I came by this morning and was greeted by this sign. "We are closed due to technical and understaffing we apologize". It's one of our favorite brunch spots. We've noticed lots of the wait staff that we like around town working other jobs lately.
I just finished it and I wanted to hype it up. Big Becky Chambers vibes with found family, far future nomads, lots of queer people, and gentle philosophical robots. The structure was a bit like that of Cloud Atlas with plots set at different points in the past and future that interconnect (but no reincarnation). An oddly touching text based adventure game on the computer, Homebound, ties everyone together. It was a very fun read. Everyone goes through a lot of pain but ultimately it was hopeful.
Anyone else read it, what did you think?
Any other good video game based novels? My other favorites are You by Austin Grossman, Epic by Conor Kostick, and Tad Williams' Otherland. Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow was mid, not enough video games and too much character torture.
This unhinged review of a small local spot deserves to be enjoyed by others. This is actually the second time their on-street dining area has been destroyed by a car, but the first time was in the middle of the night. Props for comping the meal that these patrons had to flee from.
Banana for scale. This isn't my creation and I don't know the artist name. It's foam cubes on a painted canvas. I got this glorious treasure for free from the local Buy Nothing group. It wouldn't fit in the trunk of my Outback and I had to lower the seat. Nobody tell my wife but it's hidden in the shed until I can take it to hang up in my classroom in the fall.