Jeff Grubb
@jeffgrubb.bsky.social
Writer, Game Designer, Narrative Guy, Elder Gaming God. Not the Giant Bomb Guy. Mostly harmless
Hey folks, Tuesday is primary election day here in King County, Washington. For those you who are mailing in your ballots, I strongly recommend you mail them in NOW, as anything postmarked after 8 PM on Tuesday will not be counted. Better yet, check out all the drop boxes in your area.
Ballot drop boxes - King County, Washington
kingcounty.gov
Just like last year, it's important for King County voters to mail ballots in early. How early? Why not today? Due to mail processing delays by Trump's USPS, ballots mailed just before or on Election Day are at rick of not being counted. If you do wait until the last minute, just use a drop box!
Ballot drop boxes - King County, Washington
kingcounty.gov
Hey folks, If you're going to use me as a reference, drop me a line to tell me. I just got a weird request from a print house in Michigan.
In which I start out with a review, and end up trying to define "The New Weird". grubbstreet.blogspot.com/2026/07/book...
Book: The Old New Weird
Three Moments of an Explosion by China Miéville, Del Rey Books, an imprint of Random House, 2016 Provenance : I picked this up at the Page...
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XBOX is doing massive layoffs today, and as a member of Zenimax Online Studios, I have been "impacted". I will be looking for a new position.
I'm catching up on book reviews on my blog. Here's another one. grubbstreet.blogspot.com/2026/06/book...
Book: Women in Their 20s
Bobbed Hair and Bathtub Gin: Writers Running Wild in the Twenties by Marion Meade, Harcourt Books, 2004 Provenance: Unsure, but from the ...
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So I have an ever-growing pile of books on my desk that I've been meaning to talk about. Here's one of them. grubbstreet.blogspot.com/2026/06/book...
Book: Timestop
The Ministry of Time by Kaliane Bradley, Avid Reader Press (Simon & Schuster), 2024 Provenance: World Con was in Seattle last year, and t...
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So I brushed up against a scamster today. Here's the story. grubbstreet.blogspot.com/2026/06/scam...
Scams
We are awash in scams these days. Mysterious Docusign demands. Emails claiming to be from the Geek Squad or PayPal announcing that someone ...
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So I'm not going to be at the North Texas RPG con this weekend (I'm instead doing a signing at the Page Turner in Kent for their annual Nerd Party), but I was a judge for the NTRPG Con's Three Castles Award. Here are the candidates (and a few more things). grubbstreet.blogspot.com/2026/06/alre...
Recent Arrivals: The North Texas Report
What, already? Yes, I promised to go onto a game-buying fast until I bull through some of the games I have already purchased. But a large b...
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The hidden history of this day of remembrance, decoration, and memorial - grubbstreet.blogspot.com/2006/05/day-...
Day of the Dead
Have you noticed how wonky our holidays are? They seem to have evolved from their original notions into things very different from what was ...
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And you maye aske yourselfe "Why ys thys bow made of burninge golde?" And you maye aske yourselfe "Wher are my arrowes of desyre?" And you maye telle yourselfe "These are not my spear and unfoldinge cloudes" And you maye telle yourselfe "Thys ys not my chariot of fyre"
I went to a couple game conventions. I came back with more games. How do these things keep happening? grubbstreet.blogspot.com/2026/05/rece...
Recent Arrivals: Conventional Wisdom
I'm not a gaming addict! I'm an enthusiast! So, in the past few months I've attended not one but two conventions. That's a rarity because ...
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Yaknow, its actually more difficult to write a negative play review than a positive one. grubbstreet.blogspot.com/2026/04/thea...
Theatre: Family Drama
Appropriate by Branden Jacobs-Jenkins, Directed by Timothy McCuen Piggee, Seattle Rep through May 10. This one was a very split decision. ...
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After a bit of a lapse, I get back to talking about games - grubbstreet.blogspot.com/2026/04/rece...
Recent Additions: A Winter's Tale (Part 1)
This particular edition is long. As in broke into two parts long. Over the winter months, games continued to arrive at Grubb Street. This pa...
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So the Lovely Bride and I have been taking in a number of plays over the past few weeks. Reviews are on my blog, but this is the one you should go see. grubbstreet.blogspot.com/2026/02/thea...
Theatre: Memorial
Here There Are Blueberries by Moises Kaufman and Amanda Gronich Conceived and Directed by Moises Kaufman, Seattle Rep through 15 February. ...
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So we had some bad weather last month. Here' how it played out on Grubb Street - grubbstreet.blogspot.com/2026/01/at-h...
At Home in the Storm
Yes, there was some flooding. We're doing OK. Thanks for asking. I don't talk that much about my neighborhood in the blog these days. Grub...
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A smaller, more intimate performance in the wake of the last one I wrote about, but still, very, very good. grubbstreet.blogspot.com/2025/12/thea...
Theatre: Woman, Waiting
Penelope , based on the writings in the Odyssey by Homer, Music, Lyrics & Arrangements by Alex Bechtel, Book by Alex Bechtel, Grace McLean, ...
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It has been a week since the election, and I finally feel comfortable posting the semi-official results. This is Washington State. This is normal. grubbstreet.blogspot.com/2025/11/the-...
The Political Desk: Results
I often use the term "hanging fire" in reporting these results. The term means a delay between an action and the results of that action. It...
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