Patric Hearts
Blog Written with a loving hand by kitt some time around 15:30 on 11 February 2017My favorite chocolate in all the world (at the moment, and has been for a couple years) is Patric Chocolate. The bars are available at my favorite chocolate store, The Meadow, in Portland, but also online. Once a month, the online store opens for a couple days, and you can buy the most amazing chocolate in the world.
The bars come sealed in a plastic wrap, and wrapped in a thick paper / thin cardboard folded envelope. I really like the paper the envelope is made of, so I've been cutting off the envelope tabs, and keeping the main part of the envelope. I have a stack a couple centimeters thick of these cards. I've sent some as postcards, I like them so much.
Recently, I've wondered how they would do as a water color surface.
Answer: surprisingly well. It isn't as good as good watercolor paper, which is fine, but is better than copier paper (oh, I crack me up).
After this experiment, I painted a few hearts on the front of another card, addressed it to my brother, and mailed it off. Won't he be surprised at the heart-cow-chocolate postcard!
Though, now that I think about it, it's from me. He won't be surprised.
The Skull Throne
Book Notes Posted by kitt at 22:14 on 10 February 2017
Why is this book called The Skull Throne? This isn't the Skull Throne, this book is the second half of The Daylight War, and okay, yes, this is the book of war. So many f'ing deaths. So much stupid male ego.
I suspect that Brett has been taking lessons from George R. R. Martin, including the detail of death on a commode.
This is the first book full of non-stop action. In Brett's style, we have backstories, multiple ones, filled in, but the bulk of the plot was in the "current" time frame.
Arlen and Jardir are pretty much non-existent in the story after a few philosophical conversations early in the book, pretty much discussing the merits of democracy (yay, Arlen) and authoritarianism (boo, Jardir, but we pretty much already hated him), so the next book should be interesting as we catch that plot in the current timeframe.
Yay for the introduction of the new characters, if only they were actually interesting.
Boo for the loss of the main characters we all cared about.
I mean COME ON.
Have a Book List
Blog Yeah, kitt finished writing this at 12:45 on 10 February 2017Okay, here's a list of 10 under-the-radar YA SF books.
And, here's a list of list of 100 must-read modern classics.
And here's a list of noes I have with respect to these lists:
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Not because I don't want to read them, not because I don't have this strong urge to complete a list, both urges are strong.
Because I don't have infinite time, and other books are more important to me to read.
Choices, Imma making them.
Campus
Daily Photo Posted by kitt at 08:00 on 10 February 2017
Clouds over the campus.
Nice place to visit, unsure I'd want to live here.