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The Bar / Re: New Weird
« on: September 29, 2023, 03:48:53 AM »
You should, it is not expensive and I am pretty sure it kickstarts the next book.
Also (((((((DC)))))))))

I forgot to rant a little about Haunting in Venice. it is quite a dark movie. Literally dark, I mean. It is difficult to see. It seems to be a trend lately and I do not like it.

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The Bar / Re: New Weird
« on: September 28, 2023, 12:40:39 PM »
(((((((((DC))))))))))) It is always good to see you here.
Well, on the bright side, perhaps you can take a few days for resting? Best wishes for you finding a better job!

Have you read Warriorborn? (or, actually, have you read The Aeronaut Windlass first?). I like Benedict and I think he was underused in TAW so I enjoyed seeing him as the lead character.

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The Bar / Re: New Weird
« on: September 27, 2023, 12:45:01 PM »
Hi Weird!
I enjoyed the movie. It has a different feeling than most Agatha Christie's adaptations but the core of her novels were there. There was something unexpected with a character, and Venice is a really good setting for a mystery. And Kenneth Branagh does a fantastic job.

I also finished Warriorborn, and I liked it. Looking forward to the aftermath of it in the next book  :). I commented a little more in the CS spoilers section.

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Cinder Spires Spoilers / Re: WarriorBorn review and discussion
« on: September 26, 2023, 06:05:53 PM »
I read it, and I really liked even when the setting is something of a cliché.
A few specific, very spoilerific comments.
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Now, I guess the novella kickstarts the Auroran affair, as we will see the aftermath of what happened here. I am looking forward to that  :)


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The Bar / Re: New Weird
« on: September 25, 2023, 09:57:35 PM »
I am sorry, I thought I had already answered this.

Yes, it is a shame about the tradition, perhaps it will be resurrected some year.

Ragnarok sounds fun, I am not sure I have it in Netflix (different countries have different shows available, of course.) Wotan, of course. But Wagner  :)

I began Warriorborn but I've read too little so far.
In other topics, I am planning to go to the theatre to see Hunting in Venice tomorrow, the Agatha Christie's adaptation by Kenneth Branagh (spelling?). I have read lots of A. Christie's books, I love them, but I know this movie is only loosely inspired by one of them. I am not sure what to expect, and that is good.

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The Bar / Re: New Weird
« on: September 24, 2023, 07:38:26 PM »
((((((((Regen))))))))))
Congratulations about your surgery! It sounds as all is going well, so, jokes aside, take a lot of care of yourself.
Any news about the kitten?
I have not read Alera, but according to what I hear about people, it is epic fantasy all right.

Apparently our young people have forgotten about the picnic tradition, there were only a few of them doing it. It seems that after the pandemics, the tradition was lost. But many of them gather for a pizza or something and there were sweet couples everywhere. Also, for reasons I am not sure but I think they are related to a TV show, yellow flowers were the must.

I bought Warriorborn, the Cinder Spires Novella, but I had not read it yet. I also watched "Fast X" and oh, those films have no sense at all, but there are a lot of explosions and excitement.

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Cinder Spires Books / Re: Warrior Born Release Date! and Pre-Order! Amazon!
« on: September 22, 2023, 02:49:11 PM »
I bought it today, planning to read it tomorrow  :)

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The Bar / Re: New Weird
« on: September 21, 2023, 06:21:26 PM »
Anyone alive here?
Today is the official start of Spring here. It is cloudy but at least it does not rain yet, which is good because traditionally students make picnics (even when the tradition has weakened with the pandemia). I will write more about this another day. Meanwhile, have a nice Spring or Autumn, whatever you are  :)

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The Bar / Re: New Weird
« on: September 12, 2023, 07:02:39 PM »
If I can, I watch with English subtitles. If the option is not available, I watch with Spanish subtitles. Spanish dubbing is my least chosen option. In this case, I guess I will watch with the Spanish subtitles.

I hope your girls had a good first day. Yesterday I was watching an article about funny tweets (well, X now) and there was one where a parent asked their 3rd-grader son how his first day has been, and the boy told a long story about a bug that he found in the yard...and nothing else  :D

You made me laugh about your phone. Autocorrection is always a problem, even when you have the right setting  :) But it is good that it learns, that is always useful, especially if you use the...swipe? The thing when you do not write every letter but move your finger in the pattern of the word you want to write. My phone never understands that I want to write "Cómo" and tries to write "Chino" ("how" vs "Chinese"). Note that "Chino" is a common word for Buenos Aires inhabitants to call the small self-service stores on each block (that is because most of them are from Chinese people, sometimes Korean ones too).

Freezer surprises! Something you forgot that were there? There is a comic-strip by an Argentinian author (Sendra) about a child called Matias, it is published everyday in the journal. Well, i remember once when he asked his mom what would be the dinner and she answered "brown thing with carrots and peas". When he, confused, asked what she meant by "brown thing" she answered she had found a bag of a brown thing in the bottom of the freezer and she placed it in the pot just like that  :)

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The Bar / Re: New Weird
« on: September 10, 2023, 09:43:34 PM »
I am having a fun problem with my Paramount+ subscription. When you choose the language as English and the subtitles in English too, it shows the subtitles BOTH in English and in Spanish. For example, the character says "why?" and the subtitle writes "why? Por qué?". it is super annoying. For a while it appears to be solved, and then it begins again.
I had to watch the last Strange New Worlds episodes with Spanish subtitles, and I guess I am going to do the same with the current season of Lower Decks.

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The Bar / Re: New Weird
« on: September 06, 2023, 06:35:18 PM »
Thank God it is a baby tooth, it won´t hurt. Still, crossing my fingers for her. By the way, we call those teeth "dientes de leche", meaning "milk teeth".
I´ve heard good things about Killing Eve, but I´ve never watched it.

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The Bar / Re: New Weird
« on: September 05, 2023, 09:35:44 PM »
Hi again. We had a nice but cold day, it was good.

I am watching Ahsoka, so far I am liking it a lot but that is not surprising as it is a sort of sequel to Star Wars: Rebels. That is an animated show that I loved (even when it broke my heart).

I began also watching Futurama, the new reboot. The first episode was super meta, the second one was more normal. That is all what I watched so far. And speaking of the Groening shows,  I was reminded that I have to watch the last season of Disenchanted too.

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The Bar / Re: New Weird
« on: September 05, 2023, 12:42:01 AM »
I have been wishing luck to micro (and you).

Paper: I do not remember if I told you I work with a species of fruit fly. We got (from databases) sequences of a fragment of DNA from flies of several countries, calculated some basic variability indexes, and suggested a possible history for the origin of the species and its spreading for the continent. I will not give more details here.

I am sure the shelter would welcome the food.
I promise to do a better post tomorrow, as I am too tired to human right now  :D

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The Bar / Re: New Weird
« on: September 02, 2023, 06:37:01 PM »
((((Regen))))
Beginning by the end...I love Leonardo, Mona and Lisa!
The kitten sounds so cute. I bet the whole family is all excited, with good reason. Kittens are just the best.
It is good that all is right with the weather and river around you. Here we finally had a few days of normal cold Winter days but since yesterday we are having cold nights and early morning and warm afternoons. It is supposed to rain today.

A paper I've sent has been accepted for publication. I am super happy  :)

Next week I will have several meetings and administrative things, quite boring.


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The Bar / Re: New Weird
« on: August 28, 2023, 10:26:07 AM »
(((((((Regen)))))))) Hi!
Glad to hear you had a good time in Austria!  :)
The museum sounds super weird but I read you said this is not all what there is there. You made me laugh about the hairs...hope is from the beard too. That reminded me I had a classmate (from high school) who is now a photographer who made a super-weird (for me) exposition with pictures related with the female condition...including the period. I actually think she exposed it in Austria too.
Great about swimming in the lake. Here Winter finally is normal, which means it is cold (not freezing cold, Buenos Aires is never that cold, but still).
You had told us about your cat dying, but I am super happy about the kitten news. Are your children excited? It is good that you will have more than one baby cat, so they can play with each other and not only with humans.
Well, I have to leave now. I have to collaborate in a few classes this semester, even when it is not my teaching semester See you around!

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