin ➔ Lost Salient ➔ cabsy ➔ Rankenphile ➔ Jasconius ➔ Straightzi 2 ➔ Nogs ➔ Lalabox 2 ➔ Rainfall ➔ Slacker71 2 ➔ Smof
❓ ➔ Rayze 2 ➔ TheRoadVirus 2 3 4 5 ➔ Raijin Quickfoot ➔ Kadith ➔ Penguin Incarnate 2 ➔ The Hanged Man ➔ Lasbrook ➔ Matev 2 ➔ Abracadaniel ➔ godmode 2 ➔ N1tSt4lker 2➔ Goose! 2 3 4 5 ➔ Skeith ➔ Mortal Sky ➔ Cello ➔ MrDoctorProfessor ➔ Noggin 2 3 ➔ Goatmon 2 3 4 ➔ #pipe 2 ➔ Sir Fabulous ➔ Xaquin ➔ Naphtali ➔ Okami 2 ➔ . (plut)
❓ ➔ Ketbra 2
Tynic ➔ Virgil_Leads_You 2 3 4 ➔ The Geek 2 3 ➔ Perrsun 2 ➔ JimBobtheMonkey 2 ➔ fightinfilipino ➔ Romanian My Escutcheon, Doxy ➔ Tossrock 2 ➔ Fearghaill ➔ QuickSnap ➔ Fig-D 2 ➔ Grobian ➔ DashD ➔ Tam
❓ ➔ Charmy ➔ DaMoonRulz 2 3 ➔ Platypus Beirut 2
edit: rereading the message I think RMED was just the messenger, so the true origin (of all lies/darkness) remains unknown.
The headset is treating me very well, thanks for asking!
I didn't need a crazy expensive piece of gear, just something that let's me listen to sounds and record my voice better than my computer's inbuilt stuff.
And it does that admirably.
Switch Friend Code: SW-1406-1275-7906
it is what it is. not everybody posts when they receive things immediately, some people send the gifts anonymously, etc.
Thank you, Mister Moon
Mister Moooon
...so I'm home today, even though today was the first day back at work, because I managed to catch some evil wicked flu/cold thing. Seriously no fun. Up all night until about 5 am, throat raw, cold sweats, face feeling like it's going to explode, alternating between shivering and roasting. Miserable.
I get up at 7:30 am for a phone call to get my team started at work at 9. Lug myself into the shower. Have our call, wrap myself in a blanket and sit at my desk at home, feeling terrible and trying to catch up on email.
Right when I'm just about to give up and go climb back into bed, utterly defeated, my spouse says, "Hey! You got something in the mail!" and brings in two packages, setting them by my feet.
Oh goodness... what is this?
IT'S SATAN!
What brilliant timing the Dark Lord has. I desperately needed a pick-me-up.
Thanks @Cabsy. It may not find me well, but it found me, and lifted my spirits greatly!
But what's inside? Let's find out!
Classy houndstooth indeed.
Within I find a half-dozen tubes of Rub-N-Buff, a rubber mallet and a wood burning kit, as well as a Holiday Activity Pad! Amazing!
This stuff is brilliant. I first learned about it from Adam Savage's Tested videos -- it's a wax putty you apply to surfaces to make them look highly realistically metallic. Super excited to try them out, I've got just the project for it.
This bad boy is going to get a workout very, very soon. One of my hobbies is to get old jewelry and cigar boxes from local thrift stores, sand them down and refinish them into dice boxes for my RPG-playing mates, usually adding runes and designs to them in the process. I'd been using and abusing my old soldering iron, but it really made for sloppy looking designs, and I'd been lusting after a decent wood burning kit forever. I even got a book on introduction to wood burning techniques, but just never got around to getting the tool. I've got three boxes I'm currently sanding and prepping for refinishing, so the timing on this was immaculate.
I forgot to take a photo of the mallet, but that's another one whose timing was perfect -- just two days ago I was given this huge shelving unit, still in the back of my car, that requires a rubber mallet to assemble properly. I was going to go buy one next time I got paid.
Oh, and the activity book! Someone helpfully predicted my weary and groggy state and so completed the really hard puzzles (I kid, just two of them. Made me laugh out loud.)
I know what you're thinking. "But Rank, what about that other box? The big white square one?"
Yeah, check out what was in there!
Holy fucking shit, you guys. Ziggy Motherfucking Stardust.
I am so beyond happy. Thank you so goddamned much. So goddamned much.
oh man I didn't get you the vinyl so you have an extra imp out there who loves you!! but I am glad that the rest of it found you alive and in one piece, I was a bit worried that mallet would break free and tour the states alone
To be played at maximum volume.
Oh, indeed.
Man, the timing alone is impeccable. It came from NY too. Crazy.
Whoever you are, thank you so much.
Need some stuff designed or printed? I can help with that.
Right?
It's right up there with re-gifting old birthday and graduation cards to people. Totally hilarious.
I actually live within a half mile of a big record store that specializes in vinyl, but I was worried it would need special shipping and stuff so I focused on getting you stuff that made my husband deeply jealous
when I was pricing out shipping he helpfully offered to keep the mallet to cut down on costs
Pass it on, like the Fraggles!
Holiday Activity Pad is the new Desktop Hulk
Need some stuff designed or printed? I can help with that.
A message from the Underworld.
Yooo!
American Revolutions: A Continental History, 1750-1804
So much critical nation shaping stuff occurs in this period.
I'm def jumping into this interesting mess of events and politicians next.
Thank you again!
@Tossrock I have been informed that apparently something will be arriving soon that may clear up this most mysterious of mysteries.
A captainly gift within!
Wonderful! I will most certainly wear it to the office.
But 'tis not handmade as the Amazon notes foretold? Is this an additional gift my as yet unnamed Satan neglected to mention? Or is there another imp at work here?
If anyone gets shafted I am happy to send a handmade gift as a backup because I
Sheri Baldwin Photography | Facebook | Twitter | Etsy Shop | BUY ME STUFF (updated for 2014!)
Okay so apparently @Romanian My Escutcheon, Doxy lied, in the manner that the Prince of Lies would lie, and he was actually my Satan all along! How do I know?
A fuckin' rad ass gift, that's how!
SWAG BALLIN OUTTA CONTROL
Seriously I am going to use this... basically all the time? I do a lot of outdoor camping/harebrained hacky projects and having a multitool I can carry around for permanent access to a knife/pliers/screwdriver/etc is awesome.
Thank you so much!
A wild, heavy box appears!
SO MANY BOTTLES.
A big ol' selection of brews from Hi-Fi Brewing. The labels may be hard to read after I resized the image down from HUGE so from left to right: Pre-Amp Blonde (x2), Sitar IPA (x2), Da Newbie Vienna Lager (x2), Woofer Porter (x4), and Whiskey Vanilla Woofer Porter (x2). I've since gone through two bottles of Woofer (I have a fresh pint next to me for this post), Whiskey Vanilla Woofer was a hit with the beer drinkers at the New Year's Eve party I attended, and my neighbors quite enjoyed the Pre-Amp Blonde that I shared with them on New Year's Day. High marks all around.
Thanks again Satan! I may not know your (forum) name but I have raised several glasses in your honor.