If I really like the author I’ll pick up their short story collections, Alistair Reynolds Diamond Dogs, and Galactic North are a couple off the top of my head.

There is a ‘sequel’ to HG Wells War of the Worlds 'the massacre of mankind’s by Stephen Baxter. If you read the original, check it out.

I haven’t yet checked it out…I should though.

Oh absolutely… everything from Space Trash (Warhammer 40k) to Stephan Baxter (Hard sci fi) … I’m currently in a Greg Beware kick because his books are just weird ina good way.

I believe the other reasons I didn’t enjoy the M. Chronicles was because at that stage I was getting into Stephen King…

This was way back when I started reading for pleasure instead of just for school…I mean, I enjoyed some -but not all of the other earlier books (The Good Earth was great, Of Mice & Men was…ok) and this was also a school assignment but it was just a slog…the we watched the movie (TV mini series?) and that really, really cemented my poor opinion about it. F451 was also…badly/slow paced? For that one all the terrible movie adaptations also kept me from giving it another go.

it’s like a sci fi fever dream… it really turned me off of his work

should be a picture of the monopoly guy fucking a toddler to be more accurate with the 1%

Copy that

His room on the 10th floor has a window…

IIRC the only thing we needed was a physical done within 90 (30?) days of traveling to your country of choice for immigration (this applies only to the EU, because that’s where we emigrated to) and honestly don’t think they took blood work.

Is it part of your visa requirements?

Also, just so you know, you can go ahead and get any tests done because the country only accepts the paperwork you give them.

Relax (as much as possible), the only one that thinks you’re being awkward is you.

I’m assuming you’re in college or college age, which is a time when most young people are on their own for the first time. You’re going to fuck up, and that ok, because this is the time to do it.

When you’re in a social situation, you can try and replace it with a scene in your head, and you’re playing a part. It works for me when I’m trying to speak a second language… I use my ‘radio voice’.

Try not to work yourself up too much, you got delt a shit card growing up and just being there is a huge step.

Stream deck here…yeah I don’t like the touch pads-never did on laptops and it carried over.

Tech Bro

Fallout.

Definitely not Copaganda.

As an EU immigrant from the US: fucking good riddance.

I will add, however, we have a friend who drinks a lot of beer and he discovered that when he adds a few in between his regular beers he can be just fine (like, out of 12 bottles he has 3 or 4 zeros).

Whatever helps cut it down we’re all for it.

Bread flavored soda. I don’t get it either but zero beer is one of my best sellers.

What floored me was Zero Gin…they were offering tastings at the restaurant supply store and I was like: ‘no, please, paint thinner at 10am isn’t my thing’

Yes. that’s exactly it.

Eh…I thought it was a charming show. Not much substance, but charming.