Vikram Bath
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Vikram Bath
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Former business school professor, current software engineer. Writes at ordinary-times.com
Hmm, at that point I think I would just resign myself to Tahoe. Hopefully they change some things back next year?
January 18, 2026 at 10:55 PM
I do think it could maybe be vastly improved by additional editing?

Part of me feels bad for judging humor so many decades after it was written. It hardly seems fair now that I think about it
January 18, 2026 at 6:13 PM
There’s a whole arc on tracking down wickets…so…yeah
January 18, 2026 at 6:06 PM
It was fun reading about Zaphod Beeblebrox and realizing “Oh! It’s Zapp Brannigan!”
January 18, 2026 at 5:55 PM
Yeah, that could be it. Time can also just be hard on humor books
January 18, 2026 at 5:42 PM
Another L for Gen X as well
January 18, 2026 at 12:57 PM
Imagine the response you would get if you’d expressed concern that a woman Trump pardoned for fraud would turn around and commit more fraud and get yet another complete pardon
January 18, 2026 at 12:13 AM
lol. We still have the tree up and the outdoor lights. If there’s snow, it’s Christmas
January 17, 2026 at 9:18 PM
January 17, 2026 at 9:11 PM
Exactly!
January 17, 2026 at 5:57 PM
Mandatory for able retirees who want to collect Social Security?
January 17, 2026 at 3:09 PM