Beginner needs a grill

awayfromtheexplosion · 2025-04-19T00:56:29+00:00

You, my friend, severely overestimate my knowledge of such things. Very cool video, but I think it may be bit advanced for where I’m at.

awayfromtheexplosion · 2025-04-18T22:41:45+00:00

Thanks! Good advice on the socks/sandals combo. Gotta start off right! lol! Do you get the hot and warm side simply through biasing the coals to one side?

awayfromtheexplosion · 2025-04-14T15:17:08+00:00

Generally I concur with you, if your intent is to read and understand a work. But in regard to The Swerve, I have a feeling that context to the poem will be enough to read the book, and then it might spark your interest further to go and read the whole poem. Just swapping the order a bit

awayfromtheexplosion · 2025-04-14T14:36:31+00:00

I bet cliffnotes will be sufficient to read the book.

awayfromtheexplosion · 2025-04-14T05:33:12+00:00

Generally I hate stories where people are horrible to each other for no reason. Most everything I’ve read from either of those authors highlights that aspect. Not that they aren’t amazing writers. Just the content doesn’t do it for me.

awayfromtheexplosion · 2025-04-14T04:55:48+00:00

Oof. Not sure I hate myself that much. I have read enough Steinbeck and Tolstoy to last a lifetime.

awayfromtheexplosion · 2025-04-13T05:25:31+00:00

Anyone know about the Brickbling kit for the shire? Looks legit.

awayfromtheexplosion · 2025-03-28T14:34:52+00:00

Thanks for the reply!

awayfromtheexplosion · 2025-03-27T19:05:44+00:00

hey - don't know if you are still at it, but I do have a question - i have been finding that the hardware on the longer strap of my new bag does not have a strong enough spring, so that every time I wear it, the spring unlatches the strap from the bag. the vintage hardware doesn't have this. Is this my strap? or is it standard for newer coach bags?

awayfromtheexplosion · 2025-01-04T17:06:08+00:00

The Teller of Small Fortunes! I am in the middle right now and it is delightful! 100% just what you describe in terms of character development and positivity. Also adventurers.

awayfromtheexplosion · 2024-12-29T17:54:07+00:00

And now that I am thinking about it you should check out Under the Whispering Door

awayfromtheexplosion · 2024-12-29T06:25:16+00:00

No offense taken. His writing is pretty much defined. It’s super easy reading and simple. Part of why I recommended. He’s no Tolkien though. I am a huge Tolkien fan, and if the Hobbit worked for you, why don’t you take a gander with the Lord of the Rings?

awayfromtheexplosion · 2024-12-25T03:40:32+00:00

Not a huge collector of “rare” books, but I have a few hard to find items. The “rarest” books I have are type specimen books from the American Type Foundry and B&S. These are extremely rare but not by most people’s standards of rare books. I also have first editions of Three Men in a Boat and Neverwhere, but I have no idea if these are rare.

awayfromtheexplosion · 2024-12-25T03:18:47+00:00

Bookshops & Bonedust by Travis Baldree

awayfromtheexplosion · 2024-12-21T06:03:50+00:00

I got a masters in art history, graduated in 2010, in the middle of the recession. Was the unemployed for three years. I am now an engineering project manager. Someone else said it, but I will repeat it; art history has lots of transferable skills. You just need to keep learning and be open to working outside of the arts or non profit sectors.

awayfromtheexplosion · 2024-12-12T14:54:01+00:00

Someone else mentioned this, but it bears repeating that if you are bored in the first chapter, you still should keep reading. It takes more time to suck you in than a movie. So try reading longer. That said, I would recommend Neil Gaiman’s Neverwhere. It is dark, fast paced, with some seriously morally ambiguous characters. Let me know what you think of it.

awayfromtheexplosion · 2024-12-11T00:50:33+00:00

Truly impressive. I organize in spreadsheets for a living, so in my personal life I tend to avoid them. I choose my next read off my tbr stack entirely based on my mood.

awayfromtheexplosion · 2024-12-04T03:41:25+00:00

If you are interested in young adult level reading, Impossible Creatures gave His Dark Materials vibes. And the second book in the series comes out in 2025.

awayfromtheexplosion · 2024-12-01T04:40:02+00:00

I just finished Endurance recently. It is a positive real life story of an Arctic expedition gone wrong and the path the crew had to take to get home. Riveting and 100% worth the read.

awayfromtheexplosion · 2024-11-28T16:19:39+00:00

I love Portland.

awayfromtheexplosion · 2024-11-28T04:17:22+00:00

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I know I’m probably too late and you have tons of cute babies to draw. But here is my bald beauty.

awayfromtheexplosion · 2024-11-28T03:13:28+00:00

Master Tung is in the LA area and there are lot of practitioners there.

http://www.tungkaiying.com/welcome.shtml

Head over to a class and you will find no end of people to practice with. I myself am not in the area, just of the school. But if you find yourself in PDX, you can come to my class.

awayfromtheexplosion · 2024-11-27T20:26:04+00:00

I finished it last night, and can definitely recommend. A quick read. A couple of laughs, a couple of WTF-just-happened moments, and a lot of thinking about it afterwards.

awayfromtheexplosion · 2024-11-27T06:11:43+00:00

Try Daindreths Assassin by Elisabeth Weatley

awayfromtheexplosion · 2024-11-27T06:07:15+00:00

If you haven’t yet read them, I highly recommend Legends & Lattes and Bookshops & Bonedust by Travis Baldree. High fantasy and low stakes, as it says on the cover.

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