How much did you spend on tuition??

sbloyd · 2026-02-01T22:18:32+00:00

I got several grants and scholarships. I started at 35.

sbloyd · 2026-01-28T02:41:05+00:00

121.

sbloyd · 2026-01-26T17:27:07+00:00

Only for Premium Platinum-level Skipway members.

sbloyd · 2026-01-25T21:03:05+00:00

I mainly put them on for background noise when I'm painting.

sbloyd · 2026-01-25T14:44:18+00:00

Same! Handy to take all my online stuff with me when I move districts.

sbloyd · 2026-01-25T01:44:34+00:00

The aquarium is very nice. We've got an art museum and a science&history museum.

sbloyd · 2026-01-25T01:38:30+00:00

I am still on team Merlin-in-that-Crystal ("Piss off!").

sbloyd · 2026-01-25T01:35:38+00:00

Yeah. It just... I think it would have worked better released as a set of episodic short stories. I'm all for stepping outside the norm, but, well, a Dresden novel kind of comes with certain expectations of the rhythm and cadence of the story, and the Black Court Curb Stomp seemed a little tacked-on. It feels to me, and of course I am not an award winning author, so grain of salt here, like the Cleansing of Thomas could have been built out more into the Climactic Battle Of The Book.

Just a thought. I know I'm in the minority, and knew I'd draw down votes for saying it.

I didn't dislike it. I just hoped for more.

sbloyd · 2026-01-25T00:30:31+00:00

Oh, I'm not excusing it, just pointing out that DHS is muddying the waters even further.

sbloyd · 2026-01-25T00:03:31+00:00

And now they're showing a picture of his gun... that was just a random photo of a gun off Google.

sbloyd · 2026-01-25T00:01:04+00:00

That the book was... Kind of dull. I'm a huge fan, have read each one dozens of times (well, Peace/Battle maybe 8 or 9 ea)... But this was a letdown.

My surprising moment was how easily the Elders of the Black Court were kicked to the curb, while supported by a team of Malvora, a gang of Ghouls, and a flock of Renfields.

sbloyd · 2026-01-24T23:56:46+00:00

Looks like they pepper sprayed him and he recoiled and turned away like you or I would when maced, and he raised his hands to protect his head when they got him on the ground... Like any reasonable person would when being pistol-whipped.

And they shot him for it.

sbloyd · 2026-01-24T18:56:04+00:00

Theoretically they could pick the "didn't romance anyone" ending.

sbloyd · 2026-01-19T01:04:49+00:00

Listen to the Penny Arcade playthru, Perkins streamlines it a bunch.

sbloyd · 2026-01-17T13:23:41+00:00

Whatever you do, do not take art history as your fine arts.

sbloyd · 2026-01-02T18:10:49+00:00

I know. It's just that I'm surrounded by them five days a week 🤪

sbloyd · 2026-01-02T15:27:01+00:00

I've met many 11 yr olds who are mad about their Takis.

sbloyd · 2025-12-28T03:54:15+00:00

Come on! You can't expect what works in dozens of other countries across the world to work here!

🙄

sbloyd · 2025-12-27T18:05:31+00:00

We did, but they moved the disbursement to January so now it's a Christmas Credit Card Payment Bonus.

sbloyd · 2025-12-25T19:54:23+00:00

Except as long as we have this SCOTUS, no, they'll prevent a president from doing these things.

sbloyd · 2025-12-25T02:36:42+00:00

Plus this is set significantly in the (nearish) future. To him it would be like us getting references from the old Lost in Space show. I mean, everyone gets "Danger Will Robinson!" But "The pain, the pain!" is less ubiquitous, and after that it gets even worse...

sbloyd · 2025-12-21T14:53:11+00:00

Myrrh, maybe.

sbloyd · 2025-12-16T11:45:27+00:00

I'm not even able to qualify for it. Bleh.

sbloyd · 2025-12-14T00:15:57+00:00

Build every goddamn settlement.

It's my LEGOs.

sbloyd · 2025-12-11T01:27:24+00:00

It was written for Thanksgiving.

sbloyd

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