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Rex Stout - Fer-De-Lance. My first Nero Wolfe. I like it! I think I’ll for sure be coming back to Nero and Archie for some more fun mysteries in the future. - At a friend’s suggestion I did an experiment and read this while listening to music in the background. The friend mentioned that having ambient music on while reading helped their brain having something to bounce off of when they inevitably lose focus on the book. There might be something to that. It seemed to work for me. I burned through the book a lot faster than I usually do in just two evenings.

RIP, coach!

Happy birthday!

Because I must be half-dyslexic I read the title as “Caesars instead of Case-ers.” Happy Boxing-Day eve, everyone!

Happy birthday, Ric! Double nickel!

Happy birthday!

Happy birthday!

Something to do next time I am in NYC? https://www.edgenyc.com/en/cityclimb

Very sad to hear. RIP, IB.

Just finished the Broken Earth trilogy by N.K. Jamisin. Fabulous! Each of the three books won the Hugo award the year it came out. All three are deserving winners. I’d rank this as my second favorite sci-fi series of the last decade after the Three Body Problem books.

Happy birthday, SG!

We actually got a 5-man race in. Forza Horizon 5 on Game Pass. All are welcome to join!

Thanks for the recommendation, CS! Truly some amazing footage. The parts where they came upon other climbers in distress in the dead-zone are extremely harrowing. What a wild athletic achievement. I remember when that Everest photo went viral. To have hit some of those mountains at the precise window for the entire year is a testament to luck, but also to his skill and and the skill of his team.

Oasis - Knebworth 1996 Great live set! Hard to believe it would be all downhill from here.

Happy birthday, Bryan!!

RIP Stephen. The titan of American musical theater of the last 50 years.

Happy thanksgiving!

Happy birthday, JP#s!

Condolences, Steve. I'm glad it was a peaceful end given all he had gone through.

Happy birthday! Sláinte!

Happy birthday!

This has been an interesting comparison. After reading on both devices I've made a final decision and am returning one of them. The Kindle is years ahead in terms of software polish. Everything works, the interface is super slick, the store and Goodreads integration are both done to perfection. The e-ink display tuning is just right, the screen refreshes enough that ghosting is never really an issue. The Kobo interface on the other hand has some jank. It'll display content faster than the screen can refresh, there will be ghosting, navigation is clunky. That all being said, once you are actually reading a book instead of navigating, I prefer the Kobo. The bigger screen, seemingly more contrast-y display and seemingly better backlight make it my preferred device for actually reading books. The lack of polish in the Kobo interface doesn't matter once I get font and formatting settings dialed in and start actually reading. So Kindle is headed back to Bezos. It is a great device and I'd recommend it without qualification, but I like the Kobo better and there is no reason to keep both.

Julien Baker @ the Fox Theater in Oakland. Did I mention I'm happy to have live music back? 😁