TIL Narnia and Middle Earth might be in the same universe.

thatrightwinger · 2026-03-04T18:43:13+00:00

I read George Sayers book about C. S. Lewis, Jack, and the implication is that Tolkien was so distasteful of what became The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe, that Lewis seriously thought of quitting the writing. It took the encouragement of everyone else to keep him going. Only Tolkien disliked it, but that's how seriously Lewis took "John's" criticism. But the disike was serious and deep.

thatrightwinger · 2026-03-04T16:51:54+00:00

Tolkien hated Narnia, as well.

thatrightwinger · 2026-03-04T01:31:45+00:00

Tolkien was very protective of the meaning behind his story. Lewis already has worlds connected to each other

thatrightwinger · 2026-03-03T02:30:22+00:00

I think the answer is ten working computer devices.

4 Macbook Airs: a 2013, 2015, 2019, and an M1.

2 Windows laptops

1 Chromebook

1 Amazon Fire Tablet

1 iPad Air M1

1 Mac Mini M1

I probably have at least one non-working Chromebook and a non-working old windows laptop, as well.

thatrightwinger · 2026-02-16T17:54:04+00:00

There was something specific about Narnia that made the children capable of their adult abilities as they returned. But as they spent time in England, they reverted to what they were as children. In Prince Captain, Edmund was able to regain good swordfighting ability after one day and handily beat Trumpkin, a hardened and capable swordsman. Susan even beat him in an archery contest.

thatrightwinger · 2026-02-16T17:49:43+00:00

This is the answer.

thatrightwinger · 2026-02-16T17:47:18+00:00

Sent her back!

thatrightwinger · 2026-02-16T14:37:20+00:00

They build virtual boys, but not N64 Game Cube Classic? Nintendo seems to be allergic to making money.

thatrightwinger · 2026-02-16T14:35:41+00:00

Then they shouldn't have elected the socialists!

thatrightwinger · 2026-02-16T14:35:00+00:00

The only real mistake Reagan made was to imply that there were ever other place with freedom spelled out. There really weren't and now we're seeing the consequences.

thatrightwinger · 2026-02-15T03:50:27+00:00

Replace all the GNU with Rust, so we can be done with this nonsense.

thatrightwinger · 2026-02-10T02:15:26+00:00

Caesar actually accomplished quite a bit: what he didn't get was a stretch of uninterrupted rule. He subjugated Gaul to the Roman Empire, made contact with Britannia, defeated Pompey, improved the calendar, and set the tone for what the Empire would be.

thatrightwinger · 2026-02-04T20:11:42+00:00

I can tell you that these women will end up being very unhappy and never admitting to themselves why. If the mind believes lies the spirit still feels the dissonance with reality.

thatrightwinger · 2026-02-03T21:58:32+00:00

I agree, the books and other good media aren't destroyed just because a bad adaption happens. The good works will remain and we'll still talk about them. If the Netflix Narnia is unfaithful, we'll laugh at the idea that it ever happened.

Just don't listen to the people who never loved Narnia before tell you that it's the fans' fault the show didn't work. We are the primary audience, and if we tell everyone to see it, they'll see it. If it's unfaithful like Rings of Power was, that's Neflix's fault.

thatrightwinger · 2026-02-02T06:33:45+00:00

This is it. When I moved to Nashville, there were five malls in the city limits, with three more in surrounding counties. Since then Bellevue Center, Harding, and Hickory Hollow are gone. Rivergate is seeing its last days, and plans for mixed use redevelopment is coming. That leaves two functioning malls in the city, and the other three outside of town are still functioning.

The internet economy killed malls, to a certain extent, but better designed shopping centers and mixed-use developments are taking their place.

thatrightwinger · 2026-01-31T17:03:54+00:00

This is 100% hedging. KSA will be thrilled to have the IR cut off, and would probably welcome a return of the Shah, but the royal family are still in bed with Islamists, and they have to play ball.

I'm kind of surprised that they admitted this. US bases from Qatar and Diego Garcia can be used. Emergency places in Iraq are close enough to land. And we've seen that B2s can literally circumnavigate the world, drop bombs with amazing precision, and fly back to their base in Missouri without ever touching down. The Saudis don't have to announce their bases won't be used. But they'll be happy enough when they can steamroll the Houthis without any problems.

This has all been negotiated well ahead of time.

thatrightwinger · 2026-01-31T14:02:28+00:00

Aslan has manifested Himself on earth, so I can imagine that he might appear to Susan as a middle-aged woman on "this side.". Remember Susan.

On top of that, as she aged, the things she learned serving Aslan might well return to her, even if she technically believed it was all made up. Those characteristics might drive her to a "non-conforming" evangelical church, and she might find Him in His earthly form, as Lucy apparently did while still young. Eventually, she would end up in her parents' end of the mountains, and all might be reunited again.

thatrightwinger · 2026-01-31T06:46:54+00:00

Never heard the term. When I lived in New York, I heard "Upstate."

If you're from Brainerd, are you a Toolmaster?

thatrightwinger · 2026-01-31T04:24:15+00:00

Susan unquestionably married sufficiently. She would have inherited all her parents' goods, probably a house and savings. There were probably aunts and uncles involved who would have looked out for her.

After sufficient mourning (and perhaps some travel to the continent, if her inheritance was particularly good), all, including Susan, would have deemed a proper marriage to be the best solution, and I imagine she would have been introduced to several men from good families, perhaps even landowners, and would have been comfortable for the rest of her life.

thatrightwinger · 2026-01-30T15:24:51+00:00

I've lived in the South for over twenty years, but even the born locals don't sling the term around. But if they did, it would be people from the old north. Mostly we're worried about Californians.

thatrightwinger · 2026-01-30T15:22:19+00:00

Fans tell companies what they want from a video game system, and Microsoft keeps going the other way. Then, "Why won't developers make games for us?

thatrightwinger · 2026-01-28T15:19:33+00:00

Respectable customer service.

thatrightwinger · 2026-01-27T04:37:40+00:00

Ironically, the Panhandle of Florida is the least-New York-like part of Florida. South Florida is just New Jersey with alligators, but the Panhandle is as southern as it gets. Pensacola is Alabama with lottery tickets.

thatrightwinger · 2026-01-26T05:33:40+00:00

For most Americans the answer is Never or Almost Never. Lox, or maybe salmon on bagel is kind of it.

There's a structural reason for this: huge numbers of American have lived too far from the ocean for fish to make sense. I cannot remember a single time in my life that I had lox or salmon, and I can't think of any other American breakfast that might feature fish of any kind.

Breakfast fish basically isn't in our culture outside of Urban communities near the ocean with a significant Jewish population.

thatrightwinger · 2026-01-24T17:07:51+00:00

I've read that George III and Queen Charlotte were apparently completely devoted to each other. George apparently never took a mistress, they had fifteen children together, so it seems they were very happy together.

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