When Women Were Dragons a great standalone book reimaging the 1950 based on women spontaneously turning into dragons. It’s a concept book where a sociality issue is examined by fantasy tropes which are fun. Worth reading if you haven’t done a female perspective novel or concept novel in a while.
Fourth Wing and the rest of the Empyrean series. It’s technically Romantasy (romance/fantasy) and it’s super popular now. But it’s got good world building, dragons and sex in it. If you have never done a Romantasy it’s worth a read even if you don’t think you will like romance novels.
Babel it’s a fantasy historical account of oxford. It’s beautiful and wonderful. The author also has a series Poppy Wars which is good but it’s dark. But Babel is best.
I have gone in bursts devouring those books. There’s a little too much nerd boy fantasy insert in the first book. (The skinny loner who dressed bad has WAY too many beautiful women into him). But it’s pulp so it’s expected. Besides it gets so good.
Can’t say no to gritty magic crime noir.
All Vonnegut is worth reading
I loved Fritz Leiber Swords. If you like DnD it’s definitely what built lots of tropes from it. Also the episodic nature is a fun fast read
As a straight man I am attracted to women. I have seen plenty AFAB enbys who are attractive. I have also seen plenty of AMAB trans women who are attractive. I have seen plenty of AFAB women who are attractive.
I once heard that sexual attraction is just a vibe and I really like that description. So if they hit my vibe I am in.
It’s a hugely impactful play and the Emcee shows huge changes in it. We had so many audible gasps at the end of the gorilla number
I’ll have to look it up. It was brilliant and want to watch it again and again
It’s a beautiful show and really timely. Orville Peck can really sing. Was he wearing his fringe facemask as the Emcee?
I haven’t seen it before I saw it live. Not even the movie. I knew what it was about but seeing it pure was something
Meryl Streep played her in a biopic. It was great
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florence_Foster_Jenkins_(film)
Cabaret at the end of 2025. It was haunting and beautiful
Not sure because I never did. Some of them seem to be business analysis and others just the excel guy. If you are interested in doing data science see if you can be the analysis person to do metrics and reporting on your team. The need to report and measure is consistent across most orgs and could be a good way to grow in place. Same if you can get some formal education
I have been a Data Scientist for almost a decade now. I pivoted my career into it after working as a chemist / software tester. I got my work to pay for me to complete a three year Master Program after which they gave me the title which allowed me to jump to other companies when I wanted more money. So it can be done and I am glad that I did it.
However, I stared my program in 2015 when Data Science was HOT. Now I mostly see Data Scientist being promoted in place from data analysis or other related careers. You only really get hired at another company if have 5+ years of experience. So if you really want to do this you will need your company to promote you and train you in place. There’s a huge pool of people looking to get into it right now. Most of which did a coding bootcamp to upskill so those are mostly useless. They only really work for people with a PhD in some technical field where they learned a few tricks to get business knowledge instead of their academic data skills.
Personality and photo style. First find people whose photos you like, Instagram and their websites will help with that. After that set up a few interviews because they will be with you ALL DAY. So make sure it’s someone who you like and can get along with all day.
Plan B can suck. But you know what sucks more? Being pregnant. It’s a dangerous life altering scenario that needs to be undertaken with extreme care.
The “Pull out method” only works if you have an extremely accurate method to track your cycle and avoid sex around ovulation. This requires an app and a smart ring that tracks your temperature constantly to find the exact time of ovulation. Even this can only find it after it occurred because of the temperature spike. So only recommend as method for people who wouldn’t mind being pregnant.
If this is becoming a pattern of casual sex get on birth control and get lots of condoms. Both are needed to get the full protection against pregnant and condoms are needed for STI prevention. Keep the condoms nearby your bed and require them. Really the men should also insist on condoms but you can’t control them.
Not sure how your seeds work with cold stratification. I know it’s a evolutionary advantage for late spring snowstorms that are common in the middle of North America
See if your city has compost pickup. It’s usually located where brush and yard waste gets dropped off in the early spring. I load up on gallons of it each spring for my gardens.
Native seeds (assuming you are in North america) are harder to germinate. Most need to be cold stratified for at least 30 days and then they have a low rate. The best method is either directly sow in the fall (which is what I do in my wildflower section) or winter sow in a container. I usually buy mine as starters except for my wildflower section which I do from seeds.
Gardening is a long term project so it’s going to take time. Spring is the best with the anticipation and potential in the air
That is true. Sex isn’t the main focus and there’s more slow building of sexual tensional and anticipation than actual sex. The world building and story is great with some great action chapters.