I can finally give a concrete example of anxiety manifesting in 2020. For the past two days or so I am bothered. I am turning it over and over and over in my mind. I get upset and grumble and gripe about it to myself. I literally start arguing with myself over it. No, I… Continue reading Life: Anxiety in 2020
Category: Review
Review: Black Jewels Trilogy
This is not my normal fare of fantasy. These three books by Anne Bishop; Daughter of the Blood, Heir to the Shadows, Queen of the Darkness. They are borderline romantic, without the erotic elements most romance novels feature. Reading these three books, it felt like I got dropped into a world without a lot of… Continue reading Review: Black Jewels Trilogy
Review: Book of a Thousand Days
Book of a Thousand Days by Shannon Hale is written like a diary, the entries numbered by days. The story itself is an interesting melding of eastern and western fantasy. I like that the world isn't a direct correlation to Chinese or Japanese imperialism. At least not anything so directly recognizable. The plot is such a… Continue reading Review: Book of a Thousand Days
Review: Three Cups of Tea
Three Cups of Tea: One man's mission to Promote Peace... One School at a Time has taken me about three years to read. It was my toilet book and for a very long time, I would look at it feel utterly intimidated by it, so I would read and re-read the first chapter or two.… Continue reading Review: Three Cups of Tea
Review: Mulan pricing
I can't review Disney's live action Mulan because I haven't seen it yet. But I have had several conversations with people and seen a good bit of commentary on the "they are charging $30 on TOP of the Disney+ sub to watch it" debate. I even know of people who are pirating it (or at… Continue reading Review: Mulan pricing
Review: Freakonomics
This isn't going to be a true review. This IS however a HUGE recommendation for their podcast this week. I listened to it this morning on my walk and... I might have freaked out another walked coming towards me at one point when I did the double-hands "yes, that!" gesture. I looked up a little… Continue reading Review: Freakonomics
Review: Blueland
I do not have the same adversity to advertising some people do. I don't like intrusive ads, but sometimes an ad points me to a product I wouldn't have known of otherwise. Such was the case with Blueland. I was on Facebook and I just kept seeing this ad for reusable soap dispenser. It is… Continue reading Review: Blueland
Gaming: Microtransactions
There is a lot of conversation in the video game industry on this topic, and I have somewhat mixed thoughts on it. You have seen them, I can almost promise you this. You don't have to be a hardcore gamer to know what I'm talking about. I use the mobile world first because I think… Continue reading Gaming: Microtransactions
Review: The Belgariad
My brother gave me these books by David Eddings when I was in middle school and they are an old favorite. With everything going on in the world, I have been struggling to read. This is breaking my heart, but it's true. My brain just can't process new things from books right now. New worlds… Continue reading Review: The Belgariad
SCOTUS Update
UGH. So the Supreme Court put out decisions a while back and I am too exhausted to read them. Reading SCOTUS opinions takes a lot of brain power and I have been trying for weeks to read the ones I care about. And I just can't. It isn't something I can stop and start and… Continue reading SCOTUS Update
Dream by Day 