The Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett is the start of a great series about life in small town medieval England over a few generations. The Ill-Made Knight by Christian Cameron is a the first in a series following a fighting man during the Hundred Years War. Quite good, but quite brutal at times.

As is typical for the US, 1/3 are deeply aware, 1/3 are in full “patriotic” support, and 1/3 are too distracted by the latest TikTok dance to notice.

That’s why the aliens built the pyramids!!1!!! To store energy for their perpetual motion time cube!

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Right?!? There was this whole “real men don’t eat quiche” thing that I remember from the 90s. What is unmanly about putting an omelette in a pie crust? It makes it easier to eat on the go and keeps better in the fridge.

Pull through parking. You know, where there are two spaces so you drive through one into the next so you can pull out of the one you park in without having to back up? I got told that was for “girls and gays”.