Middle out! Middle out!

https://youtu.be/Ex1JuIN0eaA?si=aQdrTujjqzhtNQKp

Who are you? How did you get in here?‽

I’m a locksmith…. And I’m a locksmith

I read the books and lined them up The show deviates from the books and should be considered “inspired by” That said, the show is made by people who also truly loved the books and characters, and they did a great job making an adaptation

You can tell because it’s round, not straight 🧐

Sometimes two things can both be true

Started watching TOS in reruns in the late 70s and 80s.
I was a very lonely teenager in a blue collar, uneducated family when TNG premiered. I watched every episode of the first season alone in the dark on an old B&W tv as they were watching other stuff on the good TV.

TNG opened my eyes to a world of possibility, the diversity and wonder of life, leadership, and aspiring to something bigger than my small world.

There was plenty of criticism about the Wesley Crusher character in those early years, but as smart nerdy boy, I was grateful to see his character and how he was treated by the Geordi, Data and others. Gave me hope

Decades later, introducing my kids to TNG has been one of my greatest pleasures in life. They know and love the characters as I do.

Fine

For the record, it’s a great clip from It’s Always Sunny … featuring some Phillies baseball players from yesteryear

https://www.instagram.com/reel/C-_S0cWsFGb/?igsh=MWNzNzkxNDJtejNldQ==

Mike Schmidt? Phillies HoF 3b, 3x MVP?

In my part of Virginia, they have established noise laws. Seem pretty fair

ordinance defines daytime as 7 AM–10 PM on weekdays and 9 AM–10 PM on weekends and holidays, and nighttime as any time outside of daytime.

The ordinance limits noise levels to 60 decibels during the day and 55 decibels at night in residential areas.

The law has a surprising amount of detail regarding things like vehicle noise, construction, etc.

https://library.municode.com/va/prince_william_county/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=CH14NO_S14-8EX

Rachel Garrett? Good

Young Rachel Garrett origin story? Great!

Rachel Garrett without red hair? Hmmmmm

I’m dumb. Any advice on how to get started with something like that? I’d appreciate product recommendations appropriate for a newb

I’ll add “Would’ve Could’ve Should’ve” by Taylor. It’s a bonus track on Midnights and easily could’ve been the title track on a different album

Today is your cake day, @valuesubtracted

I’m sure all the extremist conservatives and libertarians living in that area will be happy to get by on their own without any government support

Bootstraps!!

Wait, are you saying that Billy Joel doesn’t actually live in Allentown??

Tar Valon looking good after the rebuild

I wore an onion on my belt

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Just yesterday I finished the 14th and final book for the third time.

Let me know if you want to talk about any of it. I don’t know anyone IRL that even knows about the books lol

But we didn’t know that for sure at the beginning, hence the precautions