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★ Jenny Lewis ★
So I guess some other stuff happened but cut to the chase & yay Jenny Lewis, my favorite. I've only seen her once before; I'm not necessarily a concert fanatic, & I have pretty curmudgeonly...
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Oubliette Session Thirteen: an Auction at the End of the World.
(Masui; Tian Yi by Oliver Stalmans.)So here's a true thing about Oubliette: when you make a choice, the other paths not taken? Still happen, just without you there. The world keeps moving, even without...
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La Belle Capuchine. (21; 7:14)
Boy, Snow, Bird by Helen Oyeyemi.Hate the Ratcatcher.He's abusive & toxic...but his name is Frank.I'm rarely this angry at a book. Screw you, Boy, Snow, Bird for being a good book for about 90% of...
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Typing One-Handed.
So, surgery on my shoulder was yesterday. Got nothing much to report. I was most nervous of getting a IV in; heck, mild irrational needle phobia notwithstanding, I was unconscious for everything else....
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But the Flesh is Weak.
Due caveats: written in a few sittings on various doses of painkiller. What follows may be total Lovecraftian gibbrish. Had told my bosses that I'd be okay for work on Monday. It quickly became clear...
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Omega City! (22; 8:14)
Zeroville by Steve Erickson.Left, HAL 9000.Monolith on the right side.Logic & magic.This was Jennifer's pick for Eleven-Books Club-- I think this is her third pick, after Art Girls Are...
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There Is No Cow Level. (23; 9:14)
Mogworld by Yahtzee Croshaw.I want to play it--a good faith experiment.but tl;dr.My Eleven-Books Club pick, & I don't expect it will be very popular. I don't think it will be hated, either, though...
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The Dark Will Rise Again. (24; 9:15)
Ruin and Rising by Leigh Bardugo.To the Shadows, say:"we were old when you were young,""dark on the waters."Somehow my review of the second one fell through the cracks-- I was terrible about this last...
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Blood on the Rock. (25; 9:16)
Finnikin of the Rock by Melina Marchetta.Keep the ruby ring.It bears the blood of princes.So does all the land.Jennifer really likes this book, & has been after me for years to read it. I think...
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Last night we went to go see Drunk Shakespeare for Jennifer's birthday. A lot of fun, first off-- the gimmick is quite simply that one of the actors gets wasted & then the troupe does...
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(26; 9:17)
Sea Change by S. M. Wheeler.Skinless, she waited,patient for the Monomyth.Reskinned, she twirled, danced.This is a book for someone else. I mean that in the best way, though it sounds backhanded. What...
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At Least There is New Jenny Lewis.
At this point, the worst part about my hurt arm is that it has moved me into having insomnia. I've never slept well; I used to have chronic nightmare, then there's sleep apnea...I try to cover the...
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No God, No King, No Country. (27; 9:18)
Froi of the Exiles by Melina Marchetta.Tongue-twisters, word games& well, etymology.The little moments.Ugh, as I got closer to the end of this book, I started to suspect the worst: despite being a...
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Melatonin.
Tried out melatonin last night. Results-- not that I think a single data point is all that useful-- is that I slept from nine to five, with an hour long period of half-awake torment in the middle where...
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Triptych.
Before we lose track of what has been going on, let me drop two pieces of history in here. We had July Shenanigans, for one thing. Basically, everyone who isn't me in the Television Night Crew has a...
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Cabin Fever. (28; 9:19)
This One Summer by Jillian Tamaki & Mariko Tamaki.Chocolate, marshmallow;press it between graham crackers:it makes the sound "s'more."This sort of genre, of telling might-as-well-betrue stories of...
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Bow Ties are Cool.
I made an appointment with my doctor to talk about my sleep problems, & he couldn't see me for a week. Then I went ahead & filled in the pre-appointment survey, & he called me up & was...
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Tariq of the Citavita. (28; 9:20)
Quintana of Charyn by Melina Marchetta.Pluck the barb from flesh.Clean. Sew with needle & thread.Repeat as needed.Phew. I'm finally done with The Lumatere Chronicles. I have powerful mixed feelings...
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Where Civil Blood Makes Civil Hands Unclean.
Another episode in Tom's series of thematically linked one-shots, Dead World! This time, set in the Civil War. We were supposed to play extraordinary individuals, so I made "Poor Mister Threadway," a...
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#TorDnD: Practical Demonology.
The triumphant return of #TorDnD, where Tim runs a game for Irene (Wren, human ranger), Jonathan (Aegwyn, half-elf paladin), Sam (Kit, human cleric), Bridget (Columbine, tiefling rogue) & me...
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