Lost Phone

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Today I lost my phone at the bus station.

I’d called my dad while walking to the station.

When I sat down to wait for the bus I noticed a text from my wife. She said she was leaving campus then in our car.

Hoping to catch a ride with her, I texted her and called her, hoping I’d reach her before she drove off.

She didn’t pick up, but I was still hopeful she’d call back before the bus arrived.

I set my phone on the bus station bench to me so I could hear if my wife called me back.

I got out my iPad and played some games while I waited.

The bus came up and I packed my iPad away. I got on the bus and waited a bit for it to leave.

As the doors closed I realized my phone wasn’t in my pocket.

I asked the driver if he’d hold for a second while I checked the bench.

I ran out, quickly looked all over, asked a few people, and couldn’t find it.

I got back on and rode home.

I got home and talked to my wife. I called my phone a dozen or so times, but no one answered.

I gave up and called my phone company and got the phone canceled.

A few hours later my wife got a call from the person who found my phone offering to return it.

We organized a meeting for him to give it back. I went there with ten bucks to pay him back (about half the cost of my cheapo phone pictured above).

I met him outside a grocery store.

He gave me the phone back and refused to take the $10 reward. Nice guy!
So now I’ve got my phone back!

That’s my little adventure from today.

-Mister Ed

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I’m Isaac

Welcome to the GoCorral website! I’m Isaac Shaker and this is a place for me to write about D&D and occasionally other topics. I host a podcast called Setting the Stage that interviews different DMs about their campaigns. I’m currently focused on completing the Cimmeria campaign setting and turning it into a book.

Setting the Stage Podcast

75 – Masks, Capitalism, and Coming of Age (Joel and Critical Bits) Setting the Stage, Campaigns for D&D and Other RPGs

Joel tells us about his actual play podcast, Critical Bits! The campaign was a teen super hero story using the Powered by the Apocalypse system Masks. The Masks system is great for teen drama and coming of age stories for superheroes that still live with their parents, have school, and don't know who they want to be yet. Joel and the players did a great job of capturing those feelings in a world where superpowered individuals are under threat. The government attempts to register all teen superpowered people and there are tons of organizations looking to kidnap superpowered teens to enslave them. Does good win in the end? Well… probably. That's how these stories work, right? Right?You can find Critical Bits on your podcast app or learn more at Joel's website: https://www.doyouvalidate.com/do-you-validate-network/critical-bitsJoel's current show is called Oddity Roadshow that you can check on on his website as well: https://www.doyouvalidate.com/do-you-validate-network/oddity-roadshow-podcastFor the latest news about Joel's next project you can follow him on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/doyouvalidate.bsky.socialOur website: https://gocorral.com/stsWant to be on the show? Fill out this survey: https://forms.gle/U11TbxtAReHFKbiVAJoin our Discord: https://discord.gg/Nngc2pQV6CSupport the show on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/SettingtheStage Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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