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Woah, there's a cool little spider on my wall. I wonder what it's called? in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I thought Agatha Christie made Belgium up?!

Woah, there's a cool little spider on my wall. I wonder what it's called? in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Wallachia is actually in Romania, duh.

Woah, there's a cool little spider on my wall. I wonder what it's called? in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Well...

Woah, there's a cool little spider on my wall. I wonder what it's called? in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I'd love to, know where I can find them?

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Woah, there's a cool little spider on my wall. I wonder what it's called? (lemmynsfw.com)
 

Alt: A picture of a spider above which is its common name (Wall Spider) and scientific name (Oecobius navus).

Looking for books that are the equivalent of a long walk in a forest, listening to lo-fi beats, or one of those adult coloring books in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

A while back I listened to Siddhartha on Librevox. I love it and the reader was great too.

I can think. I can wait. I can fast.

Looking for books that are the equivalent of a long walk in a forest, listening to lo-fi beats, or one of those adult coloring books in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I've read the Mars Trilogy and really enjoyed it. Although I stopped reading the third book when it KSR started writing old man wish fulfillment fantasy of old men sleeping with super young women.

The Emerald Mile sounds very interesting, added to my list.

Looking for books that are the equivalent of a long walk in a forest, listening to lo-fi beats, or one of those adult coloring books in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

It has been added to my list. Thank you!

Looking for books that are the equivalent of a long walk in a forest, listening to lo-fi beats, or one of those adult coloring books in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago

Last time I tried to get into poetry I bought a copy of The Best Poems of the English Language compiled by Harold Bloom. I'll try reading aloud from it to my partner. If she complains, I'll tell her a lit teacher gave me an assignment.

Looking for books that are the equivalent of a long walk in a forest, listening to lo-fi beats, or one of those adult coloring books in c/[email protected]
Looking for books that are the equivalent of a long walk in a forest, listening to lo-fi beats, or one of those adult coloring books in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (2 children)

I've enjoyed some poetry, especially during several college courses I took where I had to read it. My problem, and this is going to sound really stupid, is that there's something about rhyming and broken line formatting of a lot of poetry that puts me on edge.

It's like a subtle feeling of nails going across a chalkboard to read line after line of rhyming verse. Lines stopping suddenly followed by hanging indents feels like being in stop and go traffic. It's something I try and get past every few years but without success. It feels like work and not reading for pleasure. My thought was it probably has something to do with ADHD.

Maybe I should give Leaves of Grass another go.

Looking for books that are the equivalent of a long walk in a forest, listening to lo-fi beats, or one of those adult coloring books in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago

It's sitting on my shelf waiting to be read. Just moved it to the top of my Bookwyrm reading queue.

Looking for books that are the equivalent of a long walk in a forest, listening to lo-fi beats, or one of those adult coloring books in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

I've really enjoyed recordings of his talks. Might not be what I'm looking for but thanks for reminding me about Watts. I need to revisit some of his stuff.

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Looking for books that are the equivalent of a long walk in a forest, listening to lo-fi beats, or one of those adult coloring books (lemmy.world)
 

If that even makes sense. Perhaps I'm wishing for a book that doesn't or cannot exist. I want to read something that is relaxing while stimulating and satisfying curiosity. I dont want something juvenile. It's ok if it's deep and thought provoking, but doesn't have to be. It should not have conflict.

When I imagine such a book, I think of beautiful descriptions of a forest and the things that live there. The weather. The scenery.

I just had the thought that what Im describing is poetry, but poetry is something which I've struggled to enjoy.

Any thoughts or suggestions would be appreciated.

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Happy new year (lemmy.world)
 

Two mastodon posts from the year progress account. The first post shows a 100% complete status bar. The second is a 0% status bar.

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What are some good new Christmas songs released in the past 5 years or so? (lemmy.world)
 

By new I mean original songs, not covers of older standards.

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What the hell even is a Nittany Lion? (lemmy.world)
 

X screenshot that says "Oh my god did you see the latest poll? Pennsylvania is within the marg-"

You bolt awake. The year is 1656. You summon a servant, sure of what must be done. You are Oliver Cromwell, Lord Protector of the Commonwealth. And William Penn must die.

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4 AM: Sleep or Make the Most of It? (lemmy.world)
 

If you are awake at 4 am, and have to be at work at 7, should you even try to get back to sleep or should you try to do something with your time?

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Does Betelgeuse have a companion star? (skyandtelescope.org)
 

New analysis of Betelgeuse’s brightness variations and other data points to a small, close companion for this giant star.

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He could care less as long as someone'll bleed (lemmy.world)
 

Screenshot of Twitter

"JD Vance has the face of a man caught between eras. He looks like he wants to segregate a My Chemical Romance concert."

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The Universal Declaration of Human Rights (youtu.be)
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What a lucky crab (lemmy.world)
 

A screenshot of a Smithsonian post. There is a picture of a fossil crab partially extracted from the surrounding rock. 2 little barnacles on its shell are also fossilized. The text says: This crab has never had to log into outlook at 8 am on a Monday morning. Crabs and other fossils are often found at the center of hardened spheres of rock known as concretions.

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