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  1. In Topic: The USA Politics Thread

    12 September 2025 - 07:31 AM

    View PostTiste Simeon, on 11 September 2025 - 08:29 PM, said:

    Ugh. Tons of my Christian friends are reposting stuff about how he was a good Christian man and this is a travesty and quoting bible verses.

    I would hazard a guess that many of them were not really aware of him prior to this and have just seen the memes and gone "oh no this is terrible" but honestly I'm so fed up. I've posted a few things and tried not to argue with every single dumb post, but I'll admit it's getting to me more than I thought it would.

    I think I'm done with church honestly. I go to one that is in many way really good and I don't want to stop my kids going as it's a positive experience for them and we have some lovely wonderful friends but I think I'm mentally a bit checked out now.

    I have not lost faith. I just find it hard to align what I see of Jesus and what I see if so many who claim to follow him. Even one of the heads of the network we're a part of posted something about "the west has lost a voice of faith" or something and it's like so white Supremacist coded I just can't. I don't even think he's racist I just think he's been drawn in (he's not American but lives and works there now so go figure.)

    Interesting times ahead haha never had an internal crisis like this before, should be fun! ;)


    I don't know if it's any comfort at all, but as a non-religious person and with a partner who was raised religious and lost faith, I've commented to Mr NAB more than once before now that if more Christians were like you and Liz, I'd have a lot more time for it as a concept. I am sorry to read you're having a hard time though.

    More generally I'm seeing a lot of people seemingly struggling with the concept that violence can still be bad without the victim having to be elevated to "good" (which he very clearly was not).

  2. In Topic: WHEEL OF TIME TV series watching thread (spoilers!)

    08 September 2025 - 07:34 AM

    Dropping the rights completely seems like a bizarrely extreme move - whilst I agree there were some very strange choices made, there were also some excellent ones and there were a lot of strengths too, particularly in the third series.

    I do wonder if they'd have stuck it out (at least a little longer) f it wasn't being made at the same time as ROP which is incredibly expensive, but we'll never know.

  3. In Topic: Twelve Months

    27 August 2025 - 09:47 AM

    Not jealous at all!

    Sounds very promising though! A slower book of Harry dealing with everything that's happened sounds like what (I think at least) the series needed.

  4. In Topic: The Book I bought today is...

    27 August 2025 - 08:37 AM

    Picked up Before the Coffee Gets Cold by Toshikazu Kawaguchi over the weekend. Mr NAB is reading it first but I'm looking forward to trying that.

  5. In Topic: Reading at t'moment?

    27 August 2025 - 08:28 AM

    Finished The Blade Itself, largely courtesy of our flights to and from Barcelona this weekend.

    Proof if it was needed that how you're approached about a book absolutely affects how you then approach said book, because damn it if I'm not all in. Loved it.

    Glokta is VILE and absolutely superb.

    I also can't stop chuckling to myself whenever Bayaz appears on the page, after saying to Mr NAB that I was enjoying him and him responding with "Oh, Grumpy Gandalf?". Never unseeing that.

    Straight on with Before They Are Hanged.

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    Tsundoku 

    01 Nov 2024 - 21:01
    Good lawd, is it that time of the year again? I swear they are going faster.
    Hope you have a great one and you get all the good things :)
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    Tsundoku 

    01 Nov 2023 - 19:29
    happy birthday TRB :)
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    TheRetiredBridgeburner 

    02 Nov 2022 - 09:16
    Thanks! :D
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    Tsundoku 

    01 Nov 2022 - 20:11
    Happy another one :)
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    TheRetiredBridgeburner 

    02 Nov 2021 - 06:38
    Thank you! :D
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    Tsundoku 

    01 Nov 2021 - 20:00
    another one, have a great day
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    Tsundoku 

    01 Nov 2020 - 20:32
    happy birthday falcon girl
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    Tsundoku 

    02 Nov 2018 - 10:23
    Happy birthday Hermione
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    Toc_theyounger 

    28 Nov 2015 - 19:16
    What Hoosier said. Loved your reading sessions on Youtube. Do you still do them (I ask because I'm hoping for more)
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    HoosierDaddy 

    07 Aug 2015 - 08:22
    Your videos on YouTube are awesome. It's always different hearing the voices in another person's tone and accent. Really enjoyed them, thanks so much!
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    TheRetiredBridgeburner 

    17 May 2013 - 06:41
    Aww thanks very much, you know those videos only started because the Malazan fans on Tumblr dared me... then they just kept going with request haha! I should really do a new one :)
    How are you? :)
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    Studious Lock 

    17 May 2013 - 00:35
    Hey! Just popping in to say well done on the blog! Also randomly found you on youtube completely by accident. Really enjoyed the quotes vid :)
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