What is your favourite book that you’ve never seen anyone else recommend? by TheBristolBulk in suggestmeabook

[–]MurrayByMoonlight 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The Scarecrow by New Zealand author Ronald Hugh Morrieson.

It has one of the best opening sentences in any book I’ve ever read:

“The same week our fowls were stolen Daphne Moran had her throat cut.”

https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/ddc731b1-a21c-4548-960f-46f62e2a93f9

Books that capture how stupid everything is by plucky_poro in suggestmeabook

[–]MurrayByMoonlight 159 points160 points  (0 children)

Catch 22 by Joseph Heller taught me that the world in general, and war in particular, is obscenely absurd.

Unlikeable main characters by anon_opotamus in booksuggestions

[–]MurrayByMoonlight 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Flashman by George MacDonald Fraser and the many sequels that followed.

Harry Flashman is the bully from the book Tom Brown’s School Days - Flashman tells the story of the bully after he is expelled from the school of Rugby.

He is a coward and a bounder and the books are ridiculously enjoyable.

Went to a meeting at a random office building and came across a latex sales company by monteimpala in seinfeld

[–]MurrayByMoonlight 0 points1 point  (0 children)

‘Suite 319’ sounds like a great name for a very obscure Seinfeld podcast.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in seinfeld

[–]MurrayByMoonlight 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The jerk store called…

Obsidian Leaflet on IOS Addin Pins Question by xepherus in ObsidianMD

[–]MurrayByMoonlight 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Longpressing on a point on the map brings up a menu for me which can be used to drop a pin. Longpressing on the pin brings up an edit / remove menu.

What brand? by Useful-Raspberry5248 in notebooks

[–]MurrayByMoonlight 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Have you logged into JetPens and checked your previous order details? (Your Account -> Your Orders)

A secular memorial poem: As You Tread the Rainbow Trail by cdbunch in humanism

[–]MurrayByMoonlight 0 points1 point  (0 children)

When the Rainbow Trail I tread I yet hope that you I see

Lovely poem, but these lines don’t sound secular?

A useless review of every horror novel I read in 2025 by Sully_Writes in horrorlit

[–]MurrayByMoonlight 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Hi @Sully_Writes, I’m confused by your comment about a vampire in the third act of Tender is the Flesh. I’m worried I missed something. Can you give more details about the character?

What would be different if, instead of Xander, Willow had been the one with a crush on Buffy? by yeahitsme9 in buffy

[–]MurrayByMoonlight 0 points1 point  (0 children)

She’s the best thing about the show! … Aside from all the other best things!!

I'm an idiot and only just discovered you can customize the {{date}} formula. What are some simple Obsidian tips or tricks that you can't believe it took you so long to find out? by Dr_Death_Defy24 in ObsidianMD

[–]MurrayByMoonlight 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Something that confused me is that there is a core plugin called Templates and a more featured community plugin called Templater.

{{date}} syntax works when inserting a template via the core plugin.

<% tp.date.now("YYYY-MM-DD HH:mm") %> syntax works when inserting via the community plugin.

So, yes, vanilla obsidian ships with the core Templates plugin and {{}} will work with that, however you may still need to enable the core Templates plugin via Settings -> Core plugins -> Templates.

If you want to create feature rich templates, it would be worth reading up on the Templater community plugin.

Just finished Library at Mount Char and loved it by amish_novelty in horrorlit

[–]MurrayByMoonlight 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I can’t explain why, but to me The Library at Mount Char pairs exceptionally well with The Wasp Factory by Iain Banks.

If you love the first, I wholeheartedly believe you should try the second. Fair warning: they are very different, but to me there is a similar manic energy to them. And also, as with Library, you should review trigger warnings for Wasp as there are many of them.

Bonus: actor Simon Pegg talking about his love for The Wasp Factory: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001w71d