bookspoils
Jun. 27th, 2018 03:53 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
yhleeThis is a Problem and I acknowledge I have a Problem but there is a used bookstore maybe two, three blocks from this place so I investigated it. Of course I did.
I made my saving throw against Orson Scott Card's Hart's Hope (a book that, for its faults, was also formative for me in weird narrative novel structures), on the grounds that I can probably find it at the library or ABE later. But I bought:
- CSM Robert S. Rush, USA (Ret.)'s Enlisted Soldier's Guide, 7th ed. (©2006 but for my purposes I don't need it to be bleeding-edge up-to-date)
- issues 2, 3, and 4 of Interactive Fantasy: The Journal of Role-Playing and Story-Making Systems, which were Finds! For example, Issue 2 printed Greg Costikyan's essay "I Have No Words and I Must Design," which you can read as a free PDF on the author's site; but it's nice to have a hardcopy.
Of course, between these, the Alexander Hamilton biographical graphic novel I bought for the Dragon yesterday and the books I obtained at the Locus Awards Weekend (including R. F. Kuang's The Poppy War, John Scalzi's The Collapsing Empire, and Adam Rakunas's Windswept, plus one by Kit Reed whose title escapes me at the moment), I may need to ask Macey where the nearest post office is and if she has a box I can liberate so I can, er, ship the books because my luggage is getting kind of full...
I made my saving throw against Orson Scott Card's Hart's Hope (a book that, for its faults, was also formative for me in weird narrative novel structures), on the grounds that I can probably find it at the library or ABE later. But I bought:
- CSM Robert S. Rush, USA (Ret.)'s Enlisted Soldier's Guide, 7th ed. (©2006 but for my purposes I don't need it to be bleeding-edge up-to-date)
- issues 2, 3, and 4 of Interactive Fantasy: The Journal of Role-Playing and Story-Making Systems, which were Finds! For example, Issue 2 printed Greg Costikyan's essay "I Have No Words and I Must Design," which you can read as a free PDF on the author's site; but it's nice to have a hardcopy.
Of course, between these, the Alexander Hamilton biographical graphic novel I bought for the Dragon yesterday and the books I obtained at the Locus Awards Weekend (including R. F. Kuang's The Poppy War, John Scalzi's The Collapsing Empire, and Adam Rakunas's Windswept, plus one by Kit Reed whose title escapes me at the moment), I may need to ask Macey where the nearest post office is and if she has a box I can liberate so I can, er, ship the books because my luggage is getting kind of full...
Wednesday forgot I had taken my yoga gear home to wash
Jun. 27th, 2018 03:07 pmoursinWhat I read
Finished the short stories in The Cost of Lunch - very good, I thought, as someone who at some point rather ghosted on Piercy's novels.
PD James, The Murder Room (2003) - still can't remember if I'd previously read this one. There was a character appeared early on whom I recognised, but I think it may have been because he cropped up as an unlikely mate of Dalgleish (but is not Dalgleish entirely unlikely all round?) in one of the others. There was a lot of unlikely/improbable in this, not to mention the 'nature-turned-sour-in-'er-veins' element. Query: does the late PD approach more and more to the late other James?
Jordan Hawk, Widdershins (2012). Hawk is someone whose works one tends to get recommended if one has purchased anything by e.g. KJ Charles or Cat Sebastian, and this was having an offer. Unfortunately I found the style clunky and the matter derivative even if I managed to force myself to finish it. And on 'derivative': feisty lady Egyptologists, just saying. I can see that it was in this case plot-relevant that somebody had recently excavated a mummy, but, still.
Margery Sharp, The Gipsy in the Parlour (1953). Now, that is how you do nuanced and complicated Strong Women Characters, whether that means a) vivid or b) who act upon the plot rather than adorn it or have it act upon them. But without being pistol-toting mommas.
On the go
Margery Sharp, The Innocents (1972).
Still on the go, still rather irritating me, The Fraternity of the Estranged. Using really old works on The Victorians for a Bit of Background, and not really thinking about Wider Context (still, just the bit I was reading today made me think, whoah, were they thinking they had a Bradlaugh and Besant moment on their hands? - even if they were wrong. Useful for my own purposes!). Also, embrace the power of 'and'! and multiple reasons for Doing A Thing.
Up next
Dunno.
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post-birthday
Jun. 27th, 2018 09:24 amthe_shoshannaYesterday was my birthday!
As I said on Twitter:
I also spent much of the day reading Carol Anderson's White Rage: The Unspoken Truth of Our Racial Divide.
So it was not the happiest birthday, is what I'm saying.
Toward the end of the day, however, Geoff suggested we go kayaking. I almost demurred, because it was four o'clock and I was low-energy and grumpy, but I made myself agree because I knew I'd feel better if we did. And I did! I mean, all the shitty things were (and are) still shitty, but we got out on the water in the sun, and I got more exercise, which always helps me sleep better. This time we went out to cruise along the shore of an uninhabited island in the middle of the lake, and we saw three turtles sunning themselves on a rock, and an enormous egret, and a lot of pike in the water, as well as the usual ducks. (Earlier in the week we'd also seen a flock of six geese paddling along with a dozen half-grown goslings, and while we didn't see any yesterday, I'm pretty sure I dreamed about them last night.)
And then we came home and ate leftovers and watched an episode of Westworld. We're at episode 6, and I'm getting tired of the nonstop slaughter this season, but I'm still intrigued enough by the overall plot to keep watching. And I'm very aware that in the entire show that we've seen so far there has not been a single scene taking place outside the park; the actual real world -- and how it may be reacting to the events taking place inside the park -- is still a complete mystery. I wonder if that will be involved in whatever they do for the season finale? (NB: I know that the finale has aired and it's been renewed for a third season. And that's all I want to know about episodes I haven't seen yet; thanks for not spoiling anything.)
I'm still saving the last two episodes of Call the Midwife for when I really, really need something warm and comforting. And I have The Handmaid's Tale for when I really, really don't... Oh, and speaking of excellent comfort reading, if you enjoyed Katherine Addison's The Goblin Emperor (which I definitely recommend in its own right) please allow me to recommend to you this excellent story: The Winter Emperor (123290 words) by Island_of_Reil. Long and deliciously satisfying.
As I said on Twitter:
FUCK I miss the days when the Supreme Court gave me birthday presents like Obergefell v. Hodges. Today's presents suck.(The group in question is Flippable, and while they give no way to contact them on their website I still have my email conversation with the CEO last year, when she first wrote to say they need me to prove citizenship. So I wrote back to her again, and I'm crossing my fingers that it will get through -- I imagine they're a bigger operation now and the CEO is no longer handling this kind of thing herself! -- and get straightened out. At this point I've mailed photocopies of my passport to so many people I'm probably an identity-theft industry.)
for extra fun, one of my political donations was refunded today because they think I'm not a citizen and didn't bother checking with me, just had ActBlue bounce it. Even though it was to a branch of a group I proved my citizenship to last year. SHUT UP AND TAKE MY MONEY.
I also spent much of the day reading Carol Anderson's White Rage: The Unspoken Truth of Our Racial Divide.
So it was not the happiest birthday, is what I'm saying.
Toward the end of the day, however, Geoff suggested we go kayaking. I almost demurred, because it was four o'clock and I was low-energy and grumpy, but I made myself agree because I knew I'd feel better if we did. And I did! I mean, all the shitty things were (and are) still shitty, but we got out on the water in the sun, and I got more exercise, which always helps me sleep better. This time we went out to cruise along the shore of an uninhabited island in the middle of the lake, and we saw three turtles sunning themselves on a rock, and an enormous egret, and a lot of pike in the water, as well as the usual ducks. (Earlier in the week we'd also seen a flock of six geese paddling along with a dozen half-grown goslings, and while we didn't see any yesterday, I'm pretty sure I dreamed about them last night.)
And then we came home and ate leftovers and watched an episode of Westworld. We're at episode 6, and I'm getting tired of the nonstop slaughter this season, but I'm still intrigued enough by the overall plot to keep watching. And I'm very aware that in the entire show that we've seen so far there has not been a single scene taking place outside the park; the actual real world -- and how it may be reacting to the events taking place inside the park -- is still a complete mystery. I wonder if that will be involved in whatever they do for the season finale? (NB: I know that the finale has aired and it's been renewed for a third season. And that's all I want to know about episodes I haven't seen yet; thanks for not spoiling anything.)
I'm still saving the last two episodes of Call the Midwife for when I really, really need something warm and comforting. And I have The Handmaid's Tale for when I really, really don't... Oh, and speaking of excellent comfort reading, if you enjoyed Katherine Addison's The Goblin Emperor (which I definitely recommend in its own right) please allow me to recommend to you this excellent story: The Winter Emperor (123290 words) by Island_of_Reil. Long and deliciously satisfying.
fooding!
Jun. 26th, 2018 09:40 pmyhleeMacey and I went to Stoneburner for dinner. I had the crispy gnocchi, which was the best gnocchi I've had in my life, chewy and savory, with braised meat of some kind and peas. I also ordered Dutch fries with gochujang aïoli (ah, fusion food!) and those were delicious, although I didn't finish them. We have the leftovers (the Dutch fries and Macey's broccoli), which I will eat for lunch or a snack tomorrow.
And then afterwards we went to get ice cream. I had lavender-honey, fragrant and sweet and beautiful, in a waffle cone. We walked down to the harbor (?) to see Canada geese and mallards and gulls. Life is good. :)
And then afterwards we went to get ice cream. I had lavender-honey, fragrant and sweet and beautiful, in a waffle cone. We walked down to the harbor (?) to see Canada geese and mallards and gulls. Life is good. :)
Reviews: LSD, sex work, and the Tower of Babel
Jun. 26th, 2018 05:15 pmroadrunnertwiceAyelet Waldman — A Really Good Day
May 28
A journal of the author's month-long experiment with LSD microdosing (in an effort to alleviate some heinous mood problems), interspersed with some informed digressions on drug policy. (She used to be a public defender, among other things.)
This was an entertaining read, because Waldman's just a really good writer. (I picked up a collection of her murder mysteries at the Wave based on the strength of this book.) But also, the material was seriously fascinating and I'm VERY curious about microdosing now. This article is a good run-down of the theory (such as it is) and history of it, but Waldman's direct experience was what was really compelling. Like, basically it did exactly what she wanted: gave her a fighting chance at being a better version of herself every day, with basically no side effects to speak of. Who the fuck doesn't want THAT. Sign my ass up.
Remy Boydell and Michelle Perez — The Pervert (comics)
June 5
This was intense.
It's a story about a trans girl in Seattle, doing sex work (first as a guy, later, reluctantly, as a girl) to make ends meet. It kind of meanders around; it has the feel of someone trying to explain to themselves why they made some major decision, chewing back over events that seem like they might be related but might also just be dead ends. But paradoxically, it also feels like it moves at a breakneck pace, which I think is because of how precarious everything in her life feels. Any mundane moment could be the moment everything goes wrong, you know?
I liked this a lot.
Boydell draws most of the characters as anthropomorphic animals. And there's a lot of sexually explicit stuff in here. So a side question I've been pondering: are parts of this book furry porn? I mean it's way too much of a downer to be "porn" in a practical sense, but is it drawing from a furry porn artistic language and tradition? I think mostly it isn't, because part of the point of furry media is a fascination with the animal aspect; exploring what it'd be like to exist in a humanoid-animal body. And there's none of that here: from the way the characters interact, they're all normal human bodies that are just being depicted as animal-alikes. Right? It spends most of its time somewhere in the other various traditions of anthropomorphic comics art, even if there might be some furry influence in spots.
WELL, I ain't no scholar of the topic or anything. This is just something I was mulling over. Also, the book itself draws your attention to the tension in its depictions during that scene where the protagonist gets kind of cornered into a threesome, because when her client's husband appears from around the corner he's drawn as goddamn Jon Arbuckle and I just about hyperventilated when that happened.
Ted Chiang — Stories of Your Life and Others
June 15
A solid collection of odd SF stories. (Of which I'd previously read more than I remembered!)
- "Tower of Babylon:" Almost Borgesian, and one of my favorites in the set. What a cool setting, up in the reaches of this tower.
- "Understand:" This is the only one that really pissed me off. It's not just a bad story and insufferably smug, but it also perpetuates some of the dumbest and worst ideas our society has about what constitutes "intelligence." Skip this story.
- "Division by Zero:" Cold and elegant.
- "Story of Your Life:" This is the one Arrival was based on. I'd read it before, and it's very good. I spent a long time thinking it over back when I first read it.
- "Seventy-Two Letters:" This is the most bizarre setting/conceit in the collection, and untangling it was very entertaining. But I'm a little uneasy about how half of the setup is based on Jewish esoterica, and yet Jewish people are almost entirely absent (there's one; he's crucial to the plot but has very little agency and also dies). Like, does a mainstream industrialized Kabbalah that excludes Jews make any sense?? Well, maybe it does; not the first thing industrial capitalism would have expropriated and monetized, is it. Still, I read that as a major hole in this world, and also just generally iffy. 😬
- "Hell is the Absence of God:" Read it before; I kind of grew out of this type of gonzo engagement with atheism, but I have to admit the underlying Job joke is darkly hilarious.
- "Liking What You See: A Documentary:" Read it before. This one has problems (among others, there was an aside about autism that made me go 😒), but it's mostly thoughtful and thought-provoking.
Joey Comeau and Emily Horne — The Anatomy of Leftovers (comics)
June 22
This was the bonus A Softer World PDF for Kickstarter backers, collecting strips that one author wanted for the best-of collection but the other one vetoed.
I already mentioned last time that A Softer World is great, right? Ok, end of review, good job team.
Readercon schedule
Jun. 26th, 2018 07:52 pmkate_nepveuI have such a great schedule for this Readercon that even though all five panels of it are on Friday, I couldn't bear to give up any of them.
It consists of:
Reading and Life Stages, Part 1: 30s and 40s, Salon 5, Fri 1:00 PM
Our notion of who readers are is often built on the image of readers in their teens and 20s, but as people age, their reading habits change. In this intimate and personal two-part panel, panelists will discuss their age-related shifts in reading speed and ability to focus, time for reading, interest in reading, book acquisition and deacquisition, use of print, digital, and audio books, and other related topics. Part 1: readers in their 30s and 40s.
Kate Nepveu (m), Danielle Friedman, Bart Leib, KJ Kabza, Natalie Luhrs, Veronica Schanoes
Character Identity and Story Shape, Salon 5, Fri 2:00 PM
Writers trying to subvert stereotypes will sometimes take a common story shape—the quest adventure, the mystery investigation—and give it an uncommon protagonist. But once the protagonist changes, the story also has to change. How can writers integrate a character's identity into the very fabric of a story? If one begins by wanting to write a certain type of character, how does that influence the choice or creation of a setting, a plot, and a supporting cast?
Kate Nepveu (m), Gemma Files, John Chu, Scott H. Andrews
Futures That Feel like Home, Blue Hills, Fri 4:00 PM
Our panelists will discuss the fictional futures they find most appealing and would be happy to live in (maybe with some caveats). Does the work that depicts these futures provide a path or hints as to how humans might get there? What makes these futures worth rooting for and aspiring to?
Kate Nepveu (m), Francesca Forrest, J.R. Dawson, José Pablo Iriarte, Matthew Kressel
The Works of Nisi Shawl, Salon C, Fri 5:00 PM
Nisi Shawl has worked a warehouse job, has sold structural steel and aluminum, and has been in a band. Most notably, she writes. Her short story collection, Filter House, was a finalist for the World Fantasy Award and was one of two winners of the Tiptree Award as well one of Publishers Weekly's Best Books of 2008. Her debut novel, Everfair, was a finalist for the Nebula Award. She is also a noted lecturer and teacher on speculative fiction, gender, and race, and Writing the Other, which she coauthored with Cynthia Ward, remains essential reading for all writers. We are overjoyed to welcome her to Readercon and to celebrate her work.
Terence Taylor (m), Samuel R. Delany, Kate Nepveu
Dorothy Dunnett, Literary Legend, Salon C, Fri 8:00 PM
Alaya Dawn Johnson called Dorothy Dunnett "the literary equivalent of the Velvet Underground": not many people read her, but everyone who did wrote a book. A painter, researcher, and opera lover, she wrote what she wanted to read: epic historical drama. Come learn what our panelists and many other writers learned from Dunnett.
Kate Nepveu (m), Alexander Jablokov, Lila Garrott, Victoria Janssen, Nisi Shawl
And now the usual:
It consists of:
Reading and Life Stages, Part 1: 30s and 40s, Salon 5, Fri 1:00 PM
Our notion of who readers are is often built on the image of readers in their teens and 20s, but as people age, their reading habits change. In this intimate and personal two-part panel, panelists will discuss their age-related shifts in reading speed and ability to focus, time for reading, interest in reading, book acquisition and deacquisition, use of print, digital, and audio books, and other related topics. Part 1: readers in their 30s and 40s.
Kate Nepveu (m), Danielle Friedman, Bart Leib, KJ Kabza, Natalie Luhrs, Veronica Schanoes
Character Identity and Story Shape, Salon 5, Fri 2:00 PM
Writers trying to subvert stereotypes will sometimes take a common story shape—the quest adventure, the mystery investigation—and give it an uncommon protagonist. But once the protagonist changes, the story also has to change. How can writers integrate a character's identity into the very fabric of a story? If one begins by wanting to write a certain type of character, how does that influence the choice or creation of a setting, a plot, and a supporting cast?
Kate Nepveu (m), Gemma Files, John Chu, Scott H. Andrews
Futures That Feel like Home, Blue Hills, Fri 4:00 PM
Our panelists will discuss the fictional futures they find most appealing and would be happy to live in (maybe with some caveats). Does the work that depicts these futures provide a path or hints as to how humans might get there? What makes these futures worth rooting for and aspiring to?
Kate Nepveu (m), Francesca Forrest, J.R. Dawson, José Pablo Iriarte, Matthew Kressel
The Works of Nisi Shawl, Salon C, Fri 5:00 PM
Nisi Shawl has worked a warehouse job, has sold structural steel and aluminum, and has been in a band. Most notably, she writes. Her short story collection, Filter House, was a finalist for the World Fantasy Award and was one of two winners of the Tiptree Award as well one of Publishers Weekly's Best Books of 2008. Her debut novel, Everfair, was a finalist for the Nebula Award. She is also a noted lecturer and teacher on speculative fiction, gender, and race, and Writing the Other, which she coauthored with Cynthia Ward, remains essential reading for all writers. We are overjoyed to welcome her to Readercon and to celebrate her work.
Terence Taylor (m), Samuel R. Delany, Kate Nepveu
Dorothy Dunnett, Literary Legend, Salon C, Fri 8:00 PM
Alaya Dawn Johnson called Dorothy Dunnett "the literary equivalent of the Velvet Underground": not many people read her, but everyone who did wrote a book. A painter, researcher, and opera lover, she wrote what she wanted to read: epic historical drama. Come learn what our panelists and many other writers learned from Dunnett.
Kate Nepveu (m), Alexander Jablokov, Lila Garrott, Victoria Janssen, Nisi Shawl
And now the usual:
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blh
Jun. 26th, 2018 07:42 pmjulianThe car I went to visit in the Pioneer Valley yesterday got sold out from under me. (Well, more accurately, the inexperienced dude I'd called forgot to put it in the computer that I was coming, so the other showroom in their dealership chain came and got it while he was busy.) Note to self: Only go visit cars within an hour or so of you.
I went to visit another car today, which is sky blue, but it has a lot of minor scrapes and dings. These will in theory be fixed, but if this indicates structural damage, it goes in the "no" pile, despite its being cheaper. And pretty.
I am now calling every realtor in the world, and some actual individual people. Glad to be doing things about this, hate the process.
Entertaining conversation with a realtor who had a great customer service phone voice, but who also is human, which was nice:
Him: "I'm showing it tomorrow at 5:30. ...Wait, is today Wednesday?"
Me: "I'm having the same problem. But I can't make tomorrow."
Him: "Well, I'm showing it on Thursday."
Me: "OK, that I can make!"
(It was all in the intonations.)
I went to visit another car today, which is sky blue, but it has a lot of minor scrapes and dings. These will in theory be fixed, but if this indicates structural damage, it goes in the "no" pile, despite its being cheaper. And pretty.
I am now calling every realtor in the world, and some actual individual people. Glad to be doing things about this, hate the process.
Entertaining conversation with a realtor who had a great customer service phone voice, but who also is human, which was nice:
Him: "I'm showing it tomorrow at 5:30. ...Wait, is today Wednesday?"
Me: "I'm having the same problem. But I can't make tomorrow."
Him: "Well, I'm showing it on Thursday."
Me: "OK, that I can make!"
(It was all in the intonations.)
(no subject)
Jun. 26th, 2018 05:54 pmjames_davis_nicollThis has been a crappy week so far but still better than the one the weeping woman behind the wheel of the jeep she'd just run into the side of someone else's car is having.
I very nearly got to star in an impromptu remake about an hour later, as someone tried hard to lane shift into the volume the bus was occupying.
When I got to my favourite bread store, I found this:
This (apparently part of an ebook marketing scheme) was at the bus stop.
But this was waiting for me when I got home!
I very nearly got to star in an impromptu remake about an hour later, as someone tried hard to lane shift into the volume the bus was occupying.
When I got to my favourite bread store, I found this:
This (apparently part of an ebook marketing scheme) was at the bus stop.
But this was waiting for me when I got home!
The Friday Five Gets Dressed on Tuesday
Jun. 26th, 2018 02:43 pmjesse_the_kDescribe your favorite outfit.
Slinky knit black pencil skirt, red&black silk blouse, black silk scarf, black hat from Hats o’ Fancy
Describe your personal style.
Happily,![[twitter.com profile]](https://p.dreamwidth.org/e0caa790ec10/-/twitter.com/favicon.ico)
sparkymonster has done it for me: “crunchy matron”
Approximately how much do you spend on fashion/personal care annually?
US$400 (includes shoes)
Do you dress for yourself or for everyone else?
For myself.
Give us your best fashion/personal care advice.
Never buy uncomfortable clothing
Slinky knit black pencil skirt, red&black silk blouse, black silk scarf, black hat from Hats o’ Fancy
Describe your personal style.
Happily,
Approximately how much do you spend on fashion/personal care annually?
US$400 (includes shoes)
Do you dress for yourself or for everyone else?
For myself.
Give us your best fashion/personal care advice.
Never buy uncomfortable clothing
One would think it was easier to cover one's tracks in those days
Jun. 26th, 2018 07:29 pmoursinLately brought to my attention by way of a scholarly mailing list: A Singular Aspect of Plausibility: The Trajectory of a Victorian Serial Con Artist.
Thia adduces a contemporary account which indicates that it had been quite possible to trace the intricacies of the you-could-not-make-it-up career of
the great and ingenious humbug, Alexander Charles Tucker, alias Marco Emile de St. Hilaire, alias Marquise [sic] de St. Hilaire, alias Alessandro Vittalinian Borromeo M. D., M. A., "one of the elect Counts of the Holy Roman Empire in the Pontifical degree," heir apparent to the Duc de Garibaldi (!), lecturer on mesmerism, revolutionary orator, and candidate for the town council of Bradford.not to mention, serial bigamist. (Maybe he was of the mind of the man in the limerick: 'When asked why the third/he replied, One's absurd/And bigamy, sir, is a crime.')
Like some squalid reptile, wherever he crawled he left his poisonous slime behind him -- a train of misery and suffering that followed him, and more or less affected every one with whom he came in contact.
open invitations
Jun. 26th, 2018 08:53 amljgeoffWe're having a family vacation in the UP this year: the UP State Fair. It's a bit of a misnomer. It's more of half-a-state fair. But we love it.
We're going to drive up from Lansing on August 15, go to the fair on the 16th, hang out with family on the 17th and 18th, and drive back home on the 19th. Maybe I'll enter some jam!
The other thing I'm working on is a family vacation for Summer 2019 -- we're all going to Mackinac Island. It's gonna be wonderful!
If anyone wants to come hang out with us, feel free! I've always been a the-more-the-merrier type. Hopefully I'll do more than just sleep for three days like I did at Wiscon!
We're going to drive up from Lansing on August 15, go to the fair on the 16th, hang out with family on the 17th and 18th, and drive back home on the 19th. Maybe I'll enter some jam!
Poll #20146 Jam!
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What jam should Lisa enter at the UP State Fair?
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Rhubarb and Saskatoon1 (25.0%)
Mulberry and Rosehip0 (0.0%)
Spiced Cherry Rum2 (50.0%)
Raspberry Maple1 (25.0%)
The other thing I'm working on is a family vacation for Summer 2019 -- we're all going to Mackinac Island. It's gonna be wonderful!
If anyone wants to come hang out with us, feel free! I've always been a the-more-the-merrier type. Hopefully I'll do more than just sleep for three days like I did at Wiscon!
