Re: Checking in... anyone still here?

On 22 Feb 2025 at 23:00:08 GMT, "songbird" <[email protected]> wrote:

> Alan Ralph wrote:
> 
>> The Big Blue Alien steps into the Place.
>> 
>> "Pan-Galactic Gargle-Blaster please, Mike. I definitely need it."
> ...
>> Spiffy finishes their drink and tosses the glass into the fireplace. "To
>> keeping calm and carrying on."
>> 
>> *CRASH*
>> 
>> —Spiffy
> 
>   *eats peanuts*
> 
>   *waves hello*
> 
>   pretty quiet here, but if someone else has things to
> say i'll probably see it.

Spiffy slided a Zorkmid over to Mike to pay for Songbird's next drink

>   my own recent adventures in science fiction have been
> going back to check out books by the writing team behind
> James S.A. Corey since i enjoyed reading a more recent
> book so now i'm up to book three of the Expanse series.
> 
>   as life goes on i'm reading less books due to not being
> very close to a good bookstore and the local library not
> carrying much science fiction or fantasy, but as i find
> new authors i'm gradually checking them out.  also not as
> much time because of taking care of elderly parent and a
> ton of gardens which is all good for me and i have no
> regrets at all about any of it.

I'm gradually renewing my reading habit using my late father's old Kindle
e-reader, mostly non-fiction for now. I sold off and gave away loads of
physical books that I either wouldn't read again or never even got around to
reading. Not entirely happy that the e-reader is tied to Amazon for most of
its functions, but as it's an old model they're unlikely to be able to
enshittify it further... I hope.

—Spiffy