Trinsec @Qoto @trinsec@social.cleverlibre.org

@2ck Guess that's how they got their name... 😁

@urusan Huh, i should give this a try.. if it can make the itch stop that'd be wonderful.

@eqyo Yeah, there was some adjusting from each of them, so there was some development at least. Although having that happen near the end as a short of epiphany was kind of cliche i think.

@Pat And nowadays you can get away with murder. How times change...

I've finished reading _De goede grap van Norman Foreman_ by Julietta Henderson. Original title is _The Funny Thing about Norman Foreman_.

It was an alright read. There are two main characters, Norman and his mother. The chapters are written from their perspectives, alternating between those two. The roadtrip in the story was at least something, they did meet interesting and weird characters on the way. I can't help but feel that the story could have been a bit more dynamic. The guy travelling with them was almost a HAL 9000. Very convenient. :P

My annoyances are that the mother was quite an overthinker in the extreme of 'We better go home, because it's too scary'. Norman was the other way around and kept thinking about what his recently deceased buddy would've said about the trip. After a while that got a bit tedious to read over and over again.

When they finally came closer to the end of their roadtrip, the pace accelerated like crazy. And you know what? That part was actually very fun to read. It's ridiculous, very unlikely, but still fun to read. That was a very welcome diversion.

The ending was just a bit underwhelming. I mean, it was totally expected but still... I've read books before which has roughly the same kind of deal and they managed to milk their endings more. I wanted to see some more about Norman's performances there, but ah well. Onwards to the next book I guess.
#Books

@Bosbesje@mastodon.nl De gulp ligt nogal open...

@StroomAfwaarts Wat gaan ze met die houten palen doen? Reuzenvampieren doorboren?

@StroomAfwaarts Klachtje indienen!

@StroomAfwaarts Is the circus in town?

@lucifargundam See, that's why I use a bike. ;) Can't get easier than that!

@lucifargundam The wrong kind of oldtimer. :P

I think ferns are my favorite plants. They're so cool to look at.
#Gardening

@lucifargundam If this garage is filled with oldtimers, my dad would absolutely love to be there. :P

@Pat @peterdrake You've never been interrupted by a bunch of drunken wasps who are drinking from the grapes off your grapevine huh? :P Wasps are outright assholes in fall, when they're done with their duties for the most part.

@Pat @peterdrake Let's hope it's from wasps instead. Those bastards.

@peterdrake Poor fruit flies...

Wait, what am I saying? Kill the bastards with fire! Or venom, whatever! Oh, and take notes of course. For science!

@eqyo Guess having your computer turned off early is not a guarantee you go to bed early as well. :)

@eqyo Some days I don't even eat pasta/potatoes/rice. Sometimes I just have a lot of vegs and meat instead.

@katnjiapus Does it not help to disable autoplay of animations? That does include emoji. I never see animation if I don't hover my mouse pointer over it.