Overconfidence is slow and insidious killer

#temeraire#it is funny how he hates the babies as soon as they hatch consistantly#he’s all love the egg#myegg#as soon as hatches: ew. get this gross thing away from me

One of the most common complaints I see about the Temeraire series is that the pacing is uneven. And like. That’s not an unfair complaint. The pacing can be strange. But I do think the prevalence of that specific complaint among especially blogs that are doing things like posting “reviews of all the fantasy novels I read this month” speaks to a lack of understanding of where the books are coming from, genre-wise.

There’s a liquor store near my house that seems to be run exclusively by frat boys. They lovingly curate these bags, which I browsed today while “Oops I Did It Again” played through the store speakers. This is art to me, there is beauty everywhere for those with eyes to see it

The update everyone has been waiting for….

"Here’s a trick I learned during the Obama presidency for handling certain types of political labels. Take, as an example, the Tea Party claim that Obama is a Communist. Don’t take the word of the person making the claim (Tea Partiers). Don’t rely on the rebuttal of the target (Obama), because that will just be dismissed. Go to the group itself (Communists) and ask them. Ask an actual Communist if Obama is a comrade and see how they answer. Watch as they laugh at you, then explain in great detail how they wish there was a Communist in the White House, but here’s a long and exhaustive list of why that just isn’t so. Now apply this logic to the claim that Hillary is pretty much the same as a Republican. Ask an actual Republican if they think Hillary Clinton is one of them. Watch them laugh, and then explain in the same exhausting detail why that just isn’t so. Some of them might concede that she’s better than Trump, but that’s not the same thing. Finally, go ask a White Supremacist if Trump is one of them. As they excitedly explain how Trump is the guy they’ve been waiting for all these years, and how he’s really empowered their movement, use this to guide how you will be voting in November."

My friend blocked me because I wouldn’t stop sending him this picture