Dresden is a bit like a roller coaster where the 1st 3 books are the hill you ratchet up, about midway of book 3 is where you start to crest the 1st hill and see what’s coming up. And while there’s some good twists and turns and thrills up to Turn Coat, it’s pretty tame with some surprising drops and twists.

Turn Coat is kind of the crest of the roller coaster before the bottom drops out headed into the underground tunnel you didn’t know was coming, it really starts to accelerate and spin out quickly after this.

Apple’s maps data frequently is OpenStreetMaps data in quite a few regions.

https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Apple

What a wanker.

I liked dial of destiny ¯\(ツ)/¯

Lots of tractor trailers that can’t get unloaded is my guess.

I just ordered a replacement board for a 3d printer that someone donated to my school on Monday. It was accepted by USPS earlier today. Fucking Perfect…

Given both are potato based, what’s the difference between lompe and lefse?

So dumb. Everyone knows dead rodents can’t fart. It would obviously have to be a live rodent.

“ …just am not sure how much they would appeal to teens, I certainly would have liked them but I was very bookish.”

That’s part of the challenge too. It’s hard enough to get some of these kids to read a book, let alone a hard Sci Fi book that is now a required reading. It almost has to fool them into enjoying it first.

They are A Psalm for the Wild Built and A Prayer for the Crown Shy by Becky Chambers

Don’t get me wrong, they are fantastic and have great meditations on purpose and other topics. But my concern was the ages of the readers. For 12th graders, no question, but for freshmen, I thought it wouldn’t be gripping enough early enough.

Solar punk is great, I was thinking of the monk and robot books, but ultimately leaned away from it.

I still think Ender’s Game is still a solid read for kids getting into Sci Fi, but the author in more modern times not so much.

Part of the goal is to freshen the list and he was on the old list, I just provided it as background as to what they were currently offering

Since there are a good number of great novellas out right now, I also considered 2-3 novellas can equal one novel depending on length.

Books I considered:

• Murderbot 1&2 by Becky Chambers
• Binti 1-3 by Nnedi Okorafor
• Long Way to a Small Angry Planet by Becky Chambers
• Kindred by Octavia Butler
• Parable of the Sower by Octavia Butler
• Left hand of Darkness by Ursula K Le Guin

150mL limit is for the producer, right? Or would have Rod Stuart needed to pay a special export tax after getting his stomach pumped*?

*- this is a reference for the olds.

Is this Cum Tax a per instance thing like sales tax or is it an annual assessment like your license plate?

But I thought the Tim Apple donation to the trump inauguration was supposed to curry enough favor to avoid this.

ThisIsMySurpisedFace.jpg.

I mean, most microwaves will recognize base 10 seconds. I can put 0:90 on mine and it will go for 1:30.

That’s a really good point that we have discussed too. Quippy names were fun, but added challenges with the actual process. Thank you.

I wouldn’t be surprised if we hear more soon and it’s published by end of year early next.