The Town of Odyssey

Petrichor, that sounds really interesting! I haven't heard of that book. I definitely recommend it! The book is narrated by the younger sister observing all her older siblings' lives and romances, and it's such good fun. :D I'm currently reading The Grand Sophy by Georgette Heyer, and it is absolut...

I finished Laddie by Gene Stratton-Porter the other day. I absolutely loved it. When a book starts out with a character making a pair of trousers for her pet bluejay, Hezekiah, you just know it's going to be good.

I think about this thread all the time because my sister and I now use "Spatrichor" as our save file whenever we play games together. Team Spatrichor forever!

I made key lime pie again! I was sick last year, so it was nice to get back to tradition this year.

It's funny that you bumped this just now, bookworm! I was just talking with some friends the other day about how this was a good song, but the music video is so completely early 2000s.

Really sad turn of events with the women's figure skating this year. I only watched a few brief recap clips and those were pretty heartbreaking. I don't know why they even put Valieva on the ice. What a disaster, and a bummer for the winners, too. :( I find the Russian skating scandal such a mess. I...

"Yeah, well, Ronald McDonald 'catches one's attention' too, y'know."

Next character: Tamika Washington

Yes, I love ice dance! I think it's the most entertaining of the figure skating events. I definitely knew that lyrics were allowed last Olympics because of Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir's awesome "Roxanne" program that won them the gold medal for Canada. I was really missing them this time ...

I haven't gotten a chance to watch very much of the Olympics this year, but I caught a little bit of the ice dancing. Not sure if I'm a fan of having lyrics in the performances now. It might just be that I'm not used to it, but I don't feel like they choreograph the performances to the lyrics in any...

I'm currently rereading the Blood of Kings trilogy by Jill Williamson and just started From Darkness Won today. I was a little apprehensive to pick these books up again because I loved them SO much when I was in high school, but I've been so pleasantly surprised by how good they really are.

Yes, I think of it as an acronym rather than an initialism. I suppose that's where the different schools of thought come in.

Wow, now that you mention it Petrichor, that could be considered a poem. I never say ToO like "too" so I actually didn't intend it that way, but once you called it a poem and changed the line spacing, I was amazed at my own genius! :lol: I'm trying to remember who I met in real life who p...

Congratulations, bookworm! That is an impressive accomplishment.

I will miss getting my celebratory penny from you.

There are so many great memories from the past, and friends old and new, that are here on the ToO. That is a lovely poem, Catspaw. :sniff: I joined the ToO because I had a few friends who were members and I wanted a place to talk about AIO. I can't believe I've been here almost ten years already! T...

Petrichor wrote: ↑Wed Oct 10, 2018 2:29 pm I had a dream the other night that my sister gave me a gift basket of toothpaste and toilet paper for my birthday. I say dream, but it felt more like a nightmare at the time.

I think my subconscious predicted 2020.

It has been eight years since the Magical, Wonderful, Sigavvie Generator ate my money, and I would like a refund, please.

Even though the ToO no longer has a form of currency.

EK wrote: ↑Sat Feb 05, 2022 2:01 pmI know some people that will only drink filtered water, because pushing it through charcoal pellets is going to do something chlorine doesn’t? I guess?

Doesn't filtering it affect the taste, though?

I always drink tap water from home, but we have a well and a filter. I've never actually given any thought to not drinking tap water since I've always been lucky enough to live in a place with well water. If I'm going out, I do like to fill a bottle of water at home and take it with me. I definitely...

Congratulations to JCGJ for winning the round and to bookworm for winning the game! Maybe next time we play, I'll be able to score at least one point.

Oh my, someone had the perfect card for this round! I have to choose Vacations for this one.