S2E3 “The Last of Us.” Catherine O’Hara is a really bad therapist.
Reading the news since yesterday afternoon, this quote occurs to me:
“Wonderful things can happen,” Vincent said, “when you plant seeds of distrust in a garden of assholes.”
— Elmore Leonard, “Glitz”
I asked ChatGPT what I would look like as a dog.
I am reading "The Ministry of Time," a first novel by Kaliane Bradley, and I am finding it brilliant and compelling.
I was feeling like I was in a rut in my fiction reading — same genres, same authors — so I looked at this year’s line-up of Hugo nominees. This proved to be an excellent decision on my part.
The first book on the list was by Adrian Tchaikovsky. I tried a previous book by him and did not care for it. So I moved on to the second book in the list. That was the Bradley novel. The marketing blurb hooked me:
A time travel romance, a spy thriller, a workplace comedy, and an ingenious exploration of the nature of power and the potential for love to change it all: Welcome to The Ministry of Time, the exhilarating debut novel by Kaliane Bradley.
In the near future, a civil servant is offered the salary of her dreams and is, shortly afterward, told what project she’ll be working on. A recently established government ministry is gathering “expats” from across history to establish whether time travel is feasible—for the body, but also for the fabric of space-time.
She is tasked with working as a “bridge”: living with, assisting, and monitoring the expat known as “1847” or Commander Graham Gore. As far as history is concerned, Commander Gore died on Sir John Franklin’s doomed 1845 expedition to the Arctic, so he’s a little disoriented to be living with an unmarried woman who regularly shows her calves, surrounded by outlandish concepts such as “washing machines,” “Spotify,” and “the collapse of the British Empire.” But with an appetite for discovery, a seven-a-day cigarette habit, and the support of a charming and chaotic cast of fellow expats, he soon adjusts.
In conclusion:
- If you’re a science fiction fan, and you’re looking for something new to read, the Hugo nominees are an excellent place to start
- Good job, whoever wrote the marketing blurb for “The Ministry of Time.”
I saw this crow on a utility pole. It has something to say.
“Now I’m thinking about deep fried mushrooms.”
— Julie, while watching the climactic mass battle in Season 2, Episode 2 of “The Last of Us”
Claymation me
This morning, I spilled a little boiling water on my hand while making coffee. I shouted FUCK FUCK FUCKITY FUCK while waving my hand in the air. What do you shout when you do yourself a slight injury?
Good morning everyone! I hope I get lots of customer satisfaction surveys today!
For a happy life, spend money on experiences, not things.
Unless the things are luggage to use on your experiences.