Currently finishing up my Civil Engineering degree, and it's very disappointing seeing the general engineering grad salaries of about $60/70k in most roles, especially in this economy and with the situation of the current housing market. Benefit of the doubt I could say that some grads earn $80/90k in finance, but from what I've seen in those roles they're working a lot of overtime and generally works out the same if you're comparing hourly rate. Apart from these graduate salaries, I can't see most wages being all that good either. I can't really see salaries moving up quick over time either especially in construction where most companies are bidding as low as possible, trying to save money, with a fair few of them going bust recently.
Moving on, with these salaries you live to work, not work to live. Money's not everything.. but everything needs money. Low wages, and an increasing cost of living looks like a bad combination to me.
On top of the housing market/wage crisis, getting around Sydney is a disaster whether it be by car, bus, or train. I can't see the government/council doing anything about existing infrastructure, for example Victoria Road towards the City - they can't widen it and traffic is only going to get worse over time with a growing population. Rail infrastructure doesn't seem all that good as well with the recent incidents we've had.
Currently deciding to move out west and work in the mines as that's where the money is, and life out there isn't as bad as Sydney's current state.
I was working out in the Hunter Valley for a couple of months, and the lifestyle out there was certainly a lot better. A lot of my coworkers in their mid/late 20s already starting a family just as a comparison of life outside of Sydney - where I know most people in Sydney can't really afford to start a family, let a lone the extra things in life. Salaries in Sydney aren't keeping up with the cost of living and most of us are suffering. These coworkers also had decent houses, decent cars etc and constantly went out on weekends because they could afford to. Mining boom ("bubble") aside, living out there showed me how much greater living was with better wages, and lower cost of living.
I know increasing wages isn't as simple as well - and I don't really have a direct solution to the situation in Sydney. All I can really say now is that moving away from Sydney to say Perth or Queensland and working for better wages and a lower cost of living seems to be the best current solution - and I know most people aren't willing to do that as well everything aside. How I see it is that I've got to move for a better future with Sydney's current situation. Having immigrant parents who moved to a completely country not knowing the language/culture etc, I personally see moving states as something insignificant as a means to a better future for myself.
I can't see Sydney as a viable place to live in anymore in the long run currently.. /rant

That's all. Yes, we're not the Spurs or the Rockets, we still have a 0.500 record. But we have expectations, they didn't. We were number one in the West. Everything looked so good in December.
Then we make an absolutely historic collapse that is unprecedented in the NBA. No team has ever been number one in the West as late as we have and failed to make the playoffs. We have a top three toughest schedule in the league left while all our WC rivals below us have cake schedules. Zion is still 2 weeks away from being two weeks away.
But that's not the most frustrating thing. It's the stupid blown lead after blown lead, fake comeback after fake comeback. It's the most ridiculously predictable thing ever. Tonight we had a 20-point lead, a golden opportunity to put the league on notice and slide into the 6th seed. Then CJ makes a stupid flagrant foul that leads to a five-point play. Our offense goes completely non-existent in the fourth.
Oh and top it all off, the Refs and the Media are the same as ever. Draymond doesn't get even a technical for literally kicking another man's head, commentators are biased af toward the Warriors praising Draymond's "spicy" play. It's just hard to keep watching the same bs over and over again...

This is my second year of bingo, so naturally I had to extra challenge myself and do a themed card this time. I set out to do strictly re-tellings, but I ended up broadening the category to include strongly inspired by or incorporating folk tales or mythology. It’s a category I read a lot in anyway, and I love that the genre is exploding to include cultures world-wide. And yet somehow I only ended up with 13 authors of color (out of 40 - counting all the short stories). But this year was about 90% women (with 3 non-binary and one man), so huzzah for feminist re-tellings! And all but four of the authors were new to me. I didn’t quite hit all hard mode, but the theme was my hard mode, really.
I tried to cover a variety of inspiration texts (myths, folk tales, “classic literature,” film) as well as stories from around the world, but I’m missing any representation from Australia and the Pacific Islands as well as South America. The origins of a lot of the stories are Western European, but some have been re-told in settings elsewhere in the world. East Asia also ended up well represented.
I did end up substituting a square this year. Instead of “weird ecology,” I opted for 2018’s “a god is a character” square. There were a couple books that had some weird landscaping in them, but none of them quite fit the spirit of the square. Things like a magical forest in an otherwise standard-issue earthly landscape rather than a fundamentally different ecosystem overall. If anyone has any recs for re-tellings set on far-flung planets, let me know! I tend not to do deep researching – mostly I read somewhat mindfully, hoping for the best, and panic in January.
Here’s the visual card: https://imgur.com/4XRW9W9
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Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller (LGBTQIA list)
The Iliad from Patroclus’ perspective, but starting with his childhood and teenage years in which he and Achilles grow up together and fall in love.
If you remember the Iliad or just the general arc of the story of the Trojan war, then you will go into this knowing it’s going to be a tragedy. That doesn’t make the pain any less exquisite. The time we spend growing up with Patroclus moves from lonely and neglected to beautiful, golden, idyllic. The voice of Patroclus – pacifist and healer – is expertly written and his relationship with god-like Achilles is full of moments that make the heart ache. This is still on the best-seller list for a reason.
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Lore Olympus: Volume One by Rachel Smythe (Substitute square: god character, HM)
Olympus is a contemporary city, albeit still only inhabited by gods, and Hades and Persephone might be falling for each other.
Graphic novel. The limited color palettes in this volume are excellent, emphasizing mood and character. It’s beautiful to read. The Greek gods are notorious for having very human flaws, and this telling feels very rooted in human emotions. Olympus feels a bit like a college campus in this telling. There’s a lot of loneliness, and trying to figure out how to fit in. It also gets a big content warning for rape.
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Hag: Forgotten Folk Tales Retold by Imogen Hermes Gowar, Naomi Booth, Emma Glass, Irenosen Okojie, Daisy Johnson, Natasha Carthew, Eimear McBride, Liv Little, Mahsuda Snaith, Kirsty Logan (2+ authors, HM)
Strange folk tales from every corner of the U.K. are re-imagined – often in contemporary settings – giving women voices they may have been denied in the originals.
It took me a long time to read all these short stories because almost every one deals with death or brutality towards women. That’s not to say they all have unhappy endings – indeed, some have joyously vengeful endings – but there’s quiet tragedy and outright violence woven throughout. Powerful stories, strong narrator voices, and often poetic prose, but read when in a strong mental state.
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A Clash of Steel: A Treasure Island Remix by C.B. Lee (Historical, HM)
Treasure Island set in 1826 in the South China Sea with a pirate crew of queer misfits sailing for treasure and a better life – plus actual historical Pirate Queen Zheng Yi Sao as Captain Flint.
With contemporary prose and an updated cast, this still feels true to the source material with the adventurous quest deciphering maps and clues. Long John Silver doesn’t have an exact analogue, but his surprisingly complex parental feelings come through with found-family bonds as well as a wild ride of birth-family feelings, and a fraught lesbian love interest.
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Once & Future by Cory McCarthy, A.R. Capetta (Set in Space, HM)
This time, King Arthur is a queer teenage girl on the run from the big bad capitalist Mercer Corporation – in space!
In this re-telling, the characters are aware of the King Arthur story as a myth from Old Earth, but when they find themselves re-incarnating the well-worn pattern, they don’t seem to recognize it beyond the magic sword and Ari’s renewed determination to be a hero. Merlin has lived through every iteration, and has his own interests at play. Our heroes spend a fair bit of time in their space ship or on planet-sized space-stations, though it may be pushing the rule to say it’s 50% actually in space. This is a YA book and it definitely reads that way, but it’s fun. I thought the “Renaissance Faire Planet” was a bit of a stretch and the big bad was almost a caricature of every evil empire, but if you can look past a bit of cheesiness, there’s plenty of sci-fi action, a quick pace, and some intrigue under the surface.
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The Wolf and the Woodsman by Ava Reid (Standalone, HM)
Hungarian and Jewish folklore plus the early spread of Christianity weave together to create a world where magic manifests differently depending on your religious tradition, the Christians are ardent new converts in charge of a poor besieged country, and persecution abounds.
The first person perspective came with a lot of (justified) rage and some pretty violent moments, but I found Évike’s voice to be frustratingly naïve at times. The pacing was uneven, and with a lot of elements in play the story was lacking cohesion. I felt okay on the enemies-to-lovers trope in this one. Overall, this book was redeemed for me by the imagined folk stories woven in, and the heart-warming moments spent in the Jewish community. (I forget the actual names of the religions in the book, but they’re pretty obvious stand-ins.)
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These Violent Delights by Chloe Gong (Anti-hero, HM)
This time, Romeo and Juliet are in rival gangs in 1926 Shanghai, but their teenage romance is already dead from betrayal at the start of the book and a strange madness is devastating the city they struggle to rule.
I usually read-read, but this one I listened to and I loved the narrator! I had a few hang-ups on Juliet as a character (though perfect anti-hero material). Which was tough since she got of lot of screen time, but thankfully we also got Roma and some absolutely wonderful side characters, including a trans woman and a refuses-to-admit-it gay couple. There were some moments of lovely prose, plenty of action, and all the jostling factions in the city were well-balanced in the narrative. First of a series, I definitely want to pick up the second one soon.
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All the Murmuring Bones by A.G. Slatter (Book Club, HM)
Drawing primarily on Irish folklore, this is the story of a girl who wants to escape her family obligations - ones that come with generational trauma and greed.
It’s a little hard to talk about this one without spoilers since there are basically three distinct sections and each could almost stand as a story on its own, but each depends on the earlier one. Another angry woman in this one, taking matters into her own hands and trying to break spells, break open dark family secrets, and get free of men who are trying very hard to be in charge. I liked the gothic atmosphere, the prose, and probably the middle journey section with fairy-tale creature encounters was my favorite. The family history is also told in mini fairy-tales throughout. The ending fell a bit flat, and I didn’t really connect to the main character, but neither of those were deal-breakers for me.
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Spear by Nicola Griffith (Cool Weapon, HM)
From the King Arthur mythos, the story of Percival and the quest for the holy grail, but Percival is a supernatural queer woman who lives in sixth century Wales when the pagan gods still have power.
Novella. The story opens slowly and with some very poetic prose to start Peretur’s early life in the wilderness with her mother – a mythic feeling that I fell hard for right off the bat. And yet it also felt very much a story from history – the details of the setting showed the research Griffith put in. I wish it were just a touch longer to give some more room to the relationship developments that get packed into the back half of the book. But the interweaving of historical details, tidbits from myth and story, and imagination was so flawless that this re-telling feels like it could be the "true" history of the story-figure. Even including the gender flip - a skillfully handled "woman dresses as a man to be a knight" trope that works even better when the woman is queer.
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Lord of Light by Roger Zelazny (Revolution/Rebellion, HM)
On a distant planet in the far future, the original colonizing crew have set themselves up as gods, specifically taking on the roles of the Hindu pantheon. One member heartily disagrees with how the rest are running things.
The prose in this one was a little tough and I’m pretty sure the style is a deliberate choice to make this book feel more akin to reading a religious text. And as a play off of Hesse’s 1922 Siddhartha, since they share the same main character. But some of it may also simply be because it was written in 1967. Still, the content is intriguing. The struggle is between the immortal gods who like being the ones with all the advanced tech (including re-incarnation to transfer themselves into new bodies), and the one who thinks this is some kinda bullshit, why make the inhabitants here go through the dark ages when they could have medicine and electricity now. The premise and watching it play out is the interest here, not so much any emotional investment in the characters.
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The Dark Descent of Elizabeth Frankenstein by Kiersten White (Name in the Title, HM)
Still asking, “who is the monster?” and giving the same answer even more definitively than the original, this is a re-telling of Frankenstein from Elizabeth’s POV with some distinctive twists.
In 2022 I did the Dracula read-along and then promptly decided it was finally time to do Frankenstein as well. Which meant I could now read re-tellings of these classics. Elizabeth, when you get to hear her side, turns out not only to be independent-minded, but also a remarkable anti-hero character trying desperately to maintain the only stability she’s ever known. Though there are a lot of grim happenings and emotional abuse, this version has more hope for humanity than the original (which, imo, has almost none). Also, unlike narrator Viktor, Elizabeth doesn’t make you hate her guts regularly; she’s just trying to survive. The prose was the weak point in this one, especially coming off Mary Shelley, but not detrimentally so.
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What Moves the Dead by T. Kingfisher (Author Uses Initials, HM)
Poe’s short story “The Fall of the House of Usher” leaves plenty of room for embellishing and this novella does so perfectly with nightmare fungus, more rounded-out characters (including a non-binary protagonist), and horrifyingly possessed creatures.
Alex is a rational narrator, the best kind for encountering increasingly creepy phenomena. Even with the addition of a no-nonsense mycologist and a competent American doctor, the atmosphere of oppressive, inevitable horror from the original short story suffuses this novella. There certainly are rational lines of thoughts to follow to unravel the mystery of the Ushers’ illnesses, but that doesn’t stop each revelation from setting everyone on edge and fearing madness of themselves. Gothic. Horror. Perfection.
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Daughter of the Moon Goddess by Sue Lynn Tan (Published in 2022, HM)
The Chinese story of Chang’e is the basis for this re-telling, but this focuses on her daughter and starts after the original stories end. Xingyin’s quest is to obtain freedom and forgiveness for her mother’s actions that gained her goddess status, but exiled her to the moon.
The world building of the Celestial Kingdom was a highlight of this one for me since I’m not super familiar with the Chinese pantheon. The story itself relied on some classic YA tropes (including a love triangle, one of my least favorites) and I found the narrator’s voice somewhat simplistic. She’s also a very emotional character, which at times was endearing and at others frustrating. Wise, peaceful dragons do make an appearance, though, and there’s some good political intrigue and a few unforeseen twists. An entertaining read overall, and there’s set-up for the second book, but this one wrapped up nicely enough and I’m not feeling pressed to read the second one right away.
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The Chosen and the Beautiful by Nghi Vo (Urban Fantasy, HM)
The Great Gatsby, but from Jordan Baker’s perspective and she’s a bi Vietnamese adoptee in a New York where magic makes all the parties more dazzling.
It’s hard to like any of the characters in the Gatsby story, but Jordan Baker as narrator certainly gets more sympathy from me in this go-round. Raised in a rich white family, she carries internalized racism with her, and yet struggles against it every day in a country that is trying to enact a law that will force her to leave. Where the original story condemns classism and unbridled ambition, this story expands its criticism to America’s long history of excluding people of color and the LGBTQ+ community. The prose is gorgeous, and where it overlaps with original scenes it dovetails perfectly. The magic adds an extra shimmer to this story, but doesn’t outshine the character work. I hope this one gets added to curriculums to pair with the original.
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Skin of the Sea by Natasha Bowen (Set in Africa, HM)
Inspired by West African mythology with the Little Mermaid for some plot points. Simi was a human who became a Mami Wata and is struggling to fit into her role bringing home the souls of those who died at sea. One decision endangers all the Mami Wata and sends her on a quest with a boy that will entangle her with the gods and other legendary creatures.
This story is chock full of magical beings, young adults attempting to navigate dangerous situations as well as their relationships, and quests of mythic proportions. The dark underbelly of the story is the destruction of West African communities as colonizers take their people into slave ships. Though tragedy runs alongside the story, our heroes mostly manage to stay one step ahead of the worst outcomes. The quest did some meandering, and characterizations were a bit uneven, but I think it really came together in the latter half. The main plot wraps up well, but makes set-up for the next book clear and I do intend to get to it eventually.
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A Snake Falls to Earth by Darcie Little Badger (Non-human protagonist, HM)
With roots in Lipan Apache storytelling traditions, this is the story of a cottonmouth snake and a human girl whose worlds run in parallel, but become entangled as they try to save friends and family from existential threats.
This technically has two protagonists, but the snake is the one whose chapters are in first person and the human’s are in third person. This also would have been great for the hard mode BIPOC author square since the author is Lipan Apache. I absolutely loved everyone in this story. Nina is an intrepid modern girl and a loner, but with strong family ties; and Ollie is a homebody snake setting out to make his way in the wide world. The friends Ollie makes help him to discover his own bravery, and they are a delightfully colorful bunch of creatures! Nina is trying to help her grandmother and unravel the mysteries of their family’s past and possible connections to the animal people. Read this story to be filled with the love of friendship and family, and hope in the face of climate change and social media ills.
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Fractured Fables: A Spindle Splintered & A Mirror Mended by Alix E. Harrow (Timey Wimey, HM)
Zinnia Gray’s illness means she likely won’t live past 21, but when she falls into a Sleeping Beauty parallel universe, she might be able to at least save someone else from that fate. In book two, she’s dealing poorly with life in the “real” world, but busting out into a new fairy tale multi-verse (Snow White’s), and finding even more complications in the re-tellings there.
I read both novellas currently out in this series, and our hero does a fair bit of jumping around the fairy tale multiverse which makes it clear that time doesn’t run evenly across it all. It’s not really the focus, but it’s there, and it does affect a couple plot points. I think Alix Harrow read the same book I did about disability in fairy tales (Disfigured by Amanda Leduc) and took it to heart to create her hero in this contemporary fairy tale take. Zinnia’s chronic illness is both from an industrial accident and an embodiment of a fairy tale curse. These books don’t take themselves too seriously, but do handle disability and the emotional impacts that come with it pretty well, I think. Disney’s re-telling style features in book one, and book two gets some darker, more horror-esque takes.
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Wintersong by S. Jae-Jones (Mental Health)
The re-telling of Jim Henson’s Labyrinth you didn’t know you needed with extra depth from Germanic folk roots and a little Hades-Persephone flavor. Set in early 19th century Bavaria, protagonist Liesl is a composer stuck helping run her family’s inn; in the woods, Der Erlkönig (the Goblin King), may be a relic of a pagan past, but that doesn’t stop him from meddling with her heart and her family members.
Liesl is bipolar and her brother (prodigy violinist) has anxiety and (in book 2) severe depression. Her father is an alcoholic. The family member who gets stolen and must be retrieved is her beautiful sister, the life of the family. Liesl’s wild up and down swings are on full display when she enters the realm of the Goblin King and is trying to navigate her relationship with him, her relationship with her music, and her love for her family. This is an emotional book and you will be angry at almost every character at some point. But it’s also heartbreakingly beautiful. The romance sizzles; it’s unhealthy and you want them to fix it. It’s probably not a book for everyone, but I spent a fevered day and a half devouring it. For extra doses of struggling with mental health, sobbing, and musical composing, read book two – Shadowsong.
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In the Shadows of Giants by Lazette Gifford (Self-published, HM)
In the far future, the Norse pantheon ends up pitted against the Chinese pantheon and an elder god in a potential new Ragnarok with Loki trying to avoid the mishaps of the last one – in space!
Loki gets some good character work in this book, but other characters are a little light on depth. Though Loki is the main focus, I liked that we got some chapters in the Chinese pantheon as well, getting some insight into the politics of the situation from their perspective – and not everyone in their pantheon is on board with the way things are going. Loki is also not really convinced of teaming up with the rest of his own pantheon again either, but he still has a few good ties there and room to mends some relationships. This wasn’t a stand-out novel for me, but neither do I have any strong complaints. It’s a solid sci-fi-fantasy mix, good prose, and well-paced plotting.
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Reluctant Immortals by Gwendolyn Kiste (Runner-up, HM)
It’s 1967 in San Francisco and Lucy (from Dracula) and Bertha (from Jane Eyre) are the titular reluctant immortals trying to keep their tormentors from destroying more lives.
This seems like it could be an action-packed super-powered immortal battle, but instead it’s the mundanity of simply surviving as an undead being, escalating slowly into a horrifying body count. Obviously I had to read this after finishing the Dracula read-along. The tone is such a contrast! Where Dracula’s heroes struggle nobly against the darkness, this version is full of quiet desperation and bleakness more fitting as the successor to Jane Eyre. As the action ramps up in the last third, it plays out more like a contemporary horror film, including a strange liminal space in the afterlife and scenes of a modern mansion filled with the decay that the undead bring. The drug haze of California in the 60’s suffuses the story. I’m not entirely convinced this was a re-telling we needed, but I’m also not mad about it.
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Kaikeyi by Vaishnavi Patel (BIPOC author)
Kaikeyi is only briefly in the Hindu epic The Ramayana, but her “wicked stepmother” action sets the plot of it in motion. In this novel, she is given a voice and a backstory and a complex world she must navigate as a woman who wants more independence not only for herself, but for all the women of her country.
The relationship building in the latter half is one of the highlights of this book. It’s helped by some magic, but Kaikeyi puts in the work to build bonds of love and mutual respect in the royal household where she is youngest of three wives. Rama (her step-son) is the main character in the original epic (a god incarnated to vanquish evil forces), and so the reader is clued in early that disaster will befall the family because of a conflict between Kaikeyi and her husband and Rama; the threat of that tragedy seeps into even the happy parts of the story. Kaikeyi is a champion of early feminism in this telling, but she’s still human with plenty of flaws and struggles and imperfect vision. I found this book to be a bit of a slow build to connect with characters, but by the end I was absolutely tearing up. A powerful telling.
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Malice by Heather Walter (Shapeshifters, HM)
In this Sleeping Beauty re-telling (perhaps prequel), the villain is not yet the villain – though society certainly treats her as an outcast – and a forbidden love is blooming.
This is a coming of age story for an already young adult character. Alice wants to be accepted (and loved), proving she’s not the evil pariah society thinks she is, but she also wants to escape the role she’s forced into. The build-up of tension between her warring desires is well done. As she discovers her true powers (spoilers since I used it for the shapeshifting square!) she’s put even more at odds with the establishment, and yet her growing love for Princess Aurora gives her hope for a more idyllic outcome than the escape she’s trying to plan. This was another enjoyable but not necessarily a stand-out read for me. Excellent character work for the protagonist and a slower pacing, but never felt like it was dragging. I will definitely read book 2 since this one ends with a bang.
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Girl, Serpent, Thorn by Melissa Bashardoust (No Ifs, Ands, or Buts, HM)
This book mushes up elements from Sleeping Beauty, Rapunzel, Beauty and the Beast, and probably others, and spins a whole new story with Persian flair. A poisonous princess is kept hidden away, but when knowledge of her curse comes from a demon, her decisions will have far-reaching consequences for her whole family and the question of who to trust becomes thorny.
This was another one where the protagonist is striving to be a good person, caring for her family, and yet she understandably wants to escape her curse and is maybe willing to do some questionable things to make it happen. It’s hard to keep being good when, even though you are loved, you can’t touch anyone and have to live in a gilded cage. This story took a lot of twists and turns, including betrayals of all kinds. The romance elements were laced with emotional tension, but kept sexual feelings to a bare minimum. I felt this could have used a bit of plot streamlining, but I liked the Persian-inspired world, the overall arc of the story, and I felt it wrapped up well for a complex stand-alone.
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For the Wolf by Hannah Whitten (Family Matters)
I thought this would be primarily Little Red Riding Hood, but it’s got a huge helping of Beauty and the Beast and a dose of fairy tale sisters tropes as well. Red is the sister that will be sacrificed to the Wolf in the Wilderwood in hopes of the gods’ return. Turns out, that whole Wolf and Wilderwood thing is really complicated.
This has a lot of elements that I tend to look favorably on – a broody love interest, a magical forest, sibling bonds – but it didn’t quite pull together for me in this book. Both characters in the romance got good development and their choices did make sense for who they were, but it was a very frustrating one to read and caused a lot of drag in the middle. The sibling relationship was much better and the sister who gets to become queen has a wonderfully tragic arc in the name of saving her lost sister. The forest itself and the religion/magic that goes with it don’t get a ton of satisfying explanation, but that’s partly due to everyone actually struggling to figure out how it works. It gets an A+ for creepy atmosphere, though! Imagery from Grimm’s more grim tales abounds and I appreciated the slight edge of horror that creeps in. Not super likely to pick up book 2.
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I’ve done a terrible job being concise here, so I’ll try to do a really quick run-down on the short stories. I just listed the first collection on my official bingo turn-in to make it easy, but I like being able to fill in all the slots in my spreadsheet, so there are five things here. Hopefully someone has made it this far down – if so, thank you for reading!
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The Bloody Chamber & Other Stories by Angela Carter (collection)
The titular story is one of the better ones – a re-telling of Bluebeard. Covering the classics of western European fairy tales, this collection features a lot of liberated sex with a 70s feminist lean (publication date: 1979). Girls and beasts are the big theme. There were a few excellent ones and several that left me going “but why?”
The Bride of the Blue Wind by Victoria Goddard
Closer to a novelette, but that gave this story room to get some solid world-building in. Bluebeard again, but with Bluebeard being a djinn sort of character. I loved the trader communities and desert setting and the family dynamic with the wife’s sisters.
Tales of Old Gods & New by Kate MacLeod (collection)
This collection had two specific re-tellings: another “Norse gods in the far future” re-telling which was also a sci-fi survival story, and an African inspired goddess trying to escape the cycle of her story. These were two solid ones, some of the other in the collection I felt were unfinished scribbling thoughts for novel-sized stories.
Hunting Monsters series by S.L. Huang (2 short stories, one novella)
This collection mashed up eastern and western settings and stories, including Red Riding Hood, Beauty & the Beast, the Legend of the White Snake, and Hou Yi the Archer. The main characters of the novella are middle-aged women long past the prime in which their original stories took place and I liked that take a lot. The short stories focus on a daughter and deal with culture clashes and parent-child tensions.
A Cathedral of Myth & Bone by Kat Howard (collection)
The feature in this collection is a novelette of the King Arthur story set on a college campus with grad students who are themselves studying the mythos of King Arthur. Most of the other stories in the collection take inspiration from saints’ lives or myth and folk tale tropes (or the concept of storytelling itself) and play with them in new settings. I found a lot more hits than misses in this collection.

CAREER EMPLOYEES! Tired of seeing all these jobs go to the street? Your chance to join the gravy train ranks is almost gone! Apply yourself, you can do it! MSS Coordinator varies by District.
New record on MM-7 mechanic jobs. USPS really out to fuck the people that are already career, they're not even trying to hide it. Also, I forgot how to count. Moved ahead a month oops - take two!
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Good afternoon. Brief listing of CAREER JOBS pulled from usps.com/careers/ for your convenience.
Some jobs may be part-time regular however all listed jobs should qualify for federal benefits from day one. To save text I have only listed the location and date of posting for each. Use the posting number for your search term. LC and MM are entry-level Maintenance. Here is a testimonial from a recent convert, prima1981.
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NOTE: USPS NEVER charges a fee for entrance exams. If payment is requested during the application process, walk the fuck away, go to usps.com/careers/ and APPLY THERE. We even has a video walkthrough prepared.
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PETALUMA CA NC11296097 03/22/2023
SAN FRANCISCO CA NC11285816 03/20/2023
LEESBURG VA NC11294817 03/19/2023
TRAVERSE CITY MI NC11293101 03/18/2023
WHITE PLAINS NY NC11301206 03/25/2023
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Maintenance Mechanic:
SHREWSBURY MA NC11299180 03/24/2023
SAN JOSE CA NC11289187 03/21/2023
SAINT PAUL MN NC11299102 03/23/2023
SAINT PAUL MN NC11298964 03/23/2023
RICHMOND CA NC11302501 03/25/2023
PHOENIX AZ NC11294808 03/20/2023
PHILADELPHIA PA NC11302228 03/25/2023
OAKLAND CA NC11299110 03/23/2023
MERRIFIELD VA NC11294815 03/19/2023
MEMPHIS TN NC11297952 03/23/2023
LOUISVILLE KY NC11288732 03/20/2023
JAMAICA NY NC11288847 03/25/2023
HARTFORD CT NC11300915 03/25/2023
WHITE PLAINS NY NC11301200 03/25/2023
RICHMOND CA NC11302407 03/25/2023
MEMPHIS TN NC11293083 03/18/2023
MELVILLE NY NC11288826 03/25/2023
LOUISVILLE KY NC11288711 03/20/2023
CHICAGO IL NC11292143 03/17/2023
AUGUSTA GA NC11292936 03/17/2023
PHILADELPHIA PA NC11302333 03/25/2023
PETALUMA CA NC11289177 03/21/2023
LOUISVILLE KY NC11288728 03/20/2023
CAROL STREAM IL NC11292109 03/17/2023
HISTORIC NEW CASTLE DE NC11299043 03/26/2023
WHITE PLAINS NY NC11301213 03/25/2023
WHITE PLAINS NY NC11301150 03/25/2023
RICHMOND CA NC11299029 03/23/2023
PHILADELPHIA PA NC11302325 03/25/2023
MACON GA NC11292871 03/17/2023
LOUISVILLE KY NC11301171 03/25/2023
LOUISVILLE KY NC11301158 03/25/2023
KEARNY NJ NC11296167 03/27/2023
DES MOINES IA NC11302145 03/25/2023
DALLAS TX NC11299590 03/24/2023
COPPELL TX NC11299592 03/24/2023
BELL GARDENS CA NC11287325 03/21/2023
FARMINGTON NM NC11294794 03/20/2023
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Special! Interesting Maintenance Jobs: (may be skills required)
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Maintenance Mechanic MPE:
CAPITOL HEIGHTS MD NC11297600 03/23/2023
MELVILLE NY NC11288829 03/25/2023
FARGO ND NC11302226 03/25/2023
DULLES VA NC11294816 03/19/2023
WEST FARGO ND NC11302193 03/25/2023
WAITE PARK MN NC11304276 03/26/2023
PHILADELPHIA PA NC11302284 03/25/2023
FARGO ND NC11302190 03/25/2023
BOSTON MA NC11296309 03/22/2023
PETALUMA CA NC11289175 03/21/2023
PORTLAND OR NC11301307 03/25/2023
NORTH READING MA NC11297723 03/23/2023
MINNEAPOLIS MN NC11302329 03/25/2023
MEMPHIS TN NC11293003 03/18/2023
LOUISVILLE KY NC11301303 03/25/2023
LOUISVILLE KY NC11288712 03/20/2023
DALLAS TX NC11299578 03/24/2023
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Building Equipment Mechanic:
HEIGHTS MD NC11290064 03/16/2023
MINNEAPOLIS MN NC11302244 03/25/2023
PHILADELPHIA PA NC11302230 03/25/2023
MINNEAPOLIS MN NC11302294 03/25/2023
SEATTLE WA NC11294603 03/18/2023
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Garage Assistant:
MCALLEN TX NC11291630 03/16/2023
AURORA IL NC11302233 03/25/2023
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General Clerk VMF:
MANCHESTER NH NC11299377 03/24/2023
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Electronic Technician:
NORTH READING MA NC11299182 03/24/2023
CHICAGO IL NC11292188 03/17/2023
DETROIT MI NC11300595 03/24/2023
LOUISVILLE KY NC11301165 03/25/2023
MEMPHIS TN NC11297768 03/23/2023
PHILADELPHIA PA NC11302246 03/25/2023
WHITE PLAINS NY NC11301212 03/25/2023
MEMPHIS TN NC11293110 03/18/2023
CAPITOL HEIGHTS MD NC11294867 03/19/2023
MANKATO MN NC11302194 03/25/2023
NORTH READING MA NC11297614 03/23/2023
BEMIDJI MN NC11300829 03/24/2023
COPPELL TX NC11299593 03/24/2023
LUBBOCK TX NC11294802 03/19/2023
PHILADELPHIA PA NC11302236 03/25/2023
WASHINGTON DC NC11297954 03/23/2023
WEST FARGO ND NC11302144 03/25/2023
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NON-Maintenance jerbs:
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SALES,SVCS/DISTRIBUTION ASSOC:
GLASGOW MT NC11296091 03/21/2023
MAPLE FALLS WA NC11296082 03/19/2023
FLORA VISTA NM NC11305346 03/28/2023
EASTSOUND WA NC11295971 03/20/2023
CULLEOKA TN NC11294523 03/18/2023
CORVALLIS MT NC11299118 03/24/2023
WYMORE NE NC11299107 03/23/2023
PALMYRA VA NC11299598 03/24/2023
FREELAND WA NC11301079 03/25/2023
BASSETT NE NC11294668 03/18/2023
SPRINGDALE WA NC11296087 03/20/2023
PERKINSTON MS NC11297989 03/23/2023
SELLS AZ NC11302414 03/25/2023
KENAI AK NC11300907 03/24/2023
ASPEN CO NC11297726 03/23/2023
ABERDEEN MS NC11297984 03/23/2023
BORGER TX NC11299103 03/24/2023
HONEY BROOK PA NC11296174 03/22/2023
DALLASTOWN PA NC11296576 03/22/2023
WATERLOO NE NC11298987 03/23/2023
VALDERS WI NC11301030 03/25/2023
SELLS AZ NC11302451 03/25/2023
RUTLAND MA NC11299516 03/24/2023
ROY WA NC11296081 03/20/2023
REEDLEY CA NC11296222 03/24/2023
QUILCENE WA NC11296078 03/20/2023
PIEDMONT OK NC11297962 03/23/2023
ORTING WA NC11297556 03/22/2023
ORLEANS MA NC11298202 03/23/2023
OLIVET MI NC11291746 03/17/2023
HILLS IA NC11299034 03/23/2023
ESSEX MA NC11296340 03/22/2023
DEXTER OR NC11296094 03/21/2023
COOL CA NC11300901 03/24/2023
CLARKSTON WA NC11295974 03/20/2023
BETHPAGE TN NC11294606 03/18/2023
SLIPPERY ROCK PA NC11296544 03/22/2023
CAVE JUNCTION OR NC11296085 03/21/2023
SAINT MATTHEWS SC NC11302467 03/26/2023
HICO TX NC11293402 03/18/2023
WILLARDS MD NC11298205 03/23/2023
WAIMANALO HI NC11294630 03/18/2023
LAKELAND MI NC11302798 03/26/2023
CARMEL VALLEY CA NC11298211 03/24/2023
HOWARD LAKE MN NC11302853 03/26/2023
GORDON NE NC11294636 03/18/2023
CASTROVILLE CA NC11297538 03/22/2023
DELTA JUNCTION AK NC11300799 03/24/2023
BLOOMING PRAIRIE MN NC11296095 03/20/2023
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City Carrier:
BROOMFIELD CO NC11275444 03/21/2023
ALBANY NY NC11305449 03/28/2023
APTOS CA NC11291514 03/24/2023
BARRINGTON IL NC11294396 03/25/2023
CAMP HILL PA NC11296490 03/22/2023
EAST PALO ALTO CA NC11292056 03/24/2023
GLENSHAW PA NC11296496 03/22/2023
LAKE FOREST IL NC11294505 03/28/2023
LOS ALTOS CA NC11291594 03/24/2023
MC LEAN VA NC11288929 03/15/2023
MORGAN HILL CA NC11292053 03/24/2023
MOUNT PROSPECT IL NC11293521 03/26/2023
MOUNTAIN VIEW CA NC11292059 03/24/2023
MUNDELEIN IL NC11293656 03/27/2023
OAKLAND CA NC11297772 03/24/2023
OWATONNA MN NC11297955 03/23/2023
RICHMOND CA NC11297763 03/23/2023
SAN JOSE CA NC11297773 03/24/2023
SANTA BARBARA CA NC11291592 03/28/2023
SANTA CLARA CA NC11290813 03/24/2023
SCHENECTADY NY NC11305445 03/28/2023
SOUTH SEATTLE WA NC11297967 03/24/2023
SUNNYVALE CA NC11292052 03/24/2023
TAPPAN NY NC11290450 03/25/2023
WATSONVILLE CA NC11291605 03/24/2023
WHEELING IL NC11293660 03/26/2023
WHEELING IL NC11294607 03/27/2023
CAMPBELL CA NC11290875 03/24/2023
CENTRAL SEATTLE WA NC11297973 03/24/2023
NORTH SEATTLE WA NC11298157 03/24/2023
ARVADA CO NC11290373 03/26/2023
BUFFALO GROVE IL NC11293711 03/26/2023
CORTE MADERA CA NC11298159 03/23/2023
CUPERTINO CA NC11291553 03/24/2023
DES PLAINES IL NC11294509 03/25/2023
GLENVIEW IL NC11294504 03/26/2023
GRAND ISLAND NE NC11294521 03/27/2023
IOWA CITY IA NC11297529 03/25/2023
LOS GATOS CA NC11291546 03/24/2023
MILL VALLEY CA NC11298160 03/23/2023
NORTH WALES PA NC11296317 03/22/2023
SAINT PAUL MN NC11297860 03/24/2023
SAN CARLOS CA NC11298164 03/23/2023
SAN FRANCISCO CA NC11297864 03/24/2023
SOUTH SHORE - BOSTON MA NC11297721 03/24/2023
WATERTOWN WI NC11296556 03/22/2023
WAUKEGAN IL NC11293614 03/26/2023
WAYNESBORO VA NC11291790 03/17/2023
WHEELING IL NC11293706 03/26/2023
WILMETTE IL NC11293718 03/25/2023
APPLETON WI NC11296321 03/23/2023
AURORA CO NC11297870 03/24/2023
CAPITOLA CA NC11291515 03/24/2023
CEDAR RAPIDS IA NC11291946 03/22/2023
DAVENPORT IA NC11289974 03/23/2023
DENVER CO NC11297956 03/24/2023
DENVER CO NC11297959 03/24/2023
DENVER CO NC11297979 03/24/2023
DULUTH MN NC11302792 03/26/2023
GLENS FALLS NY NC11305507 03/28/2023
HIBBING MN NC11302779 03/26/2023
KANSAS CITY MO NC11297762 03/24/2023
LAFAYETTE CA NC11298966 03/23/2023
LAKE FOREST IL NC11294494 03/25/2023
LAKEWOOD CO NC11297958 03/24/2023
MADISON WI NC11297951 03/24/2023
MEDINA OH NC11291784 03/28/2023
MENLO PARK CA NC11298965 03/23/2023
MILPITAS CA NC11291557 03/24/2023
MISSION KS NC11297765 03/24/2023
MOUNT HOREB WI NC11296314 03/22/2023
NORTHBROOK IL NC11293552 03/26/2023
NORTHGLENN CO NC11297995 03/24/2023
REDWOOD CITY CA NC11298296 03/23/2023
RICHMOND CA NC11298971 03/23/2023
SAN MATEO CA NC11298167 03/23/2023
SAN RAFAEL CA NC11298161 03/23/2023
SANDY UT NC11305342 03/28/2023
SANTA CRUZ CA NC11291625 03/24/2023
SANTA ROSA CA NC11304471 03/28/2023
VALHALLA NY NC11296158 03/26/2023
GREATER BOSTON - BOSTON MA NC11297714 03/24/2023
AMES IA NC11289073 03/23/2023
NORTH SHORE - BOSTON MA NC11297752 03/24/2023
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Rural Carrier:
BROOKINGS SD NC11304416 03/27/2023
PULLMAN WA NC11289191 03/22/2023
MIDDLETON WI NC11294805 03/19/2023
MENOMONIE WI NC11294698 03/19/2023
MANITOWOC WI NC11294770 03/19/2023
MADISON WI NC11294682 03/19/2023
MADISON WI NC11294641 03/19/2023
HILLSBORO ND NC11304472 03/26/2023
ELDORA IA NC11304281 03/27/2023
EAU CLAIRE WI NC11294679 03/19/2023
EAU CLAIRE WI NC11294677 03/19/2023
BRIGHTON CO NC11304335 03/27/2023
AMERY WI NC11294788 03/19/2023
WILMINGTON NC NC11301218 03/25/2023
VERGENNES VT NC11301210 03/25/2023
PITTSFIELD NH NC11298031 03/23/2023
OTTUMWA IA NC11304280 03/27/2023
OSKALOOSA IA NC11304283 03/27/2023
MENOMONIE WI NC11294782 03/19/2023
MADISON WI NC11294795 03/19/2023
MADISON WI NC11294647 03/19/2023
LEBANON PA NC11297537 03/22/2023
HORACE ND NC11300532 03/24/2023
CLINTONVILLE WI NC11294692 03/19/2023
BRIGHTON CO NC11302512 03/25/2023
BALLSTON SPA NY NC11305443 03/26/2023
HUMBOLDT IA NC11304332 03/27/2023
YORK PA NC11296590 03/22/2023
SHIPPENSBURG PA NC11296593 03/22/2023
SCARBOROUGH ME NC11302736 03/26/2023
RUMNEY NH NC11297957 03/23/2023
HARRISBURG PA NC11296582 03/22/2023
DENVER PA NC11296596 03/22/2023
CHATTAROY WA NC11291846 03/22/2023
MADISON WI NC11294777 03/19/2023
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Motor Vehicle Operator:
SPRINGFIELD IL P&DC NC11304272 03/27/2023
PORTLAND OR P&DC NC11302458 03/25/2023
SAN JOSE CA P&DC NC11302459 03/25/2023
SEATTLE WA P&DC NC11302460 03/25/2023
SYRACUSE NY P&DC NC11302215 03/25/2023
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Tractor Trailer Operator:
CHICAGO NDC NC11301112 03/25/2023
DENVER CO P&DC NC11302222 03/25/2023
DVD BLDG NJ P&DC NC11302090 03/25/2023
MORGAN NY P&DC NC11301120 03/25/2023
OAKLAND CA P&DC NC11302098 03/25/2023
PORTLAND OR P&DC NC11301306 03/25/2023
SAINT PAUL MN P&DC NC11302211 03/24/2023
SEATTLE NDC NC11302206 03/25/2023
SEATTLE WA P&DC NC11302223 03/25/2023
SO JERSEY NJ P&DC NC11301124 03/25/2023
NEW JERSEY NDC NC11301302 03/25/2023
TACOMA WA P&DC NC11302457 03/25/2023
BUSSE IL P&DC NC11301104 03/25/2023
SAN FRANCISCO P&DC NC11302202 03/25/2023
CAROL STREAM IL P&DC NC11301106 03/25/2023
CHICAGO INTL SVC CTR NC11301109 03/25/2023
MIDDLESEX-ESSEX P&DC NC11301115 03/25/2023
SALT LAKE CITY P&DC NC11305448 03/28/2023
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No experience necessary for the laborer custodial or maintenance mechanic positions. It helps on the interview but you can surely think of maintenance related experience to relay for an interview. Based on fixing things around your house, the car etc. Always mention working safely.
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Pro tip: You can apply for any job that has an exam opening and the test is administered local to yourself. Make sure you're serious and score decently; you can turn down the job offer. Keep a physical copy of your exam score, I believe they are good for two years.
The reason is: These job postings can be posted externally at capacity for testing, meaning they will not allow you to take the exam if they have enough qualified applicants. However, if you have a test score on the books, you are a qualified applicant.
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Explanation of MVO/TTO to save time:
MVO= CDL B Can only drive box trucks on public roads, can drive anything for moves on postal property.
TTO= CDL A Can drive anything.
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USPS provides the training. (Maintenance jobs at least. TTO and management...GOOD LUCK)
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You don't have to be crazy to work here. We'll train you. Everything but proper email usage.

Many people here don't go to the temple due to a variety of reasons. ("There are no temples near me", "I'm new, I don't know where to go", "I don't know which group is right", "I don't know the culture, I don't want to offend anybody by visiting.", "My life schedule doesn't allow me to visit local temples.")
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THIS POST IS FOR YOU
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Dharma Zen Center
https://www.dharmazen.com/
Tradition: Zen Mahayana
Livestream: Yes so you can attend virtually
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Dogen Sangha Los Angeles
https://www.aczc.org/
Tradition: Zen Mahayana
Livestream: Yes so you can attend virtually
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Zen Center of Los Angeles
https://zcla.org/
Tradition: Zen Mahayana
Livestream: Yes so you can attend virtually
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International Buddhist Meditation Center (IBMC)
https://www.ibmc-la.org/
Tradition: Multi-tradition
Livestream: Yes so you can attend virtually
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Sozenji Buddhist Temple
https://sozenjibuddhisttemple.weebly.com/
Tradition: Zen, Mahayana
Livestream: Yes so you can attend virtually
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American Mahayana Buddhism
https://www.chanpureland.org/
Tradition: Chan Mahayana
Livestream: Yes so you can attend virtually
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Senshin Buddhist Temple
https://senshintemple.org/
Tradition: Jodo Shinshu Pure Land, Mahayana
Livestream: Yes so you can attend virtually
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Higashi Honganji Buddhist Temple
https://hhbt-la.org/
Tradition: Jodo Shinshu Pure Land, Mahayana
Livestream: Yes so you can attend virtually
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Zenshuji Mission
http://www.zenshuji.org/
Tradition: Zen, Mahayana
Livestream: Yes so you can attend virtually
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Golden Wheel
https://goldwheel.org/en/about-us/
Tradition: Chan, Mahayana
Livestream: Yes so you can attend virtually
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San Fernando Valley Hongwanji
https://www.sfvhbt.org/
Tradition: Jodo Shinshu Pure Land, Mahayana
Livestream: Yes so you can attend virtually
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Pasadena Buddhist Temple
https://www.pasadenabuddhisttemple.org/
Tradition: Jodo Shinshu Pure Land, Mahayana
Livestream: Yes so you can attend virtually
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Oxnard Buddhist Temple
https://www.oxnardbuddhisttemple.org/about
Tradition: Jodo Shinshu Pure Land, Mahayana
Livestream: Yes so you can attend virtually
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Los Angeles Hompa Hongwanji Buddhist Temple
https://www.nishihongwanji-la.org/
Tradition: Jodo Shinshu Pure Land, Mahayana
Livestream: Yes so you can attend virtually
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Sakya Buddhist Center
https://www.dechen.us/
Tradition: Tibetan Buddhism, Vajrayana Mahayana
Livestream: Yes so you can attend virtually
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Venice Hongwanji Buddhist Temple
https://vhbt.org/
Tradition: Jodo Shinshu Pure Land, Mahayana
Livestream: Yes so you can attend virtually
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West Los Angeles Buddhist Temple
https://www.wlabt.org/
Tradition: Jodo Shinshu Pure Land, Mahayana
Livestream: Yes so you can attend virtually
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Gardena Buddhist Church
https://www.gardenabuddhistchurch.org/
Tradition: Jodo Shinshu Pure Land, Mahayana
Livestream: Yes so you can attend virtually
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Lhundrup Chöling
http://www.lhundrupcholing.org/
Tradition: Tibetan Buddhism, Vajrayana Mahayana
Livestream: Yes so you can attend virtually
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Zen Fellowship of Bakersfield
http://zenbakersfield.blogspot.com/
Tradition: Zen, Mahayana
Livestream: Yes so you can attend virtually
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Shanthinikethanaya
https://shanthinikethanaya.com/
Tradition: Sri Lankan Theravada
Livestream: Yes so you can attend virtually
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Nechung Dharmapala Center
http://www.nechungla.org/
Tradition: Tibetan Buddhism, Vajrayana Mahayana
Livestream: Yes so you can attend virtually
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FGS
http://www.hsilai.org/en/
Tradition: Chan Pure Land, Mahayana
Livestream: Yes so you can attend virtually
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Los Angeles Koyasan Buddhist Temple
https://www.facebook.com/lakoyasanbetsuin
Tradition: Shingon, Vajrayana Mahayana
Livestream: Yes so you can attend virtually
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Dharma Realm Buddhist Association
https://www.drba.org/
Tradition: Chan Pure Land, Mahayana
Livestream: Yes so you can attend virtually
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Blessings Prosperity and Longevity Monastery
http://www.bplmonastery.org/
Tradition: Chan Pure Land, Mahayana
Livestream: Yes so you can attend virtually
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Visalia Buddhist Temple
https://visaliabuddhistchurch.org/
Tradition: Jodo Shinshu, Mahayana
Livestream: Yes so you can attend virtually, through partners
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MAYBE....
Rissho Kosei-kai Buddhist Church
https://www.rk-la.org/
Livestream: Yes so you can attend virtually
Note: This is a "new religious movement"
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NST Myohoji Temple
https://www.nst.org
Tradition: Nichiren, Mahayana
Livestream: Yes so you can attend virtually
Note: This is a heterodox school of Buddhism
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If you find any issues, scandals, or controversies with the temples/centers above, please let me know.
If you find any of these temples to be your "home", consider supporting them with a generous donation.

With signs of spring here, it is time for me (with your support) to update the r-Kentville wiki with information for tourists and visitors.
It has been a while since I've entertained visitors, so I''m out-of-practice with thinking about tourist attractions.
Events

• Annapolis Valley Apple Blossom Festival (May 24 – 29, 2023)
• Kentville Devil's Half Acre Motorcycle Rally (Facebook), June 24 – 25 2023
• Canadian Deep Roots Music Festival, September 22 – 24, 2023, Wolfville
• Kentville Pumpkin Festival, October
• Valley Harvest Marathon, October 7 – 8, 2023, Wolfville
• Devour! Food Film Fest, Wolfville, October 23 – 29, 2023

Non-profit tourist attractions & resources

• Kentville Visitor Information Centre (Facebook), 125 Park Street, Kentville
• Kings County Museum, 37 Cornwallis Street, Kentville
• Prescott House Museum, 1633 Starr’s Point Road, Port Williams
• Blair House Museum (NS Fruit Growers' Assoc), (Historic Places), Kentville Agricultural Centre grounds (Uncertain on status, is it still open to public in the summer?)
• Charles Macdonald Concrete House Museum, 19 Saxon Street, Centreville, with the Cottages in Huntington Point, west of Hall's Harbour.
• Randall House Museum, 259 Main Street, Wolfville
• Centre Stage Theatre, 61 River St, Kentville, community theatre

Commercial tourist attractions

• Hall's Harbour Lobster Pound & Restaurant, Hall's Harbour
• Magic Winery Bus Hop On – Hop Off Tour, Wolfville
• Tides Contemporary Art Gallery, 36 Cornwallis Street, Kentville

Natural attractions

• Cape Split (Provincial Park)
• Kentville Parks and Trails – Miner's Marsh, The Gorge, Harvest Moon Trail, Ravine Trail, Memorial Park, & Oakdene Park – Map (PDF)
• The Lookoff, (listed as Blomidon Lookoff) 3374 Highway 358, Canning
• Blomidon Provincial Park, 3138 Pereau Road, Canning
• Scots Bay Provincial Park, 16 Wharf Road, Scots Bay
• Lumsden Pond Provincial Park, 2530 Corkum and Burns Road, Lumsden Dam
• Kentville Migratory Bird Sanctuary, Kentville

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What am I missing?

Daily New Covid Cases by DHB reported 29 Mar 2023 (as at midnight Tuesday 28 Mar 2023)

• New Cases: 1,900 ( ↓ 467)
• Rolling 7-day avg: 1,655 ( ↑ 17)

Location	New Cases	Change	Seven Day Rolling
Total	1900	-467	1655 ( ↑ 17)
Auckland	164	-15	139 ( ↑ 6)
Bay of Plenty	73	-24	65 ( ↑ 1)
Canterbury	338	-118	300 ( ↑ 6)
Capital and Coast	130	-16	108 ( ↑ 3)
Counties Manukau	158	-38	136 ( ↑ 3)
Hawke's Bay	40	-33	49 ( ↓ 2)
Hutt Valley	68	+3	53 ( ↑ 3)
Lakes	29	-22	33 ( ↓ 1)
MidCentral	57	-33	54 ( ↑ 0)
Nelson Marlborough	74	-14	65 ( ↑ 0)
Northland	49	-7	41 ( ↑ 0)
South Canterbury	37	-2	22 ( ↓ 1)
Southern	192	-64	180 ( ↓ 5)
Tairawhiti	20	-2	12 ( ↑ 0)
Taranaki	59	-16	46 ( ↑ 2)
Unknown	1	-2	3 ( ↑ 0)
Waikato	155	-10	114 ( ↑ 4)
Wairarapa	14	-3	18 ( ↓ 1)
Waitemata	199	-41	182 ( ↑ 0)
West Coast	20	-19	21 ( ↑ 0)
Whanganui	23	+9	15 ( ↑ 0)

Last 10 days of the Rolling 7-day average Reported 29 Mar 2023

Date	7-day rolling avg
Tue 28 Mar	1655 ( ↑ 17)
Mon 27 Mar	1638 ( ↑ 32)
Sun 26 Mar	1606 ( ↑ 22)
Sat 25 Mar	1584 ( ↑ 9)
Fri 24 Mar	1575 ( ↑ 10)
Thu 23 Mar	1565 ( ↓ 7)
Wed 22 Mar	1572 ( ↑ 0)
Tue 21 Mar	1572 ( ↓ 17)
Mon 20 Mar	1589 ( ↓ 4)
Sun 19 Mar	1593 ( ↓ 9)

192 ( ↑ 1) Hospitalisations as at midnight Wednesday 29 Mar 2023

DHB	Count	Change
Total	192	+1
Auckland	40	+4
Bay of Plenty	5	+2
Canterbury	17	-3
Capital and Coast	8	+3
Counties Manukau	11	+1
Hawke's Bay	2	-10
Hutt Valley	1	-2
Lakes	0	+0
MidCentral	7	+1
Nelson Marlborough	12	-3
Northland	3	+0
South Canterbury	5	+3
Southern	23	-1
Tairawhiti	1	+0
Taranaki	3	+0
Waikato	16	+5
Wairarapa	1	+0
Waitemata	36	+0
West Coast	1	+1
Whanganui	0	+0

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Title	Format	Vendor	Price
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Breaking Bad Season 5 Part 2	HD	Vudu	$4
Game of Thrones Season 7	HD	GP	$2
Madmen Season 7 Part 1	HD	Vudu	$2
Nurse Jackie Season 7	HD	Vudu	$5
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Title	Format	Vendor	Price
Cabin in the Woods	UHD	Vudu	$4
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes	4K	MA	$4
Deadpool	4K	iTunes	$4
Jurassic Park	4K	MA	$4
Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom	4K	MA	$4
Kingsman: Golden Circle	4K	iTunes	$4
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Title	Format	Vendor	Price
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Black Panther	4K	Vudu	$5
Captain America: The First Avengers	4K	Vudu	$5
Cruella	4K	Vudu	$5
Doctor Strange: In the Multiverse of Madness	4K	Vudu	$6
Encanto	4K	Vudu	$5
Frozen 2	4K	MA	$4
Mulan Live Action	4K	MA	$4
Ralph Breaks the Internet	4K	MA	$5
Spies in Disguise	4K	Vudu	$4
The Lion King Live Action	4K	MA	$4
West Side Story	4K	Vudu	$4

HD Disney

Title	Format	Vendor	Price
Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad	HD	GP	$4
Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad	HD	Vudu	$5
Aladdin (Robin Williams)	HD	Vudu	$4
Aladdin (Robin Williams)	HD	GP	$3
Ant-Man	HD	GP	$3
Aristocats	HD	MA	$6
Avengers: Age of Ultron	HD	Vudu	$3
Avengers: Age of Ultron	HD	GP	$2
Avengers: End Game	HD	Vudu	$3
Avengers: End Game	HD	GP	$2
Avengers: Infinity War	HD	GP	$2
Avengers: Infinity War	HD	Vudu	$3
Bambi II	HD	Vudu	$5
Beauty and the Beast (1991)	HD	GP	$2
Beauty and the Beast (1991)	HD	Vudu	$3
Beauty and the Beast (2017)	HD	Vudu	$3
Beauty and the Beast (2017)	HD	GP	$2
Big Hero 6	HD	GP	$2
Big Hero 6	HD	GP	$3
Black Panther	HD	GP	$3
Call of the Wild	HD	GP	$2
Call of the Wild	HD	Vudu	$3
Captain America: Civil War	HD	GP	$2
Captain America: Civil War	HD	Vudu	$3
Captain America: The First Avengers	HD	GP	$2
Captain Marvel	HD	Vudu	$3
Captain Marvel	HD	GP	$2
Cars	HD	MA	$4
Cars	HD	GP	$3
Cars 3	HD	GP	$2
Cars 3	HD	Vudu	$3
Christopher Robin	HD	GP	$2
Coco	HD	GP	$2
Cruella	HD	Vudu	$3
Cruella	HD	GP	$2
Doctor Strange	HD	MA	$4
Doctor Strange: In the Multiverse of Madness	HD	GP	$3
Doctor Strange: In the Multiverse of Madness	HD	Vudu	$4
Dumbo (2019)	HD	GP	$3
Dumbo (2019)	HD	MA	$4
Encanto	HD	GP	$3
Encanto	HD	MA	$4
Eternals	HD	GP	$2.50
Eternals	HD	Vudu	$3
Finding Dory	HD	GP	$3
Finding Dory	HD	Vudu	$3
Fox and the Hound	HD	GP	$5
Fox and the Hound	HD	MA	$6
Fox and the Hound 2	HD	GP	$5
Fox and the Hound 2	HD	MA	$6
Free Guy	HD	GP	$2
Free Guy	HD	Vudu	$3
Frozen	HD	GP	$2
Frozen	HD	Vudu	$3
Frozen 2	HD	GP	$3
Frozen Sing Along	HD	GP	$2
Frozen Sing Along	HD	MA	$3
Good Dinosaur	HD	Vudu	$4
Good Dinosaur	HD	GP	$3
Guardians of the Galaxy	HD	MA	$4
Guardians of the Galaxy	HD	Vudu	$4
Guardians of the Galaxy v2	HD	GP	$3
Guardians of the Galaxy v2	HD	Vudu	$4
Hocus Pocus	HD	GP	$2
Hocus Pocus	HD	MA	$3
Incredibles	HD	GP	$4
Incredibles 2	HD	MA	$3
Incredibles 2	HD	GP	$2
Inside Out	HD	GP	$2
Inside Out	HD	MA	$3
Into the Woods	HD	GP	$2
Iron Man 3	HD	GP	$3
Iron Man 3	HD	MA	$4
Jungle Cruise	HD	GP	$2
Jungle Cruise	HD	MA	$3
Lady and the Tramp	HD	Vudu	$6
Lightyear	HD	GP	$3
Lightyear	HD	Vudu	$4
Lilo and Stitch 2: Stitch Has a Glitch	HD	MA	$5
Lion King (Animated)	HD	GP	$3
Lion King (Animated)	HD	Vudu	$4
Lion King Live Action	HD	GP	$2
Lone Ranger	HD	GP	$2.50
Lone Ranger	HD	Vudu	$4
Luca	HD	Vudu	$3
Luca	HD	GP	$2
Maleficent	HD	GP	$2
Maleficent	HD	MA	$3
Maleficent 2: Mistress of Evil	HD	GP	$3
Mary Poppins	HD	Vudu	$4
Mary Poppins	HD	GP	$3
Mary Poppins Returns	HD	GP	$2
Moana	HD	GP	$2
Moana	HD	MA	$3
Mulan Animated	HD	GP	$3
Mulan II	HD	GP	$3
Mulan II	HD	MA	$4
Mulan Live Action	HD	GP	$3
Nightmare Before Christmas	HD	GP	$3
Onward	HD	GP	$2
Onward	HD	MA	$3
Oz Great and Powerful	HD	Vudu	$3
Oz Great and Powerful	HD	GP	$2
Pinocchio	HD	GP	$4
Pirate Fairy	HD	MA	$3
Pocahontas	HD	MA	$5
Pocahontas 2	HD	MA	$5
Pocahontas 2	HD	GP	$4
Princess and the Frog	HD	GP	$5
Ralph Breaks the Internet	HD	GP	$2
Ralph Breaks the Internet	HD	Vudu	$3
Raya and the Last Dragon	HD	GP	$3
Raya and the Last Dragon	HD	Vudu	$4
Rescuers	HD	Vudu	$6
Rescuers	HD	GP	$4
Rescuers Down Under	HD	Vudu	$6
Robin Hood	HD	MA	$5
Robin Hood	HD	GP	$4
Robin Hood 40th Anniversary Edition	HD	GP	$3
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Rogue One	HD	Vudu	$3
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Ron's Gone Wrong	HD	MA	$3
Santa Claus	HD	**GP	$2
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Shang-Chi	HD	GP	$2
Shang-Chi	HD	MA	$3
Sleeping Beauty	HD	GP	$3
Sleeping Beauty	HD	Vudu	$4
Solo: A Star Wars Story	HD	GP	$2
Solo: A Star Wars Story	HD	MA	$3
Soul	HD	Vudu	$3
Soul	HD	GP	$2
Spies in Disguise	HD	GP	$2
Star Wars: Force Awakens	HD	Vudu	$3
Star Wars: Force Awakens	HD	GP	$2
Super Buddies	HD	GP	$2
Sword in the Stone	HD	MA	$5
Sword in the Stone	HD	GP	$3
Tangled	HD	Vudu	$5
Tarzan	HD	GP	$5
Thor: Dark World	HD	GP	$2
Thor: Ragnarok	HD	Vudu	$3
Thor: Ragnarok	HD	GP	$2
Toy Story 2	HD	GP	$3
Toy Story 4	HD	GP	$3
Turning Red	HD	MA	$3
West Side Story	HD	GP	$1.50
West Side Story	HD	Vudu	$2.50
Zootopia	HD	MA	$5
Zootopia	HD	GP	$2.50

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Title	Format	Vendor	Price
13 Hours The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi	HD	iTunes or Vudu	$2
3 From Hell	HD	Vudu or iTunes	$2
A Quiet Place	HD	Vudu or iTunes	$3
American Sniper	HD	MA	$3
Boss Baby	HD	Vudu	$2
Cabin in the Woods	HD	iTunes	$2
Croods	HD	iTunes	$2
Croods	HD	MA	$2
Deadpool 2	HD	MA	$2
Despicable Me 2	HD	MA	$2
E.T. - Extra-Terrestrial	HD	Vudu or iTunes	$3
Emoji Movie	HD	MA	$2
Fast & Furious 6	HD	MA	$2
Fast and the Furious	HD	Vudu	$2
Fast Five: Extended Edition	HD	MA	$2
Frozen Ground	HD	Vudu	$3
Fury (2014)	HD	MA	$3
Guilt Trap	HD	Vudu	$2
Happy Feet 2	HD	Vudu	$3
Hell or High Water	HD	Vudu	$2
Hidden Figures	HD	Vudu	$2
How to Train Your Dragon 2	HD	MA	$3
I, Frankenstein	HD	Vudu	$3
Ice Age Collision Course	HD	MA	$1
Independence Day: Resurgence	HD	MA	$2
Interstellar	HD	iTunes	$1
Interstellar	HD	Vudu	$1
Jack Reacher: Never Go Back	HD	iTunes or Vudu	$2
Jarhead 3: The Siege	HD	MA	$2
Jason Bourne	HD	iTunes	$2
Jigsaw	HD	Vudu	$3
John Wick	HD	iTunes	$1
John Wick	HD	Vudu	$1
Jurassic World	HD	Vudu	$3
Kingsman: The Golden Circle	HD	MA	$2
La La Land	HD	iTunes, Vudu or GP	$2
Let's Be Cops	HD	MA	$2
Life of Pi	HD	MA	$2
Little Rascals: Save the Day	HD	MA	$3
Longest Ride	HD	MA or iTunes	$1
Men in Black 3	HD	MA	$2
Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children	HD	MA	$2
Mission Impossible Fallout	HD	iTunes	$2
Mummy Tomb of the Dragon	HD	MA	$3
Murder on the Orient Express	HD	MA	$2
Norm of the North	HD	Vudu	$2
Now You See Me	HD	Vudu	$3
Office Christmas Party	HD	iTunes	$2
Power Rangers	HD	iTunes	$2
Power Rangers	HD	Vudu	$2
Resident Evil: Retribution	HD	MA	$2
Rocketman	HD	iTunes	$2
Schindler's List	HD	Vudu	$4
Secret Life of Pets	HD	iTunes	$2
Siberia (2021)	HD	Vudu or iTunes	$4
Sing	HD	iTunes	$2
Sing	HD	MA	$2
Sinister	HD	iTunes	$2
Smurfs the Lost Village	HD	MA	$2
Snow White and the Huntsman	HD	MA	$1
Spectre	HD	Vudu, iTunes or GP	$3
Spiderman Homecoming	HD	Vudu	$3
Split	HD	MA	$3
SpongeBob Movie Sponge Out of Water	HD	Vudu	$3
Star Trek Beyond	HD	iTunes	$1
Superfly	HD	MA	$3
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows	HD	Vudu or iTunes	$4
Terminator Dark Fate	HD	iTunes	$2
Terminator Dark Fate	HD	Vudu	$2
The Purge Anarchy	HD	iTunes	$2
This is 40	HD	iTunes	$2
TMNT Out of the Shadows	HD	iTunes	$2
Transformers Dark of the Moon	HD	Vudu	$1.50
Transformers: Age of Extinction	HD	Vudu or iTunes	$1.50
Trolls	HD	MA	$2
Turbo	HD	iTunes	$2
Tyler Perry's Temptation	HD	Vudu	$2
Tyler Perry's Witness Protection	HD	Vudu	$2
Venom	HD	MA	$3
War for the Planet of the Apes	HD	Vudu	$2
We're the Millers	HD	Vudu	$2

SD Titles

Title	Format	Vendor	Price
1D One Direction: This is Us	SD	MA	$0.50
Cabin in the Woods	SD	Vudu	$0.50
Despicable Me	SD	iTunes	$.50
Divergent	SD	Vudu	$0.50
Draft Day	SD	Vudu	$0.50
Expendables 2	SD	Vudu	$0.50
Grace Unplugged	SD	Vudu	$0.50
Heaven is for Real	SD	Vudu	$0.50
Hunger Games	SD	Vudu	$0.50
Hunger Games: Catching Fire	SD	Vudu	$0.50
Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs	SD	iTunes	$0.50
John Wick	SD	Vudu	$0.50
Orange is the New Black Season 1	SD	Vudu	$1
Safe	SD	iTunes	$0.50
Star Trek: Into Darkness	SD	Vudu	$0.50
The Amazing Spider-Man	SD	MA	$0.50
The Perks of Being a Wallflower	SD	Vudu	$0.50
The Vow	SD	Vudu	$0.50
Twilight Saga Breaking Dawn Part 2	SD	Vudu	$0.50
Tyler Perry's A Madea Christmas	SD	Vudu	$0.50
Warm Bodies	SD	Vudu	$0.50

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I am dyslexic so I pre apologies for the grammar and spelling in this story.
Come on Jixy, I had it made just for you, at least try it on.” “Not gona happen” Jixet said as he wondered what Rebeca could have been thinking when she had this made ‘just for him’ Rebeca looked at him with ‘the face’ anyone who has spent time with humans knows the one. It is the on with the big eyes. “Why is this so important for you?” ask Jixet. Rebeca thought about her answer for a few seconds. “I think this will be good for you, wearing a mask is a sort of magic.” Jixet interrupted “Rebeca I know Vinlil’s size confuses humans, but I am not a child, and I do not believe in magic.” Rebeca gave Jixet another one of those ‘looks’ this one said shut up and let me talk. “I am serous there is science behind it.” Jixet thought about asking how magic can have science behind it but did not want another ‘look’. “It has been proven that people who are engaged in things they think they might be judged for like battles, stage performances and even sex acts show more confidence and willingness to commit to what they are doing is increased by wearing a mask.”
Jixet mulled over what his friend had said. “So, a weird quirk of human psychology is why you want me wearing a mask to try plant-based meat replacement?” “Well sort of but also it is Halloween and wearing a costume is traditional.” Rebeca held up a child sized wolf costume as she said it. To Jixet’s credit he only grumbled a little as she helped him into the elaborate mascot mask that had a moving jaw to allow him to eat without taking it off. The mask had been expensive, so Rebeca had to go a bit cheap on the rest of the outfit. It consisted of a fuzzy gray onesie, some oversized slippers that were likely supposed to be a pun for the term bear feet, those had taken some work to get to fit Jixet, and gray children’s gloves with plastic claws glued on. “Just try to get into the mind set of being a predator. It will be fun I promise.”
This was not fun! Jixet clung to Rebeca’s arm for dear life. All around him things with claws and big teeth, blood, bones, and things jumping out at him. Halloween was the worst thing ever. The plastic claws on Jixet’s costume dug into Rebeca’s arm in a way that was surprisingly painful. “Jixy, buddy ease up a bit it is just decorations people in costumes, none of it is real.” “I know that” Jixet snaped. Wait did Jixet actually just snap at her aggressively do to fear? Rebeca smirked to herself; this plan just might work. “Don’t worry hun we will be at the restaurant soon.” “Why do you insist we walk” Jixet whimpered. “Well, a few reasons, first it is only a short walk and part of the fun of Halloween is showing off your costumes and looking at everyone else’s. Also, with all the people walking around driving would be a pain. Not all the costumes are scarry, look at those kids.” Some young children dressed as either Vinlil or maybe sheep walked by. “No some are just uncanny valley.” Jixet was rather pleased with himself for remembering that human term. “Ok grumpy we are here anyway.”
The restaurant they were meeting Rebeca’s friends at is called the happy cow. Its smiling cow mascot made Jixet uncomfortable for reasons he doesn’t completely understand. “Hay Jixet, Rebeca over here. You guys’ costumes look grate.” It took Jexit a moment to understand the green thing calling them from across the restaurant was Jack. Jack had on nothing but ripped purple pants and green body paint. Lily, the other person at the table was dressed just as strangely. She had on a short black dress and a tall pointed black hat. Lily grinned at both of us “yo Jixet I would not have known it was you if you were not with Rachel.” Jixet was not certain that was a good thing, but Lily seemed to think it was. Not that he thought about it Rachel was dressed oddly as well, she had on a fluffy blue dress and a red clock with a hood. After the two new arrivals sat down Jack told Rachel “I already ordered for you guys I got you the mock chicken salad and Jixet the mushroom burger we talked about.
Rachel had explained to Jixet that humans like mushrooms a lot do to the fact they taste more like meat than any other plant. Jixet whimpered and tells the humans “I don’t know if I am up for this.” Rebeca gave him a stern look “You promised you would try.” Jixet whimpered more. Lily pulled a small mirror out of her purse. “I want you to look into this. See the forwarded facing eyes, the teeth and claws? Tonight, you are a fierce predator, you have to believe that for the mask to work. I have seen Vinlil plays your people are good actors, so act like a wolf.” ‘Act like a wolf’ Jixet fumed to himself suddenly more disgruntled then disgusted. ‘He would show her!’ He would eat the fake meat and like it! It did smell good, rich and earthy like the tubers from Vinlil prime that human had taken to calling space potatoes. Speaking of potatoes this meal came with a side of the tasty golden frys that Jixet had come to love in his time on earth.
Most of the burger was things Jixet has tried before on earth. Fluffy sweet bread, a salty brown liquid made from fermented beans, crisp lettuce and a juicy tomato. But the mushroom itself an oversized flat cap of fungus, was almost imposable to describe, savory, salty, sweet, dry, and wet all at once. It was the single best thing he had ever put in his mouth. Was this what meat test like, is this why predators so crave the forbidden food? The entire universe seemed to come into a wonderful focus. In that moment Jixet understood everything. Why did everything suddenly look so sparkly? It doesn’t matter I am a scary predator.
Jixet bolted down the rest of his food like a starving animal, as his human friands looked on in confusion. “Wow, so mushrooms are a hit” Jack said as he handed Jixet a cup of coconut milk “Drink this and chill while the rest of us finish our meal. Then we will all go out and join the fun.” Jixet’s tail swished with excitement for the fun. He could finally understand why the humans liked this Holladay so much, it was scarry but also fun, and he wanted to be part of it. When the meal was done, and they all headed back out Jixet bounced back and forth between the humans. Sometimes running ahead and sometimes falling behind. Every so often a decoration or costume would scare him, and he hid between the humans’ legs. “I am so proud of you Jixet, you have really gotten into the spirit of things.” Lily praised him. “a good job buddy” Jack joined in.
Jixet barely heard them. Lily’s earlier words echoed in his head ‘tonight you are a predator, act like a wolf’ The world just kept getting more sparkly. He is a well feed wolf surrounded by his pack and that was all that mattered. “Rowrs!” Jixet exclaimed loudly. The humans smile, they are so happy, that makes him happy. He doesn’t know where they are going but he doesn’t care. “We are almost there Jixy you aren’t scared, are you?” Rebeca asks, “I am a wolf” Jixet yelled. Rebeca looked at him a little concerned. But decided that her plan to pull Jixy out of his shell with a bit of play acting must have worked.
The zombie and skeleton decorations gave way to cartoon ghost and black cats as they retched the street fair. They were soon surrounded by children in costumes that ranged from unbearably cute to seriously scarry. One Rebeca found a bit upsetting was a blood covered teddy bear with sharp teeth and a meat clever. But Jixet just responded to it by shouting “look another wolf” Then running off to look at carved pumpkins. After playing a ring toss game and losing badly Jixet took up residency in a nearby bush. He seemed to be having a wonderful time. Jumping out and scaring older children. The bush game ended when Rebeca had to scold him for scaring some little kids. After that Lily had to chase him around the trick or treat stands to prevent Jixet from eating something with animal products in it, and he still managed to eat so much candy he would likely be sick soon. The sugar rush that followed was the stuff of legend. He ran from both to both playing fair games, poking at decorations, and happily squeaking with children. Also, a lot of yelling “I am a wolf aaaaWhoo!”
Jixet was having so much fun. He hunted the little humans in costumes roaring vary fiercely at them. He could not understand why his pack of big humans laughed at his ‘squeaking’ He also got to throw things like balls and rings and bean bags. Eating sweet colorful things was nice to. “Hay that plant has a face!” he pointed at the large orange vegetable. “I am a big bad wolf!” Jixet happily giggled to himself “I’m a wolf!”
Am old lady walked up to Rebeca “Your little boy is such a cute kid” “my boy, what? Oh no he is not” Rebeca tried to say but she was already gone. Rebeca looked at her best friands “do you think we should rain Jixy in? He seems a little out of control.” “This is the most fun I have ever seen him have, let him be a little out of control.” Jack answered. Jixet only lasted about another hour before the sugar crash hit.
Timmy had liked that kid dressed like a wolf, he was fun to play with. But he had fallen into the classic Halloween trap, to much candy all at once. “amacher” Timmy scoffed. He knew you got spread the candy out after all he is 12 that that kid seemed a lot younger maybe only 10. But he was still fun to play with.
Jack settled Jixet into a more comfortable position in his arms, as the group walked back to Rebeca’s house. “Poor guy the sugar crash hit him hard” Rebeca was pretty proud of herself her idea about building Jixet’s confidence up by dressing him up in a costume and taking him to the kiddy fair so nothing would be to stressful, had worked well. “Um guys” Lily said braking into Rebeca’s thoughts “Jessica sent me a text” “so?” Rebeca asks her. “Umm. Let me just read it to you.” ‘Jack told me you guys are planning to take Jixet to that new vegan place. Just don’t give him anything with portabella mush rooms, those things make Vinlil high as kites.’ “Oh Shit!” James said “He is never going to forgive us” Rebeca groaned. As they debated how to tell him what they had done, Jixet shifted in his sleep and happily muttered “I am a wolf Aaawoo.”

A selection of items “on special” this week in Coles and Woolworths that may be of interest to keto followers. Many are processed so not really suitable for “clean keto”. Victorian data, some may not be available interstate. Consider house brands may be cheaper than ‘specials’
Alcohol (except no carb beer) excluded. Drink prices exclude recycling deposits. Fruit & Veg probably vary by state, so excluded.
If you are doing an online order, I suggest you also look at the stores' ONLINE ONLY specials as I don't always include all of these, many are multibuys.
‘Locked prices’ might now be considered specials as unlocked prices have increased, but same every week til April so not included as ‘specials’.

COLES

Cole List function still stuffed

• Aeroplane - Mousse Lite Chocolate 53g $1.75
• Avalanche - Chocolate and coffee sachets 10 pack $4.40 higher carbs
• Avalanche - Drinking chocolate 200g can $3.80,
• Berries, frozen - Coles varieties 500g 2 for $11
• Bread/Wraps - Simson's Pantry Low Carb Keto Mini's 6 Pack 156g $5.50, Low Carb Keto 5 pack 200g
• Cakes - Noshu 45g donuts $2.80 in cake fridge
• Cakes - Noshu 95% Sugar Free Iced Cakes 180g $6.50 higher carbs
• Cheese - Always cheddar cheese block or slices on special
• Cheese - Babybel 10 pack $8.40
• Cheese - Coles double cream brie or camembert 200g 3 for $13
• Cheese - Coles Finest European Truffle Goats $30kg half price from deli
• Cheese - Jarlsberg Regular Cheese Sliced/Shaved $25kg from deli
• Cheese - South Cape flavoured Cream Cheese 80g 3 for $12
• Cheese - Tasmanian Heritage Camembert Oval 125g $5
• Chocolate - Slim Secrets love bites 35g $2
• Chocolate - Well Naturally 45g $2
• Crackers - Olinas Simply Seed Cracker Original 80g $3.15
• Cream - Meander Valley double 200g $3.80
• Curry paste - The Spice Tailor Malabar 125g $1.90 half price 9.4g/100
• Dips - Always something on special - all brands have high and low carbs
• Dips - Yumis $3.30, Chris Heritage $6.50, Red Rock Deli 2 for $8
• Drinks - Coca Cola no sugar 1.25L $1.70
• Drinks - Cottees diet cordial 1l $4.50
• Drinks - Lipton iced tea 1.5l 2 for $6.50 diet peach or lemon
• Drinks - Mt Franklin flavoured no sweetener 1.25l $1.35, 10 cans $8.75
• Drinks - Nexba Kombucha 1l $4.95
• Drinks - Ocean Spray no sugar cranberry 1.5L $4.85 very low carb
• Drinks - Pepsi max 12x450ml bottles $9
• Drinks - Powerade zero 600ml $2.30
• Drinks - RedBull 8x250ml cans $13.20
• Drinks - Coca Cola no sugar, or zero sprite 1.25L $1.70, 10 cans $8.75
• Fish - &J The Finest Frozen South Atlantic Flathead Fillets 500g $7.50
• Fish - Fresh Tasmanian salmon skin on $29kg. Thawed barramundi $17kg from delhi
• Fish - John West tuna 95g $1.35, Wild caught sardines 110g $2.40
• Fish - Sirena Tuna 185g $3.60 look for La Vita
• Mayonnaise - Kewpie 300g $4.30
• Mayonnaise - S$W whole egg 440g $5.50
• Meat - Beef topside roast $16kg
• Meat - Coles bacon wrapped chicken parcels with pumpkin feta spinach stuffing 600g $11
• Meat - Pork Shoulder roast boneless $8kg
• Meat - Pork spare ribs $16kg
• Meat - Primo rindless shortcut cut bacon 1kg pkt $10
• Meat - Boneless lamb shoulder Greek style $20kg
• Milk, almond - Pure Harvest Organic UHT $2.50, Inside Out fridge $3
• Oil, EV olive - La Espanola 1L $10.
• Olives - Always Fresh various varieties jars 220g - 700g $4.80
• Olives - Fehlbeergs Martini Flavoured Green Olives 230g $2.30
• Olives - Leabrook Farms Kalamata Olives 275g $4.05
• Peanut butter - Sanitarium natural 375 $3.50, Bega no added sugar $4.40
• Protein powder - Amazonia Isolate Flavoured Raw Protein Powder 390g $25.20
• Protein powder - Coles Perform favoured Whey Protein Powder 35g 2 for $4
• Protein powder - Dose & Co. Collagen flavoured 420g $32.20
• Protein powder - Vital Strength Whey Low Carb High Protein Chocolate Powder 720g $41.50
• Sauce - Nandos Peri Peri 250g $5
• Sauce, curry - Spice Tailor kits 250g $3.10 half price check carbs some high some low
• Sauce, pasta - Mutti 400g $3
• Sauerkraut - Marco Polo Sauerkraut Pickle 900g $3.25 jar
• Sauerkraut - Wicked Kimchi 460g jar $3.80
• Sauerkraut -Keep It Cleaner Fermented Vegetables Kimchi 400g $10.80
• Snacks - Providore prosciutto & cheese roll ups 85g 2 for $10
• Snacks, sweet - Noshu Low carb Indulgence or Nut bars $6.90 muesli aisle
• Sweetener - Natvia E&S granules 300g $5.40, Gold 250g $5.95, Sugarless brand 350g $6.60
• Sweetener - Truvia Natural E&S Granules Tub 270g $5
• Sweetener - Whole Earth E&MF 200g $6.80
• Syrup - Natvia chocolate or caramel topping 250ml $4.50
• Veggie rices - Birtds Eye frozen veggie rices 500g $4.40
• Yoghurt - Danone Yopro Perform plain or flavoured 20g protein 700g $6.50
• Yoghurt mix - Easiyo Greek Style Unsweetened 170g $2.35 half price
• Yoghurt, coconut - Cocobella 500g $4.50,
• Yoghurt, flavoured - Chobani Fit 170g $2.15
• Yoghurt, plain - Jalna Greek 1kg $6.60, Chobani Greek whole milk 907g $6.80

WOOLWORTHS

• Aeroplane - Jelly Lite $2
• Avalanche - Sugar free drinking chocolate 200g can $4, 10 pack latte varieties $4.40 higher carbs
• Butter - President 200g $3,50 (French), Devondale 250g $4, 500g $7.90
• Cheese - Always cheddar cheese block or slices on special
• Cheese - Bega Original Cream Cheese Block 225g $3, Spreadable $4
• Cheese - Melbourne Cheese co fetta garlic herbs 250g $7.50
• Cheese - Meredith Dairy goats 80g 2 for $8, 320g jar $11.50, 550g $18
• Cheese - Meredith Dairy Goats Cheese 80-100g, Unicorn Brie or Camembert 125g 2 for $8
• Cheese - Mil lel shredded parmesans 170g $6.20
• Cheese - President Brie french 200g 2 for $10, ONLINE ONLY, Unicorn Brie 125g 2 for $8g
• Cheese - South Cape Gouda or Havarti 180g $4.80, Flavoured cream 200g $5.10
• Cheese - Tasmanian Heritage Brie or Camembert 250g $7.45 half price
• Cheese - Tidbit Vintage Manchego 12 Months 150g $4 half price
• Chocolate - Freys Supreme 91% may still be available “on clearance” $2
• Chocolate - Vitawerx milk coconut 35g $2.50 not all stores
• Chocolate - Well Naturally 90g $3.50, 45g $1.42 half price
• Crackers - Olina’s Seeded Snackers 140g $2.50 half price but higher carbs than regular ones, Pepita or Sunflower 100g $4.40
• Cream - SSM Coconut cream UHT 200ml $1.60, Mr Chen's Thai Coconut Gluten Free 400ml 2 for $4
• Dips - Always something on special - all brands have high and low carbs
• Dips - Chris 2 for$7 (eg taramosalata) Chris Heritage $7.50,, Obela 2 for $8
• Drinks - Suntory Boss long back 4 cans $9.40
• Drinks - Buderim sugar free cordials $4
• Drinks - Coca Cola no sugar 24 cans $20
• Drinks - Kirks 1.25L $1.40
• Drinks - Lipton iced tea 1.5L 2 for $6.50 peach or lemon no sugar
• Drinks - Lo Bros Kombucha 330ml $3
• Drinks - Nexba Kombuxha 64 pack $6.90
• Drinks - Ocean Spray low Sugar cranberry or blueberry 1.5L $4.90 low carb as 5% fruit juice
• Drinks - Oxyshred Ultra Energy Zero Can 355ml $4.20 multipack may be cheaper
• Drinks - Red Bull Energy Drink 8 x 250ml $13.70
• Drinks - V Energy 4 pack $7.40
• Drinks, no sweetener - Mt Franklins 10 cans 2 for $18, Schweppes %8
• Fish - Brunswick sardines in O oil or kippers $1.65
• Fish - Greenseas tuna 95g $1.10
• Fish - Imported Smoked Cod Fillets $12kg from deli (my fave, bright orange)
• Fish - Just Caught whiting fillets $11.50kg frozen
• Fish - Ocean Chef Atlantic Salmon Portions 1 kg $23.50
• Fish - Ocean Chef King Snapper Portions 1 kg – Skin On $26 8 pieces frozen
• Fish - Paramount pink 415g can $7.50
• Fish - Sirena 200g jar in EV olive oil $6
• Fish - Thawed Seafood Marinara Mix $14kg
• Flour - Mckenzie coconut 330g $2.80
• Flour - WW 665g almond meal $15.79kg price drop
• Granola - Blue Frog Keto 300g $12, Carmans Grain free $13
• Ice cream - FroPro singles 3 pack $8 maltitol in coating
• Mayonnaise - Hellman Real Squeez 499g $5.50
• Meat - Macro Free Range Australian Chicken Drumsticks Bulk Tray $5.50kg
• Meat - Australian Lamb Mid Loin Chops $22kg
• Meat - Australian Pork Leg Roast Boneless $8kg
• Meat - Bertocci Gold thin crispy middle bacon 400g $8
• Meat - Chicken Mince 500g $5.50, Thighs $6.50m Wings $6,50, Drumsticks $4.50
• Meat - D’Orsogna Tasty Sticks $25kg From the Deli, 400g pkt $9.75
• Meat - Lamb Mid Loin Chops $22kg
• Meat - Luv a duck confit legs 500g $10.50
• Meat - Middle Bacon Rashers $13kg From the Deli,
• Meat - Primo sliced eas or salami 80-100g 2 for $6.30
• Meat - Primo Cabanossi 375g $6.70
• Meat - Spam Turkey Oven Roasted 340g 3.75 & other varieties
• Meat - Woolworths Beef, Pork or Chicken Sausage 600g 2 for$12 check ingredients
• Meat - Woolworths Lamb Leg Steak 540g $14
• Milk, almond - Sanitarium So Good fridge $3.30, UHT $2 almond/coconut
• Nuts - McKenzies raw pecans 120g $4
• Oil - CocoEarth Juggernaut MCT 500ml $16
• Oil - Good By Grove Avocado Oil 500ml $13.50 Refined not EV
• Oil, EV olive - Cobram Estate Extra Virgin Olive Oil 3 Litre $39, Squeaky Gate 750ml $11.50, Monini 1L $11
• Olives - Always Fresh mixed olives 220g $4, Sandhurst green $3.50g $3
• Olives - Woollies brand has very cheap black sliced 430g $2
• Peanut butter - Mayver’s Peanut Butter 375g $4.60, Fix & Fogg Everything $5.70, Skippy USA no sugar 454g $2.75 half price
• Protein bars/cookies -
• Protein water - Bodiez protein water 500ml $3.85
• Sauce - Heinz Ketchup 50% less sugar 5 00g $4
• Sauce - Mutti tomato paste tube concentrate 130g $1.50, Chopped tomato 210g $1
• Sauce - Pataks simmer sauces 450g $4 check carbs
• Sauce - Tabasco 50ml $4
• Sauce - Thomy Mustard 265g $3
• Sauce, pasta - Val Verde passata 700g $2.50
• Seeds - Lucky Sunflower kernels 200g $1.79
• Snacks - Gold Medal Pork crackle 50g $2.20
• Snacks - Tasmanian pate twin pack $5, triple $5.10
• Snacks, sweet - Nexba liquid brekkie 3 pack $4.70
• Soup - Hart & Soul Pho with Konjac noodles 100g mug size $1.50, 400g $3.50
• Spices - Mingle 50g varieties $3.95
• Sweetener - Whole Earth E&MF brown, icing 200g $4.45 half price
• Tea - Twinings 10 pack varieties $2
• Yoghurt, flavoured - YoPRO Perform 20g Protein Pot 175g $1.65 half price
• Yoghurt, plain - Cocobella 500g $4.50, 900g $8.50, Tamar Valley 1kg $6
• Yoghurt, plain Jalna biodynamic whole milk 1kg $7

ALDI

• Lamb loin chops $20kg
• Smoked salmon 500f $17
• Götzinger Rookwurst 300g $4
• Beef sizzlesteak $20kg

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So, last year I made a few posts covering all of the Final Four games in a complete, overall, and long manner. I...............................have no desire to do things like that this year whatsoever. They're long to read and even longer to make, so I feel like I need to change things up for both out sakes. Instead, I'm just going to highlight a key factor that contributed to that certain team's success up to and in the Final Four. These things may be obvious or minute, it'll just depend on how things play out but I want to discuss them anyways.
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To start, I wanted to put the San Diego State Aztecs into the spotlight. The South Region representatives have been relying on a top 10 defense to obtain victory once again under head coach Brian Dutcher, and it has led them to the Final Four appearance they seemed destined to make three years ago. There are many things SDSU does to stifle offenses, but the one thing that has propelled the Aztecs on this run has been their rim protection.
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SDSU has been one of the better rim protecting teams in the country over the course of the regular season. They sported an above average 57.5% FG% on close 2s with a defensive close 2 rate of 34.8%. Those are certainly good spots to be at, but teams like Arizona State, USC, Tennessee, Alabama, Indiana, Oklahoma State, UCLA, and Florida Atlantic had raw numbers that were better. In the tournament, however, the Aztecs' defense at the rim has kicked into overdrive. Over their 4 tournament matches, Aztec opponents are shooting 49.5% at the rim. That would be tied with Arizona State for the 2nd best mark in the country over the whole 2022-23 season, 1.4% higher than Utah Valley's nation-leading mark. SDSU is the only one of the remaining participants in the 2023 NCAA Tournament to have held opponents to under 50% shooting at the rim through their 4 tournament games.
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So, why has the Aztecs' rim protection been so dominant in the tourney? Well, back-to-back Mountain West Defensive Player of the Year Nathan Mensah is a significant reason why. I mean, the 6'10 230 center has the 3rd most career blocks in the MWC for a reason. I don't think anyone in this tournament has had a larger defensive impact on a per-minute basis than the Ghanaian big man. Mensah is swatting away 3 shots a game in the tournament while only averaging 19.5 minutes a contest. That's 6.2!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! blocks per 40 minutes in this tournament. The only reason he isn't playing a lot more is because SDSU's frontcourt is so deep between him, Keshad Johnson, Jaedon Ledee, and Aguek Arop that Coach Dutcher has to constantly juggle minutes to get the right mix of defensive presence and interior scoring throughout a full game. Mensah is a long, rangy defensive anchor with expert timing on when to jump and when to rotate in order to affect shots around the rim without fouling. Here, he does a great job of waiting until Quinerly is already in the air and using the closest hand to the ball to time up the rejection and keep it a 2-possession game with 20 seconds left. Mensah doesn't even need to actually block the shot to affect attempts around the rim. He had a couple of clutch contests around the rim late in the Creighton game where his size and length bothered potential game-tying baskets into misses. Nathan's rim protection actually helps the Aztecs' offense too. San Diego St is a low-pace low-possession team most of the time, but Nathan's blocks have allowed SDSU to run out in transition and get some clean looks on the break. Their halfcourt offense isn't really, well, efficient in their process, so getting the opportunity to run off steals or blocks is vital for this team to score some easy points. The fact that Mensah doesn't really need help in the paint means the rest of the Aztec players can be closer to their own 3pt line, which allows them to get out on the run quicker and further up the court after Mensah blocks a shot for threes or layups. He's not just a shot blocker either, he's very good at moving in space whether in PnR or on a switch. I was extremely impressed with how he handled Brandon Miller in space. I know the Tide's presumptive top 3 pick was dealing with a groin issue, but Mensah did an excellent job of moving with him on the perimeter and helped hold Miller to a 3/19 Sweet 16.
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Nathan Mensah isn't the only guy who defends the rim on this squad. It's a total team effort to keep teams from getting clean looks around the basket. San Diego St is filled to the brim with smart, athletic, and physically strong players that all rotate on a string and keep the paint protected. There are so many stout body types in this rotation that it's hard for opposing players to get good looks off unless they have elite size, skill, and/or bounce. Even in the rare instances one of their defenders gets beat, there's always another Aztec on the back line rotating and challenging at the rim without fouling. SDSU held both Alabama and Creighton to FT rates under 22%. Just look how quickly Jaedon Ledee springs into action on this Alabama transition possession after Keshad Johnson runs the Crimson Tide player off the 3pt line. I mean, Ledee came from the arc to the rim in an instant to pin that shot on the backboard. Look at where the other SDSU defenders are standing too. One can react to a jumpstop and pivot if the ball tries to work to the strongside wing, there's another guarding a spot up shooter at the top of the arc, and another defender splitting the difference on the weakside (even if they should probably be a bit further from the key to make the closeout easier). That's how quickly SDSU can get in a shell and set up their rim protection and rotations on a transition possession. No wonder why their defense in the paint is so good.
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Rim protection has been one of the primary reasons San Diego St has arrived in the Final Four, but can it lead them to a national championship? Well, duh, of course it can. You'll always have a chance when you make it this hard for teams to get layups or get to the FT line. However, there is still room for healthy skepticism. Alabama shot 3/27 from deep and Creighton was only 2/17 from downtown as well. FAU, UConn, and Miami are all high-upside 3pt shooting teams in their own right as well. Quite frankly, I don't see SDSU getting that much defensive 3pt shooting luck against 4 highly capable shooting teams in a row. Combine that with the Aztecs' own issues generating quality looks in their halfcourt offense and things could get ugly in a hurry if FAU or Miami/UConn are cashing in their looks from deep. At the same time, Brian Dutcher's crew can completely overwhelm anyone in the country with their offensive rebounding, ball pressure, and rim protection. We'll see if the San Diego State Aztecs are the ones cutting down the nets in Houston. If so, look for their rim protection to be a crucial reason why.

A while ago, two friends and myself were enjoying a long session playing as reapers on my brigantine, Raven’s Rose. We had leveled up our flag to V and snuck a few crews, both pirate and skeleton, and we were congratulating ourselves as we sold to the Servant at Reaper’s. Once we finished selling, my friend called out that she saw another brigantine approaching, and fast.
Adrenaline pumping, we prepared the ship to launch from the dock but waited; we wanted to keep any advantage we could, including surprise. As they got closer they turned away, preferring to pass Reaper’s towards New Golden Sands; however, we spotted a level IV GH flag on their mast. Being the bloodthirsty reapers we are, we launched in pursuit, quickly closing the distance, thirsty for a fight.
My crew is pretty good at naval; my helmsman is one of the best I’ve seen, and myself and my other friend are both decent shots and not to keen on the hill holding water. What we’re not good at, tho, is PvP. So when we got within canon range of the other ship and opened fire, and they sent over an extremely deadly pirate, we were no match. He killed two of us and lowered our anchor before being sent to the ferry, but in that time their ship had made quite the distance from the Rose.
With a chip on our shoulder we gave chase, again closing the distance, this time at the southernmost point of the Sea of Thieves, waved off the Red Sea almost splashing the hulls of both ships. Luckily, I was able to board with a lucky shot and lower their anchor just before they reached the Blood Sea, allowing us to riddle them with holes as they were pinched between the Red Sea and the Rose.
But they knew our weakness now, and they knew how to repair just as well as we did. They boarded us again and halted all progress, stalling our efforts just enough to slip away again.
After this my crew decided to sink the two nearby skelly ships; we knew a winning fight and we knew a losing fight, but this was just a stalemate. Our crews were almost exactly equal in skill and synergy, and we didn’t want to find out who would find the winning piece.
That was, until I was bored.
As a reaper V, we used our ability to find other emissaries to seek our adversaries, and it was clear that they were headed to the north-west side of Mermaid’s Hideaway. Now tell me, why would a high-level Gold Hoarder emissary be headed to the north-east side of Mermaid’s? We all know why, so it should go without saying that we beelined to their position.
We made it within the shores of the island before they saw us and orbited Mermaid’s to run south. We intercepted them and exchanged a few shots before the two ships were in a chance yet again. It wasn’t soon after, though, that the water around both ships turned an inky black.
Immediately throwing the Rose into a hard right, my crew made to escape the kraken’s clutches, hitting chainshots on our enemies to immobilize them within the beasts’s maw. We orbited the ink, taking pot shots and occasionally boarding, but they knew what they were doing.
They somehow escaped in one piece, turning west and heading for the Red Sea again. This time, though, they turned at the last minute and ran northeast, with us in tow. As they sailed, a skeleton Galleon arose beside them and began to fire. We on the Rose laughed at their poor luck, but that was before we were faced with the giant teeth of a megalodon as well as an skeleton Galleon of our own. We evaded the megalodon by sailing close to Mermaid’s which we’d circled back to by now, and now it was a battle of four ships: two skeleton galleons, the Rose, and our enemies.
We called over to them to offer a truce, an alliance. It had been enough, we’d said, and commended them for their skill and perseverance. It was a gesture of good faith, and a sign of our fatigue.
That was a mistake.
As our call ended, a boarder jumped onto the deck and killed all 3 of us, lowering our anchor and stopping us between the two skeleton ships. By the time my crew returned from the ferry, their ship was behind us, hammering the waterlogged coffin that was the Rose. Both crews said GG, and I congratulated them on their victory and the well-deserved spoils we had on deck. We went our separate ways, with this battle being the most epic one I had ever experienced in my time on the Sea of Thieves.