Curious, how does one summarize a video like this? I imagine I could make use of this quite a bit.
I would always try to remind myself that the character is a person and they are simply observing things and that many of those observations are ones I would even make myself. There's no wrongness in noticing any particular thing. It's just input. However, when I'm describing observations about a person to someone else, I'm almost certainly not going to provide that kind of detail. It's absolutely superfluous. And so I found Butcher's propensity for that to be weird. At the same time, it was human enough that I felt it could be tolerated should the story be good. And the stories are good. I miss them.
It's been at least two years since I read a Dresden story and I'm not sure what Butcher's timetable is for more books. Word on the street (aka wikipedia) is that he has plans for five more. No idea if he's written much in this world the last 4 years though.
I've never been good at "following" personalities, so I get surprised when I eventually find out new books are published. One author I enjoy just released the final book in a series I've been reading. I found out because apparently I'm on his email newsletter list. I guess I should be doing that for every author. 😁 No need to when it comes to Patrick Rothfuss though. I've given up on that dream. (Okay okay. Below the belt. sorry. But a little not sorry also. 😬)
Printed and posted on my wall. An incredible resource!
I enjoyed these books, but there were many moments of eye rolling and frustration especially early on. I started a game with my partner where I yelled "tips!" out loud every time Butcher describes the tips of womens nipples through their shirt. Gah.
Regardless, the books and characters grew on me and I really look forward to future reads. It's been forever since the last book. It's so odd to fly through so many books and then find myself waiting. I tend to read series really late and don't usually have to wait. Ack! I even watched the TV series as a filler. 🤪
On one hand, kudos to figuring out how to do this. On the other hand, aren't scalpers reselling at a much higher rate in order to make profit? Aren't ticketmaster's costs already outrageous? Regardless of the outcome of this case, consumers still seem to lose...
What a neat bird! Love those crests!
And I just had to look this up to confirm. Neat! They have the look, but I never made the connection. TIL!
The reason I ever looked these birds up in the first place was, funny enough, because of the reason mentioned in the Wikipedia article: "The loud, distinctive call of the laughing kookaburra is widely used as a stock sound effect in situations that involve an Australian bush setting or tropical jungle, especially in older movies."
I was wondering if you had done more. Two minutes?! Wow.
I get pretty lucky with dragonflies compared to most other critters. They are so cool. 💜
Gotta be honest, I'm normally sleepy at that time as well. Late is late.
Yes! I just confirmed that notes and notebooks move to the new trashcan! So grateful! 💜
I had to rollback my database just last week because my son managed to accidentally delete a whole notebook on his phone and was pretty upset. I resolved that, but was once again so frustrated with the lack of trash. Now this will be a thing of the past! 🎉🥳
Also noticed undo and redo buttons for the first time. That was killing me just as much!
Two birds with one stone it seems!, (either that or I'm blind 😁)
Giving it a go now. Thanks!