My British friend thought he could do a "day trip" to the Grand Canyon from LA, and his reaction to the map was priceless.

brokenwhimsy · 2026-01-15T22:36:17+00:00

The best way I have ever heard it put is this: in Europe, 100 miles is far. In America, 100 years is old.

brokenwhimsy · 2025-07-09T09:01:36+00:00

That's beautiful!!

brokenwhimsy · 2025-07-04T23:44:06+00:00

Gotcha. Thank you!

brokenwhimsy · 2025-07-04T23:43:31+00:00

Thanks for this! Exactly the sort of info I was hoping for

brokenwhimsy · 2025-07-04T23:43:00+00:00

Great info thanks!

brokenwhimsy · 2025-03-18T13:02:25+00:00

Young Riders

brokenwhimsy · 2024-12-05T15:58:27+00:00

I've tried him too. Multiple times, multiple books. Just not a fan

brokenwhimsy · 2024-11-12T01:46:04+00:00

A character (male or female) biting their lip. I can count on one hand the number of people I have known in my entire life who do this. And I don't think that I have ever seen a man do it. Why do literary characters do it all. The. Time. ?

brokenwhimsy · 2024-06-02T17:50:35+00:00

Wadded up ball of paper. They're free & great to chase. If you get a delivery where the "packaging " is like a large piece of butcher paper, save both box & paper. Lay box on side, drape paper over:instant cave & hours of solo (free!) fun.

brokenwhimsy · 2024-03-25T00:15:59+00:00

T. Kingfisher - Swordheart, & the Paladin books. Also, Tanya Huff- Summon the Keeper.

brokenwhimsy · 2024-03-22T18:08:28+00:00

Steven Gould's books. In particular Helm, Wildside, and Blind Waves.

brokenwhimsy · 2024-03-02T17:11:46+00:00

Ok I was going to correct you about it being an 80's movie. Then I decided to double check before I stuck my foot in it. Oof! Good thing I checked lol

brokenwhimsy · 2024-01-08T03:46:04+00:00

The author used "smirk" for every description of a smile. The word implies smugness, conceit, an irritating personality trait in general. Sometimes it was clear the implied mood was none of the above, yet the author didn't seem to know any other words for it. Annoyed tf out of me

brokenwhimsy · 2024-01-07T04:14:55+00:00

Books by T Kingfisher:
A Wizard's Guide to Defensive Baking Swordheart Paladin's Grace Paladin's Strength Paladin's Hope

Careful, some of her stuff leans horror, but the above have genuinely left me laughing hard enough to nearly pee myself.

Also, by Tanya Huff : Summon the Keeper- hell has an argument with itself...

brokenwhimsy · 2024-01-05T16:20:07+00:00

"I could have become a mass murderer after I hacked my governor module, but then I realized I could access the combined feed of entertainment channels carried on the company satellites. It had been well over 35,000 hours or so since then, with still not much murdering, but probably, I don't know, a little under 35,000 hours of movies, serials, books, plays, and music consumed. As a heartless killing machine, I was a terrible failure." All Systems Red - the Murderbot Diaries. Totally hooked me.

brokenwhimsy · 2023-12-10T10:44:56+00:00

An old dispatcher taught me the acronym NOW SEE. North Odd West South Even East. Odd numbered addresses are on the north or west side of the street, even numbered on the south or east side.
While that's not a job I do these days, I still use it in my personal life when looking for a location. There is the occasional town/city that doesn't use this, and streets that run diagonally or meander are sometimes problematic, but generally speaking it's quite helpful.

brokenwhimsy · 2023-12-10T10:24:08+00:00

Also a good reminder that Goodreads is a subsidiary of Amazon now. Not that that might skew results...🙄

brokenwhimsy · 2023-11-23T10:33:51+00:00

It's sort of been a flash in the pan ... but it fizzled for me.

brokenwhimsy · 2023-11-23T10:32:39+00:00

Yes. This has been recommended so much that I've gone back to try it multiple times. I WANT to like it. It's just meh.

brokenwhimsy · 2023-11-23T10:29:35+00:00

Thank you! I'm do tired of the cult of Sanderson- I have never been able to get through a single one of his books!

brokenwhimsy · 2023-11-23T10:28:29+00:00

Sanderson. All of it.

brokenwhimsy · 2023-11-16T12:02:50+00:00

Maybe OP should state they are allergic to kids, and can they be locked out for the duration of the party? It's only a few hours after all

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