FD4280
8d ago
I would get Antonin Dvorak to fix the musical equivalent of sudden erectile dysfunction in Symphony 9, Movement 4 by patching the main theme with the solo from Iron Maiden’s “Fear of the Dark.”
FD4280
13d ago
This undersells the case against the Horde. They’re bulk-importing a new voter base from shitholes beyond the Portal. Sylvanas wants to convert our kids, down to the live-naming rhetoric. Every raid must have an at least population-proportionate share of undergeared Orcs who pull mobs at random. And don’t get me started on the Apothecaries’ response to the shit that came out from the Plaguelands six years ago (leaving aside the question whether it came from the cauldrons or plaguebat meat).
FD4280
19d ago
Cornwell is compelled to shit on Christianity (at least in the Arthurian trilogy, Warlord Chronicles, the archer books, and at least one of the Sharpe books), with a consistency that bothers me. It’s his single biggest deficiency. I can’t think of anyone else who writes battles so well.
FD4280
22d ago
36% German, 64% autistic. This sounds about right. No actual German ancestry though.
FD4280
28d ago
Seconding this. I enjoyed the book more than the movie (but might have gone the other way if I had been old enough to catch the movie in a theater).
That list should start with A Clockwork Orange.
I’m middle-aged, maybe 10 times a year, 1-3 drinks. Pretty much for celebrations or live chess games with other drinkers. I drank much more frequently during grad school to get through grading.
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