Maedhros

He'll always be Wallace to me. One of many great characters in The Wire. *obligatory "still the best tv show ever made" post

http://theweek.com/speedreads/801222/washington-post-factchecked-trumps-usa-today-column-struggled-find-single-honest-sentence

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/oct/10/huge-reduction-in-meat-eating-essential-to-avoid-climate-breakdown?CMP=share_btn_fb I don't really have a problem with this. I love meat, but there's so much good food that isn't meat too. Meat production takes up way too much farmland.

Based on the books, she's supposed to have a young look. She's old, but uses magic to make herself appear young.

Looks good to me. As long as they can act it doesn't really matter whether they look like they do in the books or not.

So Ford is unable to live at home for a while now because of numerous death treaths. I'm sure a lot of the other people who were courageous enough to speak up have similar issues at the moment. (https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/410340-christine-blasey-ford-still-unable-to-live-at-home-due-to-death-threats) Or as the Sharp_one would put it, getting the attention they sought.

https://pavingforpizza.com/ Simultaniously hilarious and sad.

Pretty spot on from my experiences there as well. Even so, I keep coming back.

Strange how so many of his classmates, and even roommates grew up to be attention seekers. Besides, they're not even doing a re-interview with Ford or Kavanaugh. What's the point in investigating if it isn't done properly?

"Investigation" https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/plum-line/wp/2018/10/04/heres-a-list-of-people-the-fbi-did-not-interview-okay-with-this-flake-and-collins/?utm_source=reddit.com&utm_term=.17e1d8348c69

The texture is a bit different than those. It gives more resistance when you chew it. Tastewise it's hard to describe, it's slightly bitter. More similar to spinach than lettuce I'd say. I love kale, but it can be very hit and miss. I had a really good Pollock and kale dish the other day, with a butter/caper/lovage-sauce. So good, but the kale stole too much attention from the best parts of the dish. (Learned a few new english words by making this post. Pollock and Lovage, woop woop).

The Big Short was good, hoping this will be too. Christian Bale MUST have a weight gain/loss fetish or something.

Any recommendations on where to start with Gavriel Kay? Under Heaven (Tang Dynasty), The Lions of al-Rassan (medieval Spain) or Tigana (reneissance Italy) are all good starting points. Depends on what kind of period and place in history you want to start with. Just avoid The Fionavar Tapestry (his weakest work) and his "sequel" novels and you'll do fine. As for Dune, I definitely recommend reading all the Frank Herbert books. The first one is definitely the best, but I really enjoyed 4-6 as well.

Sanderson, Lynch, Abercrombie, Rothfuss. I've read most of their books up until a couple of years ago, but I think that's actually what turned me away from fantasy fiction. They're all talented in their own way, but I feel they lack the "gravitas" of the best writers in the genre. In a way they remind me of the Marvel films, they're good fun to watch, offer cheap laughs but not much beyond that. Of course, you can also get too much "gravitas", like the Malazan series where everything has to be meaningful and every character has profound reflections on the world or themselves. A fantasy writer I really like is Guy Gavriel Kay. I always try to buy his newest novels. GRRM is great, but frustratingly slow and wrote himself into a corner. Other than that, Tolkien is still the Grandmaster.

Does he think they're laughing with him rather than at him? It almost seems like it.

For the 15th year in a row, UN ranks Norway the best country to live in, in their annual human development report. Do they not realize how much it rains here, and how cold the winters are? Ireland had the highest increase in their ranking, while South Asia was the fastest growing region. http://report.hdr.undp.org/

I'm just glad it hasn't reached my country yet (much) like it has in Sweden and the US, but no doubt it will. I keep getting that song from the South Park episode about Mormons in my head when I think about it. "dumb dumb dumb dumb dumb".

Interesting AMA (Ask me Anything) going on over at Reddit atm with Bill Browder https://www.reddit.com/r/politics/comments/9f81tn/my_name_is_bill_browder_im_the_founder_and_ceo_of/

Mads Mikkelsen is a much better actor too, but I still think Cavill can be a good enough fit. The showrunner tweeted why he got the role: "This is important, and from my heart. I met Henry in April. Over the next four months, I met/reviewed hundreds of other potential leads, many of whom were amazing. But what I never forgot was Henry's deeply insightful understanding of Geralt's strength and brutality, and more importantly, his wit and vulnerability. Because as a fan of the franchise, Henry saw beyond the script pages. He saw the human connection that Geralt perpetually needs, even if he denies it, kicking and screaming at every turn. What I saw was Geralt's heart, in Henry."

Yeah, my sexual organ is definitely more racist than my brain. I think it's the same with most people. ------ Saw Silence by Martin Scorsese. I thought it was better than most of his films, which many probably wouldn't agree with. Loved the tense atmosphere and the setting. Feudal Japan is always fun.

Parents were divorced, but looks like he was living with his father (that's the home the police searched immediately after, anyway). In the divorce papers his parents apparently said that he had "significant medical problems and healthcare needs." (https://twitter.com/justin_fenton/status/1033924175176638464)

Amazing finals. Love that Notail finally won his TI (so many major wins, but no Main event before now). Always funny to check esports earnings after a TI: https://www.esportsearnings.com/players Top 50 tournament winnings are all Dota players.

Fjords, submerged tunnels, bridges and roads - the ambitious now-in-motion plan to connect Norway's west coast. I'll probably be a relatively old man when it's done...but the first stage of it will apparently be done in 6-7 years, and will reduce the travel time between Bergen (where I live) and Stavanger (where most of my family lives) by 40ish minutes or so. Anything helps, because the current travel time at around 5 hours is far too long when you take the distance into consideration.

It's still ongoing. There was a viewership increase compared to last year - 10% increase or so in the group stages.