Books
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Untitled posts and quick thoughts
It was fun to go back into this universe after 10 years. Just too bad I kept reading all day and finished in a day.
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Finished reading
The Shattering Peace by John Scalzi
AirPods Pro 2 are great, but they can’t kill all the loud music and screaming kids at this trampoline park.
Really sad to hear that The Wheel of Time TV series was cancelled by Amazon. The third season showed its potential and I was looking forward to seeing the story play out on the screen.
A good end to the first half of the series. I had guessed a few of the developments that took place, but other parts turned out to be a huge surprise.
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Wind and Truth by Brandon Sanderson
All of this has happened before. All of this will happen again.
The above quote is not from this book, but it’s what I kept thinking the whole time I was reading it. I learned a lot of history I was unaware of and obviously Maddow was pointing out the similarities to today’s political landscape
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Prequel by Rachel Maddow
Took Thursday and Friday off last week, went to 4 baseball games, enjoyed watching the Padres play the Nationals and Orioles. Dylan Cease tossed a no-hitter to start my long weekend and the Padres took 3 out of 4. If I am lucky the Padres will be back in October to play the O’s in the World Series!
On CNN
A second longtime adviser said the only way Biden would even consider stepping aside — a move that is still very much an open question — is if he was presented serious data showing that he would not only likely lose his reelection bid, but also endanger down-ballot candidates in House, Senate and competitive local races across the country.
Ego.