About Fluffy McGiggles

Greetings, reader! I am Fluffy McGiggles. In my world, I was an actress of the strongest sort, the melodramatic sort. Recently, I find myself confined to this... website, as its anthrompomorphization and personality. The Webmaster and I have a bit of a dispute as to how this should be run. The Webmaster can change anything I do, but I can also change anything the Webmaster does. However, the Webmaster can also delete me at will. So that means I'm temporarily behaving myself. This is my own choice, however, contrary to anything The Webmaster may say. So, don't blame me for the over-the-topness of the website. You have been warned.

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Aluminum Spheres

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Greetings, readers!

I am not sure if you have seen the “aluminum sphere” challenges that have been going around. People have been taking aluminum foil and pounding them into spheres, and they are quite lovely.

Somebody decided to make it fairly scientific, and tested exactly how solid the aluminum spheres are.

Enjoy.

There is a list of state foods.

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Greetings, readers!

I recently discovered a Wikipedia list of “state foods”. I believe these are foods that the state (from the USA) wants associated with them.

There are a few things I found particularly amusing. First, California’s state fruit is the Avocado. Second, Mississippi’s only state food listed is its cookie: the Butter Cookie. Similarly, Missouri only has a State Dessert of “ice cream cone”.

Texas, by contrast, has 11 categories. These categories include both “state pepper”, and “state native pepper.” (Emphasis added.)

If you are feeling particularly interested, it is worth exploring!

Enjoy.

VERY impressive Water Balloon footage

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Greetings, readers!

I recently encountered some extraordinary video footage pertaining to water balloons: Somebody used a slow-motion capture setting to examine the physics.

Enjoy.

https://www.facebook.com/LegendaryShots/videos/10156427894642022/

Weird Al and Hamilton

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Greetings, readers!

As some of you may be aware, there is an extraordinarily popular musical called “Hamilton”.

Furthermore, the musician Weird Al just released a polka with lyrics from Hamilton.

It is quite remarkable, and clearly required a great deal of skill. (As a warning: It has a touch of unsavory language.)

Enjoy!

Reindeer Herding has its own website

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Greetings, readers!

Yesterday, I discovered that there is a website devoted to the fine art of Reindeer Herding.

It has international support, and various governments backing it.

I found it interesting, and hope you do as well.

Have a lovely day.

Second and Third Books Reviewed

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Greetings, readers!

As you may recall, I gave the first book review of the year just a few days ago.

I am pleased to report that I have now finished the series, and enjoyed them. As a reminder, the series is the “Riyria Revelations” by Michael J. Sullivan.

As a minor note: Each of the three “books” actually contains two novels. (In terms of length: Combined, each “set of two” is nowhere near as long as a usual Brandon Sanderson novel, but that may not be saying much.)

But onto the review part.

Pros: 1) The characters remain fun to read. The different characters have noticeably different speaking styles, and the banter is droll. 2) The writing style noticeably improves. Whereas the first part of the first book read more like somebody’s D&D adventure, the later books feel more coherent and well written. Furthermore, some of the plot-twists become a bit less predictable. (Some remain fairly obvious, but others are better done.) Furthermore, the author does a reasonable job for some of the twists and surprises of “show, don’t tell”.

Cons: 1) Some of the plot-twists feel as though they were not initially supposed to be there. A term that is relevant is the idea of “retcon“. Granted, it may not be retcon, as some cases simply did not provide the vital piece of information. However, it still felt that way. 2) Some of the writing jerks about. Time-frames in particular are not entirely clear.

Overall, I enjoyed the series, and will likely invest in the prequels (which were written after the originals series) at some point.

Happy Sunday.

First Book of 2018 Read

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Greetings, readers!

In my time this week, I have finished reading my first “new” novel of 2018. By new, naturally, I mean that I had not yet read it. The book was apparently published approximately seven years ago.

The book was called “Theft of Swords”, and it was a set of two rather droll fantasy stories starring a Mercenary duo.

Pros: The characters were amusing. The author (Michael J. Sullivan) particularly did the banter well.

Cons: The plot(s) was (were?) reasonably intuitive. If a book is supposed to be a maze, where you are not sure what is coming next, then this one had a fairly straightforward set of branches, fairly visible ahead of time. Whereas some books have plot twists that are well laid retrospectively, this one makes it clear what the twists are as the author builds towards them.

However, the second part of “Theft of Swords” was (somewhat) better done, and I am looking forward to reading the second volume. The author is telling a fun story, and the characters are amusing with witty banter.

If you find it at a library, or happen to have extra to spend on books and no purpose, it is worth considering for a pleasant piece of fluff.

Enjoy!