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Apology! Boots!

You know you're a Sanderfan when you've cumulatively spent less than an hour on the Shard today and already used up all your upvotes. Also when your smartphone suggests "you know you're a Sanderfan when" with no prompting whatsoever. XD

LOTR

@Mestiv I'm really glad your eye has healed up. I got super worried when you told us about the infection.

Gyagh. I had to endure that once... I ended up swallowing one of mine.

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@A Budgie oh boy. You just opened up a can of worms. I have so many recommendations. XD 1. Author Rachel Aaron: her completed epic fantasy series The Legend of Eli Monpress, first book "The Spirit Thief" and her in-progress Heartstrikers series, first book "Nice Dragons Finish Last." 2. Jim Butcher's Codex Alera series (completed) and his newer book The Aeronaut's Windlass. (The Dresden Files are also good, but I think the other two are better.) 3. The Seven Realms series by Cinda Williams Chima, first book "The Demon King." 4. "Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell" by Susanna Clarke 5. "Got Luck" by Michael Darling 6. "Sands" by Kevin Nielsen 7. "Marrow" by Preston Norton 8. William Shakespeare's Star Wars by Ian Doescher: a reimagining of the original six movies as 5-act Shakespeare plays. Utterly hilarious. 9. Basically anything by Brandon Mull, but especially his Fablehaven and Beyonders series 10. "Jackaby" by William Ritter (the second and third books in the series are out now too) 11. "Falling Kingdoms" by Morgan Rhodes (five books in this series so far) 12. "Story Thieves" by James Riley that I mentioned above, as well as his Half Upon a Time trilogy 13. The completed Bartimaeus trilogy by Jonathan Stroud (first book "The Amulet of Samarkand") and the ongoing series Lockwood & Co (first book "The Screaming Staircase") 14. "The Accidental Highwayman" by Ben Tripp 15. "I Am Not a Serial Killer" by Dan Wells 16. "Leviathan" by Scott Westerfeld (the start of a complete trilogy) 17. "Larklight" by Phillip Reeve (also the start of a complete trilogy) 18. The Skulduggery Pleasant series by Derek Landy

Just finished the third book in James Riley's Story Thieves series, Secret Origins. I swear, these books are as hilarious, convoluted, and amazing as Alcatraz! Can't wait for the fourth one. I'm also starting on The Well of Ascension as part of my Cosmere re-read to prepare for the release of Oathbringer later this year.

@A Budgie Ohh okay. Yeah, that would bug me too.

@A Budgie @Briar King Re: Forever, Ioan Gruffudd, the actor who plays Henry Morgan, was also Mr Fantastic/Reed Richards in the two Fantastic Four movies where Chris Evans was the Human Torch. I too watched Forever and thought it was an excellent show that deserved more than just a single season. Some of the episodes actually had me in tears.

Ugh. Mobile always has seizures when I try to quote someone. What I was trying to say is, lots of people including me pronounce a word wrong because they've only read it in books and never heard the word aloud. Names can be especially irksome in that regard. So keep that in mind. I don't mind being corrected on stuff like that as long as the person doing the correcting is nice about it, and I have a feeling that your friend who says "pie-row" would probably have a similar reaction if you guys are friends and you do it politely. One of my own pet peeves is people walking side by side down a hallway at the sloooowest possible speed, taking up the hall's entire width so they're blocking everyone who actually has somewhere to be.

@A Budgie plenty of those mispronounced words are probably because the person has only ever read the word and never heard I

Re: "y'all", I grew up in Virginia but didn't hear people say it all that often until I moved to a pretty rural part of the Shenandoah valley. Nowadays I use it sometimes, but it's always a conscious decision and not an ingrained habit. My accent or dialect or whatever you want to call it is kinda a blend of "Utah English" and "Midwest English," for the most part, and I usually find Southern accents quite pleasant to listen to.

When you see this Tweet and immediately think of Lightsong playing Tarachin.

@Darkness Ascendant Thanks! Unfortunately I haven't found any more time to draw since my last post in this thread. I'd love to do a portrait of Adolin or Kaladin, but I'm totally swamped with school work this semester.

I think you might rethink that assessment when you consider that normal, nice weddings cost several thousand dollars.

Hey, any of you Utah Sharders planning on being at LTUE this weekend? I'll be there for a little while this evening, longer on Friday, and pretty much all day Saturday.

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Heh, yeah, I've seen that one. XD The puns in that movie crack me up!

It hasn't arrived yet, but I ordered the latest from Dan Wells, Ones and Zeroes, so I can get it signed at LTUE this weekend.

@A Budgie That's hilarious! Now I'm imagining those announcements being read over the intercom in the SHIELD helicarrier in the Lego Marvel Heroes game... There's some pretty silly shenanigans going on there too. XD Also, I'm betting at least some of you have witnessed the Trash Dove phenomenon that's taking over Facebook right now... I decided it had meme potential, and so this was born:

You guys want some seriously groan-worthy puns with super complicated buildups? Check out the comic strip Pearls Before Swine.

Owwwww!! I don't know how true it is, but I've heard that human eyes can perform some remarkable feats of healing after scratching or stabbing injuries. I'll be praying that quick healing applies to you, Mestiv.

I finally saw Assassin's Creed now that it's arrived at my local discount theater. My reaction to it was rather similar to my reaction to Jupiter Ascending: The plot was kinda flimsy, but I had so much FUN watching the awesome parkour fight scenes and admiring the cool Assassin outfits that I didn't really care about plot holes. Plus I enjoy seeing Michael Fassbender in just about anything. XD

Reminds me of this video: