The Glorious 25th of May & Towel Day

May. 25th, 2025 01:23 pm
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Truth, Justice, Freedom, Reasonably Priced Love, and a Hard-Boiled Egg!

My Tumblr dash runneth over with Terry Pratchett memes, as is only right and proper.

I know where my towel is, and I am thinking of the friends I have lost along the way, as is traditional on this day.

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May. 25th, 2025 04:28 pm
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It's Sunday! And I slept in quite a bit. Almost until 8! (To be fair, I did get up at 4:30 to go to the bathroom and at 6 because the cat wanted food, but still)

Yesterday was busy, but SO much fun. First up was work, which was surprisingly busy for a holiday weekend. And of course, I got the last second call of the day at 11:59. Fortunately, it was a nice little old man calling back to see if we'd had cancellations. And we had! So that was a good call. I had to call the site, because they had blocked it, but they okayed it, so I grabbed it. He and his wife were both very effusive in their thanks, the wife basically blessed everything about me. My family, my pets, my home, me, my health. It was sweet, but a little embarrassing after a couple of minutes. I also had someone tell me that I was the nicest person they'd ever spoken with in a medical office, which was super sweet.

After that, it was time for Arvandor, which continues to be a fun, chill game. Time flew until we had to be off for our second game. They're still in the gathering clues stage. The steward of the court was just murdered, so we'll see how that goes. I think one of the tangled mysteries is close to being unravelled, but I'm not sure. It might need a couple of more clues. I continue to really enjoy playing it. We have a game next week, but I'm tempted to offer to DM tomorrow to get another short one in.

After that, it was the beginning of the Dancing Hut of Baba Yaga, which was also a riot. Annoyingly, the maps totally failed to match up with the rooms, so I'm going to be sorting those out between games. They were free, but c'mon.

Aside from that, we had dinner from a new place, Krunchy Chicken, which had pretty good chicken tenders. And then we made a quick trip to Sam's club for some groceries, and then we all crashed.

Today, I have one game at noon, and nothing else. Debating if 72 is too cold to go to the pool after game. We'll see.

Tomorrow, I will work half a day, and enjoy making $77/hr, give or take. I have a feeling that oncology will have us hopping, but that'll be better than the alternative. After that, nothing exciting planned unless we do a game.

Tuesday, the check will be mailed out overnight, and I should get it on Wednesday. Then, we'll see how long the bank is going to hold it for. And what time I'm going to get it. I'm hoping to have it early, so I can run and deposit it on my lunch. If I'm correct, it should be cleared by 6/7, which is when I booked my hair appt. It's SO shaggy right now. I hate it.

Okay, time to go forth and get myself together to make breakfast. Not sure what I want to cook. Everyone have a wonderful Sunday!

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May. 25th, 2025 08:00 am
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Get Rec’d with Amanda – Volume 90

May. 25th, 2025 07:00 am
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Welcome back, everyone!

Wow, we are quickly closing in on 100 of these! I can hardly believe it.

This time, I have an even split of fiction and non-fiction. All are quite different from one another.

Have you received any good book recs lately? Share them in the comments!

Dopamine Decor

I’ve followed Kate Rose Morgan on IG for some time and she is my largest inspiration for how I’m decorating my office. If you’re a maximalist, like myself, or want to find more ways to add playfulness to your decor, this one is out on Tuesday!

Embrace colorful, maximalist style and create the home that makes you happy with Dopamine Decor, a lushly photographed ode to joyful interiors from design expert and social media star Kate Rose Morgan. 

Find your color confidence with Dopamine Decor, an aspirational yet practical guide to vibrant, maximalist style. Throughout this playful, joy-filled book, design expert and proud color lover Kate Rose Morgan (@kate_rose_morgan) teaches readers of all kinds how to channel the aesthetic that makes them happy, to create the homes of their dreams. Inside you’ll find:

• Guidelines for finding your comfort color and design vision.
• Ways to connect with your “inner child” as you hone your aesthetic and find joy.
• Practical guidance on paint, DIY projects, and achieving balance.
• Tips for both homeowners and renters on how to brighten up any space.
• Budget-friendly ideas for introducing playfulness into your home.
• Inspirational images from dozens of colorful homes around the world.
• Personal stories from Kate’s own colorful home transformation.

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You can find ordering info for this book here.

 

 

 

Drop Dead

If you love a good audiobooks, this recommendation is for you. The narrators are John Cho and Phillipa Soo.

One mysterious mansion. Two rival journalists. Three weeks to uncover the story—and love—of a lifetime.

Obituary writer Nadine Barbault doesn’t mind being called “Lady Death.” It suits the ice queen persona she’s cultivated to survive the fast-paced Toronto Herald. So when Nadine learns that famous (and reclusive) author Dot Voline has died, she doesn’t hesitate to run the obituary…only to discover that Dot is very much alive.

Nadine’s screw-up has brought Wesley Chen of the rival Spear no end of joy—she’s been a thorn in his extremely ambitious side for years. But the renewed interest in Dot also surfaced chatter about a mysterious past scandal. Intrigued, Wes goes to the source to learn more—only to discover Nadine had the exact same idea…and the infuriating woman isn’t willing to respect dibs. Typical.

At first, Dot refuses to speak to either of the squabbling pair, but then they receive an unusual request—work together, and Dot will share everything. The offer seems too good to be true…and of course, it in a bitter twist of irony, Dot dies for real before she can finish recounting her story. Not all is lost, however. The estate’s executor allows Wes and Nadine access to Dot’s sprawling wonderland of a mansion for three weeks to find their answer. That’s three weeks of working together…three weeks of endless sweltering in tight spaces…three weeks of learning there could be something more between them than a desire to win at any cost.

And maybe, just maybe, under the rubble of all those could-have-beens they’ll uncover more than the secret of Dot Voline’s long-ago scandal—and Lady Dearth will finally embrace what she’s wanted from life all along.

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Root Rot

I think Gothic horror is one of my favorite strains. (My favorite is The Family Plot by Cherie Priest, by the way.) If you want a short, fever dream of a Gothic horror, put this one on your list.

Come meet The Liar, The Secret Keeper, The Crybaby, and the rest.

Nine children travel with their families to their Grandfather’s vacation property, where strange things begin to eyes blink from the bottom up, mushrooms ooze blood, people’s faces don’t hang right anymore—except they do, once you look more closely. Transformations warp the children’s sense of time and place, the very land itself seeming to encroach upon them.

As The Liar watches the children succumb one by one to an unknown fate, she must make sense of absent stars in the night sky, vials of amber liquid that taste of milk, a funny little rope tied in knots. She’s faced with a join or resist, only the choice is not so simple.

Set in The Grandfather’s Lake House as he continues to extend his property lines and told in the eerie we of the children, Root Rot explores predatory family dynamics, the boundaries of bodies and home, and how individuals choose to participate in or push back against structures that would harm them.

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Slayers, All of Us

I feel like Buffy was a pivotal show to some of the Bitchery. This is about two women who ran a very popular Buffy podcast and how the show helped them navigate their public divorce.

A memoir reflecting on the lessons learned from watching and podcasting about Buffy, from the hosts of the hit podcast Buffering the Vampire Slayer.

Kristin and Jenny’s marriage started with an to further their relationship, Kristin must watch Jenny’s favorite show, Buffy the Vampire Slayer. With the terms set, they began a journey that has led them through seven seasons of the beloved genre show, a podcast rewatching the series with their newly minted community of queer “Scoobies,” unexpected fame, and a divorce. Through it all, their love for Buffy and their commitment to their community held them together against the odds.

Slayers, Every One of Us is the story of how two queer women navigated divorce on a very public level and managed to stay in each other’s lives through it all. While chock full of Buffy content for true fans, it’s ultimately a memoir of queer love and chosen family. It’s a heartwarming story for anyone who’s experienced heartbreak, and a roadmap for staying close with your ex.

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Slow Horses s1-s3

May. 24th, 2025 11:57 pm
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I have finished Slow Horses s1-3, as a result of paying for Apple TV to encourage them to Murderbot.

I want to inflict the Slow Horses, AU-ized, on various fandoms. Some of their mistakes are universal; others can be readily translated between universes.

I mean, really, what do the Jedi do with their terminal fuckups, once they've been accepted as padawans -- other than promote them to Council seats?

Not me wanting Roderick Ho the Jedi slicer who thinks he's hot bantha poodoo, nosiree bob.

In other universe-smashing paradigms, I still want to introduce Lamb to Peter Grant. They would loathe each other uncordially. It would be splendid.

Sorry, this is as close as my icon collection gets without going all Gene Hunt -- who would also be deeply entertaining to inflict on Lamb and his merry band, while I'm proposing crossovers.

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May. 24th, 2025 11:24 pm
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Analogy of the day: car reversing sensors. Warn of impending, potential tissue damage, as distinct from actual tissue damage. Sometimes panic about A Plant, or The Bike Rack. Sometimes totally fail to miss the six-inch tall bollard that makes things go crunch in a way you don't notice until later.

Book purchase of the day: The Painful Truth, Monty Lyman, recced by a friend as popsci/popmed and one I'd nearly wound up buying yesterday anyway (... and a National Trust baking book to go with it).

Book purchase of the tomorrow, probably: Fitzgerald's Clinical Neuroanatomy and Neuroscience 7th ed (2015), recommended via a NYU med student reading list (Cambridge's all appear to be paywalled and I'm sulking).

Links for further perusal: introductions to the nervous system on Biology LibreTexts and Health LibreTexts.

Reorganisation: possibly I am going to want to rewrite the introduction again (though the words do keep being useful), but crucially while murbling at A I think I have concluded that actually the reason the structure doesn't make sense is that neuroanatomy doesn't want to be the middle section, it wants to be an appendix. But I'll want to, er, know slightly more neuroanatomy before actually settling on that...

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It's Saturday! Today shall be a busy day, but I'm up for it. First up, work. Then the homebrew game, then I'm starting a new game, The Dancing Hut of Baba Yaga. It's an old module that I've DMed before, many many moons ago. But now I get to update it and bring it to a new group. It'll be awesome, hopefully.

Yesterday was a busy day. Work was absolutely psycho. My colleague was out, so I was doing her work, plus taking calls. It was a lot. I also got more information on my Monday job. Oncology is behind on some of their work. As a result, they're coming in on Monday. A lot of their job involves scheduling follow up scans to check for recurrence or staging of cancers, so it would be useless for them to come in on the holiday without someone to make those appointments. Thus, oncology is willing to pay two people's salary for half a day. It's going to be time and a half, plus 4 hours of PTO, making it basically double time and a half.

I was excited, I now have an Edward Jones account. On Tuesday, they'll be overnighting me a check. I'm going to go put it in the bank immediately, and then wait for it to clear. I'm hoping the bank doesn't make me wait the full 7 days, but if they do, they do. I will deal. I've got a list of stuff I want to get right away. The big one is the pantry cabinet for the kitchen. Maybe I can get some shit off my counters. That would be amazing. Also, maybe some jars for flour, sugar and the like? That would also be helpful.

I'm also thinking about getting a sedan service to take us to the Ghost concert in July. I think that would be a lot of fun. And maybe better seats for Ghost. At the moment, we're kind of in the upper deck, and I really feel like this would be a show to be closer for. I'm going to see what I can find. I'd really like to do the VIP experience, but I think that's GA tickets, and I'm not sure I'm up to standing for the entire show.

Okay, time to finish prepping for Baba Yaga. Everyone have an amazing Saturday!

Whatcha Reading? May 2025, Part Two

May. 24th, 2025 08:00 am
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Cozy seat in beautiful backyard flower gardenWelcome back to Whatcha Reading! Here’s how we’re wrapping up May:

Elyse: I just started This Monster of Mine. The author said the hero was inspired by Ben Barnes as the Darkling so …

Claudia: I’m struggling with the new Susanna Kearsley book, The King’s Messenger. ( A | BN | K | AB ) It’s told from the perspectives of multiple characters and to me it just feels jarring, like I don’t get to know any of them.

Amanda: What a coincidence, I picked up This Monster of Mine this week!

Tara: I just finished Dream a Little Dream by Melissa Brayden. ( A | BN | K | AB ) I want someone to make a mini series out of it now, because it has nighttime soap opera vibes.

Sarah: I was thinking about nighttime soaps this weekend. Dallas was my first really “grown up” show.

Carrie: I’m reading The God and the Gumiho by Sophie Kim. ( A | BN | K | AB ) I’m loving it but also finding it slow going and I’m not sure why.

Sarah: I am reading A Soul to Keep by Opal Reyne. ( A | BN ) I think it was #1 in a category on Amazon that made me laugh — yes, “Magic romance.” Y’all, when Beyond Heaving Bosoms was released we were #1 in “movements and periods,” which meant that I’m forever charmed by the ?! bestseller tags.

This Monster of Mine
A | BN | K | AB
Amanda: Very surprised you’re reading that one lol

Sarah: This has been a curious reading experience. The Duskwalkers are like Leshens from Witcher and before that, mythology, and the whole “we eat people and absorb their humanity” is intriguing and also has some gaping plot holes. It also has some of the most clumsy, cumbersome sentences I’ve ever read.

“Her smile was haunting when he raised his head, knowing that she meant inside and not just how he had.”

At this point I’m reading to figure out how they get to the telegraphed ending: aside from schtupping and mundanity, there isn’t a lot of plot.

And I have learned that a few readers online think it is very heavily inspired by the anime/manga Ancient Magus Bride. I’m going to have to read that, too, huh? All in the name of “what is the monster type that would most interest me should I wish to embark upon monster romance.” I went with Leshen and look what happened, y’all.

Shana: Weirdly, I just put This Monster of Mine on hold at the library yesterday. Clearly this book is having a moment.

I’m reading Maybe You Should Talk to Someone by Lori Gottlieb. ( A | BN | K | G | AB ) I don’t usually like memoirs but this feel more like eavesdropping on a series of therapy sessions

Sarah: I listened to that book! It very much felt like I was listening in on things I wasn’t meant to hear.

The Poppy War
A | BN | K | AB
Kiki: I bought The Poppy War Trilogy by R. F. Kuang in audiobook on super-duper discount over a year ago and just started listening. I’m liking it so far, but I also know myself and know my odds of actually finishing a large fantasy series are…slim. Not a reflection necessarily of the book, just of my brain (and my love of an audiobook deal, seriously, the complete series was $6.00)

Sarah: That is a GOOD PRICE.

Kiki: For 60 hours of audiobook!

Sarah: HOLY CRAP.

Where are you going, Jupiter?

Kiki: Oh I’m one of those people who is always listening to something. Walking anywhere, cooking, cleaning, etc. and honestly a fair amount of my job can be done while listening to something too which helps.

Sarah: Same here. 60 hours my gosh. That’s a lot of chorin’.

So, whatcha reading? Let us know in the comments!

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DEAR ABBY: My dear friend, "Sandra," is married with two children. She and her husband have a 4-year-old son together and another son from her husband's first marriage who is 14. The 14-year-old's life is tough, much like Cinderella's. Sandra treats him very badly. She has him doing all of the housework in their home, belittles him constantly and is very vocal about how much she dislikes him. Her 4-year-old can do no wrong.

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warnings for canon-typical Logan continue )

So it's been a fucking minute, for a long and mostly tedious list of reasons, and I'm not sure how much I have to say, BUT. )

today in idle reading about pain

May. 23rd, 2025 11:52 pm
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Pain associated with sensory hypersensitivity, e.g. light and sound: is this primarily nociceptive (i.e. nociceptors are firing at a lower threshold) or a feature of central processing (i.e. brain goes "NOPE DON'T LIKE THAT" about stimuli the peripheral nervous system isn't reporting as Harmful)? Or, slightly more comprehensibly to people who are not currently spending lots of time thinking about this particular niche area, when normal light levels cause me pain, is that the nerves that go "YOU'RE LOOKING AT THE SUN AND IT'S A BAD IDEA STOP THAT RIGHT NOW" that are initiating those signals, or a... central... processing... issue... yeah okay maybe I should go to bed instead of trying to words this. BUT a quick shakedown of the internet revealed it's only in the last decade or so that nociceptive signalling relating to Loud Noise Bad has been demonstrated so that's cool.

Rudest tag possible

May. 23rd, 2025 05:02 pm
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Rudest tag I have seen in a month of Sundays:
Life on Mars (UK) spoiler for the finale )

Compare with The Untamed spoiler for the first episode )

Which is kinda like Shakespeare spoiler )

When it could've been Bigger Shakespeare spoiler )

Greek myth spoiler )

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