I feel like that's all I needed to say.

I'll make this quick. This was an all-followers survey: all hands on deck. And the single most popular opinion -- with a winning total of an absolutely incredible 2,443 times expressed -- was 'Not Interested'.

Accordingly, there will be no cover art or convention Ko-Fi drive this year.

The decision of the silent majority is final.

And that's what happens when you don't vote.

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Now, before I try to rally up the possibly-three last-minute ballots which might come in, I need to say something about the current state of the tally. To wit:

As of this writing, there are three stories vying for the cover art. They are close enough to each other in vote count as to make it possible for any of the trio to win. And none of them are so far ahead to be uncatchable by a story outside that group.

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I know. "Who's CommandHat?"

This person.

"So you're asking us to consider commissioning a story from someone who's never posted one?"

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It's a blog post full of links!
And music!
...well, links.
The music is on the other end.

First: Vinylshadow now has a total of twenty-six 'verse inspired compositions on Soundcloud. Go take a listen. Also, there's only eight followers for that page. Double digits would be nice, don'tcha think?

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This is obviously going to be a somewhat crowded blog. So before we get started, let me hit a bullet point list of events.

* Patreon issues update. (Minor, quick, and didn't need to be in the title.)

* The fate of my jury duty service. (Same.)

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So. About that game...

Give me a few minutes to set this up. We're taking the long way around. And those with easily-upset stomachs may want to skip this blog. I'm not going to be graphic -- but I am about to get detailed.

I've only been to Shake Shack once, and that number is unlikely to go up.

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There are seven stages of dementia, and I couldn't tell you exactly where my mother was on the chart before she died. Stage 4, at the very least. We had a few near-confirmed stops in Stage 5 when a urinary tract infection was in progress, or on a truly bad day. (The bad days were becoming more frequent.) I was trying to get guardianship because Stage 6 had been previewed by truly severe infections, and... it was also in sight. The

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...I'm as surprised as you are.

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...yes, I have to sound the alarm again. Because as it turns out, everything which happened last month? Fixed nothing. Several people checked their email and found that they had no December receipts from Patreon. They updated their payment methods and sent in their missing December pledges through Ko-Fi.

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