David B. invited us to come with him to the opening of a Cat Cafe in Oakland. It was really fun and I think the idea has merit as an addition to a cat adoption agency. They will need to work a bit more on the cafe part of it, but the cat part was great.
Steph and I made some Indian like food, tikka masala and samosa filling. We went to mi pueblo and got all the things we needed, and most of the spices were already at Beachhead. It turned out really well, and when we had it again this morning it was extra delicious since it had more or less been marinating. We served it up by making a ring of the samosa filling and putting the tofu tikka masala in the middle.
I really enjoyed this book, as the powers were very mundane, and something that could actually happen. I did think that the extreme delineation for the brilliants and the normals was more distinct than would be in real life. I also thought that the way all the brilliants were smart didn’t quite make sense, since there should have been a wide array of intelligence going along with the special attributes. The book was good and I’m looking forward to the next one in the series.
This was an interesting book, but not the best I’ve read. Like the last few space army books there was a hero figure who had all the action focused on them. The ending was a lot more morbid than I was expecting. The other books had a happy ending where everything turned out ok. In this book there was an ending where most of the named characters died, including the love interest (who was a hormonally aged 8 year old, strange), who was supposed to be one of the toughest in the group.
This was a pretty good game, but we didn’t really know what we were doing. That made some of our choices not ideal, and other choices simply stupid. I had a few instances where I was poised to do really really well, and the dice didn’t turn out as hoped. The first time I was about to take down the bad guy npc, to complete a mission and give me the regular goodies from defeating the bad guy, but the cop npc took him down before I could. I had done most of the damage and the other npc stole the kill. I’d love to play again, but with fewer people, a longer game, and now knowing what to do. Adam ended up winning, even though he rushed too much at the end and postponed the game about 4 turns.
This was a very different view of how to create habits and get things done in day to day life than what I’ve normally read. The method also strongly corresponds to the science about willpower and other aspects of motivation that I’ve been reading. The way it allows for success by small goals, and then you can feel good about going above and beyond is something that I should incorporate into my life. I typically set my goals far to high and then fall short (aim for the moon and land among the stars). There is probably a good time to use each of these methods and I’ll have to figure that out slowly.
This was a really good book except for the huge part in the middle where she is stuck in the heart of her mentor. The false realities were confusing, and didn’t seem to have any other basis in the world. I can appreciate the way she put the chambers of the heart together with the different emotions, but I didn’t enjoy the listen. I very much enjoyed the teaching phase early on, and the battle part at the end. I’ll certainly read Glass Magician when it comes out.
This book was not that good. The way in which Steel World was amusing isn’t in this series, but it has the same hero complex. For some reason without the silliness of the hero included the whole formula for a good overpowered sci-fi adventurer falls apart. I got a bit of enjoyment from it, but it wasn’t a series I’d read further into.
This was another amusing case of the Hero being too pivotal, as well as too macho. He was an amazing killer that just wants everyone to get along. That said I find it amusing as a story and would love to read more. This book like Steel world is especially amusing when they come in contact with the admin aliens.
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