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24-hour dry brine on the flatiron steak. I cut the thinner third off about halfway through the total cook so it would and up medium rare. No complaints!

Maybe it’s because my daughter just read it , but this struck me as Rebecca with a lot of explicit sex scenes and a couple more plot twists thrown in. I enjoyed the psychological drama and the question of whether the narrator was reliable, but I feel like the author might have just been struggling a bit to decide exactly how she wanted to end it and so went with the head fake and just kept adding a bit more. Not so much my thing, but glad I tried it.

This book made me nothing but sad and angry. Some characters tried hard and failed. Others drank too much and failed. Yet others sort of muddled along and failed. The farms failed. The families failed. It was just depressing without really being beautiful. Aaaarrrgh!

And why did I not pay the 10 bucks to meet you years ago. Seriously, this simple block is life changing. So much easier than getting my four foot tall posts situated on my drill press. Perfectly aligned straight holes. I am in love with my new tool.

Probably won’t be the only post of this kind today, but just here to say I’m glad I didn’t panic when it seemed like the world was ending back in the spring. Took VERA on 12/31 and that’s 200K on growth since I last lit in a single dime.

Boneless chops with seasoned salt and pepper, broccoli with oil and minced garlic (griddle/steam under some), and yellow potatoes (instant pot for 10 minutes, then onto the hot griddle with butter, onion powder, garlic powder, salt/pepper). Hope everyone has a great weekend!

Despite taking courses in classics and Medieval English literature, I somehow missed the tale of Beowulf. It stands tall as a foundational piece of literature behind much of my favorite adventure and fantasy literature. Knowing that Tolkien also completed a famous translation of this work, the parallels to The Hobbit were extremely obvious. A party of 12 + 1 warriors and a thief set out to settle a blood feud against an ancient dragon and reclaim a fantastic treasure!

This is a centuries old masterpiece, but Heaney’s translation rendered it quite accessible.

Hi all! I have a bookshelf question for the community that I don’t know where else to ask. I have no pictures of either shelves or books because this is for a new build in a new house.

We will have about 34 linear feet of landing that would need a rail and the plan is to build in bookshelves as our barrier.

What is your opinion for the ideal shelf depth and height of the shelves?

My gut says space them at 12” so the total is 36” plus material widths. But would love other opinions.

As to depth thinking about 24 feet at 10” with glass fronts for dust control, the. Another separate section of 10 feet at 12” deep for board games and such.

Thoughts?

9. An excellent selection of short SF from a true master of the genre. Gene Wolfe combines incredible speculative motifs with a true mastery of language in a way that never fails to engage me. Several of these plots will definitely stick with me for the long haul.

10. Theo of Golden was a truly delightful tale of a gentle soul quietly going about his life and making the world a kinder place. The writing was decidedly straightforward and understated in a style that makes this an easily accessible novel. I did feel that the mystery of Theo’s identity and mission in Golden (and the resolution thereof) almost detracted in some way from the “sweetness” of his actions and the overall impact of the story, but maybe that’s just my crusty old cynical heart.

While this novel is ostensibly about a marriage (and that relationship is front and center) it is really the backdrop that I found compelling. There is so much going on, from southerners finding their way in a post reconstruction world, to the agricultural and economic development of central Florida, to the beginning of industrial scale fishing and the impact of broader cultural and educational opportunities on family relationships. Hurston has her skills as a keen observer and anthropologist (maybe more of an ethnographer at that time) on full display in this novel.

For all that, it was extremely frustrating to see a husband and wife talk past and around, rather than TO each other. Also, the casual acceptance of the patriarchal hierarchy is a tough sell to the modern ear.