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There needs to be a single word for that feeling when you have a really good sandwich and then you finish that sandwich but you still wish you had more sandwich. I assume German already has this word

We watched Project Hail Mary last night and I quite liked it! I’ve always been fond of stories where protagonists are alone in the void. The movie’s take on alien life was also a lot of fun and I loved watching the clunky looking ships maneuver. www.imdb.com/title/tt1204...

If a guy wants to get into reading more eldritch horror (besides Lovecraft) where should he start?

One of my greatest embarrassments is that I still haven’t read ASOIAF but maybes that’s a good thing because I’ve been able to enjoy House of the Dragon so far.

It’s a zine and beverage today.

Now that I’ve slept on it I have some more thoughts about Dr. No. - Seeing a young Sean Connery is uncanny. - I didn’t care for Honey Ryder - I really liked Dr. No’s backstory. I always enjoy seeing how what were then recent historical events influenced pop culture.

We’re back for another book and beverage

For today’s book and beverage I finally finished The Lions of Al-Rassan by Guy Gavriel Kay. It’s a beautiful and heartbreaking work of historically-inspired fantasy. I think it just became one of my favorite novels.

Another book and beverage

Very excited to see my friend’s book out in the wild at last! This is a really fun #urbanfantasy inspired by professional wrestling. Kurtis has a clear love and understanding of the industry that is on display throughout the book.

If a person were to read just one Agatha Christie book in their life which one should it be?

This week’s book and beer have an unintentional theme.

Soniferous Aether xkcd.com/3238/

At long last I have fulfilled my ambition of sitting outside with a beer and a book. It is a marvelous day.

There are a lot of things I like about Invincible. My favorite part is how traumatized Mark is. Because of course being thrown through a building is going to affect him. There's a very human aspect that other superhero stories lack.

This was nice to find waiting for me when I got home. My signed copy of @brianmcclellan.bsky.social’s Mr. Styke arrived today!

Had an epiphany today in regards to my book’s magic system. It’s still a soft system but I finally figured out to rationalize it. This is going to help me flesh out a lot of characters.

I picked up Rally Cry by William R. Forstchen on a whim and I’m enjoying it so far! It’s written in exactly the style I was hoping for when I saw the cover.

I didn’t think Seth and Gunther had any beef. They’re both heels, right?

Aptos is a much better font than Calibri but it still doesn't replace a font with serifs.

Centimeter Wavelengths xkcd.com/3224/

I wish more authors explained this up front when they talk about observations in quantum physics. They way it is often presented makes it sound a too much like magic. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Observe...

What I would do to be able to pet a ground sloth

Younger me would have been ecstatic about the idea of a Firefly reboot. Now that’s it’s a possibility I’m just not feeling it. Making it animated seems like a good choice I just think it’s going to be hard to live up to expectations.

I appreciate the added production value in these PLE events like Elimination Chamber but I don’t think I like the format. I feel like we lose a lot of character work in these multi-participant matches.