Lost on a desert island.

The idea brings up images of coconuts, palm fronds, and for some of us older folks; Gilligan's Island. In story and myth being stranded on a tropical desert island is usually written of as idyllic isolation, but the harsh reality is that it is anything but.

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Potatoes and Space Travel. Two things that very few people would associate with each other. At least that is until a few years ago when published an interesting book about a marooned astronaut that wound up becoming a best seller and later, a highly popular film.

I speak, of course, about The Martian starring Matt Damon with the story written by Andy Weir.

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Bolo

For many of you that word means an odd South American weapon, or a type of western tie. But to some of us who are in the know, that word brings to mind a weapon. A weapon not just of power and might, but of duty and honor, pledged to be humanity's ultimate knights among the stars.

I speak of the members of The Dinochrome Brigage, the Bolo AI super tanks.

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One of the things that got most of us into MLP was the lighthearted spirit of adventure that permeates the series. Yes, there is drama, and fear and even hard lessons, but there is also music, jokes and straight up fun. Combined they make the series neither too heavy dramatically nor too fluffy with no drama at all. One story that follows this rule is Farmer Bruenor Has Some Ponies by

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The name H.P. Lovecraft is synonymous with thinking man's horror. He turned his greatest fears into some of mightiest works of fear and terror that have been ever set down on the page and in doing so gave birth to an entire genre of literature and placed terms such as "eldritch abomination" into usage. It is thus no small wonder that many writers on this site have attempted to copy his style through both original and derivative works of their own.

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Pandemic

A word that we have all been living with for a couple of years now. The word brings to mind masks, mandates, vaccines and a grimly rising tool of the sick and dead. Pandemics are not fun.

Unless said pandemic, instead of killing people, starts turning them into colourful ponies with strange abilities.

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Sex.

We write about, dream about it, talk about it. Sex and sex appeal is, and likely will continue to be, a multi-billion dollar industry. Many of the most famous people in society are not famous for any sort of skill. Be it in business, politics, the sciences or sports. No, they are famous for having sex appeal, and it can be a tool, a weapon, or a liability depending on the context.

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Laughter.

Laughter is one of the five Elements of Harmony and one of the best virtues of Friendship. Laughter brings us up when we are down, and brings light to even the darkest of times. Humour comes in all forms. From slapstick to gallows, from rude and crude to puns that take days to get. Humour and the laughter it brings is part of all our lives.

And so it is with Fimfiction.

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No reading corner this weekend.

My grandfather passed away yesterday, being the last of my living grandparents.

He was a good man and lived a long life. He was, among other things: A husband, father, warrior, businessman, diplomat, and a world traveller who loved his small home town on the north coast of British Columbia. He was all the many and contrary things that I feel someone should strive to be in life. I'm already missing him.

First of all, Happy Pi Day!

Yes, I'm a nerd. Sue me. But, here I am a day late and many hours short with another story recommendation.

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