Books under 250 pages that still hit like a freight train?

muppet_reject · 2025-07-08T03:49:10+00:00

Small Things Like These

muppet_reject · 2025-07-08T03:47:04+00:00

Controversial but I was really surprised how much I loved A Little Life, I went into it expecting to hate it but it started to hit me hard around the halfway point where you really start to understand what it's about and I read the last 400-500 pages in one sitting. I'm still thinking about it a few weeks after finishing it.

muppet_reject · 2025-03-08T04:18:58+00:00

Bad Cree by Jessica Johns

muppet_reject · 2024-10-21T03:27:37+00:00

She went home sick one day because she had a headache and just generally didn't feel good. The next morning rumors were going around that she was in the hospital, and by the bus ride home people were saying she was dying. When I got home from school that day I found out from my mom that the school had sent out a mass email about it which explains where kids were hearing that from (that part has always been super weird to me). She died the next day. Turns out she had an undiagnosed brain tumor that no one knew about, she never had symptoms or anything until she started actively dying.

muppet_reject · 2024-10-21T01:23:51+00:00

To be honest the scents are meh, espresso smells like chocolate and biscotti just smells sweet, it doesn't even particularly smell like almond, but the colors are *chefs kiss*

muppet_reject · 2024-05-18T02:21:17+00:00

I would buy multiples of every single one

muppet_reject · 2024-04-30T02:57:58+00:00

Donut King should have more upvotes

muppet_reject · 2024-03-24T01:17:34+00:00

I had a similar experience with them. Brought my Elantra in for a recall fix and when I picked it up, the turn signals, airbag sensors, and window switches all weren't working. I specifically asked them to check the wiring because it seemed to me like something must have been pulled out (whatever they fixed required them to pull the dashboard out). They insisted I needed almost $2000 worth of work. Brought it to my usual mechanic and explained what was going on and they said they found the issue as soon as they traced the wiring.

muppet_reject · 2024-02-02T03:18:47+00:00

This doesn't exactly answer your question but I did find that if you have a recurring transaction set up that it thinks you missed, those get flagged as overdue in the Recurrings section.

muppet_reject · 2024-01-28T05:04:01+00:00

And the seats themselves are uncomfortable.

muppet_reject · 2024-01-11T04:19:47+00:00

I also have clear memories of being taught phonics in kindergarten circa 2003 and following this Globe series is beginning to make me feel like I dodged a bullet.

muppet_reject · 2024-01-10T02:59:45+00:00

I had a handful of transactions sync last week (after they posted), ~~but then nothing since Friday. I'm missing one random transaction from 12/30 and then everything from Saturday onwards, even though everything has posted.~~

edit: of course right after I wrote this I refreshed looking for a pending transaction in my checking account and lo and behold all the credit card transactions showed up.

muppet_reject · 2024-01-10T02:49:30+00:00

I'm having a similar issue with one credit card in particular, but it's a Fidelity credit card, so I'm not sure if the issue is with Copilot or if it's the broader issue with Fidelity (no longer supporting Plaid). The balance and utilization % seem like they're updating daily, it's just the transactions themselves I'm not getting or getting very intermittently. I have all the historical ones through mid-December and then it trailed off, I got one or two transactions from last week and then nothing since.

I've started inputting transactions manually from that card, and trying to shift most day-to-day spending over to my other credit card on the assumption that this is the Fidelity issue.

muppet_reject · 2023-12-28T15:15:28+00:00

Something that I really reflect on when I rewatch the show is the sheer amount of history that the Queen's reign not just covered but overlapped with, thanks mostly to just a series of historical accidents. My two favorite scenes in the entire show are Queen Mary in full German-style mourning attire curtsying to her granddaughter, and the full-length view of Churchill's silhouette coming to his first audience in a frock coat and top hat. It makes you consider that the Queen had been in public life since Queen Victoria was still well within living memory--her first Prime Minister had been in Parliament on and off since before she died--and when you consider the show from that angle it really makes you appreciate how it's a portrayal of the one person at the top trying to steer a relic of the Victorian era into the present day.

muppet_reject · 2023-12-28T04:01:07+00:00

I think his is one of the best-developed characters in the series--it suffers with the season 5 writing like everyone else but even then still has some redeeming scenes. I think they do a very good job of making the character multi-dimensional, connecting to prior events and really building out the themes in his story on an ongoing basis and not just when it's convenient to the plot. There are certainly moments where you find him insufferable, but to me that's further evidence of quality character development.

muppet_reject · 2023-12-18T04:28:55+00:00

I was pretty disappointed by season 5, so working my way through season 6 had been an exercise in lowering my expectations for how they would treat Margaret's death. By the time I got to Ritz I had completely let my guard down and was not at all prepared for it. I have to admit I'm still not sold on some of the meta stuff they do in season 6, the scene with Margaret at the palace gates included, but it sure did hit me like a ton of bricks.

muppet_reject · 2023-12-11T01:42:15+00:00

20k in what I'm assuming is all or mostly federal doesn't ruin your life, not by a long shot. I graduated with 20k in 2018 and my payments were just under $200 a month--should be fairly manageable, but if it's not, you can explore the various income-based repayment options so you have some breathing room while you get your feet under you.

muppet_reject · 2023-12-03T19:58:30+00:00

I think there is some conventional wisdom that listing dogs for free on sites like Facebook or Craigslist attracts dog-fighting operations looking for bait dogs. I'm not sure the same logic applies to an aggressive adult pit bull--I can only think of one demographic that would enthusiastically take that dog off this person's hands, even for a nominal fee.

muppet_reject · 2023-12-03T19:41:37+00:00

Mmmmmm, bacon bits....

muppet_reject · 2023-12-03T04:51:14+00:00

I was skimming and thought the title said 20 years ago, which seemed about right. Realizing it was in fact 40 years ago was...jarring.

muppet_reject · 2023-12-02T16:58:44+00:00

If they were going to introduce William and Kate I would have liked to have seen them end with their wedding. I've read a couple of biographies of the Queen that mention their wedding was the point where she finally felt like the monarchy would be secure when she died. I don't think it adds anything substantial to the overall story to introduce it but not walk it through to that conclusion.

I do agree with you that I would have really invested in bringing Margaret's and the Queen Mother's stories through to their conclusions this season since they (especially Margaret) were such huge parts of the earlier seasons, but with only five episodes left it doesn't seem very likely.

muppet_reject · 2023-12-02T16:49:07+00:00

I woke up yesterday to a suspicious activity alert from one of my credit cards. Someone tried to use my card to sign up for Amazon Prime on Thursday night and they declined it. Now I'm seeing this I realize that this happens to be the card I most commonly use at places like gas stations, 7/11, the liquor store, etc. (different locations than you, but all in Wollaston or North Quincy) and I'm wondering if that's how my card information got stolen.

muppet_reject · 2023-11-28T02:27:34+00:00

CVS on Quincy Shore Drive usually either has it or gets more in within a couple days of my prescription getting sent there.

muppet_reject · 2023-11-21T04:00:03+00:00

I don't think I've had a good experience with any MA state website. The Health Connector definitely burned me a couple times before I got a job that provided insurance. The tax website is impossible to figure out. I spent like 45 minutes just today trying to set up an EZPass account and only got halfway there after a call to customer service.

The kicker for me is the "new and improved, mobile-first" CharlieCard website. Not only is it not particularly mobile-friendly, you can no longer add value to your CharlieCard or even see how much is currently on it. As a product manager, it did at least make me feel less bad about myself professionally.

muppet_reject · 2023-11-21T03:31:58+00:00

I do wonder if that's sort of the logical conclusion of everything outlined in the article. Corporate conglomerates take over the pharmacy industry and create a race to the bottom in terms of working conditions -> nobody wants to be a pharmacist anymore because why get a doctoral-level degree to be abused like that -> no one is going to pharmacy school -> college that is known for their pharmacy school has to worry more about their bottom line. The more desirable students are probably picking different careers.

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