Lots of great recommendations here. I’d also add Curse of Chalion by Lois McMaster Bujold. Her Penric novels are quite fun, too.
The Hornblower stories are also excellent. They might hit a bit simpler – the characters are a bit more heroic, a bit less complicated. IMO both are worth reading, but they hit a bit different even though they sail through similar waters (I was going to say ‘covers the same ground’, ha!)
They don’t exist
You, sir, are a punk.
Take this upvote and carry on.
I live in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA. My neighborhood isn’t the best for walkability – there are definitely better areas in this city in that respect.
To the nearest convenience store: 1.5km To the nearest chain supermarket: 1.9km To the bus stop: 140m To the nearest park: 480m To the nearest big supermarket: 5.8km To the nearest library: 1.9km To the nearest train station: 800m
Straight-line distance to Big Ben: 6450km
I’d heard the cigarette version before. Blows my American mind.
I had to look up the recipe to figure out the slur you were alluding to…yikes. I don’t blame you for not repeating the name here.
I’ve usually heard “right of way” used in terms of sense 3 of the dictionary. I’ve never heard it used to refer to the ability to make a road – that just makes me think you have a skilled construction crew on speed dial.
I had the opposite experience. Once I started working full time after college, I felt like I had SO MUCH FREE TIME!
I did have a part-time job during college, though. That might have skewed things for me.
I wanted to like the game, but one game where the other players adopted the ‘backstabbing’ style ruined it for me.
I was sad when AOL started sending demo CDs instead of the floppy disks :(
Ugh, that title.
We all have caturday!
Yeah, that’s fair, especially in software work.
I see what you’re getting at – hinting at a sense of serenity?
The phrase still annoys me for some reason.
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Fair point, but something about the tautology of the phrase has always grated on me :\
You just reminded me of this
Those who champion “brutal honesty” are more interested in the brutality than the honest
In fact, I do prefer to buy generics. There are dozens of us!