If you've ever wondered why tech bros keep trying to cram things down your throat that nobody wants, nobody asked for, could never turn a profit and never actually work, frankly -- this is why.

A lot of people are making a lot of money from "failure". If they weren't, they wouldn't keep doing it.

If this were being sold with the furnishings…

Phooey. I like that movie. Was into the idea of a sequel. Ah well

I somehow did not know there was a Fitzwilly sequel

Barbara Feldon looking more like Velma than Velma does

Same. Depending on social/familial stuff, my preference is to read that in one go on Christmas Eve, accompanied by fruitcake and cognac / panforte and grappa (Christmas in Tuscany has been one of my things). If I could get a decent pork pie, though…

Huh. I like Zelazny, but don’t recall that. If I read it, it would have been when I was a teen. I will check it out - thanks. Needed more as I am probably not doing Lord of the Rings this year - a holiday read for idiosyncratic / personal history read rather theme.

That and Terry Pratchett’s Hogfather are two that I read every year.

But I try to take it slow. I will aim to get a bit into Dark and then read the rest on the Solstice itself.