Anecdotal observation from college: Lots of people got hammered on a weekend, at least sometimes, but the people who couldn’t draw a line and keep it from destroying their grades were mostly the ones whose parents kept them rigidly controlled at home. It seemed like those folks had no practice in drawing their own lines because their parents always drew the lines for them, so when they were on their own they went nuts. The preacher’s daughter is a cliche with a lot of truth.
I can’t wait to pay for groceries with my free healthcare.
I don’t see how people physically eat cookies without a glass of milk.
I grew up with milk being the main dinnertime beverage, and I still drink it quite a bit. My step-son’s gf clearly did not, and clearly thinks it’s strange, but tries to be polite about it. She’s asked me if milk is my favorite drink, if I feel like milk goes with most food, and a number of related questions. I think in her family, milk is something some people put in coffee.
I’ve come to really like Adrian Tchaikovsky - I haven’t been disappointed by anything he’s written. The trilogy that starts with Children of Time is especially good.
Lots of others great books out there. The Space Between Worlds, by Micaiah Johnson, was an interesting story read recently. Kiln People, by David Brin, was great.
I keep little spoiler-free notes on everything I read, so if there’s a type of book you like, let me know and I’ll scan my notes.
A couple years ago, after I sharply increased my reading, my wife (who paid the bills) came and said, “I don’t want to discourage you at all from a healthy hobby, but I wanted to make sure you realized that, in the last couple of months, you’ve spent like $200 on books.” In fact, I hadn’t realized it was that much. That’s when I started trying to figure out a cheaper way to read.
I read even more now. So far this year I’ve read 46 novels. That would be prohibitively expensive if not for Libby.
You should get a library card and the Libby app. Lots and lots of free audiobooks.
I read kindle versions, but there are almost always audio versions of everything I read. I read a ton of SF and fantasy - if you tell me the kind of stuff you like I can suggest some titles.
Heh, my wife went through the drawer a few years ago and threw away all the containers that didn’t have lids, and lids without containers. I was amazed at how many there were. Not sure how that happens. Must be with the missing socks.
Funny, I just had to help someone pack a house into one of those POD things and they ended up saying, “You’re better at this, you say what goes where.”
I don’t think I’m as good at it with really large volumes, but the storage container thing is pretty handy.
My boring super power isn’t something I can monetize, but it’s useful regularly: being able to pick the best sized Tupperware container to put leftovers in.
There’s a cliche about the daughter of the preacher being a total slut or otherwise problematic.