I recently discovered Japanese Rural Life Adventure on Apple Arcade and am enjoying it immensely.

Quite the gingerbread house! I honestly wonder what they do with it after the season is over?

A few photos for the Twin Peaks fans. Unfortunately the diner was closed so no cherry pie.

My neighborhood family grocery store installed this recently. 🤷‍♂️

There are few things harder than being a die hard Portland Trailblazers fan… 😬

Found this in a used game store. We’ve really come a long way!

“Honey From Heaven” at the Salish Lodge.

Not going to lie, it was more fun than I thought it would be!

Here are the books I finished reading in 2023. A decent mix of sci-fi, non-fiction and fantasy. Oh and one MURDER! 😀

Finished reading: The Lost City of Z by David Grann 📚

The history was fascinating but I was sort of put off by the abrupt ending. 3 stars.

Finished reading: Ascension by Nicholas Binge 📚

Enjoyed this. Had similar themes to The Three-Body Problem. Could very easily see a film adaptation of this. Lots of interesting themes on the intersection of science and religion. 3.5 ⭐️

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Finished reading: Fairy Tale by Stephen King 📚

Enjoyed it. 4 out of 5 stars.

Finished reading: Foundation by Isaac Asimov 📚

I’ve read this before but started watching the show and couldn’t remember the details so decided to re-read it. The book gets five stars. The show gets 2 stars. 😞

Finished reading: The Three-Body Problem by Cixin Liu 📚

Really enjoyed this. Didn’t realize it was a series when I started though. Whoops! Also didn’t know there’s a Netflix adaptation in the works. Bonus!

Finished reading: The Boys in the Boat by Daniel James Brown 📚

This was somewhat “bro-ish” at times, but in the end it proved to be a somewhat sweet story. I also enjoyed the history that was interwoven through it.

My daughter got us on the list to tour the White House today!

Finished reading: When We Cease to Understand the World by Benjamin Labatut 📚

This is quite simply an amazing work. It’s short but it is so amazingly packed. I will be thinking about this for a very long time.

Not everyone knows that my dad was a first responder to 9/11. Yesterday, I found this picture of him at ground zero that I hadn’t seen before.

Finished reading: Moonflower Murders by Anthony Horowitz 📚

I loved Magpie Murders and this was a sensational sequel. A very fun read.

Moo!

Shopping at Costco feels like shopping on Black Friday, every single time. Why is it always so crazy???

We just published our first IF story to itch.io from our new IF tool (evergreen.ink). Check it out! https://silverpinesoftware.itch.io/mystery-at-gray-manor

I do not understand the way Gen Z does email.

So sleepy…