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Congrats Eerongal! 'House of stone' and all that!

Even though I had been a "long-time" fan of Brandon's web he was posting his drafts of Warbreaker, I waited until publication to read it. I was intrigued in his process as a writer, but I'm not a huge fan of extended electronic reading, plus it felt like watching a "the making of" before ever having seen the movie; didn't appeal to me. I'd rather be taken for a ride on my first read. It looks like, if I'm to be an alpha reader, it can't be of an author that I already love. That's my longwinded way of saying it wasn't a bad thing as far as my experience went; I mostly just ignored it

mind. blown.

I would like to announce that, if we talk about grinding too much more, we're going to lose our PG rating. Heyoooooo!

hours of your *high fives KChan*

public. Elsewhere, twenty

Weekend update: 1) 81% (500 of 615) 2) 71% (436 of 615)

The wife just put on Cruel Intentions. I haven't seen this in forEVer!

I have Pokemon envy; I haven't played since Blue on my aqua Gameboy Color

Deleted scenes from season 4 of the Office

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Also not a physicist, but here's what I remember: The act of measuring something actually changes its nature. This is demonstrated in the famous Whatever-it's-called Experiment. You have a source of light (top) that's throwing photons at a screen (bottom). The light has to pass through two slits (middle) that make it easy to see the wave pattern at the bottom screen. Comme ca: They tried measuring the photons both (a) at the bottom screen and (b ) at the middle screen (the one with the slits). What they found is that, if they measure the photons (a) at the bottom screen, they exhibited all the characteristics of a wave. No surprises there. The crazy part was that, if they measured it at (b ) the middle screen, when the photons reached the bottom screen, they exhibited all the characteristics of a particle, and none of a wave. This happened over and over: if you measure in the middle, the photons are particles at the end. If you measure at the end, they're waves. Translation: the act of measuring - of observing - a photon changed its nature from then on (from a wave to a particle). That's kind of the conundrum that post-modern physics deals with: we can either know speed and direction (waves) of a photon or its location (particles), but not both, because the method of determining one excludes the method of determining the other. (For now. muhahahah!) All you real physicists, feel free to laugh at my explanation and correct me. I won't take it personally

Looks awesome!

I would become a spy: life sense = no sneaking up for you! perfect pitch/hue = an entirely new cipher system that only i can crack on the fly resistance to disease/toxins = der plus, i'd be able to awaken my own swat team at a moment's notice. then again, if I'd be functionally immortal, I'm pretty sure I'd just try a whole bunch of different things out (since I imagine that being/doing any one thing for hundreds of years would get old)

That's the final twist: Silus is Adonalsium! Happy day, Shiver

This is what I got out of the novel as well. Granted, I have only read it the one time, but I definitely think that this is the relationship of fabrials to magic - it is the technological way of forcing the mystical. I'm totally on board with that mindset. We even have evidence beyond the Soulcasters (although I do think they are the giveaway/key). Brandon has said We've already seen Travel in the [insert name of WoK version of telegraphs]. So we've seen powers that people possess (Surgebinding), powers that people possess and fabrials mimic (Soulcasting), and powers that fabrials have (Travel). This is difficult, as we don't really know of many other fabrials. However, I think it's theoretically a very worthwhile project: if we've seen a fabrial do x, then odds are there's a person who could do x (if merged with the right spren). If we've seen a person do y, then a fabrial that can do y (if combined with the right spren and gemstones) is theoretically possible. Granted, while such a broad theory is likely to have exceptions, I feel like those exceptions would be pretty useful pointers to some underlying Cosmeric principles. Science: where the exceptions to your original hypothesis end up being the most interesting discoveries

Just did a marathon read-through of the Brandonothology (zas, you rule), and came up with some new questions: - A while ago, you mentioned "a short story forthcoming which will deal with Kelsier, the days after he Snapped, his training, and what influence (if any) Ruin had on him." Is there any news on that front? - You mentioned that the souls that chose to stay in the Cognitive Realm are those with some strong ties to the Physical Realm. What tied Kelsier? What are some of the "specific ways" in which an individual can be tied?- Follow up question: are the Returned bound to the Physical Realm in such a way? If not, does Endowment know a hack (for lack of a better word); a way of bringing them back from the Beyond that is even apart from all three Realms? Or does each Shard have a different avenue of bringing someone back? - Regarding: Vin was able to sense both Ruin's and Preservation's presences. Is this because she was able to access Creation through both of them (so she was a part of both of their "clubs")? Or was it because her increased Seeker abilities gave her access to a broader range of Creation-energy wavelengths? Or is it simply that anyone who is paying attention and gets that close to a Shard would feel those pulses? I guess all of those add up to: how does one become "attuned to" any given Shard's drum beat? Also: Brandon has said that Sazed is also blinded by metal. I feel that this is VERY significant, but I don't quite know how to form it into a proper question (or, rather, I don't know how to pull apart the ten or so questions re: the underlying theory of magic, Shardhood, and the Cosmere I have that are all bundled up in it). Thoughts?

Confirmed by Brandon: Some SERIOUS ability to read the shattering glass, indeed

Good direction. From what Brandon's said of the next Mistborn trilogy, we really should be exploring Feruchemy/Allomancy combinations more