I haven't produced much content lately. Just not feeling "pony." Been working on some space opera I might post to Royal Road or Amazon or something someday.

In light of my recent lack of content, have some of my favorite books:

Protector and Ringworld, by Larry Niven, and to a lesser extent his entire "Known Space" cycle

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Necromancer at a rave:
"You've gotta fight for your wight to party."

Me: What did you learn in school today?

Kid: We learned about "SPQR" in ancient Rome.

Me: Romanes eunt domes!

Wife: What?

Me: Don't worry about it.

I just re-read, for the sixth or eighth time, one of my all time favorite books:
Neptune's Inferno: The U.S. Navy at Guadalcanal, James D. Hornfischer

I think modern students of history fail to appreciate the brutality of the Solomons campaign, and how close it came to swinging to an Axis victory on multiple occasions.

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Kid: Daddy, I want to go to Barnes and Noble, please.
Me: Sure. Why?
Kid: I want to read the first book in the "Warrior Cats" series.
Me: Reading is always encouraged in the house. Get in the car.

<six hours later>

Kid: Finished! Can we order the next few books in the series?
Me: <pride>

I've been playing Civilization games since the late 90s, with Civ2. I've learned quite a bit of history tidbits from them.

I was playing Civ6 earlier today and got an odd achievement: "ARMY OF CTHULHU: Levy the military of Nan Madol." Obviously I'm familiar with Cthulhu — I'm a big Lovecraft and huge Mythos fan — but I ended up googling Nan Madol, and it's fascinating.

Road to Surrender: Three Men and the Countdown to the End of World War II, Evan Thomas.

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I'm over whatever I had (flu?). Will try to get back to the gym today and see if I'm better-better or just no longer obviously sick...

Formula 1 starts the new season this week. Here's hoping it's a tight three-way battle between McLaren, Ferrari, and Red Bull this year.

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Anyway, I'm sick. Covid-negative but miserable, so probably flu or RSV. However, I've been reading.

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Me: I should play less videogames

Steam: Civ6 DLC bundle is on sale

Me: This is my credit card