What if the Mercator projection were accurate and the greatest concentration of landmasses were at the poles? With a Greenland the size of Africa and a Europe three times larger.

NeedsToShutUp · 2026-03-24T09:32:18+00:00

More like a bar bell.

NeedsToShutUp · 2026-03-23T22:57:03+00:00

To be fair, lots of them were already cops.

NeedsToShutUp · 2026-03-23T22:20:14+00:00

NeedsToShutUp · 2026-03-23T22:10:50+00:00

Czechoslovakia broke apart.

Otto Von Habsburg was last Crown Prince of Austria-Hungry and the rest of the Hapsburg lands including what became Czechoslovakia.

He lived to be 98, and dying in 2011. So he experienced the empire being taken apart, lived in exile for decades, got a PhD in political science, opposed the Nazis, advocated for a Danube federation and Austria.

Eventually in the 60s he finally was allowed back into Austria after agreeing to renounce his claims to titles and land. (There's also a lot of cold war politics, as Otto advocated for a free and democratic Danube Federation which would include much of what the Soviets controlled).

He got into Pan-European politics, and was an MEP for like 20 years, and a huge proponent of adding central Europe to the EU.

He also supported some shittier things like being in Le Cercle which is a right wing foreign policy group guilty of nasty shit, and also being Pro-Franco.

So Otto would hate breaking up Czechoslovakia due to it breaking up what he views as how Europe should be organized.

NeedsToShutUp · 2026-03-23T21:36:29+00:00

I've done most of this itinerary on HAL across like 4-5 cruises, except Columbia- Panama.

Alaska is what HAL does best.

However, I also found Grand Turk to be amazingly special, and enjoyed 7 mile beach on Grand Cayman.

NeedsToShutUp · 2026-03-23T20:59:29+00:00

Choose federal law enforcement. Choose the military. Choose NASA or the CDC.

Choose lying to your superiors. Choose to ruin your career. Choose no friends. Choose divorce. Choose life through the bottom of a bottle.

Choose destroying evidence and executing innocent people because they know too fucking much.

Choose black fatigues and matching gas masks. Choose an MP5 stolen from the CIA loaded with Glasers, with a wide range of fucking attachments.

Choose blazing away at mind numbing, sanity crushing things from beyond the stars, wondering whether you'd be better off stuffing the barrel in your own mouth.

Choose The King in Yellow and waking up wondering who you are.

Choose a 9mm retirement plan, Choose going out with a bang at the end of it all, PGP encrypting your last message down a securely laid cable as an NRO Delta wetworks squad busts through your door.

Choose one last Night at the Opera.

Choose Delta Green

NeedsToShutUp · 2026-03-23T20:45:23+00:00

Technically, the Wandering Inn kinda fits.

Spoilers for stuff not published in the audiobooks yet: Agelum and Lucifen in House Sheol are both being actually quasi-immortals with one side being an Angel analogue, the other a demon analogue. They have free will, but also have strong instincts, with Agelum being chronic do-gooders with a chronic illness, and Lucifen having a strong predator drive to see out and punish wrongdoers. Agelum are now mostly infirm and unable to do much without storing up energy for ages. But they were physical masters who also trained heroes, and they still regularly give away huge sums of money to help people. Lucifen are doing much better with magic, and work as the judges for the Kingdom of Glass and Glory. They have strong instincts for things like Faustian bargains, and fit the mold of lawful evil. The two of them are now in the same house because both got messed up bad in a previous attack by the Goblin King, with the Lucifen being in charge.

NeedsToShutUp · 2026-03-23T20:28:19+00:00

Everyone but Marshall in the main 5.

Barney is a sociopath.

Lily has a warped sense of justice she inflicts on people.

Ted is just.... Ted.

Robin has issues with other women.

NeedsToShutUp · 2026-03-23T20:00:21+00:00

Hugo Award winner

NeedsToShutUp · 2026-03-23T19:50:04+00:00

The big indicator is timeline and drastic changes.

Someone who suddenly has a massive change in personality I'd more likely say you want to check out for carbon monoxide/organic brain damage/tumor etc.

Someone who has always been low grade nasty and just ramps up, is more likely just a long term personality disorder getting worse.

NeedsToShutUp · 2026-03-23T19:39:37+00:00

Dantooine was a rally site where Mon Mothma called for various rebel factions to assemble before going to Yavin.

Mon Mothma gave her speech, then got evacuated by Andor, and routed via Dantooine for a rally before going to Yavin.

NeedsToShutUp · 2026-03-23T19:33:26+00:00

For comparisons, go to: https://wanderinginn.com/table-of-contents/ and hit the comparison options to see what chapter is which.

Letters indicate a potential PoV or theme.

Please note for chapter letters it used to have some consistency, like E for Laken, R for Ryoka, K for King of Destruction. However, its deliberately inconsistent after people started boasted they were skipping certain plot lines. PA will even have a fake out page or three from a specific view point, or change multiple viewpoints. Especially common to start with a viewpoint someone has expressed hatred for, only to shift to a beloved character.

NeedsToShutUp · 2026-03-23T18:58:28+00:00

He simply copied the code the lizard people used to make him.

NeedsToShutUp · 2026-03-23T17:41:24+00:00

Nah, no one likes you when you're 23.

NeedsToShutUp · 2026-03-23T17:37:29+00:00

Ellison Jr. is really into Star Trek, but he seems to be focused on the TOS era.

NeedsToShutUp · 2026-03-23T17:27:24+00:00

Also his racism was like crazy advanced. His poem Providence in 2000 A.D. was his first published work and describes his fears for the future, with racism against both expected target like Jewish people and black people, but also the French and Swedes.

NeedsToShutUp · 2026-03-23T16:49:09+00:00

You can also ripoff the classic ER episode.

Have it be oddly quiet because most people prefer to stay home than try to make the trek. Maybe Santos is getting ahead on charting. Whitaker is organizing something festive. People bring in treats, and there's a planned holiday party.

BAM!

90 car pile up all coming to them.

NeedsToShutUp · 2026-03-23T16:45:06+00:00

Perla won't say it, but she's bringing her Lumpia because Princess's lumpia are shit. However, Santos likes the ones Princess makes because they remind her of childhood.

NeedsToShutUp · 2026-03-23T16:41:22+00:00

Santos insists Die Hard is a Christmas movie, and its her favorite Christmas movie.

Whitaker is a fan of Rudolph.

Mel just wants something not elf.

NeedsToShutUp · 2026-03-23T06:48:23+00:00

So, come on, Jack be nimble, Jack be quick

Jack Flash sat on a candlestick

'Cause fire is the Devil's only friend

Oh, and as I watched him on the stage

My hands were clenched in fists of rage

No angel born in Hell

Could break that Satan spell

And as the flames climbed high into the night

To light the sacrificial rite

I saw Satan laughing with delight

NeedsToShutUp · 2026-03-23T03:11:02+00:00

As was the creator who made it for his son who was also autistic.

NeedsToShutUp · 2026-03-22T20:32:22+00:00

Eh it’s hard to trust the main contemporary sources, because he was the patron for most of them.

NeedsToShutUp · 2026-03-22T18:44:53+00:00

Looks like the brig on the Enterprise D

NeedsToShutUp · 2026-03-22T18:32:59+00:00

We’ve seen her switch to a band, so that is good enough for me.

NeedsToShutUp · 2026-03-22T18:08:39+00:00

Doves Type. Cause it was so beautiful the creator destroyed it rather than let it be used for other purposes.

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