The School Reader. Third Book
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marycatelliThe School Reader. Third Book: Containing Progressive Lessons in Reading, Exercises in Articulation and Inflection, Definitions, by Charles Walton Sanders
The third book is still focused on reading. Very few of the pieces come with bylines. Still, it's taking on the aspect of the later readers, with the focus on good readings, edifying and instruction.
May be chiefly of interest in view of what they selected in the era.
The third book is still focused on reading. Very few of the pieces come with bylines. Still, it's taking on the aspect of the later readers, with the focus on good readings, edifying and instruction.
May be chiefly of interest in view of what they selected in the era.
Checking In - 8 August 2025
Aug. 8th, 2025 11:05 pmdewlineNo visitation today. Got some shopping done, and the map projects have slowed down a bit. One job application filed this afternoon with the feds.
I suppose that's enough for today, right?
I suppose that's enough for today, right?
Ghost in the Tombs
Aug. 8th, 2025 05:45 pmmarycatelliGhost in the Tombs by Jonathan Moeller
Caina's 32 book. Spoilers ahead for the earlier ones.
( Read more... )
Caina's 32 book. Spoilers ahead for the earlier ones.
( Read more... )
Sidewise Award Announcement
Aug. 8th, 2025 06:21 pmjames_davis_nicollThe Sidewise Award for Alternate History is looking for new judges to join the award committee.
This is the first time in the 30 year history of the award that they've made an open call for awards judges.
Apply here.
This is the first time in the 30 year history of the award that they've made an open call for awards judges.
Apply here.
Five User-Friendly Rulesets for Tabletop Roleplaying Games
Aug. 8th, 2025 10:22 amjames_davis_nicoll
Not every gamer finds joy in wildly complicated, esoteric, hard-to-learn rules...
Five User-Friendly Rulesets for Tabletop Roleplaying Games
Aurora Award Livestream
Aug. 8th, 2025 09:48 amjames_davis_nicollHosted by Mark Leslie Lefebvre and Liz May Anderson.
Sunday August 10 at 5 PM: Livestream broadcast of the 2025 Aurora Awards, Canada’s annual English-language Science Fiction and Fantasy Awards.
Hearts of Wulin by Joyce Ch'ng & Lowell Francis
Aug. 8th, 2025 09:28 amjames_davis_nicoll
Righteous characters pursue great justice in this wuxia TTRPG.
Hearts of Wulin by Joyce Ch'ng & Lowell Francis
unpacking
Aug. 7th, 2025 11:49 pmmarycatelliThe heroine is actually going to talk with a girl to find out secrets.
That means I have to pull the secrets out of the summary and feed them to her.
At least, I know there's going to be a dramatic attack at the end of this.
That means I have to pull the secrets out of the summary and feed them to her.
At least, I know there's going to be a dramatic attack at the end of this.
Sanders' young ladies' reader
Aug. 7th, 2025 11:33 pmmarycatelliSanders' young ladies' reader : embracing a comprehensive course of instruction in the principles of rhetorical reading : with a choice collection of exercises in reading, both in prose and poetry, for the use of the higher female seminaries, as also, the higher classes in female schools generally by Charles W. Sanders
A selection of prose and poetry intended for elocution classes. Interesting, nowadays, chiefly for the selections choosing. With an eye to variety, the preface assures us, because they are intended for the young.
This one is, unlike the fourth and fifth readers, aimed specifically at girls. Which means a couple on the education of women and the necessity of its being for their whole lives, and not the flurry of society to win their husbands, and more female characters in the stories. It has a couple of selections that overlap with those readers.
A selection of prose and poetry intended for elocution classes. Interesting, nowadays, chiefly for the selections choosing. With an eye to variety, the preface assures us, because they are intended for the young.
This one is, unlike the fourth and fifth readers, aimed specifically at girls. Which means a couple on the education of women and the necessity of its being for their whole lives, and not the flurry of society to win their husbands, and more female characters in the stories. It has a couple of selections that overlap with those readers.
The Old World Character Generation
Aug. 7th, 2025 09:30 pmjames_davis_nicollMore details later but it seems the group is essentially Don Quixote in the form of a Brettonian knight's bastard who has completely bought into chivalric ideals despite the fact no true knight considers him worthy to have such ideals, and an assortment of hangers-on who see him as a meal ticket.
Which is to say, the group is centred on someone who will seek out adventure.
Which is to say, the group is centred on someone who will seek out adventure.
Simultaneous Travel
Aug. 7th, 2025 06:20 pmkevin_standleeKuma Bear and his Girl have continued to go see things. Yesterday they visited the German Transport Museum in Munich. It was not their first visit there, but the place is so big that it deserves multiple visits.
Things get a little complicated in the next few days. I'm heading for Seattle and Worldcon on Sunday, while Kuma and Lisa will be in Lucerne, Switzerland. After being burned in Berlin, I made sure to contact the hotel in Lucerne to make sure they understood that the reservation was for Lisa and that any charges should go against my credit card on file, although in this case, there should be no charges (other than a small local tax that she'll have to pay, I think) because the room is on my IHG points. In my case, I'll be spending two nights at the Crowne Plaza Seattle before moving in to the Sheraton Grand for Worldcon. This is because my original reservation was based on driving to Seattle instead of flying, and when it proved to be more economical to fly (even in first class), I needed to arrive two days earlier than originally planned, and I was very concerned that trying to modify my Sheraton reservation might break it. Besides, I'm an IHG diamond member this year, so I might as well get some use out of it, although it does mean changing hotels on Tuesday.
Because of the European train vacation, Lisa will not be at Worldcon this year.
Things get a little complicated in the next few days. I'm heading for Seattle and Worldcon on Sunday, while Kuma and Lisa will be in Lucerne, Switzerland. After being burned in Berlin, I made sure to contact the hotel in Lucerne to make sure they understood that the reservation was for Lisa and that any charges should go against my credit card on file, although in this case, there should be no charges (other than a small local tax that she'll have to pay, I think) because the room is on my IHG points. In my case, I'll be spending two nights at the Crowne Plaza Seattle before moving in to the Sheraton Grand for Worldcon. This is because my original reservation was based on driving to Seattle instead of flying, and when it proved to be more economical to fly (even in first class), I needed to arrive two days earlier than originally planned, and I was very concerned that trying to modify my Sheraton reservation might break it. Besides, I'm an IHG diamond member this year, so I might as well get some use out of it, although it does mean changing hotels on Tuesday.
Because of the European train vacation, Lisa will not be at Worldcon this year.
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Thankful Thursday
Aug. 7th, 2025 05:14 pmmdlbearToday I am thankful for...
- Health insurance.
- Apps that work reliably and well. (Thereby excluding the ones that don't, of which there is a greater number.)
- Software that retains backward compatibility. (Thereby specifically excluding Python 3.)
- Being alive. That is deliberately not saying much at this point.
- Ticia. Thanks to Bronx is limited to those occasions when he isn't being nippy.
NO thanks to ANYTHING THAT REQUIRES USING A FSCKING PHONE.
The Integral Trees (Integral Trees, volume 1) by Larry Niven
Aug. 7th, 2025 08:47 amjames_davis_nicoll
Climate change provides a tribal leader a pretext to dispatch his least favourite tribe members on an ill-fated expedition from which none will return.
The Integral Trees (Integral Trees, volume 1) by Larry Niven
