For dragon enthusiasts
Every time I write something in all caps and italics, I want you to read it as if I leaned way forward and stared at you with an are-you-getting-this expression. Not necessarily yelling, but maybe a little too enthuastically loud. If we had that conversation in a library, the strict librarian would shush me loudly, but the friendly librarian would roll her eyes.
“You don’t want burritos?” loud.
Pirelli is an Italian tire company. They make great tires.
But they’re also really dramatic. One of their tires is called the ‘Night Dragon’ which I love. You don’t find that with American companies. We might name something after animals, but it would be some real animal, moose or wolverine or something, or possibly snails or barnacles or some other grippy animal.
Not for Pirelli. The Night Dragon! Because Dragon!
I approve.
Wheels turn, gears click. Could be another false start, but might not. My clicky keyboard goes click-clack!
How exactly does 5G cause Covid?
I don’t quite get…any of it, really. I understand the flat Earth. If you go outside and look around, it looks pretty flat. But millimeter wave signals aren’t viruses.
Is the virus the hoax? It’s not a virus. It’s…low energy EMR, comparable to the background radiation and vastly less energetic than sunlight, right?
Since dead people don’t need cellphone service, what’s in it for the cellphone companies? Are they not in it for the money?
AT&T isn’t in it for the money? Comcast, Verizon, and COMCAST aren’t in it for the money?
Comcast.
Comcast isn’t in it for the money.
Comcast.
Just so I’m clear, COMCAST isn’t doing something for the money?
…
Comcast.
Anyway, I’m very confused, and after searching some conspiracy theory websites I still don’t get the crux of the theory. I’m also probably on a government watch list.
Oh, also, quick shout out to all the actors in Europe, Africa, South America, everywhere really, who were willing to take one for the team and fake Covid to take out some American politicians. You did yeoman’s work supporting an anti-government conspiracy against someone else’s government. Top notch dedication everyone. What exactly is in it for you, if you don’t mind me asking? Do y’all get free 5G cellphone service? Is that the connection? Free internet?
Is it Comcast?
I mentioned I didn’t know if the free ebook promotion for Mara was permanent or like a rental.
It’s permanent. I just checked, and I’ve got it through the account. So if you want Mara for free, Mara and the Trolls will be free again at the end of this month.
Also the paperback is going back to full price, $14.99 on Feb 1st, so if you want a tangible book to hold in your hand, it’s three bucks off now.
I enjoyed the context more than the story. It’s only one scene, and the murders happen off camera. The narration isn’t that exciting. But I like seeing where Cassandra comes from, the history of violence that begins with Atreus, and the nature of the phrophecies.
The story is sort of nonsensical. Imagine a musical where instead of silly and building into song, they’re tragic, devolve into song, and then they start murdering each other. It’s musical melodrama.
I really liked Carlos from the 2006 Casino Royale. That guy was excellent.
North is up
The St James Lowlands are a protrusion of continental crust stuck to the Fhysay oceanic plate. To the west of the Fhysay/Arsae subduction zone lies the St James subcontinent, called the Hashash (Icelands) in Whitehall and Morrun Vie (Vanishing Land) in Thangrodom. In Tharsi, it is the Hurror (Suffering Cold). The subcontinent effectively makes the Doon plateau.
Extending some five hundred leagues north of the plateau in a wide teardrop shape, the lowlands are broad alluvial plains. Mostly flat, the highest point of the lowlands is about two hundred feet above sea level if one eliminates the Doonish foothills. Some few islands lie off the coasts, almost entirely runoff and sandbars. In the winder, the west side of the lowlands is often icelocked. The east side is occasionally icelocked, but the prevailing currents swing wide north around the teardrop, sheltering the east. This creates polynya north of the goblinmounts where immense numbers of arctic wildlife, walrus, penguins, seals, etc. shelter from the winter.
Not in all years does this polynya form. In particularly cold winters, ice will push as far south as the Invedeletch coast. This is a 1% event, but results in immense hardship for the aquatic animals. Such freezes are called ‘Dyings’ by goblins.
The north coast of the goblin lands is an oceanic seacrust/seacrust subduction zone where the Fhysay crust is subducted under the Arsae crust. The obducting Arsae crust is pushed up, forming the goblinmounts themselves. This is a young and highly active boundary. The mountains aren’t tall compared to the neighboring Doon, but are extremely steep. Strong upthrust lifts them constantly, but strong weathering from the northern winds and storms cuts them down at the same time. The result is a rocky, barren mountain range with deep erosion cut valleys. There are relatively few signs of glaciation at lower altitudes and northern extrema, but at higher and more southerly peaks, glaciation is extremely common. Mountains that border the Shaggheritach are often horns, separated by U-shaped valleys unlike the Vs further north.