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Cake day: August 17th, 2023
  • Twitchy1@lemmy.dbzer0.comtoAsk Lemmy@lemmy.world•What's a really great audio book you are listening to at the moment?
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    1 month ago

    The Lightbringer series by author Brent Weeks.

    The type of “magic” in this fantasy series is unlike any other that I know of. Light can be split by some people into it’s individual colors, 1st book is The Black Prism, and those colors are able to be used/cast in a physical form with each color having specific properties and effects on the person that has the ability to use that color. Green is wild/free, red is anger/impulsive and so on. The prism, god chosen representative, is able to use all colors without limits. Murder, spies, politics, love, plot twists, magic…it’s got it all.

    The reading is fairly easy and the story is easy to follow. This is, I think, the 4th time I am listening to the series. All of Brent Weeks books have been good…but something about this series is great.

  • Twitchy1@lemmy.dbzer0.comtoAsk Lemmy@lemmy.world•What are some podcasts that you listen to and why?
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    1 year ago

    Darknet Diaries- interesting history/current internet crimes and shenanigans

    Criminal, Serial and Smartless - mind able to wander while driving but interesting to capture attention if it decides it’s better then random thoughts

    For long road trips I’ll download a bunch of episodes from The Moth. Total crap shoot if it will be the most depressing or thought provoking story.

    It’s a real shame that Radiolab seems to have fallen so far from these lists.

  • Twitchy1@lemmy.dbzer0.comtoAsk Lemmy@lemmy.world•What hobby seems boring to most people but is actually fascinating if you dive into it?
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    1 year ago

    Recently joined an on-road RC racing club.

    Gets a lot deeper than I ever thought it could. The mechanics of making a car go around turns better/faster gets very in depth. Lots of trial and error. Race every 2 weeks so tons of time to experiment with adjustments between race days.

    Ages range from near 80 to 10… everyone out just having a good time and helping each other for a few hours. During winter, Florida busy season, we have 50+ people racing 5-6 different classes in a public parking lot.

    Started with a used off the shelf car for $75 from a club memeber 5 months ago… now building competition grade kits and put up shelves in the bedroom for all 7 of my cars. Almost all used for VERY cheap that just needed a bit of love to be competitive again.