Ad-hoc book club

Ad-hoc book club

A relevant article related to our reading:


https://gizmodo.com/are-plants-conscious-1826365668

Watch classic Doctor Who on Twitch | Doctor Who

You know how Twitch has streamed all of Bob Ross and all of Mister Rogers?

Yeah, they're now streaming another beloved PBS TV show in all its glory:


https://www.doctorwho.tv/watch/twitch/

Study: Women Store DNA From Every Male They've Made Love With

If I've been on your mind recently...


https://mindfoster.co/1129/women-retain-and-carry-living-dna-from-every-man-with-whom-theyve-made-love-with/

Ad-hoc book club

Ad-hoc book club

So in the first 10-15% of the book they introduce a logic puzzle and then only obliquely refer to the solution. When that drives you crazy with curiosity, go look up Wason Selection Task (but don't do it until then).

Attention Jennifer Koerber!

Attention Jennifer Koerber!

Let's have complicated feels about this together:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=afaithTQSaI

The Overstory: A Novel - Kindle edition by Richard Powers. Literature & Fiction Kindle eBooks @ Amazon.com.

Ad-hoc Book Club

I don't know as we've officially announced it but Leah Bloom is getting (has gotten?) her copy of Overstory by Richard Powers, a novel about trees and their interactions with people. It's our next ad-hoc book club novel so feel free to run out and pick it up. We'll discuss in the latter part of June.

I've started reading and it's pretty good. I just came across my favorite passage in the book so far. It's a description of a family vacation road trip across the county in the late 60's.

"They forget to pack books. Two thousand miles with nothing to read. The two older girls stare at their little sister for dozens of Nebraska miles until Amelia breaks down and cries. It passes the time."

Fond memories...



https://www.amazon.com/Overstory-Novel-Richard-Powers-ebook/dp/B073VX7HT4

The Happytime Murders | Official Restricted Trailer | Coming Soon

NOT
SAFE
FOR
WORK!!!

And I am so going to be seeing this opening day.

NSFW!!!!!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-eks8LG72uo

Spike Lee's new film looks pretty good:

Spike Lee's new film looks pretty good:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pFc6I0rgmgY

If you're looking for some solid sci-fi to read this summer, might I heartily recommend Medusa Uploaded by Emily...

If you're looking for some solid sci-fi to read this summer, might I heartily recommend Medusa Uploaded by Emily Davenport. It was a solid concept well-executed and I really enjoyed it.


https://www.amazon.com/Medusa-Uploaded-Novel-Cycle-ebook/dp/B0756K6X32

70 more episodes! Someday!

70 more episodes! Someday!


https://www.gq.com/story/rick-and-morty-renewed-for-season-4-dan-harmon-interview

Money really does grow on trees:

Money really does grow on trees:




https://www.thedodo.com/close-to-home/dog-buys-treats-using-leaf

Do something subversive today -- Read in Bed!

Do something subversive today -- Read in Bed!


https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2017/05/reading-in-bed/527388/

OK, this looks like it'll be a fantastic little movie. And Batista as the orderly is...sublime.

OK, this looks like it'll be a fantastic little movie. And Batista as the orderly is...sublime.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JqfuKsoEEms

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Attention LARP-Friends!

Surely within my social circles I/we know someone with a huge stockpile of good-looking boffer weapons that I might be able to make use of for a theatre production I'm directing this Fall. The show is about D&D and thus there's a lot of heroes and monsters who need some weapons. They can be a little cartoon-y, fantasy-esque but should look more like weapons than foam-covered pvc pipes.

If you, or someone you know might be able to help out, please get in touch with me. Thanks.

As is Tradition -- part 2

As is Tradition -- part 2


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VrTJCgbaWXw

Jonathan Coulton - First of May - ASL Song

As is Tradition -- part 1:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gEjRHFom1Kk

The Spy Who Came Home | The New Yorker

It sounds like the concept for a TV show: "Disillusioned ex-CIA agent becomes a beat cop in his hometown", but this fascinating long-form piece from the New Yorker is well worth your time.


https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2018/05/07/the-spy-who-came-home