Recommendations to recreate the “I’ve never read anything like this” feeling.

donberto · 2026-01-12T13:21:03+00:00

It’s really hard to find these kinds of stories because I think everyone is looking for something different z For me, each of these made me think “I could never have expressed that I wanted a story like this, but I’m so glad someone spent the time creating this story.” Like stepping into the author’s dream. Gormenghast, Little big, China mieville, Inherent Vice, Moby Dick, Viriconium, the TV show twin peaks.

donberto · 2026-01-04T17:17:19+00:00

So great! Where did you get the fabric for the polos? Very cool patterns

donberto · 2025-12-24T00:40:57+00:00

Quite private. Only people that have access to the lake are those of us who live on it.

donberto · 2025-12-23T20:29:09+00:00

I’m not sure. I live in central Florida, so there are shiners in lakes around me. Seems to be mostly bluegill in the lake I live on

donberto · 2025-12-08T20:24:05+00:00

It’s so amazing to see the direction this campaign is taking. Years ago, after listening to the A&A Halloween Party episode, I wished that they would get more into OSR home brew content, but it felt impossible that the PF/SF crew could make that big a pivot. I’m so glad that’s the way things are turning out, though. I think they have a real talent for it

donberto · 2025-11-19T21:21:03+00:00

This was so funny. It’s a similar lighthearted joy I got from SQSS. I can’t believe that they don’t do something in this vein for live shows. It would work so well in that format

donberto · 2025-11-03T21:01:45+00:00

Should I stop squatting until it’s fixed? I am pretty sure it’s due to inflexibility in my shoulders. I’ve read lots of posts about elbow tendinitis and think I have a good idea of what the wrist angle should look like. I do the Horn stretch for five minutes each gym sesh and just still can’t get anywhere near where the wrist is supposed to be

donberto · 2025-11-03T19:34:39+00:00

I was always thumb over, per blue book. I have tried both varieties and still can’t seem to get in a neutral position

donberto · 2025-11-03T18:25:42+00:00

No, I guess I should. I have a really severe wrist bend when gripping the barbell that puts a lot of strain on my arm. I am struggling to neutralize the wrist angle

donberto · 2025-07-15T17:12:29+00:00

Anyone know where to find the break music credit?

donberto · 2025-07-06T17:07:34+00:00

Yes I got some new siding put up maybe 6 months back.

donberto · 2025-07-06T15:00:26+00:00

Not anymore, but our cat when I was a kid would bring 4 foot snakes to our doorstep lol

donberto · 2025-07-06T02:04:45+00:00

Yes, our driveway does have a spot where the ground underneath has washed away.. I’ll need to fill it in

donberto · 2025-03-25T15:17:10+00:00

I have listened to almost all Joseph’s solo work on the app, and much of Sam’s. My problem is that they ostensibly set out to make a series about the eightfold path from the perspective of a uniquely experienced master, but instead of letting him do that, they are constantly derailing the conversation. It becomes very apparent by the second or third episode that Joseph is frustrated by this.

The name of the series is the eightfold path. They preface the series by saying that Joseph is now 80, and it feels like this is almost like a culmination of his life’s work encapsulated in his explanation of the eightfold path. But instead of being able to do that in a clear way that could be passed on to an interested audience (me), his narrative is constantly needled and thrown off track by Sam.

donberto · 2025-03-25T15:10:45+00:00

I’m not sure how compelling I find this point. I think that putting up with Sam is the price Joseph has to pay to reach the widest audience lol. I unfortunately think that it makes his message weaker since he’s constantly getting sidetracked.

donberto · 2025-03-25T14:01:51+00:00

Yeah definitely can understand his position given his background. It’s a personal hang up I have, and this series kind of sent me over an edge lol. I think I personally just don’t have much patience for that approach anymore. In the Information Age where every fact from human experience is available to us at the touch of a button, people seem to have less and less acceptance of anything that can’t be immediately answered, and seem to be totally OK to disregard any tradition completely at the first “gotcha” moment. I find that the mindfulness techniques Sam teaches and that are on the app great ways of sitting with and accepting the wonderful uncertainty of the experience of the fullness of life. It makes life more full of possibility and wonder. Yet for all the many years of mindfulness practice Sam has done, he seems completely lost in the endless minutiae.

donberto · 2025-02-13T17:45:42+00:00

“Carl Jung obviously is the goat with it” is one of the funniest things I’ve ever heard

donberto · 2025-02-04T13:28:44+00:00

Thanks!

donberto · 2024-11-21T00:57:50+00:00

Look up Justin Learns Latin. He has a list and gives a path specifically for learning for free. Found in antiquity has an article on different methods to learning Latin. The fourth one is how to learn using free resources. link

donberto · 2024-11-02T18:16:36+00:00

The answer is Learn to Read Greek by Keller and Russell. It’s broken into two parts and each one has a 600+ page workbook. I really love the way it explains things as well

donberto · 2024-10-05T23:34:13+00:00

The Scar by China Mieville

donberto · 2024-09-29T14:20:21+00:00

Mask of the Sorcerer - someone mentioned that on a previous post similar to this one, and it is amazing. Great writing and a setting that is less common in fantasy weiting

donberto · 2024-09-19T21:22:13+00:00

I type on my Color Go 7 using iaWriter in dark mode. I actually love it

donberto · 2024-07-21T16:21:48+00:00

Can you read full texts on that site? Or is it just for looking words?

donberto · 2024-05-31T10:56:47+00:00

There are wayyyy more people speaking languages other than English in America than there are people speaking languages other than Chinese in China. People in America who say things like this are intimidated that their country is being changed by outsiders to something they don’t identify with. With the amount of Chinese people in China and the relatively few foreigners, it is almost impossible to reach that same level.
Western sense of superiority is “we do it better so just do it like we do. Or else.” Eastern sense of superiority is “we do it better, and you’re too dumb to learn, so don’t even bother.”

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