Author: OneTrueStudent

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Honda NM-4 Vultus

I really wanted to like this bike. The sheer difference of it made me want to like it. It had paniers built in. It was all weird looking. It wasn’t another generic sport bike, naked, or cruiser.

It was $12k with 670cc engine. The paniers were tiny. I couldn’t fit boots in there, much less a helmet. Forget luggage.

It would have been a fine $6k bike. It would have been wonderful at $12k with a 1800cc. They really should have thought twice about the luggage.

But it couldn’t back up what it said, and it cost way too much for what it was. What it was was fine…for an NC700.

Ah, but what could have been.

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Mara and the Trolls

I didn’t catch anything. Mara and the Trolls in Kindle edition is now republished, hopefuly permanently.

This was first published in unedited segments in 2013, and it’s now 10/21/2020. It was collected and book published June 1st of this year. This has been a bear, but I still laugh at the jokes.

Good night everyone.

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Work

Got Mara back. If the ebook requires no further corrections, Mara will be republished this evening. If more correction is required, it’ll be longer.

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SSC

Let me be the eight thousand and nineth person today to congratulate SSC.

Their website is down right now, hopefully because all the rich people want to buy their car.

Closely related, congrats to Michelin for making 300+ mph tires. For a long time, the tires were supposed to be the limiting factor, so good on them for that.

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Selim’s Flag

This is an error correction.

In my previous post, I referred to the Ottoman Empire’s flag as a crescent in reference to the reign of Selim 1. This was not correct. The Ottoman empire had a number of flags and the crescent and star on a red background was adopted long after Selim’s reign. I’m not actually sure what flag Selim flew. The red crescent and star was in my head, but that’s mostly due to WW 1.

So anyway, my mistake there.

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Mara

Mara is back with the ebook professionals. Hopefully, this will be quick.

I haven’t heard anything about the paperback, but that one usually takes a little longer.

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God’s Shadow

Mikhail’s pro-Selim biases are bordering on sheer nuttery.

Mikhail proudly declares Ottoman slavery is much better than Christian slavery.

Mikhail asserts that religious minorities in the Ottoman Empire are well treated, and then accidentally mentions the ethnic genocide of forty thousand Shiites (he gives them most of a paragraph).

Mikhail mentions how slave-women had fame and opportunity, such as Selim’s mother Gulbahar. No mention of Ahmed’s mother, Korkud’s, or the women who lost everything as Selim the Grim had their children strangled or as he killed Korkud’s son (Selim’s nephew) in the child’s bedroom.

Mikhail has Kool-Aid stains around his mouth.