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halfshellvenusI finished reading Adventures in Calamity Physics yesterday. There was a major plot zig around 85% of the way done, and then a zag after the 90% mark. Did not see either of them coming! Now I'm on Terminal Chaos, the second book in the series that starts with Station Eternity. I like the characters in it— especially the rock-like aliens.
This weekend, I photographed a bunch of stuff and posted it for sale on Craigslist. It included a damaged antique Victrola cabinet, which I thought I'd be lucky to give away for free. Hah! I probably should have charged something for it, just to cut down on the number of flaky people messaging me about it all weekend who couldn't seem to actually follow through. But! It went to someone who is going to strip it and restore it to its former glory, and I couldn't have asked for a better recipient.
Saturday night, HalfshellHusband and I watched Letters To Juliet, in which Amanda Seyfriend was woefully miscast (too callow) and Vanessa Redgrave made up for it. \o?
Sunday afternoon, I went for a bike ride out on the parkway. BIG surprise there— they have finally opened the rest of the lower parkway after closing it for 3 1/2 years while they, IDK, added a lane or two to the Business 80 over-crossing there? It's really nice to have the rest of that downriver option. There are always fewer people there, and I can't go very far upriver on weekends because of the increased amount of idioting that makes biking there (in clip-in pedals) dangerous. This means I don't have to do a bunch of tight loops over and over again to get my 20+ miles in on downriver days anymore. \o/
Not looking forward to the summer heat, though. Two weeks ago, we had our random 53o day. Next week? It's supposed to hit 89o. NOoooooooooo!
This weekend, I photographed a bunch of stuff and posted it for sale on Craigslist. It included a damaged antique Victrola cabinet, which I thought I'd be lucky to give away for free. Hah! I probably should have charged something for it, just to cut down on the number of flaky people messaging me about it all weekend who couldn't seem to actually follow through. But! It went to someone who is going to strip it and restore it to its former glory, and I couldn't have asked for a better recipient.
Saturday night, HalfshellHusband and I watched Letters To Juliet, in which Amanda Seyfriend was woefully miscast (too callow) and Vanessa Redgrave made up for it. \o?
Sunday afternoon, I went for a bike ride out on the parkway. BIG surprise there— they have finally opened the rest of the lower parkway after closing it for 3 1/2 years while they, IDK, added a lane or two to the Business 80 over-crossing there? It's really nice to have the rest of that downriver option. There are always fewer people there, and I can't go very far upriver on weekends because of the increased amount of idioting that makes biking there (in clip-in pedals) dangerous. This means I don't have to do a bunch of tight loops over and over again to get my 20+ miles in on downriver days anymore. \o/
Not looking forward to the summer heat, though. Two weeks ago, we had our random 53o day. Next week? It's supposed to hit 89o. NOoooooooooo!
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Date: 2026-03-11 01:36 am (UTC)If you never read, uh, The Secret History, the vibes are similar if darker.
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Date: 2026-03-11 01:43 am (UTC)"The Secret History" is actually already in my library wishlist! I think I added when NY Times readers volunteered their favorite academia-themed novels. That's probably where Calamity came from, too.
I should move it up--I enjoyed "The Goldfinch" quite a bit.
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Date: 2026-03-11 01:44 am (UTC)If you liked The Goldfinch you should move it up — I feel like it's the best out of her three books. :)
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Date: 2026-03-11 01:54 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2026-03-11 03:28 pm (UTC)Right now taking a pause from my Pratchett re-read: seems that I somehow missed a book. So I'm re-reading His Majesty's Dragons, the first Temerare book by Naomi Novik. I flipped through an Ikea projects book last night, it was only 180 pages. It had 25 projects for re- and cross-purposing Ikea sets. Quite interesting. I plan to stop at the Ikea store as I leave Phoenix to pick up a couple of small things, wanted to see if there was anything that I was interested in pursuing: not at this time. But I do think that I may start watching the web site of these people who do these kit-bashing projects.
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Date: 2026-03-11 05:55 pm (UTC)Ahahahaha! I see you're quoting Tina there. She was a riot!
Ooh, the engineer in me really likes the idea of re- and cross-purposing things. Just for... reasons.