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  1. On the home stretch (about a dozen stories or 200 pages left) and then I added “Black Water 2” to the to-read pile

    One of the fun things about the older stories is that when you like them you can just find and share them:

    THE GREY ONES

    (1953)

    J. B. PRIESTLEY

    https://ia904606.us.archive.org/31/items/michael-collins-piper-on-the-grey-ones-by-j.-b.-priestley/The%20Grey%20Ones%20-%20JB%20Priestley.pdf

    I’ve only ever read one other collection of stories that was so well assembled I chased the editor before the various authors therein and that was Otto Penzler.

    So, if Black Water looks fun to you (it was for me!), I also recommend Penzler’s collections: “The Best American Mystery Stories of the Twentieth Century”, “The Best American Mystery Stories of the Nineteenth Century”, and “The Best American Noir of the Century” ( https://www.goodreads.com/author/list/12471.Otto_Penzler?utf8=✓&sort=popularity)

  2. “Little Lebowski Thirsty Strivers”

  3. Friday night is pizza night for junior (and I) and I’ve pretty much got his favorite NY style pepperoni dialed in now, this was perfect

    ooni koda gas pizza oven just after launching the pizza into its, about a 15" NY style with pepperoni
    Figure 1. ooni koda gas pizza oven just after launching the pizza into its, about a 15" NY style with pepperoni.
    the pizza top down on a cutting board after about a three minute bake
    Figure 2. the pizza top down on a cutting board after about a three minute bake.
    i took the three most burned pieces, topped with pecorino, chili oil, red pepper flakes, and oregano
    Figure 3. i took the three most burned pieces, topped with pecorino, chili oil, red pepper flakes, and oregano.
    ECU pepperoni cups with pecorino, oregano, and red pepper flakes
    Figure 4. ECU pepperoni cups with pecorino, oregano, and red pepper flakes.
  4. The flowers my wife gave me for our wedding anniversary has ranunculus in it and 1. cool, never noticed this kind of flower before 2. what a fun name to say

    ranunculus!

    phone screen shot of ddg image results for "ranunculus", results in yellow, burgundy, pink, all of these, other pinks, fuscia, etcit's a cool round flower with a high petal count all packed together
    Figure 1. phone screen shot of ddg image results for "ranunculus", results in yellow, burgundy, pink, all of these, other pinks, fuscia, etcit's a cool round flower with a high petal count all packed together.
  5. Eleventh book, Emily St. John Mandel’s "Sea of Tranquility” ( https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/45754981-the-glass-hotel)

    More of a novella really, and while I have a pithy “oh it’s like this” comparison I’ll resist sharing the spoiler. I will say that I wish I’d read her previous book, “The Glass Hotel” first because they seem to share characters.

    Anyway, yeah, “Station 11” author, if you liked that you’ll like this.

    “Sea of Tranquility” cover, the moon rising over rolling green hills in the foreground, a forest in the background.
    Figure 2. “Sea of Tranquility” cover, the moon rising over rolling green hills in the foreground, a forest in the background.
  6. Looks like the everloving wife has taken to tagging the neighborhood

    orange lettered (poorly, just block letters) graffiti over a beige alley garage door "FUCK SNORE"
    Figure 1. orange lettered (poorly, just block letters) graffiti over a beige alley garage door "FUCK SNORE".
  7. Living in the future, record scratch

  8. … my knee-jerk to lots of stuff, but this morning to delivery app restaurant fee cap expirations

  9. Hey this guy that gets to tell us what to do because he has $500,000,000 and we don’t would like us to commute out to another company’s office which used to be in the city but isn’t anymore because ugh, city taxes

    he’s giving a fake interview because he thought of new things to tell us to do now that our shared presence isn’t a potential death sentence. we’re calling it a fireside chat!

    all the gang is gonna be there, even a magazine called “Fortune" which is definitely for “us” 😉 😉

Pizza Slow (high quality)

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