16 minutes ago, ArrylT said:

 

Ah my bad.   I havent read AMofL in a couple of years but I always have the companion book close by.  

 

But I guess that works for the Bela = Creator, since she could not be written off.  

 

Only on my mind because I read it a couple hours ago!

I look at it a bit differently than the above thoughts.

in WoT, the Aes Sedai have been the ultimate authority for millennia, resulting in  different gender dynamics than we, the reader, can really relate. This extends past the White Tower—Andoran politics, Ebou Dar home life, etc…

it is easy for our ethnocentrism to read the characters through our own cultural lens, but they just have a different cultural understanding. This is less about the narrator’s reliability as it is the reader’s. 

4 hours ago, ArrylT said:

I just talked to Bela - and well you see because Sanderson kept Bela alive throughout the Last Battle Bela (as Creator) has outlawed negative Sanderson talk as a quid pro quo.

worth noting Sanderson killed her. Alive in the companion, but not due to Sanderson. There goes his deal for negative talk?

On January 12, 2019 at 11:39 PM, Cairos said:

Omg omg omg it’s Horn!!!

 

*tackles horn and chains him to the chair*

 

so no leaving! What’s new buddy!

On January 14, 2019 at 3:42 AM, The Bard Babe said:

Also, I'm about to go learn how to stab people woth swords ? ? ? Beware

I'd say I'm impervious to being tackled, but my kids prove that to be untrue on a regular basis. 

I'm not afraid of the stabbity bit though since you haven't learned how yet! ;)

I keep on getting the urge to go back to school... went a different route than I thought so my MA doesn't have any professional purpose, so I've thought about an MBA. But then I look at my student loan debt and just take free SQL courses and read leadership/management/business book instead 

I'll just have to stick with wine. Not too sad because I didn't start liking beer until the last year or so (when I was no longer allowed to indulge), but maybe our state liquor store has something..

I was there when Bandy was invented. It won't kick you in the gut like an old-fashioned infantry brew, but you don't want to know what is in it if you think it is better than a Flaming Shot!

Life is good! In the time since I stepped away, I bought a house, got 3 promotions at work, had another kid, sold house, bought new, better house, and am now happily expanding my home shop so I can build things! I did discover that gluten causes me tons of problems so I unfortunately have to avoid all the food places that I probably should be avoiding anyways, but now that I have a house with room for a freezer, we can do healthier food planning anyways.

Over the last year, I have had to transition to being gluten-free. First because we found out my daughter has Celiac (so our house is now free from cross-contamination), and second because as we did research, I discovered 100% of my undiagnosed health problems fit Celiac and went away when I stopped having gluten.

That said... anyone have any beer recommendations that are gluten-free? If you know of any, especially if they aren't on the dry end of beers or are flavored (ginger in beer... yum!), I'd love to try it!

17 hours ago, The Bard Babe said:

Hey, I graduated from uni already :p It's the national youth orchestra so you only get kicked out at 25 haha. 

That's hardly a youth orchestra, now isn't it? haha

13 hours ago, Katiora said:

It's justs not the same though Your kids are soooooo cute though!!! 

They are cuter in pictures when they all three cry at the same time...

Silly Kat.. you have my on Facebook 

Happy to put you in your place, Bard Babe! haha... congrats on orchestra! You going to be pursuing that in Uni?

On April 23, 2018 at 10:38 AM, Katiora said:

 

I wish I were still a baby I feel decidedly old lately... *sighs* I've been trying to figure out how long I've been on DM but I don't think it's possible... *sighs* I can't remember if I originally joined in 2004 or 2005... or maybe before then... 

You are NOT allowed to call yourself old :P It harms my state of denial!

I'm expanding my horizons by dipping into mass market apple ales. I like Redd's green apple. Maybe not impressive to a "beer snob" but I finally found a "beer" that I actually enjoy drinking all the way through!

There is some local beer with apricot flavor made here in Utah I've tried as well though that was pretty good.

https://youtu.be/TZKt-AgyG5o

Read it yet? :)

Interesting. I am pretty picky about my fantasy books... once you read it, I'm really interested to know more about it... might be worth adding to my endless queue.

Yep, we have some rose gardens near the Japanese Gardens. One of those locations where usually the only people who ever think about  them are non-locals or schools for field trips. I've never been, but my wife has.

*points to the "location" text in his avatar*

Yep, that would be Oregon!

I wish I could have gone... in Portland, his favorite spot is on the wrong side of town, takes over an hour to get there. Two if I get there on-time during rush hour.

Chaelca, you are entirely too happy to see him suffer! lol

Jea, you can't judge sushi on one experience.

Just... do me a favor. 

If you like spicy:

Get raw tuna sushi, spread a very thin layer of wasabi, a couple slices of ginger on top, and dip in soy sauce.

If you don't like spicy:

Any kind with cream cheese, some ginger, dipped in soy sauce.

I don't like raw seafood very much, and not all sushi is for me, but certain kinds are soooo good.

Reminds me... when I was in Korea, a family friend from Seoul took me out to a very posh seafood restaurant. After I found out that this high-end restaurant served raw delicacies... it was a very interesting night, and I proved that I can be gracious and polite!

raw beef?

Matrim Hat-rim eats raw beef. He says it is not bad for you as long as you can be sure of its origins, so since his family raises cattle...

Problem is we have it on the Wii. Dead platform these days, makes used products cheaper, but harder to find, especially accessories.

We never had the drums but always wanted them. Hard to come by now.

The difference between chicken and chicks:

You kick chicken in Zelda on N64.

You eat chicks if you are awesomely evil in Fable 2.