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In Topic: Reading at t'moment?
01 April 2025 - 06:35 PM
polishgenius, on 01 April 2025 - 03:56 PM, said:...
Also the standalone Faith, by John Love, from years ago.
Brilliant book!
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In Topic: What's messing with your groove?
01 April 2025 - 05:35 PM
QuickTidal, on 01 April 2025 - 01:21 PM, said:Daughter is being bullied at her new school by what I've gathered is the "school" bully, in that other moms of girls we know have had run-ins with her. She's lasered in on my daughter because she's new and because she's been sat beside her in class (we've asked the teacher to move our kid away from her)...
We have our daughter in taekwondo (in the city she took Hapkido since she was 5) in our new town, but she's only just started a few weeks back.
Other parents we know have said that we will get exactly nowhere with her parents (which sucks...I would not only want to know if my kid was bullying others, but I would make sure it stopped and apologies offered) as it sounds like they are confrontational about their kid.
Anyways. Annoying. kids can be really cruel, and it sucks to have to avoid dealing with unapologetic parents. Daughter has two friends at the school she she hangs out with, but both have also had run-ins with this bully girl and try their best to avoid her...
And it's not physical, it's mental stuff...like when the teacher asks what they did on a holiday or a weekend my daughter will go and this girl will repeat the same things as what SHE did (even if it's unbelievable)...clearly mocking her. And the girls all have these Stanley water cups (expensive things) and my daughters one is a no-name brand from Walmart and that's apparently not good enough and she gets made fun of for not having the REAL brand (which causes her to cry)...and the chief instigator of that making fun? This bully girl. I hear a story about her every single day from my kid. As a dad, I want nothing more than to go down there and tear a strip of this kids parents...but I fear small town retribution would not be worth it (I live near some real rural, pickup truck, whitebread assholes)...I'm just trying to figure out how to run interference on what my wife wants to do which is confront the kid.......which....bad idea obvs.
Tell the school if they do not take immediate action such that your child comes home tomorrow and reports no incidents, you will be there the following day to speak with the bully's parents AND their child directly, at the school, during pickup/dropoff. Be clear - bully is not to speak to your kid, or about your kid in her presence, full stop. What she does elsewhere you don't care. If the school does not tell bullygirl to stop and back it up, you will. Next step is schoolboard and trustee.
Fear of a public spectacle may motivate them.
Be clear: 'we expect her to be told do not talk to my kid, do not talk about my kid around her, stay (the fuck) away my kid and my kid will stay away from her'. Too many of these situations become vague w distressed parents makings hazy declarations esp if it isn't physical... it has to be concrete. Bully is doing X. Bully must be told to stop X and face consequences if she does not. If you do not fix this by DATE, I will do Y and Z and make your life more difficult.'.
If the school or bully parents roll out the usual 'well there's two sides to this' you fire back with 'fine, then my child will do exactly the same, not talk to her, not talk about her, stay away from her, problem solved on both sides'.
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In Topic: Reading at t'moment?
31 March 2025 - 07:30 PM
polishgenius, on 31 March 2025 - 05:55 PM, said:Abyss, on 31 March 2025 - 05:37 PM, said:Next up... not sure... maybe feeling some scifi.
Chance, on 27 March 2025 - 08:36 PM, said:Starting up Ninefox Gambit haven't read it in several years and I wanted something delightfully bizarre.
Chance giving you advice clairvoyantly before you even posted.
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...free w Audible+.... weeeEEEEEeeeeeellllll thennnnnn..... -
In Topic: Reading at t'moment?
31 March 2025 - 05:37 PM
Abyss, on 14 March 2025 - 06:20 PM, said:Just finished Rachel Aaron's LEGEND OF ELI MONPRESS bk 2 SPIRIT EATER. This went surprisingly dark at moments, had a great escape story, and did wonders w the supporting cast. Went directly into/finished bk 3, SPIRIT REBELLION, which set up a heist again but also serious gamechangers for the supporting cast who by this point are effectively protagonists as much as the titular Eli, and honestly, great fun to read. None of this is 'sophisticated', but it's well written, fast paced, the magic and fantasy elements are well thought through and if not quite original, definitely engaging. The aftermath of 3 propelled me directly into bk 4, SPIRIT WAR... credit where due, the author restrained her worldbuilding to this point, and now, after 3 books building up the characters, when the rest of the events around them start to tie together it REALLY works well on pulling the reader along for the ride. Everything is escalating and it utterly works.
Also, the author's action writing has steadily levelled up... bk 4 has a sequence i had to listen to thrice in a row, once to be sure i hadn't missed anything, then again for the sheer ott joy of what i was ear'ing. In Malazan terms... imagine Cutter breaking into a K'chain mountain to bust Apsalar out, imagine them running for their lives while a pissed off Kchain matron detonates chunks of mountain trying to get them, and imagine when all seems lost Cutter calls in Blind for help and then Apsalar shadowdances just for a little extra holyfuckdidijustreadthat? moment. It was like that. Very enjoying this series.
...from 4 directly into bk 5, SPIRIT'S END, and now Just Finished.
Great fun series, totally sticks the landing. The steady build from capers in bks 1-3 to much bigger scope for 4-5 is done well, and everything, absolutely everything, is tied together at the end in ways that flow logically from the story. And really, the title is misleading because three of the characters have as much POV protagonist time as Eli himself and all are compelling and endearing. I can't really explain much without spoiling some genuinely fun character development arcs, but as much fun as Eli is as dashing rogue and unusual wizard, swordsman Josef, girl-with-a-secret Niko, and crusading wizard Miranda (and her absolutely awesome giant dog) are just as engaging to read and all bounce off each other very well.
So yah, enjoyed this, worth the time/money. Earbook narrator Luke Daniels, always solid, is flawless here, does a range of voices masterfully.
Next up... not sure... maybe feeling some scifi. -
In Topic: The USA Politics Thread
31 March 2025 - 03:16 PM
QuickTidal, on 31 March 2025 - 11:38 AM, said:Whisperzzzzzzz, on 31 March 2025 - 09:49 AM, said:worry, on 30 March 2025 - 10:25 PM, said:Abyss, on 29 March 2025 - 03:57 PM, said:Macros, on 29 March 2025 - 09:48 AM, said:Man why didn't Bernie run 5 years ago
lack of support, same as the time before that.
Bernie did run 5 years ago, in the primaries....and was winning handily. He had already won 9 states (including California) and was trouncing everyone else, when the DNC brought Biden out of mothballs and got everyone else left in the race to drop out, specifically to stop that momentum.
We could have been living in our Chobani Yogurt solarpunk future by now if the DNC hadn't fucked Bernie.
upvote for Solarpunk ref.
upvote for Chobani Yogurt.
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