I'm low on cherry garcia...i'll need to set foot outside of the house and then tuck in for a 3-day ice cream, olympics, and whatnot fest

It's a three day weekend for some. Stock up.

"The Tombs of Atuan" -Ursula K. Le Guin #55 ⭐⭐⭐/5 #booksky The 2nd in the Earthsea trilogy. Read this as a kid, but picked it up to see if I remembered the plot correctly. I did. It's age appropriate for a young, avid reader and I would recommend it to the kids in my life.

"Born of Fire and Rain: Journey into a Pacific Coastal Forest" -M.L. Herring #54⭐⭐⭐/5 #booksky Comprehensive history of how the PNW forests have been screwed up by years of mismanagement and what the consequences are/will be. Nothing I didn't already know, but it's devastating anyway.

"Frankenstein: The 1818 Text" -Mary Shelley #53⭐⭐⭐/5 #booksky I had never read the original text, and oof. I had no idea that F & his monster were such wordy emo types. Feels belabored after seeing so many riffs on the theme that moved at pace. Lesson learned.

"The Jennifer Morgue" -Charles Stross #52⭐⭐⭐/5 #booksky A supernatural send-up of a James Bond adventures using the characters from The Atrocity Archives -- arcane spies in the mode of MI6. It's fun. Loved the archetype twist & 007 references.

"When Your Mother Doesn't" -Jill Kelly #51 ⭐⭐⭐/5 I kept turning the pages at a breakneck speed to see if any of these women were okay. Reader, none of them were. I guess there's something about muddling through at horrific odds/abuse but I was not uplifted by this book even with a possible + ending.

"How to Cook A Coyote: The Joy of Old Age" - Betty Fussell #booksky #50 ⭐⭐⭐/5 A reflection on life from a rather comfortable and privileged vantage point. Quirky and thoughtful at times, but honestly I can't get past her $$$ and the life it's afforded her to take her life lessons seriously.

stopped during Covid & haven't looked back

Agreed.

I’d rather live through the evils brought on by the downfall of these pieces of shit than the evils of the current dipshits in power

Those are ice shufflin' shoes. If I wore them, I'd be on my ass. Guaranteed.

It's been nonstop questions for the past hour. I'm about to pull the plug on the olympics.