What made me happy today?

[Stuart Dren]

Someone in another thread mentioned copulating cousins, so naturally my mind went to Shelbyville.

I rewatched the clip where the founders' division occurs at the point of being able to marry cousins. Great scene, but best of all I was reminded that the last name of Shelbyville's eponymous founder was, in full, "Shelbyville." It's a microscopic joke but I am figuratively dying right now.

So now I'm going to be laughing all along my walk to work today.

Correction: it was his first name. His full name was Shelbyville Manhattan.

 

[Set2Stun]

I still go through the Simpsons Golden Age on D+ at least once a year. Best TV comedy writing ever.

What made me happy today was noticing that my old bag of bones has clearly been putting on a little weight, which isn't easy to do at 20+ years of age and with mild kidney issues. Also, I have engaged in low-impact exercise three days in a row now.

 

[TrevorD]

Stole my son's login and password to HBO Max, lol.

Shhh, don't judge me, lol.

 

[Set2Stun]

Check out A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms - loads of fun !

 

[MoonChild]

It's 130am for me.. Later I get to see my best friend! ❤

 

[Luxuria]

I was helping someone pull their cart of groceries over an icy curb after shopping and they gifted me a free tub of yogurt.

Yummy! What flavor?

 

[MoonChild]

This morning I got a walk in the sunshine still cold, but not too cold.

 

[TrevorD]

Made a gallon of homemade full-fat greek yogurt today. It turned out splendidly!

 

[Madman Starryteller]

I've started reading again these past few days. Only a few pages in a book at a time, but it's a start. I missed it.

Books take you places inside your mind that no other format can, in my opinion.

 

[X Equestris]

I tried out Draft2Digital for the first time today, and it turned out to be incredibly easy to work with. I’d set aside all week to work towards the wide launch of three novelettes I reprinted last year, but there’s a good chance I’ll be done tomorrow!

So I’m happy for all the extra time, even if I’m not sure how to use it yet

 

[Schism]

I've started reading again these past few days. Only a few pages in a book at a time, but it's a start. I missed it.

Books take you places inside your mind that no other format can, in my opinion.

Watcha readin'?

 

[Luxuria]

... I am starting to believe I am actually good at German. Reading it, anyway.

 

[Louanne Learning]

Wrote two stories in the last week!

 

[Madman Starryteller]

Watcha readin'?

If I keep mentioning this book over the years, someone might shake their head so hard it will twist out of their neck. Hyperion by Dan Simmons. Been reading and posting that I've been reading it for years now. The slow pace is not due to the book, but due to some health conditions on my part.

The book is excellent and very interesting, but I'm looking forward to its conclusion now. I've heard it's the first book in a series, and depending on how it ends I might continue the series. However, I'm really looking forward to a change of scenery and subject, so I might get on to another on my reading list.

 

[Homer Potvin]

If I keep mentioning this book over the years, someone might shake their head so hard it will twist out of their neck. Hyperion by Dan Simmons. Been reading and posting that I've been reading it for years now. The slow pace is not due to the book, but due to some health conditions on my part.

The book is excellent and very interesting, but I'm looking forward to its conclusion now. I've heard it's the first book in a series, and depending on how it ends I might continue the series. However, I'm really looking forward to a change of scenery and subject, so I might get on to another on my reading list.

I've read the first few pages at least a dozen times and still can't get past it. I know it's supposed to be one of the great ones, but I find the language impossible.

 

[Madman Starryteller]

I've read the first few pages at least a dozen times and still can't get past it. I know it's supposed to be one of the great ones, but I find the language impossible.

I just opened and re-read the first few sentences of the prologue, and yeah, the language is a bit difficult there, at least for me.

What do you mean with impossible language?

I can't say the whole book is like the first few lines in the prologue, at least where I'm at now, nearing the end. Descriptions may be a bit crazy sometimes, and I have to look up some words, but one can still paint an image in the mind with what's going on.

Also, the sex scenes are very good.

 

[Homer Potvin]

I just opened and re-read the first few sentences of the prologue, and yeah, the language is a bit difficult there, at least for me.

What do you mean with impossible language?

I can't say the whole book is like the first few lines in the prologue, at least where I'm at now, nearing the end. Descriptions may be a bit crazy sometimes, and I have to look up some words, but one can still paint an image in the mind with what's going on.

Also, the sex scenes are very good.

I don't remember exactly. Only that I couldn't read it for the life of me. Don't remember if it was verbose, vague, or clunky or whatever.... only that it irked me to no end.

 

[CatrionaGrace]

I've never been able to plow my way through Tolkein. Read The Hobbit about forty years ago. Waded halfway through the first book of the trilogy before leaving it under the front seat of my truck and forgetting about it. People get so much pleasure from Tolkein, tomatoes, and beer that I'm sorry I don't like any of the three, but oh, well.

I'm happy at this moment because Dayquil works pretty well.

 

[Brandon S. Pilcher]

I've never been able to plow my way through Tolkein. Read The Hobbit about forty years ago. Waded halfway through the first book of the trilogy before leaving it under the front seat of my truck and forgetting about it. People get so much pleasure from Tolkein, tomatoes, and beer that I'm sorry I don't like any of the three, but oh, well.

I'm happy at this moment because Dayquil works pretty well.

I tried reading the first LOTR book and got sick of it early on. I respect Tolkien as a worldbuilder and as a pioneer of the fantasy genre, but my favorite writer he is not.

For that matter, I also never cared for any of Peter Jackson's adaptations of Tolkien's work. Honestly, the only Peter Jackson movie I like is his King Kong remake, and even that did not need to be three hours long.

 

[Homer Potvin]

I've never been able to plow my way through Tolkein. Read The Hobbit about forty years ago. Waded halfway through the first book of the trilogy before leaving it under the front seat of my truck and forgetting about it. People get so much pleasure from Tolkein, tomatoes, and beer that I'm sorry I don't like any of the three, but oh, well.

I'm happy at this moment because Dayquil works pretty well.

You had to experience it at the right time in your life. Usually as kid or a teen in the pre-Internet years when fantasy was difficult to come by. It was one of my favorites growing up, but when I reread it maybe 10 years ago, I found the writing difficult and stodgy. Not sure I'll read it again.