Lechimp

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    Looking forward to this episode, since I really enjoyed the stories in this collection. Having said that, I would recommend reading the story 'A Small Good Thing' after having read 'The Bath'. The first, featured in Carver's excellent collection 'Cathedral', is kind of an extended remake of the latter, which is in WWTAWWTAL. It's a nice showcase of Carver's evolution as a writer, and I confess ASGT brought me to tears. I won't spoil the differences between the two, but I've googled for it and you can read the entire story online. 

     

    Kind regards,

    Mark

     

    Is Cathedral what you would recommend reading next if people enjoyed this book? I don't know a whole lot about him but really enjoyed this book and want to read more.

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    I'm not usually a "media conspiracy" guy, but polls at least are showing that most news companies are desperately trying to make this into a real horse race to keep the next two months of news from being "Seasoned politician destroys amateurish billionaire at politics." Case in point: http://www.politicususa.com/2016/09/06/nbcs-corrected-version-cnn-poll-clinton-four-point-lead-trump.html

     

     

    Yeah, I know. Paul Krugman posted an opinion piece for the New York Times this week basically calling out the NYT and other media for basically grading Trump on a curve and calling him presidential whenever he manages to not say something blatantly horrible. Obviously it's being done to make the race look closer and boost their ratings but it's done at the expense of hurting the country. Ugh.

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    Turns out the game is actually really good, or at least I really like it. It's kind of what I was hoping The Witness would be. The puzzles are a little easier and there's more variety to them plus there's an actual story. Plus it has FMV! The only issue I have with the game so far is that I wish it ran better on my machine and had shorter load times.

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    I'm not advocating for this strategy, but there is going to be a president no matter what, and I will vote for the one that I think will be the best of the options available. 

     

    Pretty much. If it comes down to "More of the same" and Donald Trump, I will pick more of the same any day.

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    What a strange, frustrating book. From moment to moment I liked the prose well enough, and there's some quite inspired little nuggets in there, like the story of the widow and her daughter in the occupied Middle Eastern country, but overall the structure and vagueness was too much for me. If this book was trying to say something, it was lost on me. The theme of man-on-woman violence went nowhere. The fox aspect went nowhere. The allusions to Mr. Fox's past went nowhere.

     

    This is kind of how I felt about it too. I feel like maybe I just didn't completely get what the book was saying and will have to reread the book again some point in the future. But it's encouraging that her short stories are apparently better because she's a good writer and I enjoyed her prose, I just had a hard time following along with this book at points.

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    YES! I just reread the first couple of books and finished the rest of the series about a year ago because I'm a dumb baby that thought the Universal Studios ride would spoil the books for me, but it will be fun to watch the movies for the first time.

     

    Any plans to read the side books and the book coming out this summer as well?

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    I'm surprised how good it is. I didn't plan on buying it but the Giant Bomb quicklook sold me on the game. It plays a lot like classic Doom, not just being fast paced but also having to dodge fireballs and avoid enemy attacks in a way that's more interesting than just running backwards while shooting. And like the quicklook shows, it's the right level of dumb. It still has the goofy 90s metal tone that the first two games had.

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    You know things are crazy when McCain is thinking about endorsing Hilary.

     

    That didn't seem to last long. It looks like he's already considering Trump if he just apologizes about what he said about veterans earlier. Paul Ryan and the rest of the Republican party look like they're getting ready to endorse him too.

     

    Is anyone else getting anxiety about this election? I know Hillary polls better than him in most polls but it's scary to me that she's only like 5-6 points above him. I don't even know how it's that close.

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    After flitting around between various D&D podcasts, I settled on Friends at the Table for a bit. Austin walker and some of the StreamFriends folks, It's a great mix of comedy, serious business, and philosophy that not a single other podcast or youtube show has hit.

     

    http://friendsatthetable.net/

     

     

    I just started getting into Friends at the Table and it's so good. It's teaching me a lot too about how to be a good DM which is helpful.

     

    Are there any other podcasts about tabletop rpgs that are worth checking out?

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    Over the weekend I watched the first couple of episodes of Mr. Robot. I found it quite compelling, particularly the main character. However, I can't really tell if the conspiratorial, le wrong generation, wake-up-sheeple angle is meant to be taken seriously or not. Because I'm not sure I can stomach that for 10+ hours if it is. 

     

    I'm watching the series right now too and I don't think it is? It kind of feels like they're being ironic/sarcastic to me but maybe that's wishful thinking.

     

    Still really liking it though. I think it's nice to see a lead character that has social anxiety and depression and doesn't feel gimmicky to me.