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6 hours agoI wish! Here in Thornbury the temperature has dropped, the wind has dropped, but not the rain. Yet. Sticky and not pleasant rn.
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Not hungry this morning. Have made a large jug of peppermint tea which is currently cooling on the countertop prior to being put in fridge. Some essential shopping only this morning, then I’m going to sleep the day away. Punctuated by peppermint tea over ice. Cool change is due fairly late tonight so not looking forward to this afternoon.
I’m going to delete this one, as Melba has already done one which I didn’t realise.
If no-one’s done tomorrows thread, I’ll do it.
You do you!
Kirks ginger beer is a mixer - that is, it is intended to be diluted a bit. Usually by putting alcohol in it, but any liquid will do. 1 part extra liquid to 4 parts Kirks ginger beer.
Just got home. Closing all the windows/curtains/roller shutters worked. Nice 25 deg in kitchen. The effing houseplants will just have to cope with low light conditions for today & termorrer. Fussy little buggers.
Time to defrost an emergency quiche for din dins. Cbf cooking anything.
Note to self : restock on cheap white plonk suitable for drinking over ice. The current cardboard box is getting a bit light and sloshy.
Iced coffee, ice cream and an iced doughnut please Chef.
Inside.
/rant incoming.
unpopular opinion
Shetland ponies are bonsai carthorses. With extra attitude. I’ve had a fair bit to do with them over the years - I have a lot of respect for them but not much affection. Little turds. It’s the floof factor that tolls in the general public, and is highly deceptive as a guide to general character. They’re smarter than most humans and a whole lot stronger. Certainly not suitable as kids’ ponies imo due to general oppositional attitude. I’ve seen so many kids scared out of horsemanship by a ‘cute’ shetland pony who got the wood over the kid from day one.
Don’t know much about minis but I have a deep distaste for these mutants. Same as for munchkin cats - a human creation that isn’t really viable as a cat but feeds the human preference for neoteny. Like dogs bred for extra ‘cuteness’ at the cost of their health and longevity. Too many spend their lives in constant pain as a result of their human preferred and encouraged disabilities. But they’re cuuuuuute so will continue to exist to feed our human fantasies for pseudohumans that cannot grow up into true adults. Don’t get me started on the whole concept of furbabies. I know this view isn’t shared by a lot of people.
Commensal animals are NOT human - and we do them a huge disservice by pretending to ourselves that they are human babies. We owe them the respect of treating them in accordance with their species - not trying to force them into a human mould and a pretty horrible and exploitative human mould at that.
/rant over
Thank you Chef! It’s appreciated.
Put a layer of snail pellets on the base of the letterbox, then cover with a sheet of baking paper cut to size. Should stop any further snail invasions. And keep your mail nice and dry.
Fried/steamed dumplings please - any flavour - with a large kombucha to go with. I have a neeeeeeed for dumplings.
It’s a major plot point in Foucault’s Pendulum by Umberto Eco. So it stuck in my little pink mind more than might otherwise have done. Stunning book that - self-delusion on steroids.
Guess what just appeared on the BOM website
Completely. The latest instalment is still A Dance with Dragons - published in 2011. Still waiting for the next one … Two more projected - The Winds of Winter and A Dream of Spring. As the bloke is now 76, we are all hoping he does not run out of life before finishing the series.
I think the entire reading public is cheesed off with GRRM for not finishing ASOIAF. Who knows? We might get the next instalment sometime in the next 20 years …
Jelly! That would have been fabulous! Tim has been one of my heroes for some time - glad to know Alex is up to his weight and then some.
Modesitt has one huuuuuge failing - all his tall dark and handsome heroes are pretty much identical. And the female characters are strong alright, but also smug and kinda offensive in how they interact with people. I do like how he puts emphasis on how magic comes at a price, and that price can be high. He got better as he got older - his recent ones are much more readable too. The Imager Portfolio is imo his best long work to date.
I used to love Anne McCaffrey too - the dragons are adorable, but she too did the same saleable story over and over. After a bit you could predict the end by the finish of the third chapter or so. If not earlier, and I got bored with that.
Tolkein I met as a reader when I was 8. The Hobbit was wunnderful at that age. LOTR came soon after and I loved it until I had to study it in year 12 high school. Which killed it for many years. I haven’t seen the films - don’t know that I want to as I’m not a film person for the most part.
For light sci-fi/fantasy, I still have a strong affection for Mercedes Lackey - simple stories, well told and believable. May include dragons/magic but not guaranteed. Perfect light reading. Along with T Kingfisher - The Wizard’s Guide to Defensive Baking was some of the best YA stuff I’ve read recently.
George RR Martin has been a favorite for years - once you get past his obsession with zombies and cartoon characters he tells a good yarn well. Along with Kim Stanley Robinson. The Tuf Voyaging collection is a standout for me. However, the Divine Lois and Connie Willis are my current fab fave authors. Because intelligent and self and socially aware and not in the slightest bit condescending. They make you work but it’s worth it.
Not at all. It’s currently being done by whoever’s up and alert at this hour.