Mark A. Schmidt
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Mark A. Schmidt
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Hubby, Dad, Grampa, cook/homemaker, writer (not author), gamer, inactive gamemaster, SF&F fan, eclectic, ADHD, curmudgeon, honorary cat, technically but not effectively retired, poly, cancer survivor, he/him. NNITO. Not to scale. YMMV. YNCFT. Fnord.
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My main feed is now @[email protected].

My #earworm posts are at @[email protected].

My very minimal gaming content goes to @[email protected].

I am also minimally on Discord and Reddit. I still have FB Messenger.

Watching the Internet gradually get Musked.
He hasn't been this happy since Kissinger.
As a rule, I don't wish death on anyone, but I don't regret evil people who stop doing evil.
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As many have pointed out, Mamdani didn't stand apart from our trans brothers and sisters. He didn't play the "Gee, gosh, it sure is complicated," milquetoast moderate card. And he crushed.

The way forward is together, not over the bodies of our own.
Plot Twist: AU "Twister", but not about tornadoes. Like Battleship and Clue it's about the *game*.

#PlotTwist
#BookSky

Whoops. Didn't post updates for a while. Read chapter 5 Thursday, 6-8 yesterday, and 9-10 today.

Getting into the flow again. SO different from the other two series in my rotation, but it only took me half of book 5 to settle in.

On to book 6 to finish up the series.
#BookSky

Finished chapter 4 of Return of the King (book 5/6). Rohan arrives!

Things are picking up steam now. Still a slower read than some.
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Amazon is helping fund a $300 million build of a ballroom for the White House.

Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.

They are not the same.
She still advocated against it then accepted it when offered.

Still a hypocrite, just like her faux-libertarian neophytes.
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When you're right, you're right.
#BookSky

Finished chapter 3 of Return of the King (book 5/6).

Finally getting into the flow of the novel. The previous two novels I read flowed more easily. Pushing to finish this faster the The Two Towers... I don't want to stall again.