Hmmm. If they included Gideon the Ninth, a clearly sci-fantasy novel, they should have Gene Wolfe's Shadow of the Torturer in there somewhere.

I hope she reads Long Sun too.

The first panel shows a crow with the title "How to live a good life". The second panel shows a crow cawing at itself in the mirror with the subheading "Make friends". The next panel says "Explore" and shows a crow looking into a commercial waste bin. The next says "Try new things" with a crow eating something vile. The next one says "Be curious" and shows the crow grabbing a hissing cat's tail". The final frame says "Get a hobby" and shows the crow looking closely at a book of matches.

How To Live A Good Life #oldknees

In that way I find your writing like Ursula le Guin. Just enough detail to get the imagination going.

She says more in 250 pages than most do in a thousand.

I enjoy many writing styles, but that's one I like best.

Dr. Potato from the Idaho Potato Commission has the absolutely best advice for how to bake a potato.

Every time I go to bake a couple potatoes, that's what I search for, not the dozens of sketchy recipe sites that tell tales and give you information that may or may not be right.

Smart glasses without the creeper cameras.

Two of the great joy bringers of the world.❤️

Nice background!

I will not buy things online or in person if they can't show me a picture of what it actually looks like.

This goes for those stock images with a product photoshopped onto them as is rife on Amazon these days.

Such mighty ears!

Yeah. Blood test now.

Big "my mom took away my video games and told me to get a job or she'll kick me out of the basement" vibes there.

I mean, he admits women have to do the majority of child rearing, yet complains about having to contribute too?

THE FUCK YOU THINK WAS GONNA HAPPEN LIGHTING KEROSENE IN A GLASS CHAMBER 🫨

Saaaaaame.

I'd laugh, but, you know.

Absolutely.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but wasn't about 1/3 of the French population unemployed around the time they decided to revolt against the government and behead every aristocrat they could find?

I wonder if that found its way into my speech on account of living so close to the border.

"Yeah, no, that's right."

English is such a beautiful language.

Is that asnugglecat or a trapdoor kitty? It is hard to tell, and not knowing can cost you.

Fear of angry young women has been a staple of conservatism for so long I'm beginning to think that's the only thing the right is about.

I can't think of a single situation where that would be okay.

😬 huh.

And let us not forget that soccer was slang for Association Football in 1800's England. You couldn't call it ass so they moved down the word for the abbreviation.

Ugh. Of course he would say that instead of something like a child or an old person.

The whole concept of trending irks me.

Popular and worthwhile are very different things.

Hooray! I'm useful!

I remember reading about how he used an electromagnet to make the box unmovable. He'd flick a switch on the underside of the table to turn it on or off.

I have the same going on with Braveheart.

In hindsight I should have stayed home wallowing in self pity instead of going out to the movies with friends.