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!

Something New

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Hi!

So, I’m thinking about doing something a bit new this year.

As you may have noticed, I’ve recently been defaulting to YouTube videos for posts, unless there’s something I actually want to write about. Well, I’m going to try to change that a bit.

…Oh dear.

What? I thought you might like the break.

… I am withholding actual judgment, but I am not currently hopeful.

Whatever.

Anyway. So, I’m currently thinking I might try to either come up with or answer Conversation Starter questions when I’m drawing a blank, rather than just defaulting to YouTube.

No idea how long that’ll go. But yeah.

For example, here’s a question: You can prepare / cook / whatever a food, every time you make it, but you need to buy the ingredients. (For example, suppose Pie Crust. Any time you make a pie crust, it turns out perfectly for whatever pie it is you’re trying to make. Or Prime Rib. Or, whatever.) What do you make?

Theoretically, I’ll be figuring out an answer at some point. And then probably another. And so on.

But what are your thoughts?

New Year’s Resolution Challenges

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Hi!

So, I’ve been thinking. In the category of “New Years”-y Things, it occurs to me that there are some definite challenges (some of which I find amusing) with a lot of the New Year’s Resolutions. Specifically ones that relate to health and stuff.

So, a Thing with New Year’s Eve is that parties tend to happen. And with parties (well, the fun ones) come lots of junk food. Ideally, enough that it doesn’t all disappear that night.

And yet, many “resolutions” deal with diets.

So, either you waste your delightful food from the night before, or you end up starting your resolution… by cheating on your resolution.

I guess my question is… why don’t we just give a week of transition before Resolutions “go into effect”?

What are your thoughts?

It may not be too late to watch the Rose Parade

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Greetings, readers!

As you are aware, it is now 2018. As you may also be aware, the Californian city of Pasadena had a parade yesterday in honor of the new year: The Rose Parade.

Ooh, yes!

So, I’m butting in with a random tangent. Just note that it really is the “Rose Parade”. Or, “The Tournament of Roses Parade” if you’re being fancy. It’s absolutely, definitely NOT the “Rose bowl parade”. That is a nonexistent thin that people who don’t know any better make up. In fact, the Rose Bowl game wasn’t founded until well after the original Rose Parade… and I think was named for the Tournament of Roses Parade (or the Rose Parade.)

…Are you quite finished yet?

Oh. Right. Yep.

Your post. Continue!

Thank you.

As I was saying, the parade occurred yesterday. It is occasionally a touch difficult to track down for viewing. However, it appears that the KTLA Broadcast may still be available online.

The parade itself is approximately two hours long, and well worth the time, if you have it.

Enjoy.

New Year’s Posts to Expect

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Hi!

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

So. I have a lot of friends in their twenties. (I especially have a lot of friends in that age range on Facebook.) And with the New Year, I’ve found there are a few basic types of posts you can expect from this age range.

Engagement Announcements. Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Years are apparently popular times for people to propose (and say yes), it makes sense that many will also announce the proposal by the end of the old year or the start of the new.

Baby Announcements. This is also similar to the engagement things, bu not for quite the same reasons. Rather, if anybody is expecting around this time, there’s a high chance they’ll wait until New Years to provide the announcement. Because, you know, new things can go with new things thematically. So, New Baby? New Announcement? New Year? PERFECT trio!

You can expect a lot of these.

Wedding and engagement Photos. Winter weddings are also somewhat popular. And so, lots of people seem to try to schedule weddings / engagement shoots / etc. around this time. Expect your Facebook timeline to be swamped with these photos.

Similarly, you can expect a lot of posts celebrating others’ engagements, weddings, or photos.

Politics posts. Note that these posts aren’t actually constrained to the 20s age range. Or the New Year’s time frame. They’ll just show up uninvited anyway.

Funny commentary to start the new year. These also aren’t constrained to the 20s group, but they’re likely to show up.

So, there you have it! Several categories of posts that are likely to flood your timeline today if you have friends in their 20s, and possibly for the next week, month, or entire year!

Happy 2018!

A Wrap on 2017

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Hi!

So, I realize that I often do “best of” posts for the year. But I’m probably going to be doing something along those lines in about a month, so instead, I’m sharing seasonally appropriate music.

Again?

Yeah, but this time it’s thematically appropriately with the end of the year, rather than what most would associate with the season.

…

Ok. The title.

The Title is appropriate.

The song is “That’s a Wrap”, by TSFH.

Ok, TSFH is an acceptable reason to be sharing “seasonal music” as a final post of the year. Especially because I also enjoy this piece.

All is well.

…Thanks?

Anyway. Enjoy!

90s Nostalgia Video

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Hi!

There’s a YouTube channel I’m enjoying, called Doormonster. And a while ago, they made a video with 90s nostalgia stuff. And since we’re getting on towards the end of the year, and therefore to a time for looking back and reflecting, I thought this was a valid time to share.

Enjoy!

The Challenge of YouTube Red

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Hi!

So. YouTube. They’ve been extensively trying to get me to sign up for a free trial of their Red subscription.

And I’m a bit conflicted about it.

You see, on the one hand, it would be nice to have long sets of music playing in the background with no interruptions mid-video. But on the other hand, some of the ads that happen at the beginning are great! Like, seriously. It turns out that League of Legends is apparently running a major ad campaign. And I wouldn’t have found out about it if not for YouTube ads. And similarly, I’ve seen a number of trailers for the first time because of YouTube ads.

I’m not even sure if I want what they’re selling.

So, I guess “conflicted” isn’t the right term. It’s more “confused”, maybe?

I dunno.

Anyway. Happy Friday!