@Einahpets I suppose I’ve been writing a lot about Les Miserables lately, too, but I’ve never really considered myself part of the fandom.
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@Einahpets I used to post on comics message boards too, but the Flash fandom started …
@Einahpets I used to post on comics message boards too, but the Flash fandom started getting fractured and nasty when DC spent 5 years changing their mind about who was going to be the Flash every 12 months. I finally just changed my forum passwords & didn’t write them down so I’dhave to jump through hoops to go back. I kept blogging for a while, but I’ve really pulled back from that in the last few years.
@Einahpets Used to be the Flash (comics, way before the TV show) and Babylon 5. …
@Einahpets Used to be the Flash (comics, way before the TV show) and Babylon 5. Actually going back further I wrote fanfic for Blake’s 7.
For years I obsessively maintained a Flash fan site with character bios & appearances, starting in the pre-wiki era & keeping it going because I was doing research into the old issues. I still maintain a fan blog, but I don’t write much for it anymore.
This seems more complicated than it needs to be.
This seems more complicated than it needs to be.
How to remove a word you added to the dictionary on Mac OS X
Snap crackled “Stop”
In the past 2 weeks I have had to patch both of my bike tires …
In the past 2 weeks I have had to patch both of my bike tires and replace one of my son’s tires. (And he’s only been riding a month.) Some plant along the local bike path produces seeds with thorns that we keep running over.
I spent yesterday’s ride (after fixing both our bikes) looking at all the plants, trying to figure out which ones produced the thorns. No luck.
So I searched onlineby describing the seeds. Looks like sandburs, and the plants do look familiar.
I’ll be on the lookout.
Other than specific roles (like a dedicated admin account), how do you balance them? Heck, …
Other than specific roles (like a dedicated admin account), how do you balance them? Heck, how do you label them?
I’ve got 4 masto accounts: 1 for “good” photos, 1 for book discussion. I keep changing my mind abt how to handle the other 2, what to post where, who to follow on which account & so on.
There’s value in separating social contexts, but there’s a practical limit too.
How many accounts do you balance? How do you keep track of them?
There are a zillion Starbucks in walking distance of work, and one Coffee Bean. I …
There are a zillion Starbucks in walking distance of work, and one Coffee Bean. I generally prefer the Coffee Bean, but it’s got a TV that’s *always* showing cable news. Even muted, it’s a job to ignore it, and sometimes it seems like it adds back as much stress as the walk and coffee cuts down.
Today was some light lunchtime reading about the history of the Paris sewers. 😱 They’…
Today was some light lunchtime reading about the history of the Paris sewers. 😱
They’re particularly awful until a dangerous multi-year exploration starts in 1806. Slightly improved by 1832, much better by 1862.
And I kid you not, Hugo insists that Paris has the best *sewage*. While complaining about how we flush all that fertilizer out to sea, he actually describes “Parisian guano” as “the richest of all.”
#LesMiserables #amreading #books
I finished the June Rebellion chapters of #LesMiserables early afternoon on June 6, the same …
I finished the June Rebellion chapters of #LesMiserables early afternoon on June 6, the same time that the barricade fell in the book. That was kind of weird.
Lots of commentary and philosophy on revolution & urban/civil warfare, presented as supporting for the story, but I realize now it’s the other way around.
#amreading #books
Weird, I was just talking about this a few days ago. When Researchers Used IHOP to Determine if Kansas Is Flatter Than a Pancake via @atlasobscura
Weird, I was just talking about this a few days ago.
When Researchers Used IHOP to Determine if Kansas Is Flatter Than a Pancake via @atlasobscura
I was hoping to have finished reading the barricade section…
I was hoping to have finished reading the barricade section of #LesMiserables in time for #barricadeday, but the last few days have been packed & I don’t think I’ll have much time to read at lunch today.
There’s not much plot from where I left off to the last stand, but it’s dense.
New “I Voted” stickers in today’s CA primary election.
@MicroSFF Is there a tool to cancel worries in progress to allow this patch to …
@MicroSFF Is there a tool to cancel worries in progress to allow this patch to install? I’m not prepared to reboot the system.
One thing about #LesMiserables that always seemed odd…
One thing about #LesMiserables that always seemed odd: at times we see the start of someone’s inner turmoil in great detail, but the POV pulls away before we can see how they actually *make* the decision.
Ex: When Valjean heads to the barricade to…save Marius? Make sure he dies? Who knows?
This time through, I understand: he hasn’t decided, but he can’t let fate take the responsibility away from him.
More at my blog: https://hyperborea.org/les-mis/book/hidden-decision/
Kiddo has asked to pick up Harry Potter again for storytime
Kiddo has asked to pick up #HarryPotter again for storytime. #ChamberOfSecrets is my least favorite of the series, but it’s interesting seeing things set up for what we know now. We’re up to the polyjuice potion – it’s been kind of fun doing alternate voices for everyone.
Also: Someone clearly did renovations on the Chamber entrance prior to Tom Riddle opening it, but during the 20th century. Who?
7YO just told me he was going to write something down with his “epic …
7YO just told me he was going to write something down with his “epic pen.”
I love that this kid understands puns.
Saga, Flash & Speed Buggy
Read some #comics today:
#Saga #52: The more innocuous the cover, the more apprehensive I am about the story. Interesting character bits, quick reversals and a nasty cliffhanger.
#TheFlash #47: Everything and the kitchen sink that’s missing from the current book, but playing out oddly disconnected.
Flash & Speed Buggy: Over the top.
Bottlebrush trees don’t produce air roots, do they?
Bottlebrush #trees don’t produce air roots, do they? I’m guessing this is some sort of plant parasite.
@natecull I think The Last Jedi pushes back against this. Poe fits the description a …
@natecull I think The Last Jedi pushes back against this. Poe fits the description a lot better than Luke does, and his whole arc is learning that it’s a problem. Finn’s a counter example. And I see Luke more as someone dealing with depression and trying to push everyone away than someone who equates being a jerk with heroism. And even then part of the point is that he has to push through it.