A really cool story about first contact. It was written in the 70’s, and it shows in the gender and societal norms presented in the novel. If you can power through that, you’re in for a treat!
A novel series about a wizard detective in chicago.
Some of my best memories are of my grandfather reading me the hobbit at bedtime when I stayed with him for a summer.
Great recs all around! Hyperion cantos is awesome. It’s the caterburry tales…iIn space!
Npr classic station for commutes and house cleaning.
Tug boat captain.
I haven’t in years. When I had roommates I’d have a desk set up in my room. Nice to have your own space. I’d always put on futurama to fall asleep to. To this day that show makes me sleepy.
Nothing but love for my faygo drenched, face painted, grimey little buddies!
Yas!!! I was having back problems, told myself “Well old chap, your back is ageing now innit?” Turns out I had a mattress problem. Make sure you get a good frame too.
Lol came here to post that. Fucking juggalos, so gross yet so wholesome…
I was planning on a NAS home server. I was setting aside money to make the purchases. Prices have forced me out of that little side project for the time being…
I just bought an old dell optiplex, it was surplus from the university. I could take the ram out and double my money. Ridiculous…
I was walking along a scenic trail in my city a few years ago. This particular spot had a spectacular eastern view, so I stopped to take in the last of what seemed to be a spectacular sunset.
It took my moronic ass about 15 seconds to remember that the sun usually sets in the west. So what was that red orange glow on the horizon?
A wildfire? No, I’d have heard about that.
Must be a… Nuke? What else would make that much light that fast. It had blown and I was seeing the burning destruction in its wake.
I spent the next minute or so basically shitting myself. Trying to figure out which way the fallout would blow. Thinking about all the emergency drinking water and food I never stocked. Thinking how horrific a death radiation sickness would be.
I was straight up having a panic attack!
Well then the most glorious blood moon I ever seen came up over the horizon. Huge and glowing orange.
I learned a bit about myself that day. Mostly that I am unlikely to thrive in any sort of apocalypse type situation. And that I’m a moron. Moon was cool though!
You’ve never had smallpox.
You probably have never been hungry. Famine used to be a thing that just happened every ten years or so.
You’ve probably always had ready access to drinking water.
There’s always been wars, people doing terrible things. Slavery and genocide are pretty much par for the course whatever the ethnicity/region.
By most metrics this is the safest time to be alive.
But ya, shits pretty fucked still. So I say we all wake up tomorrow and try and do a little better.
Soundeses
Archive It said she lost her home, job and dog. What a bunch of assholes.
I smoked weed at 16, more regularly from 17 on. Didn’t have my first drunk till 18. A few beers and sips of wine here and there, but never full on blasted.
If I could go back in time I’d tell myself to stay sober. I never had any huge problems with substance abuse, but it took me to my till my 30’s to realize life was better and more fun with a clear mind.
I still maintain a Gmail account from their beta test days. I had to get an invite. 2003 or 4ish? Don’t use it for much anymore, but I still have it.
Ya, he was a pos, even by the standards of the day. Dude loved his patriarchy…