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Frogs
Anti nuts brownie Anti raison cookie people A Shayna Maidel Chocolate cake breakfast Gatorade water Harry Potter I work with kids Jewish play Jim – Gold & Turquoise. Keith Kevin’s kid Dune, Part 1 hatred Kristi job offer LotR Lydia in South Carolina No travel Pickle ball Raisin cocoanut breakfast cookie Rudy has coffee commitment…
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Blitzed: Drugs in Nazi Germany by Norman Ohler, Shaun Whiteside (Translator), Stefan Rudnicki (Narrator)
Blitzed: Drugs in Nazi Germany by Norman Ohler My rating: 5 of 5 stars A fantastic book about drugs during World War Two within the Nazi leadership–excellent information, significant research, and fantastic writing. I stumbled into this book from a notebook blog by the author, Ohler, who wrote during raves (which I think is fantastic).…
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Vestigial Wings
Recap This week at Alakazam Comics in Irvine, CA, the Game show continues the slaughter of an evil drow cult. The Henlifel brothers and our skeleton horde is slain by a giant fireball while we rest and combat ensues. Characters Brian – Calypso – Fairy Druid/BarbarianCody – Zachtos the Wizard/ClericDavid – Garner – Gnome Bard…
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A Preference for the Chant of Frogs
Warmer. Rain in the night. Frogs again. At first the waterhole (four feet long at most) had one frog or two. Now they are a small nation, loud in the night. The innocent nation, changing blissfully in praise of the spring rain. Last evening, I pruned a few little trees–including the beeches I had planted.Today…
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The Burnout Society by Byung-Chul Han
The Burnout Society by Byung-Chul Han My rating: 5 of 5 stars epic. so epic. The idea that control has been replaced by achievement is just gold. This is a must read for just about everyone alive. I have no idea if this is taken seriously in the academy, but I found it like profound…
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The Future by Naomi Alderman
The Future by Naomi Alderman My rating: 3 of 5 stars I enjoyed this book–a fun, simple SF romp. The characters are not great, and the plot is plodding sometimes, but the complexity and cultish underpinnings compensate. There is also some good apocalypse thinking that is fun these days. View all my reviews
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Vlad by Carlos Fuentes, Ethan Shaskan Bumas (Translator), Alejandro Branger (Translator)
Vlad by Carlos Fuentes My rating: 5 of 5 stars Fantastic and fun vampire book. Quick and unusual. strongly recommended View all my reviews
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You are encouraging them or that is a lot of pudding
Another fun week of D&D with Brian, Cody, David, Dylan (who has returned), Glenn, Henry, and Taylor! Recap This week at Alakazam Comics in Irvine, CA, the Game show continues the slaughter of an evil drow cult. We capture the kitchen, find a secret door in the cabinet (while looking for snacks for the pet…
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Frogs
Getty trip Business meeting – lock Business meeting – lights Business meeting – leave Group conscious How many girlfriends N20 at dentist – type B N20 at dentist – type G N20 at dentist – maybe type E Climbed the sphere – unauthorized Climbed the sphere – security Climbed the sphere – get down Bungie…
David Given Schwarm
Married, Father, United
