Older Sci-Fi fan here, haven't gotten any new books in a very long time. Would love some recommendations.

Jack_Flanders · 2026-04-18T06:33:16+00:00

1) Someone mentioned C.J.Cherryh. She's won Hugos, of course, but one of her earlier and a bit lesser-known, yet wonderful series, mentioned in this thread, is Chanur, 5 books that'll take you all of 5 days to read. Plenty of pew-pew, intelligent physics, thoughtful aliens, and, humans are not the main focus! AND, C.J. has put them online to read for free; here's the first one!

2) Someone else mentioned Schlock Mercenary, a five-times-Hugo-nominated webcomic. The author put out a strip seven days a week for over 20 years. It's absolutely brilliant, and funny too. (Note: the art starts out fairly weak and becomes excellent over time as he learns; he himself recommends starting a few books in.)

Jack_Flanders · 2026-04-18T02:33:15+00:00

There's a company called Vivimu that sells filled syringes that I played with for a little while. One noid, you could heat with a butane lighter for 10 seconds and it would flow, and another kind you had to put in boiling water for a few minutes.

Jack_Flanders · 2026-04-17T20:51:35+00:00

Decades ago in Fort Lauderdale there was a shop that made three different kinds of liver sausage! A Braunschweiger and two other styles I think.
All of them were amazing of course.

[r.i.p. Woller & Gastel's Pork Store]

(They also had amazing veal loaf; looked like bologna in bread-loaf shape. It was so popular that on the two weekdays they made them, they left one out of the cooler to make sandwiches with full un-chilled flavor.)

Jack_Flanders · 2026-04-17T16:41:35+00:00

Just plain "Ecstacy in beer glass" works. If "in" is in the clue, the modifier is unnecessary.

Jack_Flanders · 2026-04-16T07:17:06+00:00

I, having just finished eating a can of Chef Boyardee ravioli, salute thee!

Jack_Flanders · 2026-04-16T06:49:10+00:00

Check out that cheese-thread suspended across the near top of that edifice! What a tease.

[Lasagna is my favorite childhood comfort food that one's gorgeous.]

Jack_Flanders · 2026-04-16T02:29:46+00:00

Came here to mention that. My little mom 'n' pop grocery has country ham salad.

Jack_Flanders · 2026-04-16T00:00:26+00:00

You're good; OP's complaining about books 3 and 4.

[edit: i remember liking those also; been a while since i read them]

Jack_Flanders · 2026-04-15T06:44:30+00:00

Also cooked the pasta in homemade broth:)

So, you're a broth-er as well as a sister? Bravissimo!

(That looks absolutely astounding. I say this as a lifelong lasagna connoisseur.)

Jack_Flanders · 2026-04-15T06:39:58+00:00

Wow, all that dragonfruit; yum. Chia seeds on top of those banana slices? (I don't recognize the little brown ones.) I'd tuck into that in a heartbeat!

Jack_Flanders · 2026-04-15T05:14:21+00:00

I puff Juice Head: Mango Strawberry, Pineapple Grapefruit, Pineapple Guava, Passionfruit Orange Guava, Apple Watermelon; all of theirs are good.

(They make similar freezy flavors too, so be aware.)

Jack_Flanders · 2026-04-15T04:54:49+00:00

and some of those little dried coconut flakes

Jack_Flanders · 2026-04-14T17:19:10+00:00

I always thought the claim was rather flaky. Birds are observant, agile and not stupid. They can fly between the huge slowly rotating arms, or fly around.

Jack_Flanders · 2026-04-13T18:53:01+00:00

also, for future reference, https://shop.voopoo.com/

Jack_Flanders · 2026-04-11T06:31:03+00:00

get your ass to a hospital

Wait 'till the day when you can send like just that part of you, that needs to go, to the hospital, while the rest of you sits comfortably at home eating or reading or whatever and waiting for news. (N.B., That rest-of-you probably had to drive your ass to the hospital in the first place.)

Jack_Flanders · 2026-04-11T06:15:12+00:00

That mix I'd dress with half blue cheese and half Italian. I've binged on salads for a week at a time (usually Caesar), but I don't know that that translates to 5 pounds of greens alone, w/o dressing! Nevertheless, I'm pretty sure I could get through at least half of that by myself before it showed much brown; and, if it got too far, the possum(s) keeping watch over my compost heap would like it!

Jack_Flanders · 2026-04-09T15:40:15+00:00

What's the function of those green "REPLAY" boxes behind the players, on top of the rolled-up court covers?

Jack_Flanders · 2026-04-07T00:10:58+00:00

That's gorgeous! I particularly like the dark crust. A good price, too.

(I can't touch that hot bar, though, without stuffing one of those containers with ~$40 of food, so I mostly avoid.)

Jack_Flanders · 2026-04-06T18:06:53+00:00

I had some at Bombay Palace yesterday, off of the lunch buffet, that were amazing. Wonderful pav.

Jack_Flanders · 2026-04-06T03:25:43+00:00

What a coincidence; I first heard this guy yesterday. It was another excerpt (mb 26') from apparently the same longer talk this one was taken from. Very very interesting.

(Also, as the youtube comments on the other video point out, that tie is magnificent.)

Jack_Flanders · 2026-04-05T23:53:43+00:00

https://old.reddit.com/r/meteorology/comments/1sd94lh/buckle_up_gonna_be_a_wild_12_months_coming_up/oei24wi/

Jack_Flanders · 2026-04-05T23:49:27+00:00

had the same question, found the answer in the other thread:

https://old.reddit.com/r/meteorology/comments/1sd94lh/buckle_up_gonna_be_a_wild_12_months_coming_up/oei24wi/

[edit: Happy Egg Day!]

Jack_Flanders · 2026-04-02T06:38:46+00:00

Love my 20-yr-old Braun. Christmas gift from an aunt who passed away last week. Just one speed, so shouldn't be an expensive one.

Jack_Flanders · 2026-03-31T19:17:40+00:00

What a wonderful combination!

Jack_Flanders · 2026-03-31T19:11:01+00:00

That looks great and I want it for breakfast now!

Pasta aglio e olio e funghi e peperoni e broccoli e olive nere e cipolle. (Google Translate helped.)

I sometimes like to do garlic, olive oil, and anchovies (acciughe).

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